we ask people what their ideal of beauty is. the show may be over, the conversation conditions on the website or google+. so very happy to have just a little bit of closure. >> murder mistrial, a jury convicts michael dunn of a em it ted murder. the racially charged case puts the stand your ground law in the spotlight once again. rioters throw stones at police in venezuela where the country's president calls for company as violent protests continue. >> do they want this process to take place or not. >> plus a last-ditch effort to break the stalemate between ear

general government and opposition fails. ♪ ♪ hello and welcome to al jazerra america, i am morgan radford live from new york city. michael dunn potentially facing a life behind bars he's the white man accuse o accused of cn unarmed black dean over loud music playing from his car. dunn was found guilt i have three counts of attempted murder but jurors were divided over the first degree murder charge. more from jacksonville. >> reporter: the family's reaction is mixed. davis' mother says she's grateful for a conviction, grateful that the truth came out. but she says the family will continue to seek justice for jordan. the jury delivered a mixed verdict. deadlocked on the first degree murder charge against 47-year-old michael dunn.

they rejected his argument that he feared for his life when he fired in to an suv filled with team agers playinteenagers playe verdict came one did have before jordan would have turned 19. >> we will stand and continue to wait for justice for jordan. >> reporter: but the jury found dunn guilty on three counts of attempted second degree murder. and another charge for shooting in to an okay pride car. each count of second degree murder carry with his it up to a 30 year sentence with a 20 year mandatory minimum. >> we are so very happy to have just a little by of clock ou cl.

it's sad that mr. dunn will live the rest of his life in that sent of torment and i will play for him. >> he must be remorseful for the killing of eye son. >> reporter: dunn's attorney would love to know what the jurors were thinking. >> he's in disbelief. even when he sat next to me p.he said how is this happening. >> reporter: state attorney angela cory vowed to retry the first degree murder case again dunn, cory is the same prosecutor who tried the george zimmerman case. cory did not respond directly when she was asked if a mistrial was proof that she had overcharged in this case. something her office was a accud of doing in the zimmerman case. >> i am very proud of our office. >> reporter: outside the kraut course, protesters we spoke to said the four days of deliberations had them worried. about a repeat of zimmerman's acquittal in the death of treyvon martin, killed nine months before davis. >> we leaf of a verdict, relief of punishment.

but it wasn't the right punishment for the person. >> reporter: all along, davis' parents said they hoped they would have an conviction by their son's birthday. though it might not have been the complete conviction they were hoping for, they got their wish. when asked if he had any regrets, dunn's attorney praise the jury and recognized that they took their time, they deliberated 30 hours, but he said with a guilty verdict he has a agrees. al jazerra, jacksonville, florida. >> a sentencing date will be set at a hearing next month. meanwhile the second round of syrian talks wrapped up with little to show for it. opposition leaders and government officials have agreed to return for a third round though no date has been set. theup mediator ended by apologizing for the lack of progress. they testimates of 130,000 peope died in the war.

the one thing he talks have achieved is the evacuation of homs. now the ceasefire is ending. the government want more time to help more escape. and a report from just across the border in lebanon. >> reporter: this could be anywhere. a local football match in the dusty playground. but this is a shelter in homs. a syrian city desperately clinging to a fragile seize fire. ceasefire, until a few days ago these people lived in the old city under siege. >> translator: since these new incidents started, we use the fireplace to cook. we never went out of the house, we never knew what was going on out there. us women were not able to go out. >> translator: i lost my husband two years ago. i have heard no news from him. we were together and he went out and then from that moment i have not heard from him at all.

