>> i just saw it, it was like something wanted to yab you. everything was gop. >> three dead after a mud slide, now a search for survivors. >> the coast guard told us - don't eat the fish you catch today. >> a collision on the water, a race to contain a texas-sized oil spill near the lone-star state. >> and a growing number of

planes hunting for the airliner, why mother nature may derail the ascertain for flight mh370. >> explosions and gunfire. russia tightens its grip on crimea, in what could be a last stand for ukrainian soldiers. >> good morning, and welcome to al jazeera america. i've from new york city. i'm morgan radford. it's 3am in washington state where rescue workers have been searching through the night for victims of a massive mud slide. it happened saturday morning, 30 miles north of seattle killing three people. rescue workers say they heard voices crying for help from beneath the debris. the state governor declared a state of emergency after a

mountain of mud flowed. >> rocks, debris hit the area north-east of seattle. >> 2 miles from here. it's pretty much everything that is gone. >> this man was driving when the slide hit. >> i was coming down the hill. i saw the darkness, like someone wants to grab you and everything was gone. like three seconds. three people were called by a wall of mud, 80 feet wide and deep. others were taken to hospitals, including an infant. >> search and rescue operations began where six homes from destroyed. including one house. >> saturday's weather was sunny and clear. the wet weather season

saturation is to blame. concern grows along the squamish river, blocked by debris. >> if we can't, and it's a catastrophic release, it could create problems downstream. home owners have been ordered out. more residents have been warneded to prepare for possible evacuations. >> there's more water coming down the river. >> kerry davis and her husband must watch, wait and hope that their home and community survive. >> that was dan reporting. we are now getting the bigger picture now about the mud slide. these photos from switer show how much of the mountain tore off, bringing a barrage of boulders and trees levelling everything in its path. there's a flash flood warning in effect. let's bring in meteorologist eboni deon for the latest. >> today we are not expecting to see additional rain fall. a bit of break as far as

precipitation is concerned. we have a flash flood watch for squamish country. a flash flood warning where the landslide occurred. while we could see flash flooding downstream, that's why we have the watch in place, we are not expecting catastrophic flooding. flooding of the river is around 14 feet. it's at three feet and if the water backs up behind the landslide it will not be enough to get up to 14 feet. downsteam of that, near arlington we could see flooding. don't drive across any roads covered in water, because you don't know the depth. as far as the rain around seattle. taking a bit of a break. as of this month, we have seen nearly 8 inches of rainfall. it's about five inches above normal. there has been a bit of rain. things are quiet, but we are watching a storm system bringing

rain in. where we need it, across sworn arse of california, we are not going to get it. high pressure is dominating. lots of sun shine and dealing with doubt conditions. no help with the rain in sight across the south-west. >> a barge carrying a million gallons of fuel oil is lacking into the channel. the barge collided with another ship near texas's gall as tonne bay. >> we saw the tanker come out of nowhere. >> we could see clear as day what was about to happen. >> oh, my god. >> this is exclusive video he captured. >> i knew he couldn't change your direction. the ship was backing up. the barge was sinking, leaking oil into gall vass tonne bay. >> there's a reasonable amount of water. i can't tell you if there's a

substantial amount of water. it's being assessed at this point. >> the barge had a million gallons of fuel oil. a massive effort to contain the spill. a ghost guard battle and environmental crews, boats and oil crews brought into the texas city dyke for deployment. that is coming back around the other side. jeff roberts took this picture as he came to shore. when he pulled the came out of the water, he noticed water caked on the side. >> the coast guard told us. don't eat anything you catch. the big concern now, keeping more oil from the barge seeping into the bay. >> two people on that barge were hospitalized after coming into contact with a gas hydrogen sulfide. >> it's sunday evening in australia and a full day of search operations for the airlines flight is winding down. eight planes have been scouring a remote path to the son indian

ocean where several satellite images, including news from france, show objects floating in the water. some experts are concerned they may be too large to have come from the plane, the u.s. navy p8 poseidon rejoined the search after taking a day off. 10,000 nautical miles were covered, but an impending cyclone may interrupt the movements, andrew thomas reports from perth. >> a press conference that a chinese satellite had an image of an object 22 metres in length. it's a sizeable object and importantly that bass to the south-west of where an australian satellite had thought it had spotted an object two days earlier. i say significant, because the planes leaving from the air force base had been looking slightly to the north-east of where the first object was

spotted, thinking that the currents, tide and sea would take anything in the opposite direction, explaining why nothing would have been seen. the planes, eight of them taking off on sunday, they'll be heading to the new area, the expanded area. l the civilian plane with spotters on board thought they spotted a small number. they redirected a military plane, but all it could see was seaweed. tony abbott, australia prime minister, has said that combined these new developments are potentially significant, and he sounded relatively optimistic. this is what he had to say. >> it's too early to be definite. obviously we had a number of very credible leads, and there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope that we

might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this il-faith aircraft. >> so the search continues on sunday, as i say, with eight planes leaving the air force base north of perth. the fact that tony abbott was bullish, publicly optimistic, but there might be developments in the ongoing saga on sunday. some grounds for hope, but hope, of course, an interesting word in this context. new, if it comes could be the news of relatives, passengers from the plane might be dreading. while they want new, it may be the news that they dread. >> andrew thomas reporting from australia. >> the search has faced hurdles. one of the biggest issues is coordinating between the various countries involved. >> one of the biggest issues shows the last movement of

malaysia airlines flight mh370. it took off at 12:. 31am, and was about to enter the vietnamese airspace when it disappeared from air traffic control screens. at some point it veered off course to the west. it was detected from thai military radar. thailand did not share this investigation until 10 days into the search. >> in the early days there were complaints from vietnam and china. some analysts questioned the level of cooperation within the region. >> these relate to past historical events, where the south-east asian governments had national security threats coming from neighbouring regions. now, these have not been able to move forward due to probable

threats in the areas that currently exist. >> the south china sea has been identified as a flash point. it's here that several countries, including china have competing territorial claims. this is showing how some nations may not necessarily have the capacity to break up the claims or monitor the borders. >> the malaysian military detected the flight as a blip on its radar, but did nothing about it as it was not identified as a threat. >> it's not a heightened state of alertness or awareness. not everything is scrutinised. so even the thailand defense agencies, malaysia or singapore or indonesia, not everything is in a state of alertness, which will look at the commercial aircraft with suspicion. >> while the extensive ascertain

for flight mh370 may not expose capabilities, it shows the limits to cooperation. >> it has been 15 days since the plane vanished with 239 people on board. russia has taken over one of the last ukrainian military bases. there was gun fire and explosions as vehicles stormed the base in belbek. ukrainian soldiers were cornered as russian troops demanded their surrender. >> russia sent in reinforcements from a ukrainian warship. the take over of this base is just part of russia o initial annexation of crimea. in eastern ukraine, demonstrators filled the streets calling for the president to return home. phil ittner takes a look at what

all this means in the battle for crimea. >> russian troops rolled in, smashing through the gates in armoured vehicles. the confrontation at belbek, where gunshots were fired is the incident that has ukraine and the community seriously concerned about the potential for escalation on this crisis. word that the ukrainian base command is in russian hands is a challenge. many ukrainians are furious at the treatment of their men in uniform. >> aleksai gritsenko knows what it's like to be detained by russian forces. a member of the ukrainian cadet forces, and he was held in a week in terrible positions. >> i was kept in a mask all the time. my armed were bound. >> how many people in the room? . >> translation: i was ahope in

the room, i could hear people in other rooms being tortured. that created an atmosphere. alex's imprisonment threatened the crimean authorities with consequences if the sailors were not released by a deadline. in the end they were. narrowly avoiding a confrontation. on the diplomatic front ban ki-moon has recognised the longer the crisis continues, the greater the chance something could happen, resulting in a war. the acting defence minister says his troops are disciplined. and will show all possible restraint. nevertheless, he has given the order to return fire, but only if his men feel their lives are at risk. >> ukrainian sailors and air force personas show setup by russian forces are failing.

now is the time when appropriate measures must be taken. >> the government in kiev has another problem in the east of the country. pro-russian and pro-western groups are at odds. a flare-up there could give moscow can excuse to move beyond crimea to protect russians against armed militias. activists would play by their own rules. >> the government wants them to give up the weapons and join a national guard, in case the unthinkable happens, and a provocation that no one can predict or control causes the crisis to escalate. >> al jazeera's phil ittner joins us from kiev. you mentioned there's concern. how are things playing out in kiev. any reaction from the government? >> well, from the government a

lot of anger, from the people anxiety, and concern obviously. behind me on independent square, the maydan, there's a crowd. in the last few minutes we have seen the numbers swell. over it 1,000 by now. people are coming out. they say it's a rally for unity, solidarity. they are deeply concerned about the men in uniform out in crimea. they are angry about what the russians are doing out in that part of the country, by taking over their military bases. so here in kiev, yes, ka strong rehabilitation to what happened yesterday at that air force bass. >> meanwhile, though, you have these sanctions imposed on russian businessmen by the u.s. is that making any difference in russia's decision making. well, they haven't reacted to it yet. it will take time for the sanctions to bite. there was a dip in russia's

market. the various credit rating groups around the globe have been downgrading russia's credit rating. interestingly enough, we have been seeing on russian social media that russia is starting to post pictures of goods in shops, whose prices are going up. i have seen several of these, russian friends of mine and contacts i have where they are showing that it - it is hitting them directly in the pocket book. it's taking effect and, you know, we'll have to see what happens on the macroeconomic scale and to the average russians. >> phil ittner joining us from kiev. always a pleasure to have you with us. >> turning now to nick spicer in simferepol, and crimea. nick, russia's operation to seize the belbek airbase is larger and more violent than take overs of other base, what

is happening now. are more ukrainian troops abandoning the post in crimea. >> the latest we hear is that the russian navy and army are taking over the few remaining navy ships in the hands of the ukrainians. what happened at belbek yesterday was one of the biggest and one of the last, because there are few remaining bases. raids to take place. we were there. and as phil said, it started with gunfire. proceeded by the armored personnel carriers. russian cossacks, the journalists, memory cards from the video cameras. there's an impression that the russians don't want what they are doing to be seen which the wider world. as regards the fate of the

soldiers, they are being told they can join the russian army, or move back to ukraine. some are accepting the offer. many people here, a large majority, it's safe to say, have strong feelings of attachment. it has major historical links. many officers tell you, look, we pledge allegiance, swore an oath. one major i spoke to said "i spent my whole life here, my family is here, i have relatives here. because of that oath i have to go." what besides the bases, what other sets is putin taking to align crimea with russia? >> he's announced that there'll be a major administrative alignment with russian ministries and officials will come from moscow to overhaul the

interior ministry, the police force, the defence ministry along the lines of the russian army, the penitentiary unit will be remodelled, and the air to the kgb, the intelligence service will come over and set up shop. as well as that, the time zones will be changing here in the next few days. advancing to two hours, to align with moscow time. the ruble will be introduced by 2016. and the two will be running in parallel for a time. people are happy at the prospect at getting russian passports in the coming days and weeks of joining russia, getting the higher pensions and higher salaries. some of the civil servants have been promised. there's questions about the exchange rate between the australian grivner and ruble favourable. what happens if the exchange rate is unfavourable.

