>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha with our top global news starries. south sudan is beginning negotiations to end nearly three weeks of conflict. dna tests confirm this man is behind the iranian embassy

bombing. i'm in michigan where huge amounts of snow have effectively blocked off much of the northeast. i'm in london, declassified documents showed libya warned of violence the night before a british police woman was killed by gunmen 30 years ago. ♪ the united nations has said that rebels in south sudan are marching towards the capital, but the government is denying the report saying rebels are nowhere near. most violence has been in northern towns, but it appears the rebels have set their sights on the capitol. the us embassy is evacuating all

nonessential personnel from the country. more than 200,000 people have been displaced by the fighting so far. people have been trying to flee the town of bor which has seen some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict, and is now in rebel hands. many of those who have left are camped out in the open with no access to safe drinking water. >> what we need [ inaudible ] killed people i have seen bodies some [ inaudible ] were killed, and there were a lot of shooting in the towns. >> joining me now from london, matthew from south sudan, welcome to al jazeera. you know the area quite well. you have filmed there and written from the area, when we hear these reports that rebels

are heading towards juba, and the united nations are saying this, is it accurate? >> well, i think there's still quite a distance from juba. speaking to people who are there on the ground this morning. however, it is certainly alarming and they are certainly close enough that there's significant concern. >> what can you tell us about theat theater -- the terrain that the rebels would be fighting in and the area around bor for example? >> the area is reasonably open, however, there is a good bit of sparse brush and vegetation, so outside of the main road it's not a particularly easy terrain to move over, frequently very wet -- granted this time of the year it's much dryer than is

typically the case, so they will be moving reasonably slowly through the area, so the fact that we are seeing reports of them moving south of bor is concerning. however, reports are also that the government military has already engaged with them on several occasions and are positioned along the main road to defund juba. >> and we're hearing reports of sporadic fighting around the country, and yet in neighboring ethiopia, where we have talks beginning. how successful do you think those talks could be, considering one of the conditions by the rebel groups is a cessation of all violence. is that a possibility? >> well, i mean, i certainly think the -- the question is -- is riek machar teny in control of all of the forces, you know, that are engaged in fighting, and whether or not the

individuals that are [ inaudible ] are they representatives of the various leaders. in the collection of -- of groups who are active on the -- as people are calling the opposition side, it's not clear that -- that they are necessarily directly in connection with all of the different forces or groups operating. >> and you touched on the next question i wanted to ask, is it about the tribalism of the groups involved? and the size of -- you might say the force that riek machar teny has control of or influence over? can you give us an idea of the villages and sizes of the area? >> that's part of the problem in talking about the situation in south sudan, and the numbers that you talk about are very

fluid. i rarely trust numbers that i hear people express about the situation in south sudan in general. it's a very difficult place to try to engage scale and numbers. and individual's allegiances can be very fluid. so it's something very difficult to pin down. >> well, for the moment we shall see. matthew thank you so much for joining us from our london studio. lebanese investigators are combing through the wreckage of the blast site in southern beirut. six people were killed in the explosion. the blast happened in an area which is the strong hold of the shiite armed group hezbollah. it is the fourth attack in lebanon in two months. in november 23rd people were killed after two bombs went off

outside of the iranian embassy in beirut. now dna tests have identified the man responsible for that explosion. the families he should not be sent back to saudi arabia. so really who is this man? >> he's a saudi national. he is wanted by saudi arabia. his group which he leads have been put -- and designated by the united states as a terrorist group in may 2012, and this group is responsible for a number of attacks not only here in lebanon but different areas in the region, including rocket attacks on israel, attacking japanese oil tankers in the persian gulf, and other targets here in lebanon as the bombing of the iranian embassy in

november. so he is a very significant catch, if we may use the phrase, and lebanese investigators are very eager to interrogate him to get as much information as possible. not only the group, but who finances this group and they want to know as much as possible on how they can operate here in lebanon. also another issue is that iranians are very interested to take part in that investigation. we heard iranian officials discussing the possible of sending a iranian team here to take part in that investigation, but the saudis have been very reluctant in approving that. so it is become another issue of contention. >> and of course with such struggle you might say between iran and saudi arabia wanting to speak to this man, you have lebanon in a state of flux, with no government as such to be able to take control and tell these

