don't just need protection, they need assistance. >> >> these signals and the objects could not be verified as being related to missing aircraft at that point in time. that remains the case. >> a glimmer of hope and a sea of caution. what could be a break in the search for the missing malaysian airliner. plus, waiting for a winner. afghanistan counts the votes in the first democratic election.

one of the fastest growing countries in all of africa haunted by a horrific past. remembering the horror of the rwandan genocide 20 years later. >> translation: it's amazing and beautiful. they seem to come out of nowhere. they are so friendly. >> grey whales battle the brink of extinction. >> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. we begin this morning with a possible break through in the month-old break through in the search for the jetliner. chinese ships picked up two signals. they also spotted debris 55 miles away from where the sounds were heard. all of this was happening in the

association of american publishers off the coast of western australia. search teams picked up the efforts. the man in charge says it's too soon to say whether the pings are actually from the missing plane. >> these signals and the objects could not be verified as relating to the missing aircraft at that time. that remains the case. >> here is how the ascertain works. crews use a remote control to drop the ping locator as far as 20,000 feet. that's the yellow oftenlt a ship pulls it along. the pings are beyond the range of human hearing, so they can only be picked up a mile away, meaning the ship must be close to detect the sound. still, white the lead may be encouraging australia's prime minister is sounding, at best,

cautiously optimistic. >> it's a difficult search. while we certainly are throwing everything we have at it, and while the best brains and the best technology in the world will be deployed, we need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions too soon. >> coming up later in the program - we talk to todd curtis, al jazeera's transportation contributor. >> monks chanted prayers, relatives wore white shirts with the words prey for mh370. afghanistan has started counting the 7 million votes cast in saturday's election. despite threats from the taliban, voter tonne out was high, with 200,000 soldiers protecting voters across the country. the election marks the end of president hamid karzai's

13 years in power. whoever replaces him next will have to decide whether to replace an agreement that would have 10,000 u.s. soldiers stay inside afghanistan after n.a.t.o.'s combat his. >> eight men are running to be the next president of an afghanistan. three are favourites. the front runner is ashraf ghani ahmadzai, the finance minister and holds a ph.d. from colombus university. he worked for the west bank for a decade. then there's zalmai rassoul, his running mate is a woman. he is unmarried which is unusual. then there's abdullah abdullah, running in 2009, and finishing a distant second. he was a former eye during. let's talk about zalmai rassoul. he's the one believed to be darz's top pick. we have a look at what his fict

ci can mean -- victory can mean. >> those that run the country can't travel the roads. this presidential helicopter lands at a spot that is a 2-hour drive from the capital, a journey too dangerous for him. previously foreign minister, zalmai rassoul is seen as hamid karzai's chosen successor. the support could come with a legacy of corruption linked to the government. >> the hamid karzai government will be very well-known for a long time for horrendous levels of corruption. you were part of that government. what will you do differently? >> i think i - first of all, i have not been involved in corruption issues. i repeat myself, the fact that i have been involved, i know what is happening. i know which kind of thing we should do to correct that. i want to put the experience i

have, the achievement and lack of achievement to the service of the foreign minister. >> while he was foreign minister hamid karzai refused to sign a bilateral agreement with the u.s. it threw relations with the u.s. into crisis. >> the fundamental of the relations with afghanistan and the united states is solid. we have problems they happen with friends. i was personally involved on drafting it from the afghan side with my other colleague. i believe that the national interests of afghanistan has been respected in that, it is in that interest of afghanistan, and the united states, and i'm hopeful that it will be signed soon. >> in jalalabad city, speeches are heard by thousands of locals including supporters of warlords. of the eight men running for president, zalmai rassoul is one of three that has a female vice president. like political campaigns, image

and protocol mould themselves to campaign locations. >> in the capital candidates like zalmai rassoul want to present themselves as the future of a modern afghan state. when they travel to the provinces to areas like this, 13 years since the fall of the taliban, there's not a single woman in the crowd. he was educated in the school. his legacy as the descendant of a royal family was seen as an asset in the eyes of afghans. as a candidate he'll be seen as a vote for continuity. if afghans decide they want more of the same style of government, then he has a chance of leading it. >> location results are not expected until midmay, but it could take months, a run off is

likely with a close vote expected in the coming days. >> president obama, back home, offers his congratulations to the afghan people saying it represents: >> we want to the go back to the top story - a glimmer of hope as pings are heard over the weekend. joining us from skype is todd curtis, al jazeera's transportation contributor. are these pings our best lead yet? >> it is the best lead. unfortunately there are several assets on station. the traineeship discovered yesterday, as well as several aircraft in the briefing earlier today. the head of the search

organization said that the substantial numbers of aircraft and ships will try to confirm the signal. >> australian authorities say the pings that were picked up by the vessel resembled the frequency of the black boxes. then they urge caution. is there any other equipment that might emit pings that may be confused. >> there could be civilian systems under the water. which is why it's important to have recordings from other devices, confirming that the signal coincides with that of the black box. an australian ship heard similar pings. it's unlikely that the black boxes would be separated that much under water. >> you mentioned likelihood. it's been almost a month since the plane went missing. what are the chances search crews find the jetliner.

>> it's high. the question is whether it will be found in short order or whether they'll have to do an underwater search with advance technology going over a period of month, it's why it's important in the next few days that the australians get as much as they can out of the information in that area, because the batteries run out in a matter of days or ours. >> in the next few days, wouldn't it make sense to add moreships. >> to locate the debris, especially before the batteries run out. >> the would. the aunts mentioned there's several ships steaming to that area. it could be several days before more ships get into the area, and if they don't already have the search devices on bort. it will be difficult or impossible to get it to the shipment and running in time. >> todd kurtis, transportation

contributor joining us via massachusetts. thanks for being with us. >> people in india go to the polls on monday to cast their ballots in the biggest elections. voting for the country will be held in nine stages over the next six weeks. we have this report. >> the shreeking noise you here is the electronic voting machines being tested. tonnes of officials gathered from different parts of the area to collect the machines before taking it to their home constituencies. this will be the first election in india where polling stations will be cast by the machines, it will be the first time voting for half a million in the area. it sounds like a lot. but it's a fraction of the nearly 100 million new voters around the country. over 800 million voters in all.

the election commission hired vidyographers. they make sure that no illegal activity or coercion is happening. they are there to make sure that everyone stays on budget. monday's vote is only the first of nine phases in the election, which will adocument late on may 12th. on may 16th, the votes from the machines will be counted, and india's elections will be decided. >> voters are casting ballots in parliamentary elections. the prime minister's party is convicted to win a second 4-year term. it will win popularity by stabilizing gas bills. it's been accused of consolidating power and bringing down unemployment rates.

>> good morning to you, i'm meteorologist eboni deon, this morning we are watching the southern plains and the south-east. in the just for the threat of rain but severe weather. for now, we are watching an area across central and southern texas. this is an area where we have a 40% chance. we'll continue to watch them. we have not seen a lot of activity, we are seeing shoiry activity. rain is falling along i 20 as it gets into louisiana into meridian. if you have travel plans in the area we'll deal with blinding downpours and a lot of lightening. give yourself plenty of time. rain will continue to stretch on through georgia and the carolinas as we go through the

day. this will be the set up. stuck along the gold coast. it will lift as a warm front. we'll watch on area of low pressure in the warm sec store of strong to severe storms. it will i sem ble a little further. back into houston. we are talking about heavy rain fall and the threat of winds and hale. heavy winds lifting northwards. 3-5 inches and birmingham and atlanta. that is why we are dealing with a flooding risk. we have some areas dealing with a flash flood watch. be careful because the rivers are expected to rise within the next 12-24, 36 hours. across the north-east this will be a beautiful day.

high pressure is building. we are getting a southerly flow allowing temperatures to warm up. the skies will be nice and clear. we are clearing out across the west. with a pretty steady rain fall on into oregon. high pressure comes in. dry weather on the way. >> russia's relations with ukraine are on the skids after president viktor yanukovych was ousted from power and russia sees the peninsula. russia has a history of tension with georgia. al jazeera's robin forrester reports. >> close to the borders of turkey and armenia lies a region. once home to a base for the russian military, it's economically deprived. this town has an armenian

majority. locals feel cut off from georgia. we motivate people to learn georgian, to be more integrated. >> this regional capital is a mixed town. ith nick armenians say his loyalties lie with georgia. my grandfather was born here, so was my father and i. my son. we are citizens of this country. >> he had a traumatic history. the population was deported. this castle overlooking the city with its mosque and its church is a great example of the country's multi-ethnic society. that diversity, though it could be the strength has in recent history been a great vul neribility. >> following conflict russian

forces control 20% of georgian territory. you it lies to the south, some fear russia might seek to destabilize. it split georgia in half. georgia wants closer ties with the west. could moscow exploit minority grievances to stop that happening? >> because of the political crisis with russia, people talked about the possibility of losing the up to. it's on emotional fears, linked to the past. >> the last outpost was abandoned in 2007. russian troops might return seems farr fetched. event in ukraine are having far-reaching consequences and creating uncertainty. georgians may need to do more to

keep the country united. snoorl defense secretary chuck hagel is in japan as part of a mission seeking to reassure asian allies after what many criticise as a u.s. response of crimea. asian countries are worried about north korea. hagel announced that the u.s. will send warships to japan by 2017. a complex rescue mission was under way. within the last hour, it reached the boat where 1-year-old coffin was ill. she developed a rash and fever. her and her family were sailing hundreds of miles off the coast on the way to new zealand. the ship was carrying a helicopter. they planned to start the process at down, bringing the

family back to shore. >> demonstrations and deportations, a movement sweeping across the country. talk about lavish lifestyle, what a catholic priest lanes to do with his mansion. >> i'm andy richardson in the sahara desert talking to runners about to take on one of the toughest races.

