c-span: why did they leave china for the philippines? >> guest: for economic reasons around 1936, `37. they were from a poor province bafuquien (ph) -- fujian province. it`s no longer so poor. but many people from that province at that time left. they took a boat, and they headed straight and either -- and many of them went to the philippines. c-span: what years did they come over here? >> guest: well, it was -- my parents actually eloped to mit in 1961. i was born in 1962. c-span: and why champagne, illinois? >> guest: my father`s also an academic. he -- they came over for advanced degrees at mit, and then my father went to complete his ph.d. at the university of illinois, and my parents now live in berkeley, california. c-span: what are they doing now? >> guest: my father is a -- well, they`re probably watching this show. they are -- my parents -- my father is a professor at berkeley. he teaches chaos theory and travels a lot. c-span: chaos theory? >> guest: yes. c-span: what`s that? >> guest: it`s -- well, he`s an electrical engineer,

closely connected to the philippines. i want to boost production even further so we can give more people jobs. >> she dreams of spreading the benefits of moringa far and wide, until the seeds of prosperity are growing all across the philippines. nhk world. >>> it is time now to get a check of the weather. people across much of the u.s., even those in the south, are getting hit with severe weather conditions. here's the details. >> with the calendar marking march, people are expecting things to warm up and expecting flowers to bloom. but no we're actually seeing winter weather gripping parts of the united states. in fact, a lot of the locations are still seeing some snowfall. you can see the stationary boundary and the gradients really close to each other. severe weather is happening even in texas and mississippi and louisiana down towards western virginia. actually along that front going to be seeing winter precipitation down towards texas. even central areas could see freezing rain and mixed precipitation. west virginia

and she is from the philippines. they're working for international ngos. they saw an elementary school damaged by the tsunami. an official from the city explained the scope of the destruction. >> translator: these are aerial photos taken before and after the disaster. the tsunami waves washed away everything. >> reporter: he said more than 300 children fled to the school's roof where they waited until rescuers arrived. >> you can't imagine what they went through then. >> reporter: she said seeing the students' photos made her think of disasters that have affected people in her country. >> i can remember also that the disaster of the philippines. >> reporter: in this area the tsunami traveled nearly four kilometers inland from the coast. participants heard about how the people are working to lessen the damage of future disasters. officials are taking measures such as building a coastal levee and elevating roads. they've also constructed an evacuation tower that stands 10 meters tall. it has a slope so people in wheelchairs can use it. >> excellent! >> repor

it's hard to comprehend that in the philippines, there are 7,000 islands. residents say you can hide in these islands and never be found. but living there had its challenges. >> they've got mosquitos the size of dogs there, i mean, just huge. you see spiders that are as big as your head, and i mean, you just see weird stuff, stuff that you've never seen before. >> josh snodgrass grew up in the philippines. his father, joe, was a u.s. military officer at clark air force base near manila. his mother, julie, was from mississippi and had trouble adjusting to life overseas. >> the nicest woman you could have ever met. there wasn't a bad bone in her body. >> julie, as warm as she was to the american community, she wasn't crazy about the philippines. there were some people, probably not surprising, that didn't like the philippines. >> on february 25th, 1991, joe snodgrass called police to report his wife missing. he said they had an argument. >> he says, i thought she was going to go cool off, okay? this sort of thing has happened before, okay, where she storms ou

philippine military says against the islamic freedom movement will continue until the group is eliminated, a week of fighting forced 20,000 people from their homes and we have more from the province. >> reporter: comes from a long line of displaced families and generations they have been refugees seeking shelter in make-shift homes when fighting breaks out in the villages in the southern philippines, it's a story of displacement that a local is used to describe them. people living their life on the run. >> translator: we have been living this life for so long. every year we lose our homes and rebuild all over again, just want to be able to stay sleep in our betz and tend our farms, this is tiring. >> reporter: over a million people have been displaced since armed rebellion began in the late 1960s. violence has plagued the region for decades and more than 120,000 people have been killed. there has been relative calm over the last few years because of ongoing negotiations between the philippine government and southeast asia biggest rebel group, islamic liberation front but last week the phi

