they need assistance. >> >> this movement is consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. >> the prime minister of malaysia confirms what many have been speculating, the communication system in the missing malaysia airlines flight was disabled on purpose. >> military moves ahead of a referendum vote in ukraine.

a sign that tensions are still. the war in syria three years later - thousands dead, millions misplaced and calls for bashar al-assad to step down. >> paleontologists have come upon a new species of dinosaur. we tell you how they came upon it and sorted it out 70 million years later. >> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford plif in new york city. it's been a week since malaysia airlines flight 307 went off radar with 239 people on board. overnight the prime minister of malaysia gave his first news conference suggesting foul play. >> we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft

communications addressing and reporting system for acar was disabled >> sources close to the investigation say someone may have purposely flown the aircraft off course. the search has been redirected to kads -- khazakhstan, and the south indian ocean. the data recorder, the little black book sends out signals for 30 days. recovering the black box is imperative for seeing exactly what happened. >> these are developments announced by prime minister najib razak on saturday. they focus on two areas, the

first that there's evidence of action on the flight deck of the triple 7 to shut down the transponders and turn the aircraft in a separate direction. >> they confirmeded satellite information showing that the aircraft entered two sky highways, a northern and a southern one. the northern one goes from northern thailand up to khazakhstan, and the southern one goes from indonesia to the southern parts of the indian ocean. that indicates someone has experience or was able to coerce the pilot to change your his turn of direction or that the aircraft in some way automatically went into the sky highways. most likely it was deliberate action like the prime minister said. also a shift back to the investigation of the passengers. the crew and the flight deck crew. what is their background. could they have been involved in

a hijacking. that has been floated as a possibility, it's not definitive. that information is not coming out until you have physical proof. recordings of what happened in the flight deck before it changed course as well as if there's indication of any physical struggle in the cockpit. that will not be confirmed or determined until there's physical evidence of that. the last interesting information that the prime minister said is that the aircraft last sent a signal at 8:11:00am local time. seven hours after it initially dropped off radar and the two transponders were turned off. there's a wide area that the search goes. clearly with the indication the south china sea search is being transitioned and assets moving west and more countries will be involved. we know a little more information, but the search area is very, very big >> jim walsh is a research associate at mit and joins us from watertown massachusetts for

more on the missing malaysian flight. thank you for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> the malaysian prime minister najib razak said the movements are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. how does that change the investigation? >> we had three big questions last week. one is what happened in the plane. was there a mechanical problem, humans involved, foul play. that's one set of questions. second set is what happened to the plane after that. did it end up in the o, land somewhere. the third is why did it happen? we are getting evidence that it was a human intervention. everyone will want to think given the history we have in the u.s. this that leads you to terrorism. it's one possibility, but not the only one. it's probably not the likely possibility. people have nonpolitical

motivations. at least in the past trying to take over airplanes, they could be criminal, religious, psychological. there's a set of reasons why one or more people might get involved. >> you are saying it is likely that it was tape obvious by a person, but less likely that it was politically motivated. >> again this, is a story changing literally every day. those of us that looked at terrorism in the past and studied it, there's questions. there's no claim of responsibility. there's no pattern in this area of this sort of activity. it's not clear how you link the taking of the plane to a political outcome. all these are pieces you'd see if there is a terrorist element in it. none of those are present. it's still a possibility, you don't want to take it off the map, but there are other reasons

why people intervene and try to take over planes. >> the prime minister said based on the new satellite information, the investigation was leaving the south china sea, and moving into one or two elections. this is one northern corridor stretching from northern thailand to the border of khazakhstan to turkize tan. what will the government of those areas be called upon to do. will they be pulled into the investigation? >> absolutely. in several different ways. in the search itself. let's be clear, the two paths point to different sorts of outcome. if you go south, the only thing you see is water. the possibility of a landing becomes increasingly remote. that looks like it will have crashed into the sea. unfortunately that southern zone is so large. it will be very difficult to try to find a plane that is the

needle in the haystack. the northerly route includes countries that will be brought in and people will want to look at air satellite communications and radar and there'll be possibility that the plane landed. still, the u.s., off the record, said they believed the plane went foo -- into the water. it does not give hope that the plane landed on dry land. >> briefly, from a security standpoint, the prime minister said that the investigation would be refocussed into the crew and the passengers. what types of things will they be looking for. what constitutes a red flag when something looks fishy. >> two sets of things. one is they'll look at the crew. they'll look at the email communications to family members, were any of them having psychological problems, were they in debt. that's one set.

then you look at them because they know how to run the plane. they know where to go down into the little place to shut off the transponder. that's one set. separately are the passengers. they'll look for people who have flight experience or who took lessons in how to fly the plane or have criminal or other connections, as well as looking at email or communications with family members and others. for the passengers, the critical issues are do any of them have flight experience. if none of them do, and none manage the flight, that narrows the list of possibilities. >> all right. jim walsh research associate with the security studies program nit, from watertown. thank you for joining us. >> the uncertainty is taking a toll on the families. this report from kuala lumpur. >> the lack of information is too distressing.

still no clear direction of where the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight is heading. the atmosphere is dense as relatives meet officials from the airline in beijing. but they don't find the answers they are hoping for. >> we have been stuck here too long. every day is a torture. i don't know how many more days we'll have to wait. i want accurate information as soon as possible. >> in kuala lumpur families have been put up in a hotel while they await news. volunteer caregivers have been assigned to help them cope. >> they hope the airplane will be fine and the family is safe. few of the family, they think the chances are low. they are prepared to accept what may happen. >> across the country though

some have not given up hope, placing the safe in higher powers. >> we just perform for the sake - for the safety of the industry. so with the god of alla we pray that the airline and crews and passengers will be found safe and in good health. >> that was al jazeera's florence louie reporting. >> ukraine is preparing for crimea's referendum on whether to join russia. they say they will not recognise the outcome. russia says this will accept the outcome of the referendum and has started military exercises. we have live team coverage from jennifer glasse, live from ukraine, and phil ittner. let's go to phil ittner now.

what is the interim government planning to do if the referendum passes? >> there's not a lot they can do politically. they are meeting today to does an emergency meeting in parliament. politically there's little they can do because there's russian boots on the ground. they can't hope to dislog them. they are mobilizing the military, sending them to the boarder, because they are concerned about statements coming out of moscow expressing concern about ethnic russians in mainland ukraine. there's a feeling in kiev that actuality the russians could try to grab more than the peninsula, so they are mobilizing their military. >> you mentioned how many boots are on the ground. the obama administration made no

progress on the diplomatic front. is hope for diplomacy completely lost? >> it doesn't look like it's making progress, frankly. again, it comes back to troubling enough not diplomatic but political matters. we saw from senator john mccain, who is heading the delegation in kiev, that every member of the ukrainian government is asking, urging, plating for there to be military assistance coming from the united states. this doesn't look like this is going to be any way to talk out of this crisis. >> what about the vote in the ukraine constitutional court on the referendum. will that make any difference whatsoever? >> well, i'm going to start to sound like a broken record. again it's frustrating to know

that basically there's so little that can be done with this. the constitutional court basically said crimea overstepped authorities. it doesn't have the power to call a referendum. they say "if you want to talk about breaking away, it needs to be a national referendum. the constitutional course agreeing with the government. that referendum, if it goes through, it's not legitimate, and we won't recognise her. >> no, phil ittner reporting from the capital. >> from kiev to the port city of simferepol, voting begins in less than 24 hours. in sevastopol many are lining up for flags, and that's where we find jennifer glasse. the pro-russian sentiment has been vocal and strong, sometimes violent. is that making pro-ukrainian

supporters afraid to speak out? >> very much. we have seen very, very little pro-ukrainian voices. i spoke to a man born here, who lived here, whose grandparents are from here, but is pro-kiev. he feels he can't fly the ukrainian flag. he is not going to vote. he says the referendum is a pr exercise, that moscow is showing the west that there is democracy, but the outcome is predetermined. if you look around the city, the russian flags are flying everywhere. they were giving out a flag in the park. and the line was hundreds of people long. the pro-russian sentiment is what you see in public. anyone who dissent, tries to keep it quiet. >> have you noticed a sign of outside regulators? >> no, we haven't seen anything

here of any kind of outside monitoring or anything like that. we tried to get into a polling station to get a sense of what they were doing. the woman running that polling station was happy to let us come in and film and talk to her about what is going to happen tomorrow. she said it's been busy. but the local militia. these are local people who wear armbands, but have no other authority wouldn't let our camera inside. that's the kind of really anarchy we are seeing here. there's no sense of real rule of law. you can't go in. we have seen no outside monitoring or anything like that. not in sevastopol. i know they said crimean authorities were going to let the o.s.c. in, but we have seen no sign of them yet. >> thank you for being with us this morning. >> good saturday morning to you, i'm meteorologist eboni deon. getting through the first half

of the weekend we'll see warmer temperatures returning to the eastern u.s., thanks to an area of high pressure off the coastline. winds will come up from the south, giving the temperatures a boost. there'll be cold air found mainly here around the great lakes. much of the south enjoying the warmth and sunshine. we are dealing with a lot of moisture, in advance of a snow system. eventually on sunday into the lower mississippi valley. with warm moist air and lift in stability we'll deal with the threat of severe weather. this area shaded in red, on east ward into new orleans, and sworn areas of mississippi, that is where we could be dealing with strong storms later today. isolated tornados , the main threat damaging winds.

we are off to a quiet start. it's mild and the cloud cover in place. there's plenty of moisture. we'll watch the system today tracking east and north, and interacting with colder air and snow. >> thank you so much. meteorologist deepwater horizon. >> federal regulators filed a lawsuit against 16 of the world's largest banks. u.s. regulators say the banks increase profits by collusion rather than competition. this is the latest forcing big banks to pay more than $5 billion in settlements, and that's just since 2008. >> the white house is cracking down on for-profit colleges. under the new rules they'll lose federal funding if 30% of former

students default on their loans. if approved the regulations will take effect in 2016. >> a french court delivers ruling in the trial of a man responsible for the genocide of hundreds of thousands of roou wandans. >> i'm on lake superior, a like that is completely frozen over. and why that is a problem. >> remember the man captured in this photo to mark the end of world war ii.

