>> a nuclear sit-down. president obama head k overseas for a summit aimed at getting countries to give up their nukes as the situation with russia and ukraine hangs overhead >> crews in washington state are searching for survivors in the wakeful a disaster that killed at least eight, destroying dozens of homes. >> a search for malaysia airlines flight mh370 enters a

third week as a new satellite images gets crews to expand their search. >> the last week for obamacare sign-up. some are struggling to get what they need. >> hi there. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, good to have you with us. we are following new developments. the u.s. and its international allies are using a european summit to address a threat in ukraine. president obama boarded air force one. world leaders were scheduled to meet for a 2-day summit. the focus remained on securing nuclear weapons. >> we have to be honest. it's not nearly enough. in 2013, 1036 incidents involving nuclear and

radioactive material is important. most related to material that had gone missing. >> eyes will be on russian ally china. it will be the first appearance at the summit. >> the goal of the summit is to convince countries to give you will nuclear weapons. progress has been made. >> the summit is president obama's big idea. in 2009 he called the danger posed by the huge stocks of nuclear materials immediate and extreme threats to global security. >> not all is well-guarded. the world is closer to ever than nuclear terrorism. >> the biggest problem is the sheer amount of weapons material used in the world. there's 1,400 tonnes of highly enriched uranium that could

potentially be used in a nuclear weapon. >> many countries have given up their stock. more needs to be done. 25 countries holds stocks of weapons-grade material. >> worse case scenario is it falling into the wrong handsment it takes this amount material to make a bomb the same size as the americans dropped on hiroshima in 2002. of concern is material attached to explosives designed to spread through the city. >> many countries hold highly enriched material for research and medical needs. experts say it's not necessary. guarding stocks is a national responsibility, but in some parts of the world security is not good enough. >> in terms of concerns, people mention countries where in the

past material was not of the highest standard, the control. pakistan and india have been mentioned. >> a global regime is needed, with high standards and inspections. not everyone wants to cooperate. it's not clear if tensions over ukraine will damage what has until now been good cooperation for cold war enemies. nuclear security is something everyone should be worried about. >> since the last summit in 2012 seven countries have gotten rid of most if not all material. >> thousands marched on sunday declaring loyalty to russia. thousands of people walked through the odessa calling on russia to take over. they want to call for independence from ukraine. pro-russian rallies were held in

three regions in eastern ukraine. pro-ukrainian crowds rallied in kiev. 3,000 people gathered in independence square, calling for a united ukraine. they heard from ukraine's foreign minister, denouncing russian aggression. he says ukraine has the support of the international community. >> the rallies come amid concerns as to what russia will do. a top nato commander says russian troops on the border may enter the country. >> if there was one point which n.a.t.o.'s ally commander general wanted to impress on sunday is the terms of engagement between n.a.t.o. and russia are changing, and it will affect how n.a.t.o. and the u.s. military respond to any escalation in the crisis involving ukraine. >> the situation is this: n.a.t.o. members have a

responsibility, a legal responsibility to defend each other if one of them is attacked. there is concern that russia might try to claim parts of eastern ukraine, or parts of moldova, which have ethnic russian populations. what would nato do about that. what would the u.s. military do been that. when we are dealing with a country that you consider a partner with security vicious and are behaving as if it's an adversary, it changes the calculation. military, economic. the time is now for n.a.t.o. and for affiliated countries to figure out the best way to respond to russia. >> michael jordan in washington d.c. a developing story - eight are dead and more than a dozen unaccounted for following a mud slide in washington state. a wall of debris swept through a neighbourhood 60 miles north of

seattle. it covered one square mile and destroyed about 30 homes. allen schauffler has more on the rescue effort. >> nothing like they have ever seep. that's what many in the community north of seattle are saying about the mud slide that devastated the region. >> it slipped a couple of times, nothing like this. >> it's surreal. the tragedy is upthinkable. the community comes together and friend helps friend, family helps family. >> jay insly echoed the feelings and tried to comfort those with loved ones missing. >> the devastation is overwhelming, and i had a sense that we are going have hard news here, but i can tell you that there are vigorous search efforts under way. >> the earth broke loose on saturday, covering a surveyor

mile, wiping out 30 homes. >> eight people, including a six month old baby were rescued on saturday. rescue efforts were stalled after the terrain was declared too dangerous. conditions were muddy. in places it's like quick sand. >> crews doing much of their work from the air, and the community coming to work to help one another. here it's neighbour helping neighbour. >> a lot of people lost their homes and everything they had. we are trying to come together as much as we can, support each other. everyone helps to do what they can. >> the cause of the slide is groundwater saturation from rain fall in the area. >> monday morning at first light the search crews will go back on mass and accessing as much of the fluid, unstable territory as they possibly can. the governor committing to that

