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but i do think that the apps -- the people that these types of anti-social apps will be truly popular with are maybe a little bit younger. and for the rest of us there might just be a novelty that we look to and check in on. >> interesting. molly great to have you back on the show. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. here are the stories we are following. >> now information in the missing malaysian airliner - the chinese may have discovered a signal from the little black box. >> debate over a reform hits the
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streets of america. we have had live from atlanta. >> the polls closed in afghanistan where the country hold the first democratic election. in a few days we'll know who will succeed current president hamid karzai. that's been an increase in deadly violence as the deadline looms for n.a.t.o. troop withdrawal this year. >> kabul is cold, damp and effectively locked down. it doesn't seem to have stopped voters. the capital is locked down as security imposes strict control on movement. nationwide more than 12 million people are entitled to vote. >> translation: we have the right to vote. we always had to endure the attacks from the taliban. for how long does this have to go on. we have to go out and lelent the
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next government and president. >> translation: yes, we are afraid of the taliban, keem can vote in he'll misunderstand. they will get fingers and hairs cut off. hamid karzai was one of the first to vote. the election brings to an end one of 13 years of rule beginning it 2001. >> i cast my vote as a citizen of this country. i'm certain of the event and participation takes afghanistan towards stability and better lies. >> there are eight presidential candidates. the other two are zalmai rassoul, and ashraf ghani ahmadzai. one will have to win 50% of the vote to avoid the run-off. the taliban told civilians they'll be targeted if they try to vote.
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there are plenty ignoring the warning. there's effort to minimise the risk of fraud. ballot boxes are sealed and coded and tracked. eat voter dips their finger in ink so they don't vote again. >> four weeks after malaysian airlines flight mh370 vanished. there's new hope that the jot may be found. a chinese ship reportedly detected a signal matching the frequency of the black box. it was found off the coast of az's west coast. the signal or a ping was detected this morning. three members of the ship's crew heard it but did not have time to record it. it is yet to be confirmed as coming from the flight recorder.
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experts say the black box's batteries last for about 30 days. >> rallies across the country protesting washington's policy. it's called too many. this month is the obama administration's 2 millionth deportation. live to atlanta, where a protest is taking place. >> robert ray, can you clarify the 2 millionth deportation number for us? >> good morning. you can see a few hundred people behind me in atlanta. yes, the 2 million number. it's tough to put a number on that. if you look at ice's website that's not what they are providing. the march is going to start now. you are with southerners on new
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ground. what is everyone out for. it's happening in 70 or 80 city, to call tensiattention to the c in our country, pressing president obama to act. to provide a solution to immigration reform. while the conservation m grayings reform acts -- immigrati immigrati immigration reform is on the ground, we are suffering. >> we are trying to nail the 2 million number. where is the 2 million number coming from, exactly. where are you guys getting that from? >> sure, it's by our estimation of what ice is tracking and
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under which people go into demonstration. >> let's walk a bit. >> it's a place where the data is compiled from the not one more website, a place where it pulse a lot of the information based together, where we pull the numbers from. >> it's likely impossible to tell. >> absolutely. >> how many immigrants are coming in and how many are leaving. the numbers are sort of all over the map, and it's tough, is it not. >> it is tough. for us, a lot has to do with their numbers around how many thousands of people are being detained and deported, and how many sat in detention at the time. we are not expecting the obama administration to come forward with a number, but we know it's nearing 2 million, based on the
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people. >> many people watching will say, "well, you know, if you're coming into the country illegally you should be deported." what do you say to that? >> it's not a simple answer. we live in an answer that criminalized people of colour, one. and a country where demonization over who is a boarder crosser and the mexicans and latino, and it's a number to call out white seep rem si under wit the laws take place, and the racial programming, in order for a lot of the collaboration between the police and ice are evident in arizona. it's not just targetting of violent criminals, high priority. it's a drag net program. targetting community.