mark: packaging release it philippine airlines would delay in half. jaime: we have made arrangements with airbus. they have agreed to help us restructure. this year we are taking five airbus 321. another five next year. another 28 airbus 321's in an eight years. mark: i'm begin with jaime bautista. the strong u.s. dollar, how is that impacting your business? jaim it does not really impacted because we are a company who reports in u.s. dollars. most of our revenues are in foreign currency, even sales in the philippines. mark: the slumping oil crisis we have been seeing for the past several months, has forced airlines to adjust ticket prices to attract more customers yous? jaime: we believe the price has help us. we were able to offer more affordable fares and this helps us to increase the load factor. mark: he will be in a big competition with cap a pacific singapore airlines for market share in the asia-pacific region. what do you have to do to stand out? jaime: we remain to be an airliner with good service. we can to the filipino market and we feel w

we have the story. >> it is dubbed a piece of africa in the philippines. this safari park is home to 300 endangered animals in 4,000 hectares of natural preserve. it is a top tourist destination but the park is the least known attraction. working here for almost 40 years, this man tells me the story of how president former ferdinand marcos envisioned this park after a trip to africa. in 1976, over 100 animals were shipped here, evicting more than 200 families in the process. the mark occasion's were known to have stolen billions of dollars from the government and this was to be their private zoo. he was overthrown by a people power revolution. decades on, caretakers continue to work under limited conditions. often their salaries aren't paid for months. there are no resident animal doctors here, no clinic and not a single working vehicle. poaching is also a problem. at least 20 animals are killed here every year, and caretakers say they do not have enough park rangers to police the perimeters. still, wardens here have stayed for decades all for their love o

still to come - thousands displaced in the philippines as government forces hunt down an armed group in the country's south. plus hounded for standing up for women's right. more from african artists forced to go into hiding. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >>> it's good to have you with us i'm elizabeth prarn in doha. the united states has declared venezuela as a national security threat and imposed sanctions. venezuela's officials say president obama is trying to topple his government. soldiers have retaken two towns in in north-eastern nigeria from boko haram. the armed group has control of the town since november. the iraqi forces have taken over a town 18km from tikrit. they are facing resistance from other areas. >> republicans in the united states have taken a scuttling of bones nuclear deal with iran and are doi

al jazeera northern philippines. >> there is plenty more on everything we've been covering, of course. you can find on our website www.aljazeera.com is the address. plenty of comment and analysis there, too. . >> new information that the co-pilot that crashed the plane into the alps was being treated for suicidal tendencies, and iran talks continue. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. we're learning more this morning about the co-pilot who investigators say intentionally crashed a germanwings plane into the french alps. they said the co-pilot received psycho treatment for years before becoming a pilot and some of it was for suicidal tendencies. >> there is still no evidence that the co-pilot told before that he'll do what we have to assume was done. and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that con attends confession of that. >> and we may have our first glimpse into the final moments of flight 9525. a german tabloid reported a timeline from the flight recorder. if confirmed he did lock the captain out of the cockpit. at they detect the

. >>> the counting continues in nigeria, and we're in the philippines to meet the grandmothers bringing solar power to remote village >> thank you for joining us. there has been more fierce fighting in yemen after a fierce night of airstrikes. one airstrike hit an camp can camp of refugees. the houthies have launched a fresh offensive on the southern city of aden. >> reporter: yemeni tribesmen and shia houthi rebels engage in fierce fighting around the in eastern yemen. many houthi fighters have been killed. the houthis are trying to move through this area to the oil-rich province of marib. but they're not the only ones determined to stop their advance. this attack is by the saudi-led coalition targeting positions around marib. airstrikes have already hit houthi fighters. dozens of houthi fighters have been killed and jets have bombed positions in the northern province of saada considered the houthi's main support base. the saudis have deployed thousands of soldiers along the border they share with yemen. but saudi officials continue to say that there is no plan to send troops, at least

philippine military sources say crews are constructing a runway. and they say workers have been racing to put up a build-story building at other locations, including gavin reef and johnson reef. our sources tell us the types of facilities and china's recent maritime activities suggest the reclamation project could be used for military purposes. they say the fasselcilityies could start opening by year's end. chinese authorities say the development is happening in waters under their control. but the philippines, vietnam, and other parties have competing claims in the south china sea. u.s. officials have expressed their concerns over china's activities in the region. china's foreign minister referred to the spratly project in beijing over the weekend. wang yi said no one should challenge what china does in its own backyard. >>> japan's top government spokesperson is responding to another comment made by the chinese foreign minister on japan's post-war stance. wang said japan lost the war, and shouldn't lose its good sense 70 years on. yoshihide suga s

