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children are at risk of starving to death. >> and this 2000-year-old tomb was lucid and how could this happen under the authorities. ♪ pro-russian government stormed another police station in eastern ukraine and it's six hours since the deadline to the separatists to give up buildings they ceased past and ukraine government threatened military action against the pro-russian armed groups if they don't lay down weapons but so far there has been no sign of that threat being carried out. they are separatists of 45 defenses outside of police headquarters and assault on number of buildings are under siege across cities in eastern

ukraine. [chanting] 150 kilometers away this is an angry scene when pro-russian government stormed city hall and several policemen were injured as they forced their way in. and in the last half an hour gunmen have stormed a police station in the city and these are the latest pictures from the town close to the square where separatists declared this and we have two correspondents covering this and first is peter shorp in moscow and the russian foreign minister says what is happening in eastern ukraine has got nothing to do with what he calls russian agents. >> absolutely. he denied there was any russian involvement. he had to answer the accusation for some days now but said there was no agent so no provocuturs

and the people of eastern ukraine have their own reasons to protest and own grievances and not being sparked or encouraged by moscow. now earlier in the day kiev's interim president had discussed or floated the idea of possibly a referendum being carried out on the election day, may 25, this is one of the key demands of the separatists in the east. and he was asked about this and broadly seemed to agree with it but said look what you have to do is have the involvement of east ukrainians in drawing the question for the referendum so there was a bit of a positive note from him on that issue. and he had this message to the u.s. and to the eu as this crisis worsened. >> translator: we need an honest reaction from the west without any double standards and without shifting blame to

moscow. they did not listen to people in eastern ukraine and putting down protests and i think it's very dangerous and the people planning to do so should be punished. >> reporter: further diplomatic activities expected on monday. the u.n. ambassador russia u.n. ambassador will be meeting with moon, the secretary general secretary of the u.n. and a few hours after that in luxenburg and key ministers will be meeting with a meeting with catherine ashton, the policy chief so more developments today. >> thanks for that. and peter talking about what the interim president said about the referendum and thoughts on that and how that sits alongside his statement that the blood of ukrainian is shed in a war the

russian federation is waging against eastern ukraine. >> reporter: to give you a bit of context about the statement from interim president alexander he did say the government in kiev is not against a referendum but in the same statement said the government is still preparing to launch a military operation and says it's going to stabilize the situation in the east very soon. so that is one statement. he also said about this offer of referendum or the idea of referendum he would like to see it held on the same day as presidential elections on may 25 but the people here are very adament it for it on may 11 and before presidential elections and say they will boycott the presidential elections which they see as a legitimate and there is some way to go to the protesters here. meanwhile as you mentioned the deadline has passed for the use of force. we have not seen any military in

the area and no special forces and people are on alert but for now i think things are relatively calm. >> kim, that is the big picture, what about the pockets of resistance which may be a flash point for possibly larger confrontation and give us the latest of what is happening in that part of eastern ukraine. >> reporter: i can tell you what we see here, people are very organized on state administration building and in the hands of pro-russia protesters for more than a week and several lines of defense and barricades reenforced and bombs and weapons like machetes and axes and baseball bats and well prepared and will meet force with force if it comes to that. we have been in the meeting of the republic earlier and they are saying it appears kiev would like a war and he has a feeling they will get a war.

>> kim, thank you very much, that is kim live for us in the quarter and peter sharp reporting from moscow. at least 35 people are feared to have died after a bomb blast at a busy bus station in nigeria, no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion on the outskirts of the capitol. on sunday at least 60 people were killed by gunman in northern nigeria and gunman suspected of killing villages in borno state. an unmanned robot will be launched to find the airliner to look for wreckage at the bottom of the indian ocean and the leading the hunt will stop searching for under water ping signals not heard nor six days and they suspect the black box batteries have died. the center of the search 2200

kilometers northwest of australia and it's the deepest it can dive. the vehicle is expected to cover 40 square kilometers on the first day of operation traveling at 9 kilometers an hour. they are counting votes in guinea and west africa after a high turn out in the presidential and parliamentary elections there. the previous vote two years ago was stopped by a military coup. and catherine reports from the capitol, the results are expected by friday. >> reporter: another chance for peace, another attempt to rebuild a nation, people in guinea stand in line to vote for the preferred presidential and parliamentary candidates, 13 men want to be president. and he holds identity card ready to vote and has been through this process many times since

his country gained independence from portugal since 1974 and several military coup since and five in the last decade alone and he is under no illusions about what his future may hold. >> translator: i voted because i must and only god know whose is a good leader and who has good intention for this country. i cannot possibly know. >> reporter: the same polling station he says the country's interim president also casts his vote. >> translator: let's give the person who will win the election a chance to complete the mission and we are in need of unity. >> reporter: monitoring the election are representatives from the african union, eu, u.n. and finding the vote and plan

security reform program. >> security reform in the generic sense requires, of course, how you may prepare to restructure military, how the civil, military relationship is defined. >> reporter: people are cautiously hopeful this election is going to give them the change they want. they hope the man whom they vote for is going to be strong enough to solve the country's problems. he will have to deal with a crippled economy, destabilizing drug trafficking problem and disengaging from the country and tough for who is president for the west african state and i'm with al jazeera. >> the government moved 65% of chemical weapons stockpile with

13th shipment according to the international body charged with destroying syria, chemical arsenal and head of chemical weapons say it may miss a deadline if syria doesn't speed up the removal. the rebel commander in aleppo has proof the syrian government is responsible for resent alleged chemical weapons attacks. he says footage captured during an interview shows a mid air blast of a government bomb and it was caused by chemicals contained inside. meanwhile fighters on both sides of conflict have been making gains and suffering losses and we show opposition fighters making gains in aleppo and the state agency is reporting troops have gained control of the christian town seized by rebels

four months ago. more than a million people displaced by fighting in south sudan and u.n. says as many as 50,000 children could die this year because of famin and we report. >> reporter: these women are homeless by war and struggle to find water everyday and fill bottles one cup at a time and many go back empty handed. >> translator: there is no other water. the other place that has water is very far. you would have to walk for three hours to get there and we come here and dig in the ground to get water. >> reporter: these are some of south sudan's 4 million people who don't have enough food and water and their children face the highest risks. u.n. says 50,000 children could be killed this year due to famin-like conditions in south sudan and calling for immediate action and thousands of children facing malnutrition since the

newest country accepted -- accepted in 2011 and many are struggling in make-shift camps, no food, water or medical care and conditions are not good. children are sick. no food, no water. i call on the government to look into our situation. >> reporter: refugees close to border between south sudan and uganda have not received much help from humanitarian organizations or government. aid agencies say there is problems with space about camps and hesitant for refugees to stay on the land. >> the situation of refugees has not been addressed. since we received word members of the local communities have options and others are letting refugees to remain there. >> reporter: in resent weeks the instability has also put the planting season at risk raising fears a lack of crops will

further deteriorate the situation and say the worst is yet to come and most of the effected still await help and i'm with al jazeera. >> we have more coming up, on the news hour and looking at the charges facing the trial underway in new york. and tackling literacy and in oxford are talking about this and we will be talking to one of them. and in sport, how did bubba hold the nerve to have the next masters and we will tell you about that in a half an hour. ♪ and right now we will tell you about the weather, but when i say we i mean stef. >> we will have a look at what is going on in australia because

obviously we were hit by a tropical cyclone and let's look at where it is now. this is the area of cloud beginning to pull away and many of us in the northeast australia it's fine and dry and the way it will be for the next few days and may think it's well and good but if i move the globe around we see where the area of cloud is going. on satellite picture that is the storm and ahead of it there is plenty of cloud here and that is already working its way across the parts of new zeeland and gray weather and rain. under the area of cloud here the rain is actually fairly patchy and in the southwest where there could be spots of heavier rain but most of us it's fairly light and patchy the rain currently and that is the way it will stay as we head through the next day or so but look at what also is happening. this area of wet weather, remains of our tropical cyclone are edging their way towards us

and the colors are not getting any lighter and plenty of very dark blues in with that and gives you an indication the rain is still very, very heavy so later wednesday and as we head into thursday we will see the heaviest of the rain make its way across the north islands and very wet and could be flooding, david. >> thank you very much indeed. al jazeera continues to demand immediate release of the journalists in prison in egypt and they appeared in court on thursday in the case and adjourned until later this month and falsely accused of providing a platform to the muslim brotherhood and behind bars for 108 days and here the fourth al jazeera journalist in detention is held without trial since last august and he has been on hunger strike for the last 84 days. and al jazeera rejects all of the charges.

