and the community for weighing in. the conversation always continues online. >> good evening, everyone, welcome to aljazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. lights out in washington state as rescuers search for the missing. and we take a closer look at what caused the disaster. warning to russia, president obama threatens more sanctions and refuses to recognize a russian crimea. healthcare mandate. companies offering contraception in their healthcare plan, and now the supreme court picks up that issue. homeless america, dangerous for people on the streets, and

why some are blaming lawmakers. and freedom fall. jumping off of one of the tallest buildings in the world, the stunt raises questions about skyscraper security. we begin tonight with that deadly mudslide in washington state and the search for the missing. devastating news today, the death toll continues to rise, and rescue crews expect it to go higher. the national guard was called in as the search comes into day four. mulled slide happened in washington, just north of seattle, and allen, what are we hearing? >> john, what we're hearing today is not good news from the site of this slide. search and rescue crews telling us more victims have been found. more bodies have been found at

the site of the slide in the foothills of the north cascades. we don't have numbers yet. we expect to be briefed on that in a few hours, but that's the latest word here, as the search continues, more victims have been found. there's a massive search effort going on right now. we estimate 150 people are in the field. the cog teams are out. hovercraft have been deployed. the national guard, trying to find the living among the dead. and there's not much hope left. it's an eerie scene on the slide site. and we want to give you an idea of what it was like as it was coming down the mountain. for the first time we're hearing the 9-1-1 tapes. listen to this one, someone phoning in from the area. >> a mudslide happened. >> what's going on just now?

>> i got people here screaming for help. >> are they in the middle of the water? >> yes, there's a person going up there in the mud. come on. oh, my god. >> that's somebody whose world has just been torn up and torn away. a stunning scene there, john. really hard for the people here who are numb to what's going on, you get the feeling as you talk to them. we spoke to a second grader today, a little girl. school is in session again, and she was going to school, worried about the friends she wasn't going to see. there's a lot of heartache here, a difficult scene in western washington. >> the scenes are unbelievable. what about federal assistance for washington state.

>> federal assistance has been come missing it, there has been an emergency declaration, and fema is on-site. and as you said, the national guard has been called out, so for search and rescue and logistics, we're getting help. the president spoke from europe and he spoke about what happened fromoso and the federal government. >> i just spoke to the governor. and i just signed the declaration to make sure that he has all that he needs. the army corp of engineers has been on-site and offered assistance and expertise. so i would and all americans to send their thoughts and prayers to washington state. and the community of oso and the family and friends who continue to be missing. we hope for the best. but we recognize that it's a

tough situation. >> so john, more bodies have been found, and we should find out tonight how many. >> allen schauffler, thank you. survivors describe their homes shatter when they were shoved down the hillside after being hit by the powerful wall of mud. we have more from the devastated neighborhood. >> oso is about an hour's drive north of seattle, it's a small town, and close to 200 people live here. scattered homes and buildings, nearly awful them in the path of this landslide. a huge chunk of land gave away. and it came down the hill, across the river, and into the steelhead neighborhood. all of that spread across the highway and took out even more homes. this mudslide stretches for a mile from end to end, and in

places, the mud is up to 15 feet deep. rescuers are trying to find all of the structures buried. it's not just homes, but mobile homes, vacation properties. 14 people have been killed, including reportedly linda mcpherson who lived in this house here. her husband was hurt, she used to be the librarian. and steve, who didn't live here. he was working on a satellite dish on a house on the street. it's not just homeowners missing, but contractors, and even people driving by. entire families are unaccounted for, delany webb, with her fiance, they were visiting her grandparents. and they have not been seen since. that death toll could rise. >> let's bring in pat abbot,

professor of geology at san diego state university. and pat, 'em welcome. >> good to be here. >> what causes mudslides like this? >> to begin with, we're dealing with very weak rock. you see the layers of sand. and some of that is volcanic ash that has fallen from the sky, and plus glaciers in the area have ground up fine powder and it makes very weak rock. we can walk up to the cliff and mull it off. you take that weak sediment, and fill it up with the heavy rains, which increases the pull of gravity, and we see not just the slide. but we see the material with the sand in it, to the water carrying the sand and mud. it was the know, the part that flowed with so much power, that knocked down the building and suffocated people and delivered the worst of the blows. >> i believe it was a year ago on widby island in washington

