keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz live in new york. slow search, more grim news from the washington mudslide as the number of dead grows. >> can yodiplomatic solution het to be the sort to solve problems. >> east meets west in paris in the struggle to solve ukraine. with time, australia's prime minister promises not ogive up

hope to search for the missing jet liner. aand obamacare in the week ahead. >> tonight news out of washington, many expected but did not want to hear the death toll rose again late this evening from that massive mudslide. three more bodies were found. authorities now say 21 people have been killed when the mountain moved more than a week ago. hundreds are still searching for missing. our tanya moseley joins us from darington washington. tanya what's new tonight? >> there was a bit of a weather break. the enormity of the issue, the debris field in some areas is as

high as 75 feet. armed with garden tools, rescue teams tediously sift through mud searching for the missing. >> the family members that i have spoken to i think have a very mature, real sense of wanting to have hope. and wanting to find that miracle. and we have provided them and are providing them every opportunity to find that miracle. we're looking for that miracle out there right now. four or 500 people are out there looking for that miracle. >> sunday, washington governor jay inslslee and brett daughert. >> search team up to their arm pits and have been there for week looking for victims. we have a fatality recovery team that works with the medical examiner to process them. >> that special team flew in

saturday from colorado. they are now assisting in the effort of recovering the dead. in some case he searchers have only recovered body parts. volunteers are also looking for possessions. so far they've discovered hundreds of pictures. >> a lot of people you know they lost their homes. they lost friends and family. and so to be reunited with some of their physical belongings if that's found out on the slide is a really important thing. we all know how -- what memories, wonderful things like photos can bring for peern and to reunite -- for a person and so to reunite that with the person is a really important part of this effort. >> dan is one of the nearby residents offering what he can to comfort this communities. sunday morning he drove three hours to give away coffee for free. >> i had to be up here in person

instead of giving away something for somebody. i wanted to make them smile. >> governingoverning inslee is g for federal relief. they are hoping for better weather tomorrow and tuesday. they say that today, the weather really helped them in the recovery efforts but flooding is a real issue around 530, the main entry way into oso be, washington.about and also, they are hoping to have a new crew come in to help those men and women who have been there all week. jonathan. >> has there been any calls for anational tracking system for mudslides? >> there is no national tracking system for mudslides. up until now crews and experts have been using mapping systems and there is technology now

available for that. but there really has not been -- there's been no call to action. and those tracking systems can cost alternative tens of milliof dollars. >> tanya moseley life for us in darrington, washington. the meeting in paris began with so much hope but hours later, the authorities agreed, they are no closer to solving the issue in ukraine. pulling back from the border, something russia doesn't seem willing to do although it insists it will not invade ukraine. >> any pull back of the very large russian force that is currently massing along ukraine's borders. and tonight i raised with the foreign minister our strong concern about these forces. we believe these forces are creating a climate of fear and

intimidation in ukraine. >> all right, nadine baba is there. >> john kerry outlined a number of objectives which he said he shared with sergey lavrov. including free and fair elections, and steps to protect the various minority groups in ukraine. but i think it's clear that the u.s. and russia do have a very different vision of how a democratic ukraine, what it would look like, russia wants to see a federal system. that's something sergey lavrov have made clear. he wants to see grawrt autonomy for -- greater autonomy for various regions. that would be good for parts of eastern and southern ukraine where there are many russian speakers, where there are many strong ties historically and

culturally with russia and united states and its western allies are very keen to see the may presidential elections followed by parliamentary elections. but they're very happy to see the current players people who were formerly in the opposition against president yanukovych taking part. and they see that as the democratic wave that's coming through ukraine. however, it's not clear whether russia will actually start talking to those people in kiev. because so far they have rejected it as illegitimate. what they want to see is some kind of recognition with the u.s., they have problems dealing with those individuals they want to see, more respect being shown to the russian-speaking part of ukraine. the u.s. has been stressing that they've talked with russia about how to pull back the tens of thousands of russian troops on ukraine's border that they say

