washington i am way suarez. you are watching al jazerra america, i am jonathan betz live in new york. [ chanting ] >> pay testers cheered the return of an opposition hero as ukraine's president flees the capital. in venezuela both sides call for a show of support and thousands turn out for rival december strayings. agents captured one of the world's largest drug traffickers. it's a rare agreement all members of the u.n. security

council pushed to get help to those suffering in syria. ♪ ♪ we begin tonight in ukraine where a lot has changed in the past few hours. it is just after 1:00 a.m. on sunday there. these are live pictures as protesters still pack kiev's independence square. that crisis came to a headed to after the deal reached just yesterday failed to ease the anger. ukraine's parliament dismissed the president saying he abandoned his office. victor yanukovych fled the capital earlier today but insists he will not step down and he's calling this a coup. meanwhile the president's rival and former prime minister yulia tim chen co was released from prison and spoke to a massive cheering crowd in independence square. in a storm billick act of resistence protesters tour a

stature of the former leader. nick is live what can you tell us? >> reporter: jonathan behind me there is a feeling that this is their independence day. we have been watching fireworks go off all night. when tymoshenko spoke it was about to 200,000 people. it's the first time that she has spoken to this country in two and a half years, she was jailed and then hospitalized. she actually had to address the crowd from a wheelchair. and she said do not leave this square until all of your demands are met. she said the protesters are the best thing about ukraine. the crowd loved her. it was a very different atmosphere. jonathan, than last night when the deal between the president and the opposition first came out there were a lot of boos for the opposition leaders who were announcing that deal. tymoshenko received wild applause and said, look, this is a different country, let's take a listen to what she had to say.

>> translator: it's a different ukraine, it's the ukraine of free people and you gave the gift, every one of those who are living today and those who will live in the future, you gave the gift of ukraine. and that is why people who are at my dawn, who died for my dawn they are heros forever. >> reporter: and jonathan, make no mistake she is now the opposition leader, she said to the crowd that she wanted to lead them and her party's facebook peja nounsed that she would run for president, that's expected in may. now that fight, though, is just beginning. the leadership fight will begin in parliament tomorrow morning, jonathan. >> nicky understand that earlier you visited the presidential palace after the president fled the capital, what was it like there? >> reporter: jonathan, another part of the story today that just really convinces the protesters this is a tipping

points. the police disappeared, the government disappeared from kiev. the protesters, the opposition in independence square absolutely had the run of this city. and there was nowhere that was more apparent, that disappearance of the government and the police than the president's own house. they came feeling proud and feeling free. they came to see a home they consider a symbol of one man's corruption that now belongs to the people. for years, ukrainian president victor yanukovych lived in that sprawling 500 ache estate acre d oh, did he left the massive car collection. the zoo. random guards, creek gazebos. the golf course, the tennis court. >> you cannot imagine how we are grateful for the victory of the people who have been fighting for three months for this. this man would never go out of

here, he would kill anyone to stay here. >> reporter: until forked, the e president's security forbade anyone from evening coming close, now they walk around and own the place. do you feel like this is your compound now? >> a property of our people. >> reporter: not the president anymore? >> not the president, yes. >> reporter: outside some of the buildings in the presidential compound people are waiting patiently to get in and the people who are defending independence square inside of kiev are now defending properties that they consider theirs and when you are inside you get a sense of how luxuriously the president lived. this is a some kind of sitting room think up on the ceiling a stain glassed window a huge big screen tv with the news, this seems to be a spau and right in thspa and right mid inthe middln cues a. we first met this man yesterday on the front lines, for two

months he manned the barricades, he had had a few close calls and needed everyone's prayers. we are fighting against the government abusing their powers he says, you are here right now instead president, that's what you have been fighting for? >> translator: yes, we are happy the property belongs to the people. the people belong here. >> reporter: now it's sergei's to walk through. it's also for arena and her son nikita. she brought her seven-year-old son here as a kind of goodbye to a president she passionately opposed. >> i am happy that he ran away from here. and i hope he would never came back. >> reporter: she hopes all the sacrifices made to liberate these ground guarantees a future democracy for her son. >> we hope for better future for our children. they died for our country, they died for democratic ukraine.

