Universe millions of years in the making. We begin with another day of waiting and worrying in nigeria. Hundreds of families wondering whether their children are safe or, for that matter, dead or alive. At the same time, delegates of World Economic forum about to break for dinner in a couple of hours. Theed leader of the forum saying terrorism must not set their agen agenda. There are those who take issue with the meeting when more than 200 school girls are still missing. Nigh ye niger nigerias president promising a way forward. I believe the kidnap of these girls is the beginning of the end of terror in nigeria. In nigerinigeria, the contro grows. Anothertac by boka haram. Some parents are accusing the government of abandoning their daughters. Al jazeera has the First International journalist on the ground in the area where that kidnapping occurred and the people are outraged claiming the abductor never happened. A traumatized mother, ester still has not come to terms with the ab dedu
Church in northern pakistan at least 78 are dead. Well have the latest on the progress on typhoon usagi as it bears down on southern china. Hello. In the last few hours there has been increased military activity at a Shopping Center near kenya. Its been more than 30 hours since attackers claiming to be from alshabab stormed the westgate mall. 59 have been killed and dozens of hostages are thought to be inside. Military reinforcements are sent in. They say their priority is to rescue the civilians still inside the mall. The attackers have several hostages. President uhuru kenyetta and his political opponents the former Prime Minister raila odinga and others addressed the nation and called for calm. They asked the International Community not to issue travel warnings for kenya, and had their own warning for the attackers in the mall. They shall not get away with their despicable and beastly acts. The cowardly perpetrators now cornered in the building, we will punish the master minds swift
Leader. This as scene outside the family home. Early in the morning, now Nelson Mandela the first president of south africa has died surrounded by his wife and family. He was 95. From there around the world, people are paying tribute to the freedom fighter. I was with him in his home. Which is where i met mr. Mandela when i was with jesse jackson. What was that like. This is a man whose mind is so sharp. In that in his voice, hello. Are you happy to see me today. I said i am sir, i am here to see you today. He was eating breakfast, and reading newspapers in four different languages. Reading in zulu, reading in english, it was really remarkable. How sharp his mind was, if i can only be that sharp at that age. Clearly, when i look at a picture like that of you, and this group that had come to see Nelson Mandela. His life was pretty great then. Obviously, you werent around when a lot of the bad things happen. You are showing my age, john. I think yo are showing my life. As i mentioned to
And bringing your feedback and plenty to talk about and covering it all in africa. The International Community is jazzed about the summit taking place in washington d. C. And great hash tags trending and this is africa emerging and cell phone my screen and another is africa summit but however with everything lisa there is push back and president obama is not meeting the leaders and some countries were not invited. They are talking about the summit in the United States, their own continent not good meeting. President obama is hosting the summit to discuss the pressing security, health and Development Issues facing the second largest continent in earth and turmoil in nigeria and Central African public and south sudan has a lot to talk about, the International Monetary funds projects 6. 1 Economic Growth in the region this year. Now the summit is not without controversy. As we mentioned African Leaders wont give one on one meetings with the president and a handful of african countries wer
Im martha raddatz. We begin with the latest on the new u. S. Mission in iraq. This weekend, more u. S. Air strikes against isis militants, plus new u. S. Air drops of humanitarian aid to help thousands of civilians trapped on a mountain by isis fighters. And just over night, u. N. Telling us at least 15,000 civilians have been able to escape. Meanwhile, president obama is warning u. S. Military action in iraq is a longterm project. Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has the very latest with the president on Marthas Vineyard. Reporter overnight the pentagon released new information on the air strikes over terrorist targets in iraq. 20 minutes later, u. S. Aircraft struck three more targets. With a followup strike destroying another. At 3 00 p. M. Eastern, the final target of the day was demolished. President obama bluntly acknowledged theres no foreseeable end to u. S. Operations in iraq. Im not going to give a particular timetable because as i have said from the start, where