aljazeera.com/"techknow". from all of us here at "techknow", happy new year. we look forward to bringing you more innovative stories that come our way in 2014. >> the government preparing to withdraw troops from crimea as russia takes control. a fine paid by toyota over safety issues. and the captain of fl flight 370

has time simulator. >> ukraine's acting president demanded that leaders in crimea release people he called hostages by 3:00 p.m. eastern or face unspecified consequences. with that deadline and come and gone. the deadline was issued as pro russian forces seized more ukrainian government buildings. the u.n. security council met today to discuss the situation. jennifer glasse in sevastopol has more. jennifer, has anything changed on the ground where you are? >> reporter: well, tony, the lights are still on. the water is still running. so far it doesn't look like any big changes have happened. utilities are one of the things that ukraines still control over crimea, 90% of the gas, a lot of water, and electricity here.

that doesn't seem to have changed. as far as we can tell crimean authorities have the commander of ukrainian naval forces in custody. russia flexing it's muscles again this morning at a place that wasn't until today the headquarters of the ukrainian navy here. >> reporter: ukrainian sailors leaving their base. go home, say the people, this is russia. headquarters that was ukrainian this morning now belongs to moscow. civilians started the change tearing down the gate and the flag and inside anything associated with ukraine. >> we had to go in, i'm told, we were afraid they were going to give out guns and god for bid someone was going to start shooting. but they haven't done anything, i say to him. thank god they didn't, he said, they could have.

they were given the order to shoot. >> reporter: ukrainian forces were given permission to fire in self defense after ukrainian officer was killed on tuesday. but most of these men were unarmed when the base was stormed. pavlo said the russians ran out of patience. >> it's over, putin declared this russian territory. go away. i said we shouldn't do it like this. the commander should decide. the way military were withdrawn from afghanistan, for example. >> reporter: russian soldiers wasted no time consolidating their positions and bringing in reinforcement. the commander of the russian black sea fleet tried and failed to find his ukrainian counterpart. >> reporter: we don't know where they're going. they haven't wanted to talk to

us. where are you headed, i just asked them. we're headed to freedom. >> taking over the base was a collaborative effort. civilians in and out of uniform showing a pro-russian agenda. >> apparently just found the ukrainian black sea fleet commander somewhere in the building here and now they say it's all over. they've taken them out in the car, and most of these guys are leaving. >> reporter: they demand that we leave, too. we had wanted to speak to the russian commander. no one will tell us who or where he is. when we try to leave the base they stop us at the gate. it's still not clear who is in charge here, but amid the chaos it's clear that russia is taking over. >> reporter: after taking over that base officials are now saying they're planning an evacuation of the military personnel here and their families. 25,000 people, so no small task here, tony, and also a sign that really they're giving up crimea.

the military is the only institution left here. they lost the parliament, they lost the court, pretty much everything else. if the military goes then russia will truly be in charge here. >> wait a minute, jennifer r ukrainians welcome on that peninsula any longer? >> reporter: well, on paper they are. in theory they are. president vladimir putin yesterday said in moscow that crimea is for ukrainians and russian and the ethnic ukrainian tatar that is live here. and all three languages will be equally respected, but we've seen a campaign of intimidation and those military families are nervous. many have already left. the families i have spoken to, some of them are hiding in apartment, they live in apartments that are given to them by the navy. so people know where they live. they've gotten threatening phone calls. the sailors on the ships have

gotten threatening phone calls. it will take a few weeks and months for the ethnic ukrainian to choose to stay here. >> jennifer glasse in sevato pol thank you. the u.n. security council has met to discuss the situation. what was the point of the meeting. >> reporter: that is the question at this time. people inside the security are saying what just happened? we just passed all these resolutions for russia to ride roughshod over the council and all western governments are saying what was happening is illegal, you should stop. the french was called b meetinge french. they want to keep the pressure up. this is the highest level of contact. they wanted to keep the pressure up. >> what happened today. >> between the united states and

russian ambassador, it was quite hostile at times. we're going to hear, the longstanding russian ambassador to the united nations and here he is defending his country's position yet again. >> the people of crimea have fulfilled what is ensigned in the u.n. charter and in international documents mainly the right to self determination. >> reporter: now samantha power is the u.n. ambassado u.s. ambae united nations. she said there were breaches of human rights and it was never more important to look after human rights than now. >> this crisis was never about protecting the rights of ethnic russians and was always about one country's ambition to redraw it's own borders. >> reporter: and in response to that, they said they would withdraw cooperation with the american side if the insults did not stop. we're not sure what he meant by the insults, but afterwards the