european union monitor the egypt ion presidential election taking place next month and it signed a memorandum to move freely throughout the country. the trial of the former head preacher of the london mosque begins in new york on monday for inciting murder and race hate and u.s. says he kidnapped tourists in yemen and setting up an al-qaeda camp in oregon. >> reporter: he finally goes on trial in the u.s. court, after a decade of courtroom challenges in uk he was extradited to the u.s. last october and he is accused of conspiring to kidnap

60 tourists in yemen in 1998 and led to the death of britain and australia and support for al-qaeda and setting up a camp in oregon in 2000. and he is known for his fiery se seer -- sermons in the mosque and praises laden after september 11 attacks but he denied allegations and said the u.s. was launching a global war on muslims. during a pretrial hearing last week he proclaimed innocent and will defend himself in court on monday and may call on this man to testify against him. and he is a former member of al-qaeda and convicted in a failed plot to have a shoe bomb in 2001 and he refuses to travel

to new york to give his account but he may testify against him on a closed circuit tv. if convicted he may spend the rest of his life in a u.s. prison but his lawyer says his client who is blind in one eye and has lost both arms has already suffered enough. >> disabled person in a facility that doesn't have facilities for him so it's more difficult for him. >> reporter: for years activists have campaigned against the military suspects in cuba and many will welcome the fact that he is being tried in the civilian court in the u.s. a few weeks ago the court in new york convicted a high profile suspect, the son-in-law, and i'm with al jazeera. >> reporter: amount of money spent on militarys around the world has fallen for a second year running. last year it amounted to $1.74 trillion, decrease of under 2%.

on the preceding year. the fall is said because of cutbacks by western country and the united states. outside the west other countries recorded their spending was up 2% and individual cases were much higher. let's look at this. this was up almost 9%. last year saudi arabia around 14.5% there. afghanistan meanwhile had its spending go up a massive 77%. let's talk about this in some detail with michael director for peace research and policy and skyping from ham burg in germany and taking a look at that it's not so much things have changed internationally it's where they changed that is quite important. >> yes, that is correct. i think we see in europe things

to come and see changes in the global architecture of power with the west who is still dominant, losing out in the relation to some other parts of the countries in the world, east asia and china and india. we have russia and getting more important internationally. and this is reflected then also in the military spending. >> reporter: so there we see some of the western countries spending in afghanistan falling because they are cutting back commitments to the country and of course afghanistan is up by nearly 77%. what do you glean from that? >> well, as we know, the withdraw of troops from other countries particularly from the west means afghanistan army is getting larger and more powerful and acquiring more weapon systems. but also we have to see here that there is a shift in

accounting and what used to be coming from western countries and was accounted in the military spending now is at least if you look at the numbers it's now spent by the afghan government. so part of this is not really a shift in the way in which the war in afghanistan is conducted but more something that has to do with who is accounting for it. >> it is worth pointing out that only 10% of the money spent goes on weaponry. the missing 90% which is below the water like an iceberg is spent by governments on personnel and running things as well. >> yes, that is correct. although i think one has to also consider domestic procurement of things, but if we look at the international trade-in arms which of course captures a lot of attention then one has to

realize that it's only part of the picture of military spending and as you correctly pointed out the spending on personnel is what is driving most of the military spending because we have large armies and soldiers get salaries and that is really the most. >> i think we have lost contact with michael but appreciate it if you can hear me, michael thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on that report. and the port city killed 11 people and hundreds of homes destroyed and 10,000 people left their homes and the fires are burning out of control for a second night. in nigeria state the government struggling to provide water for all of its residents and millions of people rely on

informal well diggers to get water supplies and we went to meet one of them. >> using basic tools like a shovel and bucket she is digging a well. she will have to dig down 60 feet until she finds water and will take about two weeks and cost $500. before she finishes digging for the day she checks on a well in the same compound that she dug previously. all seems to be working well. >> translator: i dig wells because of my children to get money to eat, to send them to school, the people in the area here also cannot get water, the water commission does not have any water pumps around here. i do this so people don't have to suffer to get water. >> reporter: millions of people rely on informal wells to get water to their homes, for cooking, cleaning, taking a bath and for drinking. like margaret who had hers for

the last 12 years. >> translator: so drink, washcloth and very good. >> reporter: most homes are not connected to the state-run water network and don't get any water at all. the population of the state is huge and one reason the state has not been able to supply water to every one. people here need more than 2 billion liters of water a day but the state has only been able to provide less than half of that. the governments say another problem is there is not enough electricity in the state to power the 48 water plants and worry about the wells dug. >> we are concerned about the alternative sources of water starting with the environmental

digging of wells and boreholes which may lead to land substance due to over obstruction of groundwater. >> reporter: the environment is hardly the main concern for nigerias to get water, with official distribution under sole government control experts say privatization would help increase supply. the government has no control over the informal wells being built across the state. but until they can improve water supply, the use of informal wells is likely to increase. i'm with al jazeera, nigeria. >> now to cuba and since taking over as leader castro has changes to the tightly run state economy and allowing cubans to work for themselves and that has led to a rise in entrepreneurship and we have more from havana.

>> she is a peanut seller in havanna and working for themselves now the president castro has loosened centralized state control designed to help the island's flagging economy. >> translator: the advances of self-employed thanks to god i can imagine my income and don't have to rely on a salary and organize the financing of my home and my life. >> reporter: but she is finding living without state support also has disadvantages. on days off she is home sorting cooking and packing her peanuts and some burdens of state control have disappeared others from the free market have arisen. >> translator: when i started to sell peanuts they cost 3 pecos and now 15 and there are times they are 20 and the paper used to cost 10 and now it's 25 and then it will go up to 30. >> reporter: for more than 50 years most cubans have known is

the tightly-run state system. and overly bureaucratic providing few incentives to work and changes are occurring but don't come easily. courses are run at the college in the center of havana and some aspects of people living in market economies take for granted like accounting, marketing and customer service. >> translator: we discovered there are needs to prepare them because we didn't want them to open businesses that would fail and that wouldn't be good for the economy. >> reporter: entrepreneurs and some may call them capitalists is a novelty in what is still fundamentally a socialist system. and enjoying m some freedoms of being self employed brings her and says she is an individual who works in her own way and experiencing something of the pressures too.

i'm with al jazeera havana. coming up, on the news hour, stay with us if you can and in sport we will tell you who crushed the competition of the grand prix of the america. ♪

♪ good to have you with us on this al jazeera news hour and time to run through the top story, pro-russian gunman stormed a police station in eastern ukraine and the pictures said to show separatists using control of a building outside and the

deadline for the government to leave buildings they occupy has passed. and under water robot is due to be launch in search of the malaysia airliner and search for ping signals is stopped because they have not been heard for six days. at least 35 people are feared to have died in a bomb blast in nigeria in a busy bus station on the out skirts of the capitol and we will go to our correspondent who can bring us up to date with the latest. >> it's a complete scene of pandomonia where the bomb took place and this is in the region of 30 and some people say more than 30 people who have been killed by the impact of this blast. i'm standing just by a crater, it's about 7 foot deep and believed a car bomb was and the

car may have been removed by security services and all around this area you can see the remnants of people's clothes, belongings, a lot of blood on the floor, and a lot of vehicles and buses. remember this happened at a bus station this morning where hundreds of people, if not thousands of people, take local buses into the city center simply to go to work. some eyewitnesses have told us they heard two explosions. some say it was one explosion. another eyewitness says there was men in a car behaving strangely before a bomb exploded. in the last few minutes the national security advisor has been on the scene seeing what is going on. as i speak the emergency and security centers are trying to clear the thousands upon thousands of on lookers who have shown up to see what is going on. >> thank you very much. there are 900 million people worldwide who cannot read and

how to raise the literacy levels is facing delegates in oxford and they are adults and more than 775 million, almost three quarters of them are living in these countries and there are also 122 million children who cannot read. two thirds of the word is women and this is the case in the middle east where women makeup a majority of 97 million adults who cannot read. and james based at the u.s. university of chicago and he talks about quality of learning and president of the international council on education for teaching and joining us from the summit in oxford and i was having trouble reading that and how difficult is it to get a handle on what is happening elsewhere in the world? >> it's a major challenge. when we start to talk about the scale not only of the number of

people involved but geography and the challenge faces all of us. >> what do you hope to do at the summit in oxford? >> i think the easy way to explain it is to think about the three rs we are trying to achieve, research and informed dialog and bringing together the best and brightest to talk about researching approaches to improving literacy outcomes around the world. >> please continue. >> no, please, please. >> after you. >> i was saying, thank you very much, the second area of the second hour we are talking about is relevance and so we are talking about the literacy parliament with a voice around the world in terms of priorities and also localized needs for literacy and literacy societies in all parts of the world. >> i was reading the other day. >> the important part. >> i do beg your pardon, i was

