florida atlantic university sno >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm jonathan betz with the top stories. >> shots fired in a suburban mall. three are dead. police expected to reveal details in a minute. bombs and gun fire ripped across the country killing doesens. growing unrest spreads in the ukraine. protesters try to calm the anger but say it's too little too late. >> syria's government meets face to face with the opposition for

the first time in three year. >> we begin with the latest on breaking news out of maryland. three are dead after a gunmoun oped fire at a mall in colombia. outside baltimore. the victims have not been identified. lisa stark is on the scope at the mall in colombia. what have you learnt? >> we are awaiting a press conference from the howard county police that should begin momentarily. the police told us that the weapon was a shotgun. they have revealed the name of the store, a store on the upper level of the mall. it's a skate store selling skate boards, snow boards, skating shoes. that's where the three victims

were found. three dead, including the shooter. four injured, one suffering a wound to the foot. three others were apparently injured in the chaos not directly relied to the gun itself. all four treated at a hospital. the hospital tells us all four are in good condition. >> as you can imagine it was a busy saturday morning here at the mall, when folks said that shots were heard, they rang out, there was panic. some people tried to run out of the mall. others tried to shelter in place. they hid in close et cetera, locked themselves in back hallways, whatever they could do. we spoke with a man here with his son. here is what andrew muller told us. >> we heard the shots and tried to get out the mall as quickly as we could >> you were on what floor? >> the first side near the foodcourt. >> could you tell where the shots were. >> towards the sears area. >> what were your thoughts when you heard them?

>> get him, get out. that was pretty much it. >> your whole family is okay. >> yes. >> what happened next? >> we moved to a back quarter of the mall, sheltered there until we figured out the best way to exit the mall >> did you end up running? >> yes, we moved pretty quickly >> where did you run to? >> we came out the back side of nordstrom, working our way over here. >> what did you tell them? >> tell them? >> yes. >> nothing. i didn't - outside of hearing the three shots i didn't hear or see anything, didn't have additional information. >> now, as you can imagine the the 911 calls floweded in. police, swat team, ambulance, police swarmed on the mall. they determined there were no additional shooters. then they found the people

hidden in the stores to bring them outside. that took hours as police escorted them to the cars or on buses to meet with family members. this is an active crime scene. we believe the mall is cleared of the folks hidden here. we'll bring you the latest when we hear it from the press conference which should begin shortly. >> we'll go back to you then. lisa stark live from maryland. >> earlier we heard from witnesses in the mall at the time of the shooting. >> i was in sears, looking around. i heard a bang. i said, "man, that sounds like a gunshot", i saw people running and screaming. it was boom, boom, boom. people just started screaming and running. it was complete madness. >> i work in cartoon cuts, and i was getting a tea for my boss. all of a sudden i heard - it sounded like someone dropped something off the top.

all of a sudden i saw three people fall to the ground. i don't know what happened to them. all i see is people going down to the floor and running. i grabbed a kid and ran. and one of the - i went into sears and decided to run back to my job. i ran up to my job and made sure the kids were safe. we have 30 people back there. >> we heard gunshots and a lady came into the store and said, "there's a guy with a gun." there were several different guns. me and my girlfriend, we were in the store and ran in the back room. we were crying and scared out of our minds. our thoughts were that we were going to get shot. we heard a lot of people screaming and running. it was just like very scary moment. >> with more on this joining us live via skype is michael dorn, security expert and author of the book "staying alive - how to

act fast and survive deadly encounters", thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> staying alive, how to act fast - what's the biggest lesson you can share with people when faced with a situation like this? >> well, your mind is your most powerful asset to survive a life or death situation. what you do when you are faced with a life or death situation will be determined by what you do before. we have extensive research of thousands that survive life and death situations. what we tell people is to prepare - instead of being scared, to prepare. instead of being frightened, there's a variety of techniques to help us stay alive. >> what do you say it looks like? do people need to scope out exits beforehand, everywhere they go. do they have an escape plan? what does it look like. ? >> it's what the military calls

