>> >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters, these are the stories we are following - middle east peace or let's make a deal. it could mean that convicted spy pollard could go free >> gm c.e.o. going to washington to answer questions about a dozen deaths. >> and a bacteria almost immune to antibiotics.

>> we are waiting for a news conference by secretary of state john kerry. when that happens, we'll bring it to you live. he's been engaged in a shuttle of diplomacy for middle east peace talks. nick schifrin is live in jerusalem. i understand that's a palestine response to a possible deal. >> yes, this is an unwelcome development from the united states point of view. and a dramatic speech by mahmoud abbas, palestine president. he said that israel is procrastinating, that they have promised to release the batch of prisoners that were supposed to be released this weekend. that's why john kerry came to save the process, because the prisoners were not released. abbas says "we are sick and tired of waiting, we will not wait any more", he said they'll

go to international organizations to seek state hood or representation. and at that point basically he has done what he promised not to do so long as the talks were going on. now, he has not left the talks, but he has done what israel says he must do in order not to leave the talks. at this point abbas perhaps has killed the talks by going to the international organizations he promised not to. the ball is in is recall's court. they need to decide whether to continue the talks regardless of the shuttle diplomacy of john kerry. >> why has he gone this route when an hour ago there was believed to be a deal in the works? >> there certainly was a deal on the tail. it was more of the same. they believe that israel promised to release all four batches of prisoners held in

israeli gaols. the deadline came and went, and he said "we are not going to wait any more." he said "we are not against the talks", he thanked kerry. they met 39 times, he said "we cannot wait, this is our right to go to the international organizations at this point." it's up to john kerry, and the israelis deciding can they continue the talks with the palestinians going to international organisations saying that, "we are not going to abide by the original nature of the talks." israel went against its promises for so long, so it's time for the pluns palestinians to go t international organization. >> at one point it appeared that convictedest ra-- convicted

israeli spy john pollard was on the table. >> it shows how far john kerry was prepared to go. pollard was an american who spied on america for his rail. his was one of the worst hits in espi on arch history, walking out the headquarters with thousands of documents about israel, pakistan, soviet union, arab countries, detailed, sensitive, classified documents, and a lot of c.i.a. directors, a lot of intelligence community chiefs over the years saying they'd resign if pollard was released. the u.s. was considering or basically had pollard on the table to sweeten the deal to keep the israelis at the table. in the last 15 minutes the palestinians have taken away all of that saying "we're going to the u.n., the international

organi organizatio organizations, we don't care what happens." it's up to the israelis who will continue talks despite the palestinians going to international organizations or the talks will be dead. >> in about an hour, c.e.o. mary barra has been called to capitol hill to answer questions about their ignition recall. a senator talked about the switch saying gm deliberately covered up the problem. >> concealment can kill. gm made a business decision to hide a defect - not only to avoid repairing it, but to conceal it, concealing it not only from customers and many employees, it concealed if from the united states government.

>> the ignition problems have been blamed for at least a dozen deaths. randall pinkston has more. >> today c.e.o., gm, mary barra testifies before a congressional hearing. she is expected to say she is sorry and will conduct an investigation into an ignition switch leading to a dozen deaths, 32 car protects, and 2. -- wrecks, and 2.2 million recalls. >> clearly we have to improve the process. >> family members of the crash victims in the audience, failing to under how gm failed to address the detect, known about since 2001. >> i'm hoping to peak to the c.e.o. mary barra, for a few minutes, to find out what they plan on doing to uncover the information that has been h hidden for so many years.

>> laura, whose daughter died when the air bag failed to deploy, got her wishes. the c.e.o. reportedly cried. >> she said she was sorry to all of us, and we got a chance to talk to her and tell her about our children that died. >> the timing of that meeting and the grilling she'll face by lawmakers could not have come at a worse time. yesterday they announced another recall, 1.5 million cars for participation loss of power steering bringing the total recall to 6 million in less than two months. >> we have work to do to improve the process. we are dedicated to doing ta. >> also in the hot seat the head of the highway national safety transportation, with congress wanting to know why they declined to open an

investigation even after receiving multiple complaints about the problem. >> in this day and age many people like me will seek to un cover the information. there's no hiding. >> we'll have live coverage of the hearing at 2:00 pm eastern time. >> there's a report saying the c.i.a. misled the government and the public. the agency hid details about interrogation matters. the report find that harsh methods of torture did not lead to useable intelligence. the senate committee is expected to vote to request whether the report is declassified. >> in a unanimous decision the ukrainian parliament voting to take part in exercises with n.a.t.o. near the crimean barder.