they died for future of our children. >> reporter: for so many that future began today. and today was proof the sacrifices were not in vain. so many sacrifices and that house will stay home. that pride of thebility with the ability to walk through the house, the opposition leaders around the house saying tomorrow morning they'll invite more people to walk through, jonathan. >> i am so struck that you and so many others were able to walk throughout grounds, through the home. was there any concern that looting may breakout? >> reporter: not at all. there was a level of pride. there was a level of thankfulness. there was a level of almost just awe. felt like a nice sunday stroll through the park with lots of nice things to look at. and not a single moment of looting. not a single moment of tension, i mean, there probably was 10, 20,000 people who came through that house almost like tourists. and they came through and you saw that gentlemen on the bicycle there unveiling a trash

bag. there is a level of pride that they have taken back what they feel the president took from them. in terms of the long-term planned for that house, well, you know, as i said tomorrow morning the house will open again, people can walk through, nobody has decided what to do for the long-term, but make no mistake, there will be pima loud to visit that house for the future, and as long as this opposition is in control, they will continue to leave that house open, it will not be closed like it has been under this president, jonathan. >> stunning developments there in ukraine, our nick schifrin live for us in kiev tonight, thank you. and russia is throwing its support behind ukraine's embattled president, the russian foreign minister said, quote, it's time to stop misleading the international public opinion and pretending that they represent the interest of the ukrainian nation, he got on poland, germany and france to enforce the terms of yesterday's deal. earlier i discussed today's developments with natalie an independent journalist in ukraine. >> it's still not a celebration

and i don't feel there is a general feeling of celebration it's still mourning, the people gathered in the square not because of y'all i can't yulia o because of the con fant funerals and more than ceremony and people to pray examine pay tribute and they will got onto do that. so far there are 82 people killed and -- according to the official sources the doctors tell about the more than that, and all of the people are still missing and the first talk in ukrainian -- among the ukrainians is those who are responsible should be put to justice. >> obviously president yanukovych enjoys a lot of support within his country. how concerned are you that we are on the brink of something bigger? the word revolution has been thrown out there a lot. do you think that this is what ukraine is facing? >> what ukraine now is following this, are this president's

residency where it was not the people who came, but the journalists who came and a lot of investigative your honor justs and found an incredible amount, contracts, for example, even some documents where about this bribe cost like that. 90 million euros given to somebody. and we have seen the bribes to the judges, we have seen the reports for the riot police who were actually responsible for killing the people that they were paid by the president himself. that can be a very clear indication of what these protests were about, never about east or west or some kind of divide, but against corruption. >> and our thanks there to natalie. well, long before the bloodshed in ukraine economic problems were building, mary snow has a look in the economy's role in the unrest. >> reporter: behind the revolt a fight for a better future and universal human rights, while there are many divisions among ukrainians over how to go about that. columbia university's yuri says

there is one underlying factor. >> they all agree on one thing, and that's economy. that the economic model practiced up until recently by the yanukovych regime is equally oppress i have to all of them. >> reporter: corruption has choked the economy, fueling anger. ukraine failed to modernize its industries and its post soviet era. economists say many businesses were forced to close after prohibited tax codes were imposed in 2010. and educated young people have left the country in droves. mostly immigrate to go europe. >> what has happened in the economy is that about 20 people have become very rich, billionaire, and they have taken over the big soviet enterprises. and also developed agriculture on a great scale now. while most of the population are doing quite poorly.

>> reporter: gdp per capita is roughly $7,300, to put it in perspective, it's about one-third of neighboring poland and 1/7th of the united states. when comparing ukraine to russia there is a big difference among its population. >> why are ukrainians revolting and not russians? russia has done so much better, economically that ukraine, so people are reasonably happy with their material well being. while the ukrainian have no reason to be happy with their material situation. >> reporter: the breaking point came over the failed european union agreement with a country divided and an economic battle over whether ukraine's future should be tied with russia or the european union. marry snow, al jazerra. we now move to another country in turmoil. venezuela thousands attended rival rallies both for and against the government. this video show supporters of president nicholas maduro. but on the other side of the capital are venezuelans who

