and his comments tonight, niger, they did not have a salutary effect. niger, thank you. if you can happening on there, my friend. garrett tenny is in the middle of all of this going on in ferguson, and, garrett, it look like things have escalated a bit. what can you tell us? >> reporter: they've escalated quite a bit in a very bad way, neil. here in the last half hour we're hearing from the st. louis county police department that protesters are throwing batteries at police in addition to water bottles and rocks, pieces of concrete in addition to a molotov cocktail that was thrown a short time ago. and this is on top of the gunshots that were fired shortly after this grand jury decision was announced. police have responded with smoke canisters as well as pepper spray. several individuals have been arrested. we know those businesses along, right around the ferguson police department, there are reports that several of those have already had windows busted open, and looters are already going through there at this time. this is exactly what business owners, the locals here as

ashley: niger, about 30 seconds. do you expect federal charges to come down? >> no. i expect holder to just drag this out, to keep false hopes alive, and the part of people, but it's not just the agitators who have their own agenda, and their agenda is not for the people of ferguson but decent legitimate people, black and other races, that are going to be misguided by this nonsense. ashley: we're out of time. thank you niger innis and christian adams, appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. now the quotation from the evening this one from the 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan -- ronald reagan. >>> democratic senator mary landrieu of louisiana and challenger bill cassidy are trying to get voters to the polls, ten days left before the runoff election. congressman cassidy voted early in baton rouge where he told voters it would put an exclamation mark behind what the country already said. cassidy has plenty of reason to be optimistic. "rasmussen poll" shows him with 15-point lead over landrieu, 56-41. >>> coming up next, forget the turkey, forget

louis area. >> niger this is the no spin zone. i'm saying the suggestion is here that somehow you have outside groups, that are putting money in for people to get violent. to riot. are you saying that that took place? >> i'm telling you what i was told. which was that a group of ministers that are on the ground trying to bring peace to that community, trying to bring decency to that community, a prosperity when the circus leaves town they will be there. they told me verbatim that the belief was that money was being spread around by those who had agenda that was quite different than theirs. >> all right. so when we look at this, eric, it strikes me that the key question is, you describe the situation there as raw emotional that first night. but, is it the case that you had people coming from outside of the st. louis, ferguson area, sort of attracted by what you might call protests, tourism, riot porn is the way some people refer to it. what were you seeing there? >> i think protests tourism is really a great way to think about it i

nicholas hark, al jazeera, at the burkina faso-niger border. >> the united nations independence party look set to win it's second seat in parliament next week and it's success pushes the u.k. closer to leaving the european union. but while it is increasingly popular in england it has virtually no backing in scotland. in the second of the report from the fallout from the scottish referendum, we look at the twins of england and scotland on the u.k.'s future. >> this is southeast of london. much of it looks like it did in 1850 but many people here think that jolly 'ol england has had it. that's why it looks like they will win their second season of parliament here. it's all about foreigners, even if there are hardly in rochester. >> you think immigrants want to come here and work? >> maybe some of them, but a lot of them are freeloaders. you try to get into australia you have to have a certain amount of money in your bank. you have to have a sponsor. they're choosey about who comes in to their country. here they're not choosey at all. >> i don't think i'm racist, but i think we're-- >> s

at the burkina faso-niger border. >> russia's latest deal with t the breakaway province. and government with hand outs to rubber farmers. and will it be enough for thorough future. >>> why it has been a bad day for the leader at the turkish open. achievement of human ingenuity. >> three years late... fleet grounding... fires on the airplane... >> they're short changing the engineering process... >> from engineering to the factory floor... al jazeera investigates broken dreams: the boing 787 only on al jazera america >> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> this trial was a sham... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy, let the journalists live. >> at the height of the cold war >> we're spies... intercepting messages from embassies, military