reading the other day about how easy it is to teach people to read using modern technology and a gentleman placed a computer in a wall in a poor part of india and in two months people who have not been able to read before worked it out for themselves, are there different ways of going about it? >> the computer approach and technology approach is very popular at the moment and i think a new emerging approach is learning from brain science and what do we know about how the brain works to improve literacy and the social nature is reenforcing the example you spoke about, connecting people and around common things people are interested in. and we have a motivated learner our job is easier. >> do you motivate people because reading makes lives better or because reading is fun? >> a bit of both. a big challenge of priorities

for us is breaking the cycle of poverty and so if we can develop literate individuals who contribute to societies the quality of life improves and when life improves you have fun along the way. >> i'm interested to know about who pays for this because it's very difficult to take the message into some of the more remote parts of the world. it is expensive, a lot of countries where they have poor literacy rates don't have very much money and where does the funding come from? >> good question. one of the third area we are looking at in terms of results and launching the global coalition for change where it's working with social impacting investors and looking to improve outcomes in the countries and channeling in a very focused way funds towards relevant improvement in local countries. i think very important also is the result of accountability so we can work with closely with

ngo, high performing ngo from channelled funds and government organizations. >> reporter: james, thank you very much indeed and my apologies for overlapping you on a number of occasions. libya's interim prime minister resigned a few weeks since gunman tried to attack his family and says he will continue to serve until a replacement is found and he was appointed in march after parliament appointed out the predecessor and trial for the sons of deposed leader of gaddafi and regime officials opened and the former head of libya intelligence made an appearance but gaddafi's son saif al-islam and saadi gaddafi are yet to take the stand and face charges of corruption and war crimes related to deaths during the up rising there.

and that morning cup of coffee may cost a great deal more and global prices for beans have shot up and that is good news for indonesia but not you and me. >> reporter: the coffee berrys are ripe and ready to pick, 50,000 family farms on the island depend on the crop. and this harvest looks like it will be well above average. >> translator: along the stem i can see in november the production will be really good and when it rains the coffee turns red and the price of coffee is going up high compared with earlier years. >> reporter: it's not only the season that is looking good but the prices as well. farmers index are factoring a huge increase and 50% and the reason for that is a drought in brazil. so brazil's bad luck is good for indonesia and prices doubled in

one season and look to be on a similar run and exports coffee to u.s., europe and australia. >> translator: with global warming brazil and other countries had a bad harvest making coffee hard to get so to compete we have to keep up the quality of as sent and have our own signature product. >> reporter: there is more people drinking coffee in markets such as china, and india which will put more pressure on supply over the next few years. for coffee consewers a cup of instant is not good enough. >> translator: coffee is the blood for people. it's in our history. right now other than export people love drinking coffee and export and local coffee is good and consumption is going up. >> reporter: high prices and a harvest and sounds like a

perfect blend for coffee growers. on nicole johnson with al jazeera in indonesia. >> we have sport in a couple minutes. >> i'm in the desert and why people across the world choose to enter extreme races like this. ♪

♪ the u.n. top climate change body is calling for big changes in how the world generates power, experts warn the use of fossil

fuels must drop dramatically in the next few decades and this report is by harry smith. >> reporter: the third and final chapter on the report on climate change, the message is clear, the world must cut its reliance on cole and oil and switch to renewal energy like wind power and this is negotiations and some call a clash of interests between politics and sciences and reasons for hope but also some stark warnings. >> the longer we delay the higher would be the cost. i mean that is something that is very clear. but despite that, the point i'm making is that even now the cost is not something that is going to bring about a means of disruption of economic systems and it's well within our reach. >> reporter: temperatures will rise 4.8 degrees celcius if

nothing is done and they want to keep it at 2 degrees where dangerous impacts of climate change will be felt and carbon emissions cut 40-70% by 2050. and environmental campaigns lobbying talks welcome report and urged world leaders to act on its recommendations. >> there is certainly hope and a strong message of the reports that we have solutions and time to prevent dangerous climate change and not costing money and it will save money. >> reporter: there are many stepics alarmed the costs involved and tough negotiations ahead if agreement is to be reached on a global pact to curb greenhouse gasses by the end of next year. harry smith, al jazeera. ancient extraordinary culture is given back to algeria and it's the mask of gorgon and

looted and recovered. and the family accused of stealing hundreds of ancient artifacts to decorate their lavish villas and archeologists are worried about the ancient sites. >> the mask was stolen from algeria and shows madusa and three years after it was recovered in tunesia the prime minister is taking it home. >> translator: we are celebrating a happy solution for what we call the case of the mask of gorgon and the cultural property stolen from the site of heban in 196. >> reporter: the mask was one of the more than 100 artifacts discovered in the home of the son-in-law of former president. and the family's departure from the country has not stopped

illegal trafficking. >> this is what they brought excavating illegally of course. >> reporter: this tomb is being looted and this picture was back in january when the walls were intact and diggings destroyed some of the 2000-year-old pottery and surrounding walls beginning to cave in. >> they are looking for treasurers like gold and silver and diamonds and usually don't find these things. but the problem is that they destroy whole sides for the sake of finding something they usually do not find. >> reporter: it's the rich history that makes it a popular target. these are the remains of an ancient early christian tomb around 1500 years old and there are thousands of sites like this but many of them are left

unprotected and open to looting. archeologists say looting is not the only problem, many sites are left open to the wind and rain. the minister of culture admits archeology has not been a top priority. >> translator: this is a problem of strategy more than a problem of finance. it's a problem of priorities. we have to admit it. that is why we are here. >> reporter: and the government says it's working with interpoll to crack the trafficking network behind looting but negligence and corruption threaten the historical heritage and i'm with al jazeera. sports time. >> david, thank you so much. and bubba watson has the masters for the second time in three years and won by three shots at augusta as we report. >> reporter: wearing the famous green jacket once again. [cheers] it's overwhelming to get the

first one was is a dream come true. to get the second one is just icing on the cake. >> reporter: it was the result that didn't always appear a certainty in the final round, overnight jordan spieth made an early move. the 20-year-old was aiming to become the youngest ever champion with four birdies on the front nine he was leading by two. watson rose to the challenge and the birdie on the 9th hole keeping him right in the hunt. [cheers and applause] spieth stumbled dropping shots on the run home and finished in a tie for second. >> it was an incredible experience and one i always wanted to have. i always dreamed about as a little kid playing in the final group in augusta on sunday and

closing out the tournament. >> reporter: watson held his nerve heading home for a 3-shot win. >> i never expect to make it again this far. to make a pga tour was a blessing and now six wins, two green jackets is pretty remarkable, do you know what i'm saying? i can't put it in words. >> reporter: he is one of 17 men who have won multiple masters titles and i'm with al jazeera. here is the final leaderboard with 7 players finishing under par and sweden joins spieth in a share for second and spain's produced the best ever masters finish in fourth. and breaking news in formula one with kally resigning as prince palli palling -- principal and they have disqualification from the

australia grand prix and they are at the court of appeal in paris and he was strokes to the second place finish in last month's race because his car exceeded the new fuel regulations. officials for the governing fia ruled the driver exceeded the allowed limits. and four games between liverpool and the first title since 1990 and the reds beat them 3-2 on sunday and 78 minute strike from philip proved the winner and lead at chelsea by two points at the top and april 27 a meeting between the two sides could be the game that decides the leader. >> we don't need to change. we play with no fear. you can see that. and we play with a big opponent and next week we will play with no fear with plan to dominate the ball and work very hard.

