last week fewer than 150 cases were reported in west africa.om its peak in december where there were about 550 cases recorded a week. now over the next two weeks, cynical trials will begin to determine if two new vaccines are safe and effective. 30,000 volunteers will take part in the trial, including front line health workers. the same version has already been tested out on volunteers in the u.k. the u.s. and mali. while many hope this new vaccine will be successful the world health organization warns that the deadly epidemic is far from over. $260 million are still needed to fight the disease over the next six months. one of the issues is the up coming rainy season which poses a threat in high-risk areas, and failure to combat the virus could result in further economic devastation in affected countries. on friday sierra leone lifted its kwaurn tee measures. the hope now is these measures will stop the spread of the virus that has caused so much pain and fear in west africa. >>> zambia's governing party is maintaining a slim lead in presidenti

again called for an intensified effort on the ground in west africa.say more international help and aid is needed and world health organization agrees, president obama and congress are supplying over $5 billion to provide funding worldwide. meanwhile vaccines are being tested and even though it is slowing guinea, and liberia, it is still too early to call it under control. robert ray, al jazeera atlanta. >> tonight at suck eastern,ly talk to a doctor that returns from sierra leone. and also at 11 a look back at the life of a political titan former new york governor died today at the age of 82. but up next, 2014 giant leaps in space exploration the year 2014 brought several big achievements in space. scientists landed a craft on a comment, and discovered hundreds of distant planets. nasa also testified a spacecraft that may one day carry people to mars. here is our science and technology correspondent. >> 2014 was a big year for space exploration and that's pause just the sheer variety of ways that we got out of earth's gravity, whether for profit or fo

he just returned from a trip to west africa at the end of december. senator coons said the u.s. troops dispatched to the region have made great improvements. he is calling for a new strategy to help liberians take over the work started by u.s. troops. >>> well the holiday shopping sales are over but experts say you can still find some great bargains in january, if you have any patience and will left to shop. the study shows many electronics stores are getting their new products in soon. that means they need to sell off the old ones. also, "consumer reports" say january is a great time to find deals on bedding, winter clothes and toys. >>> now, your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> don't need your umbrella today, just need to bundle up. it's getting colder by the minute thanks to strong winds. right now 42 degrees here at nbc 10 at 4:27. jillian mele is in the first alert traffic center. good morning jillian. >> good morning to you, bill. so far, so good on a lot of the majors including the blue route. this is a live look near the mid-county toll plaza. also no accidents to report

that is our main efforand we have projects underway in you it -- in west africa.t is a different situation. the special operations community is trying to prevent war there prevent the small problems that exist in west africa from snowbaing into an isis-like situation. >> care is an important part of it, and these areas become very destabilized, especially with climate change and encroachment, not to mention ebola challenges. talk a little bit about some of the legal challenges that you guys have facein trying to do this. pretty much everybody has agreed that it is areat idea. but in applying it, there have been challenges. >> spirit of america has taken the idea of private-public cocollaboration which is actually part of the national security strategy, and we operationalize that. we are a side-by-side, working with troops in these places. there was a prevaili military idea ang military attorneys atat one point in time that what we were doing could be categorized as diertation on the rt of the troops. if afghan women need sewing machines to provide for their famili

we see a decrease in cases, everyone is concerned that all the resources will be pulled out of west africa and the countries, with limited resources prior to ebola, will be left rebuilding the health care systems, and their economies with little help outside of africa. >> progress is being made clearly a long road ahead. dr susan donovan with the u.c.l.a. medical center - thank you for your time tonight >>> still ahead on al jazeera america, an olive branch of sorts to kim jong un's neighbours to the south. >>> a look back at the conflict in gaza where things stand between israel and the palestinians, and what could happen in 2015. >>> north korea's leader kim jong un used his knew year's speech to strike a conciliatory tone. >> translation: if the atmosphere and environment there, there's no reason not to call a high manufacture level summit -- high-level summit. south korea's president park geun-hye is willing to meet kim, and wants to see the north take a step towards dissolving the programme. last high-level talks happened in february. >> last summer's war in gaza took a heavy toll. th

. >> in west africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back ebola. >> brown: sitting with the first lady during the speech, dr. pranav shetty served as the

