. >>> venezuela police confessed to sooting a teenager during an anti-government protest. he was shot in san christo ball. >> reporter: they came out to protest. violent scuffles began with the press. a 14-year-old and others from injured the city is synonymous with anti-government demonstrations. police officers were attacked said the knst. the police officer that fired a pellet gun injuring the teenager was arrested. >> i condemn the murder. i ordered those responsible to be captured. this was done. they have been detained and we have established what happened. >> protesters have been killed in the past 12 months. the use of deadly force cut numbers but satisfaction appears to be growing. politicians that formed a coalition say many have been arrested along with the mayor of core abbing us. >> we are harassed by police chasing, pestering me and visiting my home. not to mention attacks on my honour and threats to my family. i have a sense they are closing in. >> the regime knows that change is difficult. >> reporter: the government has been battling spiralling inflation.

. >>> venezuela police clashed with students taking part in rallies, marking a year saints government protests left 43 people dead. in the capital demonstrators threw petrol bombs. police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the crowd. >>> the ongoing drought in south-east brazil reached a critical stage. south america's most popular city sao paulo, things are so bad they are considering water rationing. >> in this middle class home the awareness of the need to save water transformed everyone's life. this woman and her family use a bowl to catch the water when they wash their hands. when it's full it's used to flush the toilet. a bucket cashes the water. while the shower warms up. when full she takes it downstairs to be used as a dishwasher or the washing machine. the soapie water is connected for a second lot of clothes, and used to wash the floors or pots or pans. nothing is wasted in an effort to economize in what has become a scarce commodity. >> sao paulo is a large city. i don't know what we'll do if there's water rationing. the government admitted it is cutting water fi

major political attentions in venezuela. police arrested the mayor of capitol city caracksus. ed of plotting a coup to over through the government of venezuela. the economy is depending mosty on oil. steve has the story live. steve? >> jenna this was no ordinary arrest it was an attempt by the venezuela president to make statement and shoes the democratically mayor of carackus led out by riot police. they smashed down his door before they led him away. his own wife doesn't know where he is or what the charges are. several hours later, a one- time bus driver who is president came to say the mayor was part of the coup attempt in the united states. madid youro accused the united states of a coup to out of him 12 times and the state department said the charges are baseless. many see it as a attempt as distraction and things are tough. they have the largest proven oil reserves. shoppers are hard to find basics on the shelves like chicken or diapers or milk. and people are spending hours in line to try to it feed their families and dissatisfaction with the current president continues

protests elsewhere and last week the president maduro put him on a list of plotting a coup and venezuela policeded his office earlier today and took him in for questioning. maduro says the mayor will face justice, a whole bunch of political opponents jails. >>> nato putting to much pressure on russia. >> the man who helped astonia break away from the soviet union wants them to back off and what will happen if the ukrainian ceasefire falls apart. >>> i.s.i.l. grounds new ground in the chaos in libya. in context tonight we are looking at nato. >> with ungoing unrest in ukraine they are worried about moscow growing power in the region and britain secretary michael falon says vladimir putin is trying to redraw the map of europe to threaten baltic. >> the fall of dubusana is a setback for ukraine and breed love spoke to reporters in kosovo today and said pro-russian separatists in ukraine are well outfitted with a thousand pieces of military equipment and says rebel control here at the rail way junction gives them even more power. >> the loss of the town there in debusana city is important and it is

heather: polite calculate tensions flying venezuela. police of caracas, accused of plooght coups to bring down the socialist government. report report you have got the 59-year-old democratically elected mayor of the capital city in venezuela basically being carted off by soldiers from special forces in riot gear, they fired into the air smashed his office door and took him off his wife says like a dog. the president of venezuela says the u.s. is behind the coups in venezuela and this mayor was helping to sow unrest. charges the state department says are baseless. heather: ways behind this? do we know? >> reporter: a lot of angry people in venezuela angered against the president because of how tough things are there economically. venezuela depends on selling its oil to subsidize prices across the country. gasoline there is 18 cents a gallon. when oil prices are low they can't do this anymore. you have got thousands of venezuelans look for food, empty store shelves. they simply can't find it. now you have people angry about the poor economy the

overnight, bill clinton tweeted called for the release of lopez and other prisoners in venezuela without delay. >>> police in las vegas arrested a suspect in a road rage incidents. erich milton nowsch was taken into custody. his house just one street away from the home of victim tammy meyers. meyers husband was lashing out at the media for what he felt blaming his wife and son forest for escalating the confrontation. >> animal. there's the animal. a block away! are you happy! >> after nowsch's arrest robert meyers said his wife knew the suspect from a local park. he said she tried to help him. >> my wife spent countless hours at this park consoling this boy. he is probably watching this right now and i know he has to feel bad because she was really good to him. she fed him. she gave him money. she told him to pull his pants up and to be a man. >> las vegas police are looking for a second suspect this morning. they believe nowsch was the shooter. >>> fox news bill o'reilly defending himself from what he is calling his brian williams problem. left leaning mother jones is calling him less than honest reporti

