in western australia there's support for the cull. the number of people using perth beaches, swimmers and surfers are down. those going in the sea stay close to shore. there's genuine fear. and a degree of hypocrisy. the beaches in sydney have shark nets, killing other wildlife and sharks. likewise up in queensland there has been drum lines attaching and killing sharks. >> people don't know the reality of the nets and drum lines in queensland. this issue is happening now. we cap get in on the ground to prevent it being established and educate the people who were unaware of these issues. >> it's been a successful issues. there are now big sharks in australia seas, and more people than ever are using the ocean for recreation. conservations say it's inevitable a few tragedies would occur, but a cull of sharks is a massive overrehabilitation. >> you can find that report and the rest of the news on the website aljazeera.com. >> goodbye january, and good riddance, your investments took a beating. i'll tell you what is could mean for 2014. a

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it's off the coast of western australia, the island, and this is chuck bare riff, 47 years old, out thecopter he goes to be the first man to ever fly over lake hillier. >> it looks like somebody dumped a bunch of pink lem made powder in it. >> even scientists haven't come to the consensus to have the lake have such a unique color. >> it is the scenery because we haven't said a thing about chuck except he's flying but we're looking at the pink lake. >> chuck has 6,000 jumps under his belt. he's a very experienced wing suit jumper and skydiver. even he said this is memorable, that this is probably the best jump he's ever done. he feels very lucky to have had this opportunity to be the first man to do such a unique jump. >> that's mesmerizing. >>> guess what? somebody's going to win an ipad mini today. >> that's right. now, remember you got to be 18 years old, you must be a u.s. resident and you have to have the wednesday buzzword to enter. >> you enter on our facebook page. if you're using a mobile phone or tblet go to the first post and tap on the mobile link. >> here we go time to revea

the plan went into effect following seven fatal shark attacks during the past three years in western australia. >>> new york city's former mayor michael bloomberg has a new job. he was named as special envoy for the united nations, responsible for working with cities around the world to combat climate change. during his 12 years in office, bloomberg launched an ambitious plan to curb carbon emissions. the city's green house gas emission reportedly have dropped 19% since 2005. >>> from montana tonight, word that the catholic diocese in helena has filed for bankruptcy. this after a $15 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that priest were guilty of sexual abuse and that the church officials had covered it up. helena is the 11th to file four bankruptcy since 2004. >>> and there's potentially promising news for the blind. adult stem cells taken from the donated eyes of dead people restored limited vision to completely blind rats. researchers believe the cells could eventually help people with macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa. human trials are expected to begin in three years. >>>

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they have refining and western australia as well. this is going to cut their global smelting capacity. i'll co-is building a new smelter -- alcoa is building a new one in saudi arabia. that.nks for let's take a look at some of the other stories we are tracking. staying with australia, the central bank said an interest rate is likely. the highlights were from a policy meeting. the jobless rate rising to a 10 year high. been chargede overrating libel. three are accused by u.k. prosecutors of manipulating rates. others have been charged in this rates pro. this is the first related to u.s. dollar libel. one says the client plans to fight it. years trying to grow their operations in india, investment banks are now downsizing, and recruitment companies say the number of banking jobs in india -- investment banking jobs the reductions reflect a fallout in deals and fees by banks which further dented revenues. coming up later, stepping out in the subzero, the maker of hush puppies puts its foot down in mongolia. expecting emerging market outf

that is the message on the beach in western australia. and across the other side of the country as well. pro-testers are calling for a call to be stopped after fatal attacks on swimmers. tiger sharks are being killed if they stray too close to beaches. >> this policy, drum lines and indiscriminate killers will kill sharks whether they are one meeter, two meters, three meters or more. >> that is why the community doesn't want it. and what's amazing is that so many people in australia love sharks. this is demonstrated i think something about our national psyche. that despite all the fear, people are coming in thousands to say you know what, that is their ocean, we respect them, we love them, we don't want them killed. >> save the sharks. >> do stay with us on al jazeera. we have got another full bull ten of news right at the top of the hour. >> . . >>> welcome ba al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford coming live from new york city. here are the stop scories we are following right now. secretary of state john kerry meets with leaders of the