>> good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. a verdict in the landmark genocide trial 20 years after the atrocities in rwanda. first the temperatures across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. >> very nice conditions. we'll certainly feel the warm up in store as we go through the day. temperatures mild for this time

of day. we are in the mid 40s around new york city, not dropping more than that. 54 in d.c., 37 in chicago, 47 in memphis. as we get a closer view of the north-east, temperatures around 40 degrees in albany. it's world across parts of new england and that's where we'll see scattered snow showers. colder air on the great lakes. 6 in thunder bay, canada. temperatures on the ruse. kansas city specting close temperatures as well. >> a french court sentenced a former rwandan intelligence offer to 25 years in prison. he was accused of aiding the massacres of ethnic tu tus by arming hutus. many were left dead. some of the these images are

disturbing. >> almost 20 years on and on a different continent to where the atrocities took place, pascal simbikangwa was found guilty of genocide. before the jury went out, he said the french justice system had nothing on him. after more than 11 hours of deliberation, the verdict was handed down, much to the relief of the people who helped to bring this case to court. >> i think the vick tips have been recognised in the court. that is enormous. >> now, it is difficult to comprehend what happened in rwanda. in 100 days around 800,000 people were killed. rwanda spiralled out of control after the hutu president's plane was shot down of the most of the victims were minourity hewitt

sis. throughout the trial they tried to minimise the rwandan secret service. the court heard he distributed weapons and gave them to hutus who carried out the killings. before the conflict france was a rwandan backer. allegations that france was complicit, that it trained the militia that carried out the killings conditioned. paris denied it had a role in the genae side. >> the verdict was politically motivated. >> this is the first trial in france where you found someone guilty of genocide, sending a strong message to rwanda, saying that for 20 years france has been a bad pupil. >> pascal simbikangwa had denied the charges against him and could spend the rest of his life behind bars.

>> for years france has been accused of being a safe haven for rwandan suspects. this case and an out come could set a precedent for others to face justice. >> a scathing report blasting the poor safety record of one of the country's busiest train systems. four passengers decide and 70 were injured and the federal railway said metro north sacrificed safety. it was a failure to carry out inspections for inappropriate sell phone use. >> 78-year-old walter williams made headlines when he stopped breathing and was pronounced dead by a coroner. he started working as he was being prepared for embecamement.

>> his family said he passed away peace reply on thursday. >> we look at the fighting in syria, and the plight of millions of refugees forced to flee their home. >> and the workers in sri lanka among the poorest workers. >> a former number one is upset again.

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, these are the stories we are following. malaysia's prime minister is saying there was likely foul play involved in the disappearance of that malaysia airlines flight 307. he announced that they strongly

believed someone disabled the tracking device. the search expanded from india to khazakhstan, and south. >> a referendum on whether crimea will join russia or stay as part of the ukraine. russia says it will recognise the results, others will not. it will set the stage for potential diplomatic fall out. >> today marks three years before the uprise in syria ended, with no end to the conflict in site. bashar al-assad running for reelection was condemned, saying he has no legitimacy. >> countless homes have been destroyed. power was cut off in many parts of the country and food and medical supplies were limited. the war took a toll on the country's infrastructure.

historic marketplaces, once bustling with activity has been reduced to rubble. more than 2 million syrians have been forced out of their home and country. >> lebanon is home to a number of refugees, close to a million. jordan is behind. iraq and egypt hosting more than 100,000 - and they are the official numbers. perhaps thousands of others have not been able to get refugee status. many syrians are living in makeshift homes, we go now. we'll come back later in the program. >> getting rid of syria's chemical arsenal is a major issue. al jazeera security contributor formally worked with the group overseeing the removal of the weapons. she gave us the update. we know that it's behind

schedule. the most toxic in the stockpile was supposed to have been removed from the country by the end of last year. we are in the middle of march and something less than a third of the dangerous chemicals have been removed from syria. >> the syrian government says the delay is due to security issues, preventing it moving the weapons from inside syria. the civil war forced some refugees acrossed border. in the golan heights they are finding medical help rather than a hate red. >> this is a severe injury, because you had open fracture of the bone. we lost this here. next week he'll be back in syria. when this is needed i leave this

job and are the commander of the field hospital. these people remain untreated. >> a shell exploded near me as a car swerved and hit me. i rode a motorbike. i would like to go to a hospital in syria. it's not safe. you hear stories about injured civilians arrested. we were cut off to access to food, drink, electricity. my family has fled. where do they go? i don't know. >> i provide medical aid for syrian people. syrian country. it was and still is the enemy. i never thought that these people would ask me to help them. it's a big surprise to me here.

it wasn't in the dream to come to get treatment in israel, we are the enemy, okay. i had other surgeries, all were the lower leg, open wound and there's exposed bone. >> translation: a group of guys brought me to the border. they handed me over. >> in the bechildrening, of course, we knew that israel is the enemy. that's what the regime used to tell us. i found the people there want to live. >> i don't know which asked them to fire. >> i'm full of happy possess and appreciation to the country that

assisted me. >> we'll go back to becka valley, where refugees have been forced to flee amid the war in syria. >> it's been three years, as you just mentioned since the conflict started in syria, and the people here who have been here for a while want to remind the world today, as well as the government of syria and the syrian opposition of the ral difficult conditions they are having to live in in exile. these people are people that lived in homes, houses and led normal lives and had jobs, and now that's been reduced to nothing. they live in makeshift shelters, as you can see, made of wooden frame and plastic sheeting. this is the most they can afford. and they have to pay rent to the

owner of the land. this is a tent where they don't have enough plastic sheeting to cover the top of the tent, so it's raping on them all the time. it gets cold and muddy. they are squalid living conditions. now, syrians who have been here in lebanon for a while are afraid and uncertain about syria's future. they want to go back to their homes. as i explained in this report. >> a syrian refugee never thought she'd give birth on her youngest child in lebanon. in is one of the new syrian refugees. her parents and siblings became refugees here. >> i feel sorry for her. whatever she'll have will be less than what her siblings ha. she'll be provided with clothes, heat and basic health care.

>> the refugees in exile the longest are the most pestistic. her family has been living in the tent city for over a year and a half. >> the war has prevented us from having dreams or plans for our lives. we survive the day, not knowing what will happen to us tomorrow. hopes, ambitions, plans have been shattered. >> his son tells him he wants to return to syria because he is unhappy here. >> they can't return because syria is too dangerous. >> over 2.5 million syrians have been registered as refugees. the majority are here in lebanon. three years after the start of the conflict and with no political solution, the the future looks uncertain. the u.n. refugee agency says syrians could make up the

largest refugee population in the world. >> the war devastated children the most. between those living under siege in syria, those displaced, 5.5 million syrian children are affected. despite the conditions faced in exile. syrians are fleeing, choosing a life of hardship over death. this woman and her family fled. they have only been here for 10 days all they feel is fear and uncertainty. >> we are afraid we'll never be able to go back, and our house will be destroyed and things will be worse than they are. we'll never be able to go back. >> the war is causing a humanitarian catastrophe. it's one that continues to grow. refugees say they not only feel abandoned but deprived of a future. >> that is powerful. what does being a registered

refugee qualify the people for? >> well, there are just over 950,000 syrian refugees registered in lebanon. when they are registered, they receive a card like this one in my hand, which means that they are registered as refugees. this entitlements them to receive aid from humanitarian agencies working with the u.n. hcr. they receive $30 per person per month for food, and $100 for food for a family, and are entitled to other handouts like blankets and pillows. they are having to pay for a lot of other things they consider basic necessities themselves, such as clothing and other items. and they even have to buy heaters to use the fuel to heat

up their homes. it's a high cost on the refugee - the refugee has to cover a lot of the expenses while living in exile with a rather large family, and that turns out to be a heavy price, and a heavy cost on the refugee, which is not - who is not working, or getting a constant income. >> quite the burden to bear. thank you for joining us live from lebanon this morning. >> there is always hope. that is the name of this image by graffiti artist banksy. cities across the world are replicating the image, including london, moscow and a camp in jordan. the campaign with syria aims to ensure it's the last anniversary. >> the n.c.a.a. tournament will not be announced until sunday. mark morgan is here to explain

how it call goes down. >> everyone waits for the field to be announced but the catholic church tournaments mix things up a bit. remember syracuse started like a house on fire. the orange were 1 and 0, and the wheels on the bus stopped going around and got wobbly. the orange yesterday dropped four of their last six. we pick it up upped three minutes to play. tied at 59 as we join the action. rals tonne turner bangs in three. turner with three triples. 25 seconds to play. during the final possession the orange gets six shots off. loose ball after loose ball. doesn't matter, they keep shooting six times. four of those attempts were three pointers, and none of them fall. watch this, syracuse coming up imity with all of those attempts down of the stretch.