. >>> the world health organization says new cases of ebola in west africa have fall opinion below 100 a week for the first time in six months. >>> and the "star wars" toy that a collectible for just over $2 35 years ago has just gone on sale for some $27,000. >> it's no contest, really. >>> a very warm welcome to the program. the japanese government is trying to verify a new message apparently recorded by the journalist being held hostage by the islamic state group. the message from kenji goto says the new deadline or release a convicted suicide bomber. if she's not handed over it will kill a jordanian fighter pilot who's also being held hostage. in the past few hours, japan's chief cabinet secretary has had this to say about the ongoing negotiations. >> we are working continuously with the jordanians. the situation is constantly changing. so in that sense, we don't believe that we should comment on the position of the government. but we can say that things between japan and jordan are moving forward, in the atmosphere of trust. >> now, this is the second japanese hostage under threat

i would argue that i would argue that equally poor countries in west africa do better. at the democratic republic of the congo did better. senegal did better. and it was because they have the ability to call on whatever capacity they had more effectively. they effectively. they had more integrated systems far greater adaptability. and we saw even if they had health clinics one clinics one did not know what a group a mile away was doing and that was true and how they were testing the communications patterns. they were not resilient not because they were poor but because they had not held these characteristics into their capacity. >> another example, japan as far away as you can get from west africa, the fukushima disaster ultimately let me start this sentence again. the fukushima disaster was made in japan because of layers of layers of problems >> i talked about and analyze fukushima deeply in the book because they had for the first time that they have ever been willing to publicly analyze what went wrong. part of it they absolutely attribute to their culture not being

they helped build treatment centers for ebola patients in west africa. 50 more troops stayed behind to continue the mission. >>> a u.s. health care worker monitored closely at a hospital in nebraska this morning. officials say the patient experienced quote high risk of exposure to ebola while working in sierra leone. the worker is not showing symptoms of infection. the worker is not considered infectious at this point. the ebola outbreak in west africa has claimed nearly 8,000 lives. >>> new yorkers and nation preparing to say final guy buyood-byes to former governor mario cuomo. the funeral is tomorrow morning in manhattan. the former governor died of heart failure with his family by his side on new year's day. >>> and tributes pouring in for stuart scott. scott is remembered for his talent and personality which included the most memorable catch phrases in sports. in a statement, president obama said stuart scott entertained us and inspired us with his courageous fight against cancer. >> as cool as the other side of the pillow. he was. >>> millions of p

soldiers are now back from deployment to west africa. they've helped to build treatment centers for ebola patients. the soldiers will be watched closely for 21 days at an isolated base in washington. >> police have discovered the body of a baby girl who was abducted from a home in long beach, california. the infant's mother, father and uncle were shot on saturday. the three duties all survived the shooting, but it's not exactly clear who pulled the trigger. the body of the three-week-old was found sunday in a dumpster behind a strip malin san diego county. no word yet on the cause of death. >> the sports world mourning the passing of espn anchor stuart scott, who died from cancer. >> the brother who strides up court like this after bringing down the house. >> scott made his debut in 1993 and became famous for catch phrasing for home runs. an emotional staffer broke the news sunday morning. >> in the past seven years as he fought cancer, we saw why he lived for his daughters taylor and sydney. so today we choose not to say that stuart los

. >> for the past few months, we have reported on the ebola virus in west africa. progress has been made to try to stop the spread of the disease. there is a lot of work to be done. more than 120,000 have been infected. the shifting focus is to ginny. for more on the efforts to stop the disease, i spoke to the director of the center for disease control and prevention. >> welcome back. you have said that you are confident that we can get to zero cases. a big claim. >> i am optimistic. it is far from a sure thing. one of the greatest risks is the country of guinea. as cases go down, we need to step up our level of effort. every single case needs to become extensive to help the person identify contacts and care for people who become ill. we are not out of the woods by a long shot. >> you were there and you have seen significant improvement in capacity. what is the hitch or the thing that could produce another flareup. >> ebola moves quickly and we have seen it emerged a new districts. the urban control of ebola is very challenging. there is a large outbreak in the dis