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. protesters hit the street calling for changes to the american immigration policy, first a look at what temperatures we can expect across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. we expect a warm-up as we go through the day. it's a tad chillier. starting off at 37 at this hour. it's 41 in d.c. let's head to the western u.s. not only will we see the temperatures rise, we'll be from 10 upwards to 20 degrees above average. especially here across the south-west.

high pressure builds in. we are expecting sun shine, rain-free conditions. we are could use the moisture, but we are not going to get it. lots of sun, so degrees above average. we get into monday, tuesday, and get the 90 degree mark. we finally start to drop off wednesday and thursday, and the temperatures will be slightly above average. textures for the afternoon, west in los angeles, in the mid '70s, the perfect temperature. 82 in phoenix. heading into the upper midwest, a warm-up expected. in chicago. not too many behind. across the nation, a nice warming trend and eventually making its way across the eastern u.s. heading into the next few days. mid 50s around november. that's when we hit the lower mid

70s, feeling the warmth in the north-east by then. >> thank you so much. the national debate over immigration is heating up. protesters in 40 cities marched against what they say are the 2 million deportations happening on president obama's watch. that despite promises to overhaul immigration policies. >> a slow loud march through washington d.c. karen sent her 11-year-old daughter katherine, part of the small crowd that marched to the white house. they are here, in many ways, for her. she could be the 2 millionth person deported since president obama took office. >> in 2011 i was at my house and immigration was looking for someone else. they found me. >> for her daughter that means

fear she can't find the words to express. >> because i don't want to... >> they found their voice to protest deportation policies in atlanta, in san jose california a few arrests. all of the protesters sent a message that the immigration system has to change. >> most of the group don't believe u.s. congress will pass reform, so they are focussing on president obama, wanting him to change the deportation policies, when officials don't believe he has the power. they don't believe that and don't believe the president when he says his priority is deporting criminals. of the more than 368,000 people deployed in 2018. 158,000 were noncriminal

removals. for the vast majority. the only rule they broke was leaving the country. it seems likely that any decision will be after these two have their day in court. >> moving on and out. after three months atlanta's catholic archbishop is moving out of this 6,000 foot, $2 million home. it outraged a lot of parishioners. the amp bishop, got the message, apologised and packed his bags. archbishop gregory announced he would move out in may. many said "don't sell the residence", but archbishop gregory feels strongly that this is the time to bring a close to

this, and move on. >> he says money from the sale will be dopated to catholic causes. remembering rwanda 20 years later as he mem rated one of the worst gen sides in history. plus, the gruelling competition pitting man against man. >> i'm mark morgan, and then there were two. an unlikely title game. we tell you how each team got there. coming up in

>> good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. these are the top stories. a possible breakthrough in the month-long search for malaysia airlines flight mh370. chinese picked up two signals

that may be coming from the black box. afghanistan has started counting the 7 million votes cast in saturday's elections. despite threats from the taliban, the turn out was high. defense secretary chuck hagel is touring east asia so shore up support. this after what many criticised as an overly cautious response. he told his japanese cable car that they'll send the country. >> today marks 20 years since the start of the genocide in rwanda. a flame of hope is being carried across the country. later the flame will stop at the infamous school where hundreds of tutsis were killed. an estimated 800,000 were slaughtered by the ruling hutu

majority. over the decades rwanda transformed itself. people were divided before the genocide. belgium colonized rwanda introducing identity cards classifying people according to ethnicity, that's when the minority tutsis became an elite over the hutus. it culminated in a series of riots. 20,000 tutsis were killed. hutus took control after independence. ethnic fighting continued for decades. a peace deal was signed in 1993 and broken the next year after a plane carrying the president of rwanda was shot down. it enramed the hutus, and they began to massacre, killing tutsis and moderates. 800,000 were slaughtered in 100 days. >> tears of pain.

for the past 20 years these women have relived the trauma of not only seeing their families hacked to death, but they can barely narate their ordeal without breaking it down. most members of the family was killed in the genocide. >> translation: the pain is too much to bear. our children give us hope. >> he was 12 years old when her parents and seven broth exercise sisters were murdered. she fled but caught and raped by self men. she lives with her daughter yvette. several years old. >> translation: a kind neighbour advised me against apportion, telling me that i would die if i did it. i never regretted keeping my child. she is all i have got. >> it's not every woman who

raped and got pregnant that was the rwandan genocide who chose to keep her baby. the little ones among them ended up in orphanages like this one. >> this man is at the center for children in distress, for more than 30 years. hutu demonstrated the lives of hundreds during the genocide. after the killing stopped, he took on the task of raising the numberous abandoned babies. >> translation: they'd leave the babies close to the orphanage. they threw them in. foo of them wanted to keep their babies. >> this is a country of thousands of traumaized women, wives, mothers whose support for each other, they say, taught them to separate their children

from the hatred they feel for those who raped them. >> that was al jazeera's mo ammed ado reporting. >> at a church memorial site 6,000 were killed. >> good morning to you. 20 years after the genocide, what is rwanda doing about reconciliation and is it working. >> that is really the big questions, morgan, how do people who have gone through so much reconcile. how do they come together in trust each other. let me paint the picture. this is one of the many churches where tutsis seek for refuge, in the previous years when the systematic killing of communities started. they were protected. anyone in touch was safe. it's no wonder they came to

churches like this for safety. 600 were killed her, blugonned, shot, hacked to death. their remains, bones of some of the unknown victims at the far end of the room. coffins here hold remains of hundreds of other victims, so really the question is how do you get the people together. there has been tremendous progress in there, mainly in community projects that put together the two communities, farming projects, building projects, where they build homes for the homeless. people say they are willing to forgive each other. also an analyst that i talked to told me that yes, what is happening is that people are coexisting peace fly. that is a big achievement. they have no other country to go to. they need to live together.

that's all they have to do. really, the jerpation that is to -- generation that is to bring the trust back, that is the glue holding the nation together in the future, i was told, are the youth, the young people. those really who are born after the original site. here is a story we did. >> this is only three, when hutu militia men killed parents and three brothers who saved their life and that of the younger brother by hiding them. at 23 she doesn't dwell on the past. >> i want to move on with my life. i don't want to know this is tutsi, this is hutu. in this period appeal like painting because i know i don't have parents, because they have been killed. but adon't really want to focus on that. >> that's why hopes of a fully

united rwanda are pegged on the young people. every month they come from different parts of the country to discuss issues that effect them. everything from the laws, employment, being patriotic and moving the country forward. >> the youth are important. for them they look at the future in a different way. they are not so much tied to the past like the adults, the older generation. in schools the history of genocides is a mandatory part of the curriculum. every child born after the mass anger knows what happened. >> these children know about the history of their country, about the genocide, what caused it. they thought about the importance of reconciliation and the power of tribal divisions. many say that this generation is crucial and ensuring what happened in 1994 never happens

again. >> this boy is talking about the genocide. it helps make it more real and not something that happened a long time ago. >> i always talked to my peers in 1994 about all the bad things that happened. we know that our past must not determine our future. the message is one they have to constantly worry and pass on to their grandchild. he protected his tutsi wife from guerillas by bribing them. he was sentenced to prison for killing other tutsis. >> translation: i keep saying we all the same. look apt us now. >> he grew up being reminded by parents, neighbours and the government that tutsis were enemies. he wants a different destiny for

clementine. >> that man right there, the man i interviewed at the end of the story was born in 1959 when systematic killing of communities really started here in rwanda. he says he didn't know any better, he was told that tutsis are the enemy and must be destroyed. it's hard for people like this, born adults. older generation to come to terms with what happened to the years of animosity between the two communities. that's why they are saying it's important to teach the young people differently, to teach them the importance of unity, is that whatever happened in 1994 doesn't happen again in the future. >> absolutely. wow, powerful story from katherine soy live for us now in rwanda. thank you for being with us this morning. >> hundreds of mourners gathered

to remember those killed in the oso washington mudslide. the commemorations on saturday was the first of a series for the two dozen dead and included a funeral for summer raf finishing a who was driving buy when her car was pushed off the highway. >> tens of thousands of war refugees are living in filthy centres. diseases were ram permanent. many are struggling to rebuild their lives. >> morning has been the way of life here in the evacuation center. this woman was pregnant with her third child when she started to live in this camp. her baby was born here, but she died seven days ago. doctors say the infant died of pneumonia. it's so painful.

my baby is so smault. i can't stop crying. i remember her when i'm not alone. >> there's nothing like the grief of a mother, having to bury her own child. >> residents escaped the violence during the siege. many feel there is death while living under squalid continues. over 80 people have died and more than half are children. many are dying of respiratory waterborne diseases. medical iterations. 80% of children are unable to go to school. the mayor says her government is doing the best it can to ease the suffering. this, she says, may take time. we will not have further acute mandatory position there in the

camp. the majority of those in the camp are muslims. they have lost their homes, a livelihood and every day they wonder why they were dragged into a conflict. the siege happened in september last year, when the faction from the moray liberation front took over 200. the ensuing baffle lasted 20 days, it killed almost 300 people and displaced thousands more. >> these people want to take life in their hands and it is to their credit and the credit of authorities to put all measures in place. for these people to reconnect with livelihood. to be gank fully employed, to be proud of coming back in home with fish that they caught, with rice that they have harvested and not to live on handoutside.

nobody knows when that will happen. six months after the siege the guns are slept. the struggles are left to cope. tanks have now been replaced by tanks, and hunger persists in the lives of those whose future is uncertain. >> hundreds of protesters - protests of a failure - they want officials to investigate the deaths and look into the deaths of the children. college basketball championship game is set, and mark morgan is here with sports to tell us all about it. >> raise your hand if you have yukon and kentucky in your hands. that's what we have amazically after a tournament of upset. aaron harrison did it against

louisville. harrison came from behind. ukf 74-73. one last chance. they race up court. trevor jackson, no, the cardiac cats, kitty cats heading to the title game. in the earlier semifinal florida entered play with a 30-game winning streak and left with a one-game losing streak. yukon continued its impressive play. they chipped in 10 points and four steals. the husky shot at the field. yukon will be making ith full courts trip. the most -- making its fourth trip. the most of any team. the national game is set. huskies will be looking for their fourth championship, the wildcats their ninth.

