>> this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. beyond reach, rescuers struggling to help people trapped in a massive mud slide. several dead. many others missing. protest and tension in the ukraine. nato's new fears another country beyond ukraine could be at risk. battle along the border. turkey shoots down a fighter jet and threatens more attacks. the large oil spill in the gulf coast, two ships clyde near a bird sanctuary.

tonight, 18 are still missing and three dead from a massive mud slide in washington state emergency crews are hoping to dig out survivors heard crying for help from the debris. the ma'amming obstacle did have delayed rescue. this started yesterday afternoon when the mountain moved, droiing homes and cutting off towns. rescuers have been searching sense, also, fears of flooding have prompted new concerns. our alan shoveler is downstream from that mud slide in aren't, more with this. what are you seeing out there today? >> well, what we are seeing is this community really coming together in the face of something absolutely awful. we are at a place where people have set up a temporary collection point for money, for blankets, for water, for paper goods, all kind of things, for many people who have been displaced buy in massive mud slide. the video and the pictures from the air show you about a one

square mile area of cascade mountain foothill that blasted downhill across the north fork of the river and wiped out as many as we are now told 30 homes, again, three people dead, 18 people missing and really a scene of devastation to the east up river. here is what the govern said about what he has seen in a recent press briefing. >> we have families across the state at this moment who are wondering about their family members and the anxiety that is beyond description. i just want to assure them that every human endeavor, every human possibility is being explored here to rescue and find their loved ones and we owe that. we are providing it. we will continue to do so. >> okay. govern jay insley after seeing this from the air. people downstream of this thing

that's clogging the river and upstream in darington as well. here at this collection sight, we can show you they have been up here since morning. they announced themselves on facebook. they have gotten a tremendous response just overwhelming. this is one example of what's going on here. we want to introduce you to the manager of the grocery store who's parking lot we are in, locally ramirez. amazing response. >> absolutely. just overwhelmed with community coming together and just pulling through to help out those in need and very devastating. i know a lot of our customers are affected by this and we are doing whatever we can. >> this is a long term situation, too. i know we have the immediate impact, 18 people still missing. this is something that's going to impact this valley for quite some time? >> absolutely. so we have decided to go ahead and set up a site here responas as we need to during business hours from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. and we have canisters at the registers for any cash donations that will go directly to the

families impacted. >> somebody called you and said, i want to help? right? >> yes. tekara brown. >> with the b on her chest? an example of the things going on here. we are hearing upstream above this landslide that the high school and this rodeo grounds are open. the high school for people who have been displaced, rodeo grounds in darington now for any farm animals, a very rural area back there that have been displaced as well. 18 people missing, unaccounted for. it's a search and rescue and frankly a recovery operation at this point. jonathan? >> alan shoveler live for us in washington state. in our second half hour, we will have the weather forecast for that area and sadly more rain is coming. now to ukraine, there are fears russia may have sites set on other parts of europe. this comes as american lawmakers visit kiev and call for the u.s. military to help. phil itner has more on that. >> all day today here in kiev, there has been grave concern about a massing of russian troops along the ukrainian

border. the government believes the russians have grander designs than the crimean peninsula. we have had a statement from the deputy foreign minister that they believe that day by day this is getting closer to an open conflict in the situation escalating, not subsiding now that crimean is part of the russian federation. now, there is a u.s. delegation here, a bi-partisan group of senators who have met with the skraenl government and following that meeting, they had a press con fres with some very strong langs was used including someuk following that meeting, they had a press con fres with some very strong langs was used including some from kelly ayott and a member of the armed services committee who said when she returns to washington, she will be carrying a message that the united states should beef up its support for the ukrainian armed forces. >> we can provide military assistance, not only humanitarian assistance, but assistance that can involve

small arms, communications, equipment, basic fuel issues that we need uniform issues, things that the ukrainian military will need as it rebuilds the damage that was done by president yanukovych. >> this also comes on a day when the four-star u.s. general, f l phillip breed love has been making some statements about what nato is seeing with russian forces along the ukrainian border. nato believes the size and scale and readiness of the russian army on that border is so significant that if it wanted to, it could roll through mainland ukraine all the way out to the western border where there is already a russian base in a pro-ethnic russian community there in a place called transnester. all of this, of course, will be most likely met by russian

