good afternoon and welcome to al jazeera america, i'm morgan rad radford and live from new york and we are following a chemical spill and residents told tap water is safe but many say it still smells. new allegations against chris christie and another mayor of new jersey accuses him of political pay back. plus clashes in kiev as thousands of people speak out against new laws indirectly at shutting down public protests. ♪ after ten days without water all

west virginia residents have finally been told they can now drink from their taps again and the ban was lifted a day ago many are complaining about a very peculiar spell and robert ray is live on the scene in charleston and say the water is safe now so what exactly are residents still concerned about? >> well, the residents here in charleston, west virginia are concerned about the fact that you know it's been a few days since the water bans are lifted and people have been flushing their pipes out but a lingering odor is rounds like an licorace or candy and after the water is flushed out describing the smell inside their homes and others described discoloration and we are in a restaurant here this morning where folks have been having brunch throughout today and this particular restaurant is serving only bottled water to its customers and they are using the water just to clean the

dishes. they own three restaurants here and they have been impacted pretty heavily by what has happened. we have reached out on numerous occasions to west virginia water company here asking for answers as to what the smell is, why the water ban was lifted when there is little data known and all the people who have gone to the hospitals here. listen to this, over 400 patients have been treated at 10 different hospitals and reported for chemical exposure since january 9th, that is according to the west virginia health department. also since this past thursday, the west virginia health department says over 300 people have been treated and 14 actually have been hospitalized here, none of them in critical condition. so there are a lot of questions that we are trying to find out. let me bring in a guest quick and you are an adequate, what is your group and what have you been doing here? >> i'm people concerned about chemical safety and i'm an advocate and many times when they try to make me look like a

person like that and i was born and raised here and my dad worked for the chemical company and some things we are doing immediately is making sure people have clean water and of people who cannot afford the water we want to make sure people have clean drinking water is first and foremost, after that we are working on legislation that hopefully will prevent this from ever happening again. >> reporter: in the community the water bans are lifted, but yet there is sort of this lingering, i don't want to use the word fear but deposition concern if people should be drinking the water or even bathing in the water. what can we do about this to get answers from local officials? >> keep asking the question. i don't know. we have been dealing with things like this for a long time and it mostly is air and the first time we had to deal with the water issue. but i don't know. just keep asking questions. i mean, we have been asking questions for many years. >> reporter: the industry here

based upon coal and chemicals, perhaps there is a code of silence because without the industry what happens to west virginia? >> i mean, i understand that. you know, chemicals are what put food on my table and sent me to college and until we diversify the economy and move away from it we will have the issue. >> reporter: i appreciate it. there is a rally on tuesday we just found out trying to get answers from firms here, the water company trying to get new laws perhaps put into place in the future. but right now day ten into in there is a ton of unanswered questions and obviously a company on friday freedom industries that filed for bankruptcy. so this is a fluid situation to say the least, morgan. >> reporter: thanks so much and robert ray is live from charleston west virginia and robert continue to keep us updated. meanwhile more allegations of political corruption against new jersey governor chris christie, the latest by hoboken mayor don

zimmer said they withheld hurricane sandy relief money because she did not support a development that politically connected to christie. as new jersey governor chris christie visited the sunshine state trying to shore up support by donors a dark cloud was over the demonstration and hoboken is accusing christie of withholding super storm sandy relief money because she didn't get behind a multi-billion development project. zimmer said kristy's lieutenant governor said money would float if and only if she approved the project. >> she said i know these things are not right and should not be connected but they are. and if you tell anybody i'll deny it. >> reporter: what is more e-mails obtained by msnbc show the project is represented by the law firm of david sampson, a top christie political reporter and he is also one of 20 people subpoenaed just last week in a support scandal tied to the