alcoa do have one other smelter in the torilla, and refining operations in western australia. cut them to 1.7 million tons. the same time, they are building a new smelter in saudi arabia, which will be the lowest cost smelter in the world. >> let us get it back to the markets. rio tinto, out with these numbers. a lot of that was down to cost cutting. the mining investment boom in australia is on the decline. this is playing out when it comes to other industries. there have been negatives. minds.d indeed shutdown -- mines. that affects what is happening in other industries, specifically those who make industrial clothing. off by 12%, falling the most in three years. this company provides industrial clothing and gear for those who work in construction facilities, mining facilities. fewer minds means fewer miners, which means fewer people buying this kind of industrial clothing. coca-cola is another company declining, off six percent. it is a beverage maker which has pretty much confirmed the worst years for investors this morning, when they released their full-year earnings, say

why then the protest about the latest cull in western australia. >> people don't know the reality of the nets or in queensland. this issue is happening now. we can get in on the ground, shortly after it starts. hopefully educate the people who weren't aware of all the issues. it's been successful conservation efforts. there's sharks in australia. at the same time more people than ever were using the o. conservationists say it's inevitable that a few trag dis occur. a cull of sharks is a massive overreaction. >> that was andrew thomas reporting from sydney, australia. >> amy is a reporter with roiters in thailand. >> you are in bangkok where protesters disrupted the voting. what is the situation like there on the ground right now? >> well, we are now at the end of a long day. even though there were disruptions as you've seep in various clips that you have shown, bangkok and the south, there were disruptions there. it's relatively peacefully. what happened today doesn't bring thailand any closer to solving a long eight-year crisis. and the street protesters look set to continue. also a

. >> reporter: the game is said to be most popular in western europe and australia.ple get the nomination and do the drinking part. it's blamed for at least 4 deaths. politicians are calling on social media sites to put this to an end. facebook encourages people to report things they think break the rules saying they do not tolerate content like bullying or that people find offensive and controversial. >>> today's holiday, president's day, is a day to commemorate the past leaders. the current chatter is about current and future commanders in chief. >> reporter: every day is a president's day of sorts in the nation's capital. monday was a day to reflect upon admired leaders of the past like washington and lincoln. >> i think he demonstrated a kind of leadership we don't see. >> reporter: and those of more recent years. >> bill clinton. got to go with bill clinton. he's just brilliant. >> j fk. he did lot for the can untraein -- for the country. >> reporter: on the 6th president's day, his polls are near the low of his presidency. 42% of americans say he's doing a good

dollars thirty cents which is by the way in the neighborhood of water it is from canada to australia to most of western europe and so you know. you can david jolley florida republican congressional candidate recently the republican recently came out and said that while he doesn't want politicians raising the minimum wage she thinks it should be at least indexed to inflation if you have been indexed to inflation since sixty eight this is where it would be. shouldn't we do that something about this and was david jolly confused as you going to be walking this back or are the republicans starting to sing this we've got one i don't i don't see this being the republican party we'll see if he survives i think he's win out in the primaries yes we'll see if he actually survives we don't know he's right ok yeah i just think he didn't didn't check his facts before he made this statement but it does show the difficulty rubble republicans are going to have in framing their attitude towards a minimum wage and it was it was to all i think this is it mean obviously it's very popular it's gets good politics i think it'

australia during the dry and windy summer. a fire at a hotel housing religious pilgrims in western saudi arabia has killed at least a fifteen people and injured one hundred and thirty the blaze started on saturday at a hotel in the eastern part of the islamic hellenistic age of seventeen f no indication that the identities of debate since has been given until about seven hundred people of different nationalities was staying at hotel. but egyptian kells in general and jade us a taste of five egyptians including two children are amongst dogs. he says most of those injured were also egyptians preliminary indications suggested cause of death was suffocation. it's not yet clear how the five begun medina is a major religious core is the destination for muslims. the city is islam's second holiest city. off to makkah. thailand's political unrest has claimed that two more victims an explosion in the path to find colt has wanted to mount. according to john the list of hastings on social media to grade a fight from then on sunday to launch expected to attend anti government protests the site is the latest violence to mock the political showd

we've got the lowest minimum wage in the western world across the river in canada, walmart makes nice profits and they have to pay 10.25 minimum wage. australia has $16 minimum wage, the lower unemployment rate. >> not the lowest in the industrial world because the fact is there are about a dozen counties in europe that have no minimum wage starting with germany, switzerland, austria, sweden. let's just be accurate factually. go ahead. >> but it is also the case that those countries have stuff that you hate like really strong labor policies, really strong social policies. so if you don't have those things, you got to have a minimum wage. which brings me to you. >> universal health n. >> they also have double digit unemployment rates. that's the one thing we do know about europe. >> i want you to explain something to me. i think fim the conservative in this conversation and i think you're the -- i'm the conservative. our grandparents said, and they're smarter than i am, that we need to have a minimum wage in this country. we're not saying a billion dollars an hour. we're saying 10.10 an hour. just adjusting for inflation. if you are going to s