. >>> student leaders are calling for nationwide protests in venezuela after a teenager was shot and killed by policezuela's president admits the boy was killed by security foursz during a crackdown in the city. it's not clear whether police fired live ammunition or rubber bullets. bullets. >>> u.s. president barack obamajected a republican-backed bill to construct the controversial keystone oil pipeline. he says it raises too many security safety and environmental concerns. supporters say the pipeline would create american jobs. it's just one of several expected showdowns looming between mr. obama and the republican-controlled congress. >>> isis is doing more than ever to recruit teenagers especially on line. just ahead, we'll go live to london to find out why the terror group is targeting children. >>> plus canadian authorities uncover a mysterious tunnel in toronto. what they found inside that's raising more questions than answers. ah! come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hide behind the chainsaws. smart. yeah. ok. if

> you are with al jazerra still to come on the program tensions are high in venezuela after a teenager was shot dead by policeing an anti government protest and we are in malaysia where there are high hopes from a climate change conference later this year. >> sunday, the parents of captured american reporter austin tice. >> austin went missing in syria. >> campaigning for his release and maintaining hope. >> austin tice is alive. >> find him and get him home. >> a special "talk to al jazeera". sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> welcome back. the top stories here on al jazerra. the u.n.'s special envoy to yemen has arrived in the city of aden to meet the country's president. it comes just hours after the security council said it was backing hadi as yemen's leader. rallies supporting hatty hadi after the houthi took control of the sanaa. >>> south african agents are spying on russia for details on their own joint satellite project are that's according to a top secret table are cable obtained bite al jazerra investigative ube i want the spy cable shows south south african military has kent sta

. >>> a police officer in venezuela confessed to shooting a teenager with a plastic bullet during an anti-government protest. the 14-year-old was shot in the city of st. christo bull. the city in the we were state was the epicentre of large protests last year. >> soldiers from chad killed more than two boko haram fighters. niger, cameroon and chad are part of a campaign to help nigeria fight the armed group. the nigerian military released the video which it says is an operation against boko haram. the defense was in the northern regions. two bomb attacks killed 24 people in northern nigeria. two suicide bombers detonated the explosions at crowded bus stations. it targeted commercial centers. there's more to come on the programme. should people in india be worried about swine flu, we'll be live in new delhi to find out. >> in with the old, out with the new. we go to nepal where there's a push to clear the past. rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie

venezuela. watch this video. that's the mayor under arrest in the middle of that police scrum. ys his political opponent conspired with the united states to overthrow the government. our senior latin american affairs editor joins us now for more. >> good morning. you saw in the video, the mayor's arrest seemed like a military operation. witnesses, including his wife say as many as 150 heavily armed intelligence agents burst into his office breaking the door with a sledgehammer. there was a lot of pushing and shoving before the opposition mayor was taken away violently. it was hours before the government acknowledged the arrest. at a public event broadcast on national tv the president said the mayor will be prosecuted so that he answers for all of the crimes committed against the peace, security and constitution of venezuela. last week the president accused the mayor of being involved in a plot -- listen to this -- to overthrow his government and that's where the problem started. >> i thought we would hear from that person. we're not. please continue. >> another thing i want to m

. >>> battled police in venezuela one year after the start of anti-government demonstrations which left[chanting] police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disburse crowds and the march was one of several today and nicholas was on television to announce a coup uncovered and involved an airforce jet bombing the presidential palace and said u.s. government firms were behind it. >>> a case of what many are calling net rage has landed a former korean airlines executive a year-long prison sentence and heather cho was on a flight leaving j.k.f. in december when attendant served her nuts in a bag instead of on a plate, cho became enraged demanding the chief steward be kicked off the flight and forced the plane back to the gate. she was found guilty by a korean court thursday of violating aviation safety laws. >>> not just nuts fancy nuts and macadamia and not served in a bad. under water echo system at risk from climate change and industry. >> trying to protect coral reefs around the world and we will speak with jeff corwin why this effort is so important. >> america's first climate refugees

it is not the cuban-americans who send a large police contingent to venezuela to beat up dissidents and train the venezuelan police forces. it is not the cuban exiles would like to go back to the cold war. the president would like to forget raul would like to go back. . while the american diplomats were in cuba, a soviet spy ship showed up in havana. fidel castro has in cuba's national bank, look it up in your newspaper. there has been a lot of fraud with medicaid and medicare and at least in one case, $300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. that money is now in cuba's national bank. is a savings account -- is that a savings account? from the administration say to give up the money, it is your -- you wouldn't the administration say -- food the administration say to give up the money, it is your money. >> if i did ask you to follow up on that point. -- if i can ask you to follow up on that point which is a central one, the cuban policy in the united states has been based on cuban exile anger which, albeit justified, obviously, is not the basis for sound foreign-policy perhap