have gathered. but there's no word from john kerry on exactly how or when that might happen. >> nadim baba in paris. russia said it would like russian speaking areas of ukraine to have more independence and more power. that is seen as trying to weaken ukraine's new government. not optimistic the west will reach a deal with russia. >> i got the impression that no progress was made what whatsoever. we seem to be speaking different languages. russia seems to be speaking a language of force and making demands of its rights over its neighbor. the united states seems sob speaking the language of deescalation. but russia is really making demands that can't be made but nonetheless it seems to be making the force to achieve. one of the objectives is to try stretch tout time line a little bit so it can consolidate the

gains it has already made in the crimea and that it can deescalate the move towards higher levels of sanction he and higher push back. putin has already taken the military instrument out of the box. he's been willing to use it. he's taken the extraordinary step of annexing part of the territory of a neighboring country. it's very hard to escalate to those levels and one deescalated and things back to normal hard to go back to them. if russia feels if aggrieved, these are territories that rightfully belong to russia, populations that rightfully belong inside russia now is the time they are going ostrike. and we have to be very, very worried about these scenarios. >> meanwhile, the pentagon has sent its to be negotiator, phillip breedlove, to nato. it is concerned about russia's troop movement along the border.

now crimea is under total russian control and troops are being told to leave. jennifer glasse has more from being sevastopol in crimea. >> they didn't think it would end like this. the deputy are prime minister tries okeep credit feelings high, russian soldiers are on watch and ukrainians have to leave. he has lived here more than a decade. >> unlike the russian system, ukrainians usually nerve one place for a long time. they settled here, they bought property and now they have to leave everything, even their property, behind. >> the soldiers worked hard to stay. the ukrainians faced unarmed and demand he it be returned. the russians fired in the air and after negotiations a few

ukrainians were allowed to return to their jobs. the uneasy standoff lasted over two weeks. then the russian he kidnapped the commander and held him for five days and he refused. he was released and told to return to ukraine. many were reluctant to leave crimea, a great place to live, basically ukraine's equivalent of florida. it offered the best alternatives in the navy, but not anymore. the ukrainians are forced to be choose between russia and ukraine. they would be returned to their commander and continue to serve ukraine. >> as for our commander, i'm confident we will rebuild. russia wasn't built in a day. we will continue to fight for what's ours.

>> mikhail says it's been a difficult time. he marched next to russians in parades and many were friends but he says he's not bitter. >> translator: i'm not angry with anyone. they are military men, we are military men and we all have to obey our orders. >> like so many others, mikhail and his family face uncertain future in ukraine. new homes and new jobs. jennifer glasse, sevastopol, crimea. on sunday crews covered nearly 100,000 square miles in the ocean. it's been three weeks since the malaysian jet disappeared. australia's prime minister promised to step up efforts. >> we owe it to everyone to do whatever we reasonably can. we will search for quite some time to come. and as i said, the intensity of

our search and the magnitude of our operation he is increasing, not decreasing. >> many families now venting their age are as weeks passed without any sign of their loved wufns. some have refused to believe malaysia's events. across the malaysian capitol vigils were held this weekend, people released balloons with name cards. they hoped it would bring some relief to the grieving families. >> it may be three weeks but we just like everybody else are not giving up hope that we can find this missing mh 370, this missing flight. we will find them and i hope we will not give up. >> we feel very unhappy and distressed too. it must be worse for them. this is just to give them encouragement and you know try and support them. >> it is monday this australia,

20 planes and ships are now searching the remote seas of the southern indian ocean. a new ship fitted with a black box detector and an underwater drone will soon join that search. linked to dozens of deaths, gm facing congress about how it thanld be recall. details on a new class in miami. also 92 days behind bars in egypt. will three wrongfully imprisoned al jazeera journalists finally get their day in court?