>> reporter: the u.n u.n. broked humanitarian ceasefire allowed them and 1400 others to leave. the government was the ceasefire extended as more people are trying to get out. including hundreds of young men, there are real concerns for their safety. >> translator: yesterday 70 young men left the camp to go back to their homeland, and they can live whenever they wish, according to the strucks of mr. president and by had i sponsorship, and according to the government's plan, we are working on settling things for all of the young men who are here with us. and in particular those who have not been involved in the blood shbloodshed. >> reporter: if they manage to leave they too will become displaced. many have made it in to neighboring lebanon, there the residents are seth up new lives as re refugees. from h off. ms a city more than 2,000 years old, to a new home, this one a

tent city. al jazerra. >> for those who are still trapped the u.n. says that aid agencies have sent enough food for 2500 people per month. and protests in venezuela turning violent saturday, police using tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators who set fire to the streets of the capital caracas. the president is blaming the leftist elite for the unrest as well as the united states. secretary the state john kerry wearing in saying these actions have a chilling effect on citizens rights to express their grievgrievances peaceful. we call on the government to provide the political space necessary for meaningful dialogue with the ventur venezun people and to are he lease protesters. >> reporter: for a fourth day in the rowand at this government demonstrators took to the streets ignoring a ban by the government. the demonstrators faced off with police and the situation became

tense after rocks were thrown by these demonstrators towards the police. now, the police retaliated by firing tear gas and remember are bullets and scenes of chaos and an fusioconfusion broke out on . earlier in the day the president held hits own pro government rally. now, for that rally, nearly 150,000 people showed up and gathered. the rally which was supposed to be one that was promoting peace also had its moments of tension when the president said that he was ordering the police to act on an arrest warrant to arrest the opposition leader. so as the situation here continues to heat up, both sides are digging in their heels and so far there aren't many signs that the situation is calming down. inflation has more than doubled in venezuela in the just the past year and even basic

goods are frequently out of stock. the u.s. army forces out soldiers for booed behave york. the numbers kicked out for crimes, drug and alcohol beus or other misconduct has doubled since 2007. more than 11,000 kicked out last year. officials say a growing number of scandals within the military is forcing them to shift their focus to seeking recruits of higher character. some top army officers blame repeated tours o of doubt any iq and afghanistan for putting troops under increased pressure. ♪ ♪ >> meteorologist: a large storm continues to roll up both west coast and east coast this morning. now, your high temperatures as we get through the day will be in the high temperatures as we go to the southwest, this is where nevada has had some record highs. and we are expecting record highs again today. not the case, though, for the north east, it is a big storm rolling up the coast and in the

evening hours we were measuring snow from central park at an inch and a half to newark at two and a half inches of snow, much higher amounts as the storm is moving from boston up in to the maine area. you can see the center of low pressure was crosserring across virginia, maryland and eventually new jersey and corresponding its track right on up in to mai maine. we have a blizzard warn that go will not expire until 5:00 a.m. storm stretching further inland, that's bought we have wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. that's in addition to the snow coming down. you are going to have about five to 10-inches of snow total from the storm, but other areas will have up to 16-inches of snow. place that his were in a blizzard warning overnight is preliminary result and also seeing that up in to portland maine as well.

boston not under the warning but still it's snowing and windy. that brought rainfall to the west coast and valleys and a fair amount of snow too. another storm system is moving in through the course of the day, sunday, yeah, another round. and this is going to dump a total of about three feet of snow in the oregon and washington cascades by the end of the weekend. as we go over in to the rockies and the idaho mountains and clear waters, you are going see a lot of avalanche warnings here, they are in place in the back country. because we have such unstable snow and warming temperatures coming up from the south. so that kept things very dangerous in the higher elevations, but today, again, expect those record highs around nevada. >> all right, thanks so much, rebecca. 100 days after tie moon high an hit the fil philippines we ck on some young survivors.

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just a very magical moment... >> al jazzera america presents... on al jazeera america demonstrators in bahrain are marking the third anniversary of the country's anti-government up rising. over the past three days 10s of thousands have marched demanding the country's king suhr rend his power, lindsey may reports. >> reporter: a previoua protestg for political reform and equal rights for all citizens, men, we thin,well, young and old came oo show that they have not forgot be what was started three years ago. mourners gag erre garth ford a a policeman killed in a bomb blast friday. several were wounded near the