blame the government for rising crime and a sinking economy. al jazerra's rachel levin joined those crowds in caracas. >> reporter: thousands of people have gathered in downtown caracas on saturday. these are people that would support the opposition. they have come here to have a concentration and a message of peace. they also have the same sort of complaints that we have been hearing all week, they say that the government still hasn't addressed two issues that is inflation, the soaring levels of crime. and while these demonstrators are here there is another march happening in the other part of the city, which is a pro government rally. for what these people have so far told us, is they want the government to listen to their complaints, to take them seriously and hopefully enter in to a dialogue where they can start addressing the problems that affect all venezuelans no matter what side of the political line they stand on. >> rachel left anyone caracas today. stay with us, we'll bring

you in-depth coverage of the crisis in both ukraine and venezuela, tonight at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific. a 13-year manhunt ended today. authorities captured the man the u.s. and mexico consider the world's most wanted drug lord. joaquin guzman was aest ared last night in a joint u.s.-mexican situation, the leaved the sin low a drug cartel had been on the run since 2001, his arrest is the latest in a series involving cartel members. >> this is a huge blow for the sin low a cartel. one of the most powerful cartels in mix co right now. >> what does it mean losing someone of that stature? >> this is a legendary figure. he was arrested in 1993, he got way. he probably bribed a lot of folks in mexico. >> in the laundry baskets. round basket. laundry basket, the famous story he got away in a laundry basket. >> he has -- he has businesses all over the place, all, a europe, united states and the americas, and now that he's

apprehended it's very likely that he will be ex-extradited to the united states to face a lot of criminal charges. >> do you think it's likely he guilt away a second time? >> if he states in mexico, he might. but, you know, we donald know that i am sure there will be plenty of security around him this time. >> do you think it will have any impact on drugs in the american streets? >> as you mentioned, there are other cartels that are operating in the united states. we have the knight templar or formerly known as the [inaudible] you have the gulf cartel, tijuana cartel. not to mention the, you know, the production of cocaine in south america, central america being the passage way to make its way in to the united states. >> you don't think there will be much of an impact on american streets? >> no. to be honest, no. >> and our thanks to robert with the council on hemispheric affair. guzman faces several drug trafficking charges here in the united states. still ahead on al jazerra,

it's a rare show of unity, is u.n. security council makes a move that could soon send much-needed help to syria. jelelah. >> meteorologist: after a mild day in the northeast a lot of snow has melted and i'll tell you about the black ice coming up very soon. i am john henry smith with the winter olympics about do wrap up americas chances of winning the medal count took a hit on this day. details ahead.

the u.n. security council voted unanimously to immediately allow aid groups in to all of syria. the document demands access for convoys delivering supplies for besieged city. cath turner has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. >> reporter: a rare sight insight the united nations security chamber. a unanimous vote. 15 votes in favor of the draft

residence looms iresolution it . >> this resolution should not have been necessary. humanitarian assistance is not to be negotiated. it is something to be allowed by virtue of international law. >> reporter: for weeks there were deem divisions between russia and western countries over previous versions of the resolution, moscow claimed they contained one-sided accusations over the syrian regime. and also unhappy with the threat of u.n. sake sanctions over anyy obstructing aid that was taken out. >> the russian federation supported the draft resolution since agreeing on the document many russian considerations were borne in mind and it took on a balanced nature. >> reporter: the resolution demands cross border access end to aerial attacks and the key question now is how and when

will the aid be delivered. >> as hard as it was to a cheer a security council resolution passing today's resolution was the easy part. the hard and desperately necessary part is implementation. the world now needs to stands united on above of implementation so that there are no more broken promises, no more delays, no more coupling minor concessions with cruel and shameless attacks on civilians. >> reporter: there is no doubt the unity shown by the security council is a diplomatic breakthrough but the true impact of the resolution can't be measured unless and until humanitarian aid actually reaches the millions of syrians trapped inside their own current i, caking turn, he insided united nations, new york. the national weather services confirmed a series of tour nate owes struck central illinois. officials say a number of homes were damaged by an ef2 tornado,

