dismoo >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. >> we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> a partial mistrial in the case where a black teen was shot by a white man in florida. >> venezuela's president rallies support as anti-government protesters clash with police. >> i'm very, very sorry, and i apologise for the syrian people. >> a big apology as the latest round of syrian peace talks ends with no agreements. >> how time is running out for

korean families torn apart by war and played as political pawns. >> we start with breaking news. a florida judge declared a partial mistrial in the case of michael dunn, the white man accused of killing unarmed black teen jordan davis during an argument over loud music. jurors could not reach a verdict on the murder charge, but convicted him on four other charges. it highlights race and stand your ground laws in florida. >> we are so grateful for the charges brought against him. we are so grateful for the truth. we are so grateful that the jurors were able to understand

the comments. and we'll continue to stand and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> the family of the victim spoke late tonight. and we go to natasha, outside the courtroom. >> there is a mistrial in the first degree murder charge facing 47-year-old michael dunn. the jury could not agree. he was convicted of four other counts. three counts of attempted second degree murder, there were three other teens in the s.u.vl that survived, and another count of shooting into the s.u.v. now, the prosecutor talked about the sentencing. with each of those attempted second degree murder charges comes with 30 years with a minimum 20 year sentence.

we are talking about the possibility or likelihood that doesn't -- that doesn't will dunn will spend a long time in prison. >> any idea what happened with the murder charge as they did convict him on attempted murder. >> that's the million dollar question. we are not going to get insight tonight from the jurors. tonight they said they will not speak to reporters. you mentioned a possible sticking point. dunn was charged with first degree murder. as prosecutor pointed out with first degree murder, it comes with premeditation. it may have been hard for the juries to grasp, according to some attorneys we spoke to, because it means he went to the

parking lot with the intention to kill. it's more nuanced with that. some jurors may have wanted a first degree murder conviction. others may have thought it was second degree. we know there was no consensus >> we heard from the mother of jordan davis a couple of moments ago. do you get the impression that the family is satisfied with the turn of events? >> i think that they believe that one day before their son would have turned 19, that they have some modicum of justice. for sure both parents is said that they'll continue to support the prosecutor retrying michael dunn. the prosecutor has been emphatic that that will happen. the parents said that they hoped there would be a conviction by the time jordan's birthday would have rolled around. that is what happened. >> thank you, live from the courthouse in jacksonville

florida. >> protests turned viability in venezuela. police used tear gas and water cannons. now the country's president says police are searching for an opposition leader. john kerry said: >> rachel levin is in the capital with more on what is happening. >> what we have seen is protests by anti-government demonstrators turned particularly violent this evening. we were at one of the demonstrations. there was a standoff between them and the police. some of the protesters began to hurl rocks at the security force, and then they retaliated by firing rubber bullets and tear gas, and they were - there

were quite some serious scenes of panic. we haven't heard of reports of injuries or death. the situation in caracas continues to heat up. >> what has the government response been like to this? >> the government responded to the growing tension by trying to rally support for their open party. today nicolas maduro has another rally held earlier. it was kaud the rally for -- called the rally for peace. where he tried to get supporters on the streets. he had a position where he feels that the opposition is responsible for these - for the violence that has been going on since wednesday, since the protests began, mostly by students frustrated with the situation, particularly with rising crime and out of control. >> earlier tonight we spoke to

author of the book "we created chaff -- chaff as", how the opposition is created. >> what you see is the opposition movement that does not recognise the venezuelan government or elections. you see is a desperate lashing out with regard to calling all the people into the streets, knowing that there'll be violence. >> he said the opposition protests in venezuela are drawing smaller numbers. >> the second round of peace talks ended today. the result - nothing short of failure. a proposed third round of talks is in jeopardy. james bays reports from geneva.