state that looked like this, but it was so much smaller, so why is this so large? >> you're right, it was gauze of that type of event because of the weak rocks. you look at a map and you look at the river, you see the river takes a great big bend, and it's cutting into the base of the hill there. so as the river erodes the base of the hill, it's removing the buttressing, and that mate may be the factor why this was such a large overwhelming event. >> can geologists determine this? >> i have looked at those and we can see it when it's exposed. but the area is so beautifully veg tainted with trees and

grass. wonderful environment but tough for us geologists, because you can't see the rocks directly. so it makes it hard to look at where the weakest spots are. >> a lot of the areas i've seen in mudslides have been near the water, near the puget sound, but the real question is, if we don't let people build in a floodplain, should we not let them build in a mudslide plain? indeed, that's a hazard. it's easy for geologists to go out and say look at that slope angle and these materials, this is a very dangerous setting, but on the other hand, how many rules and regulations can you make, and how many places can you get and how many people's lives do you change by saying, you can't do this here? conceptually, it seems easy, but it's difficult to carry out over a very large area with thousands of people.

>> are there geological surveys that are standard in the united states or should there been? >> well, we have uniform building code that covers much of the country, but a lot of the uniformed details come out in state laws and county laws, so we have a crazy quilt pattern in things. in general, we tend to learn from disasters. an earthquake happens, and these things fail and change the building code. but it's a very process, and unfortunately, it depends to be it disaster driven. when something is so horrifying, it captures everybody's attention, and that's why the need to change the rules to prevent this type of event from occurring again. i hope this event starts that discussion now. >> it's shaping up to be quite a disaster unfortunately. pat, we appreciate your insight. and please join us tonight for our special report, what you don't know about mudslides, the facts and the science, the

possible warning signs, and why experts believe this catastrophe could have been avoided. that's tonight at 8:30, 11:30 p.m. eastern time. president obama is visiting with european leaders. earlier today in the netherlands, he issued a warning to russia. moving farther into ukraine would have serious consequences he said. >> the president came to the netherlands for this two day summit on security with the goal for the ukraine, he moves with a vow to punish russia if it goes further. a day after joining other leaders and about to impose heavy sanks on russia if it escalates the crisis, president obama held out hope that the russian troops amassed on ukraine's border will not invade. >> we oppose what appears to be an effort of intimidation, and i don't think it's a done deal.

>> mr. obama appeared pessimistic about an end to the takeover. >> i think it would be dishonest to suggest that there's a simple solution to resolving what has already taken place in crimea. >> reporter: a new poll suggests that the public is wary of american involvement. when asked if we should do something about ukraine, 61% said no. mr. obama is facing political blow back at home. in the 2012 campaign, mitt romney called russia america's number one foe. a claim dismissed by president obama. and republicans say he misread president vladimir putin. asked to respond, mr. obama doubled down. >> russia's actions are a problem. and they don't pose the number-one security threat to the united states. i consider to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a

nuclear weapon going off in manhattan. >> and what appeared to be a veiled swipe at putin, on the regional stable. >> russia is a regional power that's threatening some of its immediate neighbors. not out of strength, but out of weakness. >> reporter: and on wednesday, the president goes to brussels, belgium, for a major speech on ukraine. mike viquera, aljazeera. >> now keeping a watch on the united states and russia, and i talked to the former editor for the daily beast and asked what he has to say about president obama's comments today. >> president obama is in a difficult position. he's trying to show global unity in the face of russian aggression, and he's trying to

dismiss putin's actions as the actions of a weak man, a failing regional power, and i don't think he's convincing many people. and he's certainly not convincing the ukrainians who are very scared about what putin's next move is, and i don't think he's convincing the poles or the baltic states or anybody else looking at the new aggressive posture of russia and wondering where it's all going to lead. i think that president obama really has his work cut out for him. >> can you tell me about how the story is playing in europe? >> i think that the europeans are embarrassed. they're no fools, they see how aggressive putin is being, but they have a lot of interest with russia, and the germans don't want to cut off one-third of their energy supply by boy catting the natural gas coming out of russia, and the british don't want to lose hundreds of millions of pounds if they freeze out a lot of russian