pensions are being paid out. it's safe to say the savings are being welcome. the attachment will change your. 12% were deported by stalin. they feel like they have set down roots and they are in another country led by moscow, which is the capital that deported them. >> a lot of individual pushback. >> really, it will have to depend on how it develops in the weeks to come. >> al jazeera's nick spicer in simferepol. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> one hot spot is donetsk, in the east. 5,000 marched carrying flags, carrying signs saying, "viktor yanukovych is our president." when the crowd started pushing and shoving, riot police quickly

clamped down. >> i think that everything could be done in a peaceful and legitimate way because viktor yanukovych is the legitimate president. he could help and assist, that's why today for the first time we call for help from vladimir putin and russia, we ask for help from viktor yanukovych. we hope and rely on him. viktor yanukovych hasn't spoken publicly since the annexation of crimea. >> they want to hold their own election to decide whether to split from ukraine. >> one group is taking action on an ebola epidemic. >> small farmers like me have not gained. >> a booming business in a poor country. not everywhere is reaping the benefits from what locals call whight gold. >> and a commercial jet lands at the wrong airport. if you are surprised wait until you hear the new recordings from

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>> he definitely was not kidding. it's a newly released radio transition between air traffic control and a pilot who landed at the wrong airport. the pilot didn't realise his mistake until after the plane shut down. the plane was supposed to land. the pilot mistakenly landed at a smaller airport nearby. no one was hurt. the plane came close to going off the runway. the pilot remains on paid leave. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. bangladesh is known for his macive garment industry. we look at a second. let's look at what temperatures we can expect to see across the

country with meteorologist eboni deon. >> after a beautiful first weekend in springs. the start of it - we are down to 39 degrees, lightly cooler than yesterday. as we go through the day, you notice the difference. we have freeze warnings in place into georgia. that's because lows tonight will drop down to the freezing point. close. getting down to the 30, highs in the '60s. >> thank you so much. shrimp farming is the second largest export in bangladesh after the garment industry. the environment is paying a pretty high price to supply the rest of the world with this delicacy. they call it white cold. many here in the south of bangladesh made a killing on the

shrimp. it's second to the garment industry. for shrimp farmers it's easy money. >> take my farm, whatever i invest in it, i get six or seven times money in return. it's a profitable business. >> industry has not rewarded everyone equally. all this used to be farm land and home to a large number of farmers. >> he works the stretch of land by hiring four or five labourers. before an area this size would have provided an enjoy for several dozen farmers. >> a few kilometres away they struggle to grow crops on the soil. it's so salty, and because of the street farming, it is a major problem in the area. >> street farming is on area.

small farmers like me have not gained from it. many of the neighbours have been displaced because they can't support themselves off the land. those on the street say it employs a million people, not on the farms, but in factories. they think they should be grown elsewhere. >> if we do not produce ice, there's no problem with that, because all of bangladesh can produce ice. all the bangladesh cannot grow the shrimp. >> like the garment sector, it's a symbol of how the country is changing. perhaps on inevitable transition on the road to industrialisation.

president obama arriving in europe. this was like a war, at 2:45am they fired towards the house. >> a deadly israeli raid on the west bank. now some are angry at their own president. >> a healthy child should not be kept in a hospital. it's not good for them. they can catch illnesses. >> abandoned children living in hospitals with nowhere else to go. all because their parents are falling victim to an economic crisis. the mighty are falling - another day of march madness.

>> good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford and these are the top stories. a george town university student has been arrested for making

ricin in his dorm room. he's charged with possession of a biological toxin, and he says he looked up instructions on the internet. >> there's no evidence of a breach of computer system. credit cards may vice-president compromised. the dmv a working with authorities to investigate. >> president obama is packing his bag. he'll persuade allies to stay in the united states against russia during the crisis, and called for a g7 meeting on the side lines of a summit in the netherlands, and is expected to ask countries to step up sanctions on moscow. >> a nuclear summit in the hague is focuses on how to keep nuclear weapons out of people's hands. >> with russia and the united

states at odds over ukraine, efforts to rid the world of left-over nuclear stockpiles could be in danger. >> it's a troubling situation. we have deep interests, national interests in working with russia to make sure nuclear material is secure and accounted for. >> there are warning signs. cooperation has broken down at the working level because of the ukraine crisis. the 20 year program that divided efforts to secure nuclear materials has expired, as the ukraine standoff escalates, russian officials expect to halt on their soil. >> the past has yielded results, pushing ukraine to rid itself of nuclear weapons. >> it's the first summit in 2010. ukraine made a commitment to remove the remaining material. and it has - it is because of u.s. and russian cooperation that that happened.

>> at this summit no ukraine, and no rush a. its president vladimir putin is taking a pass. >> in the wake of soviet union's collapse, the world was awash with loose nukes. the good news, that number is down to 25. russia and the u.s. worked together, reducing stockpiles. ukraine, former soviet republic was left with 1900 weapons. 1994, they agreed to send them to russia in exchange for a policemen from russia, the united states and others to honour the borders. since the russian invasion of crimea, ukrainian officials made it clear. they expected more from the west to defend their country. one concern - other nuclear states are watching. it's a question of trust. >> russia, the united states and britain pledge to respect

ukraine's sovereignty and territory, and to help protect it if it was threatened. that's been breached. >> the united states has its own exchanges with nuclear security. >> a commitment to a safer secure tomorrow. >> a facility in south carolina was designed to get rid of weapons-grade plutonium. work has been halted. it sends the wrong message to russia. >> they want to make sure that russia does not get the signal that they will stop on their side. >> since the last summit two years ago, seven countries have gotten rid of all or most of their nuclear materials. more than a dozen countries have reduced their stockpiles. >> bipartisan delegation is led by the new hampshire senator and

she says the president should not wait for the security pact to be signed. >> i believe it is time for the president to do this so that the afghan people understand that we remain committed in afghanistan. >> the president has threatened to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan if the security agreement is not signed. afghan president hamid karzai says he's leaving the decision to his successor. newly released video of an attack in kabul. the security shows taliban guns smuggling pistols pass a checkpoint. the footage shows a guard searching four men before they walk through the lobby. they burst through to the restaurant killing nine people, including two children. >> the ongoing talks between

israelis and palestinians, there were violent clashes still. israeli soldiers conducted a raid killing three palestinians, and some palestinians are frustrated with their own president for continuing to pursue peace. >> showing their anger at israeli soldiers, a crowd of men hurled stones at army vehicles outside a hospital in the west bank. a hospital filled with those killed and injured in an overnight raid. >> this was like a war. at 2:45am we woke up and they fired towards the house. after an hour and a half, they ordered us to leave, and we did. two were injured. >> israeli soldiers entered the camp to arrest a man suspected of being involved in past attacks. he and two other palestinians were killed in the ensuing gun

fight. >> when someone tries to carry out terrorist attacks. we have to be aware our intelligence capabilitiesar advanced and we have the capability to intervene. if you participate in the terrorist activity, then you are putting yourself on the list, and that's why we have to step in. >> the regular attacks have having a noticeable impact on public opinion inside palestine territory over the peace protests. protests in ramallah called on the palestine authority to call out of the talks. as they carried the bodies of those killed in the raid though the streets, they chapted -- chanted slogans. the negotiator is voicing frustration. he says 59 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in

the past six months alone. >> is this a policy of a government seeking reconciliation and piece. absolutely not. these are deliberate attempts and policies to undermine any effort being deserted by americans and others. that process restarted again in july, but with a stalemate over israeli settlements and occupied territory and violence. the resolution the u.s. is trying to broker looks like an ever more elusive goal. >> 60 palestinians have been killed since u.s. brokered peace began. u.s. senators returned a tanker to libya. >> the ship passed a blockade, and that sparked a crisis, promp pompting the parliament to dismiss the prime minister.

troops that helped to overthree muammar gaddafi are still in control of three oil ports. >> an ebola outbreak killed 59 people and sickened dozens more. humanitarian groups launched an emergency intervention. the outbreak has reached epidemic proportions and it may have spread to sierra leone. it is one of the most highly contagious diseases. it can't be prevented with a vaccine. hundreds of thousands took to the streets of madrid. >> they were protesting poverty and austerity imposed by the e.u., and many urged the government not to pay international debts and to focus on high unemployment. protests turned violent to nearly 100 people injured. protests turned deadly in

venezuela, where three were killed on saturday. thousands of pro and anti-government protesters jammed the streets. 30 people died in six weeks of political unrest. the opposition is becoming increasingly divided. >> if there was a question about serious divisions within venezuela's opposition movement, the nation-wide march called in support of mayors and political leader leopoldo lopez left no doubt. as he was scheduled to speak, henriques capriles, who won last year's presidential elections, and until recently was a leader of the opposition, abandoned the rally. muammar gaddafi, if you resign, you open a path to peace for venezuela. >> a letter written from prison calling for% muammar gaddafi's resignation and threatening to bring millions on to the streets

if he refuses seemed to signal the breaking point. the split between moderates and hardliners who argue change your can't wait. >> it is our right to demand the president's resignation and we'll fight because this can't continue. >> not to be outdone, students supporting the government marched to the presidential palace to hear madura. they refuse, because they think if time pass, the government will fall. >> the opposition is split op negotiating with muammar gaddafi. in a statement henriques capriles said it was time to get off the streets and go into poor neighbourhoods to start a dialogue to end polarization and repress. on this day of protests his words fell on deaf ears. >> after every peaceful

demonstration comes the confrontation, behind me you can see masked men waiting for riot place to come down blocking the road >> we are here to take a stand. we are prepared to fight the police attack. >> on this occasion, the tear gas did its work. with no end in sight to the unrest. now in its sixth week. >> thousands of people joined a march through chile's capital demanding change your. there was calls for free education. the protest march comes two weeks after michelle bachelet was sworn in for a second time. >> a court put a stop to same-sex unions in michigan at least until wednesday.