spread of the virus has caused so much pain and fear in west africa. sylvia lennon, al jazeera. >> court will decide whether the three-drug cocktail used in the injection for execution is unconstitutional. violating the ban on cruel and unusual punishment. the use of the cocktail has been called under criticism after a botched execution last april. >>> in north dakota in the u.s. native american populations control vast expanses of land and had benefited from the shale oil boom. now they're feeling pinch as john hendren reports from the native american reservation. >> reporter: for native americans in north dakota the oil boom is as much a curse as a blessing. >> life has become hard he. it's crazy that our own people who loved and fought and died our own ancestors are getting up and saying i don't want to live there anymore and they're moving. >> the land has earned the native american nation $1 billion since 2008. profit from drill sites on their property. but for he most lifestyles have gone down, crime traffic deaths and cost of living have gone up

. >>> the world health organization says new cases of ebola in west africa has fallen below 100 a week time in six months. >>> also on the program, aaron joins us with the first major oil giant to el us its numbers. >> and it's lucent royal dutch shell, and it's claimed the role of the canary in the coal mine or on the oil rig. but, look no surprises that the plunge in the prices of the black stuff is having a major impact. in fact, shell tells us it's cutting its spending by $15 billion over the next three years. >>> welcome back to "gmt." they've tried before now they're trying again. europe's foreign ministers holding an emergency meeting shortly on the situation in ukraine. so far, the existing sanctions haven't had much effect. so the talking continues as well. the situation for those living in eastern ukraine deteriorates. for months now, much of the fighting has continued around the regions of donetsk and luhansk in the east. some of the worst fighting has been in the town of debaltseve. our reporter reports from where many of the injured have been taken. >> reporter: the war wo

. >>> could the tide be alternating against the ebola virus in west africa?en john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tomorrow at 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera >> "consider this". the news of the day, plus so much more. >> we begin with the growing controversy. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> real perspective. "consider this". monday through thursday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> hello there i'm barbara serra. here are the top stories on al jazeera. a crucial ceasefire is holding in yemen. iran has confirmed that a member of its elite revolutionary guard was killed in an israeli air strike on syria on sunday which also killed six hezbollah members. >>> and recep tayyip erdogan has chaired his first parliamentary cabinet meeting. >>> men sentenced between three years and life in prison in the city of man

. >> the first batch of a trial vaccine against the ebola virus is on its way to west africa. the drug will be given to people in the worst-affected countries. >> in west africa, they are still digging graves. each small white cross, another life claimed by ebola. there are signs the pace of the outbreak is slowing. and now, in high-tech laborde tories -- high-tech laboratories in u.k., medicine that will be used on volunteers. as the number of cases falls that we comes harder. >> the duration of the trial depends on how many cases there are. the more active the disease is the quicker the trial will go. the less active, the slower. over the next months you would expect to learn more and more information about the vaccine. that will confirm exactly what the safety and protective effect is. >> of the volunteers, 10,000 will be given the gsk vaccine from the u.k. 10,000 a dummy or placebo vaccine, and 10,000 a separate, experimental vaccine. it is just a few months since volunteers began helping researchers, developing a test vaccine this quickly is unprecedented. scientists say

they just returned from west africa to build treatment centers. they will be monitored for 21 days and not allowed to have physical contact with family members. >>> a u.s. health care worker is being monitored closely at a hospital in nebraska this morning. the patient experienced a high risk of exposure to ebola while working in sierra leone. the patient is not considered infectious at this point. >>> new yorkers and the nation preparing to say a final good-bye to former governor mario cuomo. a wake will be held today with vice president biden and his wife attending. the former governor died of heart failure with his family by his side on new year's day. >>> the tributes are pouring in for stuart scott who died on sunday. he was 49 years old. scott is remembered for his special talents which included the memorable catch phrases in sports. he was a remarkable and fantastic individual. >> and great dad. >> president obama said stuart scott entertained us and inspired us with his courageous fight. >> what are some of his phrases? >> the cooler side