secretary-general angus foe rag mussen sharing concerns that russia will not withdraw troops from crimea. many are question n.a.t.o.s mission. >> the political crisis in ukraine, and what n.a.t.o. considers the illegal russian annexation of crimea has the alliance stressing why it is relevant. >> for more than 60 years we came together in n.a.t.o. not to claim lands, but keep nations free. >> some say n.a.t.o. naeeds to return to europe. >> they felt things in its neighbourhood were under control and they had the experience to under take missions in far away places. >> originally the 28 member countries agreed to defend each other if attacked. they went to war in afghanistan after the september 11th

attacks. they cooperate on security issues with 22 partner states, including russia and ukraine. 11 counties in the middle east and eight not located near the atlantic ocean members used one-off alliances ta respond to emergencies around the world, such as the 2004 tsunami. the problems are challenging. n.a.t.o. members are supposed to spend 2% of gdp on defense. only two do so. joint operations such as the 2011 air wore in libya and kosovo were run mainly by u.s. forces. after the russia-georgia war in 2008 some natio members resisted expanding the alliance, because they didn't want to defend russia's neighbours from attack.

russia is suspicious of n.a.t.o.'s ultimate goal. >> it sees it as an organization set up to contain and confront the soviet union, but hasn't found a new mission for itself in the post cold world. >> is a top to bottom rethink of n.a.t.o. required - mutual defense. >> we are clear that article five remains at the heart of n.a.t.o.'s purpose and mission. >> we focused on the original mission, as it tried to reframe itself for 21st century challenges. >> there has been a deadly ebola outbreak in west africa, more than 70 people dying from the virus in guinea. it's spread to sierra leone in nigeria.

robert ray is live. the center for disease control, the c d.c. is now stepping in. >> exactly. that's why they are stepping in. they received notice from the country of guinea, the who, world health organisation , asking for assistance. sure enough as the c d.c. does, they got on a flight and arrived at the capital of guinea, and are there to assist the folks on the ground, making sure that communications is good in neighbouring countries, in west africa. they have not seen an ebola outbreak in west africa for about 20 years, they are concerned whether the folks treating the infection are aware of the dangers and how quickly it spreads from human to human, spreading via sweat, blood or saliva. we spoke to a doctor at the headquarters, and here is what he told us about the origin of

the disease. >> the question is why are we seeing this virus in west africa. i think this relates to the bats as the likely reservoir. they are highly mobile, so the bats can be present through a broader area of africa than previously known. >> al jazeera, with deep resources has a report from west africa. here is caroline malone with more. >> one of the world's most deadly infectious diseases is spreading across urban and west africa. the movement across guinea makes it serious, more serious than anything doctors without borders dealt with. > we are facing an epidemic as never seen, especially by the

destruction of the cases in the area. >> symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea and bleeding. it's a dangerous strain in guinea. >> translation: we are facing the most aggressive strain of ebola. a strain that kills more than nine out of 10 people. >> doctors without borders sent more than 40 tonnes of equipment, 60 fieldworkers, including doctors, nurses, enny deemiologist, and water expert to guinea. there's no vaccines or medicines. all doctors can do is try to boost the immune system of patients. it's crucial to stop the virus spreading further. senegal closed their border. liberia confirmed victims, and sierra leone has a number of suspected cases too. >> dell, the c.b.c. is sending

two scientists, they expect to be on the ground for a month, perhaps two. it depends how much they can get the situation under control. we heard doctors for borders call this an unprecedented situation. the c d.c. wishes that they wouldn't have used the word unprecedented, serious. the deal is this is not seen in western africa. it crossed borders and that's likely the reason for the term unprecedented. they worked hard to control it, in the hopes it does not proceed further and. c d.c. is homing to communicate more about the dangers of the ebola in the next few months. >> robert ray, live, than you very much. >> super-bugs - almost immune to antibiotics. how prevention may be the only key. >> how a woman in afghanistan

hoping to get re-elected against all odds.