nc state wins 66 to 63. >> the top seed in cancan -- kansas broke open. the cyclones shot 54% as a team in this game, pulling away in the second half. the game gets a bit physical. looky here, george of iowa state bloodied. the final is 94-83. a.c.c. quarter action. cameron wright drives and finishes for two of his 11 pitt up 12, williams not happy. second half, two minutes left panthers upt eight and running. ghana 19 points. pitt wins 80-75 despite missing 20 free throws. >> phil jackson may have made a name by guiding the bulls and

lakers to 11 championships, but now he returns to his first professional home. he was part of the nicks two championship team and is back at maddison square garden as the president with a major mess to clean up. john henry smith reports. >> from those that competed against him. >> i said i think phil is a great, you know, basketball person. he's done a lot of wonderful things in our league and an i have great deal of report. >> to those that won championships. >> you know how i feel, i have so much admiration and respect. >> everyone respects what 11 time n.b.a. coach accomplished. in 20 years coaching the bulls and the lakers jackson never missed the play-offs, ranking first in season wins and 11th. in recent months, reports are

that jackson had conversations with a number of teams, including the pivotons, kings and raptors about running their basketball operations. jackson played most of his career, 10 seasons with the new york nicks and told real sports that the nicks are social to him. the best player revealed that he heard jackson to the nicks was a done deem. >> i am sure he'll sit and talk. i'm hoping to sit and have a conversation with him. at the end of the day it's phillip jackson man. i am sure you guys would love to have him. i'm the same. >> building a competitive nicks team is what jacks son will be asked to do. it will be a tall task for a man with no front office experience and a man who turns 69 in september. >> the only thing i know about is when i play.

other than that, i don't know too much about it. >> the team is in danger of the missing the play-offs for the ninth time in 13 seasons. there's no first-round pick. it won't have enough cab space to sign free agents until 2015. the first task is likely to be convincing anthony not to leave when he becomes a free ate. >> i'll have to sit down and figure out at the end of the season, and think about it. because at the end of the day when the time comes, we are talking about spending the next - the end of my career in one place. >> that's how come we discussed that. >> despite the obstacles, the number of teams think jackson will be great. >> the nicks are expected to make the official announcement on tuesday. the team is 14 games under 500,

and 3.5 out of the final spot. >> tea leaves harvesting is back-blacking work that doesn't pay well. we are told about a project that aims at improving workers lives in sri lanka. >> this is hard work. this woman and hundreds of thousands like her spend six to eight hours a day harvesting tea leaves. they are descendants of people from india brought here by the british. they earned $400 to $500, ranging between 10 to 18 kilos. trnchts it's only if we meet the targets that we are paid the day's wage. >> they meet the targets, in all kinds of weather. earning fluctuates depending on the crops, and age agencies

point out that living conditions are difficult. >> you can see the poverty levels, children are malnourished, living in a small space for the last couple of decades. plantation housing consisted of long buildings divided into rooms for each family. parents, children, and extended families, 10 to 12 children, live in the line rules. alcoholism and malnutrition is common. plantation company say they take wear of workers from womb to tomb, providing health care, child care and other services. there is still a lack of basic facilities. >> some time they are late for work. we ask why? >> sri lankan tea brings in millions of dollars every year. plantation workers, the back

bone of the industry love it. many live in houses like this. but now this project is aiming to improve their lives. world vision worked with the plantation company to introduce a pilot scheme for workers. 23 families have been given special by designed houses with running water and dedicated toilets. it allows them to raise extra money by raising chickens and growing vegetables. >> translation: we have lived with our in-laws, we have three children. it's to everyone's benefit that we have this house of our own. >> the sug ses -- success of the program, 75 more houses will be built. and more will have a decent place to live. >> we'll look at the plight of

tea workers tomorrow morning, this time in india, where the world bank authorises an investigation into their working conditions. >> the kissing sailor. we say goodbye to the map whose famous photo marks the end of world war ii. and dinosaur discovery. the latest fossil fine. >> and three years today since the syrian war beguns. as we head to the break, some before and after pictures of the syrian

>> france is experiencing its own pollution problem, and smog

is covering a third of the country triggered by a lack of whipped, warm days and cold nights. that air quality prompted paris officials to offer free public transport to get them off the road. >> speaking of the weather, the harsh winter left the great lakes more than 90% frozen over. it's causing problems in the shipping industry. >> at the fraser shipp yards, crews worked in frigid temperatures sailing the great lakes. enormous vessels and cargos must be ready to go. >> they need to get out of here in time for the first load, and want to be lined up with a full load of cargo as soon as they open the gates. >> no one is sure when that will

be. some ice on the lake is normal. not on that scale. satellite shows for the first time in decades the five great lakes are almost completely frozen over. blame the arctic winds. polar vortex blowing further south, resulting in one of the coldest winters on record. >> if this was summer, it would be impossible to stand. for the first time in 20 years, it is completely frozen solid. in some part the ice is more than a metre and a half thick. >> the five great lakes are the largest lakes in the world and a vital trade route feeding into the atlantic. it's crit call moving food to metal. cargo carried by the vessels has been hit hard by the deep freeze. december iron ore trades plunged

21%. january, cargoes were down. ice breakers have been working to clear a path. >> some deliveries couldn't be made in january. the ice was too thick and was not passable. we have steel mills that need iron ore pellets, and utility companies that need coal. it's a huge economic impact on profit margins. >> every day the ships are locked in frozen solid ports, thousands are lost to the shipping industry and the spin-off economy. >> everyone is tired of winter. it came so fast and severe. we are ready for spring. >> with the ice cover expect to take months. the calendar says spring on lake superior may be a long way off. >> a man who made history by marking the end of world war ii

with a kiss has died. ken mcduffy was snapped in this passionate kiss. he didn't know the woman and said he was so caught up in the excitement of japan's surrender, he grabbed her and kissed her. he died, surrounded by family and friends. he was 86. >> scientists in texas disorder a new species of dinosaur, a small cousin of the t rex. >> paleontologist ron spends much of his days chipping rock away from millions of years old fossils in the dallas add for the museum of nature and science. every once in a while he finds a

surprise. >> we thought it belonged to a known species of tyrannasaurus. what are the odds you find something new. >> fellow paleontologists went looking on the north slope of alaska in 2006. they found what they were looking for, and other remains they put off to the side. almost an afterthought. they started looking at them a year ago. it looked like a t rex, but it was about half the length of a 25-feet long, 1,000 pounds and roameded 2 million years earlier. >> any time you can find something new, it helps to paint a better picture. a fuller picture of how things changed and evolved. what was it like in the distant past. any additional information makes that picture more clear to us. the paleontologist found a brain

casing. a lower jaw and a snout. it was the top predator of the northern slope of alaska in a region about the size of minnesota. >> it was doing what they did anywhere else - it ate everybody. they are taking thousands of pound out of the quarry, hoping to find more. they did everything they could to disprove the species. >> we can think maybe this is new. but we have to say - find the ways to show we were wrong. after you do that a bunch of times, or try, if you can't prove your idea wrong, maybe it's right. >> casts of these bones will go on public display next month at the museum in dallas.

>> scientists say the remains are significant because they showcase the biodiversity millions of years ago. >> at the end of the first hour here is what we are following - malaysia's prime minister says the disappearance of flight 307 was no accident. he said at some point the reporting system was disabled, but the flight was detected by radar as long as eight hours after takeoff. people in crimea will vote on a referendum to ses seed and join russia. all signs indicate the vote will go forward. >> today marks the third anniversary of syria's civil war. the fighting conditions with no end in sight ag president bashar al-assad refuses to step down. >> a developing storm is threatening parts of the south. i'll show you where there's risk of warm weather. and snow to areas of

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>> investigators in malaysia now officially saying they suspect foul play in the disappearance of flight 370. counting down to the crucial vote in crimea. the show of force by russia that has the western world gearing up for political showdown. >> plus road rage in rio. the violent riot sparked by a

dispute over parking. >>..are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. that's the malaysian prime minister saying new evidence suggests that the disappearance of flight 270 may not be an accident. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. new clues in the disappearance of that flight from kuala lumpur to china. it went off radar screen about a week ago with 239 on board. someone may have purply flown the jet hundreds of miles off course. the search has now been redirected to two different

search zones, one towards khazakhstan, and the other of indian ocean. each day that ticks by is critical. the flight's data recorder, the little black box only sends out signals for 30 days. recovering the box is imperative to understanding what happened. the prime minister is confident that foul play was involved. >> we can say with a high degree of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system for acar was disabled. >> the u.s. military is helping with the search and we'll have more on the missing plane coming up at 7:30. >> and a full report from kuala lumpur. be sure to log on to

aljazeera.com. >> leaders in the ukraine crimea peninsula preparing for a referendum on whether to join russia or stay part of the ukraine. they say they will not recognise the outcome even as international observers arrive. they were invited by russia. moscow started military exercises near the ukrainian border. phil ittner is in the ukrainian capital and joins us. is there anything the interim government can do at this point to stop the referendum? >> yes, not really. there's nothing they can do politically or diplomatically. they would holding it in the square, signing letters. it's a sign of solidarity, in

particular the muslim minority group. they accept that. they call it ilchildren mate. her -- illegitimate. they are mobilizing their military. there's a grave concern that the russians may not stop at the crimean peninsula. there's instability to the east. moscow fears for the ethnic russians in that part of mainland ukraine, causing concern. they are putting their forces on alert and trying to secure what will, if the referendum goes ahead, resulting in the peninsula returning to russia. the ukrainians are having to establish a new borderline. >> with the new border, talks 2010 secretary of state john kerry and foreign minister sergei lavrov produced littliest are day. a senate delegation is leaving the country. is there hope for diplomacy or

is it lost? >> well, all along the diplomatic efforts have not been able to gain traction. as you mentioned there is a delegation here from the u.s. senate headed by john mccain, and he tweeted that every ukrainian official with whom he has met asked for u.s. military assistance. there's a sense here that the diplomatic efforts are not panning out, the political efforts are not working. no one wants to go to war, buts ukraine wants to make sure borders are secure if and when the pennins la breaks away. >> what about the vote in the court. has that made any difference whatsoever? >> well the general consensus in

the ukrainian capital is everything that is happening in crimea is illegitimate. that the crimean peninsula, the parliament out there has over stopped its boundaries, its authority, and say that under the ukrainian constitution, if you want to ses seed it has to be a national referendum. everyone has though have a say. crimea's department made a decision. it would be as if one of our states decided to up and breakaway. and we know what happened last time that was tried. the federal government saying on constitutional matters, political and civil matters, that what is happening is illegitimate. >> phil ittner reporting for us. let's take live pictures now and show you what is happening there today. i don't think we have the live pictures yet.

