Ballooning. In a world full of extreme sports, hot air ballooning is a quiet, almost silent depature. But thats not to say its not exciting. Theres an adventure aspect to ballooning. The only thing certain about today is where were taking off. Where we land . Who knows. In short if you get in that basket you better not make any plans, and frankly why would you want to. Up, up and away ahead on sunday morning. Pauley hes a show business legend with a longstanding connection to this particular Holiday Weekend. Hes jerry lewis. Jerry lewis has more than five dozen movies and an oscar to his credit. But even now, at 90 he cant yes. All the time. The labor day legend, jerry lewis, later this sunday morning. Pauley space, the final frontier. Is where the star trek saga has been unfolding for the past half century. And as of now at least theres no end in sight. As faith salie can attest. Phenomenon is celebrating its 50th birthday this week. Quite an achievement for a show that was almost for
And why spend 160 hours cramped below a hot air balloon . To break a world record, of course. Isjapans government says its highly likely that the video of killing of kenji goto is authentic. Prime minister shinzo abe describes it as a heinous act. Threatening to kill a jordanian pilot as well. Visibly shaken Prime Minister of japan had this reaction. Translator we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and we denounce it in the strongest terms. To the terrorists we will never never forgive you for this act. Since this act was committed we are going to coordinate with the international community. Japan will never be defeated by terrorism. Reporter this is kenji goto in a video he recorded last year before crossing into syria and into siem i. S. I. L. Territory. If something happens please dont claim any claim to experience there. He always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. I promise here to carry o
It out has opened up old wounds. Free aj staff. Its 400 days since three of our journalists have been gaoled in egypt. Al jazeera demands their release. Flying high we tell you about a recordbreaking balloon journey we begin in nigeria, where the army is battling boko haram fighters after they launched an attack on the northeastern city of maiduguri. The military sent in enforcements. Boko haram attempts to take over maiduguri were stopped a week ago. We go our ahmed idris with us from the capital. Over the last two weeks or so there was an attack launched by suspected boko haram fighters about 2 oclock or 3 oclock local time. So far there is no detail. But the boko haram fighters suspected to have launched an offensive on three or four fronts. Attack attacking from three different areas. They are lying on the outskirts, fleeing into the city to save themselves. According to some people inside maiduguri, a rocket expected to by fired by boko haram into the city theres damage and no one
The Nigerian Army alongside civilians and vigilantes have driven out boko haram from the capitol in northeastern nigeria. Sunday the armed Group Launched an attack on the outskirts of the city that lasted several hours. The battle has moved on to the town of maffa. We have more from the capitol. The guns are silent after the military in collaboration with civilians repelled an attack from four different locations on the city. A Security Source told al jazeera that the fighters from boko haram have been chased away and now there is as raging battle currently going on in the town of maffa after the failure failure. This is coming at a time boko haram has suffered defeat in the hands of the nigerian mill at her, the chadian military, following the launch of attacks on several positions of boko haram in northeastern nigeria. This mornings attacks signify the desperation on the part of boko haram to make in roads into borno state. This mornings attack resulted in the death of several boko h
A very warm welcome to the program. One of the most notorious killers of apartheid era south Africa Eugene de kock, has been granted parole after 20 years in prison. He was nicknamed prime evil after his killings in the 1980s and early 1990s. The Prime Minister said that de kock was being released in the interest of nation building. Andrew harding gave us this update. There have been fairly lengthy parole requests in recent years, none of them granted until now. And until in the last few months de kock after some prompting, reached out to the families of some of his victims. They came to the prison sat down with him, and he apologized to them. Ive spoken to some of those families who say they were moved, they believed de kock was sincere. He was also working, cooperating with the prosecuting authorities here, not just right to find the missing victims of his own act and his own units act, but other people as well caught up in this very vicious end to the apartheid era, when white minor