situational awareness. it's mental stimulation. you doan -- don't do it in a conceptual way, what you do is you train your brain ahead of time, programming it, if you will, and research experience tells us that you will go in the right direction. what many people do is they experience shock and delay. i was working in nairobi kenya in relation to the mall shooting in westgate mall. some of their people were in the mall. there was a lot of gun fire. there was a long delay while people tried to sort out and accept the fact that there was a terrorist attack. if you prepare a little ahead of time, periodically thinking things through the experience is, research is that you will, if you can survive, you'll be more likely to do so. >> talk about what you learnt from the westgate mall attack. you say people would freeze and did not know what to do?

>> they kept shopping. witnesses that i talked to - some of the people were on the escalator and heard a large amount of fully automatic gunfire, more than you would see in shootings here. they said that everybody kept shopping and people would look around, but there was not an instant recognition as to what was happening. you heard different things from the people your folks just interviewed. one gentleman recognised it. the father with the child. other folks we heard from, they couldn't recognise mentally, if you will, what they experienced. >> why does the mind tell you to shop when you hear things like gunfire? >> because you are not prepared. you have not thought about the possibility, and it happens to police officers in gun fights if they are not properly trained. training the brain ahead of time, you tend to kick into gear, if you will, quicker.

what we tell people is don't dwell on a situation. people are focussed so much on gunmen and they are not prepared for medical emergencies, people having a heart attack. what the research says, if you think about various scenarios, fire, tornado, earthquake, depending where you live, acts of violence. your brain is amazing. if you give it training, it will react well. 20 years ago a kid brought a more tar round to tool in georgia, that he thought was not real. he dropped it and blew up 12 children. not one child died. they never practised for something so horrific, the brains took over, and nobody died that day. we focus on the terrible deaths ta we see. most people overlook how many survive each and every day horrific encounters because they

are prepared to do so. like you mentioned before, noting where exits are. ask, "how can i get out of the restaurant, movie theatre and mall?" if you think like that, the research says, when we interview survivors of plane crashes and building collapse, fire, attacks. the people that survive when others don't, sometimes it's chance. more often it's the people that pay attention, there's good research of this. author amanda ripply covered this in her book when they surveyed survivors in plane crashes. they are the people that read the brochure in the exit zone. >> quickly here, because i hear conflicting message in the shootings whether you should shelter or flee? >> there's no set answer. one thing that we were concerned about, people are taught to run. we have 100 years of research that says that may work fine if there's not a lot of people

around. if you are in a large group of people and you run for the exit, people die. they trample, jam up the exits. it depends on the situation whether you shelter yourself lock yourself. >> michael, we are watching the live pictures out of colombia, where they are about to begin a press conference. that is the press person briefing the media about what is about to happen. i want to update everywhere on that at the moment. we'll listen in quickly. >> anyone that needs to leave, trucks here with a plan to do live shots in the morning. you are welcome to do that. you can leave them at the location. we don't anticipate another live briefing, but you should stay following social media, twitter and first, again, we'll hear from the county executive ken you'llman and chief of police bill mcneil. >> thank you all for being here once again. my deepest thank yous go out to

our men and women in law enforcement who arrived on the scene within two minutes of the first call to 911 and did not wait to go into the mall do the things that they are trained to do. the tactical team and patrol officers - these are the things that unfortunately in our nation, our law enforcement train on and are prepared to do. they did what they were trained to do. both the folks and awful our neighbouring partners throughout maryland, state police, federal partners, as you can tell, the mall - you saw a lot of folks come out of the mall. the mall has been cleared. this took a long time because if you imagine how many rooms there are in the mall, how many back offices and rest rooms and