>> the apologies are official closed in turkey, the prime minister's party is well ahead. the leading akp party is leading in most cities with nearly half the vote. prime minister erduwan has faced

charges of corruption. reporting in the capitol. >> be erduwan and his act party thousands of supporters gathered outside in a very jubilant scene, receiving the prime minister as he arrived in the capital ankara. , in fact increased their lead compared to the last time turks went to the polls in similar elections in 2009. these elections were billed as a referendum on the popularity of errduwan. he has been vindicated as far as he is concerned, as he told the cheering crowds waiting in the bitter cold. the challenge is whilst he has won, he is the priement prime mf

a divided cuj. there icountry. there is a large population that didn't vote for him and his party. whether people are waiting to see is whether this victory will further encourage him to continue the way he has been governing this country or a more reconcile yconciliatory way to e proas protests. protests. gun shots, a university student is dead and several others, demonstrators are supporting students who have been arrestor back owfd credit d

president morsi. al jazeera continues to call for the release of baher mohamed, peter greste and mohamed fahmy. hashama moba rarvetion has more. >> heading back to court for a third time. al jazeera journalists peter greste acknowledge baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy are held for assisting a terrorist organization. the case has received worldwide attention. it is first time egypt has prosecuted journalists on terrorism charges. in the last court hearing the detained al jazeera journalists appeared in a cage dock wearing white prison uniforms. they stressed their innocence and called for international support.

>> we didn't do anything wrong. >> the al jazeera english reporting team was detained at their hotel by egyptian security services on december the 29th and taken to cairo's high security tora prison. mohamed fahmy is suffering from a dislocated shoulder, an injury he received just before arrested. fahmy has received only limited treatment and is barely able to move his arm. members of peter greste's family are commuting from australia for hearings. two weeks ago the family received a letter from egyptian president ad mansour endin indig he wanted the trial to end soon.

assured peter greste would get a fair trial. received a a force [ al jazeera rejects all the charges and continues to call for the immediate release of all its staff. hasham average bara al jazeera. >> two spanish journalists are free tonight after being held in syria for six months. it was an emotional journey. a rogue al qaeda group kidnapped them as they tried leave syria. it is unknown if the men escaped or were freed. spain will not say whether there were a ransom.

nine be others and 10 journalists remain missing. talk about making two separate fixes but it did nothing. gm will face congress tomorrow. kimberly you you duchardt has more. >> how scufts at the biggest auto l maker waited more than a decade to respond. congress is also wondering had a the national highway traffic safety administration which analyzes crash data knew about the problems that date back more than a decade and what they did about it. a memo released sunday by house investigators indicates that the highway safety regulators declined to open a formal investigation into the gm

ignition even after receiving field reports about the problems. the memo also revealed the ignition supplier told gm in 2002 before any of the vehicles hit the road that the system did not meet auto maimers specs. new nothing about the defective swimps until -- switches until january 31st of this year, yet the recall only happened february 10th. two weeks later he recalled an additional 738,000 vehicles and on friday it added another 824,000, bringing the total number of vehicles to more than 2 million. barra released this statement: trying to locate several thousand switches in a population of 2.2 million vehicles and distributed to thousands of treerms isn't practical. -- retailers isn't practical. we expect getting the new

switches into all the vehicles. gm is also feeling heat from federal prosecutors. the justice department is now examining whether general motors is criminallily liable of failing to dispose of problems in all vehicles. federal bailout protected the auto maker from civil suits. kimberly duchardt, al jazeera. apple says samsung stole the technology to allow the a person searching on the web to tap on the number to also call the number. slide lock the use on the iphone samsung fired back saying apple is speeding up data transmission. wants to pay $40 for each samsung device running software allegedly developed by apple. this year miami is seeing its share of political scandals.

outraged by the culture of corruption, a local college is now offering future students classes in corrupt government, could you believe it. be you be.christina puig has the can story. >> unfortunately, politician he have become a bad word and we need to make it a good word again. we need to make it about the servants and both parties need to work together to encourage better people to run for office. >> reporter: a group of professors will select a handful and mentor them during a six month nonpartisan fellowship. >> messages, one is don't forget your ethics and don't forget who you were to serve if you ever rab foran for office.