>> after chairing a second round of talks that achieved nothing. lakhdar brahimi wanted to address the syrian people first. >> i'm very, very sorry and i apologise to the syrian people, that their hopes, which were very, very high, that something will happen here, i think that what has - the little that has been achieved in homs gave them more hope. >> dr lakhdar brahimi explained there had been arguments over the agenda for the talks. he made a compromise proposal and made it clear which side objected. >> unfortunately the government refused, which raises the suspicion of the opposition that in fact the government doesn't want to does it at all. >> within minutes both sides came to brief the media. everyone had heard dr lakhdar brahimi say it was the syrian

government that did not accept his order of the agenda items, the syrian government representative it h a different -- had a different interpretation. why do you not accept the order that was proposed? >> the other side gave their own version of the agenda saying there's no need to time the first item or fully finalise the first item. we'll give it one day for discussion and then move to the other item, the interim government. >> why don't you accept his proposal, he's the chairman. he's the chairmanship. >> hold your horses. hold your horses. we said we cannot move from item one to two or three or four without considering the item >> the opposition claims the government is stalling so it can intensify its attacks. >> our matter is in pain.

our delegations are in pain. as we speak, searching for a political solution, the regime chose to bombard towns and cities. >> the peace talks started with an international meeting of world leaders. since then there has been two sessions, 14 days of talks, and since then, according to a monitoring group, 5,500 syrians have died. >> the failed talks are a blow to the syrian people. 140,000 civilians and fighters have been killed since the civil war began. in homs a 6-day ceasefire is ending. the government there wants time to help those trapped in the crossfire. we have a report to lebanon.

a local footy team met. this is a shelter in homs, a city clipping to a -- clinging to a fragile ceasefire. >> translation: since the incidents started we use the fireplace to cook. we never went out of the house. us women were not able to go out. >> translation: i lost my husband two years ago. i heard no news from him. we were together. we went out. from that moment we have not heard from him at all. the u.n. brokered a humanitarian ceasefire, allowing them and 14 others to leave. the governor wants the ceasefire extended as more people tried to get out. there were concerns for their safety. >> yesterday 70 young men left the camp to go back to the

homeland. they can live where they wish. >> according to the instructions of the president, their sponsorship and plan, we are working on settling things for young men. in particular, those not involved in the bloodshed >> if they leave, they, too, will be displaced. they are the residents setting up new lives as refugees. from homs, a city more than 2,000 years old, to a new home, this one a tent city. >> tomorrow we'll discuss intervention in syria and whether the international effort to end bosnia's war will help in the syrian war. >> a new study shows the number of sold yours kicked out of the u.s. army doubled in the past six years.

the associated press reports the number of discharged officers tripled. the officers were from misconduct, crime, drug and alcohol abuse. top army officers say soldiers serving repeat servings are under pressure. >> they fled their war-torn country, leaving family members behind. six decades later korean americans are trying to reunite with loved ones. >> i feel like i'm being punished because i left them behind. if i need them again, i will feel like i am reborn. >> still ahead - the two korea said, divided families. once again new england bears down for a massive snow storm. stay with us.

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resources to the region. kerry's first stop was south korea. a powerful ally. high on the agenda was north korea. they are unpredictable, raising concerns: in september 2011 kim jong un becomes the leader after the death of his father. then may 2012 kenneth bae arrested for trying to bring down the government, sentenced to 20 years hard labour. >> then, a third nuclear test. >> april of that year a violent industrial park closed amid interpretation was the south. it reopens six months later. december of 2013 kim ex-cutes his uncle and mentor. there were rising concerns of political instability. a few weeks after that, on new year's day, kim calls for

improving relations and both the regime tightened grip on power. on february the 6th, north and south korea made tentative steps to reunit. the last was in 2010. harry fawcett send us n update. >> next week's family unity event, for families separated for 60 years will be able to see one another again. they are under way with greater moment up. high level talks occurred friday for north and south korea. committing both sides will go ahead as planned on the 25th february. they were under threat because north korea was objecting to the reunions at the same time as annual south korean-u.s. exercises. the south koreans made to cop sessions and the military

exercises will go ahead as planned. they agreed to a request for an end to cross-border slander. the north korean side objecting to things that the seen government says, and the south korean media. the negotiator from south korea saying that he couldn't police the free media in south korea. this comes at the same time that the u.s. secretary of state has talks with the president and the foreign minister here. the united states would never accept north korea becoming a nuclear armed state. he has been in budget, where he processed the chinese to do more. he admits they have done more in the past year and previous years to pressure north korea to denuclearize. not huge breakthroughs, but the fact that they are talking at the level is significant, and the hundreds of families that they are hoping with greater opt fix that they'll once again