i said before the game that it's not the end of the league. the most important thing to date is we don't depend on what we do in the future but we have to play for or against them more. if they win this 13 or 14 games in a row and win, maybe they have to win the title. >> reporter: atletico madrid hopes for the title since 1996 and won 2-0 to restore a 3-point lead and gave them the first half lead and diego had the second but now off after smashing in the post and they say his knee injury is not as serious as first feared. and the race is two races old and look to take control of the championship after winning the season opener defending world

champion had almost a great season and danny was second. >> i'm really happy with this victory. we did a different kind of race until now. i never lead the race to the end. and this time it was literally change and, you know, it was difficult with concentration. >> reporter: and pacers are one win away from securing the top seat in the nba conference and 38 points from durant they beat then 102-97 and stevenson got a triple double for the pacers and the highest in the league. they will have home ice advantage in the playoff series and beat the washington capitols on sunday, the final day of the

regular season and matthew carl had 1-0 win after a shoot out with washington's 21st of the season. the first round in the playoffs begin on wednesday and top is be boston and host detroit red wings and in the west the ducks had top seating on sunday and open the post season against the dallas stars. and last week has seen staging of two of the world's most extreme running races, and they are thawing out after the north pole marathon after a thousand people took it on in the sahara desert and why runners put themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: the selfie here and the coolest marathon and the annual north pole race and the

average temperatures are minus 30 degrees celsius. >> horrendous. never again. amazing. >> reporter: only a brave few are physically and financially able to be here. but this race even exists is symptomatic of a huge global growth in extreme running. many now completing a road marathon is no longer enough. >> feels great, man, that was the hardest race i have done in a while and definitely the hardest marathon. >> go. >> reporter: something of a contrast the 29th marathon has just been held over many days and many kilometers of the desert and trail for participation ultra runs and a race over and above the traditional marathon distance of 42.2 kilometers. it's one of the parts of human nature that as life is more

comfortable for many of us in the west, a sizable minority will seek out new and interesting ways to make it difficult. here entering a race where you are guaranteed food and water deprivation and all sorts of physical and mental distress. frenchman is the father and when it began in 86, 23 runners took part and now more than a thousand line up every year. >> translator: at some point in life people reach a certain wisdom, maturity and not content with normal life. in our society so much is fake and everyone wears a mask. this is an occasion to lay yourself bare. >> reporter: the simple of sports in the most difficult of situations, for me an irresistible combination. andy richardson. >> and that is it for me for now and david.

>> thank you very much indeed. from what i would describe as the unnatural world to the natural world, something is happening to california's collarful star fish and they could in the past be seen in large numbers, huge soles of them along the coastline and now we will have a look and you won't see them because they are gone and we report and the marine biologists are trying to learn if a virus may have wiped them out. >> reporter: in this rocky wave washed corner of the colorado coast researchers are gathering evidence in a marine mystery. they are searching rock by rock and crevase for the star fish and many species thrive in the tide pools and part of a complex ecological system, today however they can find hardly any of them. >> so far we only saw two sea

stars here today and in the past saw 145 a year ago at the same exact location, to go from 145 down to 2 is pretty drastic. >> reporter: star fish have lived in the oceans for 450 million years. but now they seem to be in trouble. all up and down the pacific coast star fish also known as sea stars have been dying off in huge numbers. and scientists have no idea what is killing them. divers started noticing large numbers of dead and diseased sea stars in alaska and british columbia last june. >> widespread phenomenon right now. a massive mortality event. >> reporter: divers say they have seen the disease kill in a matter of hours. >> it starts off with a little while lesion usually and then basically they get deflated and their arms just come off and kind of creep away from them so at the worst state you will see like four or five arms that have

obviously spread away from the center of the body. >>. scientists believe some sort of virus or bacteria is killing the sea stars but they are baffled by why the animals have suddenly become so susceptible to the infection. pete is the top marine buying gist at uc santa cruz. given it's a pathogen and leads to death and has consequences on the community why now and why and that is trying to figure out why the pathogen is here and now or why it moved here from wherever it was before. >> reporter: and causes include man-made chemicals, ocean acid and waste water discharge or warming oceans due to man-made climate change and scientists are not ruling anything out. rob reynolds al jazeera, in california. >> that is it for me and the news hour team and i'll be back a little later from now and

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>> ukraine prepares to launch a full-scale anti terrorist operation after pro russian accept are a activities refuse to leave buildings across the eastern part of the country. >> we thought it was weather at first. >> people were yelling to get inside. >> target be jews on the eave of passover, gun fair injured christians instead and senior

citizen shooter who may have been a ticking time bomb. >> this came to a shock to both she and i. >> a box of babies found in a garage. a utah mother expected to face the judge this morning. >> we are not going to back down no more, you are not telling children in this community they are going to hell. you will not tell our citizens. >> they call it faith, critics call it a cult. the group wearing out its welcome in the lone star state. >> we need an honest and coherent reaction from the west and without shifting blame to moscow. >> a message for the west as ukraine sets the stage for military action in its own country. >> we are live this morning in new york city. >> another deadline has come and gone in ukraine for pro russian accept are a activities to get out of government buildings in

eastern ukraine or else. >> the army is preparing to launch what is called a full scale anti terrorist operation to clear them out. >> last night in an emergency session of the u.n. court council, russia angrily denied accusations that it's moscow behind the growing violence. >> an e.u. foreign ministers called a meeting today to consider their response to the situation. >> these burning tires on a road leading into the town are the first line of defense against any attempt by ukraine security force to say retake this police station. sunday, for the first time, ukraine sent commandos to confront the militants, losing one officer as of the clashes. so the south, protestors demand to join russia as they fortify the entrance fought mayor's office they seized sunday. >> heavily armed ben believed to be backed by moscow were carrying weapons similar to those used by special forces

when they took crimea. ukraine's president implemented a deadline that ran out this morning for all protestors to lay down their weapons or face a large-scale offensive to bring order. the escalating violence and threat of a confrontation prompted an emergency meeting sunday night of the u.n. security council where some say the unrest is financed solely by one party. >> we know who is behind this, the only entity in the area capable of those coordinated professional military actions is russia. >> deep divisions remain with another security council meeting generating little but blame. >> we were under the impression that at least in the contacts we've had with the united states, minister lavrov and secretary kerry that secretary kerry was genuinely interested in find ago political outcome. >> it is hard to reconcile the

behavior of the russian federation, the propaganda of the russian federation, the military actions of the russian federation, which range from amassing 40,000 troops on the border to the subversive activities inside ukraine. it is hard to reconcile those acts with this appeal for diplomacy and deescalation an appeal that we wish were in fact sincere. >> russia, who called the session at the u.n. says any attempt by ukraine to use force against protestors is illegal and is calling on the u.s. to stop kiev from sending troops. as the deadline passes across eastern ukraine, protestors are showing no sign of retreat, digging in and waiting. >> ukraine's acting president said they are not against a referendum. he is sure voters there would

support an independent, democratic and united ukraine. stay with aljazeera for in-depth continuing coverage of the crisis there. in minnesotas, we'll look closer at whether or not the ukrainian army has the expertise to confront the accept are a activities in control of those government buildings. >> the jewish holiday passover beginning in sadness in kansas, people killed in two jewish centers. the suspect, a senior citizen has been described as a former leader of the ku klux klan. >> three dead after shots range out on the eve of passover at two jewish community sites in a kansas city suburb. >> there's no other words to describe it, just panic. >> a man armed with multiple weapons opened fire and then moments later at a retirement home. >> several fires were shot at that location and witnesses stated a suspect left the

location soon after. several minutes later, we received a call from a second location of shots fired at the retirement center. >> the spree started at several gathered for a singing competition at the community center. >> we just rushed in the theater. we thought it was weather. >> people were yelling at us to get inside. >> a man is held by police, someone they describe as a person of interest. >> we have a suspect. i would caution everybody to understand suspects are not convicted, suspects are people of interest. >> witnesses say he was shouting an anti semitic phrase. >> we are investigating it as a hate crime, a criminal act. we haven't ruled out anything. >> mindy lost her father and son in the massacre. she spoke to community prayer service. >> we all grieve in different

ways. i thank you. >> this community now begins to celebrate one of its most sacred holidays in unthinkable pain. >> the suspect is scheduled to appear in court to face charges of murder. >> police in utah arresting a woman they believe gave birth at least seven times and killed the babies. 39-year-old megan huntsman used to live in pleasant grove. they found the remains of seven infants stuffed inside cardboard boxes in a garage. she was a trusted babysitter. >> we always thought she looked skinny. we never saw any evidence of pregnancies. >> she was always a good babysitter, because she babysat my grandchildren when they were little. >> police believe all the babies were born between 1996 and 2006. they say that at least six of the seven in factuals found inside her home were born alive. >> federal investigators looking into that deadly california bus crash that killed 10 people say

there is no physical evidence that the fed ex-truck involved was on fire before it slammed into the charter bus, but investigators say they aren't ruling out the theory yet. five high school students on their way to hour a college and five adults died in the crash. there is evidence that the truck driver did not use his brakes. investigators are trying to figure out why and also looking into bus safety rules. the search for the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 is moving underwater, using a robotic submarine to look for wreckage. it will create a map of the floor of the indian ocean. audio signals picked up at sea have stopped. it's believed the pings were coming from the flight data recorders but the batteries only last about a month and they have may have died. >> jury selection begins today in the new york city trial of the egyptian man charged to conspiring to support al-qaeda. prosecutors say that the man set up a terrorist training camp in

oregon in the 1990's. we take a closer look at the man. >> the man goes on trial in the u.s. courts after a decade of courtroom challenges in the u.k., he was extra dated to the united states last october. the british born man is accused of conspiring to kidnap 16 tourists in yemen in 1968, leading to the deaths of one britain and one australian. he is excused of providing support to al-qaeda and trying to set up a training camp for its members in the state of oregon in 2000. he is down for his fiery sermons in this mask in north london. prosecutors accuse him of praising the former leader of osama bin laden right after the september 11 attacks. he denied those allegations and said the u.s. was launching a global war on muslims.

