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the shooting in 40hood and one of the fastest growing countries in africa. remembering the rawandan genocide sixty years later. >> something talk about race in motion. great whales battle back from distinction. it's been one month since malaysian air flight 370 is accident happened. now, a few discovery could shed light on actually what happened. australian and chinese officials have picked up three signals over the weekend that they think could be from that plane's data and voice recorders. all of this is happening in the southern indian ocean off of the west coast of australia.

crews also spotted debris about 55 miles away from where those sounds were heard. still, wild the lead may be encouraging, australia's prime minister is sounding at best daughtersly optimistic. >> it's a difficult search. while we certainly are throwing everything we have at it and while the best brakes and technology in the world will be deployed, we need to be very careful about coming to hard and fast copclusions too soon. >> while crews continue to search for the plane's black box, people in mall asian people remember passengers of 370. officials head a vigil for the victims where well-wishers lit candles. there were 239 people on board. meanwhile, thousands of people attended a prayer ritual earlier today in quala lumpur where officials say they won't give up hope of finding the plane.

investigators are still searching for a motive in wednesday's shooting at 40hood but today, many pause to remember the victims who lost their lives. heidi jo castro is in killeen, texas where the memorials are being held. good morning to you. what can you tell us about those soldiers who died? >>. >> good morning, morgan. three soldiers lost of their lives on wednesday. memorials are planned around town. here at tabernacle baptist church in killeen, a service will kick off in just a few hours. as for those soldiers who died, sergeant first class samuel ferguson was 39 years old from mullberry florida, active duty for 11 years. the army said he served in kuwait, iraq and afghanistan and he was a hero, dying while blocking a door to protect other soldiers. staff sergeant carlos lureny who served for 20 years and had been hoping to retire at the end of

this year. finally, we have sergeant timothy 0eps, 37 years old from effingham, illinois. a combat veteran seeing action in kuwait and iraq. his uncle calls him a very honorable video. the morning here, morgan, is happening around town in central christian church, sixteen flags for the wounded and three crosses for theded adorn the lawn. this is not the first time. in 2009, 13 crosses for people killed by major nadal hassan were also adorning the lawn of this church. this community had just found closure from that attack in august and his son was sentence sentenced to death. now this scene of violence is repeated. >> a reawaken the community. it lets us know that there is evil out there.

it's around us. it is tragic when someone turns a gun on anyone else but when its .1 of our own, it really hurts. >> it is a fittingly somber and rainy day in killeen as tab earn accel baptist church pauses heidi, have we learned anything else about a possible motive? >>. >> they are still looking at this argument that yvonne lopez, the shooter had in the moments before he opened fire, according to the father of one of the wounded soldiers, his son said that lopez entered a personnel office on wednesday and asked for a form to ask for a leave. well, the officers there told lopez to return the next day and th at that point is when lop pez became upset, went outside, got his gun and opened fire on the soldiers inside.

also, we are learning from his family, from lopez's family in puerto rico where he grew up that it has been a rough few -- a rough few months for him, that he, no november, lost his mother and was angry that the army had given him a .48 hour leave. his father says this is a tragic incidents that he is very sorry and offers condolences to the victims of his son and said his son could not have been in his right mind to have done this. morgan? >> heidi jo castro joining us live from killeen, texas. thank you for being with us this morning. hundreds of mourners also gathered this weekend to remember those killed ain the oo washington mud slide. saturday's were the first of memorial services for the more than 2 dozen who died. residents in the town of darington say having a close-admit community has helped them cope. >> it's tight everyone is

holding each other up. >> 400 rescue workers continue to search for more victims. the official death toll has risen to 30 and 13 people are still missing. many of the local vigils are recnizing the rescuers as well as the victims. one of the victims being remembered this weekend is 36-year-olds summer raffo. she was driving to work the morning the landslides hit. it swept her car right off of the highway about 250 people attended her funeral on saturday. immigration rallies were held in 40 u.s. cities all across the country on saturday. protesting what many call the 2 millionth deportation by the obama administration happening this month. patty colha e has more from washington. a slow loud march through washington, d.c. karen fiaanos and her 11-year-old daughter part of the

