this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. president obama tries to smooth things over with a key ally meeting with audi arabia's king abdullah. >> i had nothing to do with this. >> governor chris christie faces reporters and denies involvement in the bridge closing scandal. and crews lows in o close ie

search for flight 370. and crews continue the search after washington's deadly mudslide. >> new jersey's governor chris christie is in full damage control again. after the report of the bridge-closing scandal he held his first news conference in two months. we were about an hour or so go, john, what did the governor have to say. >> reporter: it was a very different tone. he has not given a news christians like this since that two-hour one when he went on and on and tried to clear up all the answers journalists were throwing at him. later he was quite down. he was not the spirited governor he normally is. today the spirit has returned. he was defiant and more bullying, i probably shouldn't use that word, but he's more

like the christie that is his reputation. he said, i didn't know anything about this. he went on the review that is produced by his own allies, and he said that he particularly recommends and accepts the time has come to reform the port authority of new york and new jersey, and he accepted the fact that there is rivalry between new york and new jersey, this has led to part of the problem. that was really the tone that we saw today. >> the reason why we're paying so much attention to chris christie is he's viewed to be a republican nominee for president. >> reporter: that's exactly. >> this full report, the ongoing nature of the scandal because there is more to be revealed here, is it going to affect any potential bid? >> the governor said the damage

had been done. but regarding the 2016 with regard to the top of the republican ticket, he said he had not made up his mind. and that this scandal alone would not decide it or not. and 2016 is a long way off, which is it is in politics. >> in the long sweep of things any voters if they consider this issue at all in considering my candidacy, if there ever is one, i got a feeling it will be a very small element if any element at all. you know, if i were running for re-election tomorrow, maybe it would an moment for me. but i ran for election and got 67% of the vote. you know, th future that i care about is right before the election, not now. >> is it over?

>> governor christie is acting as if it's over. he said it's good we could put this to bed, but it's not over. those who were looking into this further said this is not the last word, and the federal authorities are still investigating at multiple levels as well. no, it's not over. >> john terrett. the final leg of president obama's overseas trip brought him to saudi arabia. it's the president's first visit to the kingdom in five years. the goal, to smooth over the relationship between the nations. mike viqueira joins us. he's traveling with the president, he joins us, what is at stake today? >> reporter: you asked a good question, tony, why did the

president tack on this trip to saudi arabia? they are still very important to the united states for any number of reasons. i just left the background briefing and white house officials are meeting with the president. they met for two hours in the middle of the desert, president obama flanked by secretary of state john kerry, the middle east peace process is one of the items on the agenda, but at the top of the agenda, and the reason why the saudis have been so upset with the president, two essential reasons, iran and the policy there. united states engaged in secret talks with iran to arrange what is already happening now. iran suspending it's nuclear program to sit down in the

talks. and officials say to the point of your question, it was important for the president to have the chance to look him, king abdullah, in the eyes, and reassure him on iran. the second, of course, syria. the saudis are very upset. last fall when president obama backed away from the bombing allegation, the saudis thought he should have gone forward. also middle east peace is on the table as well as the situation in egypt. >> mike, let me ask you one here. the u.s. is said to be weaning itself off of opec's oil. the question is, the potential for that to diminish saudi arabia's overall influen influence. >> reporter: well, that's an excellent question and something that administration officials have talked to. the relationship has evolved over the course of 70 years,

beyond simply a dependent on oil. the united states is the largest oil producer in the course of ten years, if you can believe that. but there is a security relationship here that is very important. administration officials point out that the saudis have bought some 73 f-15 fighters, that is the largest arms purchase by any country ever at one time. there is a whole host of regional issues in which the united states and the saudis cooperated a great deal. it goes beyond energy dependence going one way. it's going both ways and they pound out that the saudis are trying to diversify their energy uses. >> mike viqueira for us in riat. in china the search of flight 370. families members of missing passengers walked out of a press

release today. meanwhile, an analysis of satellite data has shifted the search location even closer to the coast of australia. randall pinkston with the late latest. >> reporter: it's a new start in the search for flight mh 370. planes and ships from the multi national task force headed towards a spot in the indian ocean just over a thousand miles west of perth, australia. that location is 700 miles northeast of the previous search zone where officials thought objects in the water spotted by satellites were credible leads. australia's maritime safety authority which is coordinating the task force said analysts came up with a new location after review of existing data. they focus on the original flight path. from take off from kuala lumpur until it turned left. >> the radar data about the