i mentioned 50,000 niger. some of those come from mali inch both situations the u.n. is mon doering for yellow fever, cholera, and this sort of thing. i want to emphasize that the humanitarian disasters that can happen are certainly more than just medically related disasters. in libya, which one can argue is kind of the beginning of this whole process, especially in northern africa. there are 60,000 internally displaced persons within libya, a country where the -- any sort of government, whether it be the central government or regional governments, their reach does not stepped very far beyond the building in which they're meeting. there are also a million refugees, according to the u.n. in tunisia. libyan refugees. the president of few nyeshia, who will be d few -- tunisia, says it's up to two million libyans in few nyeshia. a third of the 2011 population. tunisia has medical capables, and this is a bit of a joke about that. i'll tell the joke about few nissan -- thank -- let's talk at isis a little bit and talk about the refugee situation in isis, which dwarfs these

>> this is one of the biggest issues in the niger delta. we're talking about two spills, bearing in mind that there are hundreds every single year. there are huge health risks to live in with this amount of pollution and petroleum in the water, on the land, on the air. but nobody has ever studied the impacts and companies deny that there are negative impacts, which seems almost impossible living in this context that there wouldn't be negative health impacts. >> mentioning the word deny. shell denies it. shell says the spillage came from theft basically, nigerians siphoning off the oil. and we have seen some evidence of that, haven't we? >> these two cases at the uk court, or the legal action in the uk, shell has actually had to admit that these two spills were caused by equipment failure, so shell's own equipment was the cause of this. but shell has for years been defending its record in the niger delta by saying pipes are sabotaged, there's theft of oil. but the basis for shell's claims are shell's own internal investigations of oil spills

on the border with niger. most have left now. >> translation: we moved the location of the village twice. people find it too difficult to live here. some were hearders and others farmers, they left because they couldn't continue the activities. >> extreme conditions and droughts means there's not enough water to grow food and feed animals. >> the temperatures continue to rise. during the summer season. temperatures here rise 50 degrees celsius. this is one of the hottest places on earth. the united nations predicts temperatures will rise further. it's a matter are time before the desert takes over the lapped. >> the u.n. predicts a rise. 100 million in africa could suffer food shortage. >> the local knowledge or techniques they have it not enough to overcome the challenge of what we do now. >> they are coming to the city without any real assets. >> the population of the capital is growing, because of new migrants fleeing from rising temperatures. rains have come. it's too late. >> boko haram has taken over the

so all of nigeria east wealth come from the niger delta. nigeria is an extremely rich country with impoverished people. the people there would obviously want to see their own person as president. and hopefully when he is there, their hope will be that he'll be able to right some of the wrongs, you know, that his predecessors have done, you know, to harm the country and the niger delta. there will be people who might say they don't want him as president again for another term, and then there will be people who say they want him, because they want him to be able to justify why they voted him in, and also we'll be [ inaudible ] poverty, he'll be good to hopefully eradicate the flaring -- >> but has he achieved any positive things for anythingians in these years that he has been in power? in because very often what we hear about is a security failure. you know, him not being able to deal -- >> sorry this line is extremely bad. i could hardly hear you, ma'am. >> our apologies. i'll try to repeat it a bit louder. i'm asking you what his record is

al jazeera, northeastern niger nigeria. >> there has been a significant rise in the death toll from west africa's ebola outbreak. the "world health organization" latest figures show that the virus has killed nearly 7,000 people. that's a jump of 1200 from the previous set of figures, which were only released on wednesday. >>> the head of the catholic church has prayed along side the grand musfi. we have repo istanbul. walking into the mosque pope francis did what many before him have done. he paused to take in the impressive architecture. he walked in and prayed along side the grand mufti. presenting the pope with a gift of a blue tile the mufti told the pontiff we are in need of prayers. the world really needs prayers. outside curious tourists and a few turkish christians waited for a glimpse of the world's leader of catholics. >> we all very glad that the pope is visiting us. >> security has been tight. local media reporting that 7,000 police officers were on duty during this visit. >> francis' every word and gesture closely scrutinized as the pope tries to build bridges between islam