picture post card maybe but environmental and pollution could ruin one of the philippines tourism hot spots. ♪ singapore people are in mourning for their country's founding father of mooe mooe died at age 91 and credited with transforming the island into a global financial center and criticized for being undemocratic and authoritarian as nicole johnston reports. >> reporter: without lee kuan yew it may not be what it existed and he was a chinese singapore saw his home land occupied first by the british then japanese and after training as a lawyer in britain he was prime minister in 1959 a post he would hold for 39 years and with a ruthless style of politics singapore was independent against its will kicked out of malaysia in 1965 against a back drop of racial tension and a fearful lee kuan yew contemplated a bleak future. >> with geography and economics and ties of kinship. >> reporter: sentiment gave way to pragmatism and he was unflinching to bring prosperity to his country and under leadship it was transformed from an island with no resources into a high-tech metropolis but often

. >>> i'm in the northern philippines with the tribe and there is excitement here as the tribe welcomes a new arrival. ♪ a saudi-led coalition targeting houthi fighters in yemen for the fifth night and arab league leaders say saudi-led strikes will continue until they withdraw and surrender their weapons and we have more. >> reporter: no let up in this military operation for a fifth consecutive night, the saudi-led coalition has continued to hit saudi-led positions and air strikes continued in other parts of the country and dozens of houthi fighters have been killed and jets have bombed position in the northern province considered the houthi's main base and they deployed thousands of soldiers on the border they share with yemen but saudi officials continue to say there is no plan to send troops at least for now. >> attacking some concentration of force for malitia but there is no let's say major land operation operation. >> reporter: the saudi-led air strikes seem to be weakening houthi fighters restreeting in the south according to forces and trying to recapture areas they lost in th

in the philippines, the pse index set a record high and ended the day up 0.52% at 7,940. analysts say foreign investors bought shares an expectations of steady economic growth in the country. other markets in the region sydney rebounded from yesterday's loss to climb 0.78%. seoul's kospi finished the day 0.54% higher. and indonesia ended like this extending its winning streak in three days up 1.5%. >>> people at some of the world's top rail companies are looking around and seeing lucrative opportunities. they're competing to build high speed networks in countries everywhere. officials at a leading japanese firm have locked up a deal to provide hundreds of high tech train cars to britain. >> reporter: a massive crane gently lifts a japanese state-of-the-art rail car. the new train shipments to britain began earlier this year from western japan's yamaguchi prefecture. hitachi builds the trains. they will soon be found on a new express line connecting london to scotland and other areas. the british government has ordered 866 of the cars. the massive deal totals more than $8

now here is that story. >> reporter: it is dubbed a piece of africa in the philippines. this safari park is home to over 300 endanger animals and almost 4,000-hectares of natural reserves. the islands is a top tourist destination. but the park is its least known attraction. she has been working here for almost 40 years he tells me the story of how former president ferdinand marcos envisioned this after a safaris hip tripp in africa. in 197 section over 100 animals were shiped from kenya to typhoon prone islands evicting more than 200 familiars in the process. the marcoss were known to have stolen billions of dollars from government coffers and this was to be their private z he was eventually over throw by a people power revolution, decades on caretakers continue to work under limited conditions. often their salaries unpaid for many months. there are no residents animal doctors here, no clinic, and not a single working vehicle. poaching is also a problem. at least 20 animals are killed here every year. and caretakers say they do not have enough park rangers to police the

plus out of africa and into the philippines find out about the safari park built by the country's former dictator. ♪ but first saudi-led forces have bombed houthi rebel positions in yemen for sixth nights and 20 killed after a strike hit a camp for displaced people in the province close to the saudi border and houthi said the saudi-led coalition bombed the camp killing women and children but witnesses say the camp used to be home to hundreds of families from an earlier conflict it's now occupied by houthi fighters and saudi arabia is investigating the report. and elsewhere in the country the strikes have hit several provinces including houthi stronghold and running battles in aiden between the houthis and pro-government forces. and saudi arabia says it's now complete a blockade of yemen's ports and kim has more. >> reporter: these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest saudi-led air strikes so far. this was a camp in yemen's north, for those fleeing the violence that gripped yemen for a decade and houthis say women and children are among the dead but witnesses say many of