police. a 14 year old was killed and many others injured in the city in western venezuela that is becoming increasinglys with anti-government demonstrations. police officers were attacked with stones. the policeman who fired the pull let gun killing the teenager has been arrested. >> translator: i condemn this murder. when i found out, i ordered those responsible to be captured. this was done. they have been detained and we have established what happened. >> reporter: dozens of protesters have been killed in the past 12 months. the use of deadly force to maintain public order has cut protesters numbers, but growing dissatisfaction is continuing. >> translator: i am permanently harassed by the police. chasing me, visiting my home not to mention the acquisitions and attacks on my honor, even threats to my family. they are closing in. for those reasons i think this regime knows that change is very close. >> reporter: the go has been battling spiralling inflation by adjusting exchange rates and controlling imports to try to cut prices in the shops. falling oil prices has cut government revenue. the preside

. >>> protests continued in venezuela over the death of a teenager killed by police. demonstrators rallied outside the vatican, demanding an intervention from pope francis. >> thousands of students took to the treat to protect the preent arrest of opposition figures and the mounting economic woes. this video, wide by circulated showed the moments a young boy was caught in the confrontation and shot in the head by the policemen. >> translation: i saw the boy there with his brain spilt out. >> this is the voice of an eyewitness who didn't want to be seen on camera. >> translation: this sign days that he was bon and died in revolution a reserves to the 15 years that the revolution has been in pleas, adding. >> he never lived in a dem okay wasry. >> president nicolas maduro haas condemned the killing, and the police officer that shot him is behind bars. >> if any member of the security forces commits a crime, especially those in charge of maintaining public order, let me tell you, i'll be the fers to have them arrested -- first to have them arrested. >> translation: in ve

. >> protests have continued in venezuela over the death of a teenager killed by police. demonstrators rallied out the vatican embassy demanding action from pope francis. >> thousands took to the streets to protest the recent arrest of opposition figures and venezuela's economic woes. this video widely circulated on social media shows the moment just after a 14-year-old wearing a high school uniform and backpack was caught in the confrontation and shot in the head by a policeman. >> i saw the boy there with his brain spilled out. >> this is the voice of one eyewitness who did not want to be seen on camera. >> i told the police to call the ambulance after shooting him. >> this sign said he was born and died in revolution, a reference to the 15 years that the revolution has been in place. it adds, he never lived in a democracy. >> president maduro condemned the killing and the police officer who shot him is behind bars. >> if any member of the security forces commit as crime especially those in charge of maintaining the public order let me tell you i'll be the first to have

anti-government protesters in venezuela clashed with police in car ak us in a mark of the anniversaryrocks at riot police who responded with tear gas. last february they called supporters and had months of violent protests more than 40 killed and arrests of several, including the opposition leader. >>> in chapel hill north carolina, fbi inquiry under way following murders of three muslim college students. this morning we are learning more about one of the victims, 21 yusor mohammad abu salha last summer. >> growing up in america has been such a blessing and, you know, although in some ways i do stand out, such as the hijab, the head covering there are so many ways i feel so embedded in the fabric that is you know our culture. >> yusor went on to say here we are all one. she was killed with her husband and sister. police say the shootings a result of on-going parking dispute between neighbors. the victims' families expressed concern that the murders may have been motivated by hate. >>> just over an hour ago, courthouses opened in alabama, after a federal judge ordered all local probate

it is not cuban-americans, who send a large police contingent to venezuela to beat up dissidents and to train the venezuelan police forces. it is not the cubans who would like to go back to the cold war. the president wants to forget about the cold war. raul castro wants to go back to the cold war. they have been closed back in cuba. raul cast crow has in e -- castro has in cuba's national bank, look up in the newspaper. there has been a lot of fraud with medicare and medicaid. and, at least in one case, and there are many others $300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. the money is now in cuba's national bank. is that is that a savings account? shouldn't the administration say to mr. castro. give us the money before we talk about anything else? it is your money, the taxpayer's money. the administration is not giving your money back. >> if i could ask mr. duran to follow up on that point. if i could ask mr. duran real quickly to follow up on that point, that which is a central one i think that cuba policy for too long in the united states has been based in eyes of many on