authorities as very hawkish and very dangerous kind of language. the russians say they don't have any intention of coming into mainland ukraine that crimea is, as far as they want to go, but here in kiev, the government is convinced that because of agent provacateurs who are stirring up tensions in order to provide an invasion of the country, the ukrainians believe that they have to get there their army ready, that they are looking at more crisis amend not a deescalation of the situation. meanwhile, russian troops seized some of the last remaining military basis in crimea. crimea annexed the region on friday and claims the flag now flies over 189 ukrainian military posts. that's put ukrainian soldiers still there in a difficult position. jennifer glasse has more on that. >> the young cadets of sevastopol's naval academy show

loyalty to ukraine. military drills are held under the ukrainian flag. this isn't their regular parade ground. it's the military high school on academy grounds. they haven't altered their daily routinely that includes the ukrainian national anthem. ♪ inside the removed.

a wrenching choice. most who are staying are from crimea like et cetera. he knows if he moves to ukraine, the russians might not let him come back. >> i want to come back to my parents, but if they won't let me, then that's my destiny. >> a big price to pay? >> a big price to pay, but what can i do? i am military person. i am a cadet, so i should go this way. >> he is worried there won't be a navy for him to serve in. the russians have seized most of it. >> i don't want them to take our ships because that's all we have. these ships are the ships of our country. they can't do this. >> but they have, taking the final vessel, the command ship saturday night. the crane's only -- the ukraine's only sub marine.

the two used to work together. at the academy, there is still some optimism. >> we hope we can stay like a russian state before. we would like it to be the same way. we will see what will happen. the caddits know all of that will change. they pose for photos by the gate before this becomes russian, too. they expect the commander to be replaced, perhaps tomorrow. for now, they are without ships or bases in crimea, not much of a careukrainian navy left here. their future uncertain. zep fer glass, sevastopol, crimea. >> joining us is nina krucheva. good to see you. >> thank you. >> first off, your thoughts on these tough words expressing concern alternates of people share that russia may move in to more of ukraine. >> it may.

absolutely. there are troops on the border although the russians now say that the amount of troops doesn't -- doesn't exceed the actual amount that should be allowed by international law but it does look like they may if they decide that that's what they need to do. >> do you think that's going to be -- that's something president putin rapts to do? >> i am not sure he wants to go into ukraine, per se, the larger territory because he understands what a huge international outcry is going to be, not that it hasn't been already. i don't want he does want to do that. on the other hand, he may feel in his generals now may feel that he needs to do it because of those provakateurs mentioned before. all that are mentioned in eastern ukraine, maybe they would be the force that would allow him to have a pretext to go in. >> those demonstrations we have seen where they have stormed government buildings and a lot of that is manipulated and being carried out by russia.

>> absolutely. it is. one of the problems when we create such a toxic environment, for a couple of months and we have been talking about it for quite awhile is that often this kind of situation gets out of control room from the government. it may go much further than originally putin envisions. >> you are saying russia may have started these protests in eastern ukraine and now can't control it? >> i am not saying they can't control it. it may get to the situation where they can control it so they would have move troops in. it is already getting much more out of hand. for example, there is no need even in crimea, there is no need to kidnap the militarivanian military base commanders. they haven't committed any crimes. yet they are being kidnapped, being held in prison. this is, i am pretty certain, this is not the direction, the directive of the kremlin. >> it is an excellent point. we are assuming that the kremlin is pulling the strings here i am wondering how much of a

disconnect there is between the soldiers and the troops and the boots on the ground in crimea to the kremlin, to the russian government. >> i think the kremlin pulls a lot of strength. the kremlin studied those but one of the problems is that once you start this kind of nationalistic movement, very often it gets out of control. i am not saying the kremlin doesn't enjoy that they are screaming russia, russia, russia. but i am not sure whether putin is ready to bite off half of ukraine or the whole ukraine for that matter. >> why the buildup then of soldiers on the border? you join a lot of people who say it's a lot of posturing. there is no way putin would be so reckless as to further invade ukraine. if it's just a big show, eats already gotten what he largely wanted, which was crimea. why continue to further irritate the situation? >> well, i mean that builder has been going on for a while. so probably some got out of control. i am not saying that putin

