>> >> the death toll climbs while the number of missing people shrinks. numbers from washington declines as mother nature slowses the search for victims. >> aftershocks - why some are not returning home after a magnitude 5.1 earthquake. >> secretary of state john kerry meets face to face with russia's foreign minister.

>> debris found for the first time since malaysia airlines disappeared. >> welcome to al jazeera america, live from new york city. >> the number of missing in the washington state mudslide has been revised from 90 to 30, due to duplicate reports of missing people and others found safe and sound. the death toll has increased to 18, with more bodies yet to be identified. crews are using heavy equipment, dogs and bare hands. 180 people were in the path of the mudslide in oso. we have more from the nearby town of derrington. >> a week after the mudslide rain soaks the trees, mud and debris. that's all that's left of the lives lived here.

>> earlier at 10:37, a moment of silence. the moment one week ago when oso became home to one of the worst mudslides in washington state history. >> more than 200 crew members, along with rescue dogs, navigated through the waters, in search of victims. "pv" is spraypainted to notify rescuers of possible victims. >> the slide hit with such force that oftentimes rescuures are not able to find full impact victims. >> for some the realisation has hit. >> the hope lingered for three or four days. the knowledge was immediate. >> though rescuers have not recovered her son's body, she is

thinking they are all together. >> i picture it being past, in the kitchen, having breakfast, going what's that noise, and it being over. >> alan and his fiancee were planning a wedding. they were eager to start their lives together. alan wrote a facebook post about his fiancee. >> his last text was about 45 minutes before the incident, to delaney saying "the 10 things i need to make me happy", and it was all you. 10 yous. >> there are many stories like this. entire families wiped out. babel understands the possibility while rescuers are working around the clock. their body may not be found. >> it's only their body, only their shell. i picture them together where they are at. it's only their shells. i picture them together. >> seven people were pulled from

the debris alive within hours of the mud slide. all seven are in hospital. >> more than 100 after shocks rumbled through southern california since an earthquake struck, the 5.1 quake caused minor damage. some peopler keeping away from their homes due to safety concerns. >> we go 10 miles away from the epicentre. >> a 4.1 aftershock struck at 2. : 32 pm -- 2:32pm, 2 miles from where i'm standing. look at this home. this has been cordoned off. it's one of 26 homes that have been red tagged in the city. meaning they are uninhabit ability. you can see the damage to the cracked foundation. the 5.1 quake struck last night, centered in lahobre in orange

county, it's 20 miles south-east of downtown los angeles. the quake could be felt as far i was as ventura to the north and san diego. take a look at video from the moment the quake is struck. this is taken at a restaurant. you can see diner's were shaking out of their seat by the quakement >> also a rock slide caused a car to overturn. people inside the car sustained minor injuries. there was a watermain break in fullarton. crews are working hard to clean it up, repair it and correct the street flooding. >> more than 100 aftershocks hit from the quake, ranging from magnitude 2 to 3.6. >> it is very normal, but the normal includes a wide range of rates of aftershocks, and so this is on the higher side of the average. nothing at all annormal about it. we see large variations, and

there are plenty of sequences with more aftershocks than this. it's a good healthy after shock sequence. >> about 2,000 residents are without power in sarl southern california. city officials will have to come inside and do an inspection before the house is declared safe for the residents to return. >> the obama administration is on the diplomatic offensive, trike to get russia to -- trying to get russia to pull back troops from the ukrainian border. there's concern that russia could be eyeing more territory. many in the former ukrainian province are celebrating a new nationality and crowds gathered on saturday to observe the changing of the clocks, putting crimea on moscow time.

secretary of state john kerry will meet his counterpart sergei lavrov today. they'll try to work out diplomatic issues in the wake of annexation. the interim government is preparing for presidential elections in may. nominations were handed out an set. tms , and petro porashenko appear to be the -- yulia tymoschenko and petro porashenko appear to be the front runners. >> an interesting development in ukraine's presidential election process. the vitaly klitschko, the former heavyweight boxer, the front run are for presidential elections dropped out of the race, putting his weight behind petro porashenko, a billionaire famous for running a chocolate factory, vitaly klitschko is backing petro porashenko. he will be the presidential

candidate. petro porashenko saying that this is a time for unity in ukraine. they are trying to make sure there's not a run-off election on may 21st. they'd like a president elected outright. >> petro porashenko saying that the long are the political process goes on. the more that ukraine's sovereignty is threatened. it refers to russian troops along the border. one of petro porashenko's main opponents will be the former prime minister yulia tymoschenko, she, too, approved by her party. she is saying she'll fight to get crimea back, taken over by russia in the past few weeks. it will be an election race to be held. for president and the mayor of kiev. right now ukraine needs political leadership. needs stability as it battles

economic changes and political challenges domestic i will and internationally. >> jennifer glasse reporting from ukraine's capital, kiev. >> for the first time debris pluked from the indian ocean is being examined. on saturday crews fished out a number of objectsers none confirmed from the plane. a search is still under way. an australian warship with a blackbox detect junior is on the way to -- detector is on the way to search the area, but time is running out. >> teams are racing against the clock to find the black bomb. the transmitter will work another 7-10 days before the battery dies. >> one day after the search moved 700 miles north of the indian ocean, crews from two ships, one from china, the other from australia, pulled debris from the water.

