>> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >> hello, welcome to the al jazeera news hour, i'm jane dutton from our broadcast centers in doha and london. back on track. aid is once again getting into syr syria's besieged city. i'm barbara with the news from europe, including large parts of southern england are

under water. and the race is on for the next big thing in gaming after a popular app is withdrawn because it's too addictive. ♪ united nations has resumed supplying aid to civilians trapped in the besieged syrian city of holmes. people inside the city have been short of supplies for more than a year. more than a thousand people have been allowed to leaf the city. the old city has been besieged for months now. it is one of the last areas under opposition control. it is that area that is being evacuated. the syrian army controls much of the city including the highway to damascus. and the government has launched

attacks on several areas, killing many people. here is the latest. >> reporter: a child being treated at the field hospital. government jets have targeted different areas in the city. here in this neighborhood people are looking for survivors under the rubble. aleppo is another city facing government attacks every day. dozens have been killed over the last few days in the areas controlled by the rebels. here no one believes peace is possible. it is just another cycle of violence. rebel groups are on the offensive here in hillary clintons action ma. these are suicide bombers from one of the most organized and well-equipped groups.

>> president bashar is happy seeing rebels fight each other. we will attack the hometown of the minister of defense. >> reporter: he asks his colleagues to get ready. he knows he won't be back from his mission, but tells the cameraman he cannot wait to die. >> translator: i call on people to join jihad in syria. you have to come here. >> reporter: this village they say is home to hundreds of progovernment militias. this is the moment they blow up a check point, a war that shows no signs of letting up, despite efforts to give diplomacy a chance. talks focusing on ending the war have concluded for the day in switzerland.

james bayes joins us live. james anything of interest? >> reporter: well, it's a plan, but it's a plan only from one side. these are the basic principles of the syrian opposition they presented today. i think very clearly in this document, they are aiming at a number of different audiences, trying not to be controversial. they are aiming at the seem of syria, some of those people still working for bashar al-assad government, saying the vast majority of the employees should say in their jobs, and they are aiming at the international community. they say we're not in any way supporting the gee haddists on the ground. and the russians, it's interesting this document

mentions at no time the assad family or president assad himself. it says he can't be part of the new syria. we know that is of course part of the opposition position, but they haven't put it in this document. i think they want to get negotiations go on track. of course the syrian government don't want to negotiate any of this, the transitional governing body. they say first you have to negotiate stopping the fighting, only then do you talk about the future governance of syria. >> okay. james, so what next? well you can see from the different positions even on the agenda, the order of the discussions, that we have reached a dead lock. it is going absolutely nowhere, and the language is getting more ak ramonous, time it seems for

the sponsors of this process to step in, the u.s. and the russians certainly don't agree on many things in syria, but they agree that peace talks are the only way forward. that's why the u.s. envoy is on her way to try to sit down with both sides and kick start this process. >> thank you. some news out of libya where the defense minister says his government has thwarted an attempted coup. what are you hearing about this attempted coup john? >> reporter: details are new and very sketchy, but the defense minister said a coup attempt was thwarted. that the head of the congress ordered the chief of staff of the army to and arrest a group of military commanders who had allegedly been meeting. those commanders are now gone

and presumably wanted. those are officers who were allegedly plotting a coup at a meeting at that time. all we know now is those officers were apparently wanted. we know this comes from the defense ministry, and that is just an illustration of how vulnerable this young government is here in libya. >> and there has been an attack on a private station. what happened there? >> yeah, this is an attack on a private television station here. a group of militants in mask shown on surveillance camera video, came up to the private television station. they were in a large military vehicle, at least one that we could see on the security camera with a gun on the back of it. they went in we are told ordered everybody at the station to come out of the building, and then attacked it with

rocket-propelled grenades, and the video shows some significant devastation. this is a station that has been fairly critical of the congress. so they are thought to be pro islamic militants. and that's an illustration of how these fighters are now reacting against the media in a way they had not done previously. >> let's stick with that theme of attacks on the media, john we'll leave you. the committee has released a new report which says that the middle east is the most dangerous place to work. syria is the most dangerous, followed by iraq and egypt. the report puts egypt as an at-risk country where press freedom is in sharp decline. and journalists are at risk for

mass surveillance programs. the trial of journalists is set to begin. it has been 46 days now since our staff were detained. the egypt authorities took them on december 29th, with accusations of having ties to the muslim brotherhood. also are a correspondent from our arabic sister station has been in detention [ technical difficulties ]