journalists asked him what he meant, he said well, i want an apology from the american side. >> secretary general ban ki-moon went to the region. what is he hoping to accomplish? >> we shouldn't write off ban ki-moon. he represents 200 plus countries in the world. when he travels, when he speaks he represents those countries. he's going down tonight. he's on his way now. we have pictures of him leaving the united nations. he's on his way to moscow and on thursday he's going to meet with president putin and the longstanding russian foreign minister lavrov who has been meeting with secretary kerry. and he'll meet with the ukrainian interim president and see if they can do something to bring this to a peaceful conclusion. in light of what president putin said it is little know what he

can do, but he's going to try. >> russian supporters are already taking down ukrainian signs, flags, and colors off government buildings in crimea. >> reporter: russians and their supporters have wasted no time in taking ukrainian flags and symbols off buildings. the first stop was a local parliament building. it used to say council of ukrainian autonomy of crimea. there are the workers taking the letters down. they basically took out ukrainian, and this is what the building looks like now. it says, state council of the republic of crimea says the newly planted sign in russian on the parliament building. you see the ukrainian emblem is covered up by the russian flag. this is the naval base that jennifer glasse was talking about earlier on. it has the russian flag and they took down the gate with the

emblem of the ukrainian navy there at the navy base. they also took out the safe here. you can see these pro-russians are taking out the safe. the legs are here and this is the top of the safe. now this was sent out by shawn walker, he's with "the guardian." he said th it continues pace. we took a look at this building before this picture was taken. it had a sign similar to this one here. this work took down that sign and is pointing over it. another ukrainian emblem that has been covered up by the russian flag. >> in some places we would call that looting, taking safes, but at this point we're not calling it looting. >> reporter: if you want to follow any of these links you can follow me on twitter, and you'll get them all there. >> all right, thanks. >> reporter: thank you. >> toyota to pay a $1.2 billion fine. this deal could serve as a model

for authorities pursuing a similar case against general motors. bisi onile-ere is in detroit for us, bisi, clearly, this is a huge blow to toyota, but what does it mean more widely for the rest of the automobile acciden ? >> reporter: u.s. attorney general eric holder said that this deal is really important because it forces companies to ensure public safety. right now general motors is in the same position that toyota was in years ago, and this deal says a lot about what may lie ahead for gm. today toyota, the world's top selling automaker, agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty emposed on a car company in u.s. history. the company will pay $1.2 billion for misleading federal regulators and consumers over complaints of unintended acceleration and some of its vehicles. u.s. attorney general erik

holder said toyota intentionally concealed the safety issues behind the recalls from the public. >> put simply toyota's conduct was shameful. it showed a blatant disregard for systems and laws designed to look after the safety of consumers by the company's own admission it protected the brand ahead of its own customers. this constitutes a clear and reprehensible abuse of the public's trust. >> reporter: the toyota settlement settles issues languaged to five deaths that among them an incident in 2009 that claimed the lives of an off duty california highway patrol officer and members of his family. the settlement comes as general motors grapples with massive recalls and a federal investigation into whether gm waited too long to report a faulty ignition switch problem over ten years ago linked to 12 deaths and multiple crashes.

gm's new ceo has apologized at mitting it should have acted sooner. >> as a member of the gm family and as a mom with a family of my own this really hit home for me. we have an apologized. but that is just one step in the journey to resolve this. >> reporter: as in the tight probe federal investigators want to find out what gm new and when. toyota settlement which needs to be approved by a federal judge, may serve as a model in future cases. >> reporter: i think the justice department is going to be viewed very critically here if they don't say what is good for the goose is good for the gander. they're going to look at two issues. one is the degree of culpability. now to what extent did general motors, like toyota, deliberately conceal the problem here. >> reporter: gm appointed a company wide safety chief this week they say to make sure