aircraft movement before radar contact was lost. this continuing analysis indicates the plane was traveling faster than previously estimated, resulting in increased fuel usage and reducing the possible distance it traveled south into the indian ocean. >> reporter: five of the ten planes in the search zone spotted a debris zone. officials hope that china's ships will be able to reach them to see if they came from the missing plane. but it brings no comfort to the families of missing passengers and crew. in beijing dozens walked out on malaysian officials who came to update them. >> i hope you can see from what is happening today that 154 family members are united. our chinese people are united. the truth that you want to hide will unveil one day. >> reporter: they insist that

they reacted responsebly to a very difficult situation. >> the difficulty in identifying shows how complex this investigation is. >> reporter: because the new serve area is closer to land it allows aircraft to reach the target zone in less time and stay there longer to look for clues about what happened to flight 370. randall pinkston. >> the massive weather system is dumping rain on washington, and the site that have mudslide crews are still operating in rescue mode hoping to find survivers, but that hope is fading. alan, what a difficult, messy day for workers out there. >> they do not have a good time ahead of them today at all, tony. it is absolutely miserable in this corner of western washington in the cascade mountain foothills. heavy rain, very chilly, wind at times and that's the kind of

conditions that makes the debris field that search and rescue crews operating in miserable. we've been saying it for days. any additional liquid makes the soupy part of that slide more soupy and more like quick sand, it's more dangerous. here's the fire chief in charge of the operations talking about handling the weather. >> areas that have dried out are going to become even more saturated of water. areas that have water will have additional water and that will make things slower and more complicated. we have a hard day ahead of us. >> reporter: we talked to a woman whose property was missed by the landslide by 100 yards. we had a great interview with her today. we'll hear more from her tonight. >> well, alan, looking heads to

tonight, we're expecting more news about more victims? >> we were expecting that this morning. not exactly promised that this morning, but every indication from the official sources hear saying that we would hear new numbers this morning at the 9:00 briefing. however, that has not happened, and we don't know why. everybody here is expecting, and we're expecting it because we're told that repeatedly that the number of dead is going to jump and jump rather dramatically but that's a bombshell they just have not dropped on us yet. we're waiting for what those numbers are right now. >> thank you. despite a growing backlash, turkey's president said they wiltheywill reverse the ban of l

media. >> although erdogan did not attend the meeting itself, thousands of his supporters filled the square. erdogan had been touring the country to shore up support for referendum of his leadership. he rallied the crowd saying that even though erdogan had lost his voice.

>> our intention is only to protect the rights of our citizens and protect our nation's security. >> they appeared upbeat about the election. >> the basis of the party's election campaign has been to highlight the services the government has provided for the people. under the leadership of prime minister erdogan that the city was connected to the rest of the country by a state of the art high speed rail network. and even though these are local elections, much of the rallying is dedicated to international issues. >> i would like to leave together the whole country, t

turkish, kurdish, all of the country. >> sunday's elections are possibly the toughest erdogan and his party have had to contest since coming to power. their hope is showing that it translates into the kind of victory they want. al jazeera, turkey. >> and journeying us via skype by istanbul is multi media journalist with "the new york times." thank you for your time and thank you for being here. pleasure to have you here. in your mind are these nationwide municipal elections coming up a referendum on prime minister erdogan's tenure, what are your thoughts? >> absolutely they are. i've been doing a lot of reporting around the whole country, people who would normally give their votes say they're going to give their votes to mr. erdogan because

especially his core supporters believe he has come under attack recently, and they want to show that full support for him. >> so what are you expecting on sunday, and the leaks on the financial scandal, the syrian material, some kind of an intervention that was out there on youtube. will all of this have a negative impact on erdogan's party and that party's performance, the akp on sunday? >> it will have an an impact, but i'm not sure how much it will be. they are going head to head, ander bow wan has popularity in these two cities. when you look at the rest of the country and mr. erdogan's core

supporters, they're not taking notice of any of these leaks, even the last one that was far more explosive because it included national security. a lot of people decided not to take notice, some people even ignored it. today i spoke to a man who thought that socia youtube was banned because of tax evasion. it seems that he will get the majority of the vote. >> okay, i believe there are signs that mr. erdogan is having problems within his own party. many have viewed the prime minister as this rising authoritarian, restricting the internet, exerting control over judges, prosecutors, does this have an impact on the support he has within his own party?