. >> it happen in a village in the state of niger. it is a second attack this week. on monday, at least 48 people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives at a school. >> police say the extreme is group boko haram is behind the attacks. they want to set up an islamic state in northern nigeria. >> here is a report from abuja. >> these are men and women are learning arabic in a school in abuja. but today, it's a bit more difficult than usual to concentrate. their teacher has just told them about monday's suicide bombing on the school in the north of the country. the students have plenty of opinions on the attack, and on boko haram, the militant group that carried it out. click i feel so sorry for them, because you go to school to learn, -- >> i feel so sorry for them, because they go to school to learn, but in the end the end of being harassed, kidnapped, or killed. >> we need to all do what we can do to protect the students. >> they kill people unnecessarily. they will come to the fruits that what they are doing is not good. >> outside, children continue

there are probably 50,000 nigerians in niger. and there are several hundred rnally displaced persons within nigeria. maybe even up to one million. because these numbers keep changing as things evolve. moving for the north, in the mali situation and in the activities of al qaeda and the islamic magrib. in mali and algeria. there are 300,000 internally displaced people within mali. i mentioned 50,000 in niger. some of those come from mali. in both situations, the u.n. as monitoring not for ebola but for yellow fever, cholera, and this sort of thing. emphasize the humanitarian disasters that can happen are certainly more than just medically related disasters. in libya, which one can argue is kind of the beginning of this whole process, especially in northern africa, there are 60,000 internally displaced persons within libya, a country of government, the central government or regional governments, their reach does not extend very far beyond the building in which they are meeting. there are 1 million refugees, according to the u.n., i

nicholas hawk, al jazerra, at the burkina faso-niger border. >>> the world top rally drivers are competing in the last race of the season. one competitor a former star of formula one has more than his rival to his beat. after a crash in 2011 the polish driver is trying to compete with basically one hand. lee wellings reports. >> reporter: hurtling through rough terrain at high speed makes rally a demanding sport for body and mind. but polish driver is managing to compete despite a big disadvantage. effectively, he's driving one handed. robert was a formula one star, but suffered serious injuries in that crash three years ago while driving in a rally off season. >> it's difficult to talk about. it was quite complicated and quite complex. i suffered multiple injuries. so i try to -- all the right side of my body was. >> damaged it was more of trying to survive. survival. the situation was not easy and there was no guarantee i would even have functionality in my arm. >> reporter: medical work on repairing robert still hasn't finish. he faces more surgery during this winter. yet such has been

there are probably 50,000 nigerians in niger. more about that in a minute. and there are several hundred thousand internally displaced persons within nigeria to maybe even up to a million because these numbers keep changing as things evolve. moving a little further north in tamale situation and in activities of al-qaeda and islamic maghreb further in the north in mali and nigeria, or 300,000 internally displaced people within mali. imagine 50,000 in niger. some of those come from mali. and both of those situations, the u.n. is moderate not for ebola necessary but for yellow fever, cholera and this sort of thing. althougalthough i want in a sizt the humanitarian disasters that can happen are certainly more than just medical related disasters. in libya, which one can argue this kind of the beginning of this whole process, especially in northern africa, there are 60,000 internally displaced persons within libya, a country where any sort of government, whether it be the central government or regional governments, their reach does not extend very far beyond the b

in niger. and there are displaced persons within nigeria. maybe even up to a million because these numbers of coarse keep changing as things evolve. moving further north in the mally situation and in the activities of al qaeda and islamic further in the north and mali and nigeria, there are 30,000 displaced people. i mentioned 50,000 in nigeria, those come from mali. for yellow fever, and this sort of thing. though i want to emphasize that humanitarian disasters that can happen are certainly more than just medically related disasters. in libya, which one can argue is kind of the beginning of this whole process especially in northern africa. and there are 60,000 internally displaced persons within libya, a country where the -- any sort of government, whether the central government or regional governments, their reach does not extend very far beyond the building in which they are meeting. there are also a million refugees, eye cording to the u.n., in tunisia. president of tunisia, who will be pre