small crowd that marched to the white house. they are all here in many ways for her because soon, she could be the 2 millionth person deported since president barack obama took. >> in 2011, i was at my house and immigration came looking for someone else. but they found me. >> for her daughter, that means fear she can't find the words to express. >> because yol want to sne found their voice to protest deportation in atlanta. in san jose california, a few arrests. all of these protesters hoping to sends a message that the immigration system has to change most don't believe congress will pass immigration. so they are focusing on president obama. they want him to change the deportation policies. white house officials don't

believe the president has that power we are fighting to stop deportations. >> type of they don't believe that. they don't believe the president when he says his priority is deporting criminals. of the 368 people deported in 2013, listen 152 were what the government called non-criminal removals. for the vast majority of those, the only law they broke was entering the company illegally. barack obama has ordered a review of deportation policies. it's not clear when that will be complete. it seems likely it will be long after karen pianos and her daughter have their day in court. patty colhane, al jazeera, washington. protests also erupting in albuquerque, income, following the fatal shooting of a homeless man. he was the 24th person shot and killed by albuquerque police in the last five years. the police have their own supporters who are planning a rally for later today. al jazeera, jim houle has more

>> reporter: the streets continue to sim mer as protesters keep up the pressure on law enforcement after a series of deadly police shootings. >> watching the sorrow from people who have lost so many innocent family members and it friend, it's my civil right to be a part of this. >> 100 people turned out on friday night for a peaceful protest, unlike the one a week ago that erupted in violence when rocks were thrown at police who fired tear gas to control the crowd. the tensions were sparked after the shooting deaths of two men in the last three weeks by albuquerque officers. james boyd, a mentally ill homeless man was killed in the albuquerque foothills, a shooting captured on a police officer's camera. chief gordon eaton called it justified because he said boyd came at his officers with knives. >> all of the less than lethal

devices were employed. >> alfred redwine was shot in an albuquerque housing project. this is 24 deadly shootings in less than five years. >> as things get worse and worse, people are going to rise up, and the police are going to react more and more violently. >> in a community forum on friday night, activists added the names of the two men to a samebolic coffin. >> when a come murders somebody, they need to be sent to jail. cops kill people all the time and are never held accountable. >> not everyone here in albuquerque shares the outrage over the police. despite the protests, law enforcement has the support of many in the community. >> a group called "citizens who stand with the albuquerque police department has 2500 likes on facebook and is defending the men and women on the force. >> they don't understand the job that they do. like they are not in there at that moment, having to make those split-second decisions

>> reporter: chief eden who has been on the job a month says he is reviewing department policies. >> my goal is to make major reforms to the -- to the department that better the department, better the men and women who serve the department and the better we get, that's how we build confidence. >> the albuquerque police are under investigation by the department of justice and the f.b.i. many demonstrate errors plan to show up at a meeting on monday night when the city council convenes to discuss the crisis. jim houle, al jazeera, albuquerque. >> a 54-year-old man remains in critical condition after a neighborhood mob brutally beat him, retaliating after his pickup truck hit a young boy. now, watch this surveillance video. it shows the scene where the 10-year-old stepped into the truck's path and then the driver, which you see here, steve utash topped to make sure the child was okay. that's when the mob surrounded him and attacked him. police arrested a 17-year-old

and a 16-year-old who they say were directly involved in the m and the man's family is hoping more arrests come soon. >> happy, glad, but now at that the dominos are going to fall. this is when they are going to find out we want them all. >> utash is still in the hospital in critical condition and doesn't have health insurance. the boy he accidentally hit suffered a broken leg. remembering rawanda 20 years later after the break, we commemorate one of the world's worst genocides.