a doctor from the university of pennsylvania will return to west africa to treat ebola patients. nbc 10 was there in october when dr. trish henwood left for liberia. when she came home this late november, she underwent a 21-damon or thing period to confirm that she did not have any symptoms of the virus. came to my house, we did direct active monitoring where i would check my temperature twice a day with them. >> dr. henwood has been spending time with her family before flying out this week. she will return home after she is in liberia in february. >> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> good sunday morning. fog is still all across the area. we're still dealing with a little bit of rain in spots, but everyone is seeing mild temperatures. we're going to be mild later on this afternoon as well, into the 60s in some spots. fog this morning. we've had it over the past few hours. mild today, into the low 60s and cold. we're talking temperatures in the 20s. here is a look at visibility down to a quarter mile in atlantic city. down to a mile in allentown. there it is the fog is out t

he survived a bout with ebola, now he's recovered and headed back to west africa. he's speaking out about his decision to return. we'll have that coming up. >>> if you have high blood pressure, there's one food you may want to add to your diet. we'll show you what it is when we come back. may want to add to your diet. ♪ with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region you have the power to do more. independence blue cross. live fearless. >>> working the night shift may increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. that's according to boston university researchers who studied more than 28,000 african-american women. they found the night shift increased the risk of diabetes by 22%. experts think changes in the body's natural sleep cycle can affect metabolism. >>> blueberries may help lower your blood pressure. researchers at florida state university studied dozens of older women with early hypertension. they found eight weeks of eating one cup of blueberries a day led to lower blood pressure readings. the head of the story said it's the first to evaluate th

it's not clear if that patient recently traveled to west africa.least ten people have been treated for ebola in the u.s. since the outbreak began. i don't want to alarm you here but this is an outbreak of the measles spreading across the u.s. since january 1, there have been 84 cases reported in 14 states. that's according to the u.s. centers for disease control. most of those cases are linked to a recent outbreak in disneyland in california. though more than 600 measles cases in 2014 compare that to less than 100 cases annually in recent years. we'll keep you up to date. dan simon is in san francisco with a controversy over measles and the vaccine is growing. one family's plea is stirring up debate over what's already a hot button issue. >> reporter: 6-year-old is not vaccinated for measles or anything else but it has nothing to do with religion or his parent's philosophy towards vaccines. he's been battling hueleukemia. a thousand doses of chemo weakened his immune system. >> the vaccinations he had when he was a baby all the antibodies are wiped

the director general of the world health organization says its response tots ebola outbreak in west africaas revealed quote, inadequacies as well as short shortcomings. critics say the who is spending too much on bureaucracy and not enough on the needy. >> the world health organization was established in 1948. it stated role: to provide leadership and technical support to the world's governments on matters critical to human health. it's slow response last year to the ebola outbreak in west africa has put the way its run under the microscope. >> the ebola outbreak points to the need for urgent change in three main areas: to rebuild and strengthen national and international emergency preparedness and response to address the way new medical products are brought to market and to strengthen the way it operates during emergency. >> margaret chan said the ebola outbreak revealed inadequacies and shortcomings in the organization's response. she urged the w.h.o.'s to accept changes. the w.h.o. has a big bureaucracy, six regional offices, more than 150 country offices and the headquarters in geneva.

these are people who are risking their lives to fight this disease at its center in west africa. >> atime to roll the credits to show you who really puts this show together. thanks to my guests joy reid krystal ball zerlina maxwell, josh barro richard wolf. that's it for 2014 and "the last word." >> cheers. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >>> i guess some people look at you and don't like you for some reason. they just target in on you. >> a new inmate tries to adjust to life in jail. >> my bunky before, he kidnapped somebody at gunpoint, so you just -- you don't know who you're sleeping with. >> but he finds himself with a target on his back and the victim of violence. a drug smuggling scheme is uncovered in the jail's mail

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he just returned from a trip to west africa at the end of december. senator coons said the u.s. troops dispatched to that region have made great improvements. he's now calling for a new strategy to help liberians take over the work started by those u.s. troops. >>> north korea is slamming the u.s. for imposing sanctions against several government officials in the wake of the sony cyber attack. a statement from north korea's foreign ministry accused of u.s. of stirring up hostility toward pyongyang. the u.s. imposed the sanctions on friday calling it an opening move in response to the hacking. north korea continues to deny any involvement. >>> it is 5:15. after a two-week vacation president obama is back in washington this morning and getting ready to work. the first family returned from hawaii yesterday. now the president is preparing for a multicity campaign leading up to his state of the union address later this month. during that tour president obama is expected to emphasize the agenda that he wants to pursue with the new congress which takes office tomorrow. and some members