powerful wind gusts of over 100 miles per hour. severe damage there in the planes jelelah. >> meteorologist: very severe. tornadoes are pass any time. year, this is early for that. but the damaging wind, we had mulmultiple reports all a is contract east coast as we track in to friday night. the front that produced all of the that damaging wind is offshore, it's stationery a bidt off florida. developing early on thunderstorms, tomorrow they wilwilminnish in illinoisdimini. five field injured in a mobile home park in illinois, so we are going to continue to monitor them as they are looking at a bit of snow and cooler temperatures pushing in tonight and in to tomorrow. the cold air is on its way to the north eats, right east, rigw 54 degrees in downtown new york city. what a beautiful day out there. high perfect newer control. but with all of that warmth,

with all of those mild temperatures, we are looking at a lot the snow across the area melting and black ice going it be a primary threat out there tonight. so if you are traveling, temperatures in the outlying areas across the north east are expecting to drop in to the low 30s so we could see some ice develop out on the roadways. again, very comfortable day. albany 50. washington, d.c. 56. but they climbed up to 64 degrees today. don't worry, winter still here and will make its presence know as we track back to work on monday. we'll reach a high of 38 agrees, tuesday 33 in on in to friday, subzero temperatures return, we'll be back in the teens across the northwest a bit of snow to contend with here tonight we believed see up to a foot of snow. across the washington and oregon cascades.

>> a high of 7, okay, thanks jelelah. here is sports now, usa men's hockey team gave it a good go. almost. >> well, they gave it a good go until the last couple of games, it looked like they barely got out of bed for this effort they put forth in morning. in sochi, usa hockey often disappointment of losing a tight one to canada still had a chance to salvage a bronze medal saturday if they could get past finland, but unfortunately they couldn't get past finland's goaltender tuukka rask. the boston bruins an netminder turned away 27 team suc usa including two penalty shots from patrick kane, the u.s. got shutout in their final six pergdz of hockey as finland beat them 5-0. besides having the most interesting name in the winter olympics, vick wild hats one of the most interesting stories he's an american snowboarder who married a russian and moved there and now competes for russia. he captured his second goal when

he rallied to beat benjamin carl of austria in the parallel slalom. afterwards the new russian citizen got a call from russian president vladimir putin praising him in saying, quote, sports fake smiles on the most talented driven in strongest in spirt it's. en enend quote. his wife won bronze in the women's portion of the event. age and youth were served in an historic way in men's alpine skiing, 34-year-old austrian became the oldest ever ski champion winning gold in the men's slalom by .28 of a second over countryman and reigning world champion marcel herscher. coming in third was henrik christoffer en, 19 year old and becomes the youngest medalist in history. south korea is still in a adveritise i aboutizzyabout whae

considering biased judging. they have protested the outcome that gave the gold to the unheralded russian, there is a problem, though, the sports international governing body says such a protest needed to be filed immediately to trigger an investigation, and as of yet they have not received any protest letter. here is your updated medal count. russia and norway tied with 11 gold medals a piece, in terms of all medals russia is alone with 29. the u.s. second with 27. norway is third with 26. canada and the netherlands, they are tied for fourth with 24. well, every year at the big job interview known as the nfl combine, there is a prospects everyone really wants to hear from. last year it was cal fish victim manti te'o, this year it's michael sam. the man poised to become the nfl office first openly game player. among the huge throng the media to attend the press conference was our own michael eaves, michael how big was that crowd? >> reporter: well, john, it was the biggest crowd of any media

availability at this year's nfl combine. johnny manziel spoke a couple of days ago, it was crowded. gentleman davion clowney spoke today, it was crowded. jim harbaugh, ozzie knew someonknewnewson.michael sam's l attended. 35 questions over the course of 12 minutes, people were asking about his switch from positions from defensive lineman to potential outside linebacker in the nfl, his ability to rush the quarterback and his public statement a couple of weeks ago that he is indeed gay. after today's availability it seems as though michael sam is hoping solely to concentrate on football. >> oh, heck, yeah i wish you you would justify say michael sam, how is football going, training go, i would love for you to ask me that question. it is what it is. i just wish you guys would see me as michael sam the football player instead of michael sam the gay football player.