during a pretrial hearing last week, he proclaimed his in sense and said he will defend himself. the prosecution may call on this man to testify. he is a former member of al-qaeda. he was convicted for his role in a failed plot to blow up a u.s. bound airliner with a shoe bomb in 2001. he will testify in exchange for a reduced sentence. he refuses to travel to new york to give his account but may testify against him on closed circuit t.v. if convicted, he may spend the rest of his life in a u.s. prison, but his lawyer says his client who is blind in one eye and has lost both arms has already suffered enough. >> he is a disabled person in a facility that doesn't have facilities for him, so it's very much more difficult for him. >> for years, activists will

welcome the fact that he is being tried in a civilian court in the u.s. a few weeks ago, the same court in new york convicted another high profile suspect, osama bin laden said counsel. >> just last month, a new york jury convicting osama bin laden's son-in-law who was the al-qaeda spokesman of conspiring to kill americans after the 9/11 attacks. >> two hours from now at guantanamo bail, a military hearing begins for the accused 9/11 conspirators, including the alleged mastermind who admitted that he orchestrated the attacks. those proceedings will determine if one of the co-conspirators is competent to stand trial. president obama tried to move the cases to civilian courts but that plan was dropped because of concerns about security. >> tornadoes blew through the nation's midsection last night uprooting trees and damages homes in michigan. wind gusts reached 80 miles an hour there. >> about 60 seconds, man, it

came through and blew my fence down. that's my garage door up. >> oklahoma hit by at least three tornadoes, the storms now moving east. >> it is that time of year, those storms now that severe weather moving into the gulf court today. >> we are tracking that storm. what else to expect here, nicole? >> this time of year, we actually expect the severe weather, snow on the backside of this. there's a little bit more to surprise us. as you look at the broad picture, you can see so much cold air. the front part of this, the gulf's coast is mostly under that particular risk, but this is dropping temperatures 30 degrees, so 70's above, 50 said into parts of texas are the highs for today. it's chillier in some places this morning. on the backside that have, we are now getting snow as far south as i've seen a couple of reports of flakes flying in

north texas. this is april. you get towards porks of the midwest, some places could get possibly an inch or two. it's very wet snow, not going to stick, but definitely not expected it this time of year so late in the season. as we get to the southern side of all of this, we had all of those reports from missouri to texas, wind and hail were the predominant reports. over 100 reports, including isolated reports of tornadoes. now the storm system, the core especially mississippi, alabama watch for strong storms during the course of the day today. you can't rule out an isolated tornado. wind and storms are the primary threat. even when you get on the backside in that colder air, that will make it feel even colder, you can feel heavy rain in parts of mississippi for example already this morning even if you're not dealing with the storms. this continues through the east coast and into the day tomorrow when most of the northeast, for

example is going to get this rain and those colder temperatures behind this. i'll have more on the specific temperatures coming up in a couple of minutes, back to you guys. >> several earth quakes struck off the solomon islands today. first a 7.5 magnitude quake struck the island. there have been no reports of damage, major damage or casualty's so far. >> last week, the islands were hit by severe flooding, leaving more than 20 people dead. the country lies in a zone prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. >> oscar pistorius in his fourth day of cross examination at his murder trial. he is accused of killing his girlfriend, claiming he had mistaken her for an intruder. prosecutors say he knew exactly what he was doing. the man is known os the blade runner. >> we support him as a pupil

being and we are here because we just want to let him know that he is not alone, that there are people who do believe in his in sense, that it was a mistake. >> this trial has gripped south africa. he was celebrated for competing against able bodied athletes in the olympics in london. he faces life in prison if he is convicted. >> a really polarizing trial there. the united nations holding an emergency security council meeting on the ukraine crisis. >> while the russia is saying the west will determine what happens next, what chance to ukrainian forces have if the pro russian accept are a activities are really covert russian operatives? >> americans living abroad have been taking advantage of a tax loophole for years. that free ride ends at midnight tonight. >> our big number of the day is $70,000. >> why you could be losing this much from your 401k. and how

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>> our big number today, $70,000. it's what your 401k fees cab cost you over the course of your career. >> the typical fees add up to a modest sounding 1% a year, but that would erase $70,000 from an average worker's account over a 40 year career compared to the lower cost options. >> to compensate for the higher fees, someone would have to work an extra three years before retiring. that makes it sound more serious. >> it's sad to tell you the truth. most americans only have a vying idea how much they're paying in 401k fees or whether alternatives exist. >> i need to look at my plan. lots of hidden fees. >> let's look at what temperatures we can expect to see across the nation. >> good morning, nicole. >> good morning, it's a case of the have and have notes this

morning. eastern third of the country very mild. behind the storm system, temperatures have dropped. wichita, 33 degrees, right around freezing. this is april. as the system went through it went from extremely warm air to a huge drop behind the system. these are temperatures supporting areas of snow this morning and it's so late in the season to have these temperatures, a lot of freeze warnings up, because crops have started growing. that's a little bit of a dangerous condition. today, you can definitely tell the warm side in the 70's, and the backside of the system, minneapolis at 39, denver at 44. this progresses. you see that core of warm air, into the day tomorrow, more of these blues take over, what that means is just a sliver of warm air along the coastline, colder air moving in behind that and those temperatures progress as we get into wednesday. back to you guys. >> sounds like spring that unsprung. it has been five hours since

that latest deadline passed in ukraine. pro russian accept are a activities have been ordered out of buildings in east ukraine for face a full scale offensive to clear those buildings out. what are we hearing from the state democratic about the situation in eastern ukraine? >> right now, the fear is that ukraine accounted be on the brink of an all out war. the u.s. is using diplomatic means to stop anymore violence. >> in ukraine this morning, rival clashes continued. towns to the east are bracing for military action. pro russian accept are a activities have taken control of key buildings in several towns and are defying government orders to pull back or face ukrainian troops. >> the security council is called to order. >> the violence prompted an emergency u.n. security meeting last night. the obama administration is excusing russia of escalating the crisis. >> we are being bombarded by russian disinformation and propaganda while the ukrainians

are being confronted by incitement and violence. >> it has all the telltale signs of what we saw in crimea, professional, coordinated. >> russia is concerns about ukraine's stability. >> the authorities do not want to listen to those who do not accept the imposed dominance in kiev. >> the u.s. is trying to help diplomatically. secretary treasury jack lew will speak today. sanctions have been hurting russia's stocks. senator john mccain said the u.s. must go further. >> we ought to at least for god's sake give them some weapons, light weapons with which to defend themselves. >> that's under consideration as experts worry ukraine could be getting dangerously close to a regional war. >> the obama administration is threatens sanctions on key areas like banking and mining.

>> danielle, thank you. >> here to discuss the conflict in easementern ukraine is executive board member for the ukrainian congress committee of america. thanks for being with us again. this is the second time that we've heard the authorities in kiev issue an unit mat um saying if the protestors do not evacuate the buildings, they will use force. how much teeth do those ultimatums have at this paint. >> in russia there would be no warnings, there would just be an attack and people killed. what's happening in ukraine is just doing what a sensible approach to a takeover of government buildings would be, give people a time to leave. a lot of these people around really interested in taking up arms. they are being paid a minimal amount of money to join this movement and it's really orchestrated by russian special forces on the ground. we know this is really a russian

invasion at this point. >> there was a confrontation yesterday. it didn't end well. one ukrainian officer was killed in clashes. ukrainian commandos basically confronted these militants. does that give you a clue as to if the ukrainian army decides to really crack down on whoever these protestors are that they have the expertise to do it without great loss of life. >> there's going to be a great loss of life if there is open arm conflict. this is something ukraine has been avoiding for several months and weeks now trying not to engage in open conflicts. open conflict in the severe of ukraine would engage not only ukraine, but the rest of the world would get involved. the ability of the ukrainian people, state and military to not engage an invasion has been olding off something on the scale of a war with their commitment not to get involved. >> ukrainian authorities on