kentucky missed the tournament last season, winning in 2012. the wildcats won 11 straight n.c.a.a. games, the last to yukon. ross shimabuku more on a thrilling evening they continue their magical run, especially aaron harrison. they hit the game-winning three, and a game-winning three against wisconsin taking kentucky back in the championship game in 2012. we played seven freshman folks. we played seven freshman and they are all performing in that stage. under the lights, which is an amazing story. kentucky goes you against yukon. you have to give a lot of credit to yukon. they got use to a sluggish start

and they were down in the ball game by 12 points. >> i told the guys, i wrote on the board even know with 16 and four, you have faith in each other. i knew we were going to get back in the game. they knew we'd get back in the game. one possession at a time. we continue to believe in each other. we didn't point fingers when we were down. we understand it was going to be a game of runs. we were down 16-4, we looked at each other. we'll put the pressure on. this can be the last 40 minutes and we didn't want that. >> yukon won the last championship in 2011, kentucky in 2012. one of the them will add another title on monday night. >> ross, thank you so much. turning to baseball. after opening the season, swept by the nationals, the mets

trying to find their mow joe, the win over the reds will help. mets down 3-2 bottom of the ninth, yard off jj hoover, that is a walk-off grand slam. the mets celebrated, winning 6-3. that's a look at sports this hour. >> thank you so much. speaking of competition, here is one not for the faint of heart. it was the toughest foot race this all of the world. runners travelling for six days, carrying everything they need on their backs. we have that story from the sahara desert. >> the extreme collective has reconvened. more than 1,000 runners. another in the sahara crescent. six stages of running, more than 250km to cover, all down carrying the kit it needs to survive on your back.

>> you can tell yourself that everything is in the mind, the mind that controls the body. if you want to achieve something, it is within you. there's no limit. the limit is what you put yourself. the view from above is undermining the scale of the challenge. it's all here, these elements are combined to make the race, thanks to the wounder lust of a man. in 1954, patrick bower decided to go for a walk. heap decided to come here to the sahara desert. many days and kilometres later, an idea came upon him to share his experience with other people. two years later he organised the first marathon. they came to try to win of the vast majority to prove a point to themselves. i remember back in the day i couldn't run around the block let alone contemplate something like this, and watch someone go

from the start to the end is amazing transformation, not just body wise but mentally. at 72, mario is one of the oldest entrants, and he's back for a fifth time. >> if you are young and fit, you think you can burn through these staples, and still come up on top. at my age i take it slower because at the end of the day, it's punishing. there's no doubt about it. everyone here set to gain a unique understanding of their limits and tent mate's personal habits. >> the race continues to grow in popularity despite the gruelling conditions. back from the brink - the grey whales that staved off extinction giving a boost to a struggling economy.

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. next - grey whales battle the brink of extinction. first a look at where the snow and rain may fall across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. >> it will mainly by rain. we focus attention across the south where we have been dealing with showers and storms along the coast thanks to a frontal boundary. this morning we shift focus westward into texas, watching this area here for a possible severe thunderstorm watch. otherwise the bulk of the rain has been overspreading much of mississippi, moving into alabama and georgia. spebility the rain -- expect the rain to specific up in intensity and we'll deal with storms in southern louisiana and

mississippi. rain winding down or turning drier and warm are across the pacific north-west. >> thank you. take a look at the stunning images of a solar flare captured by n.a.s.a. this week. they are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun. when strong enough they can disrupt your gps and communication signals. it's been five years since a devastating earthquake rocked the italian town. it's in rue jips. temporary -- ruins. temporary housing is beginning to feel permanent. >> this man has the town almost to himself. he's one of few residents who did not abandon a med evil town after a devastating earthquake killed more than 300 on april 6, 2009. >> you can't see a window open or see the sounds of music in the air or here children playing. there's no life left here only

deaf. >> this is a ghost town. lack of funds, mismanagement and corruption slowed down the restoration. the town's mayor says repair works are under way and the town center will be reopen by 2016. . >> translation: it will be even more beautiful once it is fixed it le be better than it used to be. more modern with better infrastructure and services. >> by the look of it the mayors predirection that it will be habitable in two years seems optimistic, most buildings are kept together by scaffolding and works to repair them is only just starting. former residents feel their housing is becoming a permanent residence. >> we are probably staying here

for another four, five, 10 years. we don't know when we'll go back home. they don't involve us in any decision. >> while raphael waits for others to return, on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, this place will remember those that have gone forever. >> the 2009 quake was the deadliest to hit in 29 years. the quake killed 2,000 poem. fracking may be the cause of several earthquakes in oklahoma. the strongest one had a magnitude in 4.2. more than 250 tremors have been reported. some say it's linked to controversial fracking of natural gas. >> grey whales are become and 1,000 calves were worn in mexico over the past couple of month. we have their story.

>> power and grace in motion. a grey whale surfaces in the warm waters off of mexico's ba ha peninsula. the females travelled up to 12,000 from the arctic to give birth. this is one of the only places on earth you see the greys swim. scientists have been coming for decades to tollo them. >> the st. ignashia lagoon offered ideal water in grey whale. this is important for the young whales because orcas and large sharks don't enter the water. >> the isolation and emotions kept thousands of whales coming back here. the same isolation kept the communities who lived here in poverty. now, because of the whales, that is starting to change.

>> locals feared the whales, referring to them as devil fish. more and more tourists have come to see the grays and local attitudes began to change. fishermen have never looked back. >> many people make their living from the whales. men and women work in kitchens as bow drives, shuttle drivers, lots of things. >> it's a relationship that means thousands glimpsed through a window. whales up to 15 metres long offer themselves up to be touched by human hands. for many it's a once in a lift opportunity. >> it's something amazing and beautiful. they seem to come out of nowhere. they are so friendly. this year. there were more grey whales to see and scientists prorping an increase over last year. a return from the brink of

extinction based on a new-found prooshz of marine giants. >> a newborn calf is about 13 feet long and adults up to 50 feet. gray whales live up to 70 years. at the end of the first hour, here is what we follow - a glimmer of home and caution in the search for the malaysian airliner. australian officials can't confirm whether pings detested are from the plane. >> votes for afghanistan's next president is likely to take months. >> remembering rwanda, 20 years after a horrific genocide left hundreds of thousands dead. how the country is rebuilding years later. >> storms will continue to develop across the mississippi valley. it could be severe. >> thank you for watching al jazeera america, i'm morgan

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ahead. . >> days, weeks and possibly months ahead. there may be leaves such as the one i am reporting to you this morning on a regular basis. >> it may be a lead, but it's nothing concrete - where the san for malaysia flight mh370 goes from here. 7 million votes but only one candidate can win. the countdown beginnings in

afghanistan. >> police shoot a homeless man in mexico sparking rallies, and now they are sipping a different term. >> when you think about farm workers, people think about seasonal workers. but the majority like me have been here all our lives. >> many californian farm workers are undocumented - now their farming bosses are facing a battle between political beliefs and economical. >> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city. we begin this morning with a possible breakthrough in the month-long search for the missing malaysian airliner. chinese ships picked up two signals that may be coming from the black box. australian officials say crews

spotted debris about 5 miles away from where the sounds were heard. all of this was happening in the southern indian ocean off the west coast coast of australia. >> international search teams were stepping up the search efforts. the man in charge says it's too soon say whether or not the pension were from the plane. >> these signals and the objects could not be verified as related to the missing aircraft at that point in time. that remains the case. >> here is how the search works. crews use a remote controlled submersible to drop the ping locator as deep as 20,000 photo. that is the yellow triangle. a ship pulls the device along, checking for signals from the black box. they are behind the range of human hearing. they can be picked up a mile away.

it must be close to detect the sound. >> the lead may be encouraging, australia prime minister are sounding optimistic at best. >> it's a difficult search, and while we certainly are throwing everything we have at it and while the best brains and the best technology in the world will be deployed, we need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions too soon. >> joining us live from fort lauderdale is aviation analyst jay rawlings. good morning to you. we wonder about the pings that the china state newsagency is reporting. do they tell us anything specific? for example, where the plane is. can yes give us specific information about when and how it went down? >> good morning, the pingers that they are possibly listening to are more than likely from this aircraft if they are, in

fact, verified by the australian authorities and the malaysians. they are sending the toed pinger locatedor into the area, and hope to verify it within the next day or so. there are two possibilities here. one is that the chinese, the same people that put the original satellite out that had them searching in the wrong area, that this time they may be on to something. the mathematical formulation brought everyone down to the south indian ocean, and now it looks as if possibly that the chinese used some other technique that they are not going to disclose at this time in order to select the own area that was along the general area. it's slightly different to where everyone else was searching.

