i m frank somerville. a family from san bruno is demanding answers tonight after the young child was badly injured when a massive tree branch snapped over the weekend at menlo college on the peninsula. we have new information tonight from ktvu s azenith smith. you talked to the little girl s family. she s back home recovering with a fractured skull. doctors say it should take weeks to heal and she should recover on her own. i wanted to show you this campus, covered with these large oak trees. they have no idea one of the branches would come crashing down. reporter: 2-year-old zealyn is resting in her father s arms on pain killers and antibiotics after part of a large tree branch collapsed on her and her mother, jasmine garcia. i could see it on top of me, just like the limbs and everything crashing on top of us. i was shocked. i didn t know what to do. i didn t know the tree was going to fall. it just happened so fast. reporter: it happened saturday afternoon. the f
and why spend 160 hours cramped below a hot air balloon? to break a world record, of course. isjapan s government says it s 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 don t 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 pr
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 morning s attacks signify the desperation on the part of boko haram to make in roads into borno state. this morning s attack resulted in the death o
hong kong s pro-democracy protesters take to the streets once again al jazeera journalist peter greste is free. he was released from an egyptian prison a few hours ago and deported. he flue to cypress where he is expected to continue to australia. he is said to be in good health. his colleagues mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are still in gaol in egypt, where they have been held for 400 days. al jazeera welcomed peter greste s release, but said the campaign to free journalists in egypt will not end until all three have been released. gerald tan respects. this was the most recent protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. at the end of the december marking a year since arrest journalists rallied in london and around the world - sydney the hague, sarajevo. it s been a year of agony for the men. peter greste s parents were in cairo, hoping for the release by christmas. to me giving him a hug at the end was difficult just to say goodbye and leave him
now the top story that we have been following for you here at the german chancellor angela merkel has called migration the biggest challenge facing the e.u. and urged the block to take a multilateral approach to overcome divisions on the issue her comments come during an address to the bundestag ahead of a key e.u. summit in brussels later today. and with that you re up to date now on news i m sarah kelly and berlin thank you so much for your company have a great day. for such a. shift living in the digital age today. our favorite footballers on instagram innovative robot art. and spectacular photo shot by drone but first exposing fake news news
a high degree of credibility. in this company gets outs of communication has changed. it s become more emotional and images are a common way to convey emotions and to make a message appear reliable and strewn. the problem is that social media networks intensify and accelerate the spread of rumors and half truths a study by mit has shown that