meet, has been an extremely important couple of days. >> some of the families separated during the korean war lived here in the united states. we spoke to some. >> when this family escaped the korean war, they were happy to survive, in 1951. >> later they realised they'd never see the siblings left behind. >> translation: i started crying. i feel that way. >> the 83-year-old woman and 91-year-old woman hang on to their chicago, resisting a move to a nursing home for one reason. >> translation: we did not sell the house. we are waiting for siblings, brothers and sisters, and wanted to have a house where they can

live. >> this woman thought she'd be separated from her father for a week or so when he sent the family away from the north. she never saw him again, and doesn't know if a brother, who stayed behind, is alive. >> we have black holes in our hearts. i have stories to tell. i can tell. millions of people took the stories with them. a -- years ago. stand field got permission to be involved. korean american reunions were a top priority. it looked like the goal was closer than ever by 2011. then kim jong-il died and everything stopped. >> we were so close. it's crashed, the hopes crashed

again. i was worried. if they don't have hopes, they are gop. >> stan field -- they are gone. >> stan field says to be so close, and the gratitude has been replaced by guilt. >> if we started earlier, it could have happened by now. sometimes i cry. but i cannot sit down because there are enough people there that believe in us. >> they try to console themselves by poring over photos. the reason her father started running marathons was to get publicity in north korea, so word would get out to his family in the south. >> he was going to run until he reunits with his family in south

kor korea. that reunion never happens. many hope that north korea will be desperate for aid that it will give in, allowing the reunions. >> i feel like i'm being punished because i left them behind. if i meet them again i'll feel reborn. >> the families are desperate too. time is not on their side. >> heartbreaking story. a human rights consultant joins us from florida. thank you for being with us. the reunions seem innocent enough. why are they delayed still? >> that's a good question. i believe the reason that they are delayed time and time aga

again - the north korean authorities know how much korean americans, and they know how much south koreans want the family reyunans -- reunions, so they often attach political conditions to the unions, which the south korean government is not willing to do. the south korean government and the u.s. government would prefer that family reunions be handled as a humanitarian issue, apart from all the political disputes and geopolitical disputes on the korean pennsylvania. >> the contact that the north korean government will allow the reunions in a couple of weeks, do you see it as an encouraging sign that relations are improving between the two

countries? >> yes, if it happens. >> if it happens, yes. >> sometimes what appears to be steps forward are cancelled at the last minute. we certainly hope it will happen and we hope it's the beginning of improved relations between north and south korea. >> has the current leader given an indication that he will soften his stance and allow more in the future? >> well, by virtue of the fact that he's allowing one of them, you have to say yes. he has soft eped. they -- softened. they tried to link the family reunions to cancelling the military training exercises or link the family reunions to renewed south korean tourism in

north korea, which used to be a big foreign currency earner. the south koreans declined those, and the north koreans authorities decided to allow the family reunions to happen later this month. we'll have to make sure they do happen, and hope that it's the beginning of an improved relation and hort family re -- other family reyoonions will follow -- reunions will follow. there's 73,000 south koreans city on a waiting list. the family reunions that happened between 2000 and 2010 only reunited about 2,000 people

on the south korean waiting list. >> 2,000 out of how many? do we now how many total? >> yes, 73,000. >> wow. >> it's a small beginning and the stad fact is -- the sad fact is that the people on the waiting list for family reunification meetings are dying off. they are in their '70s, '80s, and are dying off faster than the meetings can take place. so from a humanitarian viewpoint we hope that this meeting takes place and that it's the beginning of a renewed series of these family reunions. and then we can hope that a way will be found, if it's working between neeans and south koreans, the possibility night

be that you can start family reunions between korean americans and their relatives. >> as you mentioned and point out, 73,000 on the waiting list. david hawk, human rights consultant live from florida. >> north korea is facing accusations of crimes against humanity. findings of a year-long investigation lists incidents of camps, store vasion and widespread kidnapping. it doesn't list people, but suggests that it be referred to the hague. we'll bring in jim walsh, a research incident were mit. damning accusation, but how surprising is it. >> it's not that surprising, but we have known the conditions in north korea, as close as the

country is, we know conditions are horrible. we had defectors come out and make reports. sadly, it is not a surprise. this is an important story. it's rare for countries to be charged with this level or this level of crimes without humanity. it's a horrible thing that started long ago and conditions. it's important to recognise. and the question is what did you do next. >> that is my question, what do you do next. what comes of it. i think there are two things to keep in mind. there's not a lot that will happen. north korea is not a signatory to the treaty, the convention that holds them responsible. the u.n. security council might take it up and act on their own.

