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down to the clarksburg area after that it opens up. the two women who died in the maryland shopping center shootings will be remembered today by their loved ones. derrick ward is live in riverdale with more on how students at park dale high school plan to honor gladys tordil. reporter: she was a teacher here, an advanced placement chemistry teacher. and later today there will be a vigil here at park dale. this is for the wife of 62-year-old eulalio tordil. gladys was killed at high point high school on may 5 as she waited for her daughters to come out of that school. and what will happen here is there will be a vigil held by students, staff and family members, friends of gladys tordil. claudina molina in a failed carjacking attempt. her funeral will be held at st. jude s catholic church in rockville. eulalio tordil was arrested shortly after that second shooting just across the street. he now faces murder and weapons charges. meanwhile gladys tordil s family is stru ....
earthquake. tuning out their president, martelly has gone but haitian still hit the streets. starting with a bang. china welcomes the lunar new year but prospects for the economy are not looking so great bright. german chance letter angela merkel is meeting the president in ankara as more people flee the city of aleppo in the face of bombardment of syrian forces. our correspondent is on the border with syria. reporter: the air strikes are intense. the aim of the syrian government is to weaken the defenses of the opposition before ground forces move in. it is at the north-eastern entrance of aleppo. it is on the only route in and out of rebel held districts inside the divided city. translation: the regime already cut off the roads. the life line for the rebels is ham ra. if that is taken, there will be no way to send reinforcements. reporter: it is one of two crossings on the turkish border. it is not far from the south-western side of aleppo. the syrian government ....
pop francis gets a warm welcome in mexico soon after an historic meeting in cuba. find out why businesses will be forced to reveal the gap between men and women s pay. plus. reporter: i m in nairobi. this looks like money but it s not. i will tell you how people in this community are using it first, we go to syria where both inside the country and outside there are growing doubts that a proposed pause in the fighting will actually happen. government forces backed by russian air raids are trying to encircle rebels in syria s largest city, aleppo, and cut off their supply lines to turkey. government forces have made another key gain in that offensive and these are pictures from syrian state tv showing soldiers closing in on rebel ground in the al tam oura valley. they ve taken a strategic hill close to many towns. president bashar al-assad said he would defeat his enemies across the country. translation: we have fully believed in negotiations and impolitical action ....
plus. reporter: i m in afghanistan. we will tell you why this man making the city s most famous blue glass is thrilled sanctions on iran have been lifted a new u.n. report is cataloguing what it describes as a multitude of horrendous human rights violation , in south sudan in 2013. it targets both sides for killing raping and pillaging. women were allowed to rape women in lieu the wages. a unit government peace accord is yet to be established. this report hardly pulling any pumpinges. what s your reading of it? reporter: punches reporter: it is a shocking and damning report release from the here. this is the report. i see so many of these human rights reports. i don t think in the three years i ve done this job i ve ever seen one as shocking as this. the detail in this, it describes the detail coming from victims of attacks by both the opposition and the government, but it certainly details more abuses by the government side, says there is a scorched earth pol ....
from carrying out completely the missions that he has been tasked with. is that correct? yes sir. my greatest concern of sequestration would be the impact on the workforce, particularly the civilians. they would argue what i want to be aligned with that. i can replace equipment. it takes years to replace people. there is a real likelihood, if we continue the sequestration that you will not be able to continue to employ these outstanding and highly selected individuals yes. sometimes, i do not want the american people to see what goes on at these hearings. i certainly wish the american people could hear and see your statements that you re making today rather than that s just what democracies are all about. and so i thank you for your good work but also want to thank you for your straightforward answers to questions that were posed by the members of this committee. and we thank you. the meeting is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] ..ible con .. [inaudible conve ....