dressing rooms and nooks and crannies in the mall, the tactical teams went through every inch of the mall, and it has been cleared. as you know the mall will not be opened the rest of the day and evening. i want to thank the folks of the columbia mall for being cooperative and working with us. our folks have been here before to train with the mall security folksment they know how to react to incidents like this. unfortunately, and everyone did what they were trained to do. i want to give a very large thanks to our community at large. there were a lot of people at the mall saturday morning at 11: 15. this was a scary incident. the chief will walk through the snement. this happened on the second floor, above the food court. there was a lot of discussion

about the food court. in respect a lot of people close to where this happened, and i just want to thank everyone for their patients. folks sheltering in place, being vigilant, being what their instinct told them to do. this is a very, very large crime scene. people are being incredibly patient and working with us. we are in a safe community in howard county columbia and a strong, caring community and the outpouring of love and compassion that i have seen today through tragedy really warms my heart and i want to extend my deepest condolences to the victims. the chief will walk through more of the details, but we did have a loss of life at the colombia mall. our thoughts and prayers go out to those who lost loved ones and family members. i'd like to fill up the chief of

police bill mc-mann and thank you for his leadership through the difficult few hours. >> thank you and members of the media for your patience. as you can imagine this is a rapidly evolving information. as i provide you updates more things are being done allowing for further updates. bear with me i'll go through a little of what i may have covered earlier but provide you updated information as well. again, i can't to echo the execs comments. our hearts, the police department's hearts go out to the families of the people who lost their lives. this shouldn't happen in colombia, or anywhere. unfortunately that's where we are in society and things do happen. as we are dealing with some of the technical and logistical issues, there's two or three families grieving. best wishes and prayers go out to them. as you know, about 11:15 we

received is number of calls for a shooting at the colombia. the shooting took place on the upper level in an outside store called zumis, described as a skateboard shop. multiple calls as the executive mentioned. we were able to get officers on the scene within two minutes. based on our past training experiences. the officers got into the malls quickly. they were able to locate three people, deceased from gunshot wounds. i want to clear up something, because it's been circulating that this has been reported by some as a domestic-related incident. we have no knowledge of that. i'll get back to you in a second where we are in our investigation. i'm not sure where that information has come from. the howard county police

department has been supported by a number of agencies, but we are investigating the shooting incident. we do not know yet what caused the shooting incident. any attribution that this is domestic related is purely speculation. i would appreciate you helping us to get the word out. we, again, will share things as quickly as we can with you. again, three deceased, including the shooter. the two deceased - there's an adult male, an adult female in their 20s, both employees of the store. we are not releasing the names of the victims because we are still trying to notify next of kin, and making sure that is done as quickly and sensitively as we can. the identity of the shooter, we don't know who that is. when our officers approached he

was obviously deceased, but he was still - had a large amount of ammunition on and about him. because of concerns about any other weapons he may have or explosives, we are approaching this with an abundance of caution and are getting assistance from some of our federal partners in making sure there's no explosives on the body of the deceased. that is being down now. as that process is resolved, we will be able to work intently on identifying who the shooter is. when we know that, perhaps we'll have a better idea of what the motive is. speculation about it being domestically motivated is speculation. we do not have a motive for the shooting. the weapon used right now is a shotgun. i have no further information about that, or any other reasonable questions you may ask

about where it came from or who had it. we are about five hours into our investigation, which is not a lot of time, frankly. i appreciate the questions and the concerns. we have those questions as well. as soon as we can get them to you we will. >> there's five other people that were - have been treated at howard county general. one was a gunshot wound. the other four are either medical conditions or twisted ankles, things like that as people move away interest a chaotic and dangerous situation. >> in terms of what was going on inside as i told you in the earlier briefing, i'm not sure how many hundreds of thousands of people are in the colombia. it's 11:15 in the morning. many stayed and sheltered. our swat team was assisted at the federal, state and local level, spend pretty much from