let's go from kiev to sevastopol, home of the black sea fleet. voting begins to decide its flat. many russian loyalists are lining up for flags, and that's where we find jennifer glasse. the pro-russian sentiment has been vocal and sometimes violent. is that making pro-ukrainian supporters afraid to speak out. it is very much so. good morning from sevastopol. they are excited about the referendum. the city has been moscow centered. it's home to the russian black sea fleet. the pro-russian sentiment is so overwhelming. ukrainian forces have been stifled. i got off the phone with a ukrainian woman, saying many of the wives have left. she would have left by now.

there are no tickets to get back to ukraine. the only way to get back now is by train. the planes have been stopped, except those coming to and from moscow. a sign that crimea is russian in all but name. they fly everywhere over state buildings, regional buildings. we have seen parades of cars and many people are happy that the referendum is going ahead. we tried to get into a polling station and were stopped by a member of the defense force. they are civilians that stopped us from going into buildings. they said no television cameras can go in. i said, "under what law?" they said "this is russia, it has always been russia." most people here feeling like it's a foregone conclusion. you can't forget the minority populations. the muslim tat tar population

expelled in 1944 came back in the 1980s, and 1990s. they are 13% of the population, and they are scared. >> you mentioned how scared they are. there's an economic turn. i understand that tomorrow's vote has people anxious and worried specifically about their finances. what are they doing to prepare. >> if you drive by the banks, there's long lines. getting money for a bank machine is no small feet. it may be out of money or have a low limit of 10-15. a lot of bank machines are empty. people are concerned. they don't know what will happen here. if the referendum goes, at what point do you go from the local currency to the ruble.

i spoke to someone that wanted to sell his apartment. he can't do that. kiev has frozen the property department. all the notahy republics have stopped working. they don't know what is legal or what is not. crimea is in limbo as they try to work out the mechanisms of changing over to a new country. >> thank you for being with us. >> as jennifer mentioned the referendum is sending shiffs down crimea's back door. people are rushing to shore up their asset to make sure they have liquid. jacky rowland has the story. >> the timing could hardly be better. the pro-russian authorities bring gas to the neighbourhood days before the referendum on the future of crimea. they are also nationalizing the

crimean branch of the crimean oil company. >> this company will be under the control of the crimean authorities. the people who run it will come from crimea, not ukraine or russia. all the income from the company will go into the crimean budget. >> the question of money is very much on people's minds as they make what might be their last trip to the market as citizens of the uk. the outcome may seem a foregone conclusion. there's a lot of uncertainty about what it will mean for ordinary people. what it will mean for their salaries, will their pension be paid on time. people are anxious to get their hands on their savings. the atms are running drive. the governments are limiting catch withdrawals. the director says he can work

with any national authority. all he needs is stability. as soon as we know which currency will be used. then we'll have a clearer deal of what actions to take. putting your money into bricks and mortar tore concrete and steel has been a safe investment. the future is affecting the construction industry. . >> translation: it's not the best time for the construction business. only certain countries will have contracts. >> night falls. they queue. people are keeping their opinions about the referendums to themselves.

only cash gets everyone's vote. >> if crimea chooses anexation, it will have to sort out water and power. ukraine supplies 90 of water it 80% electricity. >> demonstrations spiralled out of control in sao paulo brazil. it started as a protest by truck drivers against a hike in parking fees. demonstrators joined the truck drivers and began to vandalize the parking lot. up in flames, and demolished the largest food supermarket. >> riot police will arrive at clshes with the protesters. a man was shot. another four were injured. >> nearly 200 firefighters are battling a brush fire in

southern california, unfortunately no rest for the weary. this area will remain dry over the next few days. we are expecting near record heat. as i show you what we are dealing with across parts of the north-west, we are getting in more moisture. we could be dealing with bloody rain fall in washington. where high pressure is dominating, we'll remain dry. this area will be kept warm and windy, gusting in the ard of 50 miles per hour. it will not help the firefighters battling the area. much of the state is deal with severe drought. we are talking 91% of the states. here is a look at los angeles over the next few days. notice the sun shine, in addition, temperatures at this time of near, to the mid '60s, up to the 80s. the record is 83.

then we'll go up to nearly 90 degrees by the end of the weekend. the heat will drop back into the 70s. it will be nice and mild across the south. south-east we have high pressure dominating giving way to a worm flow. with that the moisture in place. storm systems developing. in advance of that we'll deal with the risk of severe whether from dallas to new orleans. the main threat will be winds. as i time the system out it will turp storms into the atlaptic. eventually it turns into colder area, and the return of snow. >> all right. thank you so much. a new study shows more than 300 died after airbags failed to open up in two gm cars. those two models are part of a

bigger nationwide recall. gm admits faulty ignition switches caused cars killing at least 12 people. bisi onile-ere has the story. >> they are strangers bound together. the victims of fatal car wrecks. 13 in all, that gm linked to a deficient ignition street. >> she hydroplaned, won't across two lanes of traffic and was hit in the side by another car. >> that's how kim felton describes what happened to his daughter brook, after the ignition cut off, cutting the power system and antilock breaks. >> it was her birthday. i kept thinking, "it's her birthday it can't happen." >> a new report reveals another defect could be died to a larger number of victims, 303 people

died between 2003 and 2012, after the airbags failed to deploy op two models recalled in february. the new findings rendered the air bag useless. the review, accompanied by freedman research comes after gm admitted that it had received the first sign of problems with the ignition switch in 2001. waiting more than a decade to order a recall. the justice department wants to know what gm officials few, and perhaps, more importantly, when they knew it. congress wants answers too - like why the national transport safety administration or n t.s.a. doesn't open an investigation sooner despite hun drets of consumer complaint.

>> i want to know what happened. was there key information missing in the analysis. what were we looking at. >> had we known there was an issue, it may have changed the outcome. >> gm is criticising the report, calling it speculation, based on raw data. the some time k comes as the automaker calls for a probe into the recall. >> i think they want to make up for the mistakes of the past. but they have a lot to make up for. >> bisi onile-ere reporting from detroit. >> federal regulators filed a lawsuit against 16 of the world's biggest banks, accusing them of manipulating the libor rate. u.s. regulators say the banks increase profits by setting rates through a process of collusion. this is the latest in a series

relating to libor forcing big banks to pay more that 5 billion in settlements. >> smog that hangs over mongolia not coming from factories or power plants. it's coming from the same people it's suffocating. >> the superintendent is blaming my child, a five-year-old - are you serious. >> her child, a 5-year-old, spend a day at the wrong school. coming up, why the young girl is sharing the blame. >> there's icicle, and then there's icicles. hook out

>> check it out. this is what a large slab of ice did to a connecticut woman's car it crushed it. amanda hub you ared heard something sliding off the roof and by the time she ran to the window, the damage was done.

>> it could have been my child, my handicapped sister, two children upstairs. >> if someone was underneath, it would have been horrifying. >> hubbard said she paid off the car a few weeks ago and got the title last week. >> i'm morgan radford live from new york city. welcome back to al jazeera america. mongolia's pollution problem soon, but first to eboni deon, meteorologist. >> we'll see more melting thanks to the warm up that we see. now, temperatures not too bad. 50 degrees builder in our nation's capital. we are speghting a cool done. we'll get the return of winter as the chill hides southward by the end of the day. notice the blue shading down to arkansas, sunday into monday. a warm start to the weekend. the second half will be cooler

in the east. >> a mix up at a new york school leads to a missing person's report. get this patricia rodriguez put her 50-year-old on a school bus. turns out it was the wrong one. her daughter was dropped at the wrong school and spent the entire day in the wrong classroom. she told the teacher she was a new student. no one realised the mistake until mum reported her missing. both mum and the school blame each other. >> she was having a little fun. >> for me to hear the superintendent is blaming my child, a 5-year-old - are you serious. >> officials say the school should have called home, but they didn't. >> mongolia is known as a country with vast lands and great plains.

main are suffocating because of coal fired smog. mongolia is known as the land of the eternal blue sky. when temperatures drop the fog over the city is heavy with snog. here, it's not caused by factories and power applicants. the government subsidised the new one to cut down on the city adds pollution. >> it's cheaper and is more fuel efficient. it takes less coal and generates less smoke. >> she is one of 700,000 that live here. named after the traditional mongolian homes. these areas are upplaned settlements populated by migrants. they could afford little else. half of the city's population lives in these districts.

and the coal and wood used in the homes is responsible for 60 to 70% of the city's pollution. >> on a cold day the smell of burning coal is so strong it's difficult to breathe. the smoke stings the eyes. the government is concerned about long-term effects of pollution, and has been working it decrease it. >> getting everyone to use the clean stoves is expect to cut by 30%. >> we are doing affordable housing study, and greening project. >> it's a battle between progress and tradition. the economy on the rise, more migrants are expected to come to the city. with no one to live. more smoke stacks to heat up the homes. >> the world health organization

ranks the capital as the second most polluted city, the first being saudi arabia. >> three years today since the start of the syrian war. we are no closer to ending the blood shed. we show video of women of children, allegedly kidnapped against their wheem. >> a deadly incident sparking a change in policy after 158 years. [ singing ] >> $27 million for teachers in kenya. where did the money go. the teachers have a good idea, and they are taking to the streets in protest. >> i'm mark morgan, they are led by a prolific scorer. why creighton may be tough during march madness.