now, they happen to have a reporter aboard and they made their findings brelently to the government, rather than to the team. there could be men many reasons for this, but they had two-thirds of the passengers, and they are under a great deal of pressure to search on their own. they don't trust the malaysians, the family make that clear. >> for all the reasons, there's uncertainty. >> did you say there was a reporter on board? >> yes, my understanding is that there was a reporter and i did hear tom soft comments, a chinese reporter on the ship that stuck the microphone into the water. >> you said they were trying to verify it. what are they doing to verify it. what do they need in order to determine whether the signal was

related to the plane. it is the same fre questionsy coming once every second. but that it came and left. this tpl can actually - it's more sensitive, it will be lower deeper into the water. if they are different temperatures in the water, and you consider how deep the area is, you can expect the problem. some scientists say it can interfere with hearing the pinger. hopefully they can pick it up and the australian and american team will be able to verify if that is coming to the american black box. >> is it possible, is there any element that raises the question that this is a rul of a false positive. especially with so many other search vessels in the same area. that's what i was alluding to

earlier. they are under a great deal of pressure. i'm speaking of the chinese. who knows. they may be trying to listen to this thing. when you look at the device, it looked like a microphone on a stick and stuck it in the water. we don't know if they are trying to look as if they are near it and get the arch so go and look in that area because they have reason to believe that it's there, or they may actually be on to something, so at this point it's anyone's guess really. >> jay rollins al jazeera america's analyst thank you for being with us. >> hundreds gathered in couple pure -- kuala lumpur at a prayer vigil for flight mh370. relatives wore right shirts with

the words "operate for mh370" recollection the buddhist service was to help family members on board. >> we'll follow the search. for up to the minute information 24/7 you can head to aljazeera.com. >> afghanistan has started counting the 7 million votes cast in saturday's election. despite threats from the taliban turn out was high with 200,000 photos there. the election marks the end of hamid karzai's 13 years in power. whoever replaces him will decide whether or not to sign an extension. it will have 10,000 u.s. soldiers stay in afghanistan. bernard smith has that story from kabul. the queue started forming well behaviour. despite the taliban threats, people wanted to vote.

afghanistan's 5 nouz year history - the election marks the first democratic transfer of power. the people here have been eager to seize the chance. >> we are not skater of the taliban. for me, i don't have any kind of threat from the taliban. >> 12 million people were eligible to vote. in parts of the country where the taliban held sway. polling stations were closed. this is the scenery, people clear up after going through a security check. they'll pick up ballot papers, go into the privacy of the booth to cast their ballot. the blue one is for the presidential election and the green for the provincial. the presidential election has eight candidates, for the provincial there are six pages like this, 400 candidates, just

in kaboom. each voting has to choose one, it's not a quick process. >> president hamid karzai is one of the first to vote. the election bringing to an end the 12 years of rule since the taliban was forced out of power in 2001. >> i cast my vote as a citizen. i'm glad and proud that i voted. i'm certain that the events and people's participation will take afghanistan to stability gri. kabul was locked down as a security matter that mobilized the security personnel that helped to bring attacks below according to security forces. >> ballots counted as polls closed. there's allegations of fraud being made that will test the

independence. i'm not confident that the complaints would be handled fairly. we don't know how the election chigs or the complaints commission will act. during the past experience that we had from the two conditions have not been desirable. this time around it remains to be seen whether it would act sincerely. they will act in favour of capped dates. the commission is not expected to announce results for 45 days. this was never expected to be a poll free of fraud. exactly how much there is, will determine whether av gaps accept -- afghans accept the winner. >> election results are not expected until mid may. it could take months to count votes from the presiption in -- precincts in rural areas.

>> president obama offered congratulations to the afghan people. it represents a mile stop in afghanistan gan taking responsibility for the country, and the united states as our partners draw down the sources. adding: >> in hungary they are voting ballots. prime minister viktor orban's party is expected to win a second year firm. he swept to popularity by caughting gas bills and dealing with finance. his nationalists policies square away foreign investors. people in india go to the polls on monday, casting ballots in the biggest election. voting will be held over the next six weeks, with results

held on may 16th. hundreds of mourners gather to remember those killed. saturday's commemorations were the first of a series of memorial services for more than two dozen kills. residents saying have a close-knit community helps. >> it's tight, very tight. it's kept us - everyone standing. everyone is holding each other up. into more than 400 rescue workers search for more victims. the official death toll is 30. many vigils are recognising the rescuers and the victims. 36-year-old summer raf finishing o is being remembered. she was driving to work, when the landslide hit, sweeping hefr car off the highway. >> two teenage boys have been arrested in the case of a

pick-up truck driver beaten by a mob in detroit. it happened after a man stop after accidentally hitting the young boip. the man stopped to make sure the child was okay. the mob surrounded and attacked him. a 17-year-old and 16-year-old were arrested, who they say were involved in the beating. the family is hoping more arrests come stoon. >> happy, glad, dominos will fall. this is when they'll find out that we want them aum. >> he is hospitalized in critical condition and doesn't have health insurance. a fund for his medical bills is receiving funds from around the world. >> in albuquerque, a shooting death of a homeless man set off days of protests against the police, many are demanding change. some are planning a rally today.

jim huli explains what has many in albuquerque upset with the police. [ chants ] >> the streets continue to simmer in albuquerque as protesters keep up the pressure on law enforcement in the city, after a series of shootings. >> watching people that have lost so many innocent family members and friend. it's my civil right to be a part of this. >> 100 people turned out friday night for a peaceful protest, unlike the one that erupted in violence when rocks were thrown at police, who fired tear gas to control the crowd. tensions were sparked after the shooting death of three men by albuquerque officers. james boyd, a mentally ill homeless man was killed in foothills. chief gordon called the shooting justified because boyd came at

his fers with knives. >> all less lethal devices were deployed. >> another man, alfred redwine was shot in a housing prospect. bringing the number of shootings to 24 in less that five years. >> as things get worse people will rise up and police will act more violently. >> in a community forum activists added the name. >> when a cop murdered somebody they need to be sent to gaol. >> cops kill people all the time and are never held accountable. not everyone here shares the outrage over police. despite the protest law enforcement has the support of many. a group called citizens who stand with the albuquerque police department has 21 likes and defends men and women on the force. they don't under the jobs they

do. they are not in there at the moment having made the decisions. the chief, who has been on the job for just a month, is reviewing the policies. >> my goal is to make major reforms. better the department. better the men and women. it's how we build confidence. >> the albuquerque police are under investigation by the department of jews and fbi. many demonstrators plan to show up monday night when the city council convenience to discuss the cries si. >> organizers are expecting a large turn out. it's a beautiful but chilly mourning and washington d.c. it's a live look down south where there are flash flood warnings. eboni deon has a look at the forecast. >> we are keeping a close watch

on all the areas here. we'll be dealing with heavy rain fall and the threat of weather. this area in red, stretching from houston, and later mr to alabama, and the panhandle to be included. damaging winds, hail, back into texas, and tornados to louisiana, you need to be on guard. further north the rain persists throughout the day, heading to heavy rainfall, three to five inches. that will lead though the threat of flash flooding in areas around jackson into birmingham and north into atlanta. but this area is of concern at least until about in my opinion, where we could see strong severe storms developing with the storms that are ongoing. we have seen a lot of vivid

lightening, 20 it. take it easy. if you have travel plans, here is a look at the watchers and warnings that are out. we stretch from georgia. we are drying out in the north-east. high pressure running in. speaking of a warm up, we'll fill it. thank you so much. it could take high speed internet to warp speed. promising the fastest web speed. >> they call themselves conservatives businesses come first. california farmers and the only republican strong held. test res like you have never seen it before. you may be surprised how old the video game is. i'll give you a hint.

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policy is coming under fire. protesters rally in 40 cities on saturday, calling on the president to stop the deportation of immigrants. the organization called not one more deportation predicts the obama administration crossed the 2 million mark. they say that president obama can use executive powers to stop the protest. >> some republicans who work with undocumented immigrants each and every day - counter policies don't sit well. >> the morning golden sun, one of the most fert ail agricultural regions in the world and at the farm, some 1,000 workers start their day, the operation depending on a steady supply of labours. most come from mexico and

central america. farmers are frustrated at the country's failure to update immigration laws. >> we need to have a system and more than a don't ask, don't tell policy. it doesn't necessarily work. >> owner john harris says it has become more difficult to hire workers. the immigration policy is one fact for the shortage. >> we have a lot of friends who are both employees and love in the community and do business and want to make sure that they are treated fairly, but also that the u.s. has a policy that was workable. >> in the reddest part of blue state california. republican ranches and farmers take a different position than the rest of the party.

migrant workers who arrived are now aiming out of physically taxing work in the field. failure to come up with a visa program frustrated many. when you have agricultural interests, jurisdictions that are red and conservative, if they have significant agricultural interests the on the ground realities dictate different ideas. farmers with the western growers association produce half the country's fruit and vem tables. what -- vegetables. what it would like to see is the opportunity for them to become residents. that's good news for growers and employees. this man, an american citizens - he'd like others to have the same opportunity to pursue the american dream. >> when you talk about farm

work, a lot of people talk about seasonal individuals. the majority of people are like me. they have been there all their lives. any policy change would impact 3 million undocumented immigrants in california. the most in any state, for many they called this home. >> there's a boost coming to your coffee shot. it's not caffeine, telecommunications giant says it has technology twipling wi-fi speeds at home and in public networks. it works like a carpool lane. grouping un with other users allows everyone to go pasta because the other lanes -- faster because the other leaps have less traffic. >> spring weather bringing sun shine to parts of the country and run to others. >> where we have the rip it will

hold the temperatures down. we are all off to a cool start with 30s and 40s across the likes. into the north-east a warming trend across the western u.s. and the south-west as we wrap up this weekend giving way to a lot of sun shine. 90 for monday and tuesday. minneapolis, looks like the warmth will stick around. >> thank you so much. a lot of excitement in philadelphia, where gamers played a skye scaper-size tet are yous. hundreds of led lights allowed taps to play the supersized game on 29 floors of an office building. it's hoped it encourages others to think about technology, and tet are yous is celebrating

30 -- tet rus is celebrating its 30th anniversary. peace talks between israelis and palestinians have all but broken down. a last-ditch push from washington and a last-dix attempt. >> interviews are tough, and it's worse when you don't note the person. >> we have been there, but most of us don't have a disability that makes it hard to communicate. why some businesses are seeking out employees with autism. >> we are going out. >> what is that. >> that's a mammoth, bigger than you. >> little investors, big projects. how a simple donation is making science dreams a reality. >> i'm mark morgan, youth is served at the final four. we look at the aerial