since up am not on an active nfl roster right now, that is my only thought. is to be on that roster. and so that's my 100 percent focus this. i a think not focusing on any else, but to earn my spot on an nfl team. >> he will be a huge asset to any team. not just on the field. locker room, outside community wise he's just an amazing person and he will bring a lot to whatever team he goes to. >> right now he's projected to be a third to fifth round draft pick his agent thinks he should go much higher. i he will get a chance, john on, monday that to understand out among competition when he goes in front coaches and scouts on the field at lucas oil stadium. to get tested in various drills to find out how good of an athlete michael sam is. >> that will be proof in the pudding, michael eaves, thank you very much. coming up at 8:00 we'll talk by 50th anniversary from one of sports greatest figures mohamed

ali winning his first heavyweight championship against sunny his tonight. >> reporter: for now that's sports for this hour. >> 50 years, that's a long time i didn't realize it had been so long. >> makes pee feel old, i don't know about you. >> thank, john. still ahead, protesters gathered for another day of marchs in venezuela why president nicholas maduro a turned to personal. and a disease from across the mexican border.

and welcome back to al jazerra america. here are the top stories this half hour. mexican authorities say they have captured the country's most wanted drug lord joaquin guzman was arrested last night during a joint u.s. mexican operation, the leader of the sinaloa drug cartel had been on the run since his prison escape in 2001, you now faces multiple drug trafficking charges in the u.s. and more protests in venezuela today. thousands of opponents and

supporters attended rival rails in the capital of caracas, opposition protesters demand the president's resignation, he claims them of forming a coup. yule i can't tim shin co was released today and spoke to supporter. >> translator: it's a different ukraine, it's the ukraine of free people and you gave the gift every one of those living today and those living in the future, you gave the gift of ukraine. and that is why people who are there and died there are heros forever. >> and our kim has more on yulia tim shiancoe's story. >> reporter: a trained engineer and economist, she made her fortunate on the back of you ukrainian independence forming a major energy company after the soviet union broke up she became known as the gas princess and

like many tycoons made her move in to politics. lexed to parliament in 996, she quickly rows through the ranks becoming deputy prime minister for the fuel and energy sector in 1999. it was in two noun four when victor yanukovych was elected president in alleged lid rigged elects that she truly came in to her zone. along side ali and presidential hopeful she called on ukrainians to take to the streets in protest. wearing the color of our opposition party, hundreds of thousands turned out. the protests dubbed the orange revolution. after reelections the orange alliance took power. and tymoshenko became prime minister, but by the 2010 suppress hal election, she was ready to go out on her own. in a bitter presidential defeat she was beat edge by arch rival victor yanukovych and in august the following year was arrested. amid outrage from the west, she was sentence today seven years behind bars, on charges of

abusing power in a gas deal. from prison she staged a temporary hunger strike saying she had been beaten by guards and needed better medical attention for chronic back pain. now despite two years of maintaining her inning car operation was no more than political revenge, it's the decriminal saying under the count in which she was impressed which has set her free. the taliban's official leader has publicly refused peace talks. just yesterday the taliban claimed responsibility for an tack on a police station near kabul. suicide boxers blew up their vehicle and opened fire. several bombers and at least one police officer were killed. al jazerra's bernard smith reports from kabul on the shattered lives of police officers wounded in the

conflict. >> reporter: for much of the past six years, this has been abdul's life. lying face down in a bare room. former police officer was paralyzed by shrapnel after his pickup truck hit a roadside bomb in central afghanistan. >> i have endured so much pain and tragedy over the past six years my wife, god bless her, who turns me overlooks after me. after god, she's the only person month cares. i can't even use the bathroom. >> reporter: abdul joined the police as an idealistic 22 year old. he says he wanted to seven his s country. but there is only so much they can do for him. he was flown to india for surgery, however doctors there couldn't help him. last year almost 80 officers were killed every week during the april to november fighting season. another 3,000 remember injured accord to this government.