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>> like what? >> 287 g communities act. a lot of matters put into place. for us, it's a real conversation around the politics of all this, and you are not talking about canadians are not deported, are they not documented or we can't tell. it's a main reason why our community responded. we know there was a more tenable way for people to move closer to res debs si, i know a lot of people would do that. we are asking for a solution about what is a real solution that will guarantee safety for their children, safety for the
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community. up to this point there hasn't been an option and why so many live un documented in this country for over 25 years. >> appreciate your insight. we are moving on in the show. incredible insight. thank you for your time. you can see the march has started. thank you. perhaps washington is watching. incredible word great perspective and opinion. you can see the march in atlanta, and cross the country. back to you. >> robert ray. thank you both much >> while congress continues to but off immigration reform, millions of immigrants are detaint we look at the threat that young people face. >> carlos and denise are
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insprapable. ever since coming to new york when they were young. like many, they know that life here could be tenuous. >> my mum prepared me for what to do in case they were deported in a raid. >> the family was not prepared for the day when juan carlos was stopped by police. >> i was 15 or 16. i began to experiment with marijuana. i would usually be around my school, and because of all the police around, i got stopped and frisked a couple of tombs. >> juan carlos was rafted and spent -- arrested and spent five address in gaol. agents from immigration, customs and enforcement were waiting to take him to a detention center. he said the fear was always there. >> it's overwhelming. it makes me feel like an ugly
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person. >> if he loses his appeal in june. he'll be sent back. there's a lot of shame. for the showses that we make. the debate is public on what should be done. 1.8 million were deported. le number set to reach 2 million this month. >> after pressure, president obama ordered a review of the policies and priorities this month, in the hopes that the laws can be enforced humanely. immigrants rights groups say it's not enough. >> it's dishonest to say that they are asking for a stop.
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>> yes. >> an argument wag a direct precepprecipitating factor. he went in and requests a leave form. when lopez was told to return the next day, he became upset and that's when he got his gun and began shooting. we're learning more from the history of his family in puerto rico where he grew up. his mother had died from a heart attack in puerto rico. he was given 48 hours. and when his grandfather passed away he was unable to attend. they're trying to zone in on the motivate and look at the circumstances surrounding the
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leave is their number one priority. >> they're still assessing motivates but what about activities on the base. are things pretty activity? have they gone back to norm, are things shut down? >> the crime seen on base stretches for two city blocks. the soldiers and military personnel and the contractors are back to work as usual. here in the surrounding community of killeen people are shaken, not just because of what happened on wednesday, but because they're so used to this. this is not something that they want to be used to. in 2009 nadal hasan, the army major, the psychiatrist, who committed the worst mass shooting on an u.s. military installation when he killed 13 people. he was just sentenced to death in august. just as this community was wrapping it's head around closure, getting over that shooting possibly healing from
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it, this happened, and they're all asking how could this possibly happen again. >> heidi, what about the families of the victims? have they said anything recently? >> we've heard from the families of two soldiers who were killed by lopez. the aunt of carlos hasani said that her nephew served in the military for 20 years and was preparing to retire to his native puerto rico well. and they feel like they're just living in a dream a nightmare at this point. we also heard from the uncle,
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also we have a statement from the father of the shooter, and said his son was not in his right mind when he committed this atrocity. >> thank you for being with us this morning. today european foreign ministers said they're giving their full support to secretary of state john kerry to keep the middle east peace talks alive. there are, quotes, limits to what the u.s. can do if both the israeli government and palestinian authorities continue to avoid each other. rwanda has transferred from a country marked from genocide to one of the continent's fastest growing nation. tomorrow marks 20 years since
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the beginning of a three-month period that claimed 800,000 lives. we have more. >> this is the memorial, a place for the nameless dead. 50,000 people died at the height of the rwandan genocide in which killed mostly tutus. now there are only the remains of the dead to remind the living of what happened. >> this site reminds us in the crisis of humanity. it's easy to say this happened in another country, this didn't happen near me. >> one of only a few people who survived the massacre. but his parents and eight
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brothers and sisters were murdered. today he walks as a site curator. it's his choice. it's a way for him to deal with it. >> i'm feeling provide to be the guide, i feel it's my responsibility. i feel the voice of my dad, mom, brothers and sisters, who can never talk again. >> reporter: in the 20 years since the genocide rwanda has tried t to avoid repeating the pass. in the fields where mass murders were once committed farmers work together to feed the nation. and the government continues to implement an ambitious plan to rebuild rwanda's infrastructure. rwanda has laid a plan for its future where none existed before. education for all children and zero tolerance to corruption, to
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embracing information technolo technology. they are facing the future with the knowledge that looking backyard is simply not an opti option. >> the tragic event of the genocide of 1994 will always remain in our memories, but they can't stop us from moving forward and build a bright future. that is the legacy we have of leadership. >> rwanda's progress is partially due to aid from western countries. people are hard at work developing software and placings. they say through technology rwandaens can pull themselves out of poverty, one of the things that caused the genocide in the first place. [♪ music ] >> well, it looked like spring had finally sprung.