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live in new york city with a look at the top stories. >> a possible breakthrough in the month-old search for missing malaysian airliner flight mh370. a chinese ship picked up two signals that may be coming from the black box. >> afghanistan started voting ballots from the election. turn out was high. results are not expected until mid may. >> defence secretary chuck hagel is touring asia to reassure u.s.al lies of support. it follows criticism of a cautious response of russia's take over of crimea. he told counterparts the u.s. will send the country two warships to counter threats from

north korea. >> that's a last-ditch efforts by the obama administration to salvage middle east peace talks that unravelled. martin indyk has been meeting with negotiators, and he's the point man to get the two sides talking. after israel stalled the release of prisoners. palestinians resumed their campaign by recognition at a state. we bring in stefanie dekker. is there any hope that the meeting will yield some progress. >> i think it's a difficult one to predict. we know that both sides have said that they are open to talk. there was a lot of accusations going on from both sides, both saying the door is open and this is what they are seeing. there'll be a meeting for both sides. martin will be meeting with the israelis and the palestinians.

at some point they'll sit down together. the first words we heard from the prime minister at a cabinet meeting - this is what he had to say. >> translation: the palestinians threat to join the u.n. will not affect us. they will achieve it through negotiations, not through empty announcements and unilateral steps. they'll push a peace accord further away. unilateral steps will be answered by unilateral steps by us. we are willing continue negotiations but not at any price. >> well, they are a strong word, nothing implemented at the ground. what israel is talking about is the participation to with hold millions in funds that it collects on behalf of the palestinian authority. we'll have to wait and see how this goes ahead.

woth sides are willing to talk. >> israel was chief negotiator. the u.s. allows for direct negotiations. is there a perception that the u.s. is getting in the way? >> i don't think that's a fair assessment. you are dealing with two sides. the animosity and the mistrust goes back decades. it needs an active negotiator life. trying to broker something between the two. it's difficult for the two sides to sit down. they don't agree on many of the main issues. we are standing outside. the future of this capital, really, if that's what it is. east jerusalem is the capital, and that will not happen, it'll remain unified. it's one of the remaining obstacles. soing not touched on. they are talking about talks.

stephy, israel said they want on extension to the current round of peace talks. what do they think it will achieve. i think the language is that both sides are still involved. no one wants to be blamed for hijacking this round of peace talks. every side blames the other. the palestinians stick to their words. at the end of the day and the palestinians say it's in israel's interest to prolong the talks and nothing has been achieved in the occupied west bank. they think the talks are will managing the occupation. there are those sticking points to deal with and israel made it clear that the final status issues, things like borders will not happen, it's difficult to see how something will come out

of it. >> the u.s. secretary of state realises nine months is hugely ambitious to achieve anything. the deadline of the talks is april 29th. >> wait and see we will. stefanie dekker reporting from jerusalem. >> today marks 20 years since the start of the rwandan genocide. a flame of hope was carried across the country. an statement 28 were slaughtered. over the decades rwanda transformed themselves. people were long divided before the genocide. belgium quaptified it, classifying people according to their ethnicity. they became the social lead over the majority. it caused resentment which culminated in riots in 1959.

20,000 tutsis were killed. a few years later the two took control, ethnic fighting continued for decades. finely a peace deal was signed in 1993. it was broken after a plane carrying the president of rwanda was shot down, enraging the hutus. they began the massacre killing tutees and moderates. 8,000 were killed in 100 days. >> a man from minnesota has come down with a fever after flying home from africa. authorities are tracking down crew from the flight he was on. this is the first case of lassa fever since 2010. it's similar to ebola, spread through body flew its and kills

5,000, east year. >> a doctors without borders team in guinea was forced to temporarily evacuate. a crowd attacked a center. they rushed the clinic accusing doctors of bringing the virus to guinea. some threw rocks, no one was hurt and 86 people across guinea died from the strain. there's no cure for ebola and 90% of patients who had it die from it. a complex rescue operation is under way all to help a sick baby girl. within the last hour a u.s. navy ship reached the boat where 1-year-old leera kaufman fell ill. she developed a rash and fever and was not responding to medication when her parent pout out the sos. they were travelling hundreds of miles off the mexican coast. the ship is carrying a helicopter and 200 people and at

dawn they'll rescue the family and bring them to shore. >> right now there's 400 job openings? america. many can't find the people with cells they need. some are hiring people on autism spectrum. david shuster shows us how a program is tapping into a new pool of talent. >> good morning, this is the robot i built. >> patrick is making one of his first presentations to managers at s a.p. he is showing them a program for a robot he tasked. patrick has asperger's characterised by difficulty any with social interaction and patterns of behaviour or interest. >> interviews are tough enough. it's worse when you don't

necessarily know the person or you may come off as monotop or stiff or as relaxed as they would like. >> patrick graduated from college but days because of his disability he has not been able to secure a job. he's one of the 30 people on the autism spectrum taking part in a pilot program in vancouver, john calipari, and peninsula. s a.p. has begun hiring in ireland, germany, india and brazil. by 2020 it hopes to have 650 employees with autism on the payroll. >> we have a need tore programmers for people in the technology sector and the business side of the house. >> this man runs the program saying it sees great competitive value in hiring the employees. we are looking for people with

the ability to concentrate on the past. in some cases to task, and for others it may be representative. it's of high importance for us and the company. >> s a.p. is not alone. wall greens has a distribution center with 40% of its workforce. many have autism. and freddy mac offers internships on the autism spectrum. there are many jobs, incentives for employers. his son runs an international consultingform that helps companies hire employees. he's working with s a.p. and the state of delaware and other tech businesses in the united states. he's in talks with big farmsuit concludes, health companies and banks to do the same. >> the goal is to enable

1 million jobs through partnerships and knowledge. people with autism have real challenges in a work setting. they can be extra sensitive to words. to bright lighting. taking these things into account means extra attention. training for the participants, managers, team members and employees. in the short term there'll be additional expenses and time and energy spent getting this up and runningment many businesses are concerned by higher health care costs. s a.p. is aware of costs, but considers it an investment that will pay off for the company in the lopping term. >> by 2020 we have an equivalent where it makes to difference bringing woun or the other into the -- one or the other into the

company. >> will it work. will the puppy spent on the front-end pay off. >> they are watching s a.p.s experiment with interest. >> in the longer run. we go back - that's many reasons to believe this will be a goldmine. >> as for patrick he's on track to work as a software technician. >> i hope to expand and use my background in communings to go into marketing, consulting with fairs clients. >> s a.p. has an m bishes goal which is -- an ambitious goal which is to have people with autism in the global workforce. >> moving on and out. after three months the catholic bishop is moving out of his $2.2 million home.

the attitudar tile house outraged a lot of parishioners and said he should be living a more simpler lifestyle. >> he got the message, apologised and then packed his bags. >> archbishop gregory will vacate the residence in may moving into another property excluding the former residence. many did say don't sell the residence. archbishop gregory feels strongly that this is a time to bring a close to this. money from the sale will be donated to the catholic cause. >> the final four down to the minus two. they join us this morning with sports. did you call it? >> no, i didn't. >> i thought you did. > i had louisville and florida. yukon and kentucky. two schools with basketball ped

grease playing for the title. in last night's semifinal. the hero for harrison. harrison had the game-winning three and there, with less than six seconds harrison drilled a come from behind six pointer. the badges one last chance. trevor jackson, let the celebration begin. the cardiac cats going nowhere, heading to the title game. in the earlier semifinal florida with a 30-game winning streak. you can continues its play. daniels with 29. he had 10 boards. napier chipping in 10. he shot 56% from the field. gaiters going down 53. yukon making its fourth trip. the most continual of any team

over the span. >> much is made of the youth, and how many of the freshman will make the leap to the number of ba after a year and lex iping top. the run evokes memories of the freshman. the michigan fab five. here is john henry smith. >> here is a time when college basket starters were seniors. giving their rows to freshman was unheard of. they've changed the landscape. they took the tournament by storm. they took to the brash style of play. >> after coming off after a dunk or big three and how they celebrate. we sacrificed a lot of technicals and bad press, you know, to allow the college kids to enjoy themselves in the play, in that style of play.

remember the impact the fab five had on college basketball. >> they were great and trepd setters. people were fixated on experience, letting senior leadership take the shots, and these guys said "hey, we can come in." we impacted the culture. the black hair, socks, shoes. just the obvious all look. >> what they brought to the tournament in 1992 and "93 was more style. we were not scared, we embraced the moment. that's why we were pigger that the moment because we fit into it. we knew how to excel in it and not let it overwhelm us. this weekend a freshman nunt. coming in as an eight seed.

they know how comparisons to their team must feel. they want everyone to know it's not a mistake or a fluke, that they are one of the best recruiting classes. on the verge of glory, advice from those that have been there - enjoy it, have fun. it's a game, play the game like you play it all your life. you never know when you get back. when i wake up, go to bed, on my way to practice, and shoot every moment i document, that's what i do because it's a special moment. >> that's our ross shimabuku reporting. kentucky's freshman scored 56 of the wildcats 74. it's the most scored by a rookie player. >> what do we have now? >> i went to kentucky. i'll take them by a whiches

kerr, which has been most of their games. >> we'll find out tomorrow. thank you so much. >> if you are not a scientist, you could contribute to a major scientific breakthrough. as shauf introduces us to a crowd-sourcing website giving science fans a big chance to see how it's done. >> this is the big test going all the way like this. 8.5 feet long. >> at the burke museum dr christian theodore entertains an investor, one who loves dinosaurs and trisera tops. >> they had a beak. >> it's bigger than mine. >> yes, because this is the real thing. >> lizzie donated $5 to dig up a dinosaur through experiment.com, allowing anyone with a scientific question and solid

methodology to ask stranger for money for research into almost everything. >> biology, projects in medicine, space, ecology, social science, psychology. >> the doctor hit his modest fundraising goal which the company requires before anyone gets paid. and $67 million year old bones. >> 2,000 here and there to collect something like this is a big deal for us. >> in return investors like lizzy get access to the process. they blogged and posted pictures from the dig site. lizzy and funders will be invited to special event. >> every day we think about what we'll tell them and talk about. it may be a different kind of research funding but it's a familiar start-up story. this is world headquarters of

experiment.com. . >> we get to it down here. a cramps san francisco office and living space where the company helped researchers find more than $600,000 and funding. the website and space growing beyond what was speck. >> six of us work there. >> 8% of projects goes to the company and cost. megs driven -- mission driven-to-profit. she want to remake science. >> the bigger vision is to make science accessible to every one in the world. >> that's a femur of a ma'am oath. >> with no project too big and no investor too small. >> running a marathon is tough enough. imagine trying to leg it out in one of the hottest and driest on

earth. it's one of the toughest footraces on earth. we take you inside what may be the largest pillow fight.