investors, and the french have a very big arms contract, selling helicopter and naval craft to the russians. $1.6 billion worth. and they don't want to lose that. so everybody is trying to hope this situation away and saying, let's do dip om see and hope that it will turn out okay, and meanwhile, put i be keeps upping theanti, moving troops around the ukrainian border, wondering how he's going to expand his russian empire. >> is there a serious concern by europeans that putin might invade other parts of ukraine? >> there are very serious concerns about that. the way he has laid out his priorities, protecting russians wherever they need protection, there are a lot of russians in ukraine. and whether they need protection or not, he can make the case that they do, at least to the

people in the russian homeland and anybody else who would listen to him. would he like to be in control of odessa again, a major port on the black sea? of course he would. and you have in the very poor nation of moldova, and that's russians. latvia has a very big russian population. are they going to need putin's protection? are people nervous about all of this? oh, yeah, they're very nervous about all of this. >> what will it take for europeans to get more involved, to up the ante like president obama has? >> i think that the europeans and the americans are trying to put across the idea that if russian troops actually roll into ukraine in any way, shape or form, that something will be done. the french will cancel their arms contracts, the city of london will freeze their seats,

and the germans will learn to live with out all of that russian gas, at least through the summer, but putin is very popular in russia, and very popular with the idea that he's projecting strength and expanding the borders of russia as we have seen it since the 1990s. trying to win back bits and pieces of the old russian empire. all of that sits well with the russian people. and putin doesn't to the give all of that up. so i think that he can take the sanctions, at least for a while. and in that period, he'll be one very popular leader and that's what he wants. i think his approval ratings are in the hoard of 75% or more, since he took crimea. and probably they would continue to go up if he continues this expansion. so this is an extremely dangerous situation, and it's not clear what the west can do that will make him back off. >> christopher dickey, former editor for the daily beast.

thank you very much. the search for the crew in flight 370 resumes. stormy seas have put the search on hold yesterday. >> reporter: search crews are out there again, 1500 miles off of the coast of perth, australia. the massive area they're searching is still larger than texas and oklahoma combined. it's the result of data and salt images that shift that they put it down in. and tonight, a partial ping in the last 8 minutes between the orbiting satellite. it could be another clue of what happened before the jet stopped flying. the aircraft black box, heading to the search area. finding the plane will be the only way that they will know

what happened. it will go silent in two weeks. and the families of the victims in anger. a rare sight. a protest march to the malaysian embassy. informing the investigators to continue the search, and now asking for the flight data. >> clearly the relatives want answers. >> they want evidence that this plane actually did crash. >> we just want the truth and if you make a conclusion with no evidence, just from the data, why are you making a conclusion? >> can the government understand how we feel? if they could understand our feelings, it wouldn't have come to this. does the government understand us? >> a lot of official pronouncements with a lot of skepticism. they are often very leery of

what they hear, and they are very angry and don't understand how the investigators can make this conclusion that the plane crashed without evidence, without physical proof, john. >> of course you understand their emotions. >> of course. >> michelle, we'll talk about this later. this is a dust storm moving over phoenix, arizona. it's reducing visibility to near 0 in some places. these pictures were taken about an hour ago. and officials are warning people to stay off the roads. coming up, flight plans, new rules for the nasa. and angry over the shooting death of a homeless man in albuquerque. and base jumpers buffed for jumping off of the top of a new york city skyscraper.

>> in albuquerque, new mexico, demonstrators are marching on police head requires right now, protesting the death of a homeless man. they had a standoff last week, and heidi, why are they protesting? >> reporter: well, john, i think you'll see for yourself when you watch the police video of the shooting of james foye, it's captured on camera. and it's graphic. 38-year-old james is arguing with the police who are trying to arrest him for illegal camping. he tells the police that he's ready to march down the mountain with him. but moments later, an officer throws a flash at his feet. at that moment, an officer shoots six round, killing him. they are protesting not just the death of james foye, but pointing to what they call a

pattern of abuse and successive force in this department. 23 people are lost their lives at the hands of the albuquerque police since 2010, and that's far above the national average, john. >> and they're calling for an independent investigation, right. >> that's exactly right. the albuquerque police have not admitted fault or wrongdoing in any of these deaths, but the state has paid out millions of dollars in settlements to the families of the deassessed. albuquerque's new police chief he has better than on the job for a month. he initially said that foye threatened his officers, but richard berry criticized the chief in his rush to saying that the shooting was justified. >> i think he should not have said that. i think what we need to do in a horrific situation like this, we need to comprehensively go through the process, there's