i don't think china will allow that. sometimes people blame china, people flee north korea, and they are turned back. i think it's important, my daughter works on war and peace, my daughter works on genocide issues. it's important to shine a spot lying, say that people will be accountable, and there's going to be a conundrum, do you deal with them. because they are bad people, do you shut them out. the antibiotic -- answer is you have to engage then. the more you pressure them the worse the human rights situation becomes. >> is there any situation that perhaps these reports bother the north korean government and perhaps they would improve the conditions in the government. >> that would be great. if it's true, there's no

evidence. there's little evidence about anything of any aspect. my guess is no. i think u.n. takes countries more seriously than international organizations. even though i'm a negotiation guy, the human rights stuff is important. this is about building and architecture that over the long term, over the long term, hopefully reducing the probability that the gof or individuals act in horrible ways. thank you for your insight. >> good to see you. >> if you didn't know his name before. tj oshey, you do now, leading the men's hockey team to victory in sochi, during overtime.

>> and what the weather does or does not say about claping.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories. a florida judge declared a part mistrial in the murder trial of michael dunn, accused of killing an unarmed black teenager playing loud music. jury found him guilty of three counts the attempted murder. >> police have been deployed and have clashed with opposition protesters. rallies in venezuela were peaceful. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is concerned by reports that the government arrested scores of protesters. >> the second round of syrian peace talks in geneva ended in failure. today's talks lasting less than half an hour. the u.n. mediator apologised to

the syrian people for not being able to end the violence. no date has been set for new talks. >> this is a national holiday in afghanistan. the taliban is calling on the people to rid the country of n.a.t.o. and international troops. in a statement they said: appear r >> chinese bloggers had a message for the states - help fight internet access. the two countries pledge to work together on the issue. >> china and the united states

will put an extra effort into exchanging information and discussing policies that will help both of us to develop and lead on the standards that need to be announced next year for the climate change agreement e >> climate change and whether is on everyone's minds. courtney is here with that. >> the secretary of state john kerry will deliver a speech on the back of president obama. we have seen extreme whether. climatologists say the weather patterns do not tell the whole story. >> president obama took the opportunity to push his climate change agenda while addressing the drought in california, saying he would ask congress for $1 billion to research climate change's impact. the worst drought is one example of a recent extreme weather.

the eastern sea board has been slammed by a series of snow and ice storms. months of heavy rain caused flooding and landslides, killing 38 people. heavy rains, winds and flooding batter parts of england, where the river thames reached its highest levels in 60 years. japan's transportation is it in chaos due to the worst snow stomp to hit in decades. >> the winter olympics looks summery in sochi. it sparked theories that melting ice is altering jet streams. >> the jet stream is a highway upon which storm systems drive on. >> andrew is a climate reporter. >> this winter we had a jet stream that was down like this,

a deep dive out of canada into the south-eastern of the united states. it is open to the refrigerator door, letting the cold air spill down. >> because of the positioning of the jet stream, because it was cold in eastern us and ot out west, the -- and hot out west, the temperature only fell by one degree. we are seeing here than normal accumulations on top of lower than normal temperatures. the weather patterns don't tell the whole story. it's too earlier i to say. when we look at several years toot. the decade from 2000, 2009. we saw twice as many records. research was published exploring whether the link would be lost. it was dropped by 75%.

he said another decade of research is needed. just because the one season has been extreme, is means he'll get more of this. as concentrations rise, we'll see more heatwaves and coastal flooding. those are the risks why we look at the possibility. that research is less certain. >> climatologists told us the u.s. and the world needs to do things more resilient to climate change. preventing climate change down the road. from a risk management perspective we are talking about billions in infrastructure. there are hard decisions to be made, like no long erg building in areas prone to coastal flooding. moving vulnerable equipment under ground and using less water in agriculture, which is more than watering lawns less.