capital after protests turned violent. demonstrators threw rocks at the police who in turn fired tear gas, they were trying to stop the deposit straighters from the round about. the focal points of the' at this government protests in 2011. since then the bahrain-y government has talked. they say they discriminate against the see a majority. government insists there is no division. >> translator: they are one people in baja ran, w ba bahraie groups were given four opportunitys for dialogue, to sit at the negotiating table to reach an agreement. it's important not to confuse between it as a second and a political movement. they have some di demands, they have to sit down with other political currents to reach consent advertise regarding the

demands. >> reporter: countrys main opposition group says talks with the government are neither genuine or credible. >> the bahrain people, the sunnies and shiites were the ruling family because the ruling family is holding all the authority. >> reporter: a third round of dialogue is expected soon. but for now, it seems there is no political agreement in sight. al jazerra. >> opposition activists are gearing up for another mass rally in ukraine's capital. clashes broke out saturday between anti-government protesters and supporters. several people were in, in fact, injured and ukraine has seen large and often violent previous tests in november beginning when the president passed a european deal that would have increased trades and opened up their

boards. a small town in swept sen have become a safe rave raven for refugees from iraq and syria because of their open door policy, a policy that's now being questioned. >> reporter: he was on the verge of his adult life in damascus with a degree in engineering he was poised to start a new job but he feared that he would be arrested like his cousin after they both went to an opposition demonstration, he fled and now has an internship with a swedish company and takes swedish language clashes in the evening. >> we have to start from scratch again. yeah. to learn new language. to adapt to a new society. new country, new laws. >> reporter: mohamed is just one of thousands of syrians who have fled to swept of the countr sweg history of open arms policy. many end up just south of stockholm. now 90,000 citizens, 30,000 are

immigrant. and that puts additional strain on his local services. >> we don't have enough. that's the big problem i would say for the refugees. they all stay with relatives. >> reporter: the bell wings. >> ring announcer: for a successful deal at a call center. the european union funded project provides trainings and jobs for immigrants. down the hall there is a class for guard tpherz wit garden yoe. schools have had to hire extra counselors to cope with the growing enough of children coping with war or the hellish journal toy escape. 99% have an immaterial grabbingt background, schools like this fuel support for the swedish democratic party. they hold 20 of apartments 349 seats and they are unabashedly

anti-immigrant. >> we want to lower immigration to sweden with at least 90%. that's a big change, people coming from syria get permanent residency here automatically which is extremely irresponsible i believe. >> reporter: support for restricts is growing. they want to stop the open arms policy and more and more people are joining them. and they hope no increase their share of the votes in the national elections coming up in the autumn. al jazerra, sweden. about 15% of sweden's population is foreign-born which is the highest rate in that part of europe. north korean president threw a birthday party for his late father. officials promised to remain loyal to the kim dynasty. kim jong un was at the ceremony but didn't exactly make speech the birthday of his father is known as the day of the shining

star. sunday marks 100 days since typhoon haiyan slammed in to the philippines since then thousands of children left orphaned by the deadly score. a report on the most vulnerable survivors. >> reporter: this ring has become a source of comfort for 14-year-old haiyan survivors. his all he has left of his mother. he lost both his parents and his siblings during the typhoon. >> translator: i just pray that hopefully they are happy, he says. and that they are watching over me. >> reporter: neko is grateful he found relatives to take him in. many others like him haven't. three months after typhoon haiyan and many children are still living in evacuation centers like this one, almost 6 million children have been eveninged by the storm and humanitarian groups have classified more than 500,000 of them as highly vulnerable. >> meaning that they've got no

guardians left or come from the most severely affected areas where capacity for recovery is poorest. officials fear such children face the danger of not just being exploited but of being abandoned by caregivers now need to go look for jobs elsewhere. >> these children might somehow become a liability to the community. >> reporter: a reality that ironically 14-year-old escaped thanks to haiyan. she and four of her siblings in a government care facility after social workers found them after the storm. their parents had abandoned them years before. i am happier now she says, because there is someone taking care move siblings, they are getting an education now. so far, only a small number of these most vulnerable survivers have been helped and there is much still to be done.