>> well, yes, there have been cracks, and nine people from his party. they made speeches and then a few hours later about the prime minister said complet, more abos words. with you do see some cracks, and we'll see this play out in the elections. when we move closer to the presidential election and we're in a big election cycle right now. we'll see how it plays out. >> appreciate it. a multi media journalist with the new yor"the new york times,s joining us from istanbul. 70,000 jobs are open, up for grabs in one city, but they can't find the people to fill them. we'll tell you where and why. and later in the program

saudi arabia is key to solving every issue in the middle east. we'll see what the u.s. can do to fix this crucial relationship.

>> years after the recession, the jeb market i job market is e back to work. >> reporter: as north america's biggest car and truck producer, in 2009 the u.s. economy took a down turn. companies closed and unemployment skyrocketed. years later the great lake state has a new problem. there are jobs available, about 70,000 to be exact. these are positions that don't require a college degree but there are not enough people qualified to fill them. >> we're talking to employers, and employers are telling us we

need individuals who have experiences in electronics or c & c machining or welding. >> reporter: michael finney has the michigan economic development corporation which launched a program called career jump start which is focused on training and educating people for careers in the technical and skilled trades industries. all participants are still in high school. >> it's amazing to take something like a robot and be able to have it make something. >> reporter: 17-year-old neil kraft is among a dozen students enrolled in the program at lancing community college. >> can you look at this and see what could be wrong with this system? >> reporter: today they're getting a lesson in mechanic reason toics. >> i snow there is a career demand to program robots.

that drew me in. >> reporter: career jump start was modeled after the german education system which at times tailors learning to market demand, and organizers believe what works for the germans will also work here in michigan. right now michigan's unemployment rate is 7.7%. governor rick snyder said closing the talent gap is the single most important issue which could bring unemployment down by 1.5%. salaries can range between $50,000 to $100,000. for kraft, who is a senior, the opportunities seem endless. >> that's what this has done, it's given me the opportunity to say, well, is this something that i want to do for the rest of my life. so far i've found its something that i'm very interested in. >> training workers of tomorrow today with the hope of filling

michigan's skill shortage and rebuilding the economy. bisi onile-ere, al jazeera al j, detroit. >> on wall street the dow was up triple digits early in the session, but gave away a lot of those gains and particularly in the afternoon session. still the blue chips ended up 58 points to the good and thanks to today's rise, the dow finished slightly higher for the week. the company is telling dealers to stop selling some model of the cruze. gm is not giving a reason but said it isn't a recall. the company has been heavily crit sighed for delays in recalling other cars because of aning i nice switch problem. there is a problem of swiping your debit and credit card at a

store, and walmart and others stores have had t to to pay a bn in credit card fees. can you take a moment and explain these swipe fees and why walmart is suing over them? >> visa and mastercard set these swipe fees. the merchants have to pay banks the fees in order for the banks and visa and mastercard to accept debit and credit cards. now this lawsuit in particular stems from a class action that was filed back in 2005 by merchants trying to get visa an mastercard to lower the fees on the basis that they felt that the cards were fixing the prices to their advantage. a couple of years ago congress stepped in, but only for the debit cards, not for the credit cards. and they lower the fees, which is some of the battle that we've

seen as a result of dodd frank. but the credit card fees are still pretty high and a lot of times the merchants are trying to recoop the money they were spending in the last five years until congress stepped in on this issue. >> story for stepping in for a moment here, but are these fee as reasonable expense considering the cost credit card companies face? >> banks certainly think that they are. these fees in part pay for fraud protection, and if your card is lost or stolen, replacement costs. so it's an interesting issue. at the same time this class action suit was going on there was also a fight between the banks and merchants to get the federal reserve to change its course when it came to the debit card fees. they decided to strike a compromise on this issue because they felt like the banks did, that there are significant costs

encountered when you deal with these kinds of swipe fees. whereas debit card swipe fees used to be $0.44 per transaction. they're now down to $0.21 per transaction. merchanted wants it lower to $.12. >> i did not know. thank you. and a programming note for you. tonight on real money ali velshi is in phoenix, arizona, investigatings immigration and how it impacts america's economy. that's right here on al jazeera america. and a reminder, al jazeera is proud to present "border land" follow six strangers as they experience immigration on the nation's border. it airs right here on al jazeera america. coming up on the program. [ gunfire ] >> protests against egypt's

former military commander turn deadly a day after he announced he's running for president. and in afghanistan, deadly violence there.