>> close attention to the intricacies and potential pitfalls of campaign fundraising. >> you're carrying around checks, your campaign treasure y left it in the car and forgot to make a deposit. >> politicians work for people. people don't work for politicians. >> just last year dade county had three sitting mayors indicted for state and federal corruption schemes. so the candidates academy seeks to train a new crop of public service. >> marissa gutierrez warns the smoke filled rooms o of politics past, he's gearing up for his reelection campaign this fall.

>> i've already texted a few of my campaign workers and told them some of the ideas i've gotten from here already. >> when you forget that you're an average person and you only work there for permission of the voters, can you get lost. >> the academy wants its students to know that politics is more about resolving issues and of course power can and doing corrupt. christina puig, al jazeera, miami. >> we look at how obamacare has fared so far, its failure and successes,. also, state is demanding people on food stamps be tested for drugs. the cost and situations surrounding it next.

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america. here are the top stories this half hour. >> it's not up to us to make any decision or any agreement being regarding this, it is not up to us, it's up to ukrainians. >> john kerry is calling for free and fair elections in ukraine. he met with the russian fortunate minister for several hours in paris. in washington that death toll in washington state has risen from 3 to 21. the washington governor toured the scene. over 50 are still missing. australia's prime minister says he's putting no time limit on the hunt for the missing flight 370, which vanished three weeks ago with 270 on board.

tomorrow is the deadline to enroll for health insurance under the affordable care act. it's been six months since people can start signing up online. who actually has signed up? we begin with courtney ceely. >> owobamacare continues to confuse many americans. >> the other problem we have had is this disastrous rollout of healthcare.gov has credit confused people further. >> what i'm going to do is get it fixed. >> regardless of glitches there are pros and cons from the plan. those with preexisting conditions like cancer or mental illness can't be denied coverage. also there are no longer annual or lifetime limits. now more low income americans

are also eligible for medicaid, tax credits and rebates. and children can stay on their parents' plans until the age of 26. one thing it does not do is control the ever-rising cost of health care. even many of the affordable care act supporters see that as a problem. cost of health care has continued to rise, although how much of that is due the obama is a heated debate. policies did not meet the plan's requirements. opponents call it a broken promise but the administration says those plans were substandard. in some cases offering little coverage for allot of money. also now companies with 50 or more employees must provide benefits or pay a penalty, americans who don't sign up for health coverage, not the measure

being rolled out here are the key parts of the law but it is likely to be several years before their full impact can truly be measured. courtney keely. al jazeera, new york. >> applications stalled on the website, republicans say it's one more sign the law is not ready and the glitches could have an impact on upcoming mid term elections. even some democrats are calling for reforms. earlier i spoke with obic roy and yale professional zack cooper about enrollment so far. >> people are confusing some of the data points about how many people have actually enrolled in the aca exchanges because people who have signed up and selected a plan haven't necessarily paid and people who have paid and actually have coverage aren't necessarily people who are

uninsured. minority of people who have signed up and previously unshurpd, the impact may be less than actually. the administration is hopefully transcending some of that. >> let's look at enrollment too. it's different state to state. the administration said they wanted 7 million to sign up during this first registration period. right now there have been more than 6 million. surprisingly, the website have attracted 6 million to obamacare. was that a surprise to you? >> it is impressive that they have recovered from the serious, serious technical glimps they -- glitches in the beginning. there was testimony as late as november and december that the administration hadn't even built the systems allowing people to pay for their coverage on healthcare.gov. what is the impact on the