a federal judge overturned the ban on friday, and many flocked to get married. now an appeals court stayed the decision while the state appeals. if the appeal fails, michigan will be the 18th state where same-sex unions are illegal. >> pope francis appointed four women and four many to an vzry panel, a mix of clergy and laypeople. among them an irish woman a victim of sexual abuse, and the commission will advise the church on the best way to protect children and identify abusers. >> some say it's a struggling sign of the time in greece. the struggling economy led to abuse of children. john psaropoulos is looking at how private charities are stepping in to protect them. >> these children are learning what it feels like to be love. some were abused, some fending for themselves, and some

abandoned. two dozen children make up a family of their own, along with 16 teachers in a home run by the charity. as the economic crisis wears on, it says demand is racing ahead of resources. the crisis will cause parents to lose their jobs or live in a state of terror. some commit suicide, some take drugs. some become unbalanced. in some cases it endangers their lives. >> the charity raises $17 million a year from prit donations. the smile of the chilled increased its capacity to shelter 300 children like these behind me. they also helped 2,500 families feed their children. the state gives nothing to the charity, it supports newborns in

hospitals around greece. or children sent to hospitals. last year greece's two biggest children's hospitals took in 300 minors, a third more than in the year before. >> in the past children didn't stay for more than two to three weeks. now they are kept for two to three months. it's not good for them. they can catch illnesses. we shouldn't up nursing staff. >> the government says it is now preparing shelters for abandoned children. as the workers know, raising a child takes more than a bed or a roof. >> 10% of greek children are said to be at risk of hunger. the surprises keep on coming in the n.c.a.a. tournament. ashtone morgan is here with mark morgan is here with the latest. >> casual fans say this is their

favourite thing. >> i was upset that harvard lost. >> we'll mention it casually. >> several cinderellas are battling. mercer stated its case. the bears in action. the dayton flyers may be the bell of the ball. dayton facing serra cues. jordan and the flyers watching this. a long contested free and he buries it. the orange with a chance. watch this. tyler innis taking it the length of the court. looking for three in the wind. it's off the back iron. the last time that happened, 1995. the flyers are in the sweet 16th for the first time in 30 years. >> it's an incredible feeling. it could have been a high school team. if we are going to the sweet 16, nothing is better. when times are tight, in the last four minutes guys stick

together. players make big free throws. we will ourselves to a win. >> yukon in the east region, it was all huskies. he led the way with 25 points, 21 coming in the second half. he had four frees. the wildcats are out. 77-65. the huskies advance to the sweet 16. out west san diego increases. the aztecs shut down north dakota state. 32% shooting as a team. xavier led all scores with 30 points. the as it cans in the sweet 16 for the second time in history, an emotional ride is over. 83-44 is your final. other winners. >> they take from this season, this week.

i haven't had the greatest professional week, that's why i do what i do. those six guys, out the door... >> a lot of memories for north dakota state. now, other winners yesterday will look back and recap the action. wisconsin overcame a 12-point deficit in double figures for the bajers. louisville advanced to the sweet 16 or 66-61 win. michigan state ended harvard's season. 83-73. the spartans in the sweet 16 for the 12th time in the last 17 seasons. a check of the bracket looking ahead to today's actions. in the south region. steven f austin hoping to continue his run. in the east top seeded virginia

battles memphis, and iowa watch out for the club, facing north carolina. arizona squaring off. arizona the number one seed. baler will slow down the score, doug mcdermott as the bears and kraiton vie for a shot. this game getting a lot of attention, 35 and 0. the wildcats played better. it may give the shockers problems tennessee ending the ride. that's a look at sports this hour. >> north dakota tears, the opposite reaction from mercer. happy days. >> they hope to continue their role. >> i want to see the dance again. >> folk art or bad taste. new museum dedicated to painting on velvet. >> we saw others running and we

are like, "oh, my god, they are escaping." >> the circus came to up to but the elephants were not in the mood. we have vision of their take off. >> and bear essentials. cial

. >> we saw the other people running and we were like, "they're escaping." i called my husband. i said, "elephants are escaping", he's like, "get in the car." >> it's not something you see every day. several elephants escaping from a small circus, damaging a few cars in a parking lot before they were captured. >> you could tell they were upset. animals - they were running down. they were so upset and scared. >> the elephants got the rest of

the day off, but they are expected back under the big top today. >> d.n.a. collected from saliva, skin or hair could be used to create virtual mug shots. scientists studied facial features to come up with a formula for accurate facial reconstruction. it needs to be improved. it needs to be developed into a useable mugshot. >> it will never rival the louvre. there's a museum tucked away. we visit a collection of art you probably will not find in another gallery. >> if creepy clowns are the stuff your nightmares are made of, this museum may not be for you. >> this is the velvet paintings. >> it's a museum dedicated to paintings on black velvet. here you find a glow in the dark

satan. a velvety depiction. the velvet earors owner has amassed 3,000 paintings. >> this is the art of the people, democratizing. people - it's not intimidating. it's not to say nothing here is sacred. >> this is the hall of elvis. elvis never leafs the building. and this is the elvis teeky that you've found. elvis is the - one of the great is figures ever, the copying of rock and role and the king of velvet painting. then there are the clowns. we are in the black right film. clowns are part of velvet paintings, and they are always cries and sad.

finding velvet art is not easy. >> there's a bump of junk in the back of a closet. they are covered with cat hair and who knows what. >> karen anderson says this stuff has a rock bottom sincerity lacking in the iconic history and art culture. they are cheesy. they can't stop looking when they come in. people come in. the velvet earia is opened four days a week. and the clowns are waiting for you. rob reynolds. al jazeera, los angeles. >> check this out. a giant vending machine is making life easy. the local shop closed more than

a decade ago. it sells 80 product, toilet paper, eggs and milk. it's an easy way to pick up every day essentials. >> i would prefer to walk into a shop with a smiling shopkeeper. if it's not possible and it isn't going to happen, the alternative is absolutely nothing. this is a fantastic idea. the side is i have to buy bacon, but i had to go into the pub for a drink. the machine is located in the parking lot of the pub. 300 shots shut down in england, forcing rural residents to travel as far as 20 miles for the nearest store. at the end of our first hour. emergency crews are looking for survivors of a massive mud slide.

at least six were killed by a giant wall of mud and debris. a barge leaking into a shipping channel, officials believe one was greased after colliding with a ship.

>> taking control of crimea. russian soldiers move in and take a military base by force. plus, president obama playing out a new agenda at a nuclear meeting in europe. growing satellite evidence in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. debris spotted in the area where

the search was located. >> mudslides - a wall of earth crashing down on a small town in washington. >> good morning to you. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. russian troops have taken over one of the last ukrainian military bases inside of crimea. it's the most direct use of force by russia signs the crisis began. there was gunfire and explosions as russian armoured vehicles stormed the airbase. ukrainian soldiers were cornered and demanded their surrender. at one point a security camera appeared to have been intentionally shut off. russia unloaded artillery seized from the warship.

the take over of the base is part of the russia's official annexation of crimea. >> ukrainian troops were's to pack up and head back to kiev. pap were proud of the years of service inside of crimea. al jazeera's phil ittner is in kiev, and he joins us from independence square. >> how different was russia's operation in belbek compared to take overs of other ukrainian bases? >> well by far it was one of the most violent take overs that we have seen since russian troops came on to the crimean peninsula. people here are deeply concerned about that take over. they have gathered here on independent square. they are worried, frankly, about the young men in uniform. it takes one or two bad incidents for the crisis to escalate beyond the control. russian troops rolled in,

smashing through the gates. the confrontation at belbek airbase. where gunshots were fired is the kind of incident that has not only ukraine, but international community seriously concerned about the potential for escalation in the crisis. and word that the ukrainian base commander is in russian hands. many are furious at the treatment of men in uniform. aleksai gritsenko knows what it's like to be detained by russian forces. a member of the ukrainian cadet force, he was held for a week in what he calls terrible conditions >> translation: i was kept in a mask all the time. how many people in the room. >> translation: i was alone in the room. i could hear people being

tortured, creating an atmosphere. >> alex says imprisonment along with others so ipp sensed the crimean government that it threatened authorities with consequences if a sailor was not released by a set deadline. they were avoiding a confrontation. u.n. secretary general recognised the longer the crisis continued, the greater the chance something could happen. ukraine's acting defence minister says his troops are disciplined and will show all restraint. nevertheless, he has given the order to return fire, but only if his men feel their lives are at risk. >> ukrainian sailors and air force personae show that prove suggests set up by the russian forces is failing. now is the time when proper nearby ours by authorities -- measures by authorities must be

taken. >> in the tents east of the country, pro-russian and pro-western groups are at odds, a potential flare-up there could give moscow an excuse to move beyond crimea to protect ethnic russians against armed militias, some far right nationalists who play by their own rules. >> now, you can see that crowd there growing as we speak. people are coming out and showing what they say are a sign of solidarity for their armed forces in crimea. we have seen crowds like this before since we have come to kiev. first there was joy at the ouster of viktor yanukovych, and sadness when russian troops came in and occupied crimea. the mood we are feeling is defines and anger. we have gone through a cycle of emotions and people have come to the street to express anger at

what russia is doing to young men in uniform in crimea. >> phil ittner joining us live from kiev. thank you for being with us again. >> a hot spot in ukraine is the city of donetsk where 5,000 marched through the city on saturday, leaving russian flags and carrying signs saying viktor yanukovych is our president. >> when the crowd started pushing and shoving riot police clamped down. >> i think that everything should be done in a peaceful and legitimate way. viktor yanukovych is a legitimate president. he can help and exist. today, for the first time, we call for help from putin and russia. we ask for help from viktor yanukovych. we hope and rely on him. viktor yanukovych hasn't spoken publicly since the annexation of the crimea.