>> back now to our top stories. the president's visit to saudi arabia. a lot of topics are on the table. a changing middle east in syria. saudi arabia is still the influential power helping the rebels right now. it is key to bringing an unified position with middle east talks. and riyad is worried that the u.s. is backing down of iran obtaining nuclear weapons. they said of that promise and

president obama, when that kind of assurance comes from a leader of a country like the united states we expect him to stand by it. there is an issue of confidence. we're joined from beirut, joe is ceo of a gulf region think tank. my friend, good to see you again. let's dive in a number of issues here. the two leaders are talking over a number of regional concerns. let's start with syria. what can these two men agree on with respect to syria? what is it, in fact, that the saudis want from the united states? joe, can you hear me? joe? oh, we don't have him.

>> no, i can't hear the program. >> we'll try to connect with joe in a moment or two. my apologize. ukrainian presidential candidate ti tymoshenko said tht yanukovych left ukraine after widespread protests. the crisis in eye crane has the u.s. worried on many levels including concerns about europ europe's dependence on russia's gas and oil, but as reported for us, corporate interests aren't necessarily in sync with u.s. foreign policy. >> in june 2013, a picture of cooperation that continues despite escalating tensions

between the white house and kremlin over the crisis in ukraine. since 2011 exxonmobil has substantially strengthened it's ties with russian-state owned oil company to build a gas laplant in russia's far east, develop oil fracking sites and to hunt for oil in the black sea and russian arctic waters. a deal signed on by exxon to trade access to billions of barrels of oil for expertise. >> exxon is going to russia for the opportunities there, and russia wants exxon because they believe that exxon can bring something that russia does not have or something that russia needs more of. >> reporter: the relationship gives them a foot hold in the west for exploration rights in the gulf of mexico. oil and gas are a linchpin of

russian power and they're poised to enhance it regardless of u.s. foreign policy objectives. >> exxon usually sends a message that they disagree on policies. they're here to do business. >> reporter: the company's former korea lee raymond once said, quote, i don't make decisions based on what is good for the u.s. when asked whether the crisis in ukraine would impact its joint project in the black sea, exxonmobil representatives told al jazeera, quote, the situation is not going to affect our operations. a public stance that may not support the white house but which might make washington's job easier for now. >> i think they prefer the companies stay out of this conversation. it's complicated enough. >> reporter: but if that were to change the partnership between

exxonmobil could be in the crosshairs, that's not to say that exxonmobil would necessarily move out. >> let's say that this crisis gets worse, that means there is more pressure on energy markets which means higher prices and more revenue for exxon. >> in egypt four people were killed when hundreds of people protested against the former military chief to run for president. a 23-year-old journalist was killed reportedly as a live round of security forces broke up protests. in myanmar many international aid workers are being forced to flee the western state after buddhist mobs attacked their offices and homes. a young girl was killed when police fired into the air trying to break up a second day of

riots. nearly 30 homes were destroyed in the capitol. it's been a flash point for buddhist majorities and populatiothemuslim population. taliban gunmen storm a building in kabul, and there are fears that violence will only get worse as next week's election draws closer. >> the taliban fighters armed with grenade and assault rifles. one attacker blue himself up to blow a hole into the gate of the building. there was a gun battle with security forces that quickly surround the building. the house is in th not far from

afghanistan's parliament. it's occupied by staff of "roots of peace." it's a charity that replaces landmines with a vines and orchards. one woman was carrying a child. they were forced to take shelter as the battle continued. there are more than a hundred non-profit organizations, they are easy targets and unlikely have the defenses to with stand a suicide-bomber. this is the third attacking car bomb in the last seven days. it follows the tall pan assault on a luxury hotel and then an attack on a building. all are connected to the taliban's promise to do it's

best to disrupt presidential elections on april 5th. bernard smith, al jazeera. >> let's get back to some analysis of the president's trip to saudi arabia. joe is ceo of a gulf region think tank. joe, good to have you on the program. the two leaders are talking over a number of regional concerns. what can these two men agree on? let's start with syria. what do the saudis want from the united states at this point? >> joe, can you hear me? all right, my apologizes once again. the president has come under pressure during this trip to take a stand on the kingdom's human rights record. activists and dozens of

lawmakers have called on him to speak out saying that riyhad human rights record. >> they're calling on him to publicly urge saudi arabia to recall their call on human rights saying that they commit torture and ban peaceful public gatherings. the activists say that the u.s. has been too silence on these things, and now president obama has a chance to apply pressure. >> reporter: video like this is unusual in saudi arabia. it supposedly shows an anti-government protest in a place that arab spring never materialized. the government discourages dissent by dishing out money. this gives president obama a

chance to criticize riyadh. >> it's one of the most oppressive governments in the middle east yet it gets kid gloves by president obama and prior presidents going to saudi arabia. >> the country's new anti-terrorism law makes protesting even harder by making any kind of peaceful dissent a crime. >> reporter: under this new anti-terrorism law, it's an act of terrorism. >> reporter: in saudi arabia's earn province where they work in oil fields say they're fighting for religious, economic issues.