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. let's get a look at the top stories this morning. ukraine's crimean peninsula is preparing for a referendum on whether or not to join russia. western powers say they will not recognise the outcome even as international observers arrive in the region. russia says it will recognise the outcome. >> new information regarding malaysia airlines 370 says there is evidence that someone on board tampered with the radar system. that means whatever happened to the plane may not have been an accident. the investigation honing in on who was on board. scott heidler has more. >> these are developments announced by prime minister najib razak on saturday,

focussing on two areas. the first is there was evidence that there was action on the flight 307 to shut down the transponders. there was confirmed satellite information, forensic study shows that the aircraft entered two sky-highways. a northern and a southern one. >> the northern one going from that's land up to kazakhstan. the southern from indonesia up to the southern parts of the indian ocean. that indicates someone on the aircraft in poilting experience and coerce a turn of direction. or possibly that the aircraft went into sky highways, but was deliberate action like the prime minister said. a shift back to the investigation of the passengers,

crew. could they have been involved in a hijacking. it has been floated as a possibility. that kind of information will not come occupant until you have physical proof. as well as if there's indication of any kind of physical struggle. that will not be confirmed or determined. >> also the last interesting information is that the aircraft last sent a signal at 8:11:00am local time. seven hours after dropping off radar. there's a wide area that the search goes. clearly with the indication all assets will move to the west. we know a little more information, but the search area is very, very big. >> scott heidler in kuala

lumpur. >> today marks three years since the civil war in syria began. the fighting is intensifying with no end in sight. countless homes have been destroyed. food and medical supplies are limited. rebel fighters are losing ground in some areas to a powerful and better equipped syrian army. we are told about the fight for a critical region. >> syrian rebels sharing army positions in the mountains. a crucial moment for the rebels. if they lose the area, they lose vital supply routes linking the suburbs of damascus with amy lebovitch. in the north the opposition controls large arse of land, but short of tactical weapons, they are unable to capture cities. the only significant military gain is the capture of a province. groups affiliated to al qaeda,

groups with religious agendas were powerful in syria. a major setback for western and regional backers of the opposition. >> despite hundreds of millions to create an rmy to lead the fight against bashar al-assad, and controlling the country. the free syrian army is more divided an ever. hundreds of thousands fought with al-qaeda, called islamic state of iraq and levant. the opposition sacked the chief, and ordered a revamp of the rebel army. many groups rejected the decision and threatened to walk away interest the syrian national coalition. weak and divided, the rebels are on the defensive. fighting seems to be shifting in

assad's favour. over the last few months the rebels loft many villages in the north, west, and strongholds of damn as cas. >> opposition fighters insist that if they cannot get advanced weapons, then they will not be able to defeat a syrian army backed by thousands of hezbollah fighters and militias from iran and iraq. >> in syria abductions are becoming more frequent as the war marks its third anniversary, al jazeera obtained exclusive video showing women and children being held against their well. erica wood has their story. >> they were taken by sunni rebels last august, from villages in rural atakia. they were a strong hold of

bashar al-assad's alawite sect. the rebels say they are ready to free the 94 women and children in exchange for the release of 2,000 prisoners held by government forces and made demands over which one. half must be women and children from coastal regions. the release of 13 greek orthodox nuns who had been detained since december from fighters from the al nusra front. one of the kidnapped woman accuses bashar al-assad of allowing the release of members of another religion, but forgetting his own. these women are clearly under the control of their captors. >> in other areas west of aleppo residents lashed out at a government. >> bashar al-assad you strike

here and there and then cry "enough, enough", the whole world is watching us. where will you go. we cannot eat or sleep any more >> barrel bombs are inaccurate. and one condemneded by the international community. homes, shops and mosques were among the buildings brought down. >> we were in our houses when we heard air strikes. they targeted the mosque, bombing the house of bomb. may god take revenge on them. all my relatives were under the rebel. for the women and children. they are caught in the politics of the fight. the syrian national mountain blamed the regime. >> 146,000 syrians have been killed, and that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights. 2.5 million have been displaced. a humanitarian worker and

founder of women's revolution committee and is in washington d.c. >> we under your family came over from damascus. since founding your own organization. you've been going back and forward. >> what are some of the most jarring things that you have witnessed. >> what i have seen in syria is a disaster. i have visited cities that are demolished. there are so many people that have been displaced and have no home. i have visited to many families with no households. what is going on in syria is a disaster and there's a shame on all of the world that they are not doing anything to stop this. >> what are some of the things us see from a first hound account. i understand you were holding a baby and something happened, and another you witnessed a car full

of women targeted. >> i witnessed many shelling and barrel bombs and meg shellings. there were times when we had to rescue children and women from under the rubble. there was a time i visited a field hospital. and there was a three-year-old child whose brain was completely out. >> have you, yourself, been personally injured? >> i was shelled several times. i was in a little village in ib lib. i threw in the air, and fell on my neck. >> wow. you said that you were targeted by isif and they wanted to kill you. what happened? >> isis is another form of the regime. it's the other half of the card. they target the civilians and activists on the ground. we have the regime in the air and isis on the ground.

they target anyone preaching democracy and freedom. during training seminars they wanted to basically come in and take me into captive. i ran away 15 minutes before they made it to the house i was in. >> u.n. special envoy lakhdar brahimi said things would get worse, and you mentioned how bad they had become. who were you most worried about. >> i was worried about the human situation, the women and the children that have no place to go and are staying in their homes, waiting for the moment to be killed. >> what about your personal safety? you have been going into war zone as a woman with little or no security. some say it would be brave, some say crazy. why do you do it?

>> i have an obliges. i crew up in united states, and grew up because of where i can. i can't fath am while we are not doing more to stop the killing. every hum scrn being on the faith of this earth needs to help to stop the killing. >> you don't only deliver food and medicine, but train them with leadership skills. can you describe how some villages are org facing themselves. >> it's amazing thou there's had been aspiration and eagerness, yearning for knowledge. most of the ability visits in the local councils, they want to learn management skills. leadership, time management. they want to become - they want to have the building blocks,

that begin their own country. i believe there's great hope. the aspirations and eagerness that i witnessed is proof that the people in syria would be involved sooner that other nations. >> many hopes it sooner rather than later. thank you rania, humanitarian worker and founder of the women's evolution committee. >> kenya is facing a crisis over public wages. economic experts say it could lead to a meltdown. >> publicly employees take the protests to the street, demanding a $27 million pay deal agreed to by the government. the money was released. they say they never got it. they blamed the managesers.

800,000 students are affected. >> this is stolen money. it's because of corruption, misappropriation. they should go to court. we want them to hand over the government. >> the government is facing a crisis. it counts for 55% of the public bill. >> a reality check must be looked into, what are the standards. the doctor will tell you please slow down? a. . if you continue like this, you will collapse. >> 700,000 work for the government. salaries have risen from $2.8 billion to $2.5 billion.

>> the cost of living is high. the poor are getting poorer. >> the government must reduce employees, stop corruption and wasting of public resources. >> i think it might be higher what they spend. we have a keep structural problem that needs to be addressed. >> this is one of 1,450 elected country representatives. in all, the government has roughly 5,000 elected and nominated leaders. >> we need though revise the constitution calling for the referendum. there's so many loopholes. >> the president, disoouty president and the cabinet have taken a pay cut. there are plans to reduce

allowances to public servants. many say pay cuts will do little to lesson the crisis. >> well, march madness is upon us in full swing. mark morgan is here with a story about a dark horse informant counter. what is it. >> sit there, i'll tell you about it. it will be interesting how in shakes out. caight job is making the -- creighton is making the most of its initial season the the blue jays have taken the big stage and not missed a beat. >> creighton beat xavier, 2-time all american mcdermott solid. a perfect 10 of 10 at the charity strict. leading all scores. moving into fifth on the all-time scoring list. the blue jays win at 86-78.

sporting a 26 and 6 record the national tapes is starting o arriving. jessica taff takes a look at what makes this team go, and what sets them apart from the rest. >> if the name on these jerseys said duke, kentucky or kansas the guys would be on national tv a couple of nights a week. the men from creighton put their hard hats on and go to work and slowly but suring putting omaha nebraska on the basketball map. >> a lot of us were recruited to play, so we wanted to show people that may have missed out. >> what did scouts miss out op. >> 2-250 doug mcdetermine et. hoe is a shoe in -- mcdermott. he is a shoe in for player of the year.

playing along side ethan rogg. >> e, silently a best 3-point shooter. a school record tying nine. and yet the game announcers still get his name wrong. >> how many ways has your last name been pronounced. >> multiple. a lot of people ragy, roggy, froggy. reggae. >> it's unbelievable. we were coming off the road loss to providence. we knew we had to get it. it doesn't hurt when ethan hits the first 7-3s. everyone on the team was going. >> that win set the tone, and teams last season showed the rest the nation not only to take the big east but they have the chops to win it. >> our coal now is to take it one step at a time. when it comes time for the

n.c.a.a. tournament, we are playing our best basketball. >> 1974 was the last time they made the finals. these guys say they are ready to make noise. >> it's the overall goal. it's the third round in the last two years, and something we strive for. >> we ran into caroliner and duke. we would love to get back to the game and have a chance to kick in the door. >> they wouldn't mind having a problem the likes john calipari has. >> hopefully i have a couple of those guises. recruits in general see it's a

great option, a fun and exciting brand the basketball. you are playing in an n.b.a.-style arena, it doesn't get much better than that. >> making a run at the national title could make that happen. >> thank you so much. creighton faces providence for the big title. >> one of america's oldest fraternities is making changes to its recruitment policy. sigma alpha absa: decided pros of the past are dangers and deadly. randall pinks tonne has their story. >> for years, people that wanted to join a sorority had to pledge. often fuelled by drinking and dangers.