countries, basically, this is our investigation. we will handle it. >> yes, that's true. lebanon is stuck in the middle. but as far as we know, he is not going to be handed to saudi arabia. the lebanese families of those victims who were killed in the iranian embassy, went on a press conference today, they said they are adamant that he should not be handed over to saudi arabia. they want him to stand trial here, and they said they were willing to take to the streets is there is any consideration by the lebanese government to hand him over to the saudi. >> all right. thank you. the [ inaudible ] has started another day of talks with israeli and palestinian leaders. john kerry has met israel's foreign minister. he'll later travel to palestine

to meet their prime minister. tom akerman has more. >> originally, john kerry has set a nine-month deadline for actually getting a final agreement, a final settlement between the israels and the palestinians. that did not appear to be in the cards. so what he has talked about in the last few months has been a framework agreement. in other words not signing all of the details, but at least providing some kind of approval in general terms by both sides to the core issues of this conflict. of course the borders of two-state solution, the status of jerusalem, the status of palestinian refugees, and general security arrangements, and the question is after 20 rounds of negotiations under the

general supervision of secretary of state kerry whether this trip will provide a little bit of personal push to accelerate what he hopes to be a financial agreement on these general points. and again, he -- he has put a nine-month deadline on this, which means he only has four months to go right now. >> former israel prime minister who has been in a coma for eight years is getting weaker. his condition has deteriorated and his kidneys are failing, doctors say. he has been in a vegetative state since 2006. >> he is not suffering. he is receiving maintenance therapy by his physician. he is closely attended by his and by the medical staff. and i can't say that there is

some improvement in his condition since yesterday. the other side i would say is most likely in -- we see a slight deterioration in his condition. in egypt thousands have marched across the country to protest against military rule. at least two people have been killed in the confrontation. although activists say the number -- numbers are much higher. >> reporter: it was a violent friday. this one more heated than most. in cairo, police fired tear gas on protesters, and the crowd set the streets alight. the threat of arrest didn't stop those unhappy with military rule. the declaration by the interim government that the muslim brotherhood is a terrorist organization give the police the power to arrest those they say are part of the group. taking part in one of these

marches could land you in prison for five years. at least 100 protesters have been arrest sod far. but the anticoup alliance says it will continue to demand the results of the last democratic elections. three of al jazeera's journal lists are still being held in egypt. producer mohamed fahmy on the left, and award-winning correspondent peter greste on the right, faced further questioning on sunday. they were arrested with another producer seen here in the middle. they are being held on suspicion of joining a terrorist group. and spreading laws. al jazeera says the allegations are fabricated nonsense. members of parliament in tunisia have started voting on a constitution.

the constitution, which must be approved by two-thirds of the national assembly must be adopted by january 14th. well, trouble in store for the world's largest names as violence breaks out during a garment factory strike. that story coming up. plus it was once the poster city for green cities. i'll tell you why it's getting harder for a brazilian city to keep up its environmental track record. and in sport, australia rescued the side once again. the latest in the ashes test against england coming up. ♪ >> in just 24 hours the italian navy has rescued more than 1,000 migrants in boats. let's get more from lauren. >> yes, the number of boats

usually drops off in winter, but instead they keep on coming despite two shipwrecks in october. 233 migrants from pakistan and several african countries were rescued from one boat on wednesday near the tiny island of lampedusa. 823 men, women, and children, followed in four packed boats. they have all been taken to sicily. >> reporter: these are some of the thousand migrants rescued off the coast of sicily in less than 24 hours. but weather and rough sea conditions usually discourage migrants from taking the trip in winter, and yet five migrant boats were intercepted since the beginning of the year. 233 more were rescued on wednesday. the migrants came from all corns of africa, middle east, moli,

indonesia and pakistan. their number is constantly on the increase with refugees running from areas like syria and the horn of africa. italy recently launched a special operation combining ships, helicopters, and drones to intercept boats before they ran into trouble after more than 350 migrants died last october in the worst shipwreck ever recorded off of these shores. and 30 days later over 34 people died in a separate shipwreck. and there was combination of the way migrants were being treated at the reception center in lampedusa. shocking footage emerged of naked migrants being showered down in freezing conditions.