>> it's not going away. we'll talk about climate change, global warming, extreme weather. let's bring in rebecca stevenson. we have a blizzard to talk about in new england. >> we are talking about what is going on now. preparation is key, and that is why we tell you what the weather is, what the new model is showing you. we've been watching this storm develop and now it is doing as what was forecast to do. parts of new york has been getting know. the amounts are lesing across new jersey and new york. we are going to continue with winter warnings around the island, up until about midnight. two inches of snow and 2.5 for newark. as we talk about what happens

further north. and all the way up to maine. this is where we talk about wind gusts. we had a blizzard warning in areas up to maine. the storm is tracking to the north and will move out. tonight it's big winds and snow coming down to the south-east. you can see it on the satellite as it develops around the virginia area, moving the center of the storm across new jersey, continuing out through tomorrow. we'll have more on the north-west, and how they are hammered with storm after storm after storm, coming up. >> the spotlight is on more than just sports at the winter games in sochi, and the capital of moscow. dozens of demonstrators staged a rally against oppressive and homophobic laws. the kremlin tried to shift the

focus away. vladimir putin had this to say to reporters. >> is there hope you won't tie that rights with politics? is there. i think so. >> vladimir putin responding to a question about anti-criminal protesters facing prison systems. >> a sport getting attention was the american men's hockey team. there's a bit of controversy. russia deadlocked at two. until the host team. the u.s. me caught a break, upping the ante for cold. let's look at it. u.s. men beating russia 3-2 in an eight-round shoot-out. some of us were not aware of them. tj oshie was the hero, accounting for half of team u sa's goals, shooting six times. international rules permit the

same player to take multiple shots. he fired six games, netting four, including the game winner. >> is this something you dream about going into shoot outs. >> it feels good. like i said, we are focussing on tomorrow night. it doesn't mean much, it's exciting, fun, but we have a job to do >> the winter games in sochi is going on. the n.h.l. has come to a standstill, with some athletes competing for their home country, part of the reason why teams are apprehensive about letting teams play. i spoke with a journalist from the "wall street journal" who is in sochi. and asked about the factors that openers go through in allowing athletes to compete in the games. >> the n.h.l., it's not an ideal situation. when the players come for the

olympics, the league shuts down and they don't advertise themsz. when the players play, it's not announced what team they are on, it's about the countries. from the n.f.l. perspective there's a lot of risks. we have an injured player, highlighting raskss inherent in playing here. n.h.l., the players would be happy to not have players in the olympics. who are the biggest advocates and detract tors. >> a lot of russian stars where a driving force. it's a huge deal for them to play in their home country, there's a lot of russian stars.

that was the big force. players in the players' association really want to do this, they are influential in the n.h.l. the league has not wanted to step in saying "you can't go", or try to have a fight over it. i think with the olympics last time being in canada, this time in russia, it would have been hard for them to say you can't go. you say the players want to do this. how much influence do very have in the decision-making process. >> they are unionized. everything is collective bargaining. they have influence. i'm not sure that the n.h.l. could, but i am sure they would not unilaterally try to stop this. they've been clear saying "we are not going to make the call for the players. i think what the n.h.l. would like to do is replace the

olympics with a world cup that the n.h.l. runs and benefits from, and the players may be paid and coax the players to take a different path as opposed to forcing them not to go to the olympics. >> who will participate in the next games in south korea? >> they'll negotiate as long as possible. plenty of time to plan for the games. more likely what we hear first is news about a world cup. if there is a world cup, chapses are better -- chances are bet their there wouldn't be olympic participation. elsewhere in sochi. antoine beat out friend john daly to grab the bronze in the final run of the men's skeleton race. take a look at the medal count:

seven of the german's medals are goal. >> russia is tonne top. >> it's been an interesting winter games with a nice warm weather there of . >> coming up, an unsolved case drawing federal attention to a small texas town. >> eyes gone, ears missing. >> more on the investigation into alfred wright's death.

>> south england got a small break in the weather. flood-weary brits are not quite out of the woods. floodwaters poured into windsor castle - queen elizabeth's homes. 17 homes north of london were evacuated when a 65 foot sink hole opened up. a cab driver died when part of a building collapsed on part of her parked car. >> and a report on how british authorities are preparing for more flooding. >> the weather in the u.k. changed for the better. the challenge for britain and london is how to take advantage of the weather in a 2-day period of better weather. what they are doing is shoring up defenses for a return of heavy inclement rain. the other challenge is how to deal with the aftermath of what has been a long period of bad

rain storms. they have downed powerlines, there are disruptions to transport systems because of uprooted trees and, of course, there's the lingering floodwaters that are still in a number of areas of the country. the other challenge that they face is how to take lessons from what has happened. certainly there'll be an inquiry. >> david cameron is asem bling his study group, and they'll look into how things went wrong, and if anybody was responsible, and who was dropping the ball and look into ways of preventing the serious incident and crisis, should there be a return of a weather pattern of this scale. >> some flooding that you talk