search until everyone is accounted for. >> it is still an active scope. the death toll stands at eight and more are unaccounted for. >> while the east coast is getting colder the west is warming up and drying out. the warm dry conditions coming up the east coast through oregon and washington is going be good news as we get the clean up of a mud slide that occurs in nearby washington state. north-east of seattle by 55 miles. the heavy mud is blocking the river causing flooding upstream for places like oso. downstream of the dam we have been concerned about an

explosive release of water. it looks like it will channel around the damning effect and balance itself. we'll watch through the day. when the rain comes i want to show you why we get so much rain. when it comes in, we'll have homes fongsing on the west. we have an elevation increase from 4,000 to 8,000 feet. the air that comes in comes across the strait of wondafuca and has nowhere to go but up. causing heavy rain fall. >> seattle is five inches over for the month of may. >> evert and north wood get higher amounts of rain. it's a soggy area, part of why

they are susceptible to floods. >> heavy rain on thursday and friday. this map will show you the month of february. we had a lot of rain, and the greens showing you the driest, east side of the cascades. for the east coast again, chilly and cold. >> another blast of told care. at the hour crews are scrambling to contain a spill in texas. it shut down a busy waterway. look at the amateur video. it shows the moment a barge collided with a tanker. thousands of gallons of oil leaked out. oil residue has since been spotted about 12 miles away on the gulf of mexico. coast guard officials say 168,000 tonnes of oil escaped from the barge.

more than 70ships have been held up because of still. >> it's too soon to tell what caused the accident, but low visibility could have been a factor. >> expanding the efforts to find missing malaysia airlines flight. evidence that could shed light on where the aircraft should be. >> the u.s. looking to step up efforts to find african warlord joseph coney. measures taken to track him down. >> under the federal law, some are not having an easy time getting access to affordable

care. >> the search area for missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 expanded after france released satellite data. china announced a plane spotted possible debris in the search area. australia is scouring over

26,000 square miles of the southern indian ocean. the youngry's deputy prime minister says the images from france could yield some clues. >> now, the french sighting is, i guess, a piece of new material because that's in a completely different location. that's about 850km north of our current search area, so we need to check that out as well. that's not in the area that had been identified as the most likely place where the aircraft may have entered the sea. having said all that, we have to check out all the options. we don't know for certain that the aircraft is in this air. we are clutching at whatever little piece of information comes along to find a place where we might be able to concentrate the efforts. >> search clues are up against challenges. poor weather will slow the search in the area 1500 miles

west of perth. >> to know how significant the latest flighting is, until some debris is found, retrieved and matched to mh370. what is promising is that we have all three satellites finding debris roughly in the same area. as planes return from the search area this morning, it was the malaysian government announcing that a french satellite spotted what was described as potential objects of interest in the vicinity of the southern search corridor. the images were transferred to australian officials, australia being in charge of the ascertain in the southern indian ocean. it has been three weeks since the plane disappeared, with no sign of it yet. one republican official is blaming malaysia. >> the reports i get are frustration. we are invited in a little bit. across the board people are

looking for more in the way of openness from the malaysian government in terms of sharing the information they have. >> that's a congressman in peninsula, a member of the homeland security committee, there's a different perspective from tony blinkin who is complimentary in the international cooperation in the search for the plane. >> you have countries working toot together in ways this haven't before, united states, canada, japan, china, new zealand, all working together. >> eight planes flew on sunday. there would have been more if weather was better. >> the u.s. is sending special forces to uganda. "the washington post" reports it is to track down african warlord joseph koni. they have spent years, they have

spent time in democratic republic of congo, and south sudan. the lords resistance army, his group, are accused of kidnapping boys, as soldiers and abducting girls to serve as sex slaves. president obama offered $5 million leading to his capture last year. >> peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy, and mohammed badr have been in prison for 85 days op charges of evading a terrorist organization and reporting false news. we have reports on their arrest and imprisonment. >> the al jazeera english reporting team were detained at their hotel by egyptian security services on december the 29th, and taken to tory prison. egyptian television broadcast the images of their arrests, showing the interior of their hotel room. initially the three men were held separately.