the time we spent last brief until half an hour ago going through the store, making sure there were no more victims and that there were no more shooters. and getting the people in place, getting them out. going through a process of those - identifying those people, who may have witnessed the shooting. so those people that witnessed the shooting, we are having further interviews and talking with them by our vettors. again, a lot of things going on since 11:15. we are doing our best to answer as many of your questions as quickly as we can. again, still flue ent, still evolving and dynamic. please stay tuned in the twitter account and we'll continue to provide you updates. i'll take a few questions and i need to deal with a couple of things. >> reporter: i wonder if a

surveillance video showed an altercation before the shooting. >> that's what our investigators are looking at. we had safety concerns about the mall. so our investigators had not been in the mall. the folks from colombia and the security team have been helpful in letting us view the material >> reporter: how can you be confident it's not a domestic incident? >> i didn't say it wasn't. one has reported that from a federal law enforce. source but that is what it is. i'm telling you we can't confirm, deny - we don't know. if you are looking for a motive the howard county police department are the ones to ask. we have a tremendous amount of support from the allied agencies. in terms of dynamics about the shooting, that can be coming from us.

>> do you have a witness saying it's in the store at the people. dressing room, fitting room, what do you know about the circumstances, the motels meelth leading up to. >> we heard that too. we are trying to drill down. >> reporter: can you expand on the ammunition found on him? >> i don't know what ammunition is. it's been reported by the folks inside. that he had a large amount of ammunition. when we have more information. we'll show it. >> reporter: were there various people, what about other people in the mall that maybe were shot at? >> i don't have information about that. it seems to be contained to that store and the area outside the mall >> reporter: was the shooter is a male?

>> yes. >> how many shots. >> don't know >> reporter: can you share the race with us? >> i don't know >> reporter: how many people were in the store at the time? >> i don't know that >> reporter: was it a random attack? is it believed that the shooting happened both inside and outside. >> we know we have victims found inside and just outside the store. again the dynamics of where they were we don't know. i appreciate the questions, and i appreciate your patience with me. the questions you are asking, i don't know the an. the focus has been, you know, the treatment of those injured, making sure all the people huddled inside the mall being sheltered got out. we are going through the investigator process, finding out answers to the questions you are asking. i'm sensitive and appreciate your desire to know it. i have those questions as well, and we'll get back to you. >> reporter: did the shooter

tick his own life? >> you've been listening to a live conference outside the colombia mall. the victims from in their 20s and store employees. lisa stark has been listening and watching. the big question is the motive behind it, despite the speculation. >> there has been speculation that this may have been a domestic incident that the shooter and the victims may have known each other. the police have no knowledge that that is the case. they can't rule it out, but they don't know. if you heard what the chief said, when they approached the shooter they rds the person was deceased but the shooter had weaponry and bullets. they don't know if there might be explosives on the body. they are being careful. they are calling in additional help to make sure there's no daner to approach the shooter.

they've not been able to identify who that is so cannot determine at this point what the motive is. the police said there's a lot more work to do. the mall will remain closed throughout the day, possibly into tomorrow as they bring in more teems to prosecute the evidence. they'll look for surveillance tape in the mall, as they try to figure out what happened. one thing that did strike me though is that the chief said the police were here within two minutes, that they had done training exercises at the mall, and, in fact, they entered the mall very quickly to make sure they did not have an active shooter going through the mall. it was something they have trained for and were in place to do that rapidly. one other thing that caught my eye. the police said "our hearts go out to the families, this shouldn't happen in colombia mall, it shouldn't happen anywhere." clearly a thought that all of us have when we hear

about these shootings, and we have heard about a lot of them in recent days, unfortunately. >> sadly there has been a number of these shootings at places like this. >> again, i want to ask you about the training that the officers have done in the mall. do you get the impression that it's because the shootings across the country they felt like they needed to prepare more? >> i don't know the answer and i'll have to ask the chief. police departments train all the time with local large businesses as well. whether this had anything to do with the mall shooting in africa or something on a routine basis, i don't know. clearly police departments do these exercises and whatever the exercise was paid off today as they had to move into the mall after they got all the panicked calls, as you can imagine, people hearing the gunshots, screaming, running, hiding.