monday marks 20 years since the start of the rawandan general seed when ruehling 800,000 were slaughtered. today commenrations being held across the country. we are joined live by our correspondent in rawanda now. mohammed, thank you so much for joining us. what exactly are the people doing to commemorate those lives

lost when you are in the capital? >> morgan, they are doing many things to commemorate the of 20 years ago. they also are going to charge to pray for those who have died. the others who are showing people and documentaries and films showing how the genocide was not only planned but was carried out to create a situation of rememberance about exactly what happened some 20 years ago. the main events are going to take place on monday. they will start with a lighting of the, by the president. there will be a walk from parliament to the main stadium where the to commemorate the genocide will be happening. the survivors who have faced or seen their families getting killed, some of them maimed,

still living with the trauma. >> tears of pain for the past 20 years, this woman has relived the trauma of not only seeing their families hacked to death but also getting raped. they can barely narrate their or deal without breaking down. most members of ann marie's family was killed in the genocide. >> translator: it is too much to bear. we have scars of the genocide. our children give us hope. >> she was 12 years old when seven of her brothers and sisters and her parents were murdered. she was caught and raped by several men. she lives with her daughter yvette, now 19 years old. >> translator: a man took me into his home advised me against abortion. he told me i would also die if i

did it. i had never regretted keeping my child. she is all i've got. >> it's not every woman who was raped and got pregnant in the throws of genocide chose to keep her baby. many ended up in orphanages like this one. >> the center for children in distress for more than 30 years. a hutu himself, he saved the lives of hundreds during the genocide by hiding them in the orphanage. after the killing stopped, he took on the task of raising the numerous orphaned and abandoned babies. >> they would mostly leave their babies close to the or fannage. we would find them. there were some who didn't wish their babies to live: they wanted to keep their babies. >> this is the country of thousands of traumatized

women,wives, mothers and widows who suffered for each other, they say, has taught them to separate their children from the hatred they feel for those who raped them. >> now, the rawandan genocide is a symbol of the failure of humanity, how the world failed to come to the help of rawandans at their hour of greatest need. now, there were more troops to be brought in so killing could be stopped. that did not happen. an international for-up brought together diplomats and specialists on genocide that just concluded in congali today. there was a rallying call to the international community to take conflicts that are taking place in different parts of the world very seriously so that they don't degenerate to what happened in rawanda 20 years ago.

>> a rallying call to the international community. mohammed adel in rawanda, thanks so much for being with us again this morning. the votes are in. afghan stand started counting the votes cast in yesterday's presidential election. despite threats from the taliban, voter turnout was high with 200,000 soldiers protecting polling centers all across the country. the election marks the end of the hamid karzi's 13 years in power and now, whoever replaces him next will decide whether or not to sign a troop extension agreement. that would have 10,000 u.s. soldiers staying in afghanistan even after nato's combat mission ends later on this year. >> rasul, seen as karzi's top pick to replace him. not only is his vice presidential pick a woman. he is also unmarried, which is pretty unusual for afghan politics. his campaign has been hit by allegations of fraud, which is why he is calling on afghans to put their faith in the electoral

process. >> he is up to the commission to decide. i am confident they will look to that very cable. any. >> president obama has offered his congratulations to the afghan people. in a statement, the president said thely represents, quote, another important milestone in afghan's taking full responsibility for their country as the united states and our partners draw down our forces adding, we look forward to continuing our partnership with the new government chosen by the afghan people on the basis of mutual respect and mutual accountability. people in india are going to the polls on monday casting ballots in the world's biggest e elections. voting for the country's next prime minister will be held in nine different stages over the next six weeks with election results being announce odd may 16th. it doesn't stop there. he lex season continues in

hungary where voters are casting votes for parliament. prime minister victor orbin's party is expected today win a second four-year term. he swept to policylarity by stabilizing the country's financing and cutting back on gas bills. the opposition accuses him of changing the constitution and says his nationalist policies scare away foreign investors. a series of small earthquakes rocked parts of oklahoma on saturday. the strongest one had a magnitude of 4.2. most earthquakes usually occurnal but more than 250 tremors have been reported so far this year alone which is why some experts have linked some small earthquakes to under ground oil and gas work. >> includes hydraulic fracturing known as fracking. back from the brink, the gray whales that have managed to stave off extension giving a boost to a struggling economy. you are watching al jazeera america.