>> feateders were -- feathers were flying from coast to coast and around the world in what may be the largest pillow fight in the world, held at more than 100 cities, and hundreds gathered to battle it out in new york city. all of these pillow fight are part of the urban playground movement and has taken place every year sips 2008. >> good morning and welcome back to al jazeera america. the most gruelling foot race in a moment, but first eboni deon with the forecast. >> i want to take you to the southern plains. we have been watching this area.

there's a newly issued severe thunderstorm though to louisiana and hughes tonne. a storm warning effect for warner and surrounding countries. watch out for that. the tomorrow is moving to the east, 40 miles per hour, so a good clip. aside from the rain in texas and the thunder storms, we are dealing with widespread rain. it will continue through the day and across the coast. >> fracking may be the cause of several earth quakes in oklahoma. the strongest near the town of crescent had a magnitude of 4.2. ice mick activity is scoring. 250 tremors have been recorded this year. the search for underground yale and natural gas. necessity is the pather of invention, so the saying goes.

the need to treated unexpected mothers after the chile earthquake hafs given mace to a makeshift mat erpty ward. hospital workers set up tents in the parking lot. 26 children have been born there already. the toughest foot race on earth is under way. runners are battling extreme conditions in the sahara desert carrying everything they need on their backs. we report from the start of marathon. >> starts extreme nomadic collective reconveepd. more than 1,000 countries are in the sahara desert. six tables of running, more than 250 kilometres to cover. they carried the kit and food to survive. >> you can tell yourself that everything is in the mind. it's the in my opinioned that

controls the body. it's been you. there's no limit. the limit is what you put to yourself. >> the few from above underlips the scale of the challenge. sand, dunes and sun are all near. that it is brought together to make a race is thanks to the wander lust of one man. >> in 1984 pat rig bower decided to go for a walk to the sahara desert. many says and kill om trs later to share his spoorns. >> a few runners are here to one. the vast majority to prove a point to themselves. i remember back in the day i couldn't run around the block let alone contemplation something like this. to watch people go from the

start to the end is amazing, not just body wise, but mentally. >> mario is one of the oldest entrants and he's back for a fifth time. >> if you are young and fit. you think you can burn through the stains and still come up on top. at my age i take it slower. at the end of the day it's pun eshing. there's no doubt about it. everyone here set to gain an understanding of their own limits and of their tent mates personal habits. >> here is a look at what we are following for you at the end of our second hour. australian officials say they can't confirm whether pinks detected from the -- pings detected from the missing jetliner were from the plane. >> counting the votes for the afghanistan president is likely to take months with a likely run-off election. >> commemorations after a

genocide left hundreds of thousands death. how it is rebuilding years later. >> dramatics on the diamond. >> i'm morgan radford, don't go anywhere, a great show for you planned ahead in

>> these signals and the sounds could not be verified as belonging to the aircraft at that time. that is the case. >> a glimmer of hope and a sea of caution - what could be a break through in the missing malaysian airliner. >> afghanistan counts the votes

in its first democratic election. >> and one of the fastest growing countries haunted by a horrific past - remembering the horrors of the genocide 20 years original. >> translation: it's something amazing and beautiful. they some to come out of nowhere. they are so friendly. >> grey whales battle back through the brink of extinction. >> good morning to you and welcome back to al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm morgan radford. we begin this morning with a breakthrough in a month-old search for the missing malaysian jetliner. chinese ships picked up two signals that may be coming from that plane's black box. australian officials say debris

was spotted 50 miles away from where the sounds were heard, all in the southern indian ocean off the west coast of australia. >> efforts have been stepped up. the man in charge of the search effort says it's too soon to say whether the pings are coming from the plane. >> the signals and the objects could not be burified as relating to missing aircraft at that point in title. that remains the case. here is how the search works. cruise use a remote controlled submersible to drop the ping locator as remember as 20,000 feet. that's the yellow triangle. a ship pulls it along checking for signals. those pings beyond the range of human hearing. they can be picked up a mile away. it should be pretty close to

detect the sound. the australian prime minister is sounding at best cautiously optimistic. it's a difficult search, while we throw everything we have at it. while the best brains and technology in the world will be deployed. we need to be careful about coming to hard and fast conclusions. >> i spoke to al jazeera america's jay raulins about the pings that china detected. >> there are two possibilities. one is that the chinese who are the came people that put the original satellite out that had them searching in the same area, that this time they may be on to something. the mathematical formulation brought everyone down to the south indian ocean, and now it looks as if possibly that the chinese have used some other technique that they are not

going to disclose at this time in order to select their own area that was still along the general area, but it's slightly different from where everyone else was searching. they hap tone have a reporter -- happen to have a reporter on board which is a little peculiar, and made the findings to their government, rather than the teams. there could be many reasons, but they had two-thirds of the passengers and are under pressure to pretty much search on their own. they don't trust the malaysians. the families made it clear. there's still uncertainty. >> afghanistan started counting the seven million votes in saturday's election. voter turn out was high with 200,000 soldiers protecting soldiers across the country. it marks the end of president hamid karzai's 13 years in power. whoever replaces him will decide

whether or not to sign a trop extension agreement, allowing 10,000 u.s. soldiers to stay within the country. >> eight men are running to be the next president of afghanistan. three are considered the favourite. the front runner is ashraf ghani ahmadzai, and he used to be the finance minister and holds a ph.d. from columbia university. he worked for the world bank for over a decade. then there's zalmai rassoul, and his running mate is a oman. he's -- woman, he's unmarried, which is unusual. then there is abdullah abdullah, he ran for president in 2009 finishing a distant second. he served as afghanistan's foreign minister. let's go back to zalmai rassoul, hamid karzai's top pick. his campaign was hit by allegations of fraud.

he's calling on afghans to pout their faith in the electoral process. >> we put our request to the commission. it's up to them to decide. i'm confident they will look to that carefully. any president elected will not be legitimate for afghanistan. >> president obama offered his congratulations to the afghan people. in a statement the president said: >> people in india go the the polls starting on monday to cast ballots in the biggest elections. voting for the next prime minister will be held in nine stages over the next six weeks, we have this report from the

north-east of ibdia -- india. >> the shreeking noise you here is the voting machines being tested. hundreds of officials gathered to collect and test the machines before taking them to their home constituencies. all votes will be cast by the machine, there'll be no paper ballots. it will be first of had time voting for half a million voters. it sounds like a lot. it's a fraction of the nearly 100 million new voters around the country. >> the election commission is also hired vidiographers and camera men to follow around the candidates and make sure the election code of conduct is being followed. they are making sure no illegal activity is happening, and that

everyone stays on budget. the vote on monday is the first of nine phases in the election, kumulating on may 12th. a few days later the votes will be counted and india's election will be decided. >> in hunkary voters were casting their boll ots in prime ministerial elections. president viktor orban is expected to win another term. high stabilized financing and cut gas bills. the opposition accused him of changing the constitution, and nationalist policies scare away foreign investors. >> good sunday morning to you. i'm meteorologist eboni deon. strong to severe storms have been rumbling across the plains. i want to show you into parts of texas where we are watching a

cluster of storms. there's warnings in place, in addition to a severe thunderstorm watch pt it will remain in effect until 2:30, stretching from east central areas through to louisiana. it's an area in orange where the warning is in place. we have just about another 20 minutes. the storm is moving to the east at around 40 miles per hour. with it you can't expect blinding down pours and winds. maybe small hail. the threat is not just for parts of eastern texas, it stretches all the way in to the western panhandles. that will clood later today. heavy rainfall will be widespread. you can see we have persistent showers and storms from mississippi, jackson, meridian and central jackson. now, as we head out elsewhere we are seeing the rain coming to an

end across the pacific north-west. it will be a better start to the week. we could use a break from the rain. we are dealing with an area of low pressure pushing to the east. it will allow for drier conditions and warmer temperatures for the work week. around seattle expecting 60. clouds breaking, monday 67. lots of sun shine. temperatures rising above average. into the it north-east it will be a beautiful weekend day. a lot of sun shine. winds easing and we are starting to get a southerly flow. it will warm the temperatures up. enjoy the dry weather while you can. the same storm system bringing the threat across the south-east will look northward and tap into the moisture. heading north and we'll deal with rain and storms.

>> russia's relations with ukraine are on the skids after president viktor yanukovych was ousted from power and russia see said the crimean peninsula. russia has a history of tension with its neighbour, especially in a remote region in the south of the country. we have this report. >> close to the borders of turkey lies a georgian region. once home to a base it's economically deprived. the up to has an armmenian major city. activists say locals feel cut off from georgia. >> always ready to motivate people. so they want to learn georgian. >> the region of capital is a more mixed town.