nothing like this happens again. with the potential for legal liabilities looming and mountain lawsuits, new ceo mary barra is now preparing to testify before congress. meanwhile toyota still faces hundreds of private lawsuit over their vehicle problems. >> reporter: and the auto safety center released a statement saying that this deal is a game changer, and earlier this afternoon we learned that the government is looking into telling gm or asking them whether they should consider another recall. apparently there may be issues with some of the companies saturn's ions, and that concern is over the power steering. >> thank you, bisi, bisi onile-ere out in detroit. the agonizing wait on information for the missing malaysian flight 370 has taken its toll on families of

passengers and crew. we have more on the search and investigation. [ crying ] >> reporter: anguish and agony from family members. investigators insist they are doing everything in their power to locate flight 370. they continue to examine the flight simulator taken from the pilot's home. today they revealed it is missing some files. >> we are examining the flight simulator. some files have been deleted from the simulator. >> reporter: the files were deleted back in early february. it may mean nothing but the fbi has been reportedly asked to take a look. >> we're in ongoing conversations about how we can help, and he will make available whatever resources that we have,

whatever expertise we have that we might be able to used. >> reporter: friends of the captain continue to defend the veteran pilot and his home mate simulator. >> i asked him before why he built the simulate center his home. it's because that is his hobby. he enjoys flying, and he wants to share the joy of flying with his friends. having the simulator at home is the way to do it. >> reporter: the co-pilot is also under the microscope as are flight attendants and ground crew. and investigators are still waiting word on some of the passenger abouts any possible links to terrorism. >> we have received background checks from ukraine and russia both of which had nationals involved. so far no information of significance has been found. >> reporter: military planes from a host of country including the united states continue to

search for the jumbo search. now the search the size of australia has been cut in half. >> the area of the search has been refined by work done by the national transportation safety board on the fuel reserves of the aircraft and how far it could have flown. you'll see it has moved a little way east so it's not as far from perth as it was from yesterday's search. >> reporter: even though australian searchers leading that southern search say it will take weeks to cover just that one area to look for anything from the missing flight. lisa stark, al jazeera, washington. >> you know, there are a number of theories about what may have happened to flight 370. jonathan betz is here to break down a few of them for us. >> reporter: one idea that is getting traction it this week is

perhaps this was a big accident after all. the theory is that there was a fire on the plane that knocks out the transponder, and they move to an airport like this one. but before they can land they're overcome by smoke and the plane keeps flying and crashes. others say that is unlikely. another idea maybe the jet landed on a remote island or beach. that's one idea. this one, the diego garcia island, it is tiny, it is remote and there is an airport there, but there is also an american navy facility there. what if the plane landed on a random beach, maybe even the desert in central asia. it is possible but extremely difficult because surely somebody would have noticed or some radar would have picked up

that jumbo jet because the skies over pakistan, afghanistan, india are supposedly closely watched. so another theory, maybe the plane was stolen by terrorist in cahoots with a country or maybe just the country's radar operators. israel is worried about that idea. that's a lot of what ifs. the plane would have to sneak past other countries. once on the ground it would have to be hidden quickly. it would take a lot of work. it's very farfetched. it's so puzzling, but the investigators are not ruling out anything. >> you just feel so bad for the family. >> reporter: especially when they're crying and sobbing in front of television reporters because they're getting basically no answers. >> what if every what if that you've gone through highlights the fact that we know very little. >> reporter: the bottom line is that nobody knows what happened to this plane. >> coming up on al jazeera america janet yellen's first news conference since becoming fed chair may have given a signal that interest rates are

headed up. and north dakota's economy is booming thanks to oil, but it is also causing a major struggle for affordable housing. we will explain. that's next.

>> boy oh, boy, a rough welcome for the new head of the federal reserve janet yellen. did you see what happened today? the dow selling off after her first news conference as fed chair because she raised the prospect of interest rates rising sooner than expected. ali velshi, good to see you. what happened today? >> reporter: i have to tell you it was a little bit weird to me. this turns out to be a rough welcome for the new head of the federal reserve. the dow reacted to janet yellen's first news conference with a sell-off. she raised the prospects of interest rates rising sooner than expected. i don't know whose expectations we're talking about, but at some point interest rates are going up in this country. she said that they're going to