doesn't want to go in if the opportunity arises. but i don't think the opportunity has arisen yet or if he takes ukraine, what is he going to do with it? because that's going to be an international outcry that he cannot control. but i think he is slightly turning into a rogue, rogue state leader, and that's what we should be afraid of. >> let's talk about that. what do you think is the long-term implication. >> russia by now effectively decided voluntarily, kremlin's decision to get out of international organizations. >> that's what basically happened because said we are not going to am observe international laws. in some ways, all of this posturing is that if we still believe that russia is part of international community. so far, it really has shown that it's willing to be part of the international committee on its own terms. you cannot be that. you actually have to uphold to some sort of law. >> all of this diplomatic jest sewers, at a time sanction, crackdown on the kremlin

associates, talk of removing russia from the g8 not going to work. >> i think why are we still talking about g8. they should be removed months ago. >> g7. >> months ago. i think actually that's my point is that all of this diplomat diplomatic posturing when it was clear three weeks ago that putin is going to take crimea and not going to get out of crimea so t the issue should have been how to preserve the ukrainian -- the rest of ukraine as one country. >> here is the question. you study this region, russia. do you get the impression that the west is under estimating vladimir putin. >> i don't know under estimate. i think they are overestimating him. i think they deal with him as if he is part of the international community. putin did show that he is very willing not to be part of it because he slightly got drunk on success in sochi those olympics well went for him. he feels he can do it all. he is full of power and he shows the hard power all together.

i think he is over estimated as a regular. he is no longer that regular politician until now. >> with this nuclear summit in the next day or two, do you expect any kind of real progress to be made trying to at least bridge the divide between russia and the west? >> i think he needs to be threatened because what basically he has done is that whatever he said he would do, he did. he is laughing at sanctions. well, do the sanctions. if you talk about mirlt buildup on nato parts, do the buildup because he is a bully. that's the only thing is to bully him back. >> if you bulllay bully sometimes it can backfire. >> it can either way. >> thank you for your insight today. >> thank you. >> the united states is now being tested for a promise it made to ukraine 20 years ago. the u.s. said it would protect ukraine after it gave up it's

nooufshling weapons. it's something president obama will discuss with world leaders tomorrow in rolluclear weapons. it's something president obama will discuss with world leaders tomorrow in roll. mike vacck /* vaquiera has more >> efforts to rid the world of nuclear stock piles could be endangering. >> it's a troubling situation. we still have deep interests, national interests, in working with russia to make sure nuclear material is secure, accounted for. >> there are warning signs cooperation is broken down at the working level because of the ukraine crisis. the 20 year program that has guided efforts to secure materials known as non-luger has expired. now as the stand-off escalates, russians have threatened to halt inspections on their soil all together. past sum missed have yielded results pushing ukraine to rid itself of nuclear weapons. >> it is because of the first

summit in 2010, ukraine made a commitment to remove that remaining material. and it has is actually because of u.s. and russian cooperation that that happened. >> but at this summit, no ukraine and no russia. it's president vladimir putin is taking a pass. in the wake of the soviet union's collapse, the nukes.