>> this man says he's loyalties lie with georgia. >> translation: my grandfather was born here, so was my father, i and my son. >> he's had a traumatic history. the muslim population here was depoured under stalin. this carsel overlook -- castle is an example of the muttry ethnic society -- multi-ethnic society. it could be a strength, it could be one of its greatest vulnerabilities. >> russian forces now control 20% of recognised georgian territory. ar manyia, ush -- armenia, russia's strategic partner and mome home to a russian base lies to the south. some fear they may put forces

there and split georgia in half. could moscow exploit grievances. >> because of the political crisis in russia, people talked about losing the area. it's not basted on concrete facts, it's on emotional. >> the last post was abandoned in 2006. russian troops return seem far fetched. event in ukraine have far-reaching consequences. chorgeans need to do more to keep their countries united. >> defense secretary chuck hagel in japan as part of a 6-day meeting. this after many are criticised in an overly cautious response.

asian countries are were worried after it test-fired missiles. two more will be sent to japan. >> a complex rescue operation is underway in the ocean to help a girl. a u.s. navy ship reached a boat with 1-year-old leera fell ill. she developed a rash and was not responding to medication. leera and her family from sailing off the coast of mexico on the way to new zealand. the ship is carrying a helicopter and 200 people. at dawn they'll start of the process of rescuing them. >> moving on and out. after three month. the catholic ach bishop is moving out of this $2.2 million home. the attitudar-style house outraged parishioners who said

he should follow pope francis's example and live a simpler life. >> archbishop gregory announced he would vacate the residents in ermy may. many said, "don't sell the residents", buts archbishop gregory feels strongly that this is a time to bring a close to this. >> hauny from the sale will be donated to the catholic cause. >> five yearsar an earthquake rocked a town temporary conversations are feeling more permanent. from overhauling immigration, we check out this week in politics. talk about model behaviour. he struds the cat walk by day and computer work at night.

>> good morning and welcome back

to al jazeera america much still crumb bling, the italian up to rocked by a major earthquake five years ago struggling to rebuild. first a look at temperatures across the country with meteorologist eboni deon. temperatures will warm up across the western u.s. as we close out this weekend. it will feel more like spring, as we get into the work week ahead it will feel like summer. temperatures climbing as much as 10 to 20 degrees thanks to high pressure building in. it'll give way to a flow around the high. allowing wind to pull in offshore. sure to heat things up. taking you into los angeles, 78 degrees, typically this time of i don't remember mid '60s, is where we peak. we'll go above that and up to 90. here is the summer like bill. temperatures dropping off as we

head to wednesday and thursday. another warm spot finally into the twin cities, we note the warm up. 58 degrees for sunday, down into the mid 50s on pond. by tuesday we'll be close to the 70 degree mark. as you head out, houston 75, billings 56. rain-cold air moving in across the south-east. it will be a nice day. lots of sun shine around new york city and d.c. temperatures in the upper 50s and '60s. temperatures creeping upwards a bit into the mid section and around the planes. it will make it into the mid '60s. in the north-east we'll see some '60s showing up. >> at the vatican pope francis asked a crowd of 100,000 people

to pray for the victims and survivors of an earthquake that devastated the town. some of the up to is in ruins. temporary housing is feeling more pan. >> this man has most of the town to himself. he is one of few that didn't abandon the town after an earthquake killed 300 people. >> translation: you can't see a window open or here the sounds of music in the air, for here the children playing. there's no life, just death. >> five years later it is still a ghost down. >> lack of funds, mismanagement, corruption slowed down the restoration. the town's mayor says repair

work will be under way. >> it will be even more beautiful. once it is fixed, it will be better than it used to be. more modern with better infrastructure and services. by the look of it, the mayors predirection in the city center will become habitable within two years seems a lit of optimistic. most buildings are ket together by scav olding and works to repair them have started. thousands of former residents feel that temporary housing is becoming a permanent residence. >> we'll probably stay for another four, five, 10 years, we don't know when they'll go home. they don't voef us in any decisions. >> while raphael waits for others to return, on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake they remember those gone

forever. >> the 2009 quake in la requesting uilla -- lack willa with the deadliest. >> pat abbott is professor emeritus of geology and joins us to spread light on this. what are we learnt from the loquila earthquake. >> they were destroyed by an earthquake in 1461 and 1703, but they rebuild and repeat it in 2009. they haven't learnt their lessons. we tend to respond to each earthquake by enacting laws trying not to repeat the same mistake. >> do you think chile is better or worse prepared than california. they do have mandatory evacuatio

evacuations >> they do. but this is the third time the city has been destroyed. in the long term sense they are not doing it right. we know more now than we did, but we have a history of damning earthquakes. it's damaging the way they rak. >> at a cost of $49 billion. pt north bridge earthquake stands as the second costly disaster. it did at least $110 billion in damage. are we prepared for a major event. >> i think we did an excellent job. 1933, 1971 - the big earthquakes, and tell you what went wrong and what that is been

changed building code wise, legal wise to make sure it does not happen again. basically the 1989 earthquake in the san francisco area, that killed about 60 people. that earthquake was essentially identical, sys mill ogeicily to haiti in 2010 and there was 300,000. the difference between the two is buildings. it's n it's n it's not i takes earthquakes. buildings. we should change the building codes. >> interesting. so you have talked about response, but what are the warning systems that are in pleas today. >> we don't have good warning

systems. scientifically we have zero ability to predict earthquakes. we can tell you what causes them, where they'll be. we can't give you the weather report where you tell people in the short term what is coming their way. the only thing you can do is build buildings better and the other interesting fact about the northridge earthquake is 10% of the deaths occurred inside people's houses - their own belongings falling on them. each individual has thinks they need to do as well. >> pat abbott professor emeritus of geology joining us live, thank you for being was. >> fracking may bet the cause of several earthquakes in oklahoma. the strokest had a magnitude of 4.2. more than 250 themmors have been recorded this year alone.

some experts linked to the controversial and natural gas. >> look at the stunning images of a solar flare captured by n.a.s.a. this week. they are powerful bursts of radiation from the sun. when strong enough they condition disrupt gps and communication signals. >> coming up, demonstrations and deportations, the movement sweeping across the country. and the political implications for our president. >> i'm mark morgan, and then there were two. an unlikely national title game except for monday night. we tell you how each team got there.

>> good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. 20 years ago the clinton white

house doeded against taking a leading role in the slaughter taking place in rwanda. the administration resigned itself to issuing public statements after a u.s. intermention in somali -- intervention in somalia went awry. foo >> torch is being carried across the country in a sign of reconciliation. we look at how the country is marking the day. >> tearing of pain. for the past 20 years the women relived the trauma of not only seeing their families hacked to death, but getting raped. they can barely nah out that are ordeal without breaking down. most members were killed in the genocide. >> translation: the pain is too much to bear. we have the scars of the

genocide. our children give us hope. >> this woman was 12 when her parents and seven brothers and sisters were murdered. she fled but was caught and raped by several men. she lives with her daughter, now 19 years old. >> a kind neighbour advised me against abortion, telling me that i would die if i did it. i never regretted keeping my child. she is all i have got. >> it's not every woman that was raped and present who chose to keep her baby. many abandoned their children and the little ones ended up in orphanages like this one. >> this man runs the center for children in distress for more than 30 years. a hutu he saved the lives of hundreds during the genocide. after the killings topped, he

took on the task of raising the numerous and often abandoned babies >> translation: they would leave the babies close to the ofanage. some threw them in latrenes. few of them wanted to kill their babies. >> this is a country of traumatised women, wives, whose support they say has doubt them to separate their children from the hate red he feel from those that raped them. >> the national debate over immigration is heating up. protesters marched against what they say are 2 million deportations happening on president obama's watch. that despite promises to overhaul policies. patty culhane has more from

washington. a slow loud march through washington cc. that group are here because soon kath rip could be the 2 min yopth person that could be deported. >> i was at my house. immigration game looking for someone else. they found me. >> for her daughter that means fear. she can't find the words to expression. >> because i don't wanna... >> they found their voice to protest in atlanta. in san jose, a few arrests. all the protesters hoping to send a message that the immigration system has to change. >> most in the group don't

believe congress will pass the by so they want president obama to challenge the policies, others don't believe the president has that power. >> we are fighting to stop deportations. they don't believe that and don't believe the president when he says his priority is to deport prisoners. 152,000 call them noncriminal removals. for the vast majority was entering the country illegally. >> it's not clear when that will be complete. it's likely that it will be long after kerin and their daughter have their day in court. >> interest the immigration overhaul to the scourt's decision on individual campaign contributions it's time for the

poll sugges politics segment. >> so, gentlemen, let's jump into it. thank you for waking up and being with me. let's talk immigration. >> rallies erupted across the country. >> today, the names said if president obama means what he said, he's going to have to do something about it soon, and on his own. what should the president do? >> the important thing is look at here is it's a major issue for many years, and will be a major issue for years to come. what is amazing for me to watch is the republican hypocrisy. there's a war in the republican party, and they don't have any idea on what to do.

when rand paul is your chief spokesman on how to fix the immigration system, you are in big trouble. this is about presidential politics. they saw 68% of hispanic voters go to president obama and the democratic party, and are fearful the hispanic voters will go the same ways as in the '60s, that is to vote tore the democratic party. col rove and george bush knew this. they tried to address the amnesty issue but couldn't. they kopt because the tea party is in control. republican party. >> i'll jump in here and second you. i want to go back to rand paul. he did say republicans need to move behind deportation. will your base be supportive? >> we need a president that

walks the walk. all these been doing is demoiing a bump of mexicans to their homeland. the point is this is a critical issue, one that need to be addressed. the tea party is not running my party. david is having a good morning with talking points. he's way off. >> you don't think there's a war inside the republican party. >> no, we are like the democratic party. the democrats are going through their progressive movement right now. certain people are not progressive enough. all parties go through the internal battle. it's whether or not - will we get the leadership out of the white house to get immigration reform done. you need a president that will remain focus the. he september 2 million people

back to mexico. >> the president promised comprehensive immigration reform as a top priority. >> he told everyone in the latin american convention in this will be the priority. >> he need to show leadership. immigration conform cannot be done yout congressional support. you know that. in this congress, in an election year it will be diff. there's no chance that immigration reform passes this year. why? the republican party is at wore with each other. in the moderates versus the republicans. carl rove - i never thought i'd say anything povly him - he knew the next waive is the his panic voting. bush knew it.