>> he used to tell us these terrible stories from the frontline and told me dangers about the job and i told them not doing anymore but he said as long as i am alive i will serve my country. when he was a lived the government used him now that he's wounded and paralyzed they don't care about him. >> reporter: ab doubt wants treatment in the u.s. or europe. it will cost 10s of thousands of dollars. in reality, this is probably how he'll be for the rest of his life. the afghan government says that during the past six months, the number of police casual at thises has actually fallen dramatically from up to 20 a day, to around three or four now. they put that down to providing reinforcement more being quickly during attacks, better medical he valuevaluations and stopping unnecessary patrols, but this remains a very dangerous professional phased with an enemy willing to blow itself up and kill indiscriminately. bernard, al jazerra, ca dull. in iraq today officials began handing out new voterism

d. cards. they contain a computer chip which authoritys hope will prevent fraud. officials are still deciding how to hand out the cards in anbar province. the violence has forced thousands to flee that pop prov. more protest in venezuela. rival rallies in the capital of caracas. opposition protesters have been demanding the president's resignation, he accuses them of attempting a coup. our daniel joins us live from you no caracas with more. what are you sewing tonight, daniel? >> reporter: well, it was a day of demonstrations, of protests on both sides. thousands of supporters for both the opposition and the government were out in force. listening to speeches from opposition leaders, principally from enrique one of the main opposition leaders calling for

unity among what has been a fragmented opposition organization, saying that their campaign will continue, urging them to get out onto the streets, to enforce the resignation, to force changes in the did government of nicholas maduro. he, on the other hand, talking to his supporters, accuses the opposition of launching a cure against his government. he was saying he was democratically electriced in elections last year. was demonstrating to the crowd home made grenades nail bombs that he says were being used by the opposition against government forces. but at the same time, is urging all segments, all parts of this conflict to get together to talk in a day day of peace next wednesday. so a day really where the polarization of venezuelan society very much apparent. >> and daniel, aside from asking president maduro to accept down, has the opposition made any other demands?

>> reporter: they are asking for measures to be taken to end the very high crime rate. it has one of the worst murder rates anywhere in the world venezuela and rampant inflation, though really those two measures they would like the government to deal w they also accuse the government of corruption and would like to see an end to that. but as far as specific, you know, those are the specific demands, and they also the opposition is very much split on whether they want maduro to go now or whether they want him to make changes before elections in a few years time. >> and help us understand what is happening in the country side outside the capital where i understand the government has sent soldiers to some of the western states. >> reporter: that certainly is the case. in the town of san christ balance fringes government forces were sent there it's a hot bed of opposition, al jazerra crew film crew was there a couple of days arc they had to leave after being threatened, after attempts were made to rob their equipment. they had to get out of the city

pretty quickly and come back to the safe i of caracas. the government troops sent there to try to stabilize the situation. but there has been protests against what the locals see as the mill ter ionizatio mill terr city. also to stop all together fuel surprise to some of the rain ups where the opposition isest. they say to try to the halt the violence the opposition groups say it's a punishment against their opposition of the government. >> the government has accused the united states with interfering with politics there, does that have a lot of traction with the public there in venezuela? >> reporter: these are longstanding accusations made by hugo chavez he accused the united states of trying to undermine his government of being involved in a coup against his government in 2002 nicholas

maduro has asked president obama or john kerry to talk to him where he says he will present evidence of u.s. interference in the opposition movement. in swun venezuela. unlikely he will heed that invitation, at the same time, the journalist tick visas both to the cnn crew in venezuela have been revoked, owe the authorities see the u.s. as very much interfering. >> thank you. moving now to the vatican where pope francis elevated his first-class of bishops in to the college of cardinals. several new princes of the church are from poor nations. the nina pointies will help the pope run the catholic church. also on hand retired pope benedict district, it was his first public appearance since retiring last year.

>> reporter: the new cardinals were the personal choice of pope francis. with half coming from outside europe and none from the united states. many from developing nations pope francis has made it clear he wants to shift the power away from the vatican. but the presence of pope benedict district was a real sign. since his resignation a year ago. it's been one of the most important weeks of pope francis and for the catholic church as a whole. faced with reported opposition inside the vatican, pope francis has been leading a debate on whether the church's teaches on divorce, hom homosexuality neede thinking. a poll was held on what the catholic'catholic church amountn family morals. most reject them as outdated and

unrealistic. >> translator: the pope is paving way for change little by little because it can't happen automatically. you have to take small steps because in the vatican you have to follow a certain process. >> translator: homosexuality, civil sewn i don't knows i am strongly christian but i believe that this pope can open doors that in the past were always kept shut. >> reporter: this week's meeting came before another key conference later in the year on family issues. vatican expert says the pope's'a attempt to modernize the church is an uphill battle. >> translator: catholics who divorce and remarry, even gay couples adopting children are becoming the norm in the western world. so the church can't just ignore them. >> reporter: the 19 new cardinal will be among those called to make life-changing decisions for the millions of catholics around the world asks pope francis to break with tradition.