the rain no longer frightens him, and owes he's hope. about the future. he feels his family is with him always now and one day, he says, he just might be happy again. coming up a different kind of cold war. preliminary games take place between u.s. and russia at the sochi olympics and our very own jessica taft has your update next. environmental activists say people in louisiana are being, passed to toxic chemicals they blame a loophole for letting it ham. the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story next only on al jazeera america i must begin my journey,

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the americans con an overtime flip their likely upped the ante for a goad medal battle between the two in these winter games, the u.s. men beating russia 3-2 an eight round shootout. tj oshie was the hero, he had six shots on this one for the americans but like the nhl international rules permit the same player to take multiple shots after three rounds the st. louis blues star fired six times foot americans netting four of them and that included the game winner. >> it's something you dream about going in tool shootouts and imagine as a kid. it feels great right now. but, you we are focusing on tomorrow knew. to get win tonight was big. it's exciting and fun but we still have a job to do here. >> elsewhere, american matt antwon beat out his team freight and friend john daly to grab the bronze in the fourth and final rounds of men's skill top race , the first medal since 2002 in the skeleton for the u.s.

camille stoke has had the best winter olympic than any other polish athlete today. winning his second gold of the soap eve olympics in the large hill ski vent six days after taking home a gold in the normal event. his two goals equal the amount poland had in every olympics from 1924 to 2010. >> thanks, jess. and the spotlight is on more than just sports at the winter games in russia. in mass could you, dozens of del straighters staged a rally against what they describe as repressive and homophobic laws, the kremlin tried to shift away from political issues. vladimir putin let his frustrations be known on saturday. >> reporter: is is there a hope that you won't tie sports with politics? is there. i think so. >> putin was responded to a question about anti kremlin protesters who are facing prison sentences. a loop pole hole in federal

regulations for oil and gas production is now being blame forked exposing american to his tax i can chemicals. several environmental groups are pressing for something to be done about it. and al jazerra's ben has more from louisiana. >> reporter: russell was a former engineer. enjoying his retirement back working in his backyard. >> sand, shape, contoure. >> reporter: but he's concerned about the neighborhood he lives in an industrial corridor in louisiana. all the planned are over here? right. all that way. >> reporter: and not very far, we are talking about -- >> not really. no. they are close. >> reporter: most have to report to the environmental protection agency toxic release agent agency. it's so people can know what's being released in the air.

>> if people don't know they can't assess their own risks. >> reporter: when the epa set wrapped arreporting standards it include gas in the requirements. >> nobody is monitoring. they can release 100,000 pounds and tell that you they released 13,000 who is to know. >> reporter: a study of state records by the environment i integrity project show that 395 facilities in colorado, penn, north dakota, texas and wyoming had taxiing releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. the study calls the current rules arbitrary and refusing. refineries like this are required to report toxic release sews that people who live in homes like this a few feed away. know exactly what is going in to their air. but for the people who live by similar oil and gas facilities, air quality could be a mystery. >> i think that they have been escaping attention through the loophole for many years.

>> reporter: with a nationwide energy boom underway, oil and gas facilities are expanding almost everywhere. while the louisiana oil and gas association didn't return our calls for comment. the epa has said it will consider requiring oil and gas plants to report emissions. >> there shouldn't be a question, they should automatically do it. i don't see why they wouldn't. >> reporter: for all all russell can do is whittle wood and wait. >> after several years of declining federal officials say carbon dioxide-y minutes row miy about 20%. going for a half naked run in the winter may not be your idea of romance but that's how thousands of people in more than 20 cities in the u.s. and australia kicked off their valentine's day weekend it's all cupid's you understan undie runs

expected to raise $3 million for the nonprofit chirp's tumor foundation, thanks for watching. i am morgan radford based in new york city and as always "inside story" is coming up next. ♪ ♪ at a time number 1 and number 2 cable providers in the the number one and number two cable providers in the u.s. are merging to create a new giants. you are watching this program over a cable, is this bad news, good news, or to be determined, that's the "inside story." ♪ ♪ hello, i am ray suarez, comcas