western mexico. this is an elaborate neck of tunnels that allowed him to move. prosecutors say his drug empire stretched across north america and extended into europe and australia. >>> time is 5:14. we just checked. all of cover california's website is working again. the enrollment section went down on wednesday. spokesperson says the problem was a malfunctioning mt. software. the agency says it had software experts working on the problem around the clock which made it impossible for those to enroll online. >>> meantime president obama is meeting with governors of both parties today at the white house and plans to meet with governors of western states to talk about droughts and wild fires. state leaders were welcomed last night by president obama and the first lady. the president said this is a year of action. >> on behalf of the american people on issues ranging from health care to climate change run deep. deeper than what hits the front page. >> governor jerry brown is not attending that governor's conference. he says he needs to stay right here in california and work on the drought problem. he did meet with president obama last week in fresno where they talk

western countries. if we take, for example, the central african union, it's difficult to raise funds for a country that doesn't have global importance like lebanon. >> some are fleeing otherwise. as far as australia we have seen hundreds in the past year dying in the mediterranean when the overcrowded boats sank. oftentimes when they get to the places they are trying to get reception. >> on the other hand some places give refugees a good reception. i watched al jazeera america before we came on air, and i saw a feature about a somali ice hockey team playing in sweden where they integrated well. australia is, unfortunately, a good example that gives hostile reception to asylum seekers and refugees, intercepting the boat, detaining them, sending them to remote pacific i would say. if they are recognised as refugees, without a prospect of a long-term future in australia. there are generous countries, but there are some disturbing trends in other countries. >> so many people suffering in so many places. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> we'll continue the discussion and turn to growing connections between refugee camps and terror groups, including al qaeda. refugee camps throughout the world

on everyone in the western division last year and they are getting a jump start this spring because they will begin their season with a special series against arizona down in australiatwo teams major hard feelings towards each other last season la manager don mattingly tries to extend an early olive brand of to arizona. >> always had a respect for he and his staff. they are going to fight you the whole way. you have to have respect for the teams you play. it's really more about how we execute than worry about anybody else. >> one of the big effort names in basketball just a few years back would like to make a huge career change. that's tracy mcgrady his bad knees led to an end to his nba career. shows there's nothing wrong with his right arm as he tries out with the sugar lands skeeters of the independent league. from all accounts a pretty impressive bullpen session for the 6'7" mcgrady today. >> talking about not having played organized baseball since my junior year in high school. just a lot of things i didn't know about pitching. had roger clemmons out here what better person to have teaching you some things about pitching than roger clemens been nothing but love

on everyone in the western division last year and they are getting a jump start this spring because they will begin their season with a special series against arizona down in australia hard feelings towards each other last season la manager don mattingly tries to extend an early olive brand of to arizona. >> always had a respect for he and his staff. they are going to fight you the whole way. you have to have respect for the teams you play. it's really more about how we execute than worry about anybody else. >> one of the big effort names in basketball just a few years back would like to make a huge career change. that's tracy mcgrady his bad knees led to an end to his nba career. shows there's nothing wrong with his right arm as he tries out with the sugar lands skeeters of the independent league. from all accounts a pretty impressive bullpen session for the 6'7" mcgrady today. >> talking about not having played organized baseball since my junior year in high school. just a lot of things i didn't know about pitching. had roger clemmons out here what better person to have teaching you some things about pitching than roger clemens been nothing but love around here so

capacity would, i believe, just as easily be used against our western partners and allies in the european region, could be used against australia, our great ally and friend, and also against new zealand, our great ally and friend. god forbid, mr. speaker, it could be used here in the united states of america. the rhetoric that's come out of iran is nothing less than outrageous but intentional. intentional that the regime has stated, they haven't deviated one iota from their nuclear goalings and ambitions. not one iota. what would that mean for the world if iran obtained a nuclear weapon? you see this is a very dangerous, dangerous game that we are playing with iran. i absolutely disagree, fundamentally work the president's decision under p5 plus one agreement, to allow an to continue to spin centrifuges and continue to enrich uranium which could be used as a fuel for a nuclear weapon. iran has not complied with the u.n. resolution. not at all. they have not. what's different today under the p5 plus one? not much, i would submit system of you see, mr. speaker, the worst nightmare for israel has been realized in that exactly when