video out there that's horrific, and i find it horrific myself, anyone who watches that. >> and john, the department of justice has been investigating this for 1 and a half years, looking at the allegations of excessive force used by the albuquerque police department. and tomorrow, they will be here in town to meet with community members. >> heidi jo castro in albuquerque. thank you very much. florida is the most dangerous state in the country for people living on the streets. and as part of our series, homelessness in america, natasha looks at efforts to change that in pensacola. >> reporter: 2006, fort lauderdale, three teens go on a spree with a baseball bat. by night's end, two homeless men are hospitalized and this man is dead. in miami, a man bites off pieces

of a homeless man's face. that florida is the most dangerous state, it's no surprise. >> i've had people come at me with an icepick or people come at us with chains, but we stay down on the railroad tracks. >> reporter: laurie remains the constant threat of violence. she stays in her van and a man tried to grab her. >> i said, take your hand back, and he left. it's hard. you have to worry about it people are going to hurt you >> reporter: even outside of the pensacola limits, the people say that they can feel the hostility. last december, one of the buildings at the center was torched and destroyed. fire officials determined that it was arson. the city doesn't provide services for the homeless and rise on serves in the county

like this one. critics say that's by design. now members of the homeless community in pensacola are increasingly worried about the city ordinances that are targeting them. >> they don't have a voice. >> last year, the city council passed ordinances banning things such as being covered in public, with bedlogicals, cardboard or newspapers, panhandling or shaving in public rest rooms. >> pensacola had this wonderful idea to esthetically improve the city, they should disallow homeless from existing in the city of pensacola. >> reporter: the city says that the ordinances were passed after complaints from the business community. but mayor ashton hayward faced an out cry and advocates for passing the so-called blanket ban. we hoped to speak to the mayor on camera, and instead he released a statement, saying

that these ordinances are no different than noz across the nation, for safety. and they were not trying to target the homeless. last month, the city repealed the provision and called in a task force to look at the ordinances but that hasn't calmed the feeling on the street. if they k. they would like to move on to a place where they feel safer, and less like pariahs. aljazeera. >> and coming up, the battle over birth control. an arts and crafts store heads to the supreme court, saying that it should not have to provide contraceptive coverage. >> . >> and new arp abeia. it's the new california. and some are not happy about it. >> the owner of the washington redskins defends the team while reaching out to the native american community.

>> welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm johnsoaljazeeraamer in new york. a case in the supreme court against providing birth control coverage, and plus, honoring native americans. the owner of the washington redskins creates a foundation to help the tribes. we'll hear from one of his critics. and a wild ride. three daredevils arrested for parachuting off of one world trade center. richelle is back with one of the top stories. >> it's a tragic story. the death toll in washington state went up again, and they expect it to be even higher. emergency crews are being brutally honest with the residents of the community, where the landslide wiped out more than 40 homes in seattle. they are not expecting to find any more survivors in oso city.

more than 170 missing person reports have been filed. president obama is urging to hold back on further action ukraine. the president told moscow that it would face further sanctions if the russians go further into ukraine. and they will not recognize crimea as russia, though the russian troops control the region. crews off of the coast of australia, searcherring for any debris from flight 370. it was called off yesterday. and the passengers' families have been protesting protesting that they don't have any proof. it's about the land of texas and oklahoma together. so they have narrowed the search, but it's still a huge

area. >> richelle, thank you very much. and other news it tell you about. more than 2/3 of all women in america use birth control regularly, and today, the supreme court heard arguments to decide whose insurance cover it, and whether employers should offer workers full contraceptition in healthcare plans. >> out, chants, inside, supreme court justices wrestled with the latest challenge to the obama administration's affordable care act. at issue, whether small for profit corporations can refuse to provide insurance coverage for contraception. >> it's not in keeping with the history of our great nation, founded on religious freedom. we before that americans don't lose their religious freedom when they open a family wednesday. >> barbara and david greene

founded hobby lobby 38 years ago, founding it on biblical principles. they are protesting the intrauterine devices. not so, those methods are considered birth control and part of healthcare coverages. >> what i saw today was the importance of having women on the supreme court. and i'm proud to be there as a woman who cares about women's health. whether millions of women and their right to preventive care, including birth control, it's trumped by a handful of ceos who have their own personal opinions about birth control. >> most justices seem open to limiting the contraception mandate for religious protection. anthony kennedy, with a swing vote that pointed out that the