on october 3, there was an , which killed nine peacekeepers from niger. suffice it to say, when peacekeeping was created six decades ago, it did not have suicide bombers or ied's in mind. when we deployed peacekeepers into some of the most varies in our time, some of these problems would likely be evident even if the world's most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmets. regardless, the problems i have described, slow troop deployment, the challenge of keeping units fed and hydrated, the failure to confront aggressors and protect civilians are problems that are in the u.s. interest to see addressed. waysld like to share four the united states and our partners can strengthen peacekeeping second better meet the demands of 21st-century conflicts. first, the pool of countries that deploy troops, police, and military enablers has to expand. peacekeeping is increasingly funded by developed countries and manned by developing countries. this is unsustainable and unfair. it will not produce the peacekeeping forces that today's conflicts and our natio

. >> you heard before the former mayor, niger said that, it is his sense that given governor's preparations, that is national guardsmen and rest, and much stronger police present that he knows grand jury verdict, and he knows there might not be any indictment. he is prepareing for the worst. what do you think of that? >> well, i think it is of the ut most im-- utmost importance to prepare for worst. it is not only having necessary force to protect the citizens of ferguson, their property, protect the businesses within the community, speaking of economic, problems, you know a lot of these businesss that were looted and destroyed were black-owned businesses, what happens when the circs you us ls town? you neil, and fox business, network and other medea entities in world, leave ferguson. what type of economic devastation will be left in the wake of circus leaving town. that is so important that we consider that. and that the -- i applaud them, using the necessary force to protect property, to protect citizens, and the first amendment rights of those votess of ferguson and -- citizens of fergus

same time the nation faces serious challenges to project force over the vast territory north of the niger river that is struggle to establish base camps with the unusable roads and the missions have to spend millions of dollars to transport water to the troops and worst of all they're facing unprecedented attacks by extremist. for a few examples august 16 suicide bomber drove a pickup truck with explosives into the heart of the u.s. and camp and detonated the load to peacekeepers were killed and seven others wounded on september 18 peacekeepers were killed when the truck drove over the idd and october 3rd men armed with our pc's on motor bikes hit a logistics convoy to resupply killing nine peacekeepers from niger. monday when created peacekeeping six decades ago it did not have suicide bombers or a the ied in mind with the most complex times to deploy a alone number of troops proportional to the task they are assigned some problems would be evident even if the world's most advanced military was the one wearing the blue helmet. regardless the problems i have described limited mobility and

on october 3, there was an ambush, which killed nine peacekeepers from niger. suffice it to say, when peacekeeping was created six decades ago, it did not have suicide bombers or ied's in ind. when we deploy peacekeepers into some of the most complex areas in our time, some of these problems would likely be evident even if the world's most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmets. regardless of the problems i have described -- slow troop deployment, the challenge of keeping units fed and hydrated, the failure to confront aggressors and protect civilians -- are problems that are in the u.s. interest to see addressed. i would like to share four ways the united states and our partners can strengthen peacekeeping second better meet the demands of 21st-century conflicts. first, the pool of countries that deploy troops, police, and military enablers has to expand. peacekeeping is increasingly funded by developed countries and manned by developing countries. this is unsustainable and unfair. it will not produce the peacekeeping forces that today's confli

. >> but even to your point, niger, most young black men don't do this sort of thing or respond this sort of way, but i believe many aragerage aggravat but all but galvanize to do just what they did. >> it is not just -- you're absolutely right about reverend al and jesse jackson and the new so-called black panther party and all these folks that don't give a darn about michael brown, they don't give a darn about young black men. they have a completely different agenda, and that agenda is to make themselves relevant. you know, these elements and these groups and their big government democratic allies have had control in these communities in urban centers for 50 years, and they have not delivered for these folks, for our people. they have not delivered. they are losing relevant. you know, one of the most fascinating things we found out in ferguson is the total disconnect between young blacks in ferguson and the democratic leadership in ferguson, and in the state of missouri. which many of it, much of that leadership is black, as well. and so these politicians have tried, they've tried