the police said today that the victims were found in and outside the star. it was taking place. the shots were fired right above where the food court is, so the police indicated that there were a lot of people in that area, a lot of potential victims. we, unfortunately have three grieving families, as the police said, tonight. >> heart breaking scene without question. >> lisa stark, live at the mall in colombia. i want to go back to michael, a security expert and author of a book. you heard the conference. what do you think we'll learn from the shooting. >> well, it will be what we learnt once the investigation started. it's so early to tell. the investigations are massive. we get a lot of bad information when you walk. i have worked seven active shooter case, k-12 school cases.

eyewitness account turn out to be inaccurate. we don't know, but you learn from each situation. there are common alties, but each situation is unique. the seven cases i'm familiar with are different. >> a lot of questions without question. >> thank you, more news after this quick break.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm jonathan betz from new york city. three are dead and four hurt at a shopping mall in colombia. it happened an hour after the mall was opened. the suspected gunman killed hms at the scene. we'll keep you updated on the story. there could be science of hopes in the civil war. the government and opposition leader sat across the table for the first time.

the two sides are trying to end a bloody war that began three years ago. >> 29 people have been killed in protests throughout egypt. protesters were dispersed with tear gas. >> mike hanna has details on that. >> it was a day of joyous celebration, and one of defiant protest. from early in the morning a tight security cordon was established around tahrir square. the epicentre of the event that brought hosni mubarak down. but gradually people allowed to pass through. as long as they were demonstrating in support of the interim government, and the military that put it in power. those protesting the military-backed take over were kept well away from the square. on a number of occasions

forcibly dispersed by the police, armed with new laws, including unauthorised protest, as well as with tear gas. >> and while one egyptian is arrested by police, other egyptians stand by and cheer the action. the people are here united to oppose the president. they could now not be more divided. on the one side those who believe the military-backed interim government has saved the revolution. on the other, those that maintain their hopes of democracy are now shattered. >> and today's the 28th day of imprisonment for three of our al jazeera colleagues in egypt. peter greste mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are held without charges. we have received a letter from correspondent peter greste on

their conditions in prison saying: >> he goes on to say, "our rest: >> just how far has egypt come three years after the ousting of hosni mubarak. we have james gelvin, a prove shore at u.c.l.a. and author of "arab uprising: what everyone needs to know." it's been three years since that incredible day. how far do you think egypt has come, and is it going in the

right direction? >> one of the problems with the way we looked at the egyptian rebellion is it's been oversold. unlike events in syria or libya, the egyptian rebelon was cut off after 18 days, and everything that has taken place after that is an unfolding of the way in which this rebellion was cut off. >> do you feel like what we are seeing in egypt is part of the revolutionary process? >> well, it's hard to say what is going on at the present time. on the one hand the muslim brotherhood government fell in many ways. it was increasicly authoritarian, inept, incompete ept in dealing with economic and security issues. on the other hand it was the first popularly elected president of egypt. on the other hand was up against a state-backed that would not

budge. it was up against a judiciary, up against a security service and the army. every time they pushed those services would push back, and so, therefore, the supporters of the brotherhood would say there never really was a revolution, we were trying to push forward the revolutionary process and had to move backwards because of the way the state was protecting its privileges. >> when you look at the arab bring and the other countries that saw massive change. libya has been mentioned. libya, tunisia. overall, do you think the arab spring has been a success. >> overall i think we are too quick to jump to conclusions. if you look at the french revolution, dated from 1789 most historians say it ended in 1799 with the end of napoleon as emperor. that's 10 years, and we've been