it is not the cuban americans who send a large police contingent to venezuela to beat up dissidents andtrain the venezuelan police forces. it is not the cuban exiles who would like to go back to the cold war. the president wants to forget about the cold war, fidel castro wants to go back to the cold war. he wants to open up a spy station that has been closed back in cuba while the american diplomats in cuba, a soviet spy ship showed up in havana. castro has in cuba's national bank -- look it up in your newspaper. there has been a lot of fraud with medicaid and medicare. at least in one case, and there are many others, $300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. that money is now in cuba's national bank. is that a savings account? shouldn't the administration say to mr. castro, give us the money right now before we talk about anything else? it's yourçó money. it's taxpayers' money. and the path of theìáhp &hc% administration is not interested in getting your money back. >> mr. calzon if i could ask mr. duran to follow up on that point. if i could just ask mr. duran really quickl

it is not the cuban-americans who send a large police contingent to venezuela to beat up dissidents and train the venezuelan police forces. it is not the cuban exiles would like to go back to the cold war. the president would like to forget raul would like to go back. . while the american diplomats were in cuba, a soviet spy ship showed up in havana. fidel castro has in cuba's national bank, look it up in your newspaper. there has been a lot of fraud with medicaid and medicare and at least in one case, $300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. that money is now in cuba's national bank. is a savings account -- is that a savings account? from the administration say to give up the money, it is your -- you wouldn't the administration say -- food the administration say to give up the money, it is your money. >> if i did ask you to follow up on that point. -- if i can ask you to follow up on that point which is a central one, the cuban policy in the united states has been based on cuban exile anger which, albeit justified, obviously, is not the basis for sound foreign-policy perhap

police. this 14-year-old was killed and many others injured in the city in western venezuela, which is becomingsynonymous with anti-government demonstrations. government leaders say police officers were attacked with stones. the policeman who allegedly fired the pellet gun killing the teenager has been arrested. >> translator: i condemned this murder. when i found out i was in trinidad, and i ordered those who did it to be captured. this has been done. they have been detained and we have established what happened. >> reporter: the use of deadly force to maintain public order has cut the numbers buddies satisfaction seems to be growing. opposition leaders say many leaders have been arrested in the past week along with the mayor of caracas. >> translator: i am permanently harassed by the police. chasing me and attacks on my honor, and even threats to my family. for these reasons i think this regime knows that change is very close. >> reporter: the government has been battling spiralling inflation by adjusting exchange rates and l controlling imports to try to cut prices in the shops. the presiden

. >>> protests have continued in venezuela over dhaet of a teenager who was killed by police. ored are demanding an intervention from pope francis. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: thousands of students took to the streets on tuesday to protest the recent arrest of opposition figures and venezuela's mounting economic woes. this video, widely circulated on social media, shows the moment just after the 14 year old, wearing a high school uniform and a backpack was caught in the confrontation and shot in the head by a policeman. >> translator: i saw the boy there with his brain spilled out. >> reporter: this is the voice of one eyewitness who did not want to be seen on camera. >> translator: i told the police wanting to call the ambulance after shooting him. >> reporter: this sign says he lived and died for the revolution. it adds he never lived in a democracy. the president has condemned the killing and the police officer who shot the boy is behind bars. >> translator: if any member of the security forces commits a crime, especially those in charge of maintaining the public order, let me

in venezuela, antigovernment processors have clashed with police.rs set up barricades and blocks and threw molotov cocktails. police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. marchers were held to mark the anniversary of the protest that killed 43 people last june. the euro zone economy grew by a stronger than expected 0.3%. germany reasserted itself as the driver of growth while weakness remains in italy and greece. that is the latest world news at this hour's. the final numbers were in and it was a year to forget for automakers. plus, something you have not seen as your, oil trading for $60 a barrel. ♪ betty: today's big number is 64 million, how many cars the u.s. auto industry ended up recalling in 2014. it is twice the old record. general motors led the way with 27 million. almost 3 million small cars were recalled he goes a faulty ignition switches clear it 52 deaths. it was a year to forget for automakers. coming up, we take you to the nba all-star tech summit happening in new york. we will talk to the president of turner broadcasting and a

. >>> dozens of people in venezuela's capital have protested over the death of a teenager killed by policeors rallied in caracas, they say they want pope francis to intervene. the 14-year-old student was shot in the head during a confrontation with police at a protest. >>> the french press francois hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a two-day visit he's joined by a delegation of u.n. officials to president for urgent action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on climate change to be held in paris in december. the meeting is called cop 21. its goal is to create a legally binding agreement to cut greenhouse emissions by 2020. at the previous cop talks in pa crew last december a game work was set. but experts warn trying ideal will not be easy and the paris talks are likely to see fierce debate. marga or ortigas has more from ma nil 5678 it's an historic visit from the president of france. it's the first time a france president has visited here. he will be meeting with government leaders and industry and business men but also vis