>> a commitment to a safer more secure tomorrow. >> appear. >> way over projected costs, work has been halted. >>, say experts, sends the wrong message to russia. >> they want to make sure russia does not get the signal that they should be stopping on their side because they also have a similar commitment. >> mike vicquiera washington. >> join us for our regular sunday segments the week ahead. still ahead on al jazeera

america, oil from a sunken barge in texas could spread into the gulf of mexico. crews race to contain the mess. searchers spend another day over the indian ocean looking for the missing airliner, the fresh satellite photo that's offering new leads.

one of the busiest shipping lanes along the gulf coast remains closed after an oil barge collided with a ship. it's led to a sizeable slick and a massive clean-up effort off galveston bay in texas. traces of the spill are already showing up on land in nearby texas city. the coast guard says up to 168,000 gallons may have leaked from that barge. al jazeera brandan truck ling has the latest. >> the people working to clean up this mess describe it as terrible. they are talking about 168 gallons of leaked fuel now in the houston canal. it is a 50 mile stretch that goes from houston all the way to the gulf of mexico. we are told this job is very difficult because that oil is very thing. it's very greasy and difficult to clean.

crews have been working all night and continue to work right now as we speak. you have state, federal and nonprofit agencies working together to clean up this mess, which i am told could take days if not weeks to complete. environmentalists and others are concerned because this place is a popular bird habitat and they fear the impact that this oil spill could have on those birds. as we find out more, we will pass that information along. >> brandon truckley reporting there from texas. now, to the missing jetliner from malaysia. crews in australia wrapped up a full day of search, eight plains flew over the southern indian ocean covering more than 10,000 nautical miles. several satellite images from france saw objects floating in the water but an approaching storm could interrupt the several this week. we want to go back to the top story tonight, 18 are still missing and 3 are dead from a massive mud slide in washington state emergency crews are hoping

to dig out survivors heard crying for help but major obstacles have delayed rescue. this started yesterday afternoon when the mountain moved, destroying homes, cutting off communities. rescuers have been searching. fears of flooded have prompted new concerns. >> joining us on the phone from darington, washington, is the governor of the state of washington, jay insley. thank you for being with us. >> you bet. >> first, update us on the search for the 18 people still missing. >> well, it's ongoing and extremely active but there are some significant challenges because the area is still extremely unstable. it's difficult to move in it. it's a very extensive area how many land has moved over a

quarter of mile spread out throughout the valley and across the river. >> governor, do we still have a better -- a better idea of how many people are still missing? the most recent number we heard was 18. does that number stand? >> . /* ye. it could be more. there is still much uncertainty as you can imagine, loved gunk trying to contact each other it could be more. i would not be surprised if it goes higher than that given what we know at the moment. >> we had also heard reports that rescuers trying to get into that area had heard people screaming for help in the debris. can you talk a little bit of that and whether that is still something that crews are hearing out there? >> talking to the -- i just came about two hours from the command post and we really did not hear that at the command post: that has not been confirmed that those incidents have occurred. there is extremely active search

for survivors, but i must tell you, it's very complicated because the ground, if you can call it ground, is extremely unstable. it's difficult to move within the area. i flew over it about 45 minutes ago. and there are search personnel around the periphrae of the slide, and there are several helicopters working, looking for survivors. it's difficult to get in the middle of the slide at the moment. >> how do the rescuers move forward then? when do you expect them to move deeper into the debris field and if it's so dangerous, what needs to happen to make sure they can get in their safely? >> well, the good news is there are helicopters that are scouring the area at low level that have very good visual. i mean i just flew over an hour ago and there was a person visible, if there was, you could see them from the low levels from the helicopter i was in. so that's not so much an issue. the scope of the slide is just

monumental. i have never seen anything like it. and you just have to recognize that mother nature got a very dangerous vote here. >> i know you have been dealing with a lot of storms and a lot of rain there. was there any indication that this was happening? did people have warning that the mountain was about to move? >> not to my knowledge. i am unaware of any previous indication of any particular threat. the scope of this -- i flew over it about an hour ago, is just defying description, and spread out for just hundreds and hundreds of yards across the river. >> the river now is flowing to the debris, which is good news that appears to have reduced the threat of any catastrophic release from what was previously a dam. >> okay. ? >> that's good news but

obviously we want people to be on heightened awareness downstream still given circumstances. with that i will have to excuse myse myself. i have to go. thank you very much. >> got it. we understand completely. i know it's difficult times. the governor of washington state, thank you so much for your time today. we appreciate it. stay with us. much more on this mud slide including how the forecast could impact the search when we come back.