now they share a cell. mohamed fadel fahmy had a shuld shoulder injury. he can barely move his arm, according to his family. >> mohammed badr is able to see his wife and children once a week, with an extra visit for mother's day. peter greste's family members are commuting from australia. interim president mansour said he'd spare no effort to work towards the speed yes resolution of the case. mohamed fadel fahmy's father also received a letter saying:

>> at the last court appearance the man spent the hearing in cages. they were able to call out asking for international engagement to free them. it's expected the prosecution will continue to make its quay. a fourth journalists, abdullah al-shami, has been detained since august 2013. he's been on hunger strike since late january. >> once again the trial resumes. al jazeera rejects all charges against our journalist and demands or immediate release. >> we are approaching march 31st, a deadline when everyone in the country is required to have health insurance. for some the promise of affordable health care is elusive. poring over bills is worrisome fon me inneda anderson, earning

$600 a week as a nurse's assistant. >> i think about how i can pay them, the hours i need to work. what will be paid in month. >> diagnosed with endomeetriosis her treatment is expensive. she doesn't have health insurance, having missed the deadline. i need insurance so i can proceed with having the tumours removed. >> with a deadline looming, she went to an enrolment center in new orleans. >> you went into the marketplace. >> yes. >> the best coach she got was $300 a month. >> for a single parent like myself with the expenses i have, it's not affordable. >> anderson says she earns too much to qualify for a cheeper policy. for other, the uninsured poor,

the city health department urges them to sign up. >> insurance in some cases are $25 to $50. >> for the problems that many experienced trying to get health insurance, some say after years of being denied, they can afford it. >> upped the affordable care act, wade got a policy for $100, and calls it a saving grace for his daughter. >> i have a five-year-old. i need to get her in it. me being in the job status i'm in now, we have to have it. >> we'd love for everyone eligible to take advantage of the opportunity and realise if you don't, there'll be a period of time you won't have access. >> after march 31st, there won't be access under the affordable care act, until next fall. >> i have to wonder how i'm going to pay the bills, get

medicine. >> until she can find a better option, she'll have to rely on an emergency room for her health care, and being billed at rates she knows she can't afford. >> there's no word from the obama administration about extending the deadline again. >> using the game of basketball to achieve a better life. the opportunity the sport is offering african teenage ers in america. >> why a small down in england is using a vending machine to go grocery

>> welcome back. the first family enjoying sight seeing in china on sunday. michelle obama and her daughters walked along part of the great wall. they are spending a week in china. the trip has been cultural rather an political. it's the first time the wife of a u.s. president travelled on

her own to china. >> a basketball program in the u.s. is providing a chance at the american dream for kids at the other side of the world. we have the story. >> it's september 25th, 2013. koby is preparing to go to the embassy. what he is praying for is basketball enters a new world and a better future. >> i have been waiting for this opportunity all my life. >> in is koby's american dream. he is one of the latest in a pipeline of african basketball players leaving their country for placement in american high schools. >> so many opportunities. you go to places where coaches come and watch you play.

they train you, and stuff. in ghana, there's not that there. >> the only child of a poor single mother in ghana, he came for the education she couldn't afford. >> my mum combining work and, like, taking care of me too was her priority. i'm the only one she has got. it's just me and her to support. she made sure everything was right. i told her i want to play basketball, and, firstly, i'd like to be a physiotherapist, yes, a physiotherapist, yes. >> in countries like ghana, soccer is a dominant sport. this is why men like mimi falconer, the coach of the ghanaian team is invaluable to american sion for me to help the underprivileged kids to get

out and make the best of their lives. >> nearly 30% of their population lives below the poverty level. >> with that and mind. falconer reached out to jack whitehead. whid head began to help afghan basketball players transition pro bono. >> he said "i have a kid here, you have to get there." miami is tough. he doesn't give me a lot of kids. if he gives me one, he's a good ball player. >> after considering is number of schools around the country. whitehead called the headmaster and coach at the christian academy. a small school in landover maryland. >> koni was humble, honest,

forthright and confident. he had an interesting glow. >> he is becoming an interesting part of the squad. >> his job is to come here and earn a living, and help his family out. the stakes in that sense are very large. >> my mum is a single parent and, you know, she worked hard to bring me up this way. the course takes a lot of time and money taking care of me. if i don't do what is expected, i waste everyone's time and money. >> a great program. >> let's talk about a unique way to go grocery stocking. villages can get serial, toilet paper and milk from a vending machine. the last shop closed a decade

ago. a local engineer designed the machine and it sells about 80 product. the plan is to replace them in other villages in the area. that'll do it for this edition of al jazeera. i'm thomas drayton. thanks for watching.