. >>> dozens of people in venezuela's capital have protested over the death of 18 i'merer killed by policetrators rallied outside the vatican's diplomatic mission in caracas they say they want pope frap sit to intervene. the 14-year-old student was shot in the head during a confrontation with police at a protest in san cristobal. >>> french press francois hollande has arrived in the philippines at the start of a two-day visit. he's being joined by a delegation of u.n. official to his president to urgent action on climate change. the trip is part of a campaign ahead of a global conference on climate change to be held in paris in december. the meeting is called cop 21. at the previous cop talks last december in peru, a framework was set but experts warn that strike ideal won't be easy and that the pair i paris talks are likely to see fierce debates marga or teague uh-huhs more for us from ma nil 5679 it's an historic visit from the president it's the first time a french president has visited the country. two-day jam packed schedule think he will be leading with government leaders and industr

venezuela a petition drive is underway by students and opposition leaders calling on the government to repeal a measure to allow deadly force on protesters. after a 14-year-old was shot dead by police during this demonstration on tuesday. the measure was be put into effect last month in venezuela. >>> be a newspapera paper in venezuela has printed its last. here is our report from caracas. and note we are not naming our correspondent because of security concerns. >> the last issue of a venezuelan daily. following a handful of very costly lawsuits that some say are politically motivated, being forced to scale back to publishing weekly. for many of the journalists working here this cut back is yet another example of how the government has silenced dissent. >> translator: they are seeking total hegemony over the media. so there are fewer and fewer spaces to criticize what is wrong. they have tried to create not only a single unified message for the country but also a single narrative for abroad. >> reporter: during the last 15 years they have chronicled the administration under hugo chavez's bolivarian project. written in the name of the president's infant daughter are considered. >>

students fear is a decree that allows for police to use lethal force at their own discretion during protests. opposition students organised different event across venezuela, hoping to rekindle the last protest movement. if they succeed in getting people out into the streets, despite internal divisions and government intimidation the meaning of february 12th might be changed forever. >> the republican led u.s. congress has passed a controversial bill approving the construction of the keystone oil pipeline president obama said he's opposed to the pipe line transporting oil from canada to the gulf of mexico. the senate approved the bill. neither the house nor senate have votes to overcome a veto. barack obama has 10 address to sign or veto the legs leaks. >> leading marine scientists warn that 2015 could see coral reefs the world over destroyed. they blame the weather where an important coral reef is facing destruction. >>> for decades this underwater land cape has been the focus of study for a marine scientist and conservationist. he's working to protect the region. it's home to 75% of the world's coral species, 3,000 different kinds of fish and a host of

fatah al-sisi created in eget >>> venezuela's opposition leader is asking people to join him and stop the crack down on anti-government forces. the plea came a day after police arrested caracas mayor. investigators allege the mayor was trying to destabilize and overthrow the government. the obama administration addressed allegations by the president that the u.s. tried to destabilize the maiduguri government. >> these are allegations that we have seen from the maiduguri government. like the previous allegations, they are ludicrous. the fact is that venezuela government should stop blame the united states and other members of the international community for events inside venezuela, and they need to deal with the situation they face. united states is not promoting unrest, nor are we attempting to undermine the economy or the government. >> two men accused of trying to kill the bolivian president in 2009 admitted their guilt. the hungarian, bolivian and croatian nationals pleaded guilty. the prosecutor said the men were surviving members of a team targetting post and opposition leaders. other members of the alleged team was killed during a government raid. >>>

the police responded with rubber bullets and tear gaze there were protests in other parts of venezuela the late never our series on organ donations. in germany not many people are willing to be donors and that means some patients desperately waiting for a transplant don't get one. nick surpriser reports. >> reporter: 23-year-old kevin handles applications from people who need an i.d. card to prove that they are severely disabled. this is his. four years ago his heart doubled in size because of my owe carditis without this pumping machine he will die in 20 minutes. he's so tired of waiting for a donor heart he wishes his case would get worse. >> at the moment i am on what's called the normal list. that means i will almost never get a heart because there are too many emergency cases. people in the hospital get a higher place on the list. the only chance for me to get a short to be in hospital. >> reporter: this is one of several transplant centers who doctors were accuse of changing patient information to move them up the europe-wide transplant waiting list. when the scandal broke in 201

. >> we speak to venezuela journalists who believe the shrinking media landscape is another sign of critics being silenced. >> a flawed investigation... >> do you feel that the police has been as fair? >> and a missing child. >> i hope that the person that has her just bring her home. >> now, "america tonight" investigates the search for relisha. tonight, 10:00 eastern. >> mexican police captured the countries motor wanted drug lord, la tuta was arrested in the capitol oh of the state. >> villagers are feared buried in snow after avalanches in the north of afghanistan. 200 of known to have died, most in panjshir province, where hundreds more are missing. >> a bangladesh critic of religious extremism has been killed in the capitol dhaka. he had been threatened before his trip to the country. >> in iraq, isil forces are threatening to demolish the bridges connecting mosul with the rest of the country. the group has destroyed the city's only airport runway. isil has attacked one of iraq's holiest shia cities, gaining control of the bridge. the group said its suicide bombers blew up their vehicles and took over an iraqi army checkpoint. >> in syria kurdish forces have