18-year-old carson starkly was a freshm freshman: >> starkie was pledging sigma alpha. >> there was a bottle or two of ever clear passed around. >> his sae frat brothers watched it all. >> thought he was going limp. >> i saw him sort of like droouling out of his mouth. i knew he was not lot. i saw two people pick him up and carry him out of the room. i don't think i'll ever forget that. >> someone drove him to the hospital. instead of having him admitted. they brought him back to the pledge party. >> we see people who puke and

wake up and they are fine. we never thing it will keel someone. >> carson starkie died of alcohol poisoning. it's a blot on a century-old college fraternity with 14,000 members. many are dedicated brothers, doing as much to promote sa give back to the communities and institutions. >> however, as an organization we have been plagued with too much bad behaviour. >> sae announced it is eliminating pledge week, with a goal of putting an end to alcohol-fuelled hazing: >> a policy that may save lives because according to hazingpretches.org 82% involve

alcohol. >> that fraternity was the deadliest with 10 mem years dead. >> the transponder aboard flight 370 was turned off. the latest from kuala lumpur at the top of the hour. >> hollywood leaving hollywood. why more and more film-maker crews are packing up and heading east. >> and mentioning hollywood, hollywood from bollywood. gearing up for india's version of the oscars. and today marks three years since syria's war began. many of the victims are children with 5,000 in need, 10,000 killed. we'll have more ahead but we'll leave you with pictures before and after the violence.

[ ♪ music ] hey, a celebration in tampa bay during a preview event for the international indian film awards. the bollywood oscars are coming to florida in april. >> hollywood calls itself the entertainment capital of the world. some wonder if it holds true. more and more film makers are leaving california and heading to hot atlanta. >> you may not know the name, but chances are you know some of the movies he's worked on "war of the world ", "titanic," "forest quump."

and now he's doing something he never thought he would do. >> i'm moving to georgia, leaving behind my wife and daughter. >> "film flight", is the reason. high paying production jobs in california disappear. >> there's not the same opportunity here as there used to be. >> according to a report, hollywood exit, between 2004 and 2012 california lost more than 16,000 production jobs. new york added well over 10,000. most movies, those set in california, are not filmed here. the number one reason is spentiv spentives. kevin clowdin talks about tax

incentives. new york offers four times the amount. >> other places will add jobs and california will bleed out thousands and thousands until you may as well assume productions will take place in new york, lousy anar britain. >> as production leaves the state, businesses that leave the industry, craft services, and this face - they end up losing too. so does california, which is not only losing 2 billion a year in terms of lost wages, it's losing bragging rights as the entertainment capital of the world. >> claiming to be the entertainment capital of the world is difficult. we down to 8% of large features. how do you make that claim. >> senior photographer says you can't. >> standing in front of the

hollywood sign, it may be the only thing left that means hollywood. >> this summer californian lawmakers are expected to vote on a bill to expand the state tax program. it's unclear if it has support. if this were a movie - chances are it wouldn't be filmed in california. >> at the end of our first hour, here is what we are following - malaysia's prime minister says the difference of flight 370 was no accident, and the plane's transponder was manually disabled. people in crimea will vote on a referendum to sus seed and joining russia. all signs indicate that it will. today marks the third anniversary of the war, where

the fighting conditions with no end in site. this as bashar al-assad refuses to step down. >> storms in the south. the same on the east. >> i'm morgan radford, the al jazeera morning news conditions. i'll be back with you in 2.5 minutes.

>> this movement are consistent with deliberate action by someone on the plane. >> that's the prime minister of malaysia confirming what many have been speculating - that the communication system of that missing malaysia jetliner was disabled on purpose. >> plus, military moves ahead of a referendum vote in ukraine.

a sign that tensions are high as crimea decides whether or not to remain part of the ukraine. >> the war in syria. thousands dead, millions displaced as calls continue for bashar al-assad to step down. >> pail yentologists discovered a new species. how they came upon it 75 years later. >> good morning, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. it's been a week since malaysia airlines flight 370 went off radar with 239 people on board. overnight the prime minister of malaysia gave his first news conference suggesting foul play. >> we can see with a high degree

of certainty that the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system, or acar, was disabled. >> sources close to the investigation say someone may have purply flown the jet hundreds of miles off course. signals have been picked up from the plane, eight hours after it took off. the arch is being redirected to two different search zones, one headed towards khazakhstan, and the other to the sindhian o. each day ta ticks by is more critical to finding the plane. investigators say the flight data recorder is that the black box only sent out signals for up to 30 days. recovering the box is imperative in understanding what happened. scott heidler has more from

kuala lumpur. >> these are findings announced by prime minister najib razak that there was a deliberate attempt to turn off the transponders and turn the plane. there was forensic studies into the satellite information showing that the plane entered a northern sky hay way, from northern thailand to khazakhstan. and the southern from ind nearby up to the southern part of the indian ocean, indicating that someone on the aircraft had piloting experience or was able to coerce the pilot to change your a turn of direction or that the aircraft in some way automatically went into the sky highways. likely to be a definitive action. a shift now back to the

passengers, crew and flight deck. could they have been involved in a high jacking. it's not definitive. that information will not come out until you have physical proof. recordings of what happened, as well as indications of any physical struggle. that will not be confirmed or determined until there's physical evidence of that. the last interesting information that the prime minister said is that the airline sent a symbol at 8:11:00am, seven hours after dropping off radar and the two transponders were dropped off. there's a wide area, but the south china sea search is transitioned. more countries will be evolved. we know a little more information. the search area - still very, very big. >> scott heidler.

joining us to discuss the latest development in the search for flight 370. al jazeera transportation contributor todd is in houston. this morning the ma'am asian prime minister said that these movements are consistent with the deliberate action by someone on that plane. how does that changes the nature and the scope of the having. >> well, the important thing is the fact that they are saying it was - the aircraft was in operation for eight hours, extending where it could have been taken. on the part of the deliberate action, that was carefully worded for a reason. i believe also it was a deliberate action, but not necessarily for malicious reasons. >> what other scenarios could there be? >> one scenario is a series of systems in the aircraft beyond the flight manuals, where the

crew has to become creative, and part of that is re-routing the flight. why they would have down so and not changing course toward land or an airport is another question. that's why it's important that the black box and other information be recovered. you say there was intervention, but it was liking reacting. a hijacking by an outside othery is a possibility. command earring of the aircraft by the crew is a possibility. the crew doing everything it deal with an emergency situation is a possibility. although, again, they are saying it could be hijacking, i hold that that's only one possible option. >> so the prime minister did say that based on the satellite information, the investigation

was leaving the south china sea and moving into one of two new possible locations. let's take a look at those locations. there's one, a northern corridor, which stretches from northern thailand to the border of khazakhstan or turkmenistan. or the sorp corridor, stretching from indonesia. what will the governments of the new areas be called upon to do. will they be roped into this investigation. >> well, for the northern route certainly. it's likely that will happen. given that there's a possibility of this happening. there's a precedent in an accident investigation for them to be involved. there are no national authorities that have sway over the international waters of the indian ocean. if the southern rout is where it is it will be annest of many

different negativies to comb th waters. >> how different is it to air-france. it took two years to find the wreckage. why did it take so long then, and are we seeing a similar situation now. >> there was floating records found five days later. the other thing that made the search easier. it was a long and difficult search was that they had a good idea of the last location. when they did an ocean graphic search, they were able to eventually find it. it took several trips. this could be an indication of how long this particular search took. >> thank you so much. todd curtis, al jazeera, transportation contributor. joining us from newton, massachusetts. >> the uncertainty of all this is taking a toll on the families

of those passengers, al jazeera's florence louie reports from kuala lumpur. >> the lack of information is too distressing. still no clear direction of where the search for the missing malaysian airline flight is heading. the atmosphere is sense as relatives meet officials in beijing. they don't find the answers they are hoping for. >> we have been struck here too long. every day is a torture. i don't know how many days we'll have to wait. i want accurate information. >> families have been put up in a hotel while they wait for news. volunteer care givers have been assigned to help them cope. >> they hope the plane will be find and family is safe. few of the family, they think

the challenges are low. they are prepared to accept what happen. across the country some have not given up hope, placing the safe in higher powers. >> we pray for the jet for the safety of the mh370. we all fray that malaysia airlines 370, ands crews and passengers will be safe and in good health. >> that was al jazeera's florence louie reporting. stereo ukraine is preparing for a referendum on whether or not to join russia. this crowd supports it. you are looking at lie pictures of a rally in moscow. people are thinking about the reintegration of russia last seen 50 years ago.