stop pumping $10 billion into the economy at some point, and at that point interest rates are going to go up. that's what the issue was, when is it going to happen? it looks like we're probably talking about next spring, you know, more than a year from now. i don't know why everybody decided to sell off their stocks in the process. the interest rates are going to stay low for a good amount of time and would probably start going up around mid 2015. >> so when it does happen, right, that will be something to talk about, right? that will be the kind of a big deal the feds deciding to raise those rates. >> reporter: remember your mortgage rates are set by bonds of a different sort. it's not a rate that the feds send. you'll start to sense that. mortgage rates don't jump in a day. they go up over time. right now the rate for 30-year fixed mortgage is a full point higher than it was a year ago, but still it's near historic

lows. the federate is a few percent lower than that. they think they'll start--when they start raising it, unless something very different happens to this economy they go up in a quarter of a percentage point. you'll see it coming. >> what else are you working on for the big program. >> reporter: the other side of low interest rates. low savings rate. if you're scared of the market after the massive run up, where do you go to invest your money? the inflation is 1%, 1.5%. how do you beat that? >> ali, see you back here at 7:00 eastern on "real money." north dakota's economy is booming because of the oil industry. it has an estimated 25,000 jobs and that number is only expected to grow. we take you inside north dakot dakota's new front tear in part

one. the good life comes with its own set of challenges. >> reporter: eric kirby makes the best of a very cramped situation in this 1200-square-foot mobile home. the living room functions as an office. there is no room for tools and other household items so they're stashed in a shed. >> we have the gun safe out here. it's packed. >> reporter: while small the mobile home was the most affordable option for the civil engineer, his wife and son who recently moved to north dakota oil country from oregon. >> 1800 a month is a good deal for this right here in this town. for sure there are two bedroom apartments going for $3,000. >> reporter: thanks to the oil rush, north dakota is not a boomtown it's the most expensive rental market in the nation. as thousands of job seekers flock to the area for work in the oil field. since the 2010 census the population has doubled from 15,000 residents to roughly

30,000. but work is plentiful, housing isn't. so developers are rushing to fill the void. >> it takedanny hogan is one of. his firm is building 3,000 modular homes for oil service workers, but rent here won't be cheap. >> we have contracts coming in, depending on the number of people coming in, we'll go for 139 a night. >> reporter: north dakota knows it has a major housing problem on its hands. it spent about $50 million over the past few years building affordable housing all over the state but mostly here in the oil patch. so far the state has subsidized about 1200 apartment unites with lower rents for essential workers like teachers, police officers, and nurses. but communities like williston say that has hardly put a dent in the problem. mercy hospital build this

$11 million complex for staff who could not find housing. matt grim shaw has rented out all 66 units. now he's worried how he'll accommodate new hires. >> we're still on a regular basis have 25 to 30 full-time opportunities. we no longer have guaranteed apartments for people to move into. >> reporter: as more housing is built, developers think it will get less expensive. erik kirby is not wait forgive that to happen. he's being a $275,000 home that his family will move into this summer. >> is that to you still a lot of money. >> that's a heck of a lot of money. my house in oregon was half of that. >> reporter: in oil country that's the price you pay for the american dream. diane estherbrook, williston north dakota. >> we'll show those who are flocking to north dakota

tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. and despite all of the tough talk from the west, russia is solidifying it's hold on crimea. one expert says president vladimir putin's ego may be making this a difficult situation.

>> ukrainian cabinet ministers sent to crimea for talks has not been allowed to get off their plane. earlier today pro russian military forces took over two military bases. we have more on the rising tensions in crimea. >> reporter: all of the moat item is with russia now. militiamen force their way into the headquarters of the ukrainian navy in sevastopol. there is no resistence and the

base is overrun without a shot being fired. it's out with the old, in with the new. russia is in charge. it's forces on the ground increasingly bold in making that point. you rainan soldiers inside wonder how long the russians are prepared to wait outside before forcing their way in. ukrainian soldiers told us they feel abandoned by their government. they wouldn't talk on camera so i spoke to a retired officer who is being tried to mediate. >> the soldiers here have simply been let down. no one from the high command or the defense ministry has come here to support them or encourage them. >> reporter: the russians have told the ukrainian soldiers they must leave the base or join the russian army. the government in kiev is telling the ukrainians to sit tight. >> our troops are based there legally and will stay there as long as our government decides

is necessary. if the russian start attacking them our troops have every right to fire back. >> reporter: the authorities here in crimea say they will not allow a delegation in kiev to come and talk to the ukrainian soldiers. crimea's pro russian prime minister said that the delegation is not welcome, and it will not be allowed entry into crimea. it's not only ukrainian soldiers who are worried. in simferopol we find a bank manager who is trying to assure crowds and prevent them to withdraw their bank savings. don't worry, he says, everything is under control. he admits that the bank is struggling to adapt to the new legal reality. in parliament they were putting up new letters in russian stating that crimea belongs to russia, not ukraine. with every passing day moscow consolidates its hold.