and well, back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories this half hour. warnings from nato and the united states saying russian troops could be readying to move westward into ukraine and deeper into europe. claims that russian denies. crews in texas are working to clean up an oil spill off galveston bay. coast guard says up to 168,000 gallons of sticky oil may have leaked. the ship collided ette. the houston shipping channel is one of the biggest in the

country. >> at least eighteen people are missing. three are dead after a mud slide in washington state emergency crews are using helicopters to look for survivors. the ground search had to be halted because the terrain was too dangerous of the ads we heard from the governor a couple of moments ago, it's the worst devastation he has seen. rescuers are having a hard time getting to that area. now, of course, the concern of more rain, more storms headed to washington. >> when we look at that mud slide, the mud that's in place with the rocks and debris and trees is about 183 feet deep. if that gives you an idea of all of that is so unsteady that even when they start to realize that there may be someone they could reach, they have to think about the fact that just walking across mud, you get your feet stuck. it's very difficult to pull out of that kind of situation. so they are monitoring that very closely plus the rainfall that's on its way as we get into the

first part of our work week. as we look at the pacific northwest, it's going to bring you warm weather and very comfortable and a lot of sun coming through as well. no rain today and for the start of most of your monday as well. so that is good news. but this is rain we are talking about that has made this happen. it's rain that happened over the course of the last month, two months. it's been extremely wet spring for the western washington area, also for oregon as we look at these in the county area, the town of oso is closer in towards the cascade foothills. the cascades are up to 8,000, 10 feet high. we are seeing the highest points like laser peak. >> that's well over 10,000 feet. it's the incline, these rivers are running down very steep rock. so we get a lot of rain and it

rushes down. just a quick look here to show you that it nudged up into the northern cascade mountains as we look at accumulations of rainfall, this is a satellite estimate from march 9th. it shows you western washington, a lot of the rain doesn't necessarily fall down in the seattle area of the sound. a lot of it comes through because there is nothing to stop it to the north. so there is an exceptional amount of rain in that particular area we have been seeing come do you know, in fact, for seattle, five inches over your normal amount of rainfall this time of year. manual even more than that is where the land slide occurred. more facts about this area and the trend to slides coming up. jo be than? >> difficult conditions and the weather is not cooperating. thanks, rebecca. turkey has shot down a syrian fighter jet. it came down along the country's border. you can see plumes of smoke. turkey's prime minister

congratulated the military. syria said the plane was within its own territory. omar al sali has more. >> the strategic border crossing between syria and turkey now involves turkey's military. as jubilant syrian rebels cheered, the remains burn in the mountains off syria's province. it was shot down by turkish f-16s after turkey said the jet had crossed into its air space. the political rally, part of the lead up to march 30th, the prime minister was in fighting form. >> syrian plane violated our air space. our f-16s took off and hit this mraep why? because if you violate my air space, it will be heart.

>> damascus said the mraep was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. >> i reached my target, 30 kilometers inside syrian territory. on my way back, i was hit from a turkish jet. >> it's the second time turkey has downed a syrian aircraft. boarding opposition fighters, it's the last northern border post to be captured by opposition fighters. another rally in istanbul the prime minister talks about syria's fighter plane, focusing instead on domestic politics, especially corruption always. he described alleged wiretaps as montage and dubbing suggesting they had been faked he said,

twitter, you have to be honest and act according to turkish law. the shooting down will make prime minister erduwan appear more decisive that laplane was shot down where syria has been fighting for a boarder crossing. millions of syrians have been impacted by the civil war. more than 100,000 have been killed since it began three years ago, six and a half syrians have been displaced. nearly a third of those have left the country. one person was killed today in the worst fighting in the lebanon fighting in two years. it has sparked tensions across the poureders and it was a violent week in tripoli where 27 died there. funeral did were held for an afghan journalist and his family