>> he disappeared days before he was due to address european politicians at drone attacks in pakistan. >> translator: i don't think it's the way to take him out of his home by storming his house when he is with his family. we're all law-abiding citizens and if there were any charges against him, we would have been contacted by police. but it has had a very bad impact on his children and family. they are all scared now and living behind locked doors. north and south korean leaders have sat down for an attempt to restore family relations. harry faucet is following the story from seoul. >> reporter: these talks have been going on all day, and no signs of any announcement or

resolution so far. there have been talked with the entire delegation and separately with each respective head of the delegation from the north and south. the south said it wanted to make sure there would be south rooning of the upcoming family reunions. that is scheduled to start on february 20th. the south korean side saying they want these events to be a more regular process going forward. as for the north korean side we know they asked for these talks last saturday. they wanted senior representation from the south korean office. that has been forthcoming. north korea has been relatively conciliatory in its language since the beginning of the year, although it has been very

vociferous in their language opposing military training with the us. so will they be able to put these aside or withdrawn once again from this posture thigh have been adopting. the humanitarian situation in south sudan is now at level 3. that's the highest level possible. putting it in the same category as syria. [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: 146,000 metric tons of food ahead of that, because otherwise you will have places

that will be completely inaccessible. there are about 900,000 people on the move, but one of the challenges here is there are many more still hiding in the bush. organizations are doing their best to try to reach them, but it's complicated. some of the roads are unsafe, and people are in extremely remote areas that can only be accessible by air lifting. that is probably one of the reasons why the un decided to raise the emergency level to level 3 in this country. fleeing from congolese milley sa. and two olympic skiers couldn't be separated at the top of the podium, jo will have those details in sport. ♪

south african police have clashed with supporters of the governing african national congress party. they were throwing stones to try to disrupt a march. they want to highlight the government's failure to create jobs and deal with high unemployment. >> reporter: the democratic alliance supporters are starting to get on buss to go home now. they had wanted this to be a peaceful march. a march over jobs that they say the government has failed to deliver. the da was stopped several blocks from the anc headquarters, police said they were assessing the security situation. at that point a large crowd of anc supporters came running down the street at the da. they were carrying sticks and

rocks, several of which they hurled at the line of police. at that point the police fired several stun grenades to try to keep the supporters away from the anc supporters. in the end the police did manage to keep the two rival sides apart and avoid a face-to-face confrontation. the da says this is all about jobs that the anc has failed to deliver, the millions of jobs that this country needs and that after 20 years in power and governance that it hasn't been able to do so, so maybe it's time for a change. it's a big argument ahead of this year's election when the anc is under increasing pressure not only from an increasingly supported and growing opposition, but also from thousands of members of the south african republic who have taken to the streets demanding better services. the southern states of the u.s. are braced for a severe

winter storm that the national weather says is of catastrophic proportions. the storm has already caused six deaths and could bring down trees and power lines. the bow livan government has declared a state of emergency after a large landslide buried parts of a village. dozens of people are being evacuated from their homes on canoes with flood waters at least chest high in some areas. marina sanchez is in the flooded village of trinidad. i believe we have lost her. but if we can get her back, we will talk to her in that case. britain's prime minister says the flood crisis might get worse before it gets better.

let's get more on that barbara. >> yes, david cameron chaired an emergency meeting in london on wednesday, but his government has been heavily criticized over his response. the red weather warning, the highest kind of alert has been issued for the northwest. simon mcgregor wood has the view from the air. >> the only way to get a real sense of the scale of this flooding is to film it from above. all along this stretch of river, great expanses of muddy brown water seeping out of the swollen river. after fluent neighborhoods, historic towns, all inundated. for this couple a small boat the only way to get around. obviously from this vantage

point it's possible to get a much better perspective on the scale of the flooding, and one of the things that strikes you are the number of homes and communities that have been completely inundated, and how long it is going to take for these people to recover. >> at some point, it's hard to see where the river begins and ends. the local water works has suffered the same fate. this road is one of the main arteries into london. animals are suffering too. these three horses eating what is left of their grass are now completely marooned in their field. even some distance away it's easy to see how saturated the land is. as we are flying over these fields we see so much surface