mayor has been arrested condemning their detention although the venezuela government has yet to say it's true but the office was full of policed al jazeera he was eventually escorted from his office. we will be talking to adam the rainy live for us in mexico city with more on that. still to come on the program freed by boko haram former hostages speak about their experience in captivity. we will tell you about a website in germany which tries to make sure no one goes to bed hungry. and find out where one of n.b. averages biggest stars is heading on trade deadline day and we have the details in sport. nuz >> writer taiye selasi shares her impactful point of view >> certain people have to explain there presence... >> when you're part of many worlds, where is home? >> in ghana, i was not going to be able to become the person i wanted to be. >> every monday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time... talk to al jazeera part of our special black history month coverage on al jazeera america ♪ welcome back to the top stories on al jazeera, germany rejected greece's requ

venezuela swell la to escape violence and poverty. he bought the van for $5,000, and is still making loan payments. the two men who made the attacks, he told police, had been watching the van. police now say that may not have been the true motive. >>> this morning, president obama will sign a bill designed to prevent suicides by military veterans. the bill to help veterans as they move into civilian life, gives information about mental health services that are available to them. also requires the veterans affairs suicide prevention program to be evaluated by an independent auditor. >>> long-time cbs correspondent bob simon is dead. police say simon was riding in the backseat of a car that hit another car stopped at a traffic light in new york city. the car simon was in slammed into a metal median barrier. the 73-year-old journalist died at the hospital. simon was a contributor to "60 minutes," overseas correspondent starting in the 1906s. he was captured by iraqi forces in the gulf war, spent 40 days in an iraqi prison. >> amazing storyteller. >>> now to an emotional, inspiring story out of portland, oregon. the family of a ten-year-old girl who

police say they were last seen on tuesday taking a flight to instan bull turkey. >>> protestors in venezuelaing for the. >> reporter: after the leader of cara kus. he is accused of helping in a coup plot. they say he is a political prisoner being held unjustly. >>> the cold weather in the united states has turned deadly. at least 23 people have died from the weather across the country. this week including 18 people in the state of tennessee. more than 125 million people in the eastern u.s. are under some type of weather advisory with windchills at 40 below in some areas. >>> it's been a year since the bloody crackdown in kiev that claimed the lives of 49 people and led to the overthrow of the president. pro-russia activists are holding a rally this hour in moscow. with more on that we turn to aaron mclaugh lynn. certainly people there in moscow a lot of people in that protest, they believe the west is behind a lot of what we've seen play out in ukraine. what are you hearing there on the ground? >> reporter: george there are certainly echoes of the cold war here in moscow today. there's heavy

venezuela, mr. secretary, yesterday, just a few days ago a 14-year-old child was killed by police thugs, actually just yesterday, 14 years old. he was shot in the head during a peaceful protest. we in congress passed a sanctions law to punish such acts, but you have not fully implemented our law. states decision to deny some visas to some people is only a small slap on the wrist. people are dying in venezuela and all we're hearing are excuses. enough is enough, why have you not fully implemented every one of the sanctions laws that we passed against human rights violators in venezuela? how many more peaceful demonstrators must die before >> the answer is no because of the icc and what is going on. and the pa is nearly bankrupt at this moment. it is in nobody's interest madame chair, for this to -- for the pa to fall apart. >> cuba? >> we don't want that to happen. >>> i'll come to cuba in a minute. on the 14-year-old in venezuela that is horrendous. venezuela keeps moving in the wrong direction and making the wrong choices. and the answer is, the sanctions are being implemented, right now, as fast as

venezuela the arrest the mayor of crack has has prompted new protests opposition leaders are calling for his immediate release, tom ackerman reports. >> reporter: caracas mayor antonio ledesma arrested by intelligence police in camouflage has been insights kuyt today conspiracy to plot violence, he was transferred pending trial to a military prison, the same place where another opposition leader leopoldo lopez has been held for the past year, reportedly in solitary confinement. state-run television said the conspiracy included an assassination attempt on maduro. it said ledesma and lopez co-signed plans for a transitional government to replace the venezuelan president. >> translator: i will never give in to the enemy. and i will fight however i can against the traitors and the oligarch i. >> reporter: as shortages of basic commodities force venezuelas to queue outside grosch restores the government is blaming the opposition and the u.s. for what it calls an economic war to destabilize the country. >> what am i saying here that they are the ones imposing the rationing and restrictions which are strangling our people. so we must close ranks for our homeland and the revolution. >> and this is a continued eff