barnaby phillips. >> i spoke to an international affairs professor, and asked whether vladimir putin is satisfy with crimea, or if there are other countries in his sights. >> reporter: i think he is satisfied for the moment. he has put his troops where the east ukraine is surrounded by russian troops, but they're not entering in. there is confrontation to make sure that troops on both sides are behaving. i think he's satisfied but he's waiting to see how the word pushes him, how far the world pushes him. i think he really wants to be an international player. he doesn't want to be an international pariah. he understands if he goes further than that, if he will quickly move to pariah. >> should the lithuanian

president, vice president joe biden is in the baltics right now. shut lithuania, latvia be concerned right now. they're voicing concern. >> i think so, absolutely. i don't think he's going to invade them, but they should absolutely be concerned. everybody should be concerned because this man--we know why he took crimea. because he really thinks it's russian territory and was wrongfully give to ukraine. >> by? >> by nikita kruschev, my great grandfather. but who decides what is rightfully russian. in the baltic states there are a lot of russian speakers. what if he decides in latvia, the famous and popular resort by the russians, what if he decides to take that over because it's also on the baltic sea. co-have another port. they should be concerned. i still don't think that putin is going to go in that direction, but everybody should be sounding the alarm. >> what is the next step in your

mind for the e.u. and the united states. >> i think sanctions are very important. i think trying to reduce the oil and gas dependence on russia is very important. trying to figure out ways to get outside of russia, all the pipelines that go into europe. this is really because that's what his empire is based on. it's a an industrial complex very much like the soviet state was in the 1970's. because it wa of that it collapn 1991, there was no diversity in the economy and putin's economy is not diversified today. >> will vladimir putin listen to germany's chancellor, angela merkel. germany is really depend dependent on russia's oil and gas. it may be a double-edge sword. you may get what you want but

you may hurt your economy. >> i don't know if it will. he should have by now, but i don't know how forceful she has been. that woman is a savvy politician. she's from eastern europe. they don't even need to speak to understand one another. probably she hasn't pushed hard enough. >> she's key. >> she is key to all of this development. because if there was anybody he's going to listen to in the international community, that would be angela merkel, and she can absolutely assure him, for example, if he goes further than that market is closed. the thing about natural resource economies, you need the market. if you don't have a market, you're dead. >> what about the united states? what is the role for president obama and the united states to play here if the idea is to that the e.u. really has to lead this? it feels like at the moment, and correct me if i'm wrong here, but it feels like at the moment the president is pushing the e.u. what is the proper role for the

united states? it certainly is not a short-term game. it feels like a long-term game that the united states is playing here. >> it should be and it is. the united states turning its attention from europe thinking we'll concentrate on asia and africa, which is very correct. who would have known that that would happen in the middle of europe, for sure. but i think the united states would be absolutely in its right to push it's own sanctions to continue to talk to vladimir putin. and also give really europe a lead on that. but support europe. >> to push, to push europe, and make europe leading on that crisis. but also support europe and whatever--not judge the way we heard stories earlier. a syrian activist tells al jazeera that two syrian helicopters are targeting a road

leading to a lebanese town. it has been the fall-back position for sunni fighters driven from the stronghold of yabrud. earlier, they cut off the road, the lebanese army has been sent in to stand against the fighting. >> lebanese forces arrived. it's been tense here since sunday when the rebels stronghold of yabrud and syria fell to the syrian army. >> we knew there would be retaliation for victory in yabrud. we knew that they would be out to get us. we lost sons to these car bombs and actors. we had to close the roads to protect the locals. >> reporter: but inside the

closurthe citythe closure has hc hard. with the roadblock those most seriously injured could not be transferred to better equipped hospitals in lebanon. >> we've had 130 wounded since yabrud fell. unfortunately, the road was also closed for humanitarian cases. we ran out of supplies. people have died because of the siege. we hope the roads open so the wounded can get treated. >> reporter: maintaining calm, carrying out parolees inside the city. the government has made it clear calming the situation is it's top priority. the town lies nestles in the mountains along the border with syria. this is a long porous border, a no man's land. many fighters from syria have come in this area and are carrying out attacks on sh shiie