>> imagine risking your life to run for public office. for years that's been the case in afghanistan. one by one women have been using the power of the ballot box to change things. jane ferguson speaks to a woman seeking a second term. >> their life stories should be centuries apart. this woman and her grandmother are separated by two generations. jamilla is an mp in couped as, campaigning for reelection. her grandmother was sold as a child bride to an opium addict. decades have not eased the pain of her youth. her granddaughter's achievements astonished her. >> translation: i'm surprised to see the woman among the men, talking with men.

in my time women were not allowed to talk to men. they covered their face, it was a different time. maybe it's the will of god. >> it's difficult in afghanistan for women to have careers, and kondus is a conservative city. taliban threats make it dangerous for women to campaign. so she is relying on her reputation to win votes. she has been fiercely incorruptible for the past five years. she was homeless when they became an mp, living in this tent with her family. despite the modest government salaries, most afghan mps live in houses paid for through corruption. her reputation attracted wealthy supporters, and they raised money for a house. other mps use body guards. hers is four-legged.

the taliban threatened her, but she sent messages that an honest woman was better than a corrupt man. the bigger challenge is the attitude of sexist colleagues. >>. >> translation: every head of the council tried to break me and make me do what they want. i work independently. >> supporters leave with her posters, promising to spread her campaign message to the villages, and spread hope that female mps in afghanistan can keep the the success they worked hard for. >> talks continuing to add to yesterday's gains. the dow is up. investors reacting positively to a report suggesting u.s. manufacturing bouncing back from

a long, cold, tough winter. >> katter pilla accused of failing to pay tax, suggesting they used a swiss affiliate to avoid paying taxes. it is one of several multinational corporation taking advantage of loopholes. the lawyer says the best way to bring corporate tax money to the u.s. is to cut taxes. >> if the u.s. corporations were established and subject to 20% or less rates, it will be incentive to -- there will be less incentives to move companies outside of the united states. >> gm's figures will be released late, blaming a computer glitch. ford's profits rusing 3%, the best in 8%. pick-up trucks giving the lift.

chrysler reporting a jump in sales because of the jeep jero keep and pick-up trucks. >> there's a bacteria found to resist strong antibiotics. doctors in chicago are trying to stop it spreading. >> losing a leg in a train accident in india would have been enough to change david's life forever. >> without annas thetics, they chopped the leg, no cleaning, nothing, really. >> back in the u.s. his doctors discovered he had also been infected with a potentially lethal bacteria they had not seen. >> they said "hey, it looks like you have a dangerous infection. it was sent to the c.b.c. for some experts to look at it." it is known as nightmare bug cre. it's a family of germs almost

immune to the strongest antibiotics. they kill half the people they ipp effect and are -- infect and are difficult to detect. >> for every patient, 50 to 100 have no symptoms, circulating in the health care environment. >> super-bugs like cre are resistant to treatment. >> the last outbreak of cre occurred in lutheran hospital in chicago. all the patients received the same type of endoscopic procedures. the center for disease control and prevention commenteded the hospital, they did not want to talk to us. according to a report released by the c d.c., more than 2 million people are ineffected by an antibiotic resistant bug. many die. >> over use and misuse of

antibiotics are concerns. they've been a problem. they have become more didn't. >> in illinois, a first of its kind tracking database has been launched to keep tabs on cre patients. >> as patients move from facility to facility we want to be sure that the patient can be protected and given to facilities so they can prevent spread to other patients. >> david's infection has returned several times. they are dormant and can re-emerge. he said it has given him purpose. >> it's gotten me interested in scenes and so for me personally i want to go into infectious disease to treat what was trying to kill me. >> joining forces with doctors gearing up to fight an emerging superbug threat. >> coming up, los angeles has a

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are the headlines. secretary of state john kerry set to hold a news conference shortly, expected to address the peace conference. we'll bring it live to you when it happiness. in half an hour the gm, c.e.o. will be questioned by congress, and be asked tough questions about recalls, one involving 12 deaths due to an ignition test. >> "the washington post" saying the federal intelligence agency misled the government about torture to get information.

>> the image from space shows there's snow in the sierra nevada mountains. number is important. as time it will melt, but below average. not as low as its been, about 12-13%. rain, and some snow. that storm, that spin there off the cost of northern california. here it is, area of low pressure moving south. it will move across the mountains and redevelop. >> not really over the next 24 hours, getting the know and rain moving down the coast. that's where it is today. the snow inland, and the specific north-west, here is the rain and storms developing today and tonight. the area of low pressure has

fronts. typical cold and warm front. we are seeing dry air form, where it domevelops to the sout of the low. in this sector, we get the severe storms. wind and hail likely, developing, tracking to the north-east. this storm beginning to work north-east. severe weather threat will be east tomorrow. it means for the east coast - friday and saturday, over the midwest and the great lakes, pulling up warm air, temperatures into the '60, and '70s, working up the mid-atlantic coast. keep a close eye. severe weather developing could have the potential for wind and hail. >> thank you. finally, viva los angeles, something for los angeles strip for non-gamblers, it's the tallest ferris wheel in the world. the high roller is 550 feet tall, beating out wheels in

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