nhk world's maria parm loaf va has more from vlad voss dock. >> reporter: russians have been waited ag long time to host the games. they have never staged the winter olympics before. their one and only games was boycotted by many western countries. the upcoming event is stirring lots of national pride. sports shops in have had vostok are packed with items bearing the olympic logo. we can see more than 100 goods with olympic logos from sports gear to pencils. they are popular gifts for christmas among children. >> translator: we're looking forward to the olympic games. we'll watch it on tv. >> translator: i want russia to keep its prestige. i believe we'll make the olympics a success, and i dream that russia will come out on top. >> reporter: the people in the far eastern region have felt neglected by the central government since the collapse of the soviet union. but things started to change as the energy sector grew in eastern siberia. the government then put vlad voss dock on the map last year by hosting a conference there and invested heavily in infrastructure. now the olympics is ad

he has clearly found a new outlet for his political passions, and that's the challenge for vlad.er years of fighting for social justice and human righting in russia, he must now find a new calling in a new country. >>> last year as many as 180,000 people imma grated legally to new york city. >>> some tense moments in canada caught on tape. >>> plus another amay story of survival. find out how a blind man's guide dog may have saved his life. interactive television. we depend on you, >> you are one of the voices of this show. >> so join the conversation and make it your own. >> the stream. next on al jazeera america and join the conversation online @ajamstream. night with the combatants in their training base. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are some of the stories making news at this hour. what could be the last major lawsuit stemming from the 9/11 attacks has now been settled. american airlines agreeing to pie to the financial services, when 68 of their employees died when the airliner hit the world trade center. >>> some scary moments in canada. ope

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gays have been told not to show at the olympics in russia by macho man himself big bad vlad putin. personally, i don't give a damn what you do in your bedroom, who you do it with, how often you do it. that's between you, your partner and god. think having been schooled in the constitution and rendering legal decisions on the constitution that phil robertson has a right to say whatever he thinks. as far as i'm concerned, the thought police should get the duck out of here. now, i must confess. i have never watched "duck dynasty" although my mother loves it. what do i know? what i do know is that phil is self-described red neck who often quotes from the bible has the right to his view of the world. especially if it's based on the bible. and if it's considered blasphemous for phil to repeat directly from the greatest book on earth and that he should be censored for those beliefs, when's next? will we stop publishing the bible because some people are offended by what's in it? will this be america's kristallnacht? robe a&e said the viewers feel safe watching with their children, yet his