uprooted once again thousands are displaced in the southern philippines as the military launches a major operation against a rebel group. >> the stream, >> your digital community >> you pick the hot topics and express your thoughts the stream it's your chance to join the conversation only on al jazeera america >> you're watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. yemen's former president has spoken out against president hadi. >>> a power base in aden in yemen south. >>> asking for more powers to fight what he calls imperialism. after the u.s. called his government a terrorist threat and sanctioned several officials in venezuela. >>> first lady of ivory coast has been sanctioned. from her violence stemming from the 2010 elections. open letter to iran saying that any nuclear deal wouldn't last after president obama leaves office. iran's foreign minister has criticized the move. he says the politicians don't understand their own constitution and called the letter a piece of propaganda. patty culhane reports. >> first, the lower house tried to scuttle nuclear negotiations with iran,

. >> deep in in the northern mountains in the philippines is tribeal country. they've hunted in this area for years now solar energy. this mother cannot read or write, but they call her the bright light. >> she has just come back from india with three other women. they were part of a group of similar women from around the world who invited by a special college to learn how to harness solar energy and build their own lamps and battery panels. >> we doesn't understand each other, we had to do everything through sign language. >> after eight months away they would come back to their community to share what they learned. >> it's villages like this that the lighting project aims to help. the think something that empowering women will eventually empower a community. >> they have always been known for their fire-making abilities now newly trained engineer said she's happy she can make fire of a different kind. >> when there is light there will certainly be joy around us. >> they still call this any arrival fire. they're not sure how much it will change them exactly bu

. >> empowering one of the philippines oldest tribes to use solar energy. >> airstrikes led by saudi arabia have been targeting houthi fighters in yemen for a fifth successive day. the latest targeting were houthi positions these areas, one yemeni diplomatic described them as a night from hell. lawsuit explosions were heard monday. houthi controlled radar and air defense systems were targeted there. arab league leaders who were meeting in egypt say the airstrikes will continue until the rebels withdraw and surrender their weapons. 500 pakistani workers ever arrived in karachi after evacuated from yemen. chinese and indian workers have also been flown to safety. we have more. >> there is no letup in this mill stare operation for a fifth consecutive night. the saudi-led coalition has continued to hit houthi shia positions. airstrikes continued in other parts of the country. dozens of houthi fighters were killed and jets bombed positions in the northern province of saada, considered the houthi main support base. the sers along the border they he share with yemen but saudi officials say

. >> out of drake into the philippines, the park built by the country's former dictator. we begin with reports of heavy fighting across yemen on this, the sixth day of the saudi led too fast against houthi rebels. in a southern city, eyewitnesses say cement workers have been killed injured and trapped after houthis shelled their factory. houthi fighters ever exchanged artillery and rocket fire with saudi forces along their border. border residents and tribal leaders say saudi helicopters were seen flying overhead. >> the united nations human rights office and the international red cross say they are alarm would at the high number of civilian casualties. as the red cross says members of the saudi coalition prevented one of its planes from delivering medical supplies to sanna. humanitarian agencies are trying to help after a refugee camp was bombed on monday. doctors without borders say 29 people are dead and 34 injured. as we report, who was behind the bombing and the intended target remain unclear. >> these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest saudi led air

forces as it was heading to the leyte gulf in the philippine sea. its wreckage remained undiscovered for over 70 years. the ship's war scars can be seen in the video footage. >> in addition to the torpedoes that hit and bombs that hit, some near misses also caused quite substantial damage, and that's what we're looking at here. >> reporter: a large opening seen on the left side of the screen was the housing. >> now this is the base that the main 18-inch gun would sit in. >> reporter: a japanese expert says "musashi's" main cannons were the largest in the world at the time and verified the discovery. >> translator: this is "musashi." this year marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the war, which will pass from many people's memory. this discovery is not only about finding the ship, it also gives us an opportunity to remember the war. >> reporter: the exploration team led by microsoft co-founder paul allen has been searching for the ship for eight years. he said he hopes to work with the governments of the philippines and japan to continue research