are much lower than we see in west africa.n people they have about 50 doctors, so many of those have died. sierra leone, the same. they have 156 doctors, ten died recently in the u.s. that's equivalent to losing 50 or 60,000 doctors. that's the scale we're looking at. >> you have to look at it relatively. we have much more ability to treat it here. that's why we see the success with cases. now the unfortunate part of it is it means we also don't have the magic cure we don't have the silver bullet. we don't have the vaccine. where are we on the front of developing a vaccine or treatments. >> we're in phase one early clinical trials of a few different vaccines. one of those trials has been stopped. unfortunately just for a few weeks, they were trying to find out why some volunteers had developed joint pain this their hands and feet. we still have to question why don't we already have a vaccine. the world health organization and other partners have been working on a vaccine for about ten years. but they didn't have enough resourc

competition. 5-1 the final score. >>> on saturday the 30th africa cup of nations get underway in exwaer toal guinea. exwa doeral quinney is located in westica. the games will be shared across four centers, the capitol, and other cities. that's where our correspondent reports from. >> reporter: well in 2012 when this stadium hosted the africa cup of nations, most thought they were witnessing a once in a generation sporting spectacle. but three years later here we go again. but unlike 2012 they won't be co-hosting. they will be standing alone. it means stadiums will be used again, but also smaller venues will be used for the first time. they have limited infrastructure virtually no hotels and there are obvious question marks about their suitability. when morocco pulled out of hosting the tournament just a couple of months ago, they did so because of fears of the ebola virus spreading into their country. as far as the organization was concerned it wasn't an option to delay the tournament for a year. in almost six decades there has never been a cancellation or postponement. they have taken a big risk by bringing the tournament back here. but

. >> woodruff: now, taking stock of the continuing battle against the deadly ebola virus in west africa a leading worker and organizer who was there early on, and is about to return with an evolving mission. jeffrey brown has the story. >> brown: ebola has killled more than 8,500 people since it began nearly one-year-ago. a major health emergency that's brought out a major and often dangerous response effort from health workers. in his state of the union address last night, president obama hailed americans who've served on the front lines. >> in west africa, our troops, our scientists, our doctors, our nurses and healthcare workers are rolling back ebola. >> brown: sitting with the first lady during the speech, dr. pranav shetty served as the embodiment of that effort. >> brown: as global emergency health coordinator for the non- profit international medical corps, shetty is more typically found in health hot-spots around the world. in august he went to liberia to help establish and oversee two ebola treatment units and a training center for health workers. shortly before going to the c

we talk about what comes next with two officials just back from west africa: the united nations' anthony banbury and delaware senator chris coons. good evening, i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. also ahead this tuesday: mexico's president visits the white house amidst allegations of corruption and police abuses. >> ifill: plus: how peru is using the latest drone technology to protect the country's archaeological heritage from encroaching development. >> these are only tools, means to an end. the end is to preserve our cultural patrimony and whatever we can deploy to achieve that. >> woodruff: and, why fewer adults are getting their high g.e.d after changes are made to the test. >> ifill: those are some of the stories we're covering on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from electronics systems to intelligence analysis and cyber- operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastruct

west africa. right now it is unclear if this patient has ebola.ce headquarters are asking for the communities else in arresting a sexual predator that attack the 10 year-old boy and was walking to school. >>: is a male hispanic about 40 to 50 years of age he has a full beard and shorthaired the salt and pepper. >>reporter: as a $5,000 reward being offered for information in this case. >>reporter: we been reviewing the kit criminal complaint against brock turner. he is accused of attacking a woman on january 18th. according to claims he was on top of the woman during a sexual act he said he was kissing groping the woman but he did not have intercourse. the woman says that she does not remember being salted does not know brock tonner. he's facing five felony counts. >>reporter: a renewed a renewed effort and try to tackle the speeding problem in your way road. they're thinking about putting up a side show drivers off fast they're going. they're also thinking about speed bumps and stepped up patrols. this action is happening because of a woman that w