unassured and secondly -- uninsured, and secondly, the long term trajectory is that obamacare will extend coverage to 30 million people, not 3 million people and to get to 30 mill mil people you're going to have to show that the cost of those plans is going down over time. that's not necessarily what we're seeing or the indications we're getting from insurance plans. >> zack are we getting too focused on the numbers here? worrying whether 6 or 7 million are enrolled since it's so early? >> i think that's exactly, the number i care about or what the premium increases are going to be when we go into 2015. if they're in the 5 to seven, 5 to 8 range, the market is stable, it's done what it should be. we have got enough young people in the market. if they are in the 10 to 15%,

then we're woirk. >> it's really healthy versus sick. if those young people are high utilizers of the hearveght system, what are the insurance -- health care system, what are the premiums going to be next year? they expect double digit increases in 2015 and some higher than that. >> 27 states throw federal government to run their own -- offer it their own as you see on the map seven states offer a hybrid of the two approaches. what's interesting is in some states it's working really well, especially in the northeast, california as well, some of the southern states not working so well. why are we seeing this difference? >> early on, in october, one of the talking points, the reason why it's going so bad and technical glitches, because red states, republican states aren't

implementing the exchanges. the be states like massachusetts and oregon and california that are having the worst problems and the worst issues and it's ironic because massachusetts is supposed to be the model of this whole plan and massachusetts is literally last in the country in terms of signup. >> are people in the states a disadvantage? >> in the short term yes but i think discompetition is very, very good. >> why do you say that? >> i think certain states are going better than others. in connecticut they're doing incredibly well. that's what's going to lead to these states innovating. one of the things we see in connecticut are these apple stores for health insurance where they licialt have set up -- literally have set up shops for you to check out insurance. >> doorgd a kaiser foundation family -- according to a kaiser

foundation poll, a large number 59% say lawmakers should keep the law work to improve it. ovic what do you say to that? >> keep the law and make no modifications to it are quite small. it is a broad plurality, saying it should make it work. i think that's a good center of the country, a lesson for republicans. as many people say, work to repeal the plan. that's been the dog pla on the republica --dog pla-dogma on thg republican side. with a number of important reforms that would actually encourage the kind of innovation that zack is talking about you could drive cost down much further, make a much more efficient product, where people

would be forced to buy. >> the elephant in the room is spending. at the end of the day what the being affordable care act is, is going to expand insurance. it's not going to impacts spending one way or the other. not tirlly raise or lower it. >> not above what it's going to do with the foocialt. that's-- affordable care act. >> 250 billion a year in additional spending. >> that's because you're getting 30 million more people covered. i expect people would accept the rate of spending will not, that's more political cli challenging so people like what they get, they don't want to have us say no and so you've got two choices. one is you can either begin to charge more for health care which is particularly unpopular on the left or can you have the government start saying no and we're going to have to go down one of those two paths and we don't have a party that's

willing to offer the two. >> is this going to raise my insurance rates and are companies because we haven't talked about the fact that small companies haven't implemented this law, how is it going to impact them? >> the evidence is it is increasing premiums. it is particularly affecting people who shop for coverage on their own. >> in the new year when these things kick in -- >> not only when. insurance premiums are on average 40% higher than in 2014. if you get insurance through your employer the increases are smaller but they are higher than they would be with health care inflation. >> zack i see you groaning over there. >> the statistics are at best misleading. we have now set minimum standards. we know if you get cancer and you have long term high spending, you can't get caps on

it. >> the overall good outweighs some of the bad things? >> absolutely, there are win rs and losers, some are going to see increases. >> i strongly disagree with that. >> this is why this is such a controversial subject throughout the united states. zack and ovic, thank you for coming in tonight. special report obamacare, what now? john siegenthaler will welcome special guest former senate majority leader tom daschle. on tuesday, gm testifies over recall, sister city with moscow over russia's takeover with crimea and holding presidential elections. millions of americans depend on food stamps. georgia has nearly 2 million

people who rely on food stamps. and now, it's considering a new law that will require drug tests for anyone if there's reasonable suspicion they are using illegal drugs. florida, missouri, utah already have similar laws in place and they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars implementing them. more than 4,000 people took a drug test from 2011 to 2012. in florida 108 failed. it cost the state close to $45,000. moving now outah. 466 people were tested in mandatory screenings there but only a dozen people in utah failed test. those tests cost the government $25,000. so ten states in total as shown on this map ha have passed simir laws. jeneel buoy has the being story.