. >> i'm in the northern philippines. there is excitement here as the tribe welcomes a new arrival. >> we begin with yemen humanitarian workers. 45 people have been killed. airstrikers have hit a camp for displaced people in the north. a coalition has been bombing houthi rebels who control the capital of sanaa. houthies have ended the southern city. and they've launched a new offensive on the city of aden and there have been new battles in the central province. >> yemeni describes men and shia houthi rebels engage in fierce fighting around the town in eastern yemen. local sources say several houthi fighters have been killed. the houthies are trying to move through this area to the oil rich province, but local tribesmen are not the only ones determined to stop their advance. this attack is by the saudi-led coalition targeting houthi military positions. airstrikes have also hit houthi fighters. dozens of outy fighters have been killed, and jets have bombed positions in the northern province of saada considered the houthi's

. >> on order of the president of the philippines. we know what graciousness and kindness the filipino people show. we have to only visit a hospital in california in nevada. 80% of the nurses are filipinos. because they are gracious people and kind people. but i also know growing up that at the start of the second world war, i'm old enough to remember that, that the philippines troops fought side by side with the americans against the japanese. defending their island bataan, corigidor and other places. when american troops, because of lack of supplies, were forced to surrender, the philippine troops took to the mountains, and the jungles and became guerrillas and fought tooth and nail against the japanese for three long years until general mcarthur came back. so we know the graciousness and kindness of the filipinos. exemplified by this man, manny pacquiao, who gives fortunes away supporting charities in the philippines. whether it is founding hospitals, schools, is building churches, supplying fishermen with motors so they can increa

and empowering one of the philippines oldest tribes to use solar energy. ♪ air strikes led by saudi arabia have benatar getting houthi fighters in yemen for a fifth consecutive day and latest targets were tribes in the area and describe the attacks as a night from hell and explosions were heard early monday in houthi controlled radar and defense systems targeted there and arab leader whose are meeting in egypt say air strikes will continue until rebels withdraw and surrender weapons and 500 pakistan workers arrived in ka karachi and flown to safety and let's look at the targets on sunday and war planes seized in sanaa say they have been destroyed and dozens of houthi fighters were killed and that city is home to the country's second largest port and also on sunday coalition bombed position in the northern providence and victoria has more. >> reporter: there is no let up in this military operation for a fifth consecutive night and saudi-led position hit shia positions and air strikes also continued in other parts of the country and dozens of houthi fighters have been killed and jets have bo

al jazeera western philippines. >> amazing story. okay well, let's get all the sports news how. >> well, we're going start with football and there were some very hard high profile matches on tuesday. there was the repeat of the 2010 world cup final with the netherlands hosting spain. not so many goals on this time around. the netherlands are third in the qualifying group. now the united states are one of the surprise teams of the last world cup qualifying out one of the toughest groups to reach the knock out stage. but jose altidore in good form. 1-1 the final score. >>> well, it was impressive kick have a look at this from middle fielder the samurai blue beat uzbekistan. >> a whole host of international friendlies and one euro qualifier. scoring the only goal for belgium as they beat israel. italy 1-1, against defend. and an incredible result portugal lost 0-2 to its former colony cape verde. due to head to cairo for the confederation of africa football general assembly meeting. africa is a key battleground for the fifa presidential

plus out of africa and into the philippines, we will show you the safari park built by the country's former dictator. ♪ sadie-led forces bombed yemen for the sixth successive night and one hit a camp housed with displaced people and conflicting reports on the number of dead but could be as high as 40 and this happened in the province near the border with saudi arabia. the houthis saying the saudi-led coalition bombed the camp killing a number of women and children but witnesses say that while the camp used to be home to hundreds of families from an earlier conflict it's now occupied by houthi fighters and meanwhile saudi arabia is investigating the report as it says its fighter jets may have been responding to houthi or artillery fire and hit in the north as well as the capitol sanaa and cities of others. saudi arabia says attacks will continue until the president haidi returns to power. the coalition is trying to stop the houthis from reaching the southern port city of aiden where there have been running forces loyal to haidi and kim reports. >> reporter: this is the deadly air st

plus out of after africa in and to the philippines, with we'll show you the safari park built by the country's former dictator. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, saudi-led forces have bombed houthi rebel positions in yemen for a sixth successive night. at least 40 people have been killed after a strike hit a camp for displaced people near the saudi arabian border. the houthis saying the saudi coalition bombed the camp killing women and children. witnesses say while the camp used to be home to hundreds of families from an earlier conflict it's now occupied by the houthis. saudi arabia is investigating the reports. elsewhere, the strikes have slit several provinces including the houthi strong hold of. also battles in aden. saudi arabia says it's now completed a blockade of yemen's ports. kim vinnell has more. >> reporter: these are the victims of what appears to be the deadliest sawed had saudi-led air strikes so far, this was a camp in yep end's in accordance for those flying the violence that is has graped yemen for more than a deck a. houthis say women and children are among the dead. but witnesse