>> tomorrow some women plan to defy government warnings not to drive. they'll take to the roads again. u.s. officials say the subject of human rights did not come up in meetings today. >> that's a bit disappointing. roxana saberi, thank you. >> another revers reversal in te michigan same-sex marriage developments. >> reporter: there is a new development same-sex marriages performed last week. erik holder announced that the marriages will be recognized by the government. that means that federal benefits will be extended to 300 couples who got married afte after a jue ruled the ban unconstitutional.

this comes just days after the attorney general said that the marriages would not be recognized by the state. in a televised interview--a plane hit a bird shortly after take off. the aircraft carrying 142 passengers was directed to jfk airport where it made a safe landing. no injuries were reported. in fort worth texas, officers are being called heroes. they pulled a driver off a burning vehicle. the officer used a fire extinguisher to help put out the

fire. a bear cub escaped from his cage. workers accidently allowed the water to continue running in the moat. that allowed the bear to cross it and climb the cage. >> that would have been fun for the cub. change of pace. it's pretty nice up here. in argentina, she knows a little bit about argentina. >> i do. >> coffee is serious business, would you agree? >> it is. >> and argentines love their could havcoffee that they want t declared part of their culture. >> expressos, macaccurate toes, whip cream, in a

cup or mug. it's an intrinsic part of daily life. >> more than a custom. it's an excuse for us to meet, to chat for a while. 20 minutes, half an hour. it's a good excuse. >> reporter: the argentine ministry of culture has calledden unesco to call kochfy drinking as part of its cultural heritage along with tango dance and musk. local landmarks with its own history and clin clientele. there are fewer finer places to drink coffee, to chat, read,

write or stare into space. but the coffee could be a little better. there is now a new wave of cafes aiming to improve the coffee drunk by the locals. better beans and different brewing methods. >> the reaction has been one of surprise. they've been drinking something out of habit, and suddenly they try something delicious and ask themselves why was i drinking that? >> reporter: the coffee-drinking culture in buenos aires is facing challenges from outside, something for the locals to discuss over a cup of coffee, obviously. al jazeera, buenos aires. >> now we have a preview of an interesting interview on talk to al jazeera. the musical director of the israel philharmonic orchestra. he took over that job one year

before the camp david accords. the renown conductor spoke to al jazeera's david shuster about israeli settlements and what he hopes musk can achieve. >> i am apposed to the settlements. i don't want to make a big discussion out of it. i'm just telling you that i think the settlements to the future of both palestine and israel are current productive. but this is for not only this government of israel, but the people who are pushing them from outside to negotiate as soon as possible. >> you also said that the palestinians bear some responsibility because there have been attacks not on the settlements but israel property. >> well, there are fanatics on both sides. i would not say the majority at all. there is a minority in israel and on the other side, too, that

wants the status quo to continue. those people have to be convinced or just not paid attention to, and people who want to negotiate should just go on in a positive direction. >> is there something called music diplomacy that could work. if the israeli orchestra is integrated and has an israeli arab playing for it, could that change the tone. >> diplomacy does not stop. in every concert, what, really? we didn't know that such a high cultural level in israel because all they read is the front page. >> you can watch the full interview tomorrow at 7:30 eastern and 4:30 pacific. a technological feat, but 360-degree view of our galaxy. we'll take a look to see how science was able to pull that off.