and keep up with modern times. >> that was our claudio reporting from vatican city. the fence that divides the u.s. and mexico may keep people from crossing the border, but health officials are finding it less effective at stopping the transmission of diseases. jennifer london has more from tijuana mexico. >> translator: i don't want to live likely, i would rather die. >> reporter: it started as a cough that lasted for months. then she began losing weight. >> i was really thin. and so sick i couldn't sleep at night. >> reporter: she lives in identity juan, a mexico, didn't have a stubborn cold or a nasty case of the flu. she had contracted a potentially deadly form of at that bush lows us. if you think it. b. is a disease that was irradicated years ago, think again. in the mexican state of baja, california, which shares a border with the united states. health officials are not only seeing an arlamming up tick in

the number of t.b. cases. the doctor says the border has become a breeding ground for drug resistent strains of the disease. in part, because so many people are living in urban poverty. without proper sanitation, and access to health care. >> when you have a lot of t.b. you start getting drug resistence cases. >> reporter: it's also difficult to diagnose it an airborne disease that can easily be spread through a cough. on average within person can infect another 20 people. >> you can be in a bus, theater, market, and if somebody with tuberculosis is covering there, you can be infected. >> reporter: or you could be crossing the border in to california, health officials say many people infected with t.b. enter the u.s. from mexico. one of the biggest challenges facing health officials on both sides of the border how do you contain a contagious airborne

disease, a wall, a fence, it's meaningless. north of the border, california has the highest rates of t.b. in the u.s., representing 22% of the nation's 9500 cases reported in 2012. >> the concern is that you are going to have drug resistent strains that we are no longer able to control. >> reporter: cath line moser is the director of the t.b. control program for the san diego county public health services. she says cross border collaboration is critical to stem the spread. >> what we are trying to do is work together so that the strains we have here, the strains that they have on the other side, that we treat all of the patients so that they don't get more and more drug resistent. >> it's so important when america starts to look at an issue like tuberculosis they don't dismiss it as something that stops at the border because it doesn't. >> reporter: that's richard, his international community

foundation in san diego helps funds d.p. treatment plans in mexico. >> we live an increasingly mobile society today. a lot of global travel today that did not exist 30 years ago, and so we have so much more human migration than ever in history. and that is contributeing to the problem of the spread of tuberculosis it's a matter of being educated, proactive and making smart investments in public health. >> reporter: which is why the work that dr. rafael does each day in his tijuana clinic is so critical. trying to stop the spread a disease that is beating the border. jennifer london, al jazerra, tijuana mexico. american flags flying over u.s. military bases must now contain 100 percent american-made material. the defense department's major flag vendors are american companies but until now they were allowed to use foreign-sourced material. an amendment to the purchasing

rules now requires all materials such as fabric and ink to come from american companies. >> and still ahead on al jazerra america an emotional reunion. after three days of meetings with loved ones they haven't seen in years, north korean families return home without their relatives.

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claimed a terrorist organization. families separated by war were reunited in north korea this weekend, carolyn malone has more on the emotional reunions. >> reporter: when will i see you again? he asks his older brother. they remember reunited briefly for the first time since 1972. when he was abducted and taken to north korea on a fishing boat. they are among 8 82 elderly souh koreans, selected from thousands to remeet their family members in north korea over the week end. even the north korean hostesses are up ka*ut up in th caught up. it's a rare opportunity, families split up in the north korean war of 1950s, most don't get this chance. those who do, make the most of it, a nephew bows to his uncle. and a father tries to comfort

his daughter. >> translator: don't cry, you shouldn't cry on this good day. bale be able to meet again soon. trust your father. so stay healthy and live well. >> reporter: a third of this group are over 90. at least two of them got sick and had to return home. a second group of south koreans will be allowed up to the diamond mountain resort from a sunday to tuesday, it's such a special time because they don't have any contact with their families otherwise. people can't write even nails, exchange phone calls or write letters to each other. thithis arrangement was only agd to by north and south korea a few weeks ago. the last reunion happened more than three years ago. but now this reunion is over. and these koreans had to say goodbye to each other. they know there is little chance of hearing from each other, let alone seeing each other again.