three years since the egyptian revolution, day to day we see the situation in syria changing, and throughout the arab world the the one thing we have learnt is that the global norms of human rights affected the middle east. they may not win, but people are willing to risk their lives for the norms. >> james gelvin, u.c.l.a. author of "arab uprising: what everyone needs to know" of thank you for your time. >> talks to end syria's 3-year-old civil war begone. in geneva negotiators with the government met face to face with leaders of the opposition. two sessions took place. the two sides never spoke to each other. to explain how that worked we'll go live to nick schifrin at the talks in geneva. they didn't speak, but at least they are in the same room. >> yes, at least they were in the same room. they were there for three hours around a u shaped table.

they didn't speak to each other, but to lakhdar brahimi, who acted as the moderator. he admitted that he didn't accomplish much but is making half substance. he said at least it's a start. >> you know, we are in a room like this. i am in the da- dash you know, a bank like this. one delegation is on the left the other is the right. they face and talk to one another, they talk through me to one another. it's a good beginning. >> lakhdar brahimi said a good beginning because the two sides are talking about a humanitarian corridor. there are millions of syrians across the country living in besieged cities, with no food, water or the basic necessities. lakhdar brahimi hopes to get food and medicine into homs.

he said he hopes if they can agree on humanitarian issues, like the corridors, that it builds trust for both sides to talk about long-term piece. >> speaking of the other issues is a prelude. we could create the atmosphere and the continue enabling us to discuss the essential elements. >> the talks will be give and long. both sides seem committed to them. as lakhdar brahimi put it, small steps towards peace will help syrians who today are dispraut. >> nick schifrin live in geneva. >> in geneva protesters are refusing to strike a deal with the government. top opposition leaders were offered the job of prime minister and vice prime minister. they said, "no deal. jennifer glasse followed story and joins us with the latest.

>> that's right. a categorical no to the president. the three opposition leaders speaking in independent square, after meeting with the president because they say they were asked to by the e.u. representative and representatives of the church. they said the real question is do we trust viktor yanukovych. no, we do not. we'll continue the struggle to get the ukraine that we want. the demands, presidential elections this year. they want the repeal of repressive laws that make freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of the right to assembly. it criminalizes awful those things. the laws are repealed immediately and they say they'll press and press and press until demands are met. >> do you get the impression that the opposition still has leverage left at this point?

>> quite a lot of leverage. protest moves spread across the country. in cities and town ukrainians came out. there are besieged local government buildings, taking them over of the they are building to take responsibility for power. the leaders here in kiev have said that the people are their power and called on the people to stay, keep the pressure up. the president made huge concessions and said they'll press the president until they get what they want. they want him to step down. they want reforms and the country to turn to europe to have a more democratic future. they thought yapping was ing towards a dictatorship. >> thank you. >> the south sudan ceasefire

barely had time to dry before one side was accused of breaking it. it called for a 5-week pause in the fighting. it was supposed to begin within 24 hours. the government soldiers were under fire. it's unclear who was behind the attacks. >> i guess we are hopeful that it will. only time will tell us that. >> brad, what about you? >> sort of the same answer, really. we are all obviously hoping for the best for south sudan. it's a new nation, and this is a difficult time, obviously, for anyone that's been involved in this kind of - the birthing of this new nation. >> you mentioned it being a difficult time. i know you were taking care of 10 orphans in south sudan, and you left the country because you thought you could do more from the outside. looking back, are you glad you did, did you accomplish what you set out to do by leaving?