despite satellite ixages of hun -- images of hundreds of objects, it's the first time anything has been retrieved. so far they go not match the missing airliner. on saturday eight planes scanned a 90,000, 7-mile area. >> australian maritime officials say two planes spotted several objects that ships will try to locating. four ships are in the area now, with five more from the multinational task force expected to reach the search zone on sunday. >> flight mh370 has been missing since march 8th, with 239 passengers and crew on board, triggering a search that covered an area from central asia to the southern indian ocean. every country is bearing their own cost. the chinese are nighing their aircraft and planes, australia is flying our aircraft.

we are running out planes. we aren't counting the cost, we are doing what needs to be done to try to get to the bottom of the mystery. and that will go on. >> a pentagon spokesman says the department of defense spent $2.5 million of $4 million set aside to help find the plane. that should last until early april. it does not mean that the u.s. will stop then, if the plane has not been found. >> the president made it clear, secretary chuck hagel made it clear, we'd stay with this as long as the malaysians need our hep. >> in addition to deploying search aircraft and assistance, the americans are helping with investigations as to whether this is a criminal act. >> it will take three or four days for the flight

recorder detector to reach the zone. >> why palestinians are threatening to walk away from peace talks table. plus a chaotic night on the streets of venezuela. in cuba, suffering under more than 50 years of u.s. trade embargo, there's a plan to boost the economy without help from the u.s.

>> welcome pack. american shopping for federally subsidised health care has one more day to apply for coverage to avoid penaltyies, more than 6 million people have enrolled for the affordable care act. that's a million less. the white house extended until mid april as long as the process is started by monday. >> the u.s. department release a

statement after conflict ghing reports being released and talks breaking down: >> the palestinians are threatening to walk away after israel missed a deadline to release palestine prisoners. israel wants assurances that the deal will be extended after the peace talks are extended. >> we look a two families. >> in the face of a man we never met. avi sees himself. he is 32. that's the man he was named for. his uncle, an israeli soldier, kidnapped and killed. >> translation: i was born a year to the day after his murder. i bear his name and live under the shadow of his murder.

>> 30 minutes down the road, this woman lives through photos of her son kareem. 32 years ago kareem killed afi's uncle. this weekend u.s. rail was supposed to release him. it came and went. >> translation: there's nothing dearer than a sop, not a brother -- son, not a brother or a father. no one can replace a son. >> her son and his victim's fate are linked. they may help to determine the talks. when the talks began israeli agreed to free 134 israeli prisoners. palestinians agreed not to seek u.n. recognition. so long as kareem, and the final round of prisoners are not freed, the palestinians are threatening to walk away. kareem's mother supports that. >> we'll talk after the prisoners are released. they must come home.

>> for his rail the prisoner releases are unpopular. avi leads protests against that and accuses the government of betrayal. >> the negotiations are painful for the families. we are talking about a knife stopped in the heart. >>st rail's -- israel's government is not willing to face that anger. the palestine's, before the peace talks are extended, they want israel to uphold commitments and release the prisoners. >> translation: my brother will not be a tries to obstruct >> kareem's family opposes the palestinians giving into israel's further demands, even if that might keen furniture bought for kareem's home coming is wrapped. avi's family will fight kareem's

release, even if it means the peace process fails. as both sides dig in, the more likely the peace talks about collapse. >> palestinians mark the 38th anniversary of landday on sunday. protests are expected against israel conflict of lands in gala leah in 1976. >> 13 people have been arrested in chile after protests became violent. the violence stems from rallies held to remember two young brothers killed by police three decades ago. at the time they were attending a prodeft against the regime of augusto pinochet. >> violence breaking out in caracas venezuela. 39 people died in demonstrations since the unrest began.