obama administration has allowed for some exemptions, whether for churches or religious non-profits. but justice kennedy brought up the rights of employees. the court was genuinely split. the conservative wing supporting the religious protections for cooperations. the women of the court seemed to side with the obama administration. questioning just how far these sanctions will go. asking, sensitive material like contraceptives or blood transfusions, vaccines? saying that it only hits on one part of the healthcare law, a decision is expected. >> adele was at the supreme

court hearing the arguments this morning, and she's here to talk to us today. adele, welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start with trying toker sort out this issue so i understand it clearly. the hobby lobby is essentially saying that it does not want to offer a healthcare plan that allows the employees to choose a particular type of plan that gives them contraception like morning after pill. is that right? >> let's set the record straight here. the greens have always provided the birth control pill to their employees, and they continue to do that today. the greens and the hawns and other americans have an issue with emergency contraceptive. a small set of contraceptives that the government agrees may destroy a newly formed embryo before it has the chance to

immant in the womb. that's tantamount to paying for someone else's abortion, and thethey have a problem with tha. they have a problem with this narrow class of drugs. >> are they paying for it, or are the employees paying for it? isn't it an option for the employees? >> the greens and the hawns want to make sure that they offer their employees health plans for all kinds of preventive services required by the law, cancer care, everything that you would expect, right? they put those things in their plans, and the greens are self assured, so they put together the list of drugs and devices and medical coverage that their employees can choose from in their insurance plan. and for them, they can't put these contraceptive devices on their list >> so let me make it clear, the employees would pay for the

option to get those devices? >> absolutely not. including the pill that they cover would be provided at no cost to the employees under the health plan. >> so the employer bob paying for the morning after pill. and that's what their faith doesn't allow them to do. their employees can use their salaries to go out and get any kind of medical care that they want. but on the health plan that they put together, that's where they say, i'm sorry, my faith doesn't allow me to do that. >> does this cover iud it's. >> the hawns object to iuds because they can sometimes have an abortive effect. and they can be used as an emergency contraceptive, post-partum. >> and the difference in that is -- >> the birth control pill does not have that strong effect as

potentially destroying a newly created embryo. it's a presentive drug, and not one that acts after the fact. so the greens and the hawns, these are family businesses that have been built up over a period of years, and they have always tried to run their businesses in the way this their faith requires. that means that they do a lot of things that don't make sense financially. but they benefit their employees. the greens are famous for closing on sunday. and they do that because they believe that their faith requires them to give their employees a day of rest. they lose millions of dollars a year, but it's what they want to do. they have always excluded abortion causing drugs from their plans and they want to continue that. >> what about the rights of the employees? >> the employees have a constitutional right to purchase contraceptives, and they can do that, and nothing in this case

is going to change that. it's interesting when you listen to the justices today. they were concerned about the limit of the government's position. the government is arguing in these cases that no family owned business can even have a religious liberty claim. that means that if you're a halal butcher, you can't even come in court to ban kosher and lalal slaughter. the government couldn't answer that question because according to the government, your family and business has no religious freedom. >> isn't this just a slippery slope? if religions pick and choose in health plans about what they think they can cover or businesses that religious beliefs, pick and choose about what can be in a health plan, don't people suffer as a result? >> well, in this case, the government is saying that they

want to make the hawns and the greens pay for the services of someone else. >> what would the fine be? >> the fine would be millions and millions of dollars. but the government itself has told big businesses across the country that they don't have to pay for these drugs as long as they have a grandfather plan. you know why they did that? to keep the president's political promise that you can keep the plan you have. so the government itself has exempted across the country from covering these drugs for political reasons, and the hawns and the greens want to have the exceptions for religious reasons. >> we appreciate you coming on the program to make your point, and we'll watch what happens in the supreme court. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me. the white house confirmed today it wants the national security agency to stop collect and can storing massive amounts of data from the phonecalls of

americans, we have that story. >> reporter: the president in the netherlands where reported nsa spying has come under harsh criticism. europeans as angry as americans that their data can be stored by the nsa. obama saying that he's trying to end the government's role in the collection of records, while keeping as many tools in stopping terrorists as possible. >> so overall, i'm confident that it allows us to do what is necessary in order to deal with the dangers of the terrorists attacks, but does so in the way that it addresses some of the concerns that the people have raised. and i'm looking forward to working with congress to make sure that we go ahead and pass the enabling legislation quickly so we can get on with the business of effective law enforcement. >> reporter: the plan is for the nsa to end it's systematic