they want to hold elections to despite whether or not of split from ukraine. >> the real focus will be the rift between the rest and russia over ukraine. president obama departs for the meeting and his goal is to increase sanctions on moscow. mike viqueira has that story. >> with russia and the united states at odds efforts to rid the world over the nuclear stockpile could be in danger. >> it's a troubling situation, we have deep interests, national interests, in working with russia to make sure nuclear material is secure and accounted for. there are warning signs. cooperation has broken down because of the ukraine crisis. the 20 year program guided efforts to secure nuclear materials. now, as the stand off escalates officials threaten to halt

inspections on the soil. past summits have yielded results. >> it is because of the first summit in 2010 ukraine made a commitment to remove that remaining material, and it is because of u.s. and russian cooperation that that happened. at this summit no ukraine, and no russia, its president vladimir putin is taking a pass. in the wake. soviet union's collapse the world was awash with loose nukes. then 52 countries possess nuclear materials. the good news is that number is down to 25. russia and the u.s. worked together reducing stockpiles. ukraine was left with 1900 weapons. in 1994 they agreed to send them to russia in change your to a pledge from russia to honour the

borders. >> since the russian invasion, ukrainian officials made it clear. they expected more from the west. one concern, other nuclear states are watching is a question of trust. >> it sets a precedent. russia, the united states and britain pledged to respect ukraine's sovereignty, its territory, and to help protect it if that territory was threatened. and that's obviously been breached. >> the united states has its own challenges with nuclear security. >> a commitment to a safer more secure tomorrow. >> a new facility was designed to get rid of weapons-grade plutonium. work has been halted. that send the wrong message to russia. >> they want to make sure that russia doesn't get the signal

that they should stop on their side. they have a similar commitment. >> rescue workers in washington state have been up all night searching for victims of a mud slide. it tore away from a mountain in squamish county, 30 miles north of seattle, killing three people. several people were critically injured, ib cluing a baby. emergency crews arrived and heard people yelling for help. they've been digging through mud, rocks and swept away trees hoping to find the survivors. this man found it tearing down the mountain. >> i was coming down the hill and i saw the darkness, like someone wanted to grab you. everything was gone. two miles from here, that way, pretty much everything is gone. >> the mountain of nude flowing into a river, creating a dam. officials believe it may break, unleashing a flash flood that could devastate the communities

downstream. the governor declared a state of emergency. >> a march in madrid takes a violent turn. what has people in spain upset with the government. >> pope francis appoints a panel to deal with child abuse by priests. >> i dos on hold in michigan for same-sex couples. why they may have to wait a little longer to tie the

>> good morning and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. straight ahead we'll look at protests in several countries across the globe. first temperatures we cap expect across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. >> spring weather not lasting that long. a nice sneak peek. temperatures feeling cooler. this morning numbers dropping just slightly around new york city. 43 in washington d.c. 23 degrees in chicago. here is a look at the jet stream

pattern. notice a dip in the jet stream. well, that will allow colder air to pour southward, and really we are going to see that cold air moving in as early as tonight. freeze warnings. in new york city, temperatures slightly below average in the mid 40s, after '60s. 30s the highs, and tuesday into wednesday while we watch a developing storm system that could bring snow. something we'll keep close tabs on. as we wrap up the weekend temperatures around the low 30s. 53. yesterday in atlanta, 75. we are 15 degrees cooler and the trend to continue end of midweek. >> hundreds of thousands take to the streets of madrid protesting poverty and austerity measure imposed by the e.u.

>> many urge the government not to pay international debts and the country could tackle high unemployment. saturday's protest turned violence leaving 100 people injured. it was a bit of a different vibe in san diego, where thousands of people joined a march through the country's capital, demanding constitutional change. people called for free education, allowing for autonomy. the march comes two weeks after president michelle bachelet was sworp in for a second time. protests turn deadly in venezuela, again. >> three people were killed when thousands of protesters took to the streets. president nicolas maduro spoke to loyalists calling it a fascist u.s.-backed conspiracy. more than 30 died in five weeks

of unrest. >> crews are working around the clock to clean up an oil spill. a barge carrying a million gallons of oil collided with another. there is a visible sheen of yoi on the water. >> there's a reasonable yoiment of oil -- a. amount of cole -- reasonable amount of oil on the water. >> the u.s. says it has returned a hijacked oil tanker to libya. the ship was found in international waters illegally full of waters. it snuck past a libyan blockade. that incident sparked a crisis in libya, prompting the country's parliament to dismiss the prime minister. militia groups that helped to overthrow muammar gaddafi are in control of three ports.

pope francis created a panel to focus on the sex abuse scandal, appointing four men and women, a mix of clergy and lay team, among them an irish woman a victim of sexual abuse as a child. the commission will advice the church on the best way to protect children and identify and punnic abusers. >> the court put a stop to same sex unions. >> a federal surgeon overturned the ban on friday, and gay couples flocked to get married. an appeals court stayed the decision while the state appeals. if it fails, mich gone will be the same state. sunday evening in australia, and a full-day of search operations for the missing malaysian airlines flight are winding down. planes have been scouring a remote patch of the oceans where satellite images show objects

floating in the water. p8 poseidon rejoined the search on sunday. more than 10,000 nautical miles were covered in sunday's search and an impending tropical cyclone will interrupt the efforts. >> the comments by the australian prime minister is not a man known to speculate on issues such as this. he was cautious 24 hours earlier when asked similar things about how the search was going. he drew attention to the fact that the chinese satellite spotted an object similar in size. significantly, that object was about 120km away from where an australian satellite had spotted something similar. if it is the same object. a big if, it's been travelling in a south-westerly direction. that is not of the direction that experts predicted it might move.

that explains why the spotter plains that have been leaving from this air force base outside of perth have not seen an object of size in their search. they have been looking closer to perth where the object, the chinese satellite sees it further away from perth. the number of objects in a small area that tony abbott refers to can't confirm what those are. a military plane that looked a few hours after the civilian plane that spotted it could only see seaweed. it's hard to know if there was something out there or not. nevertheless tony abbott seemed optimistic. this is more of what he had to say. >> it's still too early to be definite, but obviously we have now had a number of very credible leads, and there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft. >> a bit more hope in the air.

in this context hope is funny word. if it comes out that the objects are connected, that could be the news that the family treads. they want news, but it could be the worst of all news for them. >> andrew thomas reporting from perth in western australia. >> from the beginning the search for the missing malaysian airliner faced significant hurdles. as al jazeera's florence looi reports, one of the biggest issues is coordinating between various countries. >> this is the last movement of malaysian airlines flight mh370. it took off from kuala lumpur at 12:39pm. and was about to enter vietnamese air space when it disappeared from air traffic control screens at 1:22. it veered off course to the west. it was detected by thai military radar at 1:28.

thailand did not share the information until 10 days into the search, saying the request was not specific. in the early days of the search there were complaints from vietnam and china over the way malaysia was leading the operation. >> this relates to past historical events where the south-east asian governments had national security threats coming from neighbouring regions. these have not been able to move forward due to probable threats in areas that currently still exist. the south china sea has been investigated as a flash point. this incident showed how some nations may not necessarily have the capacity to back up the

claims or monitor the borders. the malaysian military said it dein effect flight mh370 on the radar, but did nothing about it because it was not identified as a threat. it's not a heightened state of alertness. it's not being scrutinized. the thailand defense agencies or singapore or malaysia, everyone is not in a state of alertness, which is way off the flight path, with suspicion. >> while the extensive search for flight mh370 may not have exposed the deficiencies, it serves as an indication of the level of trust within the region, as well as the limits to cooperation. >> it's now been 15 days sips a plane vanished with 239 people on board. >> todd curtis, our transportation contributor joins

us from newton massachusetts. good morning. earlier today the french provided satellite images to malaysian authorities showing object in the search zone, in is in the heels of australia and china releasing their own satellite images, could the pictures be the same debris, and is this a good thing? >> well, first of all, it's a good thing, because the more individual satellites looking in the area the better. satellites occupy different orbits, which means they'll have different advantages at different times of the day. whether or not this shows the same debris, it remains to be seen. the australian organization received these photos recently, and they have not released analysis of the photos. we'll have to wait and see on that one. >> what are the possible scenarios at this point? >> well, as far as the three different sets of photos - possible scenarios are it's something from the plane, it is

something - not from the plane, for example ship debris from things washing overboard from ships in the past, or something different. it could be an anomaly in the photos, where it appears to be an object, but isn't. or it could be a naturally occurring event in the ocean that's not artificial, but without having ships on the surface actually picking the stuff up or closer reviewing it, it's hard to say what the stuff is. >> is it possible that a triple 7 would have broken into smaller pieces than those picked up by the satellitism absolutely, because unless there's a controlled ditching where the crew was engine power and can put it into the water, in any other circumstance, an aeroplane hitting the water, that size, would break up into a lot of smaller pieces, with some of the lighter pieces floating, after

14 or 15 days, possibly hundreds of meals. >> if the images are a false lead, how much longer will the investigation continue? >> i think the investigation will continue until there's something solid from the airplane, until they pick up wreckage, if it's in the o, from the bottom of the sea. although it will be great to have wreckage floating, it will confirm whether or not the aeroplane was there, signs and indications from the search authorities indicate that the association of american publishers, the southern indian ocean is where the airplane went down, if the surface search is not fruitful. they'll go into a longer, more sustained phase where they'll systematically search the ocean floor. >> until they find a piece of the wreckage. >> this crisis put a heavy burred on on countries to cooperate. is it likely that what could be

valuable intel is not being shared between the different countries at all? >> i think that's already the case. because, for example, the satellite images released have been from commercial satellites. the countries involved may have other assets that are noncommercial in nature, which, because of their individual national security interests they are not going to share. it's unclear whether or not the information from the other assets are analysed and passed on to partners through some other means. this is the kind of thing where if it is happening, it isn't something that anyone will publicly come out and say. we'll have to wait and see if the actions of various countries indicate that they are using additional data. because the individual pictures that have been released are indistinct. >> we'll follow that closely. todd curtis, al jazeera transportati

transportation contributor. >> dozens are falling ill to ebola. now a group is taking action. >> for some kids sport means more than wins and losses. for one it means the world. >> i've been waiting for this opportunity all my life. the sky is the limit. >> we'll have that story coming up in sports.