this latest wave has been saved without any fatalities, this new development of crossing in winter towards the italian coast is causing fresh alarm. italian police have released video showing two gunmen opening fire on two shopkeepers one man runs away while the other takes shelter in the shop. they were shot at 11 times, but both victims escaped unhurt. police say one of the victims owed the attackers several thousand euros. two people have been arrested. documents have emerged that reveals libyan officials in tripoli and london has warned about potential violence on the eve of a shooting when a police

woman was killed years ago. libyan officials told the ambassador that they would not be held responsible. >> behind the scenes there may have been regret and wish that something else could be done, but -- but in the papers we can only see this reality, this -- this -- this thought -- thought process that, okay, this is the worst scenario you could have on the streets of london, but we can't actually do anything about it. we have to accept the libyan -- the people in the libyan embassy can go home. >> we have the british ambassador to libya at the time. thank you for joining us. i understand you received that warning. what kind of form did they take? and what impression were you given about what was going to happen? >> i came home quite late from a dinner engagement the night

before, and found a message asking me to go to the foreign ministry, i think it was about midnight, but the message indicated they wanted me to come straight away, so i went, and i found a couple of guys who told me a demonstration was planned outside of the libyan embassy in london the following day, and would i please inform london that they wanted it to be canceled, so i told them in they must be joking, and i said demonstrations outside of embassies were normal. i had several outside my embassy, and they had been properly policed, and they said no, you have got to understand this is different. this is important. this should be called off. and they made such a fuss about it, that i felt obliged to report it to london. >> what did you say? >> well, i told them what had been said to me.

i said that at one point they seemed to be threatening violence, and i told them the british government didn't take likely the threat of violence, so they withdrew the threat or at least partially withdrew the threat, and i wrote the report because i felt that it was sufficiently important that london must be informed, and i was told afterwards that the duty officer passed it on to the home office, and the home office passed it to the police special branch, so the police were in the picture before the events took place before the event. >> how likely is it -- the government has been trying to state has been offering all transparency and help in this. do you think her family will ever get justice? >> that's very difficult to answer. when britain renewed diplomatic

relations with libyan later, it was agreed the libyans would facilitate a police inquiry, but i don't think they really did. because when gadhafi was in power, clearly whoever was responsible was probably being protected. the situation has changed now. the president government has no interest in covering up gadhafi's crimes, but it's a long time, 30 years later. i strongly suspect that most of the individuals concerned, whether the martyr himself or the witnesses are probably dead or on the run, and i don't myself hold out much hope that the investigation will be successful. but it is worth trying >> okay. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. >> thank you. heavy rain and high tides have caused flooding across

southwest england and france. severe flood warnings have been issued, and more bad weather is on the way. some parts of england still recovering after floods in the past few weeks. now back for more wild weather. >> the us is experiencing a major storm causing travel chaos, and up to 60 centimeters of snow. >> here is our area of low-pressure responsible for all of that heavy snow. you can see this large area continuing to make its way further northeast, so it is in the process of pulling away now. winds are at an low, they travel in a an anti clockwise direction. hence it's a nor'easter, and that's where we're seeing those

big snowfall totals. that's the top temperature friday afternoon in new york, minus 21. so bitterly cold air. as we go into saturday, something of a recovery, but not much, minus two the high in new york. when we get to sunday, we start to see signs of slightly more moderate weather, and a high of around 60 degrees. but all the way down into dallas, this cold weather continues. so for the remainder of friday, more snow, and up into new england. that will clear through, a cold crisp day as we go through saturday then, but at least it will be largely dry. next area of snow not too far away. that slides its way all the way down across the southern plains.

and that is the next one we're going to watch next week. >> as you can see, you won't be too surprised to know that governments in new york and new jersey have declared states of emergency because of the bad weather, and more bad weather is expected. dominic cane has the latest. >> reporter: the winter weather just won't go away, and although it may look like a postcard, the reality is rather different. traffic disrupted, and many accidents here and there. the harsh conditions have caused some states to close their highways. >> as for tomorrow, we are closing state government. i am urging private employers to do the same. the point is to keep people off of the roads and away -- and in doors, and away from the cold,

which is extreme. >> reporter: the snow and low visibility have forced airlines to cancel thousands of flights. chicago's o'hare airport became a make-shift dormitory for hundreds of passengers. more than 35 centimeters of snow have been predicted to fall on friday in some places, and it is predicted that temperatures will fall to record lows. officials say they are taking no chances with the weather. >> salt spreaders are being deployed whenever there is accumulation of up to two inches, and it can of course be turned into plows when needed. >> but of course for the younger generation, the snow represents something different. with the holiday season still in full swing, for them there is shredding to be done. .com -- dominic kaine, al