habit of collecting phone records, not required to retain it any longer. it still gives the government access to at least two phonecalls back from any number that comes up. it obtains specific records. using a new court order. civil liberties groups worry that it only covers phone records. >> he's taking a very important first step here, he is deciding that the collection of america's phone records will stop, and they will go back to actually making corporate requests for accounts, and this is a step in the right direction, but the problem is, this is just the tip of the iceberg, and there are financial records out there, internet records, and other sensitive internet data that they can still get to these bulk mass programs, and they should

be the beginning of the conversation, and not the end of it. >> obama says he needs congress on his side to ended storing of phone records. and in the house tuesday, the haggling is almost over on this issue. >> we're almost will there with the white house, and we have some things to work out but in the end, we all want the same thing. >> all the reviews, i mean all of the reviews, from the ig to the review panels, no one found this useful as a program, but again, americans need to buy into this. >> reporter: plans are circulate on the hill as well as the administrations, but for now, president obama has had his team extend for a further 90 days. aljazeera, washington. >> we have another story from washington d.c. today. washington redskins owner, snyder, is talking about the

native american community. >> the controversial aimed at washington's team. and the team owner seems more than defiant to the pressure. instead, he named monday, the creation of the washington redskins original americans foundation. and a tour this fall of 100 native american tribes. he wrote, our efforts will address the challenges based on what the tribal leaders tell us they need most. for too long, the struggle of leaders have been ignored. now, the national congress of american indians responded with a statement of their own today. it read in part:

>> joining me now, sports editor at the nation. and dan snyder's intentions, if they are indeed sincere, according to him, why do they not out way the controversy of the team's name. >> they don't outweigh the controversy because of the lack of transparency in the family. this is all in an open letter. if you look at the letter, dan snyder said that he listened to opinions of all people. and yet every single tribe that has passed resolutions that they want him to change the name has not been able to get a meeting

with snyder. choctaw, seminoles, they have all been denied and i don't know who he's listening to. >> he seems to be adamant about not changing the team's name. and what do you think it would take to ever change it? >> i think it would be a couple of things. a trademark lawsuit, which would make it more difficult for dan snyder to sell merchandise which is branded and recognized racial slur. you're not allowed to name products after racial insures in this country, and also, nfl owners, finally standing and up saying, you know what? this is embarrassing. if we had a new team in the nfl, we would never call it this name so, why now? >> he has not been very hopeful on this issue, but let me ask you this, the redskins are not the only offensive mass scott. cotton pickers and chunks, and

arabs, and how much value does the mass scot mascot carry in o. >> they have put out a full report of the psychological of courses of mascotting and how it's linked to the poverty and institutionalized racism that dan snyder professes to care about so much. so how can he continue to profit on the other? >> john, thank you so much for the insight and this has been a controversial subject for some time. and if he's going to create a foundation, you don't see the controversy going away either. >> a battle for recognition is playing out in southern california. a small neighborhood that has deep middle eastern roots wants special designation. jennifer takes us to little arabia. >> reporter: disneyland is down the street. but a world away from this small corner of an heim, california.

home to a large population of arab americans. markets and restaurants have vowedded in the neighborhoods looking to attract tourists from around the world. >> we have baklava -- >> hef hooka bars and hair salons, but what the neighborhood doesn't have, is name recognition. the community leaders are trying to change that. they have asked for designation as the little arabia district. >> it's supposed to raised profile of the arab american community. >> a community that they say faces stereotypes, and is often misunderstood in the united states. >> we want to make sure that everybody knows first and foremost we are american. we understand that there's going to be a fear factor here with the growing population of arab americans. >> far from being greeted with hostility. people here with find a tradition of middle eastern

hospitality. >> we have coffee, and we have -- so everyone who comes here, not only our customers, is treated like home. >> it's a paradox for the anaheim's arab community on the other hand, it gives an idea of the arab culture, and on the other hand, they don't want to be seen as separate from the community. >> the nature of the arab and the muslim communities is that it's an inclusive community. if you go to any moving almost anywhere in the world, you'll see a mix of cultures. >> it's impossible to escape the ethnic diversity here. the mosque is locked in the middle of little saigon, and the members of the chamber of commerce say that they support the little arabia designation. >> we understand the push to

create their own identity within the greater identity. >> arab americans say that the best business model appeals to many cultures. other jewish food is next to islam food. >> jewish, american, when they come here, they feel back home. much like the marketplace, anaheim is home to many different tastes and cultures, and the hope is that an official little arabia district will show in fact that it's a small world after all. >> coming up, freedom flyers. a group of daredevils busted for jumping off of the top of 1 world trade center.