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i wasn't going to run to, i was in the philippines. i didn't have medical infrastructure right in at my fingertips. that was the 12th of february. and by the night of the 13th into the 14th, it, the pain, it started to -- it got worse. by the time i got up in the morning, i knew it was like shooting and throbbing pains. it was obviously something much more than a bruise. >> miles found an english speaking doctor who told him it looked like a textbook case of acute compartment syndrome. it was the first time miles had ever heard the term. he said this and i literally was trying to wiki what i had. and, you know, i didn't like what i read. >> acute compartment syndrome occurs when the pressure increases inside an area of the body that houses muscles, veins, arteries and nerves. it's usually due to bleeding and swelling. because that compartment is covered by a tough unforgiving layer of connective tissue known as fascia, when the swelling gets worse, the muscle has nowhere to go. everything gets squeezed and eventually the blood flow to

>>reporter: it is dubbed a piece of africa in the philippines. this safari park is home to over 300 endangered animals and over 4,000 hectors of natural reserve. it's a top tourist destination but the park is its least-known attraction. he tells me the story of how the former president envisioned the park after a trip in africa. in 1976 over 100 animals were shipped from kenya here evicted more than 200 families in the process. they were known to have stolen billion police station of dollars from government coffers and this was to be their private zoo. he was eventually overthrown. decades on care takers continue to work at least 20 animals are killed here every year. care takers say they do not have enough park rangers to police the perimeters. still, they have stayed for decades more their love of the animals. >> my dream is to become a world-type safari park although i could say also that this is first -- the only thing we can maintain through its income is the project. >>reporter: for many it was closed off to the public and neglected by the

plus out of africa and into the philippines find out about the safari park built

plus: >> i'm in the northern philippines with a tribe, there is excitement as the tribe welcomes a new arrival. >> first up, we have breaking news from yemen. an air strike has hit a camp of internally displaced people. humanitarian workers say at least 15 people have been killed. the saudi-led coalition has been bombing houthi rebels who control the capitol sanna and are trying to advance to the south. we'll bring you more on that news as we get it. >> backed by forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh, houthis ever lunch add new offensive on the southern city of aden. there have been battles between houthis and tribesmen around the central province. we have more. >> yemeni tribesmen and shia houthi rebels engage in fierce fighting around the town in eastern yemen. local sources say several houthi fighters have been killed. >> the houthis are trying to move through this area to the oil rich province, but local tribesmen aren't the only determined to stop their advance. this attack is by the saudi-led coalition targeting houthi held positions. airstrikes have also hit houthi

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the first battles were fought in the philippines. my dad was a fill peeno soldier who -- filipino soldier that states. >> there were plenty of filipino soldiers that gave their lives for the country. >> yes, more than 60,000 died, a million casualties, civilians, we were the front line in world war ii in asia. >> tell us what is going on now. we are reading 20-30 years. filipino vatsets are waiting to be reunited in the u.s. what is the backlog like. they are waiting 20-30 years. 1990. >> according to our estimates there's 20,000 sons and daughter of filipino veterans waiting in line with petitions to become u.s. citizens, it's a tough situation for elderly filipino world war ii veterans. some have gone back because they couldn't stand alone unless their spouse had died. there's one veteran in san francisco, who calls me every month to found out what the status is. for the past few years he calls me "i have four or five kids heart-breaking. >> as you get older you want to be surrounded by family and kids, and a lot count on them to t

. >> and old hands generating new energy in the philippines the grandmothers bringing solar power to remote villages. just because i'm away from my desk doesn't mean i'm not working. comcast business understands that. their wifi isn't just fast near the router. it's fast in the break room. fast in the conference room. fast in tom's office. fast in other tom's office. fast in the foyer [pronounced foy-yer] or is it foyer [pronounced foy-yay]? fast in the hallway. i feel like i've been here before. switch now and get the fastest wifi everywhere. comcast business. built for business. >> here's a reminder of the top stories here often al jazeera. saudi led air strikes on the capital of yemen sanaa. also blockade on yemen's ports. one air strike hit a camp of internally displaced persons but there's differing accounts of how many were killed. >>> reaching an accord before tuesday deadline in the iranian nuclear accord. >>> muhammadu buhari is still ahead of goodluck jonathan in nigeria, the largest state's results are yet to be announced. haru mutasa reports. >> grace worries about the ne