>> good morning. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. here are the stories we are following for you. resist cue workers have been --

resist cue workers have been -- rescue workers have been digging through a mud slide. several have been injured. >> france now says it has satellite imuges of objects -- images of objects that could be from the jetliner. eight planes scoured the yogs looking for the -- indian ocean looking for the debris. >> a siege in broad daylight. russian troops take over one of the last ukrainian bases left inside of crimea as armored vehicles stormed the base. it's the most direct use of force by russia. >> a jewish studies professor at north-western university specialises in eastern ukraine and russia and joins us from chicago. professor, it's a plashure to --

pleasure to have you with us. first off, what is the end game of vladimir putin? is he going after more territory? >> i think he's going for for territory, and my vision is that he'll have an aggressive take over of the crimean peninsula, and then eventually he's pl planning to destabilize the situation. it is her son, and move to the strip which will declare its desire to be under russia. that sir cum scribes ukraine from the west, the south and the east. then what i assume the partitions of ukraine will be a matter of hours, not days. >> destabilising three regions, is laying ukraine. given the confrontation at the

belbek airbase, is ukraine prepared for a military confrontation with russia? >> i believe ukraine is getting ready for this military confrontation, and there are voices in the ukrainian government, such as the deputy, calling from the government to take more aggressive steps to modernize the troops, deploy them around the boarder and making sure that plans would be - would not be fulfilled. >> how is this affecting moral in the region, should other countries be worried. how different is this from what happened in georgia in 2008. >> i believe this is much more threatening to the european stability. >> the region in the northern part of the georgia, known as south ossetia.

the former president could have presumed that something would happen there. right now the situation in ukraine is different. the district of crimea, the entire region was legally part of ukraine, and it is inconceivable for anybody that this district will be taken by neighbouring country, that pledged to protect ukrainian territory. it is a major, nammajor threat stability, nothing like that happened in george. . >> crown professor of jewish studies. thank you for being with us. >> good morning everyone. i'm mark morgan. this is a basketball story, but it's a tale in which the game

means more than taking home a championship. kids on the other side of the world are using the sport as a pathway to an american dream. we are shown how basketball is changing lives in africa. >> it's september 25th, 2013. 16-year-old koby is preparing to go to the american embassy in ghana. what he is praying for is that basketball will open up the door to a new world and a better future. >> i have been waiting for this opportunity all my life, yes. >> this is koby's american dream. he is one of the latest in a pipeline of african basketball players that left their country

for placement. >> there's so many opportunities to go where coaches come and watch you play and help you out. the only child of a poor single mother in ghana, he came here for the education he can't afford. >> my mum combining work and taking care of me, too, was her priority. i'm the only one he has, it's just me and her. she made sure everything was right. i told her i want to play basketball, and firstly i would like to be a physiotherapists, yes. >> in countries like garden a, basketball is the dominant

sport. coaches like this are invaluable to american scouts. >> it's a passion to help the underprivileged kids to get out and make the best of their lives. >> 30% of the population of gappa lives below the poverty level. with that in mind fall copper reached out to whitehead. whitehead began to help african basketball players transition into american basketball players six years ago, pro bono. >> he said "i have a kid here, you have to get here". he's tough. he doesn't give me a lot of kids. when he gives me one - he's normally a good ball player, person. >> in the spring of 2013, after considering a number of schools around the country, whitehead called the headmaster and coach, a small private school in

maryland. >> in copy's case he was a humble man. he had an interesting glow. >> the forward is becoming an integral member of the squad. >> his job is to come here, earn a living and help his family out. the stakes in that sense are very large. >> welcome to your first american camp. >> my mum worked hard to bring me up this way. otherwise it would be a waste of the time and money taking care of me. if i don't do what is expected of me, i think i would waste everyone's time and money. >> all right. that's al jazeera's john psaropoulos reporting. i'll be back next hour with a closer look at march madness as

the upsets continue in the n.c.a.a. tournament. >> despite ongoing talks between the israelis and the palestinians there were more violent clashes. israeli soldiers conducted a raid killing three palestinians, and some palestinians are frustrated with their own president for continuing to pursue peace. >> showing their anger at israeli soldiers, a crowd of me hurled stones at army vehicles outside a hospital in the west bank. a hospital filled with those killed and injured in an overnight raid by israeli forces. >> this was like a war, at 2:45am they were firing towards the house. after an hour and a half they ordered us to leave. my two children were injured and the house was destroyed. st raily soldiers -- israeli soldiers entered the camp, a man

israel suspects was involved in past attacks. he and two others were killed in the ensuing gunfight. >> someone tried to carry out terrorist attacks. they have to be aware that our intelligent capabilities are advanced, and we do have the capability to intervene and prevent it from happening. if you participate in the terrorist activities, then you'll do the stuff on the list and that's why we have to step in. >> the regular attacks are having an impact on public opinion inside palestinian territory over the peace protests. protests called on the palestine authority to pull out of the talks. as they carried the bodsies of those killed in the raids in the streets, they chanted slogans against the president.

>> a palestinian negotiator is voicing fraust ration, saying -- frustration, saying 59 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in the past six months alone. >> is this a policy of a government seeking reconciliation and peace - absolutely not. these are deliberate attempts and policies to undermine efforts by americans and others in the peace process. >> that process restarted in july. but with a stalemate over israeli settlements and occupied territory, the resolution the u.s. is trying to broker looks like an ever more elusive goal. >> at least 60 palestinians have been killed sips u.s. broker -- since u.s.-brokered peace tubings. >> d.n.a. from a strand of hair could soon be used to come up with a formula for facial

reconstruction. scientists say it's not quite perfect and needs to be improved, but that's before police can take a strapped of hair at a crime scene and develop it into a useable mug shot. >> 59 people have been killed in southernee guinea by ebowl yi. there is no cure. >> for weeks an out break of fever has gripped guinea. that square is confirmed to be caused bit the containablous ebowli virus. >> translation: the investigation team is going from village to veiling to figure -- village to figure out the source of this. >> ebola can cues diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding, internal and external. it kills up to 96% of its

victims. >> listening to the news and seeing the effects of what is happening in the forest, it's true a fever is trying the people. >> ebola outbreaks usually happen near tropical rain forests, spreading through contacts with organs, blood and bodily fluids. the disease has never been recorded in guinea. >> i'm scared, because it effects me. i appeal for the government to come to the aid of the people. >> ebola has no known cure or vaccine. it's overwhelmed services. the charity doctors without borders says it's reinforcing its presence to assist the government. >> the outbreak is contained by following up the case, and if they are cropping up in different locations, that makes running down the contacts and looking after their wellbeing challenging. >> medical teams are working as

quickly as possible to cop tain the ebowly virus, and are concerned that it may have spread to neighbouring sierra leone. >> many of the nations residents lack access to medical resources. >> same senators are calling on president obama to announce troop levels in afghanistan. senator kelly aote says the president shut not wait for a sign -- should not wait for a signed deal before unveiling the plans. >> i believe it's time for the president to do this so the afghan people understand we are committed in av. >> president obama threatened to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan if the security agreement is not signed. afghan president hamid karzai says she's leaving this to his successor. >> newly released video of an

attack in kabul shows gunmen smuggling officials past a checkpoint. this shows a guard searching four men. they then burst into the restaurant of the hotel, killing nine. the restaurant was considered one of the safest places in the capital and was visited by foreigners. >> a cairo court has adjourned the retrail of hosni mubarak. he was accused and innocenced to life imprisonment in 2012 but appealed that. >> the president in egypt is accused in two other cases of corruption. supporters of the deposed president are accused of committing acts. voips leading to the deaths of two police men.

>> a fourth day of protests across egypt. a supporter of mohamed morsi demonstrated a release. a mass trial in the south. many in absentia. the charge include storming a police, damaging public and private property. the incidents happened in southern egypt last august after security forces broke up two protest camps. one of those in court on saturday was a supreme guide of the muslim brotherhood. although millions of egyptians marched against mohamed morsi, the brotherhood and secular activists called his obvious through a coup. >> let's remember the military-led government is waging war against the muslim brotherhood in order to weaken the brotherhood and force it to accept the roadmap. what is happening in egypt is

tragic, very sad, because egypt remains polarized and divided, more than nine months after the useder of muslim brotherhood. >> on saturday former president hosni mubarak was in court with his two sons and several aids. they are accused of complicity. >> many of the protesters accuse the government of using similar tactics too hosni mubarak's regime. many say that's not fair. >> by practice not only in theory, the egyptian judiciary proved it ipp dependence which acquitting large numbers of those deferred to trial. many were cheering for the courts and the judges. >> while many egyptians support the interim leadership the street protests show no sign of

ending. >> today is the 85th day that peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and mohammed badr have been detained in egypt. the trial is set to continue on monday. >> a brewery boom in colorado, where guys with a passion for craft beer are quitting their day jobs to create the perfect pint. although napoleon bonaparte's empire didn't stand the test of time, some of his personal belongings did, and you can own a piece of history. >> rain and storms giving way in the east. and i'll show you where.