about. >> it's a large storm moving onshore, bringing rain to western washington and oregon. it's been o oregon. as it moves to the mountains it's changing to snow. now we are looking at the avalanche. we can see met ford getting the rain. the center of the storm is tracking up the coast. 37 minneapolis wind gust in portland. you can bet, you feel that. high temperatures - they were near - in fact, hitting records in central nevada. warm in the south-west. we'll get another day of record-high temperatures, when we look at the forecast. there's a storm on the west coast. tapering off as it moves north, leaving snow in main for

tomorrow. it's an interesting pattern, but a stormy one for the north-west. >> the death of a young african american man in a small texas town is getting attention from the justice department. 21-year-old alfred wright is believed to have been murdered. the sheriff's office are saying he died of a drug overdose. >> protesters drew about 200 people. images in this story are graphic. >> it was a cold night last november, that alfred wright disappeared at the edge of these woods in texas. the physiotherapist was on his wife to see his last patient of the day. when his truck broke down at the store. wright called his wife. when she called him back, she

knew something was wrong. he was breathing heavily. i was asking him things like "are you working on your truck? are you mad? are you running? what's going on?" she never heard from him again. that night his family discovered his abandoned truck and called the sab een family sheriff for help. the sheriff called off the search after four days. family and friends combed through the woods. on day 18 a terrible discovery. >> as a last twist, the body was straight - this is the area, just land straight in a ditch. >> i walked up on him. it seemed like his spirit spoke loudly to my spirit saying, "daddy, i knew you were going to find me", his face looked

mutilated. >> the face was schekeletoskele gone, ears missing. >> the official autopsy noticed the tongue was missing. facial damage was due to animals and lethal doses of meth amphetamine and cocaine was in the body. the conclusion - accidental death by drug overdose. > it was mined blowing seeing everything in the toxicology report. >> wright's family hired a frepsic pathologist to do another autopsy. their initial suspicions is homicide. >> someone murdered him and threw him there. >> many blacks in the area share the suspicion and took to the streets in protest. they point to a history of racial violence. a cross burning in 2010. the dragging death of james bird in jasper texas, and the 1990

convection of three white police officers in the murder of a black sab een county prisoner. >> we wanted to hear from sheriff maddox himself. >> i left messages, emails and have not heard back from the sheriff. when can i ask the questions that the community has? >> i'll have him give you a call. >> we have not heard back. the department of justice is investigating wright's death. >> whose child, whose husband, whose brother will be next? >> their fear it real as they wait for their questions about what happened to alfred wright to be answered. >> an-arizona inmate and in custody after breaking out of gaol for valentine's day. he scaled a fence, crawled through laser wire, walking 10

miles, all to meet his girlfriend at a bar. they only had a few minutes together before the police arrived. he was doing time for car death and faces more time for escape. >> how does a mid winter jog in underwear sound. that's the premise behind the cupid's undery run. it was held in the united states and australia. runners are encouraged to do pink or red. quite a lot to see. this year's proceeds benefitting the children's foundation. that does it for this hour. i'm jonathan betz, i'll be back later with more news. headlines after this short break.

>> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with the quick headlines. >> a florida judge declared a partial mistrial in the case of michael dunn, accused of killing an unarmed black teenager during

an argument over loud music. jurors found dunn guilty of attempted murder and one count of firing at a vehicle. they could not decide if he was guilty of murder. prosecutors say they'll try michael dunn again on the murder charges. >> peace talks if geneva lasted less than half an your. the u.n. mediator apologised to the syrian people. no date has been given for the third round of talks. >> secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is concerned by reports that the venezuela government arrested scores of protesters. >> another blast of snow is ripping through the north-east. 5 to 10 inches are expected. it's the third snow storm new england has had this week. the u.s. defeated russia at an early round hockey match. american oesh scored -- tj oshie

soared the game-winning goal. u.s. 3, russia 2. the host team, russia is in the lead in the medal count. u.s. and netherlands are tied on second. those are the headlines. "america tonight" starts right now. gooech and thanks for -- good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen, and you're watching "america tonight," the weekend edition. we start with california, running dry. the northern part of the state is seeing some showers,