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i don't think it will produce any real rainfall for the philippines. the big rain maker is moving into japan. here is a look at the forecast for thursday. 20 in tokyo. 18 seoul. shanghai and chongqing looking for clouds and rain. in australia, nathan has become a category 3 cyclone. notice the interesting track this system has taken. it is now making a 360 degree turn over the past couple of weeks moving toward the west. it will be intensifies more expecting to have a big impact when it comes to winds and the rainfall. please prepare yourself for those of you on the northern coastline of queen land. this will rise as we head to the latter part of this week and continuing toward the weekend. speaking of rain i want to take you over to europe where an area of cut-off low pressure system has rained itself out over italy. so i think we are going to see improving conditions. we've been dealing with this rainfall the past few days. now we should see more in terms of sunny conditions we have another low here moving in. so spain and portugal you'll be seeing s

. >> i'm in the northern philippines. there was excitement as the tribe welcomes a new arrival. >>> a saudi arabia-led coalition has been targetting houthi fighters in yemen for a fifth night. arab league leaders say it will continue until the hughesies withdraw and surrender weapons. let's have a look in the capital sanaa. war planes targetting fighter jets seized from the yemeni head force. and they struck a camp in huda yrk dah. it's home to the second largest port. they bombed positions in saada, the main support base. >>> air strikes hit targets across the country. including in the capital sanaa. jets from the saudi arabia-led coalition have bombed ammunition depots airports and long-range rocket launchers in sanaa, ibb and hugayhah. this is the aftermath of an attack on the al-daylami airbase. it destroyed helicopters, fighter jets and facilities. the saudis deployed thousands along the border that they share with yemen. >> translation: the houthis are a group of militias that staged a coup. they have expanded becau

they are part of the oldettes tribe in the philippines and not used to change but many of these women are now seeing the light. >> welcome back. crews tried once again today to recover the second black box from the deadly plane crash in the french alps. investigators are looking for the second flight data recorder. the cockpit voice recorder was found last week. so far the theory is the co-pilot locked him self intentionally on the cockpit and killed all 150 aboard. >>> landed hard in hal frax just halifax and slit off the pavement into a snow covered area. 138 crew members and passengers were on board. >> whether the plane hit initially, it bounced back up in the air. >> we just skidded for a very long time. >> as of this morning the plane was still sitting in the snow in pieces. one photo shows an engine ripped off lying on the runway. >>> pope francis marked the beginning of holy week today with a palm sunday mass at the vatican. the pope carried palm fronds in st. peters square. he paid tribute for those who had been killed for religious beliefs and also held prayers for the 150 p

al jazeera northern philippines. >> you can always keep up to date with all the latest news, all the day's top stories on our website, aljazeera.com. >> a crucial moment in nuclear talks with iran, on the eve of a deadline, what's holding up negotiations. >> houthi rebels try to gain more ground in yemen and now international ground troops could be headed there next. major companies pull back from indiana, after governor mike pens doubled down on a controversial religious freedom law. >> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm stephanie sy. negotiations on iran's nuclear program are down to the wire this morning. the u.s. and five world powers are in a final push oh to reach a freedom work agreement by tomorrow's deadline. leaders on both sides of the table say a deal is doable, but last minute challenges are coming up. let's go live to james bays who is in lausanne, switzerland where the talks are taking place. james, good morning. what is happening on the eve of this deadline? what are the final sticking points? >> well, there are final sticking points, but that's to

. >>> a group of women is bringing solar power to a remote tribe in the philippines mountains. the ancient aeta tribe hasn't much changed its way but as marga ortega reports: >> deep in the mountains of lozon in the philippines live the aeta, the oldest tribe in the country. they have farmed these areas for years but now the tribe has a new hero. she doesn't know how to read or write but now she's entitled the bringer of light. >> it gets very dark here in the mountains so it's good we have found something like this to help the others. >> she has come back with a group of other aipa women invited by a special college to learn how to harness solar energy and build their own batteries and solar lights. >> we didn't understand anything so we had to use sign language. >> now they've come to share what they learn. it is villages like this that the lighting project hopes to help. isolated and without access to basic services. the thoughts would be to empower women will eventually four community. the aeta has always been known for their fire-making capabilities. now magda says she's h