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welcome back to al jazeera america. i am morgan radford live in new york city. it's been almost a month since malaysia flight 370 completely accident happened. crews are hopeful. >> a texas community pauses to remember the victims of wednesday's fort hood shooting. i have a n lopez killed three soldiers and wounded 16 others before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide. the votes are in. seven million votes were cast yesterday in afghanistan's presidential election. despite threats from the taliban, turnout was high. the pacific gray what i will was nearly hunted to extinction. now, it's back and giving a boost to the local economy. dave mercer has that story. >> power and grace in motion, a

gray whale surfaces off of mexico's baja peninsula. the females have traveled to give birth. this is one of the only places on earth you see the gray swim with their new borne calves. scientists have been coming here for decades to study them. >> translator: the lagun offers the ideal water temperatures amend safety for the gray whale. this is especially important for the young whales because predators such as orcas and large sharks don't enter the shallow water. >> the itslation and remoteness of places like this is what has kept thousands of whales coming back here year after year. the same isolation has kept the communities who have lived here for hundreds of years in poverty. now, because of the whales, that's starting to change. >> locals used to fear the whales and refer to them as devil fish. but over the years, more and

more tourists ahave come to see the grays. with that, local attitudes began to change. fishermen like antonio aguilar have never looked back. >> translator: many people here make their living from the whales. men and women work in kitchens and boat drivers, schultz drivers, cleaners, lots of things >> reporter: it's a relationship which means thousands of people are now able to glimpse through a unique window where whales up to 15 meters long offer themselves up to be touched by human hands. for many tourists, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> translator: it's something amazing and beautiful. they seem to come out of nowhere. they are so friendly. >> this year, there were more gray whales to see with scientists reporting a 50% increase over numbers last year. a return from the brink of extinction based in part on a new-found appreciation of these

marine giants. david mercer, al jazeera, baja, california, mexico. >> spring is in the air. we hear there is some severe thunderstorms plaguing some parts of the country and our meteorologist is here to tell us all about it. >> right now we have severe thunderstorm warnings around tyler texas into college station. we have had multiple reports of hail falling across the area. look at the map here the temperatures, such a sharp contrast between oklahoma city down into corpus christi currently at 48 degrees, 71 in corpus christi will gain a little bit of warmth across corpus christi aiding in the instability we have in the atmosphere help to go fuel thunderstorms and those super cells actually producing hail right now across portions of texas. take a look at the radar. let me move out of the way to see really across texas. we have these super cells popping up that are capable of producing damaging winds and

hail. those are the primary threats here today. heavy rain all the way toga. see just a soaking downpour. it is north of i-10. if you are traveling along i-20, i-75, you want to use some caution out there today. we have a severe thunderstorm watch in effect all the way from college station into tyler texas where we have had reports of hail the size of quarters. quarters, that is. and as we continue to track through the course of the day, we expect to see really an explosion of these thunderstorms as they continue to track towards the east. a lot of instability in the atmosphere. >> that's why i started with the temperatures. you need the heat and dry air. we have dryer air pushing in out of the north and the gulf moisture aiding in the thunderstorms. so again, this watch goes into 1 o'clock this afternoon but all throughout the afternoon, really on into the evening, from portions of eastern texas back towards georgia, we have the damaging winds, hail and we will not rule out the chance even to see a few isolated tornados. elsewhere, it's a quiet, beautiful day across the

country. minneapolis, reaching a high of 56 today. back to you, morgan. >> thanks, jalila. thank you for watchingays america. i am morgan radford life from new york city. listening post is coming up next. don't go anywhere. >> hello, you're at the listening . this week, presidential elections are less than two months away in egypt. are the media equipped or in the mood to cover the story? journalists shot at in pakistan, released by kidnapper is syria and warned by the prime minister in turkey.