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now we turn to al jazeera for the latest on the forecast. can i expect this good weather to stay? >> meteorologist: it's a beautiful day, but unfortunately we'll have to deal with rain next week cookin across the nor. let's take a look at the map behind me. the central plains will be dealing with a great deal of sunshine. flooding is going to be a problem. especially near indianapolis. we have an area tracking across up state new york right along the new york thruway producing a little bit of snow. it will be pushing out by the end of the afternoon. we're looking at high pressure building. plenty of sunshine, high pressure trying to build in there. a little bit of cloud cover so it's going to feel cooler across portions of new york and pennsylvania given the fact that you're not going to see a lot of sunshine out there, and the winds will be pushing in to the north and out of the west. now the winds are going to be
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pushing through quite a bit. we'll feel the winds here in new york city right around 23 mph wind gusts. so when you factor in the fact that we're not going to see a lot of sunshine across portions of the interior northeast and the wind, temperatures will not get out of the 40s around the great lakes, cleveland, toronto at 39. warmer towards pittsburgh. and new york city at 59. as morgan said it's very comfortable out there. this is a look at the water vapor. you can see a ton of moisture in portions of texas. not looking at severe weather today at texas but just spotty showers. it's this system that will make its way towards the east. new orleans on into baton rouge, jackson, and mobile, alabama, we
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could see thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. >> thanks so much. still ahead on al jazeera america. >> it's important for us to make sure that folks know that it's not just we know about. there are thousands of stories that need to be told. >> makeover in memphis. the civil rights opens with new exhibits.
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>> good morning and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. and these are today's headlines. in afghanistan the people voted in their first democratic presidential election. the country has seen an up certainly of deadly violence in the lead to today's votes and results are expected at the earliest convenience. the search for malaysian flight 370, had a signal has been picked up from the floor of the indian ocean. at this point the signal has been definitively linked to that missing airliner.
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protests against washington's deportation policy are expected in 40 cities all across the country. immigration groups say the 2 million deported under this administration will happen this month. it's been 46 years since martin luther king was assassinated on a memphis motel balcony. the civil rights leader is known for his "i have a dream" speech. $20 million of renovation, reopening with an in-depth look at history. al jazeera's jonathan martin takes us inside. >> reporter: the lorraine motel seems to be froze no one time. the balcony where martin luther king was shot and killed, the cars outside and room 306 looked the way they did in 1968. but beyond those walls is a museum that has been transformed, designed to chronicle the civil rights movement in an interactive and
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emotional way starting with slavery in the 1600s. >> they saved some space so you can cross down and see what it feefelt like to be touching one person for months as they traveled through. you can hear actual sounds. you can hear what they were going through. >> when it opened in 1991 the national civil rights museum painted a picture of the movement, but new exhibits go in-depth highlighting the significance of things like churches, homes, and lands african-americans and lesser known foot soldiers. >> it's important for us that folks know that it's not just the few we know about, there were thousands of stories that need to be told. >> iconic exhibits like the sit-in lunch counters have been updated with video and sounds. you can sit inside of a replica
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of a birmingham jail cell where dr. king wrote his letter defending non-violent resistence. the montgomery bus featuring rosa park complete with statues of women outside. >> every day women who easily have been rosa parks wanting to have a seat on the bus. >> one of the primary new exhibits is about brown versus the board of education, the case that ended legal segregation in public schools. it takes you from inside the courtroom to inside the classroom where it shows that there were legal challenges happening all across the country in places like iowa and in michigan. curators added more 40 new videos and touch screens to appeal to younger visitors and create a more immersesive experience. >> we can't get away from it. it should never be forgotten. everybody must know what happened from generations on. >> reporter: the museums final
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