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>> nick you mentioned the so-called humanitarian corridors, why is home the focus of that effort to create a corridor of aid?

>> reporter: it is a city of a million or it was before the war. there are now some thousand families in homes. it is a city that has been absolutely ravaged by this war for the last year and a half. those thousand families have been besieged. many of them don't have food. many of them don't have water. the opposition wants to get some of those basic necessities in there. it hands to highlight to the world that the regime needs to allow food and water in to these people, in these people's homes. they simply have not had what they needed to survive. the opposition is also using homes for two other reasons. it's losing in homes. it benefits from this kind of local cease-fire or humanitarian corridor. also the opposition does not have control over its own fighters. homes is one of those places where they can control the fighters and guarantee a local cease-fire. >> earlier a diplomat said they

wanted to focus on the smaller issues first and not tackle this overall peace process. what are some of those smaller issues that they hope to reach agreements on? >> so. >> in addition to the local cease-fire they're looking for prisoners. the oppositecy significance said there are thousands of women and children who are political prisoners inside syrian jails. they were usually protesting peacefully, and arrested as part of mass arrests by the sir nan n government. and they point out in these jails it's very bad. a police officer who is a photographer for the regime smuggled out badly burned mutilated disfigured bodies who are in syrian jails. he claims the syrian governments are denying those claims but a

lot of the opposition are trying to get those people out of syrian jails and in return they would return some of the fighters who have been fighting on behalf of bashar al-assad. >> nick schifrin, thanks so much for being with us this afternoon. it's the third anniversary of the egyptian revolution that toppled the government of hosni mubarak and the streets of egypt are volatile. egyptian interior ministry said two bombs exploded in kay row and a bomb exploded near a police station. four people have been killed in protests between police. morsi supporters and those aligned with the military-led interim government we take a look at the last three years of egypt's very rocky evolution. >> reporter: it's another round of voting on another referendum on another constitution. egyptians going to the polls on a process that has been overshadowed by political division and violence.

it's been three years since the revolution that brought down hosni mubarak. but the promise of peace and government by the people is still yet to be realized. people voted in what was regarded as egypt's first truly democratic election. bringing to power what for decades have been outlawed organization, the muslim brotherhood. it's dominance cemented a few months later when mohammed morsi was elected president by the people. >> no constitutio institution, y can be above this will. the will of you. your will. you are the source of the powers. the nation is the source of the power. the nation is the one to decide, and the nation is the one to give and appoint and hire and the nation is the one to fire. >> a fleeting display of egyptian unity as secular and religious movements came together to it seize power of

the government. but it was within parliament it is. the largely secular that the muslim brotherhood was pushing its resolution that it proposed. the government intensified in the wake of executive decisions by mohammed morsi many critics say were meant to cement the power of his organization at the ex-opinions otheexpense of the . dissolving the government and arresting mohamed morsi and most of his organization's leaders insisting the action was taken in consultation with moderate political forces. >> the will of the egyptian people alone is what coverages us. we respect it with fairness,

honor. >> sentiments echoed by the civilian president the military put in power. >> it includes all egyptians regardless of their back grown. we have invited all institutions to achieve peace. >> the attempts were forcebly crushed. a banned organization yet again and highlighting this extraordinary sequence of even events. the interim government remains in a secure environment and what contends undemocratic actions ranging on a ban of demonstrations to journalists. backed by egyptian citizens, a

vote that the military-backed interim government sees as acceptance. mike hanna, al jazeera. >> and today marks the 28th day of imprisonment for three of our al jazeera colleagues in egypt. peter greste, and badir mohammed, and mohamed fahmy. we hear from peter grest for example prison. he said, i'm nervous as i write this. i've been locked in my cell 24 hours a day for the past ten days. they sleep in mosquito-infested soul and sleeping on the floor. he expands on the egyptian government treatment of those it perceives as enemy arrests and

it sends a clear and unequivocal message to all journalists. the freedom of the press will not allow the pressure from human rights and civil society groups. to ukraine where the truce between protesters and police are over. demonstrations started two months ago now has spread to across half of the country. jennifer glass joins froes kiev. this story has been changing, how tense is it right now? >> i was at the barricades just an hour ago, and the truss holds