to leave on friday or face sanctions >>> two police many have been killed in a bombing in niger delta. the officers were inspecting the device when it went off at a train station. another small bomb is set to have exploded wounding three. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of its journalists, detained in egypt for 317 days. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are falsely accused of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their prison sentences >>> ukraine says it will freeze state payments meant for breakaway regions in the nation's east. up to 2.6 billion will be withheld from the donetsk and luhansk regions, where pro-russian separatists declared the public. pension payments and government benefits will only resume after separatist forces surrender. >> translation: our citizens are in the regions, and the government will not let them freeze. it will humanitarian disaster. our territories and people are there. we'll decide who are personality. all payments, loyalties, we are keeping track of them. >> when the russians get out of

on october 3, there was an ambush, which killed nine peacekeepers from niger. suffice it to say, when peacekeeping was created six decades ago, it did not have suicide bombers or ied's in mind. when we deploy peacekeepers into some of the most complex areas and conflicts of our time and troopsa little number of in proportion some of these , problems would likely be evident even if the world's most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmets. regardless of the problems i have described -- slow troop deployment, limited mobility the , challenge of keeping units fed and hydrated, the failure to confront aggressors and protect civilians -- are problems that are in the u.s. interest to see addressed. i would like to share four ways the united states and our partners can strengthen peacekeeping so it can better meet the demands of 21st-century conflicts. first, the pool of countries that deploy troops, police, and military enablers has to expand. peacekeeping is increasingly funded by developed countries and manned by developing countries. this is unsustai

screeria -- niger- >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on weekends, we are the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting key events, american artifacts, history bookshelf with american history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies of our nation's commanders in chief, lectures in history and our new series real america, features government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. created by the cable tv industry and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. >>> next a senate hearing on intellectual property theft. executives from boeing and eli lilly farm suit calls say they experience daily cyber attacks. randall coleman said investigating are a top priority for the agency. this is about an hour and 25 minutes.

play books, one is a peace keeping play book and one is how they handled the low level issue in the niger delta in the last few years. the distance between where central command is and where the fight is, long logistics to get there. they're going to have to rejigger and regroup and become a more flexible military to be able to respond quickly and to respond effectively. >> well, how big a problem is the government itself? nigerian president goodluck jonathan is running again. a new york times op ed says it's the most corrupt government since nigeria gained independence in 1960. who's right? >> the corruption has always been there. every government i've followed has been, they were corrupt, corruption is out of control. corruption in nigeria is a fact, there is no question about that. unfortunately, nigeria seems to be moving down the list on transparency, international, instead of improving on the list of transparency international. they have to improve that not just for the boko haram but for the overall good of the country. they've made some strides, the economic issue out there is qui

attempt to end the violence that has killed thousands and displays hundreds of thousands in northern niger nigeria. >> in the past week there have been more breaches by the boko haram group. now with the new video released by boko haram all nigeriaens can do is wait. wait for either a breakthrough or some decisive victory by the government. al jazeera, abuja. >> in yemen tonight rival political factions have signed an agreement to form a new government, but fight something flaring up in parts of the country. yemen mass signed a deal. prime minister and president are now mandated to form a new government. the new government will include houthi rebels who took control of the capitol sanaa after weeks of anti-government protests. separate attacks killed 20 soldiers today. >>> in egypt the court convicted eight men who appeared to be taking part in a same sex wedding. men exchanging rings and embracing among friends who were cheering. egypt's chief prosecutor said that the video was, quote, shameful to god and offensive to public morals. the men said that it was made as a joke. they were each

on october 3, there was an ambush, which killed nine peacekeepers from niger. suffice it to say, when peacekeeping was created six decades ago, it did not have suicide bombers or ied's in mind. when we deploy peacekeepers into some of the most complex areas in our time, some of these problems would likely be evident even if the world's most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmets. regardless of the problems i have described -- slow troop deployment, the challenge of keeping units fed and hydrated, the failure to confront aggressors and protect civilians -- are problems that are in the u.s. interest to see addressed. i would like to share four ways the united states and our partners can strengthen peacekeeping second better meet the demands of 21st-century conflicts. it did not have suicide bombers or ieds in mind. when we deploy peacekeepers and deploy a rather low number of troops proportional to the task they are assigned, some of these problems would likely be evident even at the world most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmet

on october 3, there was an ambush, which killed nine peacekeepers from niger. suffice it to say, when peacekeeping was created six decades ago, it did not have suicide bombers or ied's in mind. when we deploy peacekeepers into some of the most complex areas in our time, some of these problems would likely be evident even if the world's most advanced militaries were the ones wearing blue helmets. regardless of the problems i have described -- slow troop deployment, the challenge of keeping units fed and hydrated, the failure to confront aggressors and protect civilians -- are problems that are in the u.s. interest to see addressed. i would like to share four ways the united states and our partners can strengthen peacekeeping so it can better meet the demands of 21st-century conflicts. first, the pool of countries that deploy troops, police, and military enablers has to expand. peacekeeping is increasingly funded by developed countries and manned by developing countries. this is unsustainable and unfair. it will not produce the peacekeeping forces that today's co

it was the religious establishment in niger which effectively blocked iranian dreams of a third term. we talked about influence in iraq, but it's not a one-way street. i would just nuance that, saying whatever leverage iran lost because of that decision, they have more than made up due to the reliance of the iraqi government on ideologically driven shia militias. these are the militias holding the line, holding the lines of the outskirts of baghdad. captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008 captioning performed by vitac

shell has been sued in london by 15,000 farmers and fishermen from the niger delta. they say poor maintenance was to blame and that they have internal company documents to prove it. shell says the leaks were caused by people trying to steal from the pipeline. cleanup costs could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. also, we've been looking at europe's uneven recovery and what it means for some of the countries involved. one area that's been getting a boost is what's become known as the sharing economy. millions of people -- yes, sharing what? cars, even homes through apps like uber and air brvebnairbnb. but they're looking to share everyday items like a drill. just secured 7 million euro in foreign investment. we'll have more on "gmt" in just over an hours time. we want to know what you think. do you share? do you trust it? follow me, tweet me @bbcaaron. back to you. >> short and sweet, just like i like it. >>> msf says it is to begin three potential trials for ebola in west africa. medical staff will use two anti-viral drugs and blood plasma from survivors.

joining us now is former tea party.net is niger innis, thank you for being with us. >> good morning. >> what do you think the reason is that al sharpton plans to protest no matter what the decision? >> oh, because the civil rights movement. the great civil rights movement of which myself and my father, the great were a part has dissolved into the civil rights industry. to be quite blunt, i don't mean to so blunt in the morning that's how al makes his money. >> take us back and how you respond to the optics of this? you have, in effect, a howling mob outside the courthouse calling for blood. that's not civil rights. is it? isn't that sort of the opposite? civil rights movement started was to stop stuff like that? talking about the new black panther party bombs cause mischief. i was there is a few weeks ago with dr. king. we did an investigation, met with white and black residents. met with the police chief, the mayor. and senator nadal, democrat that represents that district. what we found is there are legitimate concerns that the people of ferguson have. i want to distinct between th

talk about if we, you know, if we wanted to just choose a place, maybe we could say nigeria, the the niger delta and the fight against shell that kicked shell out of the territory. and people think they didn't know about climate change. nigerians in the '90s called one of their largest protests operation climate change. and i learned that, actually, by reading a book that esperanza helped ed kit. and, of course -- edit. and, of course, the fight in ec what with door to -- ecuador to keep the oil underground in the amazon is, has been at the forefront of the keep the carbon in the ground model. and, you know, one of the quotes that you have in the box is very simple -- in the book is very simple, why should we sacrifice new areas if fossil fuels should not be extracted in the first place, which is a very good question. the concept of climate debt says, yes, let's leave the oil underground. but in leafing the -- leaving the oil under the amazon, that should be recognized as a contribution to the world, and there should not be a choice, a false choice between the right to education, the right