>> i'm meteorologist, kevin, and we saw snow today in washington d.c. and the snow is ending right now. can you see on the satellite

minimal, it's pushing up to the northeast. the storm that we're watching right now, the nor' easter, the most powerful one in 2014, is not going to bring much snow to the rest of new england. and the big problem with the storm, it's going to be a wind maker as well as a flood maker. we'll put it into motion for the next couple of hours, and notice tomorrow morning, notice here, where you see the lines, those are isobars. and the closer they get, the faster the winds. 60 miles per hour and highish, and that means hurricane-forced winds in that area. and as we go more into the future, we see halifax nova scotia affected by this. the winds are going to be taking the power lines down. and as we go into the next couple of days, look at the wind speeds we're expecting to see in the area. these are sustained wind speeds, and gusts anywhere from new york

up to albany and portland, maine as well. it's a major problem with this. that's a look at the national weather and the news is after this. >> four people have been charged with base jumping off of a new york city landmark. they say that they have done the city a favor by exposing the security lapses at the site. our david schuster reports. >> reporter: it's one world trade center, the tallest

building in the western hemisphere. through a helmet camera worn by skydives. it's breathtaking. on the 105th floor, former world trade center ironworker, brady, first waits for one of his companions to jump, and then brady plummets toward the street. the daredevil soon pulls the cord on his parachute, providing a unique perspective on the office buildings nearby. brady lands just short of the stoplight. the feat, as thrilling as it might have been, prompts a police investigation. brady and montoovich, charged with burglary, reckless endangerment and jumping from a

structure. they were arraigned on monday night and released odd $3,500 bail. judge called their actions utter recklessness. the men, experienced base jumpers, apparently entered the building at 3 a.m. through a hole in the fence covered by a tarp. a security guard saw the end of the jump and called the police. the investigators identified the crew by tracking their car spotted on surveillance video near the site. but the incident is the latest embarrassment for the riptides security operation. over the weekend, a new jersey teenager slipped under a fence, tied scaffolding to an elevator and went all the way to the spire, where he tweeted and took pictures of his caper. as for the base jumpers, across the globe, they plan to donate all video proceeds to the charities of families of 9/11 victims. >> coming up tonight, after an

officer shot and killed a homeless man camping illegally in albuquerque's foothills, we get reaction from a state senator on police procedures, and plus, it's a race against time in wash state's mud slight. what the survivors are saying, and the challenges that they're having. in our special report, what you don't know about mudslides. that's tonight. and this comes from the mudslides in oso, washington. a man is navigating the fall out alone in a raft, just looking for survivors. our headlines are coming up next.

>> welcome to aljazeera america. i'm richelle carey. and here are the top stories. president obama signed a state of emergency for washington today after the death tolls from that devastating mudslide. emergency crews are telling us

not to expect any more survivors, but they will keep looking. the mudslide wiped out or damaged more than 40 homes north of seattle. more than 170 missing persons are reported. >> we have concerns about encroachment from russia into ukraine. >> president obama warned of tougher economic sanks if russia's forces move beyond crimea. he was in netherlands for a security summit, largely overshadowed by the crisis in ukraine. he's in brussels to meet with other european leaders. he confirms that he will ask congress for changes to the surveillance program. he wants the nsa to stop collecting data from american's phonecalls. if. >> the hunt is for flight 370.

the relatives of the passengers held protests today in beijing, saying that they want evidence of a plane crash. richelle carey, and you can always go to aljazeera.com. >> on america tonight. a desperate search for life and hope, after the massive landslide that crushed a washington state community. my 16-year-old daughter, my adult son and his two young sons were down there digging with their hands trying to find her. >> didn't anyone know this might happen? also tonight, guns and rights. memories of two young men and the stand your ground claim used to justify their killings and