jazeera. >> does it seem there is going to be any letup at all, john? >> no, not really. hello, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> there were two storms that came together. up to 60 centimeters in places, can you believe that. from chicago in the midwest all the way to where i am in boston, mass, south of here into connecticut, and rhode island, new york city, new jersey, down to philadelphia, the whole area has a lot of snow, and we have got as you said in the intro, the governor of new jersey and new york have called states of emergency. not here in massachusetts. this is where we got the snow in

one case touching 60 centimeters, and they are worried about coastal flooding as well. >> they will also be concerned about the aftermath after the snow goes and melts, but at the moment it seems that some of the road networks are slowly easing off. but the airports have thousands of people that have been stranded. >> you are absolutely right. and people looking into this program from overseas, wondering if they are going to get into the northeast today. places like where i am, jfk, newark, in the new york area, these airports have been -- you have to phrase it like this otherwise they get a bit cross, the airports are open, so that's good. but of course the airlines

aren't there. so from about 8:00 local time last night until probably now or maybe the next couple of hours, the airports, while they have been open, no plains have been landing or taking off, but there are already are, hundreds if not thousands of cancellations and postponements, so there will be air travel chaos, i'm sure for the next 24 or 48 hours here in the united states. i don't know if that effects overseas travelers, but in the u.s. the airline aren't going to charge you for that. this is 10, 11 in the morning in massachusetts, and this would normally very busy, and now we're outb inned by people

trying to clear the streets. >> thanks a lot for the moment, john. well still ahead on the news hour, people in myanmar are calling for change to the constitution. plus a new report says obesity in the developing world has reached worrying levels. and in sport, real madrid took on [ inaudible ]. those details coming up.

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>> we're following multiple developments on syria at this hour. >> every hour from reporters stationed around the world and across the country. >> only on al jazeera america. welcome back. this is al jazeera. these are our top stories. the united nations has told al jazeera that rebels in south sudan are now marching on the capital, but the government is denying the report. nearly two weeks of fighting have left around a thousand dead. more violence in egypt, thousands have protesters have gathered, and there are reports that police fired tear gas at them. authorities in lebanon have confirmed that they have

detained a leader of the [ inaudible ] brigade. the group responsible for the bombings of the iranian embassy. garment workers are on strike. it's a rare show of defiance in the country. and an issue that is expected to pose a challenge to the go. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: the sound is clear, distinct. they carried the wounded with them, evacuating one man on the back of a motorbike. the striking workers had attempted to block a road outside of a factory south of

the capitol. they are demanding an increase in the minimum wage to $160 a month. the government has offered 100. not enough said workers. this has been a bitter and violent dispute. the workers unions are united but their protests have been forcibly put down by the army and strikers arrested. opposition parties say there can be no negotiations until the violence stops. >> we cannot negotiate when people are dying are shot at in cold blood. the only way is to sit down, but first there has to be a stop of the violence. >> reporter: there is a lot at steak here, big name brands outsource to factories in cambodia. police have described the protesters as anarchists, but it

is not them running away from live ammunition. since the middle of december tens of thousands of protesters have been holding daily rallies calling for the government to step down. they are calling for a rebun of the last election, saying the july poll was rigged. we have the president of the cam bonian bone -- cambodian center for human rights. >> there are a lot of issues, but there is wide ranging discontent, of the way -- long-serving prime minister has been treating his people, and i think the people are very, very upset and people are discontent. and i think the protest is actually on the gunman -- where the gunman workers are

demanding, increase in minimum wage, but i think there are various groups who are actually demanding reforms from the government including demands for him to step down as well. the government has been strained in its response to these protests. obviously i think the government has heard these voices and the government is willing to take drastic reforms that is needed and required now to satisfy the population. a new report says that the number of overweight people in the developing world has tripled since 1980. 900 million people are now struggling with their weight. >> reporter: it's an increasing problem. once developing countries struggled with famine, now they are struggling with obesity. these economies have grown in the past 30 years and so have

waistlines. >> it's a tripling of the number of people who are considered overweight and obese in the developing world since 1980. that takes the numbers to more than 900 million, and that's more than the number of overweight and obese people than we have in the high-income countries. >> reporter: two countries are particularly effected. chai and mexico. the report points to an abundance of processed food and sugary drinks, but also a lack of exercise could be to blame. and not knowing what makes up a good diet is another factor. south korea is setting a good example. >> decades ago the government said we must encourage our traditional foods which are low in fats and oils, high in vegetables and seafood and so on, and there was a lot of