police destroy clandestine air strips. the honduran military showed us dozens of clandestine air strips used for transporting cocaine from honduras and venezuela. but it is a seemingly unending task. >> the fourth time trying to destroy this landing strip. but in less than 24 hours they repair them. mangroves lakes and rivers intertwine with patches of land, loading drugs on trucks to take inland or speedboats to head north to mexico or northwest. many of the local community is involved in the trade. >> speedboats or light trains also drop bundles and the tide brings them to shore. many people wait on the beach for them to try out their luck. but local fishermen say they have never seen drugs on the beach. the local military is reducing the drug flights and it has confiscated 11 million pounds of drugs. >> honduras used to be a transition point. it has left us terrible violence. >> the drug trade fuels the part of the country with the largest in the world. blanca and her children and grandchildren fled, because rival gangs were dumping their victims. >> we had to leave our home, everything, came from here. started from zero, i feel bad but i'l

. >>> venezuela is pressing charms against a policeman who confessed to shooting a teenager the. the 14-year-old boy was shot in the city between police and demonstrators. we have more. >> they came out to protest against the economic crisis. violent scuffles began: the 14-year-old was killed and many injured. the city has been synonymous with demonstration the. the police allegedly fired a pellet gun. >> translation: i condemn the murder, when i found out and i ordered those responsible to be captured. >> protesters have been killed in the past 12 months. use of deadly force cut numbers and satisfaction appears to be growing. opposition politicians who farmed coalitions say many leaders including the mayor of caracas have been accused. >> translation: i'm permanently harassed by the police not to mention accusations on my honour, they have been closing in. for this reason they know that changes are close. the gas has been adjusting exchange rates. falling oil prices was government revenue dropping. the president is trying to tell the people. the government is tightening its grip. and that appears to be making it arder for vns are to

fear is a resent decree that allows police to use leather force at their own discretion during protests. opposition students have organized different events across venezuelaekindle last year's protest movement. if they succeed in getting people out of the streets again despite internal divisions and government intimidation the meeting of february 12 might be changed forever. david mercer al jazeera. >>> farc rebels in columbia announced recruitment of minors and declared it during peace talks with the government in december they declared a unilateral ceasefire and rebels fought the colombian military for almost 50 years and we traveled to the northern region where in the past some of the worst fighting has taken place. ♪ once a month for the last 15 years the people of columbia's worry-torn region here have been using this as a form of resistance resistance. they have been through the worst of times when fighting between the columbia military and farc rebels were almost daily occurrence and they are still dancing as the guns have fallen silent following a ceasefire in late december. >> translator: there is a sense of newness with no clashes and with us an

it is not the cuban-americans who send a large police con contingent to venezuela to beat up kiss departments and to train the -- dissidents and to train the venezuelan police forces. it is not the cuban exiles who would like to go back to the cold war. the president wants to forget about the cold war. raul castro wants to go back to the cold war. he wants to open up a spy station that have been closed back in cuba. while the american diplomats were in cuba, the soviet spy ship showed up in havana. raul castro has in cuba's national bank -- look it up in your newspaper. there has been a lot of fraud with medicaid and medicare. and at least in one case and there are many others, $300 million were stolen from medicaid and medicare. the money is now in cuba's national bank. is that a, is that a savings account? shouldn't the administration say to mr. castro, "give us the money right now before we talk about anything else?" this is your money. this is taxpayers' money. and, apparently, the administration is not interested in getting your money back. >> and mr. calzon if i could then just ask mr.

is resent decree that allows for police to use lethal force at their own discretion during protests and opposition students have organized different events across venezuelaekindle last year's protest movement. if they succeed in getting people out of the streets again, despite internal divisions and government intimidation the meeting of february 12 might be changed forever. david mercer al jazeera. >>> a montana homeowner will spend 20 years in jail for killing a german exchange student and marcus was sentenced to a 70-year term and eligible for payroll in two decades and claims self-defense in the shooting of deede and went hunting and lured the unarmed 17-year-old to his death. bizarre case of what many are calling nut rage landed an executive a year in joe and heather cho was guilty of forcing a flight attendant off a plane of what she called bad service and we have more from seoul. >> reporter: in custody since the end of december heather cho was spared the cameras at seoul's western district court and brought by bus from jail to the back entrance and not long before making the return journey as a convicted criminal and it's an incredible fall from

venezuela is accused of plotting coup to overthrow the government. he said accusations are totally unfounded. tom ackermann has the latest. >> the caracas mayor was arrested by intelligence police dressed in camouflage. he has been indicted for conspiracy to plot violence. he was transferred pending trial to a military prison, the same place another opposition leader has been held for the past year, reportedly in solitary confinement. state run television said the conspiracy included an assassination attempt on maduro. it says he co-signed plans for a transitional government to replace the venezuelan president. >> i will never give in to the enemy, and i will fight however i can against the traitors and the oligarchy. >> at shortages of basic commodities force venezuelans to cue outside grocery stores, the government blames the opposition and u.s. for what it calls an economic war to destabilize the country. >> i am saying that they are the ones imposing the rationing and restrictions, which are strangling our people, so we must in the first place close ranks for our homeland and the revolution. >> this is a continued effort ongoing. i feel like we talk about these incidents on