as the opposition leaders are there at the president's office talking with him. they say they only went over there because the council of churches asked them to, that's the only reason why they're negotiating with the president. we've seen harsh words from both sides. the government saying that really talks are futile because they say that the opposition is armed, and the opposition saying that resignation of the president is the only option, but still they're at the table tonight and have hope that something might come through, some negotiated end might happen. >> so the government is saying that the talks are futile, but the president said he would make reforms and shuffle some things around, but the opposition said this is all too little too late. so what exactly is the opposition fighting for? >> you know, the opposition does

not really have a true leader. it really doesn't have a plan to move forward. one of the issues today, one of the opposition groups report that a third protester has died as a result of brutality of the police, a third protester has been hurt and died of wounds earlier this week. that has been a complaint one of the leaders of the movement has been missing for three days. another found dead in the woods on wednesday. really, what's happening to people by the security forces, that was hired by the government is a very big concern among opposition activists. reporting from kiev on police brutality. >> a police raid on an emergency ward in the outscores of kiev. they show no mercy.

even the bedridden are wheeled out under arrest. one of the walking wounded handcuffed to an offer said he was beaten by the riot police, then he's laid away. the doctors are asked how often this is happening. they say no comment. >> we head up to one of the words where police are standing guard. >> can we talk to the patients who are in here? >> no, you can't, they say, they're waiting to arrest them. >> what are they under arrest for? >> no answer. according to witnesses dozens of people have been taken from hospital in this way over the last five days. up man brought a friend to the hospital for treatment when a gang of men showed up. >> the doctor looked at him, at

his eyes, they took my legs, arms, and brought me to the minivan. >> they were police? >> they were not police. they just talk to each other. >> his body was found days later in a forest. it showed signs of torture. they had frozen to death. but some believe they were taken by militia. >> the opposition leaders started to reach out to the police calling on to leave their post and join the protesters. and certainly in two areas outside of the capitol they heeded that call and gun to resign. >> this is the west of the country. each of these police officers have just resigned.

the crowdshout glory as they leave the glory. all the police were now with the people. >> the police must move t for te people. if only they could do the same here in kiev. >> but there is no sign of that happening. with reports mounding of beatings and arrests, and of but traditionality at the hands of the riot police. an easy truce may be holding but the battle lines are still drawn. al jazeera, kiev. >> afghan president hamid karzai reiterated his refusal to sign a peace agreement with the united states. he assisted that u.s. troops should leave afghanistan unless they're able to peace talks with the taliban. they say it was critical to information central government.

they're also demanding an end of all mil military against homes n afghan. >> this relationship benefits cannot come at the cost of the likes of the people of afghanistan. it cannot come at the lives of the women and children of afghanistan. and in return signing this agreement we want peace and security for the people afghanistan. without that it is better they leave and afghanistan determines it's own future. >> coming up on al jazeera america, treating drug cartels as if they were cockroaches. mexico's new approach to organized crime. plus the virtual currency of bit coin from speculations right into the mainstream. join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting

people of our time. >> our journalists are the best journalists in the world. >> she's the first female executive editor of the new york times. >> there's no question that the editorial stance is a liberal point of view. >> the head of the paper of record goes on the record with talk to al jazeera. only on al jazeera america. of the state back in october. in november the drought did increase as we went to december, not too much of a change but unfortunately as we went towards january, the drought has really increased in this area. and of course we're looking at a situation here that they haven't seen in many, many, many years. now up here towards the northeast, we're looking at snow that's coming into the picture across the great lakes. what's going to be happening, snow across much of the region. in new york we're going to see only a dusting but north we will have more. news up next.