caroline malone, al jazerra. >> always hard to watch there. severe blooding has cut off access to a state in brazil, unrelentalling rains have driven thousands from their homes, more than 10 feet remain on the highway. supplies trucks are stranded and rez defense bracing for a food and yule fuel shortage. beijing is under a cloud of smog today. it's so difficult to breathe there the government has raised its pollution alert to orange, the second most dangerous level and it is above the level the u.s. regulators consider safe. all *p all outdoor events canceled, forecasters expect the smog to steak aroun stick aroune more days. moose populations in north america are dropping fast but no one knows why exactly. adam may went there minnesota to look for clues. >> reporter: it's a race again time to save the moose in northern minnesota, the

population rapidly moving from endangers to near extinction in this part of the country. >> if we continuity trajectory, we'll be out of moose in 2025. >> reporter: biologist michelle and her team are scramble to go find out why the mammoth mammals are dieing at such an alarming rate. this one traveling with her calf, is being collared in to a state research project led by her. the study, the large efforts of its kind anywhere in the world. >> reporter: first the moose is darted with a tranquilizer from the air. then a team of researchers get up close to take medical samples. so behind me right now what the research team is doing is taking blood samples from the cow, they have also taken harry samples and measuring the entire animal for the research. the moose is then outfited with

a gps collar that tracks her movements. if the animal stops moving the research team gets an alert. >> this is set up to have an emotional censor trigg fore mortality. so as long as it's moving on an xyz plane it's in live mode but if it's motionless for six hours, it goes in to mortality mode and it transfers the information to our smart phones. >> reporter: the aim is to get the moose within 24 hours of its death to perform a necropsy. the project is in its second year, its came is to find out why the population is about half what it was just 10 years ago. >> we still don't know a main driver, so, you know, getting to the health related ones wolves are having an impact. that no surprise, but on the health related side we are seeing liver fluke related mortality, some brain worm and you know, we have seen some went

ticked, buwinter ticks but alsol unknowns. >> reporter: she partnered up with other groupings using the same collaring technology. >> moose are a primary subsistence species so for that reason they are interesting in understanding what is causing moose population declines. >> reporter: seth moore is a biologist for the grand portage panned of chip was, a native american tribe near the canadian border he's been study ising moose for several years and he thinks much of what is happening can be linked to global warming. >> i strongly believe this is a reflection of our changing climate. the things that are affecting moose are parasites that are transmitted from deer. deer increase under warmer temperatures, and shorter winters. the things that are affecting moose include winter ticks, tick numbers tend to be high when we have early snowmelt which is also indicative i've warming climate. >> reporter: the monarch of the forest is an icon in the minnesota's north woods here the imagine's image adorns

everything from t-shirts to coffee are cups. everyone hopes they solve this moose mystery before it's too laid. adam may, al jazerra minnesota. >> fascinating stuff. in central oregon an 11-foot tall bolder rolled down a hill blocking a popular hiking trail the crew hiked up the steep trail and spent the day breaking the rock apart. the trail reopened yesterday. that's our show, thanks so much for joining us, i am jonathan bets and i'll be back in an hour with more news, head lines after this very short break.

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spoke at independence square. she was freed from prison earlier today. >> translator: it's a difficult ukraine, it's the ukraine of free people. and you gave the gift. every one of those living today and those who will live in the future. you gave the gift of ukraine and that is why people who are there and died there, they are heros forever. >> thousands of opponents and supporters of the venezuelan government attended rival rallies in the capital of caracas today. oppositions protesters have been demanding the president step down, he accuses them of attempting a coup. mexican authorities say they have capture the country's most wanted drug lord, joaquin guzman was arrested last night. the lead are the sinaloa drug cartel had been on the run since his prison escape in 2001. new hope to peace in afghanistan as a faction of the taliban met the government of

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