killed in a thursday attack. akmed, his wife and two children were among nine gunned down. security video shows the attackers passing through multiple checkpoints before entering the kabul hotel. guards patted them down but did not check shoes where officials say they hid the weapons. .3 journalists real said to be held and face charmingz for t the --ges the for the -- they are charged with belonging to a terrorist group. al jazeera rejects the charges and calls for the poo immediate release. >> in kenya, at least six people are dead after two gunmen stacked a church. it happened in a city just outside the coastal city ombasa. another 20 were hurt. the gunmen used automatic rifles and shot at church goers as sunday mass began. no group has claimed responsibility. they say the attackers escaped

despite the presence of police nearby. several satellite photos including new images this morning from france show objects floating in the water, but an approaching storm could interrupt the search this week. joining us now is randall pinkston from washington, d.c. with more on this. randall, let's talk about those satellite images, especially the new one from france. how significant is that for the several? >> jonathan, that is difficult to say until something is found, retrieved and matched with the missing airliner, image 370 he is promising that they are roughly in the same area as planes return for the from the search zone, it was the malaysian government that announced a french satellite has spotted what's described as potential obvious jets in the vicinity the southern search corridor. malaysian officials say those were related to australia in charge of searching the indian

ocean but it has been three weeks since that plane disappeared and with no sign so far, no congressman here is blaming malaysia. the reports that i am getting are frustration about we are invited in only a little bit. so, i think across the board, people are looking for more in the way of openness in the from the malaysian government in a timely manner. he is a member of the homeland security committee, but a different perspective from the deputy national security advisor. tony blankon xliming the international cooperation. >> you have countries working together in ways that they haven't before. not just the malaysians, but we have the chinese, new zee land, united states, canada working in the same direction to get to the body of what happened. >> jonathan, eight planes flew in the search on sunday. there would have been more had

the weather conditions been better. >> more about the criticism there lawmakers are saying sell other kuntz trees, do you get the impression malaysian government taking those concerns seriously? the malaysian government is taking those certain yuzously. we must observe there were many more two weeks ago than what we now is see are the government's, including china which had been complaining vociferously, china sending a small flotilla along with its own aircraft to join the search tomorrow. they would be flying along william japan, new zee rand and other countries and malaysia is making it a point to tell everyone they are now sharing and receiving data. keep in mind, too, that they did pass on the radar data to the national transportation board here in america for analysis and that computer from the flight

simulator that was in the pilot's house, trying to get the f.b.i. in reconstructing the chip so that they can find what files may have been completed. >> randall pinkston with the latest on that search of the milling airliner. thank you. despite an exhaustive search we don't know if satellites found wreckage or trash floating in the ocean. todd curtis says there are two reasons why they are hopeful the most important thing, you have another set of satellites out there and there may be other satellites from other countries that may chime in later, but having multiple satellites is good because they are all in different orbits and that means that they are over the target area at different times of the day. the more the merrier, in other words, the second is that it actually found something. it's not going to be as good as having a ship going there and looking at it, this makes it more likely that the ships and planes looking for debris will

actually get either a sample of this or in the case of an aircraft, a close photograph of it. >> that's going to be absolutely necessary to determine whether or not this is indeed part of the aircraft or simply part of the sea trash that's been discussed recently. >> the search would be easier if crews could see the satellite photos as soon as they are taken. time to turn to the world of sports to major league baseball. season openers. >> we have two open scenes openers. the national pass time took place in australia. yes, maple league baseball officially began with a two-game series between the la dodgers and the die monday backs down under. both games in the series, an the away series, a wrong ways away in this series built to help mbb's drive for international expansion. >> when ernie blanks said let's play, two, it's doufth he

ma'ammingedwedoubtful he ma'amming ma'amminged. he imagined one like this. at the sidney cricket ground over 7800 miles from chase field until arizona, the diamond back's homefield. for one of the players, the game truly was a home coming. >> my right shoulder, when i walked out of the tunnel was pretty special. walking out and walking on the pitch, knowing so many greats played there, it's special. >> the players and coaches involved know these two games count on a much larger scale than wins and losses. >> i like the idea of getting outside of the little box we are in. i am excited to see where this goes in 7, 15, 20s year if we are doing it in eastern europe, where this can go. >> i think it's important from the standpoint of, you know, kind of advancing just the whole game, you know, what we love about it so much, obviously, it hasn't necessarily caught on as much here it's not the support but i know they are playing more and more of it. >> it took 10 days to make over