their own and the military does not have the ability to fend off another potential invasion like we saw in crimea. >> what we saw in crimea was literally a 21 century blitz ceiling, a quick invasion that was planned years in advance. the same thing is happening in the area that russia has for years had plans to go in in case they need to do that. they've had agents there for years. we're talking about russian military intelligence and security forces. these are implanted throughout the ukrainian government, because the papers are coming out from the former administration telling us how many people from the russian government were engrained in the ukrainian government. it is hoped not to come into open warfare, but if it does get into that point, it is going to be very, very bloody and very, very bad. >> eastern ukraine supported president viktor yanukovych who

was unceremoniously ousted. should the government have done more to make sure that these folks in eastern ukraine felt their voices would be heard in the new government. >> their voices going to be heard in the new government. this is not something that they're going to be ignored, but at the same time you're having russian forces and special military government go throughout the populace. if you see the recordings of people talking on the streets, they are getting straight propaganda from russia talking the government being run by gays and jews, just horrible stuff, not really understanding the state of affairs. there are people who are scared in denejsk or claiming they are scared because they see rioting pictures. they are getting ready with molotov cocktails because they think that's the state of the government, where what we see is

prayers and songs going on. this has been a peaceful revolution with several days of intense violence where ukrainian protestors were shot by the government, but the movement that took over the government is not about violence against the people. it's about increasing freedoms for people. >> what do you think is next for the west to do, sanctions have already pummeled the ruble in russia. that doesn't seem to be making putin do anything differently. what does the west need to do. would you agree with somebody like senator mccain that says we should start sending arms. >> yes. yes, what's happening now is the erasure of eye crane from the maples. we all grew up reading about world war ii and being stunned about how could poland be erased from the map. this is what's happening, crimea taken away, parts of the east being taken away. the country is being erased while the west does nothing. the word of the united states giving security assurance to ukraine after it gave up the third largest arsenal of nuclear

weapons. secretary hagel had to assure the japanese who also received assurances that their security would be assured. he had to assure japan that their security would be assured if china decided to do anything. the entire world order is being upset by putin right now. >> strong words from you this morning. >> stay with aljazeera for in depth coverage of the crisis in ukraine. we'll have an update from the ground in denejsk and we'll discuss who's responsible for the escalation of tensions in ukraine, plus how the situation in the eastern part of the country is different from the one in crimea. >> we are tracking a deadly weekend wildfire. a catastrophe could unfold, that fire claiming almost a dozen

lives and hundreds of homes. >> it turns out it's not just moms who suffer from post part item depression. a new study shows that dads also deal with the baby blues, just not in the same way. >> i stand here today letting you know we are not going to back down no more. >> is it faith or fear? a texas group calls itself fundamental christians, but their message have the locals trying to run them out of town.

>> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. >> 10,000 people forced from their homes because of a wildfire that has claimed 11 lives. an update on a massive firefighting effort in chile.

>> a playoff bound nba team signed a 10-year-old girl to their roster for a day. >> how one family is now trying to find justice after a series of shootings that involved the u.s. border patrol. >> first a look at hour top stories this morning. three people were shot and killed outside two kansas city jewish centers on the eve of passover. the suspect was shouting anti semitic remarks. >> severe storms moving into the gulf today, slamming the midwest with thunderstorm, hail and tornadoes, winds gusting up to 80 miles an hour, knocking down trees and damages michigan homes. >> the deadline for pro russian accept are a activities to get out of buildings in eastern ukraine has passed. so far, nobody is backing down. ukraine's acting president say the accept are a activities will be the target of a major offensive. sergey lavrov said russian

agents are not playing a role in eastern ukraine. the u.s. is not buying that. in the city of denejsk in eastern ukraine, men wearing uniforms have taken over the police headquarters and other government buildings. this continues despite the threat of immediate action from ukraine's military. we report on the latest from denejsk. >> the people in charge of these administration buildings or rather taken control of these buildings say they are ethnically russian but are ukrainian. the people say they are locals. what we've seen over the past few days is a rely difference between the groups that come in to take control of these buildings and the protestors that take over from them. the initial groups that come in are often look very professional, very organized. we've seen some dressed in russian military i should fatigues with a.k.47s, very, very organized. where they're coming from is very difficult to tell in terms of the accents.

you can't tell between someone who is russian and lives in russia. what we have heard around the town is that people are being paid to come and take part in those pro russian protests. the going rate is around 50 u.s. dollars for a day's work, but who exactly is paying these people remains to be seen. >> >> more than 20 people are dead following a series of explosions across iraq. security forces say the deadliest blast took place in the northern area of musul. detonating as patrols passed through. ten were killed and dozens injuries. >> two sons of muammar gaddafi face charges along with 30 other

government officials. two of his sons were charged by crimes against humidity. libya's interim prime minister resigned weeks into the job, saying gunman tried to attack his family. he says he will continue to serve until a replacement is found. he is the second leader to step down in just two months. libya has been in turmoil since muammar gaddafi was overthrown. >> firefighters in chile trying to get a deadly fire under control. 200 homes have been destroyed in valparaiso. there were a number of problems. there weren't any hydrants or municipal water supplies, the streets were too narrow for the fire trucks to go down. daniel, what is the situation like where you are? >> the city of valparaiso, which is 90 miles northwest of sanity

i can't go in the area, in the neighborhood where this fire started late on saturday night, the sun has just come up here early on monday morning, there's still a big emergency operation underway. their military have been deployed all over the city to prevent looting, control the emergency operation. where i am, many of the residents who were forced to leave their homes have come back under the light of day to see if they can find anything, any remnants of their previous lives. among the debris that they find, you can see it all around us, very difficult situation at the moment. we have helicopters, we have planes circling overhead, spraying the area with water to try to contain the flames, but it has proved to be a very, very difficult fire to control. >> daniel, about 10,000 people fleeing their homes. do we know where they are now? >> yes. they've been evacuated in a

relatively coordinated way. they are now being bill letted in schools, gymnasiums, in other parts of the city of valparaiso. those who have friends in the area have gone to stay with them. 12 people confirmed dead over the weekend, but some people still unaccounted for, the emergency services trying to find out who is where and exactly what the situation is. most of those people are being looked after in schools, gymnasiums, other public schools around the building. >> this is the second emergency they have faced, an earthquake striking a few weeks ago. how is the government dealing with all of these natural disasters? >> unfortunately, as a result of these natural disasters, the huge earthquake they also had in 2010, the emergency services, the government are very well

practiced in dealing with these. i think it was a huge contrast between the earthquake of 2010 and the way the earthquake earlier this month was handled, lessons still being learned with chaotic scenes, mistakes are made. in general, it's being handled, i think so far very, very well, very well coordinated, military deployed all around valparaiso, controlling traffic, controlling the people being evacuated, and to make sure, ensure no looting is going on in these destroyed areas of the city. >> joining us live from sanityback go, chile, thank you very much. >> a bus blew up in mexico when it hit a parked truck on the side of the highway in veracruz. 36 people died, four others were injured. investigators are looking into the cause of the trash. >> the pennsylvania high school

where 21 students were stabbed will reopen wednesday. the students will be able to visit the school with their families tomorrow before returning to class. four students still in the hospital in critical condition. investigators are trying to figure out why a 16-year-old attacked his classmates with two kitchen knives. >> your chance of getting although did id by the i.r.s. are the lowest in years, with fewer agents. last year, it audited less than 1% of returns, the effects also affecting taxpayer services with millions of phone calls to the i.r.s. going unanswered. the deadline to file your taxes is tomorrow. americans who live abroad have until june to file their returns, as aljazeera reports, some go to great lengths to avoid paying anything at all. >> the u.s. embass in london houses one of the only i.r.s. offices outside the states. the embass is also reporting a

significant rise in u.s. citizens renouncing their citizenship. a new tax law coming into effect this year, the foreign account tax compliance act, means all financial institution abroad must report to the u.s. treasury accounts held by u.s. citizens. it is in tended to stop americans hiding their money from the i.r.s. it's thought that is a big reason more americans are giving up their passports. the singer tina turner decided to renounce her citizenship in 2013. the actor jet li made that choice and so did the co founder of first base. it's not just the rich and famous. since it became law in 2010, more americans have renounced their citizenship than all the years in the previous decade combined. a london based lawyer helps people with the process, saying

many just want to simplify their status, but there's also a sense of frustration. >> i think it's really making people think that revealing this kind of information, is it fair that i'm revealing this information. most people who live outside the united states have bank accounts because they need to go to the supermarket. they need to put pet troll in their car. they need to live in the currency in which they're living, so therefore, why wouldn't they have a bank account? there's nothing sinister about having a bank account. >> holding a bank account abroad is now harder, because of fatca. many foreign financial institutions will no longer take on american clients because if they fail to report to the u.s. treasury, they could face fines or levees. christopher heck is a wealth manager who helps americans abroad deal with the new laws. he said giving up citizenship is an over reaction. >> i don't think the uproar is that justified.