they have phone and e-mail access. 50 soldiers remain in west africa.immigrants aren't all that is coming into our country in droves. nearly 15,000 pounds of methseized at the u.s. mexico border last year. that is up 300 percent in the last five years. border officials say mexican cartels make the drugs cheap then they smuggle them over the border anyway they can. >> obamacare in the keystone pipeline topping the agenda as congress get back to work with republicans in control in 2006. >> we know of the two big issues right out of the gate for this congress. >> the changes in obamacare most notably trying to create a 30 hour workweek requirement for full-time work. they need some support from democrats and that's something that is clearly acknowledged from the incoming senate majority leader. >> to do that we are going to need democratic senators and a president of the united states. >> while repealing obamacare is one thing if we make an effort to do that there may be efforts to make bipartisan changes to the law including eliminating that big and unpop

when a patient complains of symptoms after recently coming back from a trip in west africa. developing news this morning. bulldog: mattress discounters presidents day sale! get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-pedic cloud collection! and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just $397. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>george: the left lane is a lot more about a 80 admirable or cow track close have to do some repair work after an early morning accident is already backing up the right now and of the wrecks of the freeway but especially now about cited slowing the ride come on to the nimitz from 230 a northbound i will have a complete track check coming right up. >>darya:a patient is in isolation at u-c davis medical center. >>darya:doctors are testing to determine whether that person has the deadly ebola virus. >>darya:health officials say the patient originally went to mercy general hospital in sacramento complaining about symptoms associated with ebola. >>darya:they found out that person was recently in west africa and an immediate tr

. >>> ebola in west africa on the decline but researchers fear the virus may survive by mutating andlacings with cuba begin to thaw farmers in louisiana look to expand their business into the island nation. ♪ there are new developments in the global battle against ebola, the number of new cases in west africa is down but researchers warn the virus is mutating and roxanne has more on the story for us. >> the world health organization is shifting efforts from slowing the spread of the disease to stopping the outbreak, at the same time scientists in paris say the virus has evolved. >> reporter: good news in the fight against ebola, the number of new cases is dropping in the hardest hit countries to below 100 for the first time in seven moves. >> the countries know what to do now and have the capacities they need this could be driven to 0. >> reporter: the world health organization says last week sierra leone had 65 new cases and new guinea and leaving 9,000 people dead. to end the out break the world health organization is shifting efforts to what it calls contract tracing. >> fewer cas

i went and worked in west africa after college, working for an oil ship transportation company. i was not the best of this is meant but i had a hell of a time. i traveled over west africa and came back and decided to go to law school. >> why did you decide to do that? >> there was a pull. or a lumar-- lunar pull. it had clearly been a very is fine, emotionally and intellectually life for him. i shared some characteristics of his. i did it and i was glad i did it and i was fortunate enough when i got out -- and he gave me a job. >> you went to seattle. >> i worked for bob. he was the third district attorney in 40 years. my wife and i, peggy, felt it was time to go to be on our own. she was one of nine kids. i had a lawyer family that was ever present. i think we had it is and we should go somewhere, raise our family, and have it at adventure. seattle was for us at that time the adventure. we moved apple for microsoft hit. it was not the dynamic city. in the 16 years i lived there, seattle changed as much as any american city. with microsoft and amazon and costco, incredibly dynam

plus deadly disease the ebola crisis in west africa and america's reaction. 2014, from the rise of i.s.i.ln gaza. protesters fighting for freedom in hong kong. demanding justice in ferguson, missouri. the icons we lost. the triumphs we won't forget. >> i've been chosen as a nobel laureate. >> the stories that mattered most. our special report, 2014, a closer look. >> good evening and happy new year's eve. i'm paul beban, john siegenthaler has the night off. we look back at the most influential and important stories of the year. this week we marked one year in jail for our three colleagues held in jail in egypt. >> i think regardless, i get -- >> at home in australia the moments when one of the jailed journalists learned their love one's fate. >> seven years for peter greste and others present. my god my god. sorry finish. >> whether watching from afar or inside the courtroom families were devastated learning that being journalists peter greste mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed had received sentences. >> today is an example of everything that ruins people's lives. >> the sentence ignited inte