the historic cricket grounds in order to be mlb ready. this isn't the first time it has taken place on the cricket grounds. >> came 100 years ago in 1914 when the new york giants plate the chicago white sox in an exhibition game. mlb and australian hope it doesn't take another century before it happens again. >> we are like any other sport or business who wants to expand the game, wants to expand the business of baseball, the brand, want to expand the development of baseball internationally. >> there will be the direct visitor impact in our economy which we are anticipating will be substantial and that great benefit that you can't measure in dollars. the tangible benefit, however, all of those people around the world seeing what goes on here. >> with nearly 80,000 fans attending, it looks like the trip was a home run. however t may take some time for the aussie fans to you understand the two different but

similar sports? >> the most question is do you bat a ball? you know, it's pitch and hit and that sort of thing. why do you have to use a glove? >> my first question for cricket players is always how do you not wear a glove? for more on what this means to the big picture baseballwise and what the players' impressions were as to what it was like starting the grinding season down under, we bring in our mlb analyst. >> most players i have heard from have said all of the right things. everybody is towing the company line. i think about it in terms of the grind, with un62 game schedule is awful long and to do that and go away half away around the world a week before it's supposed to start is asking a lot of the players. now, i am not comparing it to driving a truck or anything like that. but it's a real chore. a physical burden that these guys aren't taking into account. >> what my next question was going to be like, with the fact that the travel schedules, we saw it in the n.f.l., but it's a different schedule. on a bi-week. what does this do with the schedule? >> think of it this way, the diamond backs are 0 and 2.

five spring training games left. they have to figure out. they are doing this to globalize the sport. i don't know if the bang for the buck. the benefits don't outweigh the sacrifice here to me, if you want to globalize this sport, do a barnstorming tour like they did 10 years ago. i called the m. lb japan all star series. we had a great time in the month of november b people were thirsting for baseball, not right before a grind like that. >> mlb is push to go make it a global game you think this is one small part. >> i chick twitter a lot and i know i have some in australia. none were paying attention. i wonder where the bang for the buck is. if you want to globalize it, they should put a game of the week on free television in any country they want to expose. barnstorming tours, discounts for super net rights. make sure people have easy access to baseball. the games that are played here in america. don't worry about the games, two games that are going to be in

australia. >> does this take anyway away from the opening day. >> i will tell people to keep kids home from school. you know who its talk wofford for? dodgers and diamond backs, two teams arizona they have now a week to think about being 0 and 2 and the dodgers, they are going to get high and mighty, 2 and 0 already. in cincinnati and detroit and new york, wherever they are having their openers, it will feel like opening day. >> seth everest. it is college basketball today. two more bracket busters, stanford knocks up kansas and shock and awe, wish at that state and kentucky, kentucky hands shockers first loss of the season. they are gone. >> the year of the underdog. >> i love t that's why we love college basketball. >> everyone's brackets blown apart now. >> gone the first day. >> the clock is ticking for all americans to get health insurance but for some, the promise of affordable care may still be out of reach. a historic election infrantions,

whichever candidate wins will be the first woman to be mayor of paris.

a labor strike seems to have been avoided in several california hospitals. 13,000 workers at uc's five major medical centers were prepared to walk out this week. the plan would strike was in response to unfair labor practices. it could have cost the hospital millions of dollars. today, a tentative contract agreement was reached. there were only a few days left before everyone is required by law to have health insurance. you have until the end of this month to get coverage understand the affordable care act. for those who can't sign up by then, the white house may consider an extension. as ben lee money reports, the

promise of healthcare remains a promise. >> the single mother owns $600 a week as a nurse's assistant and struggles to make ends meet. >> i think about how am i going to pay them? how many hours i need to work? what's going to get paid this month. >> diagnosis with a common and painful health problem for women, her treatment is expensive. she doesn't have health insurance having missed the deadline to get a group policy through her job. >> i need to get insurance so i can proceed with having the fibroid tumors removed. >> with the deadline loom to go sign up for the affordable care act, she went to an enrollment center in new orleans. >> you went into the marketplace? >> the pest quote she got was nearly $300 a month. >> for a single parent like myself with the expensive, it's not affordable. >> she says she earns too much