>> i think we were hoping to do so much more. we always dreamed big and hoped large, but we have been able to accomplish a few things that we would not have been able to do had we been at the u.n. compound. so looking back, it's been very difficult knowing the condition that our children and our staff are in. but by and large i think it's okay that we came out and did what we needed to do. >> you said there were things that you were able to accomplish, that you wouldn't have been able to do if you stayed. what are some of those things? >> one of main things, really, is communication, for the last almost two weeks there has been no communication by cell phone for malay call and the scrou scround -- surrounding area, and no way to get in touch. we would have been sitting there

waiting it out. without email, phones, any way to move ahead with things. so we've been looking at different ways of trying to get funds in to our national staff there. we are working on some much those things, but if we are sitting in the unimiss base without communication, there's no way to move ahead with any of it. >> do you know how the orphans who were left behind are doing it. >> we had sporadic communication. they've been doing well. they've been getting food and water. there has been other changes, as you can imagine. there's very little cooking fuel, to normally in malay cal people are accustomed to cooking over chark owl, we heard a gret deal about inflation.

the charcoal is approximately eight times the price that we would have known before. and we have heard similar things for sugar and other staples. other than that, the children are doing well. >> do you have plans to reason to south sudan? >> we are hoping to return. it would be great to get back to malay kal. there's an opportunity to start some things from the beginning again. hopefully you don't have a lot more opportunities like this. there is an opportunity to really start over and it would be great to participate in that building from the ground up. >> kim, brad, is there anything that we haven't arrived that you would like to share with the viewers? >> we want people to continue to pray for south sudan. to continue to believe the best for that nation.

and we just know that the time is coming when we'll return back and continue the work there. we appreciate all those that have been standing behind us. it's been difficult. and challenging, but we have had a lot of support and a lot of people with us. encouraging us along the way, and so we are believing the best for south sudan. >> i'm morgan radford speaking for the two american missionaries who had to leave south sudan. more ahead after the break, including a look at what your body does ahead of the big game, ahead of next week's sourp bowl, next.

>> we are eight days away until super bowl 48 between the broncos and seahawks.

there's a lot of pressure on the players and coaches. what about the fans. ross shimabuku is here to talk about this. heart attacks during the game? >> it's an interesting stud ci. 110 million fans are expected to tune in. watching the big game can be a heart break are. the excitement of the game, greasy finger foods and beverages can increase stress levels. i got a chance to speak to dr michael joyner from the mayo clinic and asked what happens to your body whilst watching the super bowl. >> a couple of things can happen, younger people can get a testosterone spike when their team win, and when their team loses they can have depression. in older people with diabetes and hypertension, heart pressure can go up and cause life-threatening cardiac

arrests. >> who are most at risk during these events? >> typically middle age men with a history of hypertension, diabetes and a history of coronory event. these are individuals. the stress of muchwaying on tv, if they are a partisan fan of one team tore the other can be overwhelming and lead to an increase in emergency room visits. >> people will go bananas when watching their favourite team. what is the best advice for the passionate fans. >> try to be mindful about what you are experiencing and try to control your enthusiasm as the players have to learn. >> >> is that real income for the passionate plan. >> i think it is. the players have to learn to control themselves and i think we should ask the passionate fans to control themselves as well. >> let me ask you a question regarding john fox.

he had heart issues. what is the best advice you have for a coax. >> i think the coach had a problem with a cardiac favl. they had to re place it during the season the the coach has to take care of themselves. many are sleep deprived. they may not watch their health hazards. they need to follow the standard stress control, physical activity and dietary guidelines the rest of us need to do and make sure they are not sacrificing their health in pursuit of the victory. >> based on studies, the hospital in seattle and denver should be staffed appropriately. >> they may want to be ready and helpfully the public safety people have done a good job. people might be in a high state of readiness. you'd hate to have a tragic event occur on what should be a joyful occasion, your team

getting to the super bowl and winning. it should be a cause for celebration, not disaster. >> interesting facts right there from the doctor. super bowl 48 is next sunday. ticket prices are dropping. the cheapest ticket on the n.f.l. ticket exchange is $1800, $400 cheaper than this time last year and $800 cheaper than two years ago. weather is a huge factor. >> the reason why the price is dropping is no one wants to sit in the ice cold. >> everyone wants to sit at om on the couch. >> artists from all over the world gathered in breckenridge colorado for a snow sculpturing championships. teams have carved ornate sculptures the size of rooms. let's go to jim huli, who is live out there with a look at all thx what do you have there? >> what do we have here.