last month his government changed policy to allow police to use deadly force to control protests. tensions are running high in venezuelaecent bad economic news and the arrest last week of opposition mayor of caracas. >>> and a gas explosion that rip add house apart in southern new jersey. the moment it was captured by a police dashcam. no one in the home but 15 people were hurt. two of them critically. crews had been on the scene working on a gas main leak at the time. people could feel the explosion a mile away. >>> still much more ahead on this hour as "the rundown" continues to roll on. we get ready for a big town hall with president obama later today, but first a different president will join me after the break. mark roenzbergsenberg, president of this great university. good to see you, on the wide shot. talk about your college, when we come back. >> ready to go. >>> mr. president, the world's dying to know, is it boxers or briefs? >> usually briefs. can't believe she did that. in new york state, we're reinventing how we do business so businesses can reinvent the world. from pharmaceuticals to 3d prototyping, biote

police officer who shot him is behind bars. >> if any member of the security forces commit a crime. especially those in charm of public order, i'll be the first to have them arrested. in venezuela, it is against the law and the constitution puts limits on the cues of force. >> the tragedy of the untimely death is made worse by what some say is a brutal repress of descent. then he was shot. >> translation: what could he be doing or holding in his hands, his school books. it's not right. i have marks on my arm from the police who didn't want me to hold the child. why? after they shot him. they wanted him taken away why, i insisted. because they didn't want to leave the ested. the repercussions of the death is not clear. as tensions rise it could be the park that sets off a wave of protests protests in the si at the heart of clashes. >> in bolivia, there has been severe flooding. 800 families had their homes destroyed. it's been promised that residents of hardest hit areas will be relocated. in mexico a volcano spewed ash 700 meters that the sky. the eruption forced a series of flight to be cancelled. experts say the volcano is experiencing low-intensity explosions. it is the seco

venezuela mr. secretary, yesterday, just a few days ago a 14-year-old child was killed by police thugs, actually just yesterday, 14 years old. he was shot in the head during a peaceful protest. we in congress passed a sanctions law to punish such acts, but you have not fully implemented our law. states decision to deny some visas to some people is only a small slap on the wrist. people are dying in venezuela and all we're hearing are excuses. enough is enough, why have you not fully implemented every one of the sanctions laws that we passed against human rights violators in venezuela? how many more peaceful demonstrator demonstrators must die before you sanction them. and lastly on the palestinians, our courts just a few days ago ordered the palestinian authority to pay for terror and yet the pa has hired a d.c. lobbying firm. we all know that money is fungible, so isn't our money to the palestinians actually paying for their court order terror penalties and their lobbying efforts here in congress? >> well let me answer the last two very quickly and i'll talk about the others. the answer is no, that

venezuela's socialist government staged a doing marshes on the anniversary of last year's bloody protest movement. protests also took place in caracas. in south africa unprecedented walkout. armed policeemove the freedom fighters party after they interrupted zuma's speech. members of the opposition party then walked out in protest. zuma upgraded his private home with funds. tom: i love when you do these stories. i have no idea what the eef is about. i am not up to speed. brendan: there's a great economist piece on south africa that says this is how you dismantle a democracy step-by-step slowly. tom: we should stop the show and say congratulations to all of the -- this is really cool. she takes over, the previous guy goes somewhere else. brendan: somewhere else, we are not sure how he is shuffled off. she is next ordinary and well-known economicst. tom: chances are she wrote every word of it. brendan: at the beginning of the financial crisis, i asked her -- how bad is it, what should we do? moving to the u.s. west coast, president obama is that stanford today for sup you will host a summit on cyber security. here is what he says he wants to do -- president obama: it is going to bring e

president of the united states, and there isn't some police officer outside that door ready to handcuff me and take me to jail. meanwhile in venezuela just this week a member of their legislative branch was ousted, and you know why they kicked him out? so he could lose his legislative immunity and they could arrest him. two weeks ago armed agents stormed the office of a mayor shot -- fired shots in the air to disperse crowds and arrested by force a member of the opposition party of the mayor. this is happening in our own hemisphere and this is happening in the 21st century. it was just two decades ago that the western hemisphere was full of dictators right-wing and left-wing, strong men who controlled and oppressed their people and we paid a terrible price for that in this hemisphere and even in this country. and then there was this opening of democratic progress in the region. and now it's starting to erode and we're standing by and saying nothing about it. it's like it doesn't even exist. you see it eroding in nicarauga where the sandinistas are back in charge. they won an election and then they used that power to erode democracy.