[ sirens ] >> thousands of police deploy strategic locations. their mission to stop the so-called cockroach effect sending criminals to other places. >> operations like this one were taking place throughout mexico. and in mexico city alone more than a thousand police officers were involved in check stops behind me. but people are starting to ask questions about whether this is just a big show for the media. >> while people say they understand the government has to do something, it doesn't mean that they have to like it. >> i'm a civil engineer and they're treating me like a delinquent.

in mid-january vigilanty groups launched an offensive against the knights templar cartel. street battles raged and the government september soldiers and police to quell the violence. but as the cartel lost ground there were signs that it's members might simply be picking up and moving to neighboring states. some pointed to convenience stores as proof. the head of mexico city security program is determined to keep this sort of violence out of the capitol. >> we know we have a big responsibility. we have important infrastructure, embassies, that's why we have technologies that will allow us to expand our operation. >> some question whether the government would be better off using limited resources differently. >> it is more efficient to vest iinvest in, it is the way to fel

people are safer, and i don't blame the mexican government for that. >> in mexico city and the six states borde borders it is uncen if this will succeed in keeping the knights templar at bay. >> from over stock.com to las vegas casinos the currency bit coin is gaining traction right here. the bit coin conference opens and they hope to drive bit coin from speculation to main treatment. tasha, tell us what is going on.

>> morgan with updates on figures of more than 1,000 people here. this is considered the largest bit coin operation in the world to date. one of the things that is popular is this bit coin atm. you take your smart phone with the barcode. you put it here. you insert cash, and it converts it to bit coins. this is one of the ways, morgue that people are hoping to take bit coin mainstream. >> customers can pay for a glass of ryan and a plate of nachos. at a restaurant in miami the opener said his restaurant is the first in the southwest united states to accept it. >> this is the infancy that is going to change the world of how we think of finances. >> he said if people followed

the money many will see how using bit coin instead of money will improve profits. >> we save anywhere from 3% to 5% on credit card fees accepting bit coin. we've doubled our profit margin as a bit coin. >> how does it benefit as a consumer. the companies clients including sacramento kings and word press. it makes it easier to accept bit coin. >> you don't have to provide your identify to make your purchase. that's important. >> despite what critics say about bit copy there seems to be a growing global wave of bit coin acceptance. and it's current value of 8el hundred dollars per bit coin,

dozens gather for meet ups such as this one. that's where we caught up with charles evans. he is a finance director an one of the organizers of the miami international bit coin. he calls this a bubble and he has gone as far as to call it the ponzi scheme. >> it's a piece of software that runs on millions of people's computers. >> and if you're wondering why miami it becoming an epicenter for bit coin, it's all about geography. bit coin could open up another avenue for people to spend and receive money. all they need is a smart phone. a year ago bit coin was worth $13. now it's worth more than $800.

just to show people get something their hands on this is a met are ative bit coin. >> live for news miami. stay tune to al jazeera america. we have much more on the news during this very short break

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. two explosions were set off in the eastern part of cairo on saturday. police say the bomb was thrown at the wall of the police institute. four people have been killed in clashes between security forces and anti-coup forces. plus a sign of hope for those caught in syria's very bloody war. opposition leaders sat across the table for the very first

time since the war began three years ago. you're looking at live pictures where clashes continue. protesters had taken control over yet another government building, and the your piano yawns ion the european unionto . >> top of the morning to you all. devastating rain continues to pound portions of indonesia. this is a look at jakarta, this gentleman trying to make his way through waist-deep water. and this is the monsoon season, and we'll continue to have to deal with that devastating flooding. landslide have been triggered across the country. we'll continue to have to deal with that pattern over the next several days. the rain usually does end in

march. take a look across the southwest we could definitely use some rain. high pressure is in control across the southwest, and they're not going to get any rain until next weekend. across the north central plains we have an alberta clipper swinging through snowing in ohio and pennsylvania. by the end of the day i think areas will generally pick up one to three inches of snow. across portions of michigan, three to six inches of snow. winds are dusting up to 25 mph. that snow is on the way to the northeast. >> meanwhile history is being made at glen's can't torrr indi. for the first time a girl's choir is performing because historically the cathedral's

choirs have always been men or boys. but they decided to break the traditional that has extended over 1,000 years. "techknow" is up next. for news, check us out on www.aljazeera.com. >> hello and welcome. i'm phil torrez, here to talk about innovations that are going to change lives. we're testing the intersection of hardware and humanity. rax is a neuroscientist. she has the invocation of bamboo and carbon. mar inkta davidson is a biologist specializing in