public education, training, and a lot of sense of korean food is good for you. >> reporter: reports suggest that governments elsewhere should follow suit. and it says if people elsewhere don't stop overeating, the results could be a huge increase in diabetes and heart disease. well steve wiggins as you saw was in that report, and he joins me now. he is from the overseas development institute. thanks for joining us. how did you set about in terms of research in getting to these numbers? >> original research objective was to look at what would happen in the future if people's diets had more livestock in them, and what that would due to meat prices and the cost of feed grains, but in the process, we became aware that the bigger issues were the health costs and

rising side of overrate and obesity, which is now so much larger in the developing world than the high-income countries. it has a problem that has come to the developing world in a rather stealthy way, and the levels are rising so future projections are that this will just get worse and worse. >> you talk about middle income families being relatively susceptible to this problem, and that varies surely from continent to continent and country to country. so how do you judge what a middle income family is? >> in there lies a glimmer of hope. the middle income countries that were low-income countries a generation ago, we do see great variations in diet and the prevalence of overweight and obesity. at one end of the spectrum you

have countries like mexico and egypt with very high levels, and towards the other spectrum, south korea where you have much lower levels. so there must be some levers we can pull to countries can move towards the situation like we have in korea. >> you talked about korea having a plan in place to educate their public. are there countries that are trying to do that right now? and are finding it either difficult, or they have been quite successful. >> there is a [ inaudible ] of policy actions of any level

including in the high-income countries to adjust diets. there has been a little bit of regulation of the advertising of food, and a few very small cases where people have tried to tax foods which are high in sugars or fats. but so far we have only tentative attempts anywhere in the world to change the situation, and we have yet to learn what is fully effective, even if we have some hints. >> indeed. i'll watch out for your next report. thank you for joining us. now back to lauren in europe. lauren? yes, spain has recorded one of its best-ever monthly drop in

unemployment. they had a develop of 2.24%, but at least 4.7 million people are still out of work, and december's strong figure could be down to a short-term hiring blitz by retailers over christmas. >> translator: we have seen unemployment go down a bit towards the end of the year, so i think this year will be very positive. a lot of us are jobless, but hopefully there will be more work this year. >> translator: i have been jobless for a year and a half. i have been sending out my cv, but no one calls me. the ukraine the last few weeks of 2013 have been dominated by mass protests in kiev. jennifer glasse looks at what lies ahead. >> reporter: protesters defy the cold and the government in kiev's independence square. for six weeks they have protested the president's

failure to sign an agreement with europe. >> translator: we're taking the path of understanding and national consolidation. i'm sure the political skwobls of last year have only served to strengthen us. >> reporter: but demonstrators want him to go. >> it could take one or two years before he is gone, i don't know. but definitely we are going in that direction. >> translator: i believe changes will come. and they will be for the better. >> reporter: on the first day of the new year, thousands took to the capitol in the largest demonstration in weeks. businessman hopes the new year will bring government reforms to help level the corporate playing field. >> for business it's more hard and hard every year, and we hope

that it will be easy to open enterprises to trade, to export. >> reporter: ukraine's industries will benefit this year with a new deal with russia. critics say that gives russia much control here. >> the government doesn't want to listen to people. so it means that the struggle will go on, however, there is a possibility also of starting negotiations, kind of round table. >> reporter: before that could happen, the president would have to fire some of his top ministers, which seems unlikely. protesters here on the square say their winter uprising will continue. as they try to keep their country on the long road to europe. the new mar -- mayor in

kosovo has just been sworn in, but it did it behind bars. here is more. >> reporter: lining the streets, who say their reelected mayor, and this is him, blink and you could miss him as he races past in tight security. he is not on his bay back to mayoral residence, he is going back to prison accused of war crimes. a former senior commander, he was arrested in may of last year. he is one of 15 that were former kla fighters charged by the european commission for killing prisoners. but he is somewhat of a hero in

these parts. his arrests lead to protests, and most of his supporters believe he is innocent. >> translator: he was doing what he was told. >> translator: we believe he should be freed, the fact that he showed up here today is a positive sign. we hope justice will prevail. >> reporter: already mayor, [ inaudible ] swept to victory in november's elections with 88% of the vote. one month later he pleaded not guilty in court. >> and that's the news from europe. now people are calling for myanmar's constitution to be amended. candidates spouse and children cannot now have foreign