>> australia's prime minister said he has spoken to egypt's president and called for the of peter greste, one of three al jazeera english journalists who have been held in cairo for 90 days now. >> during a phone conversation it's understood that the prime minister asked for the president's assistance in securing perimeter greste's release as soon as possible. he was a journalist doing his job and had n. i think the details of the phone call are less important than the

fact that it happened at all. up to now t to tony abbott has t said anything about peter greste's plight and has been criticized for not speaking out. we found out about this phone conversation on friday, and peter's greste's parents were very please pleased. >> we're thrilled. >> glad. >> yes. without any reflexion on anybody we weren't expecting it at any moment, and it was a great surprise to have that information. look, i can't quote him because i don't know what was said, but clearly my understanding is that the primary purpose of the cally release, and the resolution of the case. >> reporter: during that interview they were asked if

they felt that tony abbott should have got involved earlier. they said who knows. they had high hopes but modest expectations. they don't expect to be greeting their son and his colleagues next week but they sound more hopeful than they sounded a week or two ago. there is hope that this case will be reaching a resolution. >> scientists have found a new way to look at our universe. they had just finished turning a mammoth collection of space photographs into a look at the galaxy. jacob ward, he has the coolest job on the planet. give us a view of the galaxy.

>> reporter: thank you, i like my job, too. at first i didn't really get it. i thought big space photo, yeah sure, i've seen that before. turns out i had no idea how amazing it was to drive this thing. >> between 1990 and 2003 nassau launched four satellites to photograph our galaxy across the spectrum. they made up the agency's great observatory program. and each saw things differently. the hubble was the most famous and saw visible light like we do. they caught gamma rais rays and x-rays, and now this one. >> this is an infrared camera that detects objects that our eyes can't see. it has taken $2.5 million photographs over ten years of operation. here at caltech in pasadena they

managed to stitch all those photographs together. >> what does our galaxy actually look like? you would think that it would be simple because we're in the middle of it. but actually that's what makes it hard. it's kind of like being dropped down in the center square of a city and be told, i want you to draw a street map. >> reporter: that's what makes this so useful and why we're lucky they have just finished piecing together the ten-year panorama of our galaxy. 2.5 million photographs stitched together in one view which allows you to zoom in incredibly far to see all the way out past the dust and so forth that blocks our normal vision, and look through infrared out at stars that are all the way out at the edge of the known galaxy. and being able to see all of it in infrared means we're seeing distant stars, stars 100 sometimes larger than our own

sun. >> that star is one of the most massive stars in our galaxy. it may well be the next star in our galaxy to go super nova. all that you see in the nebula, they are all regions that the light from this star have sculpted into the surrounding clouds. >> because it's just so powerf powerful. >> it is so powerful and bright. >> reporter: the ability to navigate among the stars is valuable t to astronomers. here is an example. the next closest star to our own, alfa centauri is 3.4 million light years from our sun. yet the planets around it are so tiny in our photograph we can't even see them. they don't take up a single pixel. and have i lost you hear? don't worry about it, personally all that have emormity causes my

brain to collapse in on itself. >> this looks like cheesy art that you would want to put on a van, but it exists, and it's so amazing. >> reporter: jacob ward, al jazeera, pasadena, california. >> is this the most cutting edge imagery that we have of the universe? >> reporter: we're going to see the james web telescope launched, and gaya, mapping the universe. we'll be able to move around in it in 3d. that's what we're going to see in our lifetime. >> thank you. terrific. this is a look at the day's news coming up. borderland a first hand look at the crisis on the border. >> i'm trying to finish this journey for her. >> six strangers with different points of view,

take a closer look at the ongoing conflict. kishana, a fashion blogger who doesn't believe in immigration, joins activist lizmarie, the daughter of legal immigrants. >> people didn't come here because we think this country pretty, people come here out of necessity... >> we didn't tell you to come here... >> they re-live the fatal quest of claudette, who died at just 21 years old. >> claudette's decision was heartbreaking... she was a young beautiful girl. >> how will they face the challenges? >> these are my people, this could be my family right now... >> experience illegal immigration up close... and personal... >> the only way to find out... is to see it yourselves. on... borderland only on al jazeera america >> this takes guts...

>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris. president obama is spending the night in saudi arabia. the president medicine with king abdullah for two hours trying to find common grounds on topics

such as sir are a, egypt, iran and russia. demonstrators blame abdel fatah al sisi. sisi supporters held rallies around the country. a chineseship is due to travel to a new spot on saturday to pick up debris spotted. governor chris christie insists he did not know about the lane closing. the report was conducted by christie's own lawyers. two more investigations are under way. more trouble for general motors with an order to stop selling models of chevy cruze models

with 1.4 leader turbo engines. gm is not giving a reason and not calling in a recall. headline stories is next on al jazeera america. >> the president is in saudi arabia meeting with the king at a time of strained relations and different conclusion of what to do in world trouble spots. it's the inside story. >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the american president and the king of sau