water, evidence of how high the water table has become. even if it stopped raining tomorrow, it would take months for the ground water to seep away, and flood levels to fall. but more rain is coming, forecasters say almost a month's worth is expected in the next few days. the situation along the river thames will only get worse before it gets better. we are joined now from a village which sits close to the river thames. and incredible pictures we saw there. you have been speaking to some of the residents there, what have they been telling you? >> reporter: well, they are well aware of the dramatic pictures in that report, we are well aware it has been the heaviest rainfall in this area for 250

years, but many people have said over the last 24 hours, members of the army, police, and fire service have been going around after finally arriving here, going around asking people if they want help in evacuating their houses. hundreds of people here have taken up that offer, but perhaps the majority of the village have stayed put. they say they don't want to leave their houses, partly because they are scared they could be bugled. we saw a stretch where people have a makeshift roadblock. they were organizing patrols, now they are cooperating with the army and police at night as well, around the clock to make sure that people who don't live here aren't coming to loot properties. people are also very aware of

the weather forecast, because although the levels dropped from tuesday into wednesday, we have seen heavy rain in the last few hours, and more storms are predicted around the country. we have 14 severe flood warnings. that's when there is a threat to life potentially, and people really do wonder how bad it could get. >> and very briefly, army and police as you mentioned got there about 24 hours ago, but there have been lots of complaints that the government just [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: the government by the community secretary, criticizing the environment agency for not doing enough sooner. he has been brought into line by the prime minister, who says

the -- it's not the time for political bickering or point scores. the environmental agency have been here on the ground. they say they have got crews wherever they are needed, but we're hearing that some of their staff have left the area now, angry at abuse that they have suffered, so i think that just shows you how angry people are at the time it has taken. >> thank you. now we're going to have more news from europe a little later, now back to jane in doha. >> a lack of rain combined with a heat wave has put much of brazil in the state of drought. >> reporter: this is one of the reservoirs that provides water to over 9 million people. and you can see how low the water levels are. look behind me. the water normally should be coming up to the base of where

those tree lines are. they are currently at 19% capacity here, that's the lowest in recorded history. and if you look on the ground, you can also get a good sense of it as well, normally this entire area is covered in water, but it's not, so the ground has been turned into clumps of dry dirt. i spoke to one local sports fisherman who has been coming down here for many years, and he said he has seen nothing like this before. >> translator: in the past few months the water level has been going down day by day. i'm [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: -- and very little rain. on average the state receives about 259 millimeters of rain in the month of january, but last

month they received only 87. combine that with the fact that the state has gone through one of its hottest spells in decades, and this is the end result. there are more than 12 municipalities that are on volunteer water rationing. they are hoping for rain in the next week or two to help relieve the situation, and they say that other reservoirs in the area are more than 50% full which will help as welt. the governor said he is hoping the state will not have to go into mandatory water rationing. certainly for the city of san palo. but as you can tell with every single day that there is no rain, the situation is getting worse. the u.s. [ inaudible ] say

that she is angry that all copies of her book are to be destroyed? india. a group of hindu activists filed a civil suit saying the book contained heresy. penguin agreed to pull the book and destroy them across india. >> reporter: the book itself has been sold out or pulled from the shelves because of its controversial nature. in it the author gives an alternative definition of hinduism which some groups here found offensive. in india it's not just a civil problem, it's also a criminal offense, something the author here describes as a true villain of this story.

an agreement was reached with penguin books where the publisher has agreed to destroy all remaining books here in india. that lit up social media sites, with seem worrying what this means for freedom of speech in india. and some authors are worried that this might put pressure on other publishers to remove controversial books from the shelves. but the book is already being shared on social media sites. coming up on al jazeera, as the country's newest airport opens for business, we ask what happened to hundreds of slum dwellers forced from their homes. and the indian premier league offers reasons to not be down. jo will have the detail in