christie administration. the scandal relates to the shuttering of the two traffic lanes on the george washington bridge and something they say was political retribution by the governor and christie denied any knowledge of the scandal and instead blamed his aids. >> i'm embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> reporter: now the governor's office is denying the most resent allegations, saying it's very clear partisan politics are at play here, as democratic mayors with a political axe to grind come out of the woodwork and super storm sandy caused property damages and another $10 million in damages to public property. >> i'm stunned that he would use the sandy funds and hold those sandy funds over my head when you consider what happened to hoboken, we were devastated. >> reporter: he is facing three investigation into the scandal

surrounding the george washington bridge, now legislative leaders in the state say they may expand the probe to include zimmer's allegations, something that could swamp his 2016 presidential run. the violence is intensifying in, ukraine with riots and they are looking for aims directly at stamping out demonstrations and protesters kidnapped a policeman and more than 20 other officers have been injured thus far. our jennifer glass has the latest from kiev. >> reporter: the worst violence in kiev in two months and thousands of protesters clashed with police blocking the road to parliament and protesters set buses on fire, the police fired pepper gas and demonstrators kidnapped a policeman. opposition leader and former professional boxer klisko tried to calm the people with no success. this is exactly the kind of

confrontation that opposition leaders were trying to avoid. but after 8 weeks of protest with little results, some protestors have become very frustrated and decided to confront authorities in the streets. tensions heightened this week when demonstrations in the center of kiev illegal and the president signed into law sweeping measures that limit tree speech and assembly. earlier sunday tens of thousands gathered on independent square to defy the new regulations. >> translator: i appeal to law enforcement bodies, to servicemen, join the people, protect the people because you gave an oath to ukraine people first of all and you have to protect them. >> reporter: the government says their public order laws and the people here disagree. >> this is not just a new law it's a coup. and when the coup happens in the country, especially when it has a social explosion in the country, it's a situation in an

unpredictability way and with my presence here i try to show the people to show the parliament and the government that i'm not agreeing with them and i'm against with choices and the rules. >> reporter: the new rules give the police the powers they would need to dismantle this mainly peaceful protest entering the third month and they remain on independent square and only a few hundred meters away skirmishes continue a few meters away and police restrained and there are fears tonight authorities will use this conflict as an excuse to end 8 weeks of demonstrations by government opponents. jennifer glass, al jazeera, kiev. >> reporter: u.n. inspectors in iran ready to over see the long-awaited iran nuclear agreement and the deal will last six months and iran must limit enrichment of uranium and are worried about sanctions relief.

>> reporter: after marathon diplomacy january 20 marks the day when the iran nuclear agreement comes in force and in iran the key issue is how much, if at all, it will effect daily life. many iranians don't think much will change. >> translator: they put us under such pressure that but a little thing such as this we are hopeful and still hopeful for the future considering the agreement has different aspects, not just economic, some are political, it's about giving and taking concessions, so for the beginning it's good, but it's not enough. >> reporter: iran in the 6th world powers will implement the agreement over the next six months, four iran it means a complete stop to enriching uranium to 20% purity and iran will continue to enrich but at a much lower level of 5% and tie ran will begin converting half the current stock into fuel and

diluted the other half. >> translator: if the agreement is not implemented simultaneously by both sides it will be suspended if the other side does not fulfill their commitments and do not release iran's blocked money iran is ready to resume enriching uranium 20%. >> reporter: they will suspend u.s. and eu sanctions on oil exports and gold trade and u.s. suspend sanctions on iran auto industry and help with supply of airplane parts and medicine and the white house has said it doesn't want to impose new sanctions. but the biggest issue remains, with unthat effects all iranians, sanctions on iran's central bank. >> translator: sanctions have mostly been imposed on our banking system, transport, insurance and oil sales. it means because they have blocked iran's access to swift and international banking we have for ability to transfer

morning and they have been ban to coming to the ports and no insurance anyway for these goods, what is supposed to happen from january 20 has no significant impact on sanctions but it's ike -- psychological. >> reporter: it is welcome with so many households feeling the pinch. in the past two years prices have increased across iran. and a very good example is it's very popular brand of cheese, the price is now six times what it used to be. although it has not gotten any bigger. now some producers blame sanctions for these price rises but iran's best economist say that simply is not true. it's just profiteering in misery. there is a long way to go before anything returns to normality abroad or at home, al jazeera and tyran. >> reporter: the faces of