. >> good morning. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. >> ahead - the booming beer business. >> first a look at where the

snow and rain may fall with meteorologist eboni deon. >> we had a secondary front moving in, creating a few light snow showers across upstate areas of new york. notice here across the south, that's what we are deal with the active weather - showers and storms moving through the lower mississippi valley. it's in the sworn corner of mississippi, where there was a severe warning in effect. that has expired because of a storm making its way through the mccomb area. expect dusty winds and downpours in the area, and it will condition to shift to the east. we are clearing across texas. we can see an isolated shower storm. here is a close up view of the snow. it's on the lighter side. >> americans love their craft beers. sales are going through the roof. many are looking to cash in.

jim huli reports where last year a new brewery opened at the rate of one per week. >> eight weeks since pouring view the former future brewing company is packed. owner sara was nervous about investing her life savings to jump behind the bar with her husband. >> he sat me down and said "i want to open a brewery", i said, "no." james quit his job and in a few short months transferred in into this. >> i started in college, and brewed all the boar for our wedding a couple of years ago and decided to do it commercially. >> the crowds at former future reflect the nation-wide trend. a new breerers' report showed that sales grew by 20% to 14.3 billion. >> the majority of americans live within 12 miles.

san diego, minneapolis, and some other places have seen this take off. >> what is all this. >> this is the cellar, where the fermentation happiness. it takes an upslope brewing company. the workforce grows tenfold. matt left a successful career at ibm to run the brewery full time. >> we did 3800 barrels in 2011, 2012, 5600, and last year, 11 rk 800. >> upslope plans to produce 20,000 of his craft beer. >> here is a toast to all the brewers helping other brewers. >> the governor kicked off colorado craft beer week to celebrate the growth and installed beer taps in the governor's mansion.

in colorado they employ more than 5,000 people. >> the economy helped craft beer grow. they are trying to get a beer they can save our. >> that is attracting beer lovers. >> we spend a couple of hundred. whether you are above or buy beer for home. >> thanks to spending like that, craft breweries, that for most owners start as a dream, represent 14% of all beer sales in the united states. >> because of the number of craft breweries colorado called the napa valley of beer. >> a pilot that landed at the wrong airport in january didn't realise his mistake until after the plane touched down. the confusion is captured in a radio transmission between the pilot and air traffic chrome. the pilot touched down in a

smaller airport. >> he was not kidding. no one was hurt. passengers reported the plane came close to going off the runway. the pilot is on paid leave. >> california's department of motor vehicles says there's no evidence of a direct breach of its computer system. police think the dmv's system may have been hacked last august. credit cards used on the agency's website may have been compromised and the dmv is working with authorities to look into the breach. >> in paris they are auckeding off some of the emperor's belongings. we are told what is for sale. >> he's a symbol for power and the french empire.

napoleon bonaparte, the 19th century ruler who battered europe. now a shirt stained with his sweat and blood, plus a lock of his hair among items about to go under the hammer near paris. they belonged to him during the final part of his life when he was ex-side on st. helena when he died. they were discovered in the home of a distant relative in corrsica. >> so we arrive in a small village and this already - the whole lady came - was to bring a box. i said, "what's that box?" we opened the box. inside, you know, we found them. a lot of times coming from others, has not been open for

hundreds of years. it's a shirt in which he died. >> all of this was in the box. >> all of this was in the box. >> the box of treasures. >> there's no country in the world. people like him, don't like him, but they know him. what we are selling is lots - it's the last - it is bringing emotion, you know. >> interest in napoleon bonaparte stretches beyond france's borders. there's collectors in russia, australia, the u.s. and china. >> items connected to napoleon bonaparte have a record of felling at a high price. a ring he gave to his future wife sold here for around a million dollars. >> and the mystery surrounding napoleon's death can be sold. tests on samples on the hair may give clues about whether he was poisoned or died of natural

causes. >> last november the only known copy of napoleon's will sold for half a million, more than twice the expected price. >> and at the end of our second hour, here is what we are following for you. emergency crews in washington are looking for survivors of a massive mud slide. three were killed and six homes destroyed. >> a barge carrying a million gallons of oil is lacking. officials believe that one of the tanks was breached after colliding with another ship. >> eight planes including a u.s. surveillance plane are taking part in the search. they focus on a remote area of the indian ocean where satellites picked up images of large debris. >> a colder start to the week ahead including record-low temperatures. >> i'm morgan radford and al jazeera america continues, and i'm back with you in

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>> i saw the darkness. everything was gone. >> a frantic search for survivors after a mud slide in washington state kills three people. >> the coast guard tells us - don't eat anything you catch today. >> a collision on the water - a race to contain a texas-styled oil spill in the lone star state. >> growing satellite evidence in the accept for the missing

malaysian jetliner. france says it spotted objects floating in the indian ocean. >> russia tightens its grip on crimea in what could be a last stance for some ukrainian soldiers. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. it's 5am in washington state where rescue workers have been searching through the night for victims of a massive mud slide. it happened near washington state. killing three people. the mountain of mud flowed into a river, blocking water from flowing downstream. the governor declared a state of emergency.

there are fears that the dam could break. >> mud, trees, rocks and other debris litter the area hit by a massive mud slide north-east of seattle. >> two miles from here, that way, it's - pretty much everything is gone. >> this man was riding on the i30. >> i came down here and i saw the darkness, like someone wanted to grab you. everything was gone. >> three were killed by a wall of mud and webb brie measuring 13 -- mud and debris measuring 195 wide and 135 deep. >> one house was destroyed, with people inside, that was swept across a roadway. the wet weather season and groundwater saturation from heavy rains is to blame.

the concern grows along the squamish river which is blocked by debris. >> if it's a catastrophic release at once, it could create problems downstream through the communities. >> home owners have been ordered out. residents have been warned to prepare for possible evacuations. >> kerry davis and her husband who evacuated their home, must watch, wait and home that their home and community survive. >> that was dan shenanam reporting. >> this shows how much of the mountain tore off bringing with it boulders and debris. >> there's a flash flood in effect for the area. let's bring in meteorologist eboni deon with more on the details. >> we'll deal with a flood wash across the country. we are watching for the possibility of flash flooding

downstream of where the landslide happened. no additional rain. that is good news. we see see the possibility of flash flooding the river flood stage is 14 feet. that's why we are not expecting catastrophic flooding. flash flooding near arlling tonne is a possibility. it has been a wet month in seattle. we have seen over what we typically see, seven numbers of, 8 inches of rain fall, five above normal. high pressure is dominating, we are rain free at the time. we'll keep it that way. we are watching another developing storm system off the west coast. >> thank you so much. >> a barge carrying a million gallons of fuel oil is leaking into the houston ship channel. the barge collided with another

ship near texas's gall vass tonne bay. >> we saw the tanker come out of nowhere. >> we could see clear as day what was about to happen. >> oh, my god. >> this is exclusive video captured showing the impact. >> as he got closer he could see the ship backing up. the barge hit was starting to sink and leaking oil. >> there's a reasonable amount of oil on the water. i can't tell you if there is a substantial amount. >> the barge had a million gallons of oil. above the bay a chopper, boats, oil booms miles long brought into the texas city dyke. >> jeff roberts took this picture. when he pulled the boat out of

the water, there was a layer of oil on the side. >> the coast guard told us, don't eat any fish you catch. >> the concern - keeping oil from the from seeping into the bay. >> two people who were on the barge were hospitalized after coming into contact with hydrogen sulfide. >> it's sunday evening and a fall day of search operations. eight planes have been scouring a remote patch of the indian ocean where several satellite images show objects floating in the water. some are concerned the objects may have been too large to come from the plane. the p8 poseidon rejoined the search after taking a day off. more than 10,000 miles, but a pending cyclone threatens to

interrupt those efforts. >> comments by the prime minister seem to be significant due to the fact it was the australian prime minister that made them. tony abbott was not a man known to speculate. he was kaubs about 24 hours earlier when asked similar things about how the search was going. he drew attention to objects spotted by app australian satellite. significantly, that object was about 120km away from where an australian satellite had spotted something similar. if it is the same object, it's been travelling in a south-westerly direction. that is not the direction that experts predict it might move. that explains why the spotter planes that have been leaving from this air force base have not seen an object of size in their samples. they vice-president looking closely to perth, where the object, the chinese satellite is further away from perth.

>> the number of objects in a small area that tony abbott refers to - can't confirm what they are, but they could only see seaweed. it's hard to know if there was something out there. this is more of what he had to say. >> it's still too early to be definite. but obviously we have now had a number of very credible leads, and there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope that we might be on the road to discoverying what did happen to this il-faith aircraft. >> a bit more hope in the air. in this context hope is a funny word. if solid news comes out that the objects are connected with flight mh370, that could be the news the families dread. they want news, but it could be the worse of all news for them.

>> that's andrew thomas reporting from perth australia. >> from the beginning the search for the missing malaysian airliner faced significant hurdles. florence looi reports one of the biggest issues is coordinating between the various countries. >> this those the last movement between malaysia airlines 370, taking off from kuala lumpur at 1241am. it was about to enter vietnamese air space when it disappeared from air traffic control screens. at some point it veered off course to the west. it was detected by thai military radar at 1:28. thailand did not share the information saying the request from malaysia was not specific. in the early days of the search there were complaint from vietnam and china over the way the operation was led.