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star -- stories. the un has resumed supplying humanitarian aid to the city of holmes. the libyan government says it has prevented an attempted coup. it is believed a group of military officers were behind the aledged plot. and heavy rain has forced a state of emergency to be declared in bolivia. let's get more now from bolivia. marie ana what is the situation where you are? i'm so sorry, we have lost her again. obviously it is very difficult coming from an area like that. the un is warning that central

african republic could split into christian and muslim regions. sectarian violence is altering the country's demography. he also raised the possibility of turning african forces into better equipped operations. and asked france to consider sending more troops, saying international response was not matching the gravity of the situation. we're joined now from london, susana good to have you on the program. before we talk about sending extra troops, you are calling this ethnic cleansing. that is quite a claim. why do you say that? >> we're calling it ethnic cleansing because of the pattern we have seen emerging over the country. at the moment the muslim community is effectively being

driven out. they are fleeing by thousands into chad. massive convoys are believing the towns and cities to get to chad to flee to safety. this is an unprecedented level of flight that is taking place in the country, and is the result of a long legacy of the history that's happened in the country, and the changes that have taken place. >> and is it correct to say there is nobody capable of stopping them? >> what is happening as we look at the history of the country, you had the president come into power in march last year, with celica forces. they killed people in their hundreds, which created this

muslim-christian divide. so the resentment to the two communities has built out, and now we have a situation where there is huge revenge attacks coming from the christian community against the terror that was run by the seleka, as they are seen as representatives of the seleka forces. >> we are heard that there are something like 6,000 child soldiers committing incredible atrocities, what have you heard about that? >> we have not done a focus on child soldiers so much, but what we are aware of are the number of kids being attacked. women, children, old men are being killed and targeted in these attacks. and they are being killed deliberately and targeted. >> good getting your experience.

i'm sorry? >> when i was in bangui earlier in the year that was very clear. >> all right. thank you. more than 400,000 people have been displaced in the southern province of the democratic republic of congo, the violence is worsening, and survivors say they have been forgotten by the international community. >> reporter: these families left their village because of violence. they are relatively safe here by attacks from rebels. home is now this camp for internally displaced people. attacks by armed groups are getting worse, they say. the chief worries other areas are getting more help. he says no one cares about his

community. >> translator: if international community doesn't help us, where will we go in back to the wood to be killed, beaten, and forced to join the rebels. we beg you, please help. >> reporter: the un says more than 400,000 people have been displaced in the province in the south. violence has forced them to suspend operations. aid workers can't get here as much as they would like. people here say they have been abandoned, forgotten by their government and the international community. the new arrivals stay on that side of the camp. this man fled from the fighting more than four weeks ago. >> translator: the women were [ inaudible ] the boys were part of the rebels. we one away. >> reporter: various armed

groups want to govern themselves. there has been violence in the province since independence in 1960, for years it has been a battleground over the lucrative minerals that are here. a kenyan court has charged 70 people for being members of al-shab al-shabab. all suspects have denied the acquisitions. palestinian leaders have sent a list of names of nearly 80 critically ill prisoners to u.s. secretary of state john kerry. they are hoping he can help them get proper treatment.

>> reporter: this 62-year-old's son is in an israeli prison. palestinian officials say he is close to dying. he was given a 20-year sentence for his involvement with the armed group of jihad. >> translator: i was crying on the bus on the way home. . >> reporter: she was right to be concerned the palestinian authority says he is suffering from intestinal cancer. these are his medical records consisting of nearly 2,000 pages. the israeli authorities won't release his records from 2006 through 2008 when his deterioration began, and when his family asked why, they were told those files are a secret.

his family believe the authorities want to hide negligence. but the authorities tell al jazeera he is in stable condition and there is no danger to his life. palestinian prisoners in particular suffer from prejudice and abuse inside the system. >> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the group says sick prisoners are released only when they are in their final stages or become a burden to the system like the december release of a man who suffers from motor neuron disease. >> translator: i'm leaving behind people who are suffering. go see for yourself, go see the living dead. go see the open abdomens.

>> reporter: the mother goes about her chores, but her fears always creep in. >> translator: every time the phone rings or someone says they have news from the prison, my heart sinks. australian prime minister tony abbott has admitted his government has failed to meet important targets on original welfare. he delivered his first report on the government's annual attempts to improve the lives of australia's indigenous community. >> there is almost no progress in closing the life expectancy gap. there has been very little improvement towards closing the gap between reading, writing. and employment has if anything slipped backwards over the last few years.

india's financial capitol has a new airport terminal. flights began arriving on wednesday morning. but the people who were evicted to make way for the project are accusing the government of not keeping its promises. >> reporter: passengers have started to arrive and depart from the new terminal. security is tight across the complex that cost $2 billion. a meaningless figure to the 1200 slum dwellers forced to move to make way for the airport. the people say they were promised they would be relocated within 3 kilometers of their home, they are now 10 kilometers away. many are day laborers who have lost work because they were moved so far away.