>> in other areas supporters are showing their support. there are rallies for the support of the interim government. western powers are opposed and will not recognise the outcome, even though international observers are arriving there. they were invited by russia and its forces. >> russia says it will accept the outcome of the referendum and has started military exercises there near the ukrainian border. >> live team coverage. first jennifer glasse in sevastopol, but phil ittner in kiev first. i want to chat with you for a moment. what is the interim government planning to do if the referred up does, in fact, pass? >> well, you know, there's little they can do. frankly, it is almost a done deal in the crimean peninsula,

because the russians have too many boots on the ground. it's obvious the way the referendum vote will go. they ask what can the government in kiev do. certainly they can't do much about it on the diplomatic or political front, and are saying that the referendum, no matter the result is legitimate, because the crimean parliament overstepped its bounds. but also nigs -- also in addition the government is mobilizing the army. there's concern in the ukrainian capital that russia may have designs further than crimea, and may look at the earn areas of this county, and grave concerns is what they are doing is putting their troops out and protecting against incursion. they are having to look and establish a brand new border.

there is a sense that this is not going to go their way. and they are not able to do anything diplomatically. they are having to readjust their position. >> there's fear that this could spread. you mentioned kiev. what about the vote in the constitutional court on the referendum. >> is that going to make is a difference? >> the constitutional court said it's not legal. you have to do a national rrched um, not one section of the country up and say "we'll vote to leave", it has to be everyone in the country. already the constitutional court said, "no, not legal." but they are talking about other legal things that they can do on an international level, but, again,

it has to be stressed that there's little they can do. >> i'm aware and concerned. phil ittner joining us live. >> i want to take you from kiev to the crimean port city of sevastopol, home to the black sea fleet. in less than 24 hours, many russian loyalistar lining up for the flag. that's where we find jennifer glasse. the pro-russian sentiment has been vocal and at times violent. does that make ukrainian supporters afraid to speak out? >> you know, it has made pro-ukrainians scared to make preferences known. you wouldn't unfurl the ukrainian flag on the streets of sevastopol, without getting into

trouble. there was a demonstration last weekend breaking into violence. it's a pro-russian city. it's been a majority, not least of all because you have the sailors and families of the russian black sea flilt. the ukrainian black sea fleet is based here. it's 20% the size of the black sea fleet. their families are here. wives of sailors were getting threatening foal counsel, 10, 12 address ago when the russian forces came in blockading the fleet and bases. there's a feeling that the minorities across crimea, the minority muslim tat tar population picking up 30". be will boycott the vote. >> fill over in kiev mentioned

anxiety that people were feeling. i understand the vote has people in crimea worried about their offenses. what are they doing to prepare. >> across the city a lot of atms have been run dry. people are trying to get access to their finances. there are skins in every bechteling you what is the limit you can take out. no one knows what will happen. when will the ukrainian currency change your to the russian currency. will you be able to pay your mortgage and car payment. everything is effectively frozen. given if you want to buy or sell a house or apartment you can't do that. kiev controls the property list. no one knows where that will head if the referendum goes as

everyone suspects. when authority will transfer to moscow. there's lines at banks. if there's money left in an atm there's a limit on how much you can take out. people are lining up waiting to see how it will pan out, what it will mean for their daily lives. >> the weight continues. thank you for being with us this morning. >> good saturday morning to you, a nice warm up in store for the first half of the weekend. the southerly flow helping to give temperatures a boost. we are watching a storm system. in advance lots of moisture. once we get the heating of the day, it will trigger scattered sources. anywhere from dallas into new orleans. all the areas headed in red.

what we are dealing with is the threat of damaging winds and hail. we can't rule out tornados, and we are dealing with downpours. all the moisture extreming in from the pacific. enter the north-west, are expecting a new storm system. that will bring heavy rain fall where we could see one to three inches. we'll be boyed from the rainfall where we need it, high pressure dominating across the area. around los angeles, we can be dealing with record heat. finally into monday, tuesday and wednesday, textures will settle back to the low to mid 70s, as we put it together today we expect a good deal of precipitation, pushing eastwards into the the south-east. the same storm system on the

move, pressing to the midatlaptic. that will mean snow around dc and baltimore. >> no cold air and snow. keep it away from us. eboni deon, our meteorologist. >> federal rudd governmentulators filed a lawsuit against 16 large banks. accused of manipulating libor rates, a rate that gives rates on home loans to corporate debt. this is the latest suit in a series related to libor which forced banks to pay more than $5 billion in settlement >> the white house is cracking down on for-profit colleges. under these new rules schools would lose federal funding if more than 30% of their former students default on their loans. if approved the regulations will

fake effect in 2016. a french court delivers a ruling in the landmark trial of a map responsible for the genocide of hundreds of thousands of rwandans. >> i'm on lake superior, one of the five great lakes that is almost completely frozen over. coming up i'll tell you why it's a problem for north america's shipping industry. >> and a kiss goodbye. the map captured in this iconic photo, marking the end of world war ii.

>> goornid morning, welcome baco al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford in new york city. a verdict in a landmark genocide trial, but first temperatures across the country meteorologist eboni deon. >> a nice warm up across the north-east. >> i like it. >> i am sure. and a lot of you will be able to get out there and enjoy it. there's a little cold air in place, and that's to the upper

parts of the mid west. we have teams in 20s for the start. we, too, notice temperatures slightly or around average. into the north-east we do. 37 in toronto, around d.c. it's 50 addition. this is an area to watch. we'll start nice and mild. 61 degrees in dallas, a high into the low 70s. 69 in memphis, 57 degrees around new york city. as we head to the end of the weekend. cooler temperatures across texas and back into the north-east. >> a french court sentenced a former rwandan intelligence officer to 29 years in prison. he was accused of helping the mass abbingar of tute vis by arming the hutus. >> we want to warn you that some

images are disturbing. >> almost 20 years on, and on a different continent to where the atrocities took place. pascal was found guilty of genocide. the french justice system had nothing on him. after more than 11 hours of deliberation, the verdict was handed down, to the relief of the people that helped bring the case to court. the victims have been recognised. they are enormous. even now it is difficult to comprehend what happened in rwanda. in 100 tas, 800,000 people were killed. rwanda spiralled out of control. that was after the president's plane was dropped down. most of the vuk tips from tutsis. thought the trial they tried to

minimise the importance. >> the court heard he distributed weapons. before the conflict, france was one of rwandan's main backers. allegations that france was complicit, training the militia to carry out the killings. paris denied it had a role in the genae side. pascal simbikangwa's lawyer's the verdict was politically motivated. for 20 years, france has been a bad pupil >> pascal simbikangwa had denied the charges against him. and could suspend the rest of his life behind bars. >> for years france has been accused of being a safe haven.

this case and the subsequent outcome could set a precedent for others to face justice. >> a scathing report blasting the poor safety record of one of the country's busiest train systems. the report blaming metro north for the deadly derailment in new york city. four passengers decide, 70 others ipp jurd and the federal railroad organization said metro sacrificed training. >> the conflict in syria three years later. we look at the fighting as well as the flight of millions of refugees forced to flee from their homes. >> it's a billion dollar crop. >> i'll show you a program aiming to improve their lives. >> i'm mark morgan, he's won

more number of ba titles, but phil jackson will try to fix the nix from the front office.

>> good morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford from new york city. these are the top stories. >> there's likely some kind of foul play in the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight 370. they droppingly believe someone disabled the plane's tracking devices. the search expands to khazakhstan and south. >> tomorrow crimea citizens vote on whether to become part of

russia. the u.n. stays will not recognise the results. russia says it will recognise the results. >> today marks three years since the uprising in syria begins, and the fighting conditions with no end to the conflict. they condemned the pros tect of the president bashar al-assad. saying he has no legitimacy. >> a country that was once thriving is no more. the historic marketplace that was bustling with activity is now reduced to rubble. entire neighbourhoods are in ruins. many are forced out of their homes and out into the country. turkey has a little over 600,000, jordan is close behind and iraq has 1,000 each. perhaps thousands of others who

have been able to get status. we visit some refugees in becka vallie. >> after three years after conflict in syria. the refugees that arrived here want to remind their world and government of the sufferering here in exile. this is one of the shelters where a syrian refugee family lived. there's nothing here except for a wooden frame and basket sheeting. the family retrieved the aid from an aid agency, some sheeting but not enough. the top part of the tent is uncoughed covered and it's been raining. these are the conditions they are living in. it's muddy. this is what the family is considering its home. these are the squalid conditions that the refugees are facing in

lebanon. they are desperate. they say they are destitute. this war has shattered their dreams and hopes for the future. all they want is to return to syria. they want stability and security so they can go back to tare home and jobs. they don't want to stay here. they are unhappy here. this is a country dealing with a huge humanitarian catastrophe. it had to receive 1 million refugees. the expectation is that the crisis will begin growing. maybe the rev zee population will respect a 50% increase in the population of lebanon, which is only four million. lebanon has a crumbling infrastructure, unable to deal with the crisis. for the refugees, they understand that they may be a burden on the country.

that's why they want security back, so they can return home, and 10,000 syrians are arriving in lebanon every week. >> syria's civil war forced some wounded refugees into enemy territory. when they crossed the boarder, they find medical help. syria's patients and doctors tell us all about it in their own words. >> this is a severe injury because he has open fracture of the bone. i think next week he'll be back in syria. >> when it was needed i leave this job and go to be the commander of the hospital. people remain uptreated. >> translation: a shell fell and

exploded near me as a car swerved. i'd like to go to a hospital in syria. it's not safe. you here hundreds of stories rescued. we were cut off from access to food, drink, water, electricity. my family fled. where do they go. >> i nef thought that i would provide medical aid for syrian poem. all the years syrian people or countries was and still are enemies, and i never thought that these people would ask me to help them. >> it's a big surprise to be here. it wasn't in my dream to come to get treatment in israel. we are the enemy, okay. i had other surgeries, all were

treated. they were open wounds. exposed form. >> translation: some guys came over and brought me to the border and handed me to the israeli military through a fence. at the beginning, of course, we knew that israel was the enemy. that is what the regime told us. when i came to israel, i found the people there want to live. >> let me say i don't know which god asked them to fight. no religion asked for a thing like this. >> i'm full of happiness and appreciation to the company that assisted pee -- me and would like to thank those that help me. >> there's always hope, that's the name. image by graffiti artist banksy,

on the third anniversary of the syria law. cities are replicating the image, including in monday, ros ka and a camp in jokedan. the campaign aims to ensure this is the last anniversary. >> the n.c.a.a. sournt won't be announced but march madness is upon us. >> the conference tournament is good for police, remember syracuse started like a thorough bed. then they threw a shoe or two. entering the tournament, the orange dropped four of the last six. tied at 59. turner banking in the three. 25 seconds to play. wash syracuse.

the orange with six shots. doesn't matter, they shoot six times. on of them fall. syracuse empty. >> nrc holds on to win it. the jay hawks blitzed. all five iowa state starreders in double figures. the game a bit physical, a little contact. not to the four, he is bloodied. the cyclone is advanced. jordan gather, three pointers. everyone ran on the court. the bonnies keep their n.c.a.a. hopes alive.