>> the l fact of the matter is, people who use drugs and also use food stamps or take welfare, it really isn't a problem. if there was this overlap between drug user and public assistance workers it doesn't really make sense to kick off vulnerable people from public assistance. it would be better to use our public assistance system to treatment and get them the treatment they need. welfare programs won't actually help society as a hole he says. the effects of climate change can already be seen almost everywhere. that's the conclusion of the lateliest report of climate report, ice caps are melting, heat waves and rain is common.

humanity is not at all prepared for all these cases. secretary of state kerry responded that it's time for world to wake up and respond. the world health organization has confirmed, two case of ebola. are already believed to killed 70 people in guinea. a woman married to a guinean man, returned if her trip sick and eventually died. senegal on saturday said its border crossings to guinea will be closed until further notice. there is no treatment foree bowl ah. new information about the notorious playing known as blag death, that playing wiped out more than half of london's population in the being 18th century and 15 to 16% of europe

answer population. juan carlos molina has thing story. >> scientists say dna tests confirm what many originally thought that these pour souls died as a result of the plague that killed tens of millions in europe more than 600 years ago and studying how they died is also revealing information on their lives. >> they surfed from ma malnutrin during their childhood disease. >> being are how to fight future pandemics. >> they can look at inferk shus disease and especially at new emerging diseases to try and help us understand what form they'll take, how they'll evolve. >> but according to some public health researchers the evidence from the bones may also change the view of how the plague was spread. originally thought to have been

transmitted to humans by rats and fleas some scientists say they believe the plague must have been airborne, affecting the lungs of the malnourished, allowing it to kill so many so fast. but right now that's still just a theory stand future of these 25 excavated skeletons has yet to be decided. juan carlos molina, al jazeera. >> still ahead, then there were four. up next we'll tell who will be taking the trip onorth texas for final 4. rebecca. >> only a traition of snow tonight -- trace of snow tonight. opening day of baseball. life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is,

that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america

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>> oh ross, we finally know who's in the final 4. >> you got to love it mmpsdz mah madness winding down. the wildcats start five freshman. michigan fab 5 led by chris weber, in 1992. this game was tied at 72, but with two seconds left freshman aaron harrison, drains the money ball. while his twin brothers andrew, with three points. to force overtime not happening. kentucky, heading back to the final four for the 16th time in school history. in the east regional, shabaz napie rfertion waier was putsin. shabaz was dirk it out as well.

breaks the press as p as uconn punching their ticket to the final 4 after being ineligible to the ncaa tournament. >> they knew what it was about, being in a 2011 championship in houston and being on top and then going through what they went through, without them doing anything. it wasn't their fault. >> we did a tremendous job. we played for each other, we played for coach ali and the whole university. it's great to see it's being ours. >> buckle up your cowboys. saturday night in north text, florida is smokein' hot right now, riding a 30 game be win streak. back in december against uconn. kentucky favored by two and a half opinions over wisconsin.

now as march madness gives way to baseball, america's pastime is in for a change this season. our michael eaves steps up to the plate. >> it's been called the most sacred part of the game, home plate. ists where every hitter and base runner want to end up and it's the spot that every catcher protects in earnest. the guys that guard the plate can be protected. >> any time we can protect these young kids. are you know, we're better because of it. i think you look at the different sports, football, hockey, they're all taking measures to protect the these guys. and not just now, but in the long term. >> with support from bruce boche a former player himself, a rule was introduced to prevent unnecessary contact at the plate.