i think there are ways to mitigate it if you have the right professional advice. i think the additional burden on the individual american living abroad isn't that high. it's more on the foreign financial institutions to comply with the reporting of the law. >> there are called back in the states to repeal the law or modify it so it targets those who really are trying to hide money overseas instead of a blanket measure on every single citizen living abroad. >> for the estimated 6 million americans living abroad, there is a choice to be made, comply or make the life altering decision to renounce your u.s. citizenship, give up your passport and move completely overseas. >> the penalties start at $10,000 and can go up to $100,000 if auditors decide americans earning money abroad fail to file without reasonable cause. >> nasa has given the green light of an unhand cargo ship

despite a power outage. the computer failure will affect its ability to dock when it gets to the space station. scientists have come up with a workaround. >> we will see a grappling at 38 hours after lift off. >> space x has a $1.6 billion contract with nasa for a series of supply missions. nasa says a space walk may be needed to fix that onboard computer problem. >> nigerian government is struggling to provide water for a state home to the largest city, playing a major role in the countries economy. water infrastructure has been neglected for decades. many are turning to well diggers

to get their own water. >> using basic tools like a shovel and bucket, this man is digging a well. they'll have to dig down to find water, 60 feet. that will take two weeks and cost her customer $500. before she finishes digging for the day, she checks on a well in the same compound that she had dug previously. owl seems to be working well. >> i dig these wells because of my children, to get money to eat, to send them to school. the people in the area hereless cannot get water. the water commission does not have any water pumps around here. i do this so people don't have to suffer to get water. >> millions rely on informal wells to get water to their homes for cooking, cleaning, taking a bath and for drinking. this woman has had hers for the last 12 years. >> i decided to use this for my

own use to drink, wash cloth, the water is good. >> most are not connected to the state run water network, so don't net any water at all. >> the population of the state is huge. it's one reason the state has not been able to supply water to everyone. people here need more than 2 billion-liters of water a day but the state has only provided less than half of that. >> the government says another problem is that there's not enough electricity in the state to power it's plants and they're worried about the informal wells. >> we are concerned about the alternatei sources of water. starting with the digging of wells, bore holes, which may

lead to over extraction of ground water. >> the environment is hardly the main concern for nigerians who can't get water. with official distribution under sole government control, experts say privatization would help increase supply. the government has no control over the in formal wells built across the state, but until they can improve water supplies, the use of informal wells is likely to increase. aljazeera, nigeria. >> those problems aren't restricted there. a group called the justice development and peace initiative say 39% of the population has no access to safe drinking water. that adds up to 63 million people across that country. >> there is a new green jacket out there this morning, probably still on the back of the man they call bubba, bubba watson taking home the title. he beat out jason spieth at

augusta to win the major. spieth probably would have been the youngest player in history to win, but he faded down the stretch. watson also winning the masters in 2012 thanks in part to his driver. he hit 315 yards on average. that's what stephanie usually hits. it's longer than three football fields. >> i don't even know how to play golf at all. all right, let's take a look at a few other stories making headlines. there is as heart warming story out of "u.s.a. today." a a 10-year-old girl just signed with the washington wizards. the real story is that she has a rare cancer and the make a wish foundation made it happen. she's a big wizards fan. she signed a contract for a day and was able to play with the team in a pregame warm up. >> they might make the playoffs this year. >> time magazine reporting something that i think a lot of fathers have known. young dads are at risk for port part item depression. it's not just moms who suffer.

they saw a 60% increase in depressive symptoms among men. >> i think the message out of that for men is that they should seek help, because that affect their children if they're depressed. >> i'm the father of grown daughters. it happens when they become teenagers. >> in the huffing to know post today, it looks like pope francis is really into the selfies. this is palm sunday, which is usually a somber holiday. the pope spent more time taking selfies with these kids. some of from brazil, and other parts of italy. then he did addressing the crowd. >> he's done this as well last summer. he adds that human touch to the vatican some say have been missing for a long time. >> that's a rock star move. >> we are approaching one year since that deadly bombing at the boston marathon. >> the epic replay across america. >> there is a religious battle

underway in a texas town between the community and a fundamentalist group that they say is a cult. >> our hearts is full of god. how do you know what's in my heart?

>> i'm dead. you want to talk to catherine, she's dead. >> the leaders of the church of well believe god sent them to the community, now a religious battle more heated. >> we'll have that story in just a minute. first lets look at rain and snow headed to parts of the u.s. today. nicole mitchell is here. that just seems wrong. >> you were just talking about texas. it made it that far south to

parts of north texas, seeing a couple of flakes fly by. that's not sticking there. the northern tier have the country, wisconsin could see an inch of accumulation. this isn't heavy, just the fact that it's so late in the season. you can see this big weather maker across the country. the snow side of this, michigan, the plume going all the way down. kansas, oklahoma, north texas all seeing those flakes. a little bit of a surprise. as we get on the southern end of this, you can see where the storm damage has gone through. the heavy rain is in mississippi and louisiana, so as we get through the rest of the day, some of these places easily two inches of rain. if you get stuck under one of those thunderstorms, you could be talking three or four inches. we have the risk for flash flooding. this is also the corridor of the country, louisiana all the way to parts of alabama, so we could also see strong storms again.

isolated tornadoes, can't rule that out, but wind and hail has been the biggest problem as the storm system moved along. all wait up to the great lakes, chances for rain and thunderstorms, the severe risk more to the south. back to you guys. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> for several months now, aljazeera america has been following the story of the church of wells. it's an evangelical congregation at a set up in a small texas town. members believe all outsiders will go to hell. people who live there calm the church a cult. we take a closer look. >> we tell that you we love you. >> if that was the case, why do you go around preaching you're going to hell. >> a test have faith in wells, texas. never before has religion provoked such passion on the streets of this bible belt town of 800. >> my heart is full of god. that's what makes me so mad about you. how do you know what's in my heart? >> these men are with the church

of wells, fundamentalists christians who came when their r.v. broke down. >> we believe god sent us to reach this community of people. >> what the church believes is that true believers must join them, includingioning one's own family. >> this is catherine, a church member who's family has desperately tried to reunite with her since last year. perhaps spoke to aljazeera in march. >> any religion that fears the loving arms of a mother and outside communication with the world is slavery. >> her parents say she was a bright nursing student when she left home, claiming their daughter is now brainwashed. >> i'm dead. christ lives inside me. you want to talk to catherine, she's dead.

>> the church believes members are obligated to preach a message of damnation to outsiders. >> towns people say the church crossed the line at the wells homecoming parade earlier this month when young children heard they were going to hell. several men attacked church members, serving two to the hospital. the church did not press charges, but the tension between the church and the community has swelled. >> i will stand here today until my feet will not be able to stand here no more letting you know we are not going to back down to you all no more. we are not going to let you get away with nothing. you are not going to tell children they are going to hell, our citizens or nobody. >> what will it take for you to leave? >> there is no amount of suffering or pain, persecution or death or hardship that would make us leave. >> are you saying that you're going to be martyrs? no, it would be an unworthy privilege and honor to suffer

martyrdom for a righteous cause, according to the scripture, but that is not our goal. our goal is to see people saved. >> the christians in wells say they're saved and the rest want to be left alone. the spiritual standoff continues, one that tests the limits of the freedom of religion and tolerance. aljazeera, wells, texas. >> now the founder of the church of wells, sean morris telling aljazeera america the bible will tell him when god wants them to leave. >> it was an epic journey across america in honor of the boston marathon victims. more than 2,000 people took part in what's called the one run relay, from sanity barbara to the finish line in boston, the

site of last year's deadly marathon bombing. runners handed off a baton on a route crossing 14 states, raising money for the victims and their families. >> it's something that if he were here he would be doing. since he can't, i wanted to do it for him. he would love this. this is something he would have felt strongly about. >> the relay raised $430 for the one fund. tomorrow marks one year since the boston marathon bombing. >> 149 years ago, a gunshot in the nation's capitol was heard around the world. april 14, 1865, president abraham lincoln was shot by john wilks booth in washington, d.c. he died the next day. you're looking live at a as a a sculpture of lincoln. he led america through the civil war. he is credited with abolishing

slavery. his gettysburg address is considered one of the most iconic speeches in u.s. history. >> ukraine now ready to launch an anti terrorist operation after pro russian accept are a activities failed to leave government buildings in the eastern part that have country. during an emergency session of the u.n. security council russian denied it is behind the unrest in ukraine. >> a senior citizen has been arrested in connection with shootings at aure. >> center and retirement community in kansas, three people were killed, including a high school freshman and his grandmother. >> a mother in few take you under arrest after seven infants were found in her garage. police believe she gave birth and then killed them. >> business in the big easy is boomling as companies and young talent making their way to new orleans. why they are planting their flagg in a city still working to recover from hurricane katrina. >> severe weather on one side, snow on the other.

i'll have the latest on a storm system causing multiple problems this morning. >> aljazeera america continues. dell and i are back with you in just two minutes.