>> translator: [ inaudible ] it takes more than an hour to get there. she has to get up very early to make it on time. so she has not settled here in her new home. >> reporter: for now promises to build schools, hospitals, and shops have not been kept. still construction continues on new housing for more people to be relocated. their compensation is they will be given the deed to their apartment after ten years as long as they stay put. >> it's difficult for the city of 60 million to provide room for all. but the government is coming up with policies for slum rehabilitation where they are trying to accommodate them, because they realize that it is this swatter community that is actually running the city. >> reporter: any further development of the airport, a third runway, for example, may mean that these people here may

be forcibly removed. at asia's bigger air show, manufacturers have been signing deals worth billions of dollars. experts predict that aviation growth in asia will new out grow the west. >> reporter: 1 in $3 spent on defense will be in asia pacific. the united states is looking to increase its slice of that market with a big showing at the singapore air show. [ applause ] >> right now there's a major push to the region, and i believe all of the companies in the u.s. pavilion are seeing that. we're a very small company, a family-owned business, so it's a little bit -- a little bit of a stretch for us to come out here,

but we see it as an important market. >> reporter: the u.s. military has also become more interested in the region. [ inaudible ] aircraft take off like a helicopter but [ inaudible ] the military says that makes it very well suited for the region here because of its geography. several nations are involved in territorial disputes mostly with china. this tension has increased regional defense spending. the highest ranking u.s. marine in the pacific says his government won't get involved in territorial disputes. >> the biggest challenge is trying to convince people the rebalance is really about u.s. interests. the u.s. does 57% of our trade in the asia pacific region, so it's in our best interest that this area is secure.

>> reporter: some feel maintaining that perception is critical, as so much trade is directly with china. >> it's an interesting balancing act in its own in the fact that a lot of countries, including the united states are trying to balance against a rising china, or hedge against a rising china, while at the same time not doing anything to make it worse. >> reporter: as the trade root dispute continues, militaries will also continue with their build up. well the race for medals is heating up in sochi, and so is the temperature. we'll go live to the winter olympics to find out how the balm my weather is effecting competition. and canada clashes with the us. joe will tell us what happened in sport.

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters in new york. this week the national football league coming face-to-face with the fact it might have a gay player. >> reporter: when scene smith swam for rutgers university, he never doubted his ability to break a personal record, but as a gay man he kept his sexual identity emerged. >> i would live as a gay man very secrettive, and then try to be a swimmer, and then police

all of the other identities so there was no cross-over. >> reporter: but his secret eventually surfaced. >> i was dating a guy on the team, and he was not closeted, and he was tired of trying to up with all of my lives and was slowly telling more and more people. >> reporter: the fear of being treated differently disrupted his last year on the team. he graduated and become a swim coach for the university. but halfway through his first year, he stepped away. >> i quit specifically because i needed to kind of catch up on allowing this other identity to mature. >> reporter: said smith knows who he is, but hasn't forgotten the journey. members of the lbgt community estimates that less than 5% of college athletes are out and one in four are pressured to be silent. >> the biggest sacrifice is

deciding to postpone being their whole selves until they are done with their career. >> reporter: he has used his experience to help other college athletes cope with their identities. >> i knew there were other people like me, but i didn't know how to find them. it's just really hard to choose a role model when there's no one out there that you see that reflects you. >> reporter: and now there is. michael sam who announced sunday he's gay. potentially becoming the first openly gay player to be drafted by the nfl. a student of the university of north carolina running for the president of the student body is also a case for a study of immigration reform. morgan radford tells us why. >> reporter:al meal you seems like any other ambitious

student. he is campaigning for the student body. and has all of the traits of a budding politician. even putting limits on our time together. >> i do have to go to class. >> reporter: but he is unlike any owe candidate this university has ever seen. >> i'm undocumented, gay, and latino. >> reporter: his parents smuggled him across the border when he was just six. >> i remember being in a cattle train. i could smell the cow manure. >> reporter: but when his fatherer was paralyzed working, his parents went back to guatemala. leaving him in the care of his brother. since then he has tried to done everything we can to make the most of his opportunities. winning a scholarship and getting involved in eight campus

organizations. >> i feel like an i'm an american. but i don't have a piece of paper that says i'm an american. >> people like him shouldn't be penalized. >> whether you are undocumented or not shouldn't be hugely relevant. >> reporter: other students weren't so comfortable speaking up. >> i plead the smith. i would rather not talk about it. >> reporter: but they are talking about it because it is a first here. north carolina has generally been an enclave of