undermine competitiveness and viability of a lot of these thee banks and where greek habit not just niger put in a number of other countries. what does this mean in terms of stability both in the northeast and in the south? it's difficult to say right now, but what a lot of analysts seem to believe is that there's a connection between the scale of oil theft and the flow of small arms and light weapons into nigeria and also the funding of the groups that perpetrate violence. should we see a consolidation or violent competition for dwindling resources? they could put pressure on a nigerian army that is obviously ill-prepared to address a lot of these challenges. so worst case scenario we would see worsening of insecurity. best case scenario, we would see a whittling out of a number of -- enable the government and its international partners to focus on the few that become prominent. so we could go either way. from a u.s. foreign policy perspective i think it behooves us to understand the dynamics now to start disaggregating the influences from the spoilers and understand how you disincentivi

in niger, the government has said that any ngos come any humanitarian teams provide assistance needed armed escorts outside of the capital. that certainly inhibits people flocking to help the victims there. there are kidnappings and objections of humanitarian aid workers in mali. isis has targeted him and train workers also, and we've seen the beheading of two bricks that were therefore humanitarian purposes. the undersecretary general of the united nations for humanitarian affairs, and i will quote her says, we have had -- this is in this area crisis, civil and isis. we've had 66 humanitarian workers who've lost their lives since the start of the conflict, and hundreds more have been kidnapped and objected. this is what she says. within syria. that is certainly an obstacle to bringing the assistance necessary to take care of these people. and as we have seen in refugee camps in jordan and probably elsewhere, the war in syria, or the sectarian fighting in iraq, can spread to the camps themselves. in other words, fighters from each side can infiltrate the camps are go there as refugees

screeria -- niger- >>> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span2, here we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on weekends, we are the home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story, including the civil war's 150th anniversary, visiting key events, american artifacts, history bookshelf with american history writers, the presidency, looking at the policies of our nation's commanders in chief, lectures in history and our new series real america, features government and educational films from the 1930s through the '70s. created by the cable tv industry by your local cable or satellite provider. >>> next a senate hearing on intellectual property theft. executives from boeing and eli lilly farm suit calls say they experience daily cyber attacks. randall coleman said investigating are a top priority for the agency. this is about an hour and 25 minutes. >>> the hearing of the senate judiciary subcommittee on crime and te

this is two weeks after one of niger nigeria's most influential muslim leaders called for civilians to rise up against boko haram. >> apparently guns were big on black friday too. the federal background check system was expected to set a record of more than 144 thousand checks yesterday because of all of the sales. >>> president obama ends this holiday week with a big hole in his cabinet. defense secretary chuck hagel has resigned and it sounds like it was not completely voltr r voluntary. we'll talk about that plus who could replace him. first this week's ones to watch. >> sandwiched between romania and ukraine is moldovmoldova. these streets have a talent which could become the next big thing on the music scene. dj andrew rejal. >> i grew up in a small town. one day one of my friends brought me a cd with a program. that is how i founded how to record my meld melodies to make loop, beats. that's when i started to create something that sounded actually like a track. i didn't go abroad till i was like 17 or 18 years old when i got my first show. i always know what track i'm going to sta

crew is one-year-old, adopted from niger in 2013. shepherd is two years old adopted from the d.r.c. in 2012, and the most amazing thing is the biological children, which you can see, were the ones that received the children when they came. i have hardly seen a more beautiful picture than this that represents what the future could be if we would do our jobs. all right, the fourth picture is the williams family. jeff and kelley williams are from nashville, tennessee. their faith called them to adopt in 2012. they brought daughter hailey home to nashville from an orphanage in ethiopia. this is how many relatives gathered to meet her, and the most amazing thing, i think, about this picture is how hard her father is holding how tightly he's holding her. the fifth is a picture of the harassharbarger family. these were my angels shreveport, an amazing family from louisiana. chad or marcia -- chad is a pastor of a church in shrevepo shreveport. they have formed an adoption ministry because they became so moved by their own experience in adopting. they have adopted all of these children. mon