money to qualify for a cheaper policy. >> for the present home, yes, i am stuck. >> for others here, new orleans' truly uninsured poor, the city health department is still urging them to sign up. >> we have had citizens tell us that their insurance may be as low in some cases, 25 to $50 per no. >> for all of the problems many people have experienced trying to get health insurance, some say after years of being denied, they can finally, afford it now. under the affordable care act, wade uson currently unemployed got a policy for about $100 a month. he calls it a saving greats for his daughter? >> i have a 5-year-old. i have to get her in it. by me being in the status, job status i am now, i have to have it for her. >> we would love for everyone who is eligible to take advantage of the opportunity and realize that if you don't, there is going to be this period of time that you won't have access. after march 31st there won't be

access under the affordable care act until next fall. >> it makes me wonder because i have to wonder how i am going to pay these bills, i am going to get mid sin. >> until she can find a better option, mel i wanted a al will have to rely on an emergency room for her healthcare and being billed at rates she can't afford. ben lemoine. al jazeera. >> first really hadded michelle obama is seeing the sites in china. she walked along part of the great wall with her daughters. she also met with more chiep easy teachers and students. the group discussed access to schooling for both chinese and american students. >> the city of paris has never had a female mayor but that could soon be changing. emma heyword has more. >> at stake is the chance to run all of this, one of the world's most distinctive cities. whoever onwins the election in paris will make history. t

become can its first female mayor. on the left, a frontrunner socialist ann hill dalgo and on the right, natalie farase both cam papering hard to make their mark but doing it different. morsey is a rising star and a former ecology minister. i want to change paris for the better i love paris. >> while hidalgo takes a more local approach, the current deputy mayor. >> i hope pairsians choose at a time. >> they will need to keep in mind the interests of more than 2 million people. this is the first real electoral test since fran swap who struggled in the polls became

president. this is an election, though, which has been dominated by discussions about the need for better housing, the economy and security. and the two women leading the race. politics here like in many places is still dominated by help. at times during this campaign, the two mayoral candidates have been securicrutinized in a way wouldn't have been if they were men. compared not only on their politics when they talked about the color of their hair, how they dressed, in fact, they have to play on a double level, one of said duction to be the pair i seeian woman and on top of that to be able to represent the imam of the mayor. >> both want to revitalize paris and if gender isn't the main issue in the bal lot booth did this weekend, just maybe it could lead to great ter equality

in politics here emma hayward, al jazeera in paris. >> a quick update. poll did are closed. we don't have the final results yet, but according to the associated price, exit poles had hid hidalgo in the lead. >> thank you for joining united states. i am jonathan betz. i will be back with more news in an hour at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 passiffic. a look at the top headlines after this short break.

pass you are watching al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz with tonight's top stories. eighteen people are still missing after a mud slide in washington state. it swallowed dozens of home, killing three emergency crews

are using helings to search for survivors. >> i spoke earlier with washington state govern jay insley about that rescue effort. >> the area is still extremely unstable. it's very difficult to move in it. i flew over it about a half hour ago. i don't know the number of times, but it's an incredible slight of how much land has moved. >> meanwhile crews are working around the clock to clean up a spill off of dpaflston bay. officials say up to 168,000 gallons of sticky fuel may have leaked when an oil barge ship collided yesterday. the top commander in europe says russian troops could be getting ready to moved in to ukraine and deeper into europe. president obama heads to europe tonight to meet with european leaders. turkey has shot down a fighter jet along the border. it said the pilot violated

turkish air space. those are the headlines on this sunday night. re "real money" with ali velshi starts right now on al jazeera america. i'll tell how the former president prediblthed the pickle we'd be in with russia and sanctions way back in 1981. plus, the mystical 15th century practice that farmers are using to solve a big problem right here in the 21st century. i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money."