the tea party knocked it down. >> what about finance, and reaction to the supreme court's decision on campaign contributions. john mccain said: >> has the supreme court just made it easier for the wealthier to buy elections. not at all. the guy with small donors was barack obama, spent more money than all of then much hopefully it takes money away from the superpact. who cares if i give 57,000 a year nationally as opposed to 48,600 as long as the records show that i'm not giving the money or hiding the money. >> who do you thing. what defines it, the amount or transparency. >> transparency is what is

needed. let me tell you one thing. it's the wild west. anything goes. there are no limits. there might be 2600, 5200 limit. the truth it individuals, wealth corporations can spend what they want. it's different tax vehicles that they use to get there. you can spend 100 million against one member of congress. it's the wild west. it's a shame because when you have money you have free spoch. it's free speech if you have a lot of money. you can spend as much as you want. if you don't have money and wanted to put adds on tv, you better put money because it ain't cheep to advertise on al jazeera. looets talk about health -- let's talk about obamacare.

president obama did a victory lap on tuesday. >> the debate over repealing the law is over. the affordable care act is here to stay. >> obamacare says i won this. dispute the administration's claim of 7 million americans signing up for health care, some republicans say they were beefing up the numbers. >> were you shocked that all of a sudden out of the clear blue it was 7.1 million. >> out of the blue. come on. >> for months after months they shot down the number back to 6 million. isn't it sad. i don't know what the number is. i don't know if it's 5.6. it's 5.6 million. how is it in this day and age how in this day and aim is it possible that we don't know how

many are uninsured. how many signed up. this is amazing to me. >> it's not a victory. the american people do not want the legislation. >> the american peep, if it was 5 million or 7 million, they are agreeing with the president. won't he take that into the midterm. >> the most fun thing that is happening now is watching the republicans flop obvious the dock like fish out of water trying to come up with a spin how this is not a huge victory for the president and health care. the reality is we have had 7.1 million sign-ups since october. far above projects. that does not include millions of people covered under medicaid in the states, and hold on.

the medicare expansion is not om poor team, it's going to the middle income america in tough economic teems. it doesn't cover the young people. 18-20 who are allowed to be covered on parent's policies. >> i have to ask... >> can we talk about this next week. >> it will be on here for the "week in poll secs." >> democratic strategist david jones and tom doherty joining me live. it's always a pleasure. >> challenge basketball's championship game features an unexpected match-up. mark morgan is here with the details. >> it's likely that most yukon and kentucky fans didn't pencil their teams in to the n.c.a.a. championship, that's what we

have. after a tournament of upsets. the hero for kentucky was aaron harrison. it hit the winning three several times during the tournament. they have a game winner. that one gave a 74-73. trevor jackson, no, the cardiac cads, the kitty cat heading for the title fame. flor entered play with a 43 winning streak and left with a losing streak. yukon continues their impressive play. daniels with 24 hon 9. sheb as napier chipped in four for a steal. florida goes down 53-63. yukon making its fourth trip to the title games. >> the most purposes.

the time game. the huskies will be looking for their full court championships. they missed it last season but won it in 2012. the last laws to yukon in 2011. shem with more on a tlaling evening in arlington texas. >> how about the kids in kentucky. they conditioned a ma'amical one. he hit the gam-winning three against louisville. kentucky back in the championship game where they won it all. >> we played seven freshman folks they were all performing in that stage, under the lights. kentucky was up against yukon in

the monday night championship game. >> you have to give a lot of threat. you gone got off to a sluggish start. >> gaza - i wrote on the board. faith, even though we are down 16 and 4, you have to have faith. they knew we'd get back in the game. they knew, we knew. it was one possession at a time. we have been through a lot of dog fights. we believe in each other. we just understood that this was going to be a game of runs. down 16-4. we looked at each other. we put the pressure on. we didn't want that. >> yukon won the last kaxionship in 2011. -- championship in 2011.

>> in arlington texas, ross shimabuku. >> turning to baseball. after opening the season by getting swept by the nationals at home, trying to find their mojo. mets down. pitch hitter ike davis yard against jj hoover, that is a walk off grand slam. the mets win 6-3. felix hernandez moued them down, retiring the first 11 batters. thee struck out eight, walking one, allowing a single run. after the game hernandez said which pitches were looking good all day long. the pruers beat the red sox. this one goes to extra innings. shas logan -- that's logan shaver. grabbed a lead. rodrigues made it stand up.

brewers win 7-6. that's a look at sport. i picked florida in my bracket to win it all. >> it wasn't kentucky. >> i was wrong. >> let's see who wins. >> system be a great game. >> we look forward to hearing from you after. >> from the kcatwalk to securit coding, we sit down with lindsay scott.

>> good morning, welcome back to al jazeera america. she's conquering the fashion and tech world. we sit with a weekend conversation with model and computer programmer lindsay scott. first a look at the forecast. >> we are dealing with storms and they are developing across east central texas. we have been watching this area.

they are coming together. we have a few cells prompting a thunderstorm warning. tas a lighter red-shaded area. pushing to the east. 30 miles per hour. in addition to the thunderstorm warning in louisiana. that will goat until 2:30 local time. we are watching out for winds, hail and could see the possibility of tornados in new orleans. >> thank you so much. >> a lot of excitement in philadelphia where gamers played a skyscraper sized tetrus. hundreds of led lights allowed fans to play the game on 29 floors of an office building. check it out. organizers hope it inspires onlookers and players to think about the possibilities of technology. tetrus is celebrating a 30th

anniversary. >> from gamers in the city of brotherly love to a self-proclaimed nerd on the fashion run way. my next guest is a victoria's secrets motel. a described as a mix dur of giselle and steve gates. she encourages young girls to get involved in technology. >> thank you for being up early and hanging out with us. >> thank you for having me. >> you became a computer science major and yeahated apps -- created apps. how did you get into programming? >> at the age of 13. i didn't really realise that it was computer science at the time. i major orred in theatre and found myself majoring in computer science.

at the time i learnts ip enjoyed it -- learnt to enjoy it. >> what has people's reaction to your double life? >> to me it doesn't seem like a double lie. i'm doing things i vibing. it's been interesting. getting attention in the media for going things that come nationally. it's app interesting response. the fact that they don't fit the typical programmer is something that people find during. >> what do you think they are expecting? >> i think it's a shame that there are expectations that maybe they are expecting typical programmer who is a white male. they call them inteecks or nerds. -- geeks or nerds. then they get a top model.

i understand you have an app called code made cool. it's targetting young girls. why do you think it's important to get young girls involved. >> there's few graduates in computer science. 2.4% graduate with degrees in computer scuns. 12% are women. there are few female programmers in this country. at a time where technology is taking obvious erg. and we need more programmers, it's important to make computer science inclusive, that we get women minorities, people typically computer scientists. >> if they were exposed do you think they may have a lot of entrants. >> it's a hot of fun. my app is tricking people. you drag and drop and code

though a fantasy scenario with ryan gosling. >> i may buy that app. speaking of little girls, you aped a question someone -- answered a question where someone askeded what does it feel like going from physically unattractive to physically attractive. there you are, bespectacled. what message were you sending by posting the photo. >> the question is funny the way it's been posted. i think i ask what it's like if you are treated physically unattractive and have people trot you like you are so beautiful. i posted it at 3am. i was drunk on code. i was in the middle and i saw the question. it spoke to me. i anticipate it, and i think - i think it's having that personal

experience and realising that the way people treat you changes based on your physical appearance. it's silly that people make judgments on you based on your physical appearance. i guess i posted it to see if anyone identified with the same feeling and a lot of people did. i loved hearing from young girls in the same position i was in, with i felt i had no one. it wasn't just created. i was bullied. pushed corned. i was invited to parties just to be uninvited. >> what did you do. >> i grew more cost. in high school i could barely look at people in the eye or talk to them without tearing up. but over time i just became more

comfortable in my own skin. >> speaking of skin you broke bar yours. you were the first black contracted run way model at calvin cline. did you feel a pressure to break stereo stipes or represent other models of colour? >> no, i didn't feel pressured. i remember days before. this came out of nowhere. days before i stood on a street corner handing out fliers. my agency had me doing a job, and all of a sudden at 11:00 pm calvin cline calls me in and they affidavit me the contract. >> what were you thinking? >> i didn't think it was real, i was pinched myself. >> and so i could barely sleep or think. it wasn't on my mind about

blacking bar yours. i don't think fashion is behind. even having one black model in the show, having it be revolutionary makes you realise the state that the industry is in. >> five years from now, before we go. do you see yourself modelling or behind a computer. >> i have been asked this a bit. i don't think so far in advance. i like doing what i enjoy doing. i hope that i can continue doing the modelling, acting, programming for as long as it interests me. i am sure that will be for hopefully longer. >> i am sure you'll have a lot of young women following in your footsteps. thank you so much. actress, model and computer programmer. >> feathers were flying from coast to coat.

what may be the largest pillow flight in the entire world held in more than 100 cities. hundreds gathered to battle it out while superheroes beat the stuffing out of people in portland. thank you for watching al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. stay tuned for more.

>> hello, welcome to the news hour in doha. israel's prime minister is willing to continue talks with the palestinians but not at any price. we'll have the latest live from jerusalem. >> remembering the genocide, 20 years on, rwanda's president accuses france of being involved. >> looking confident, hungary's prime