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on al jazeera america welcome back. the brazilian city of [ inaudible ] has been a shining example for us is containablety. urban planners have gone there

to study its green efforts. but rapid development has made it increasingly hard for the city to stay green. >> reporter: for these people, plastic cups, paper bags, used clothing, and old beat up television sets can be turned into an organic meal. men like this one have been lining up for years to exchange the recyclable material for fruits and vegetables. this trash eventually makes its way here to this separation plant. over 800 tons of recycled trash is processed here ever month. the money made helps pay for

social welfare programs. it's just one of the innovative ways that earned this city its reputation as one of the most sustainable cities in latin america. green spaces dominate the landscape, which help keep carbon emissions down. public billings are made out of recyclable materials, and a high speed bus system transports more than 35,000 people every hour. the idea to make this a green city was born in the late 1970s when this architect was first elected mayor. >> translator: one thing we had to learn is that if you want creativity, you need to cut one 0 from the budget, if you want sustainability, you cut two 00s from the budget. >> reporter: as more people move

to the city, they are building illegal homes. traffic jams are common now that this state capitol has one of the highest ratio of cars per resident. once known for its innovation, the city is now struggling to keep up with its rapid-growing population. >> translator: this model was designed with the elite in mind. the poor are being pushed to the outskirts. >> reporter: holding on to its reputation as a sustainable utopia will depend on whether the future doesn't remain stuck in the past. it's time for sport now. >> thank you very much. we'll start with cricket, and a century from steve smith ending day one of a fifth test against england, clearly in charge. after being reduced to 97-5,

brad and steve rescued the inning, as australia were eventually bowled out for 326. ben stokes having a good day. that left england with six overs. >> yeah, absolutely. it's my favorite place to play, so, you know, i'm absolutely delighted to have got a hundred out here in i guess tough circumstances and get the team in a good condition. >> we started really well. having been 90 for 5 and then the counterattack, the start that we got, and i think they ended up probably getting about 50, 60 more than we would have liked. >> meanwhile sri lanka fought

back against pakistan. they lost just one wicket in the day. with a lead of 241 with 5 wickets remaining. tennis's number one is trying to book his place in the latest competition. it's the man ranked 162 in the world that has got off to the better start. it is currently 3-3 all. serena williams has extended her winning streak to 14 matches. he over came the russian at the brisbane international despite serving poorly. and she will play victoria in the final, the belarusian, former world number 1 battleded back to beat another former

number 1. action from the men's event now. h huet is into the last four. next up is the second seed. ferrari fans have held a silent vigil outside of the hospital looking after michael schumaker. the formula ledge end is currently in a coma following a skiing accident. fans from italy join those from france to support the former ferrari driver who won five successive titles for the team. he had been in a medically induced coma since hitting his head skiing last sunday. >> translator: this is to show that fans are supporting him. hoping he will get better fast. and to show also the ferrari fervor, all that he did for

ferrari you can see it today. >> we have a special interacttive feature on michael schumaker on our website. head to aljazeera.com/sport and clink on the link. [ inaudible ] says the club has no plans of buying or selling anybody during the january break. they brought together the two top scorers in world football from last year. richard par reports. >> reporter: the last time renaldo faced this man, he scored a hat trick against sweden to reach the world cup. neither he nor slater had their shooting boots on then. young spaniard did. he gave real the lead within 20 minutes. another real youngster, jose

rodriguez was also impressive. he hit the post. real changed their entire outfield in the second half. this man hitting the bar. perry nearly got a fortunate equalizer, but marchelo ended the fate. when this friendly was arranged neither side would have expected to have been playing in this the rain, but they'll soon be back in familiar surroundings. richard par, al jazeera, doha. from the nba's longest winning streak has continued as the golden state warriors beat the miami heat. wade finished 22 points, and lebron james had 26. but golden state has a 123-114 lead over the defending nba

champions. in the nhl the st. louis blues lost their fourth in a row, and extended the losing streak of the los angeles kings to five in a row. 2-0 in the second period. the blues continued just minutes later with his second of the game. a very comfortable game, winning this one 5-0. that's your sport. >> don't go away, because take a look at this. this footage hasn't been sped up. this is nine year old from china solving a rubix cube in less than 12 seconds. he set the time which is a world regard for his age group. he has beening rubix cubes for more than four years. i do have 12 seconds to end this newscast and tell you i'm back

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>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters, and these are the stories we're following for you. a major snowstorm in the northeast bringing planes, trains and automobiles to a crawl. john kerry meeting with palestinian leaders with a bid for peace. and the obama administration with a challenge for the affordable care act. two third of the east coast being crippled by the first major snowstorm of the year. we want to show you right now this. the planes in the air at this hour over u