villages. we used to work together perfectly. but with syria there are all these refugees they've outnumbered us. now there are all these car bombs. the terrorists come to the outskirts of our town and send rockets in the villages. we're glad the army is here. >> reporter: but it faces an extremely difficult task. the valley has 70 kilometers of border with syria, and with sunni groups vowing to avenge their losses, everyone is on edge. stephanie decker, al jazeera, along the syrian border. >> an investigation has found the c.i.a. misled congress about the use of torture in interrogation. now earlier today i spoke with jason leopold, the investigative

journalist who uncovered this interrogation. >> reporter: the enhanced interrogation techniques that were used on prisoners and one in particular, the first high profile detainee captured after 9/11, many of these means were not justified through the legal memory by john yu. there are many new techniques that we have not heard about before. my sources tell me. and that this report will set the record straight on what those techniques were, and when they were used. >> okay, in the black banner, one of the two agents who first interrogated in that sort of c.i.a. prison, he suggested that the enhanced interrogation

techniques from an experiment. were they a guinea pig for these techniques? >> reporter: indeed, he was. the senate report on the c.i.a.'s interrogation program will go into great detail about that. and yes, he uses the worth experiment numerous times in his book. and the senate report details that some of the techniques used particularly waterboarding, and the fact that they used water in his waterboarding was later changed when they used it on other prisoners to saline solution. >> he was water-boarded, what, 83 times? >> 83 times in a single month as far as we can tell from what the c.i.a. has. >> and khalid sheikh mohammed the mastermind of 9/11 was

water-boarded 100 times? >> 183 times in one month. >> why hasn't the senator report been released? s. >> reporter: it's clear for a number of reasons. one, it has to go through a declassification review. the c.i.a. is the original classification authority. their report is based on documents that the c.i.a. provided to them. so there is fierce disagreement as we've read, as we've heard about between the senate reports conclusions and what the c.i.a. has determined is a flawed report. so it needing to through a declassification review. but it is not at that stage yet simply because they are still butting heads over the final document. and what the final document itself should say. >> the c.i.a. defends the enhanced interrogation program and says the techniques used in the program are legal.

china is using drones to watch polluting companies in an effort to cut down on toxic air blanketing chinese cities. a state run report states unmanned drones have been used in three provinces, officials tell local media the drones are more effective because they can catch factories off guard. in south africa a watchdog agency wants their president to pay the state back for some of the $23 million spent to upgrade his private home. critics say the state paid for a swimming pool, cattle enclosure, ample theater, but he benefited from the security upgrades. they will push to impeach the president over the spending. the judge is no. we're joined from fort bragg,

court is back in session tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. but it was by all accounts an emotional day in court for the general. >> reporter: it was actually from start to finish. at times he tried. at times he was shocked up, and he hung his head when his defense attorney read a letter that his wife wrote to the court. the man that witnesses described as a confident and fearless leader was emotional as he stood before the judge. he said in the last two years he knows he has squandered a fortune of life's blessings, lost the ability to work at his calling. he adds, i've been frustrated and angry, but i don't have to look any further than the mirror for someone to blame. i put myself and the army in this position with my selfish, self-destructive act. sinclair is asking to retire at a reduced rank which would mean a reduction in pension and

benefits. the prosecution pled guilty to is 14 counts including adultery, having inappropriate relationships with female subordinates, the judg the prosr cuter said these are not just loss of judgment but crimes and he should pay for it. the prosecution is asking that sinclair be dismissed from the military. sinclair's attorney said it's enough that the prosecution already dropped the sexual assault charges and admits that they overcharged in this case. sinclair will have to live with these allegations for the rest of his life. >> he's humbled. he's remorseful. he's a man of honor. the government's picture was what you do when your case falls apart and you've got nothing else to talk about. it's not the man.