[ technical difficulties ] >> -- discriminate against immigrants. >> reporter: but emilio says it is up to congress. >> i think it's time that overall politicians leave -- leave immigration reform as a talking point and actually fully address it. >> reporter: as the debate wages on, emilio waits for his result in chapel hill. on update to yesterday's elections, while emilio did lead all candidates, he didn't get a

majority. so a runoff election will be held next tuesday. attorney general eric holder wants to change preventing convicts from voting makes it harder for them to re-enter society. he points to a study from florida that found that exfelons that have the right to vote are less likely to be reconvicted. back in the 60s some members staged fish-ins and were arrested numerous times. they were upset about laws that limited fishing to their reservations. >> this is where the game wardens come down on all of us. >> reporter: billy and hank back at the river, the scene of the crime, many crimes.

adams help prod do you see this documentary on the fish wars of the 60s and 70s. frank and others continued fishing outside of their tiny reservations claiming treaty rights. >> i'm about eight miles from the reservation, and the game warden always said you have to fish on the reservation. and i said you took our reservation. >> reporter: frank says he was arrested 50 times. >> this was where the defense was being made and needed to be made. >> reporter: in september of 1968, frank, adams, and hundreds more, brought the fish wars out of the woods and into the open. >> they mass policed us with state patrols, county sheriffs. i was 40 feet away from the water and i was arrested for

illegal fishing. >> reporter: all of these civil and criminal violations are still on the protesters' records even after the federal government sued state leading to vindication for the tribes. >> we're talking about ancient history, 40 years ago. and we were wrong, and everybody knows we were wrong. >> reporter: the bill would directly effect only about 80 people. so far there hasn't been opposition from the state of prosecutors. and the bill is a start who say frank and adams who also say those many battles so long ago were worth it. half a century on, the fight continues. we have been talking about it for days, but now that ice is

slamming the south. >> yeah, the southeast, and then up the coast. a big storm complex really affecting the southeast now. starting to pull in the gulf and atlantic moisture. the snow may melt but then freeze. ice-storm warnings, and winter storm warnings. atlanta it's 31 degrees. 28 in charlotte. just above freezing birmingham, alabama at 37 degrees. this is the storm really starting to intensify, low-pressure developing, pulling a lot of moisture up. it's rain then changes to ice, sleet and snow where it is all cold enough. here is what to expect over the next few hours, a large area of mixing happening here. there's heavy rain, then goes into that air that is below freezing. half to three quarters of an

inch of ice possible. that's enough to bring down trees and power lines. it continues until about 10:00, and then by midnight it will move off to the east. >> dave warren thank you very much. there is a new study on mammograms that show that the exam doesn't lower the risk of death in middle-aged women. >> guidelines for women on this have changed quite a bit in recent years from if you are 40 get one every year to no need until you are 50. this is being called one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on mammograms following 90,000 women over 25 years. the bottom line, there was no benefit for the women who were

randomly selected to get mammograms compared to those who were not. here is how it breaks down. researchers compared canadian women. there were about 45,000 in two separate groups. years later, both has roughly the same number of women diagnosed with breast cancer. of those in the ma'am program with group 500 died, which was virtually the same as those who did not get the exams. one in five cancers detected by the mammogram were harmless. and one in four who had mammograms ended up undergoing unnecessary cancer treatment. >> thank you very much. and the american cancer society saying before it's data shows that mammogram reduce breast cancer risk for older

women by 20%. we have more news at the top of the hour. i'm del walters in new york.

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. snow, ice, and wind, across the south, winter weather roaring again. some power outages already being reported. and across the pond, parts of britain swamped with flood waters and 100 mile an hour winds predicted today. plus a union vote in tennessee that could affect auto makers across the country. ♪