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what happened next. but after the man was hacked to pieces, he was set on fire. a second muslim was murdered just nearby. apparently he had been hiding in a church. he too was set on fire. and as the corpses are abused, the crowd celebrates. >> translator: we will continue to do this for as long as muslims will go on. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine what impact these scenes will have on all those who watched. french peace keepers arrived but it was too late. african soldiers from camaroon also appeared. they eventually moved into the crowd. >> it's a lawless situation here and yet we are right in the middle of the capitol bongi and under these circumstances the african and indeed the french peace keepers are struggling to keep a lid on the sectarian

hatred which is bubbling up. this time the crimes were caught on camera. but similar killings are happening on a daily basis. and not just here in bongi, but across the country. barnabie phillips, al jazeera bongi. president obama declared january human trafficking and prevention month and they are kidnapped and working against their will and without pay and al jazeera lisa bernard looks at a photographer who is looking at the stories. >> reporter: these are the faces of modern day slaves forced to work without pay under threat of violence and no power to walk away and labor in gold mines in ghana and in napal and silk houses in india, 16 hours a day, no rest for food or water or bathroom breaks. this child cofee was a slave in a fishing village in ghana and

he was sent away on the promise of education, instead he was sold as a slave and made to work hauling heavy fish nets. a claims humanitarian photographer lisa christine documents their stories. >> entire families cloaked in a blanket of dust are forced to stack bricks on their head, up to 18 at a time, each brick weighing more than four pounds. and then made to walk hundreds of yards to a truck to place them on the back of a truck. >> reporter: according to free the slaves, a nonprofit agency, 21-30 million people are trapped in slavery around the world today. traffickers earn $32 billion a year and ever day products made by slaves such as cars, computers, chocolate, cell phones and clothing. >> they do it because they have been lied to and they have believed somebody and then have been exploited.

>> reporter: india has the largest slave population, 14 million and it's also right here in our own backyard. 60,000 are enslaved in the u.s. according to the agency free the slaves. we went along with a san francisco police sergeant who tried to determine if employees are working against their will. >> just want to make sure everybody is okay. >> it's okay. >> all right, okay. >> reporter: in san francisco one young woman says she was brained washed and forceed to work in strip clubs for nearly 8 years shared her story with us and is unanimous and afraid of the man who exploited her. >> i was very young and very vulnerable. >> reporter: soon the 19-year-old was earning $3,000 cash for an 8-hour shift stripping and handed her money over to the man who made her dance. >> he told me almost everyday he would kill me if i left him, that i was his property.

>> reporter: she says after a manager at the club let her sleep in a closet to recover from intense fatigue instead of dancing she was able to get the strength to run away. >> i went to a lot of trauma therapy and started to heal. >> reporter: do you have a message for other young women? >> there are people that care about you even though you might feel like you are ostracized by society there is help. >> reporter: in california landmark legislation passed last year requires adult clubs, transit stops and hospitals to post signs offering phone numbers and support to victims of slavery and human trafficking and some successful efforts are broad and she has been freed and reunited with his parents. >> the dye is toxic. >> reporter: she has taken photos of millions who are still enslaved and had them hold a candle in the portraits to shine a light only their stories. lisa bernard, al jazeera, san

francisco. >> reporter: the reelection of a mayor on the island on okinowa is a setback and he won the second term on the island of okinowa and opposed the relocation of a marine base and they blame the base for pollution and for crime and the u.s. and japan have agreed to move the base to a less-populated part of the island and he says he will deny construction permits for that new base. and today is the ultimate sunday for the nfl, patriots and broncos battle it for the afc title and seahawks host the 49ers for if nfc championship and our very own jessica is at the century link field and how important is this game to those seahawks and of course the 49ers? >> oh, you can't imagine. these teams are so similar too. it's going to be knock down, drag out and leave everything on the field and really for this home field advantage for the

seattle see hawks and it's the loudest in nfl and to give you a little hint how loud it gets here, in last week's win over the new orleans saints they said it created a small earthquake and talking to people here said it wasn't really an earthquake but it did actually register on the richtor and when it's scored you cannot hear the person next to you and how loud it is and how seattle fans love football and should be exciting game and loud and i will need ear plugs for this game. >> protect thes and still ahead on al jazeera america a look at your national forecast.