some analysts questioned the events of the operation. >> this relates to where south-east asian government had national security threats coming from neighbouring regions. these have not been able to move forward due to probable threats in areas that currently still exist. >> the south china sea has been identified as a flash point. here, several counties, including china, has territorial claims. the incident shows how some nations don't have the capacity to back up claims or monitor the borders. flight mh370 initially, as a blip on thailand's radar, but did nothing about it as it was not identified as a threat. >> it is not war time, so not

everything is being scrutinized. thailand defense or malaysian or singapore - everyone is not in a state of alertness that they'll look at a commercial aircraft that is way off its flight path with suspicion. >> while the ex-tensive search may not have exposed deficiencies, it serves as an indication of the level of trust and limits to cooperation. >> a siege in broad daylight. russian troops take over one of the last ukrainian military bases inside of crimea. armoured vehicles stormed the base and demanded their surrender. it's the most direct use of force by russia since the crisis. russia sent in reinforcements and unloaded artillery. the take over of the base is part of russia's annexation of

crimea. after the belbek ukrainian troops were sent to pack up. many said they were proud of their years of service in crimea, and al jazeera's phil ittner takes a look at what all this means. >> russian troops rolled in, smashing through the gates in armoured vehicles. the confrontation at belbek airbase, where gunshots were fired, is the kind of incident that has not only ukraine, but the international community seriously concerned about the potential for escalation in this crisis. word that the ukrainian base commander is reportedly in russian hands is another challenge. ukrainians are furious at the treatment of their men in unifom. aleksai gritsenko knows what it's like to be detained by russian forces. a member of the ukrainian cadet

force, he was held for a week in what he calls terrible conditions. >> i was kept in a mask all the time. my arms were bound. >> how many people in the room? >> translation: i was ahone in the room and could here all the time people in other rooms being tortured. that created an atmosphere. >> alexi's prist so incensed the kiev government it threatened crimean authorities with consequences if the sailors were not released by a set deadline. in the end they were. narrowly avoiding a confrontation. on the diplomat k front, ban ki-moon recognises the longer the crisis the greater the chance something could happen, resulting in a war. ukraine's acting defence minister says his troops are disciplined and will show restraint. he has gp the order to return

fire, but only if his men feel their lives are at risk. >> ukrainian sailors showed provocation set up is failing. now is the time when the proper measures by authorities must be taken in crimea? >> the government in kiev has another problem. in the tense east of the country. pro-russian and pro western groups are at odds. a flare-up there could give moscow an excuse to move beyond crimea against ethnic russians, beyond armed militia's. >> phil ittner joins us live from kiev. >> you mentioned there was concern after the belbek fake over. how are things playing out in kiev, where you are? >> well, they are playing out with crowds coming on to the street. you can see the numbers of

people. we estimate them at around 3,000, having come out in a number of speakers, there's a general sense of real defines towards russia. they are angry, of course, but they are saying that we will be unified in ukraine, we'll stand together as a nation against russia. that is the message sent out from independence square here today. >> phil, meanwhile you have the sanctions imposed on russian businessmen by the u.s. and the e.u. is that making any difference in russia's decision making? >> well what we are sowing with the russian -- sees with the russian economy is a dip in the stock market. we have seen them downsized by international credit ratings groups. what i find interesting about what we see coming out of russia is what is happening in social media, we are seeing russians

posting pictures of goods in stores, and their rising costs, so it looks as though on a grass-roots level that we are starting to see the middle class, the people who have to go out to stores, open up the bill and buy fruits and vegetables and shampoo, and they are getting more costly. we are starting to see in russia concern there for the average russian, how the crisis on the global sales is affecting them personally. >> we hear a lot of activity. it seems like coming from independence square, what is happening right now? >> well, right now they are having this rally, about 3,000 people, as i say. there are speeches, there are songs, they are singing the national anthem. they have come out as they have so many times in the past.

today's mood is one of defines, and they are very upset about the way that they are ukrainian soldiers, men in uniform, and this is in direct rehabilitation to what we saw yesterday. >> phil ittner live from independence square in kiev. >> and in the city of donetsk more than 5,000 people marched on saturday, waving flags carrying signs saying viktor yanukovych is our president. [ chants ] >> when the crowd started pushing and shoving, riot police clamped down. >> translation: i think that everything should be done in a peaceful and legitimate way because viktor yanukovych is the legitimate president. he can help and assist. that's why today for the first time in a month we call for help from putin and russia. we ask for help from viktor

yanukovych. >> viktor yanukovych has not spoken publicly since the annexation of crimea, and separatists say they want to hold their open elections to decide whether or not to split from ukraine. we'll bring you the latest, and remember you can get up to the minute information on our website aljazeera.com. >> despite talks between the israelis and the palestinians, there were violent clashes this weekend in the waest bank. some palestinians are frustrated with their open president for continuing to pursue peace. >> showing their anger at israeli shoulders, a group of me hurled rocks outside a hospital in the west bank, a hospital filled with those killed and injured in a raid by israeli forces. >> this was like a war at 2:45am

we woke up. they were firing towards the house. they ordered us to leave, we did. my two children were injured and the house almost destroyed. >> the israeli soldiers entered the camp to arrest a man israel suspects was involved in past attacks. he and two others were killed in the ensuing gun fight. >> when someone tries to carried out terrorist attack, they have to be aware that law enforcement, intelligence capabilities are there, and we have the capabilities. >> if you participate in it, in the terrorist activity, you are putting yourself on the list. that's why we have to step in. >> the regular attacks are having a noticeable impact on publish opinion inside palestine territory over the peace protests. protests in ramallah called on

the palestine authority to pull out of the talks. as they carried the bodies of those killed in a raid through the streets, they chanted slogans against the palestine president mahmoud abbas. a chief palestinian negotiator is voicing frustration, saying 59 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in the past six months alone. >> is this a policy of a government that seeks reconciliation and peace. absolutely not. these are deliberate policies to undermine efforts. being excerpted by americans or others. >> that process, back than restarted, with a stalemate and conditioning violence. the resolution that the u.s. was trying to broker was an ever-more elusive goal. >> at least 60 palestinians have

been killed since u.s. brokered peace talks began. president obama arrived in europe to attend a nuclear summit. that's not the only thing on his agenda. a commercial jet lands at an airpo airport. >> folk cart or bad taste.

>> not a joke. but a newly released radio transmission between air traffic control and a pilot who landed at the wrong airport. the pilot apparently didn't realise his mistake until after the plane touched down in january. the south-west airlines flight was supposed to land, but the pilot mistakenly touched down at a smaller airport near.

passengers reported that the plane came close to going off the run way. the pilot remains on leave. >> the museum dedicated to velvet in a moment, but first eboni deon with a check of the forecast. >> we are cooling down and here is the reason why, what drives our weather. we'll see a dip in the jet stream cruise the eastern u.s. as we put it in motion, notice the ridge building across the west. that's where the temperatures will warm. highs in the mid 40s, after getting into the '60s. tonight the bottom falls out. we have freeze warnings in effect and we can see lows across areas of the north-east. >> thank you so much. >> it may liver rival at louvre, but there's a unique museum in

los angeles, that is one of a kind. you probably won't find this art in any other gallery. >> if creepy crying clowns are the stuff your nightmares are made of, this may not be for you. >> this is velvet ear. >> it's a museum dedicated to paintings on black velvet. here you find a glow in the dark satan, velvety depictions of gees suss. the coe opener amassed 3,000 paintings on velvet. >> this is the art of people. people - it's not intimidating. >> it's not to say that nothing here is sick red. >> this is the hall of elvis, he never leaves the building. this is our elvis tiki that we

found. elvis is one of the greatest figures ever, the king of rock'n'roll, and the king of velvet pointing. >> and then there are the clowns. we are why the black light room, which is the peace deresistance. clowns have been a part of velvet pointing. and the clowns are crying and sad. >> finding velvet art is never easy. >> normally they are in a bunch of julying in a closet or a shed, covered with cat hair and who knows what. >> karen anderson says this stuff has a rock-bottom sincerity. >> crying cloups, big-eyed kids. they are cheesy, but when they

come in, they kapt stop looking. people come in. >> the velvetearia is open four days a week. the clowns are waiting for you. >> hillary clinton saying she's very concerned about america's future. just ahead, what she said about her own political future. our weekend politics debate is next. pope francis takes action. the popt if's plan to deal with sex abuse in the church. >> i'm mark morgan, the mighty are falling, a day of upsets during march mad possess. --

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and these are the top stories. a george town university student has been arrested for making

ricin in his dorm room. he's charged with possession of a biological toxin, which is a federal offense. the 19-year-old looked up instructions on the internet. >> the department of motor vehicle says there's no evidence of a breach of its computer system. but credit cards used on the website may be compromised. >> president obama backs his bags for a trip to saudi arabia. he's calling for a g7 meeting on the side lines. he's asking for sanctions to be stepped up. >> the nuclear summit will foks on how to keep nuclear agreement out of terrorists hand. this is the third time world leaders have met on this topic. >> with russia and the united states at odds over ukraine, efforts to rid the world of nuclear stockpiles could be in

danger. >> it's troubling. we have national interests in working with russia to make sure nuke r nuclear material is secure and accounted far. >> there are warning signs, an operation that has broken down. the 20 years program that guided efforts to secure materials has expired. as the ukraine standoff escalates, russian officials threatened to halt inspections on their soil. >> past summits yielded results, pushing ukraine to rid itself of nuclear weapons. it's because of the first summit, ukraine made a commitment to move material. it's because of u.s. and russian cop operation that that happened. >> at this summit, no ukraine, and no russia. its president vladimir putin is taking a pass. >> in the wake of the soviet

union's collapse, the world was awash with loose nukes. 52 counties possessed nuclear materials. that number is down to 25. russia and the u.s. worked together reducing stockpiles ukraine was left with 1900 weapons. in 1994 they agreed to send them to russia, in exchange for a fledge from russia, the united states and others. >> since the russian invasion of crimea, officials made it clear. they expected more from the west. one concern other nuclear states are watching. >> it sets a precedent. rush a, the united states and -- russia, the united states and britain was to respect territory and help to protect it if

threatened. that's obviously been breached. >> the united states has its own challenges with nuclear security. >> a commitment to a safer secure tomorrow. >> a facility in south carolina was designed to get rid of weapons-grade plutonium. over costs, work has been halted. that sends a wrong message. >> they want to make sure that russia does not get the signal that they should stop on their side. >> since the last summit two years ago seven countries have gotten rid of all or most of their nuclear materials, and more than a dozen reduced their stockpiles. >> some senators are calling on president obama to announce reduced troops in afghanistan. >> this senator says the president should not wait for the security pact to be signed before unveiling plansism.

>> i believe it's time for our president to do this so the afghan people understand that we remain committed in afghanistan. >> president obama has threatened to pull u.s. troops out of afghanistan if rt security agreement is not signed. >> afghan president hamid karzai says he's leaving that decision to his successor. >> hillary clinton is being coy about the presidential run in 2016. the former secretary of state hasn't decided if she'll throw her hat in the ring. >> clinton did say she's concerned about the direction of our country. >> it's time for weekend politics, a sunday morning look at what is making headlines. tara is a strategist, and theform fore advise jor to george pataki.