the catcher may not block the pathway of a runner trying to score unless he has possession of the ball. >> i think it's going to obviously take some aggressiveness away what a catcher can do and surely what a base runner can do, it's not first base second base third base, it's home plate. >> from the defensive side nothing has changed, it's consistent with every other base on the field and you can't block the plate without the ball in their possession. so the intent of the rule is in the right place. it's to avoid injury. >> the main thing it does is that it eliminates the malicious collision. if the catcher's not set up right on top of the plate it doesn't allow the runner to run through him. >> home plate collisions are always a part of the game. back in 2011 the collision issue, buster posey missed the

remainder of the season. his manager maintains this new rule is not about posy. >> i don't want this one put on buster. he's not the guy that wants to be responsible for this. we don't have gear to absorb the blow they're getting hit with and they've done scientific studies that have proven this. >> with a recent lawsuit and negative attention the nfl has endured, it seems like major league baseball is trying get ahead of that problem. >> we know what we can about concussions, guys are probably alittle more cautious. >> man, looks like he took some home plate collisions. i have back issues, knee issues, hip. it's time to make some adjustments. >> michael eaves reporting. opening night in baseball the papadres, stunned the dodgers, w

york yankees and houston astros. >> why? >> they are starting on tuesday, which is a little weird. >> you would think yankees are playing on opening day. >> not this season. >> rebecca what is opening day like? >> all kinds of weathers going on. west coast they are getting wetter even though they are drier today, the east coast, are getting trier even though they're wet now. baseball weather starting with the west coast we are going to see a great game from seattle mariners and los angeles angels. increasing clouds through day, showers very light ones developing tomorrow night. rain and wind temperatures mainly upper 40s lower 50s, bundle l up for the cleveland

indians in be oakland. by the time the game starts washington nationals and new york mets, we are going to be on the dry side. so box red sox you get sunshine and-- boston red sox you get sunshine. boston you've had well over two inches of rain in 24 hours. still getting a lot of rain in massachusetts swinging up into parts of manhattan as well, the rainfall moving out and as it moves out we are still left with some flooding concerns and left with snow coming down in the higher hills to the north and west of d.c. and annapolis. icy slick spots as that storm finally gets out of here.

winter weather advisories expire. sunshine is definitely on the way for you but not for northern plains. for dakotas and minneapolis, that blizzard warning is in effect now. warning now, 12 o15 inches of snow with north winds gusting, 50 miles an hour, some lighter snow fusht south for iowa. -- further south for iowa. jonathan it is a big change for the east coast. >> it is spring people, we are still seeing snow. that is it, thanks so much for joining us. i'm jonathan betz. headlines after this very short break. >> al jazeera america presents a global finacial powerhouse >> the roman catholic church, they have an enormous amount of power >> accusations of corruption... >> there is a portion of the budget that takes care of all the clerical abuse issues. >> now we follow the money and take you inside the vatican's financial empire. >> when it comes to money,

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only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york with tonight's top stories. monday is the last today to enroll for forecast. the obama administration

estimates more than 6 million have signed up so far. those in the process of enrolling will get some grace period beyond the march 31st deadline. in washington the debt toll has risen to 21. following washington governor's aerial tour of the mudslide area. hundreds of volunteers continue to search for missing. general motors will be under the microscope on tuesday and wednesday in congress. allegations that gm knew about faulty ignition switches years ago but did not fix the problem. those swisms swimps -- switches are being recalled. rk john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met in paris, the secretary of state maintains the russian forces along the ukrainian borders are not acceptable. a date for presidential elections in egypt has been set.

they'll take place at the end of may. thcame just after general abdul al sisi resigned, announcing he would like to be president. next, al jazeera presents holy money. >> next on al jazeera america presents... >> the catholic church of the 21st century is a global financial power. the pope might just be one of the biggest landloards in the world. the church is now spending heavily on political lobbyists. >> 21% of the dioceses told us that they never audit their parishes. we found that 85% of the dioceses had experienced an embezzlement in recent years, many more than one.