>> phil jackson's coaching resume includes 11 and returns to his home in a management role. jackson was part of two premieriership teams and comms back as the president. >> from those who has competed against him... >> i said all along, i think fill is a great basketball person. to those who are won championships with him. >> you know how i feel about phil. i have to much admiration and respect for him. >> everyone respects what 11-time nba championship coach accomplished. jackson never missed the play offs. jack on has been retired from

coaching sips 2007. in recent months reports are jackson had conversations with a number of teams, about running their basketball operations. jackson played most of his career, 10 seasons, with the new york nicks. and said they are "special" to him. >> it was little surprise when the nicks best player revealed that he heard jackson to the nicks was a done deal. >> i am sure he'll want to stit and take. at the end of the day i am sure you guys would love to have him over. >> building a competitive nicks team is what jackson will be asked to do. it will be a tall task for a man with no front office experience, and a man turning 69 in september. >> the only thing i know is when i play, he was out there.

other than that, you know, i know too much. this year's team is in danger of missing the play-off. the team has no first-round kick. >> it won't have enough cab space to sign free agents. that means jackson's first ask is convincing anthony. >> that's something i'll have to figure out, think about it. at the end of the day we are talking about spending the end of my career in one place. when then time comes, you know, we'll discuss that. >> despite running a basketball operations, a number of teams will be great. >> john henry smith, thank you. the nicks are expected to make the official announcement

tuesday. >> mark morgan, thank you. mongolia is a land of great plains. many are suffocating because of coal-fired smog coming from a source you may not expect. mongolia is the land of the eternal blue skies when temperatures drop, unlike industrial places here it's not caused by factories or power plants. >> this woman is no longer using a traditional stove. the government subsidised a new one to cut down on pollution. >> translation: it's cheaper, retains more heat and fuel etirnalt, taking -- efirment. taking less coal. >> he is one that lives in these tent homes. these areas of unplanned

settlements populated by might wants from the provinces. they could afford little else. there's no running water, electricity. >> half the populations live here, and the coal and wood is responsible for 60 to 70%. >> on a cold day the smell of burning coal is so strong. it's difficult to breathe and the smoke burns the eyes. getting everyone to use the clean stoves is expect to cut solution by 36%. >> in the long term we are doping affordable housing study and greening project. >> it's a battle between progress and tradition. with the economy on the right more migrants are expected to come to the city.

with nowhere else to love, it means more mistake stacks. >> transis experiencing its own pollution problems. snog is covering a third of the country triggered by a lack of wind, warm days and cold night. it prompted officials to offer free public transportation on the weekend. >> harr westing tea leaves is a back-breaking work and doesn't pay well. we here about a project aimed at improving workers leaves. >> this is hard work. this woman and hundreds of thousands leek her pent six to eight hours a day harvesting dead leaves. they were brought to sri lanka by the british. today we earn $4 to $5 for

paying a quote. 10 to 18 kilos. >> if we meet the daily targets we get paid the basic wage. they meet the targets in all weather. earnings floouk twut depending on the crop. workers living conditions are difficult. >> you can see the pov rty level, and the children, and they are living in a small space. >> plantation housing consisted of buildings like this, divided into rooms for each family. >> parents, chum and extended families, 10-12 people live in the line rules. alcoholism and malnutitionar common. plantation companies say they will take care of workers. providing health care, child care and other services.

there's a lack of basic facilities. >> sometimes people are late. they say they don't have electricity or water. >> sapping jp tea brings in -- sri lankan tea brings in millions. the plantation workers see little of it. there has been improvements, many live in houses like this. this project is aiming to improve their lives. world vision worked with a plantation company to introduce a pilot scheme for workers. 23 families have been given specially designed houses with running water. >> it allows people to earn extra money. by racing chicken and growing vegetable. we lefed with our in-laws and had three children of our own. it's for everyone's benefit that

we have this house. >> the people at world vision assess the success at this project peens 75 more houses will be built. they are happy to have a decent place to live. >> a kissing sailor, we say goodbye to a man whose famous photo parked the end offed world war ii. >> today marks three years since the syrian war began. pictures of the syrian conflict, as we head into a break.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america much time for a check on the weather with meteorologist eboni deon. what can we expect? >> drier conditions. a little bit of rain, nothing to wash out the outdoor plains. we'll see clouds increasing later. eventually watch out for wintry weather to return to the mid-atlantic. today it's this area here across the south for the threat of strong storms. this morning mild and cloudy. >> speaking of the weather, while we heard a lot about the drought, other parts of the north-west have been suffering. >> today all that is left of this area is the eroded domains of buildings, surrounded by the urban strul of phoenix.

this was the center of so civil ace aches. a sophisticated people. >> they were unique. they build enormous communication systems. the canals were brilliantly built. >> canals 14 metres wide and 5 metres deep irrigated these ors. 600 years ago the civilisation collapses. the reason - water. or look of it. the world's largest collection tells the story. scientists could tell how weather patterns shifted.

>> it lasted 25 years. >> there's a doubt going on now. do we have any idea whether we are at the beginning, in the middle or towards the end? >> no, not until it's over, and then you know >> how long could it last? >> the one in the 1500s lasted almost a century. >> global climate change caused by modern human activities makes future drought worst. >> the drought in california, the drought in australia now, the draught in the middle east , the brought that's in malaysia now - these are all the face of change. this is what we'll see more of as the earth warms up and dries out. that brings us back. the people who live here more than 1,000 years are no

different to people from today. they probably thought their way of life had gone on forever. nature proved them wrong of. >> it gives us a cautionary tale. they outstrip the available law. we are following down the same path. in the future it will get us again. >> where do we get the water in. a quep for which the past has no easy april. >> the harsh winter in the u.s. left the great lakes more than 90% frozen over. as al jazeera correspondent reports, it's causing problems for the shipping industry. >> at the fraser shipyards, crews work in frigid temperatures preparing the frighters. the enormous vessels and cargos must be ready to go when the shipping system opens.

>> they need to get out and lined up with a full load of cargo. some ice on the lakes is normal, not on this scale. for the first time in decades the five treat lakes are almost completely frozen over. blame the winds of what is known as the polar vortex. if this were summer time if would be impossible to stand where i am. this is lake superior. for the first time in 20 years it's frozen solid. in some parts of the ice is more that a metre and a half thick. the five great lakes are the largest fresh water lakes, and a vitle transport area. it moves food and fuel for

roughly 100 million. cargo carried by the vessels have been hit hard. december, iron ore trade plunged 21st. january those cargoes were down almost 40%. ice breakers have been working to clear a path for the ships. >> some of the dollars couldn't be made in january. the ice was too thick. we a steel mills that need iron ore pellets and utility companies. huge economic impact on profit margins. every day the ships are locked solid. thousands are lost. >> everyone is fed up with winter. we are ready for spring. >> regardless of what the ron calderon says, spring may be a

lying way off. >> a man who made history by marking the end of world war ii with a kiss died. glen mcduffy was the sailor kegsing this nurse. heat didn't know the woman, he was caught up in the excitement of japan's surrender he grabbed her and planted a big one or own. >> mcduffy was 86 when he died. >> fossils discovered a new dipo sour that they think is an install installer -- smaller cousin of the t rex. >> this man spends much of his days shipping rock for the museum of nature and science. every once in a while they find

a big survive. we thought it belonged to a piece swiss. a. >> peter costello paleontologists went looking on the north slopes of nebraska. they found what we were looking for. >> almost an afterthought he started looking at them a year ago. it looked like a t relevant. it was about half the length, 1,000 pounds and roamed 2 million years earlier. >> every time you can find something new like this it fills in the blanks. how things changed, evolved, what was the world like in the distant past. any additional bit of information make that picture all that pore clear to us. >> the paleontologists found a partial brain casing, a lower

jaw with tooth sock et cetera and a partial snaut. the nuke somehows how bundy was the top find. they condition to take thousands of pounds of chunks out of the rocks. expect to find more pieces. he and his cole eke do everything they could. he knows other scientists will try. >> we can think this is new. we have to find wayed to show the world we are wrong. after you try to do that a couple of ties, if you can't prove it's wrong, maybe you're might. >> and that will do it for this

edition of al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. thank you for joining us this morning. we'll leave you now with a beautiful picture of the new york

>> welcome to the news hour. these are the worlds top stories. the devastation in syria after three years of war now government forces look closer to a major strategic victory. >> we're afraid we'll never be able to go back. >> fear and despair as sir januaries are forced to flee, may become the