. >>> thousands of people displaced in the philippines as government force hunt down an armed group in the south. >>> plus women in nepal are turning to an unlikely source to stop gender violence. do stay with us. we're back after the break. >> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. ♪ >>> welcome back. a reminder of our top stories on al jazeera. hundreds of police in myanmar have been involved in violent confrontations with student protesters. the students were hit with batons and some were detained. >>> ivory coaster's former first lady has been sentenced to 20 years in jail charged with undermining state securedy in the violence stemming from the elections in 2010. >>> and yemen's former president has accused the government of destroying the country. he said president hadi who has fled to the southern city of aden should leav

. >> reporter: unlike the philippines, vanuatu's cyclone didn't cause surges in the sea. this man is on a whistle-stop tour to find out which preparations helped and what could be done better in the future. this island in the north of vanuatu escaped much of the storm. but it is sure climate change is at least in part to blame. >> the weather pattern is changing. we have sea level rise and the cyclone too -- we used to have cyclones, but this is the worst cyclone that we ever had. >> reporter: it's a common story. this isn't the first bad cyclone australia has helped clean up. >> the squadron itself is [ inaudible ] cyclone there. >> reporter: in vanuatu's capitol worry is everywhere. this chef is desperate to get home to a remote part of the eye lank. he knows it was badly hit, but doesn't have any information about his family. >> i just want more information about my family. i just want to go back home. >> reporter: cyclones like these are making such journeys more common. >>> tiger skins and rhino horns are being openly traded in laos despite a ban to protect the engag

. >> it's similar to the one that strike the philippines, but we haven't got the report from the island since all communications are down at this time. but i think we will not be expecting much casualties since people are prepared. >> reporter: unlike the philippines this cyclone didn't cause huge storm surges from the sea. so water was less damaging thanked with. even so the low number of deaths and injuries so far has been remarkable. he is on a whistle stop tour two hours on the ground to find out which preparations helped and what could be done better in the future. this island escaped the worst of the storm, but people here know next time could be different, and next time could be soon. because cyclones are becoming more common and more fierce. he is sure climate change is at least in part to blame. >> the weather pattern is changing. we have sea level rise and we used to have cyclones but this is the worst cyclone that we ever had. >> reporter: it's a common story. this isn't the first bad cyclone australia had helped clean up. >> recently we are part of the [ inaudible ]. >> repo

this is the philippines entering the screen. again, that wouldn't be until late this week. nonetheless, the winds on the storm continue to strengthen. the storm is deepening, 140 kilometers per hour where as with the last update, 35 to 40 minutes ago, it was 130 kilometers per hour. you can see going forward that winds will be sustained well over 200 kilometers per hour making it a potential of a supertyphoon. the wind strengthening as it moves in a general westerly direction. we are going to monitor the situation closely. hopping to the other side of the world, we have had a cold snap inundate the united states from atlanta to the east coast. new york city, boston and this picture, sent to us from an i-reporter days ago. the ice now starting to break apart finally for the boston harbor. a cold snap of weather. temperatures run 10 to 20 degrees fahrenheit below what they should for the great lakes. it's really a tale of two seasons. the western half of the united states is warming up, ten to 20 degrees above where they should be. this is what it feels like as you head out t

. >>> now to the philippines where thousands of families have been left homeless after a massive fire hit downtown manila. the authorities say they are unable to determine the cause of the fire that broke out on monday and swept through a shany community. our correspondent has the latest now from the philippine's capitol. >> reporter: joel tries to put on a brave face. everything that his family has built for decades has been reduced to this, lost in a fire that has destroyed the homes of over 2,000 other families in downtown manila. >> translator: i can't express my grief when i look around me. i can't even explain what happened. there is nothing to save. we accept this is a tragedy. we just have to start over find a job, work again, and rebuild everything. >> reporter: this woman lost her home too. she does not know how long she will have to live in this temporary shelter, along with nine members of her family. >> translator: we will be grateful for anything we can get not just for my family but for all of us here. we hope that those who can, will help us. >> reporter: according to