The whitaker peace and development to help youth. He grew up in South Central l. A. Amid the violence. He won an oscar for his betrayal of idi amin in the last king of scotland. He learned swahili and how to play the accordion as the dictator had. Im driven by my fear of not knowing. Im trying to get information to do it in a unique way. He talks about ration relations in america. He was falsely accused of theft and thrift in new york. I wasnt doing anything. He made a mistake, saw a guy this. The actor reflects on the late robin williams. It was tragic. You know, an amazing loss. Hes a beautiful person. An amazing mind. Forest whitaker joined us at our studios in new york. I want to talk about the whitaker peace and World Initiative and u. N. E. S. C. O. And all the work around the world. This . As a child, my first touch with the conflict of war was with my cousin. He went to the vietnam war as a kid. He came back, he lived in my room. He was totally changed by the law. It affected h
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Are they really mexicos best bet for law and order . The government is syria is accused of deliberately demolishing thousands of homes in the city of damascus and hama. They are carrying out a Systematic Campaign of destruction. Dominic kane reports. This is the suburbs of damascus, fought over by the government and rebels repeatedly in the last few years. Like much of syria it presents a picture of bombed out buildings and rubble strewn roads. But now new evidence suggests the destruction of property here is not an accident of war. Human rights watch compiled a report claiming the government has been demolishing thousands of houses here, other parts of damascus, and the city of hama. The report uses satellite images to show how extensive the damage is. This is one district in hama seen in september 2012. This is the same place one month later. This is part of the capital close to the military airport seen in february last year. Move forward to july, the contrast is clear. Human rights
Wildfires are a regular part life. This has been the driest year on record. Rebecca stevens is here with more on that. The santa ana winds can become powerful. Typically camerillo has been getting the gusts. As you get the strong winds, they are warm and dry. They bring in heat. In this very area we have temperatures, record temperatures. San francisco has a new recordhigh temperatures, and a california did hit records, while we were one or two degrees away from a record for places like los angeles, who hit 85. Looking at the areas of drought across the u. S. 75 of california is included. The percentage of normal rain fall is barely over 51 . Other cities below the percentage of normal. We get well into the water here, starting in july. The water year starts in july. We are threequarters of the way through it. Californian mountain snow, compared to 2012, we are now the driest on record, comparing the snow pack in the mountains to what we have now, this january of 2014, its an impressiv
Behind bars where in brazil prison officials are forced to strike deals with inmates in order to maintain order. Australias Great Barrier reef watchdog has given the go ahead for dredged mud to be dumped near the worldfame mouse marine park. It will allow for 3,000 cubic metres of mud, larger than the Great Pyramid of giza, clearing the way for the worlds biggest coal port, locking 328 million worth of coal port projects. The reef is a big tourist attraction, worth 5. 7 bill on annually to the economy. Environmentalists, scientists and tourist operators forged the plan. They are fear it will harm the reef. Possibly doubling shipping traffic in the area. Andrew thomas has the latest from sydney. This decision will see 3 million cubic metres of mud and sand dredged from the bottom of the point and dumped at sea within the Great Barrier green park. The authority that has granted the permission for the dumping says that therell be no damage to the Great Barrier reef, imposing 47 strict env