protesters are angry over crime, inflation and a shortage of goods. a rally was held to support president nicolas maduro. >> cuba is trying to attract more businesses. lawmakers approved a law to spur investment in the island nation and lift the sagging economy. we have more from havana. >> this may be quaint. for thousands of newly employed cuban workers, it's peanuts. the kuban authorities have been opening up their economy. it's not enough. >> translation: one of the problems the cuban economy has is in providing incentives. cuban workers, especially in the state sector are not happy because the state pays so little. a special session of the cuban parliament took a fundamental

step to open its economy to greater foreign investment. it will great a special development zone in the port city west of havana, partly financed by brazil. foreign investors will pay less. while working with greater security, guarantees and flexibility. >> foreign investment like this one helps to save cuba. >> this foreign investment sits here awkwardly. the necessary evil will have to be tightly controlled. the move was fuelled by fears that cheep oil from its troubled ally venezuela, might dry up. certain pillars of the cuban revolution, such as health and education will remain off limits. >> translation: the state has been too involved in all businesses, that's been a

mistake. the state does not have to control everything, only the fundamental areas like education, health, but not the small personnel enterprises. >> foreign companies have been deterred by the 50 year u.s. embargo. they'll want the cuban authorities to tackle their own problems like poor internet. bureaucracy and inefficiency. many have wanted to invest in an island they feel has great potential. they'll study the new laws carefully. >> cuba's economy expanded by 2.7%. it still needs to grow 5-7% every year for proper development. >> it's one of the largest contemporary art exhibits. a human rites cove si has artists backing out.

plus a frequently game of hoops lasted five days. but it wasn't all fun and games.

>> after a very stormy saturday, we'll get going on sunday. staying wet, with each storm on the coast, slowly tracking in. in fact, we had such a stormy saturday we had some funnel clouds reported in california. now, the california funnel cloud that was spotted was in the northern californian county. we had a lot of reports of wind, very powerful wind gusts and heavy rain and plenty of snow in the seeras, and a lot of know somehows throughout the oregon and cascades. for florida, we were focused on you because you had wind guts on a saturday afternoon.

several reports of hail. we had the participation of a tornado touching down. the national weather service will survey. there has been powerful storms coming through and it's been a wet month overall. in washington, you have the all-time record ever march. it was so wet that most all of the rain totals came in. even portland hit daily record rain falls. 8.69 inches for seatac, that is the new total. and near the mudslide for arlington washington, south of where the mudslide happened, they had the second wettest march on record. that was a few days ago, measured in march 26th. we have added an inch of rain to that.

the totals are impressive when you look at how much rain has been coming in for the west coast and the east coast. for sunday da- snow showers in e mountains. this will stretch across the northern rockies into the dakotas. cool spots, and otherwise a wet day on the east coast. >> controversy is taking center stage at australia largest art fair. artists threatened the boycott the sn event because of its -- sydney event because of its sponsor. with live performance, sculpture, video and artistic experience, the sydney biennale promotes itself as the biggest sydney art festival in the asia pacific, olaf and olivia are

among the artists exhibiting, but at one point withdrew, appalled that the main sponsor was the company running camps for asylum seekers, held in nauru. >> we couldn't continue knowing what he knew. >> we felt we did not want to be an active part in this chain, causing human suffering. >> other artists pulled out because of the financial backing of transfield. the camps they have a contract to run has been condemned by some as inhumane and in contravention of human rights obligations. the pressure worked. the chairman, head of transfield, resigned from the festival, and corporate ties were cut. most boycotting artists returned. >> if the bien articly is remembered for bringing the issue to the fore, it's a good

thing. imagine what you desire, what society do we want to live in. that's one of the things that the artists are keen to explore. >> the australian government is angry saying artists bullied organizers and is questioning whether government money should be withheld from events turning away corporate sponsors. >> what worries me is it may make givers nervous in giving, which brings controversy and difficult content. >> helped ironically by the publicity, this year's bin articly should attract record numbers. >> art and protests have a long history. here the protest overshadowed the art, a sign of how controversial the refugee policy has become, and anything or anyone with anything to do with

it. >> nine of the 92 artists pulled out. >> two basketball teems in the philippines found a creative way to raise money for tafe on haiyan relief. they shot impact for three days straight, raising $70,000 to rebuild moments. guinness reviewed the evidence and declared them victorious. >> check them out. >> countries around the world taking time to observe earth hour. major monuments wept dark after sundown. it was started by the worldwide fund for nature in order to help people consider burning fossil fuel. >> duke and dame cambridge took time to be photographed with their little baby. little george was more interested in the dog.

the photo released ahead of the royals visit to new zealand and australia. 8-month-old george is third in line to the thrown. that will do it for this edition of al jazeera. i'm morgan radford, live in new york city. as always, thanks for watching. to explain how helping others makes you more successful. looking for a job? you aren't alone. there are roughly three people applying to fill