>> reporter: as part of a plea deal we do know that sinclair will not serve prison time. what that states, tony, 27 years worth of a pension and benefits. >> natasha fort bragg, north carolina. osama bin laden's son-in-law taking the stand today. >> reporter: formal quite supports maformer al-qaedaspokeh spoke today. it was not clear that he would take the stand at all. we have more from outside of the courthouse. >> reporter: sulaiman absulaimau ghaith's attorney surprised the court by calling his defendant to the stand. he claims that he had not met osama bin laden before 2001, and he had no knowledge of the plot

to attack america. he did say that he was there to deliver speeches to military recruits to al-qaeda that he was delivering a message that they had a responsibility as muslims to stand up for oppressed muslims everywhere. he also testified that it was bin laden who fed him lines of speeches, including the lines that a storm of airplanes would condition. >> reporter: in washington investigators are looking for clues to see what caused the crash yesterday. two men on board were killed. the men on the ground were badly burned. he's improving and able to move breathe on his own again. police in north carolina responded to to a call.

where a man pope fired on them. later on he was found in a field behind the store. new regulations will be put in place to prevent the damage the city suffered last year. it will be rider to have roof sheathing and garag garage door. google maps has put 300 miles of the colorado river on google street view. isn't it beautiful. american river said the projects brings new attention to what they call the country's most endangered river. there are some gorgeous places in the u.s. >> well said. well said. all right, appreciate it. that's good stuff. for a second time in two weeks a mysterious bright light shot across canada's sky. massive fireball captured by cameras on canada's east coast filled the sky tuesday morning. you see it there?

the flashes of light are believed to be a meteor. eyewitnesses in know i nova scoy they saw the light along with a loud sound like thunder. the cuban government is letting people buy and sell cars but it is a luxury most folks cannot afford. you will not believe the sticker prices. and an avid bowler had the game of his life, and it only took him 81 years to do it. >> things could easily get out of control >> will crimea break away? what's russia's next move? and how will th u.s. respond? >> we're making it clear that there are consequences for their actions... >> for continuing coverage stay with al jazeera america

your global news leader.

>> women carry the bigger burden when it comes to alzheimer's disease. according to a new study not only are women more likely to be diagnosed, they are also more likely to take on full-time care giving for family members who develop the disease. women have one in six chance to

developing the condition compared to one out of 11 men plainly because women live longer. 70% of those who take care of others affected by alzheimer's disease are women. a piece of 7. $60 million in unclaimed tax refunds could be waiting for you. the internal revenue service released a reminder that deadlines are approaching for tax payers who never filed in 2010. after 2013 the three year grace period ends and it goes to the treasury. get your money. the irs said there is no penalty for filing late if you have a refund coming your way. for the first time in 50 years a new law is allowing average citizens to buy and sell cars. but the property is considered a luxury that many simply cannot afford. >> cubans will do anything to keep their beloved cars on the road. since the revolution car

ownership has been restricted. cubans have had to be resourceful to keep their old cars chugging along. starting this year restrictions on car ownership have been lifted. many were hoping to get a new set of wheels but the prices have shocked cubans. a peugeot is listed at $260,000. people visit dealerships to see the unbelievable prices themselves. twmany say they're angry with te government. >> i think it is enormously disrespectful. as it is our salaries are not enough to cover our personal needs. we've done the numbers and it is so expensive. >> reporter: for drivin foreigns driving a small car like this is

not a big expense but for cubans it's a dream. >> reporter: with prices so high most cars will sit unsold on car lots. despite the new freedoms cubans will likely be getting around as they have done for decades. with a lot of patience. adam rainy, al jazeera havana. >> so the pope proved once again that he is the people's pontiff. pope francis took a selfie with newlyweds in the audience at the vatican. the photo posted on twitter is getting a whole lot of buzz online. this is not the first time the pope has snapped a self portrait. he posed for a photo last august at st. peter's about a sill la . an 81-year-old man pulled off a near impossible, bowling a perfect 300 game. [ cheering ]

>> he bold 12 strikes in a row in front of his friends, probably the whole alley, right, on monday night. the cameras were flipped on after ray bowled a perfect nine frames. and this video was posted on the bowling alley's facebook page. an, um, date oan update of p stories. >> reporter: what the new fed chair said today that could help if you're trying to buy a house but could hurt if you're trying to save for retirement. we'll talk to one of the biggest home builders in the country. all that and more on "real money."

. >> when you're trying to buy a home, sell a home or save for retirement, janet yellen might well have been speaking to you. plus i'll talk to one of the nation's biggest home builders about how he's feeling about the market. i'm ali velshi, this is "real money."