. >>> in mali could the tide be turning against the virus ebola in west africa. off to a shaky start as they open their campaign. >>> ukraine's army has launched a major operation to retake donetsk airport. the airport has been the scene of heaft heavy fighting ever since proitionpro-russian fighters, launched a campaign against the government. >> the sounds of artillery fire, has certainly become less frequent in the past few hours here in donetsk but it's still there audible in the distance. airport about five miles away from where i'm standing. it is a degree of almost surreal normality. the christmas tree lights are on behind me, trams still running. who controls the airport? the ukrainian government claims to have pushed the separatist fighters back to minsk. zakashenko. out of the airport altogether. it's too dangerous to get close. getting close to the airport is very difficult indeed. it's been impossible to verify who controls the airport. one conclusion you can draw the fact that there's fire going on is probable that fire is continuing neither side, ha

and foreign governments and local government involved second is the efforts of west africa the people have pulled together taking ownership. that means people that have been willing to seek treatment tore allow for the bodies of their loved ones that can be infectious. they allowed them to have a safe burial. key for containing the outbreak. international aid is crucial - medical personnel, diagnostic laboratories and treatment. >> why is it a little more difficult to contain this than in other countries? ist my research mostly focussed on liberia. as much as they tried to follow the outbrable, the quantity of information was so scattered and difficult to stay on top of. it was important to concentrate efforts in the place that we could. >> go ahead, i'm sorry. >> we want to be as helpful as possible. at the time we started we saw the greatest risk transmission was in liberia. we concentrated there and hope to move to understanding what happened in the other countries as well. >> when you talk about understanding, going forward, what are the takeaways that the international community

a grim month as the nigerian armed group, boko haram launched a slew of attacks in west africa, claiming 2,000 lives. >> boko haram is a huge threat. and remains a huge threat. all you have to do is look at what has happened over the last week to know that, and we're trying to get more information on numbers. >> but we have numbers. starting in january 3rd in bagga, as many as 2,000 people were killed after the group seized a military base and went door-to-door, killing families, one witness said that they were slaughtered like insects and one puts the death toll only in hundreds. and then a suicide bomber, a bomb was found strapped to the body of a ten-year-old girl. just a day later two more children were used as human bombs, leaving at least six dead. if it didn't stop there. boko haram fighters attacked a military base in cameroon on monday. and one soldier was killed. but so were 140 of the boko haram attackers. given cameroon's strong response the questions are popping up over the failure of nigeria's military, which has been plagued with low morale and allegations of corruption. i

plus deadly disease - the ebola crisis in west africa, and america's reaction. >>> 2014 - a year of unrest and violence. from the rise of i.s.i.l., to the war in gaza. protesters fighting for freedom in hong kong. demanding justice in ferguson, missouri. the icons we lost. the triumphs we won't forget. >> i'm being chosen. >> the stories that matter most. hour special report 2014 - a closer look >>> good evening. happy new year's eve i'm paul beban. john seigenthaler has the night off. tonight we are marking the end of 2014 with a closer look back at the most influential and important stories of the year. this week we marked a year in gaol for three of our al jazeera colleagues held in egypt. their conviction was part of a very tumultuous summer in the middle east. >> reporter: at moment in australia the moment when the parents of one of the gaoled journalists learnt their fate. >> 7 years for peter greste and five other defendants present. my god. my god. sorry. >> that's crazy. >> finish. >> reporter: whether watching from afar or inside the courtroom families were devastated to learn al

the angriest crowd is in former cole onnies, in west africa >>> indonesia executed six people based on smuggling convictions. five of the convicts performed. among them dutch and brazilian citizens. now the netherlands and brazil recalled ambassadors in protests. it's unusual for so many it be executed at once. we have more about the international implications. >>> most of them have been op death row for 10 years. they are the dutch nationals. filmed in 2004, after being sentenced to death for producing the drug ecstasy. after the president rejected their request for pardon, the prosecutor germ made their announce -- general made their announcement. >> five will be executed. one will be exited elsewhere. >> reporter: in total 135 prisonersar awaiting execution. half of them convicted of drug-related crimes. according to the national narcotics agency up to 50 indonesians die as a result of illegal drug use. >> translation: the impact of drugs on our society is unimaginable. it's not only ordinary indonesians that use them but government officials. they consider this extraordinary. for t