a lot of sunshine, a beautiful rocky mountain sky and beautiful sculptures. they rapped up the work at 10:30. as you can see there's so many beautiful sculptures. so intricate and detailed. this is the one that has been created by the russian team. each has a theme. the theme for the russian team is the olympics. the upcoming sochi games, there's a hockey player and skaters. this is a local entry. this is winter fun, it has a sled ride. over here, coming all the way over here, this is an entry. this is from great britain, the theme is some of the great stop carvings of the massive buildings and churches throughout great britain. there are rules. some teams worked through the night, over the past five days. the rules mean you cannot use anything mechanical or electrical. so this is what some of the creations are that are used to come up and make some of the

beautiful delicate designs. they have to come up with their own designs for the improvised tools. this is a giant saw that has the end of a shovel that has been cut off and the giant saw put on that. look at this. some of the work, as they get down to the end, they have to scrape the delicate ornamentatio ornamentations. very, very interikate work. very detailed and taken the 16 teams all week long. there's work wrapping up at 10:30. they'll announce the miners coming up in half an hour or so and all the sculptures will stand for the next week. we have a lot of sunshine today. that is a factor as to how long this will stay. it's warm. a beautiful day here in breckenridge colorado. how about there. this will do a little cutting for you, don't you think.

>> all done by hand, i'm impressed. it will all melt away as soon as it gets above freezing. where do the artists go from here? >> they have kind of a world-wide trip, a trek that they are on right now. some of the people came from - they were in italy for a competition, they have come to breckenridge and some are heading to lake tahoe. there's a competition. this is it, the international snow sculpture competition, the championships in breckenridge. we like to think this is the best of the best. >> thank you live from breckenridge, jim huli. we appreciate it. >> a beautiful day out there in colorado. not so much in philadelphia, pennsylvania, where flight from delayed two hours and 30

minutes. this is the scene on the roadways, looking at the ice. temperatures dropping below the freezing mark. we have an alberta clipper passing through, bringing the snow along the i-95 corridor. the snow coming down a little bit. it will be over, wrapping up in the next few hours. the wind playing a major role, gusting up to 18 miles per hour, making it people like six degrees, 12 degrees in new york. that's how it feels. the heaviest of the snow across western portions of pennsylvania, and upstate new york along the i-90 corridor. be careful. we are looking at confirm from 3-6 inches of snow, a different story once you make your way down the southern california. we are looking at beautiful skies. we can use rain. we may have to wait until next weekend. >> thank you. history was made at the canterbury cathedral in england.

[ singing ] this evening a girls choir performed for the first time ever. the cathedral singers have always been male. that tradition dating back 1,000 years. the archbishop of canterbury decided to end that. a look at the top stories next on al jazeera america.

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york. here is a look at your headlines. 29 people have been killed in protests throughout egypt. police used tear gas and fired ammunition in the air to

disperse demonstrators opposed to the interim government. three are confirmed dead, one hurt in a shooting at a shopping mall at colombia maryland. the suspected gunman killed himself at the scenes. authority chries are arching fo motive. >> in ukraine, the president offered top opposition leaders the job of prime minister and vice prime minister and they said, "no deal, >> there could be scenes of hope in the syrian war. the government and opposition leaders sat across the table in geneva for the first time since the war began. >> in a press conference in kabul. afghan president hamid karzai repeated his refusal to sign a peace agreement with the u.s. hamid karzai's demanding the united states restart peace talks with taliban else american troops must go, and is insisting

an end to drone strikes. >> those are the headlines on this saturday. i'm jonathan betz. "inside story" is next. more news in an our. for updates all day long go to aljazeera.com. have a great day. so what? >> wow. there is the only prison in the world with a sun bed. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