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indonesiaians are treated like ghosts. >> i would say slaifs like and vulnerable to bruce and vulnerable to exploitation. >> agencies say they were not aware of the problems until she returned home. the police accused the agency of not providing enough evidence. ♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford,

live from new york city and here are the headlines, tomorrow marks the day iran and six major world powers begin implementing the long-awaited iran nuclear agreement, u.n. inspectors are already in tehran and it will last six months while a final deal is negotiated. violence in, ukraine and tens of thousands rallying in the capitol with laws stamping out protests and so far protesters kidnapped a policeman and injured 20 others and jennifer glasse is live from kiev and in the report you sent earlier in the program you warned about a more serious government crack down to come. how exactly have they handled that thus far? >> well, people here on independent square are very concerned about a possible government crack down and as a matter of fact they made an announcement an hour and a half ago for all women and children to leave the square in case

police, the worst to come in and clear the square. new laws really laid the ground work, laid the legal ground work for police to have the authority to clear the square. every few minutes here in the capitol you still hear the boom, giant booms that reverborate and trying to clear thousands of protesters and began clashing with late this afternoon. those protests have gone on for hours now and protesters trying to march to the parliament and blocked by a police blockade and police using water canons and batans against the police and throwing stones and 20 police have been injured, we saw one policeman kidnapped by the protester, dragged away by protesters. a very tense atmosphere in kiev tonight as 8 weeks of protests

turn violent not here on the square, but just a few hundred meters away, a sign of the frustration of the demonstrators here, we do however though have some political movement, the opposition, one of the three opposition leaders, the tally former international boxer is actually right now at the residents of kovich and the first time of a high-level meeting of opposition since they began in late november and some sort of signal there could be a political compromise that could end this rather than violence. >> reporter: jennifer glasse is reported of batons and stones being thrown in the square and thank you very much for keeping us updated. ♪ the last several days we have been telling you about the exceptional heat across the

southwest. but now i want to tell you about the cold air that is on the way to portions of the north central plains across the midwest and northeast, cold air similar to what we experienced early in january as we head on into the next several days, our latest cold front swung through yesterday and look at the temperatures on the backside of the front. minneapolis right now we are at 0. chicago 8 and indianapolis only 16 degrees for their high today. minneapolis right at 0 on monday and fargo going to reach a high of 3 as we head towards wednesday the cold air will dive southward and take a look, towards chicago, around 12 degrees, to the northeast and new york city we are only going to reach a high of 19 here on wednesday. 23 in washington d.c. the front continues to push across the northeast and right now we have some snow around the buffalo area, it's going to drag across the new york state and if you are traveling there today take it easy as visibility also be less than a half-a-mile.

southwest not seeing much on the radar and unfortunately i don't anticipate that changing any time soon as we have been telling you, 2013 was the driest year on record. and as we begin january no rain in sight across california. state of emergency declared there. and as we take a look at these temperatures 83 in los angeles, right now very, very warm, day, typically at this time of the year temperatures would be in the 60s, if they were at normal. also looking at that, all the way back to denver where we are at 55 and today we will climb to a high of 65 and should be in the 40s at this time of the year. by and large it's a quiet day across most of the country. you can see across the north central plains all the way down into texas, chilly all the way through. back to you morgan. >> reporter: and we have the national forecast, thank you so much for watching al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford from new york city and real money is up next, and for news updates through the day head on over to

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