>> the deadline for obamacare is coming up. nancy pelosi said on thursday that this is a strength for democrats. heading in to the midterms, strength or weakness. >> two out of every three americans want the law to stay in place, maybe be modified. that is god for the obamacare. those are numbers we have not seep. the democrats, like nancy pelosi need to own it. they passed it, they should own it as a strength. they should. when you pass something, you stand behind it. the mistake made is that some have come out and been critical of it and tried to distance themselves. republicans are going to tie it to them. >> what do you think? >> i love that they ran to the hip. if you look at the action in a race that republicans had no

business winning, we were outspent 4:1. we won the race. >> you think it's a sign of things to come. >> certainly. 39% obamacare. look, if they want to run on it, they can. we'll win the senate and seats in the house. >> you think they'll run and lose on it. they'll be foolish to run on it. senators like landroe will not have the senate. the numbers are terrible for them. they are not talking about it, they are running away. >> why are you shaking your head? >> if you look at the polling that we are talking about, the seat was held by a republican for decade prior to this new election. >> you are saying there was nothing new. >> they held the seat before. >> democrats typically have a track record of losing in midterms, and there was no obamacare for them pounce op.

the polling shows that the majority of americans want to law to stay in place. this is in spite of the fact that republicans ran an unprecedent fear and smear campaign against the law. they attacked it at the supreme court level, which upheld it. they attacked it with over 40 votes in the house of representatives. instead of working on jobs, 40 votes op a law upheld by the supreme court. >> speaking of midterm elections, here is one for you. on thursday, president obama said at a fundraiser that americans agree with democrats, but they are not voting because of the toxic nature of american politics. do you agree. >> we may have a case where the republican party is off year.

republicans have a difficult time competing in an environment where 97% of african-americans vote. we need to do a better job of outreach in africa america. we need to do better. >> in the off-year election, there's no question. we'll win the united states senate. we'll pick up more seats in the house and democrats are running scared. >> running scared. >> speaking of running, let's talk about hilary's hold-up. is she hurting or helping, waiting to announce her bid. is she freezing the field. >> the field is frozen. it's her nomination if she wants it. the problem is, as you saw, she is concerned about the future of this country. you can see her distancing herself from the president. you know going back over time,

her husband has no love affair with this president. they want to run away from this president as quickly as she can, but she can't say anything. that will be disloyal. >> tara, do you think this is common practice to distance you've. >> it's always what people do, it's a double edge sword. people have to be careful. if you look at president bill clinton. al gore distance himself from bill clinton, because he thought he was a liability. they breed a lot of resentment. first of all, hoint served in the obamacare administration. she could have left and chose not to. she supported some. foreign policy initiatives. she sent an alert in support of holding off on action against

iran until they could see how the sanctions played out. that was sent in february. she's continued to play a role, and that has been aligned with the president in many ways. to say that anyone serving in an administration agrees with a decision that any president makes is absurd. of course there'll be areas to part company. that's natural. >> i want to go back to something you said about atacting new candidates. let's talk about rand paul for a minute. as you know he's been making big strides and the new york times had a big article on him, front page story saying a lot of republicans are worried if he has enough political fundraising to match his profile as a front runner. what do you think? >> i think it will be difficult for rand paul to win the republican nomination. ultimately there is a fever within the republican party to

win the next presidential election that we'll nominate someone to win in the next 50 states. he is saying the right thing. he's talking about the outreach. >> is he the right guy to do that? he's the guy that had the hub bub over the 1964 civil rights act. >> when you go back to what he said about the civil rights act. remember, the higher percentage of republican senators voted for the civil rights act. sometimes we need to talk about what we have done and where we have been. it's been different when you are the first african american president in a democratic party. that's a hard thing to overcome. >> you had carson, a break-out star. >> no, he's a doctor. he's a red meat fox guy and says thing.

he's not a serious person within the party. >> chris christie, can he survive after blidge-gate. >> i think you have gentlemened bush, he was -- jed bush, he was beloved in florida. it's about nominating someone that can win, rand paul understand younger voters. the n.s.a. issues, i think tara would agree, it's resonating with younger voters. technology kids don't want the government listening to them. things are resonating. we have to keep an eye on rand paul. >> tara? >> it will be difficult for the republicans, they have demographics that are against him. they said things that will be inflammatory, that have had racial overtops. you can't say you are doing outreach to people when some of your own candidates are saying things that are offensive to

women and latinos. and so when you have that kind of rhetoric, even if it's individuals, they are under the banner of your party. what the problem is democrats - we call out these things, and we should continue to do it. we don't see republicans crawl out. we don't agree with that. >> you don't think the republicans called any of those things occupant. >> i think many of my party have when we heart things that are not right, fair or true. we got that. >> we saw the shift in '08. they are not demanding the president's birth certificate. >> that is not racial. if i asked you, with call due respect, if i asked you for your birth certificate, it would take you five minutes to give it to me. >> here is the problem with the

argument - the secret service, do you know the vetting you have to go through. do you think someone didn't see a birth certificate. that's ridiculous. >> i don't think it will come up. i have a feeling we'll not hear it. >> the point is it's not out there. >> it's not. that's not an issue. >> it's not an issue coming up. to make it like a racial issue. he's an african american, who cares what colour he is? >> that's a separate debate. we'll see how it plays out in 2016. thank you both for being with us this morning. always a pleasure to have you with us. pope francis created a new panel to focus on the sex abuse scandal and he appointed four women and four men, a mix of clergy and laypeople. among them an irish woman who

was a victim of sex abuse. the commission will advise the court on the best way to protect children and identify and punish abusers. >> a court put a stop to same-sex unions. many gay couples flocked to get married. now an appeals court stayed the decision. if it fails michigan will be the 18th state where same-sex marriage is legal. >> surprises come and mark morgan with the latest on march madness upsets. >> there are several cinderellas battling over the slipper. mercy medical center stated its case with a win over duke. bears in action. what about the dayton flyers, they may be the bell of the ball. dayton facing syracuse, final

50 seconds, jordan sooeb ert. he buries it. dayton, one last chance. here is a missed free throe. he's looking for a three in the win, off the back of the iron. >> syracuse failing to make a three pointer. the fliers in the suite 16 for the first time in 30 years. >> it's an incredible feeling, it could have been a high school team if we go to the sweet 16. nothing it better. when times are tight in the last four minutes, guys stick together. a player like deshaun sticks to free throws. leading the way with 25 points, 21 coming in the second half. >> the final for the huskies advance to the sweet 16.

san diego state continues to express. 32% shooting as a team. as techs for the second time in school history. final and emotional ride for north dakota state is over. >> what memories will you take from this season, this week? >> it's been the greatest professional week. it's why i do what i do. when i leave the six guys out the door... >> what a season. other winners, wisconsin overcoming a 12-point deficit to take out oregon. defending national champ advancing to the sweet 16 with a 66-61 win. harvard's seven ended.

spartans in the sweet 16 for the first time in the last 17 seasons. looking at the bracket. in the south austin hopes to continue its run. lumberjacks face u.c.l.a. and kansas in the region stakes on stanford. virginia battles memphis in the east, arizona in the west agapps conzaga and bayla trying to slow down the creighton team. >> in the mid west wichita 35 and 0 against kentucky. the wildcats played better and may give the shockers some problems. >> that's a look at sports this hour. >> it may be a great way for expecting mums to ease labour pain. a study shows that water births may be dangers for babies, we

talk about a new study. >> we saw other people running, and we thought they were escaping. videos of a great escape from the big top. you

>> we saw the other people running and we are, "oh, my god, they are escaping." >> i called my husband "the elephants are escaping." "get in the car." >> that's something you don't see. elephants escaped from a circus. they were dammed a few cars before they were captured. >> they are so upset and scared. >> so the elephants got the rest of the day off.

they are expected under the big top today. >> the dangers of giving birth in a bath tub. first a check on the forecast. >> we are looking at the rain in the south-east. making for a soggy saturday. we are on a frontal boundary, a lot of moisture, a few strappinger storms, around texas, dallas and houston. clearing out. into the north-east. it will be a cloudy day. >> thank you so much. >> a new report by the nation add obstetrician found that soaking in warm court cannees labour pains, but giving birth under water could leave to

problems, the umbilical accord can run tur, leading to haemorrhage and shock. the babies can suffer respiratory distress. seizures and oxygen depravation. >> joining us to discuss this water birth report is dr cory o'bare a paediatrician at louisiana science center. let us jump into it. what exactly is the companies between labour and deliver. why is delivering underwater so much riskier than being in labour underwater. >> the study basically delineates between those two. if you are in labour, you are contracting and the baby has not come out and the head can be engaged in the birth canal. delivering is when the baby comes out.

when the baby comes out into the water, that's where the study says there's an issue because of the risk of infection. in the water labouring causes a lady to be relaxed and the need for enny dural amnesia to go down. >> it's about the risk of infection. you say the risk benefit ratio. if a patient comes to you and says she wants on unt water birth, what would you say? >> in 2005 i was one of the first doctors to assist in something like this. we feel squirrely about it if we don't know a lot about it. there has been a rift between nurse midwifes, obgyns, to say is this safe or not. when someone comes to me i need to explain to them that it is

risky and something that, you know, there hasn't been studies, a lot of studies done to show that it's safe. in the history of the world that has been going on for a long time. the issue is that i explain to them if they have a complication at all, any high risk at all, they cannot do this, zero chance. >> what makes someone low or hif risk? >> you have the advanced aim, the labs before. the swabs that you take from the birth cappal. there's infections that can set you up for a risky pregnancy. >> what would be the benefit of an underwater delivery. >> a couple of things here. we know when the baby comes out,

it's been floating in water. people forget that. the baby doesn't take a breath until it comes out. it's been noting in water. if i tell you leave your house, you have a heater on, go outside to the freezing cold, it's a strange shock. basically they say over time that the baby's ease of transition is easier because of the temperature. we have to remember that they had a study in 2009, that showed - 2012, that showed that there was sometimes a change your in temperature in that water because it was not regulated, making it a shocking environment. with all the things - we haven't nailed this stuff down. when you are a person that wants to do something naturally.

you look at that and died. for me i recommend patients look at all of the risks before you undertake this. >> dr cory joining us from new orleans. >> a giant venting machine is making life easier for shoppers in clifton england. the last shop closed a decade ago. the vending a machine sells toilet paper, eggs and milk. the machine is located in the parking lot of the local pub. some 300 shops shut down in the u.k., forcing rural residents to travel as far as 20 miles to get to the nearest store. >> that does it for this edition

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