>> we need a reaction from the west without double standards. >> russia's foreign minister rejects accusations his government is working to destabilize ukraine. force will be used to remove accept are a activities hold up in government buildings. >> gunfire in a jewish center, leaving three dead.

we're learning more about the suspected shooter's history as a ku klux klan leader. >> it was an assassination. how could they not be to blame. at no point did my son shoot at them. he had no weapon. >> a family demands answers from the u.s. border patrol after their teenage son was killed after agents opened fire on him for flowing rocks. >> it's a very widespread phenomenon right now, a massive mortality event. >> mystery in the pacific, why star fish are dying in huge numbers. >> good morning. welcome to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. it's been six hours since the deadline for pro russian represent is a activities to leave buildings in ukraine that come and gone. >> ukraine's acting penalty is propping for a major anti terrorist organization to force them out. >> russian's foreign minister

denying any involvement, saying ukraine's government is not handle the situation the right way. >> they didn't listen to the people in southern and eastern ukraine and now using military to put down the protests. those planning to do so should be punished. >> despite the threat of military reprise also, pro russian forces in eastern ukraine show no signs of backing down. >> these burning tires on a road leading in are the first line of defense against any attempt by ukraine security force to say retake this police station. sunday for the first time, ukraine sent command dose to confront militants, losion one officer in the clashes. so the south, protestors demand to join russia as they fortify the entrance of the mayor's office they seized sunday. >> heavily armed men believed to

be backed by moscow were carrying weapons similar to those used by special forces when they took crimea. ukraine's president implemented a deadline that ran out this morning for weapons to be laid down or fail a large scale offensive to bring order. the he is skating violence prompted an emergency meeting sunday night of the u.n. security council where some say the unrest is financed by one party. >> the only capable of these organized clashes is russia.

>> it is hard to reconcile the behavior of the russian federation, the propaganda of the russian federation, the military actions of the russian federation, which range from the massing of 40,000 troops on the border to the sub versive activities inside ukraine. it is hard to reconcile those acts with this appeal for diplomacy and deescalation, an appeal that we wish were in fact sincere. >> russia said any attempt to use force is illegal and calling on the u.s. to send troops. as the deadline passes, protestors show no sign of retreat, digging in and waiting. >> ukraine's acting president says the leadership in kiev is not against a referendum held in eastern ukraine during next

month's presidential election. the president is sure a united ukraine will be supported. >> sergey lavrov saying western nations just don't understand the situation in eastern ukraine, claiming that no russian agents are involved in that takeover of government buildings there, despite what the u.s. says. we have that part of our story from moscow. >> he denied there was any russian involvement. he had to answer this accusation for some days now, but said there was no agents, no provocateurs. he said what the west can't simply get across is the people of eastern on you crane have their own reasons to protest and their own grievances and they are not being sparked or encouraged by moscow. earlier in the day, kiev's interim president had discussed for floated the idea of possibly a referendum being carried out on the election day, may 25. this is one of the key demands

of the accept are a activities in the east. lavrov was asked about this. he broadly seemed to agree with it, but said look, what you have to do is have the involvement of east ukrainians in drawing up the question for that referendum, so there was a bit of a positive note from him on that issue, and he had this message to the u.s. and to the e.u. as this crisis worsened. >> we need an honest and coherent reaction from the west without any double standards and without shifting blame to moscow. >> further, diplomatic activities expected on monday, the u.n. ambassador, russia's u.n. ambassador will be meeting with ban ki-moon, the general secretary of the u.n. and after that, key e.u. ministers will be meeting under a meeting chaired by catherine ashton, the foreign

policy chief, so those two more developments today. >> the u.s. has repeatedly accused russia of orchestrating the violence in ukraine. russia has troops massed along the eastern borders of ukraine and there are concerns that moscow might use an offensive as a pretext for a military invasion. >> coming up, we'll look at potential solution to the crisis in ukraine and whether the eastern part of the country will remain unified with kiev. we are following breaking news out of nigeria. a bombing at a bus station has killed at least 71 people and injured 124. it happened on the outskirts of the capitol city. the blast created to hole four feed into the ground. several other explosions followed. fuel tanks have destroyed cars. nobody has claimed responsibility. >> the search for the missing

malaysian airliner is heading underwater to search for the wreckage. a map will be created of the floor of the indian ocean. audio signals have stopped. it is believed those pings were coming from the plane's black boxes. authorities say the batteries may have died. >> a flight was diverted to nebraska when a apparently tried to open the jet door mid flight. witnesses say he came out of the bathroom soaking wet and when he tried to open the back door of the plane, other passengers tackled him. the flight took off from chicago and it was heading to sacramento, california. what the passenger started causing trouble, the pilot landed in omaha where the man was arrested. the flight continued on and arrived safely about two hours late. >> federal investigators are looking into what caused that deadly california bus crash that killed 10 that they say there's no physical evidence to indicate the fed ex-truck involved was on

fire before it slammed into the charter bus. that is different from what two people involved in the accident were saying. five high school students on their way to a college tour, five adults dying in that crash. there's evidence that the driver of the truck didn't use his brakes. >> a man with a history of hate is accused of lashes out as a kansas community. police say he opened fire at two jewish centers, killing three people. the suspect, a senior citizen identified at frasier glencross has been described as a former ku klux klan leader. >> shots range out on the eve of passover at two. >> issue community sites in kansas city. >> just panic. >> investigators say a man armed with multiple weapons opened fire as a jewish community center and moments later at a retirement home. >> several shots were fired and

witnesses stated that the suspect left the location soon after. several minutes later, we received a call from a second location and shots fired at the retirement center. >> the shooting spree started at dozens gathered for a single competition at the community center. >> we just rushed into the theater. we thought it was weather at first. >> people were ducking down and yelling at us to get inside. >> a man in his 70's is held by police, someone they describe as a person of interest. >> we are a suspect. suspects are not convicted, they are people of interest. >> witnesses say he was shouting an anti semitic phrase after his arrest. >> we are investigating it as a hate crime, as a criminal act. we haven't ruled out anything. >> mindy lost her father and son in the massacre. she spoke to community prayer service. >> we all grieve in different ways. i just wanted to tell people

thank you. >> this community now begins one of its most sacred holidays in unthinkable pain. >> the suspect is scheduled to appear in court today to face murder charges. >> police in utah say they have arrested a woman they believe gave birth at least seven times and then killed her babies. police searched the home where the woman used to live in pleasant grove, found the remains of seven infants stuffed inside cardboard boxes in her garage. neighbors say she was a trusted babysitter. >> we always thought she looked skinny. we never saw any evidence of pregnancies. >> she was always a good babysitter. she babysat my grandchildren when they were little. >> police believe all of the babies were born between 1996 and 2006, saying six of the seven in factuals found inside the home may have been born alive. >> the pennsylvania high school

where 21 students and a security guard were stabbed reopens wednesday. administrators say students will be able to visit the school with their families tomorrow before returning to class. four students are still in the hospital in critical condition. investigators are trying to figure out why the 16-year-old attacked his classmates with two kitchen knives. >> guantanamo may, a military hearing will begin for the alleged 9/11 conspirators, including the mastermind who admitted that he orchestrated the attacks. those proceedings will determine whether one of the co-conspirators is competent to stand trial. president obama tried to move those cases to civilian courts, but plans were dropped because of cost and security. >> thunderstorms packing powerful winds and tornadoes blew through the nation's midsection last night, uprooting trees and damages homes in michigan. wind gusts reached up to 80 miles an hour there. oak on the ground was hit by at least three tornadoes and those

storms are now moving east. >> several parts of the u.s. facing severe weather, the threat of severe weather in the eastern part and a huge change in testimonies. >> we enjoyed it while it lasted on the east coast. let's bring in nicole mitchell now. >> in some places, it was a lovely weekend with temperature 60's, 70's, lots of sunshine. that was the warm sector of this storm system. we have to deal with the backside. as this is moving along, you can see how massive this is anywhere from the great lakes to the gulf coast and chances for moisture, cold enough air and with the moisture that on the northern side of this, with those temperatures going to be only in the 30 said today, this is supporting snow, and 40's all the way southward into portions of texas, still the warm air ahead of it. if you are in that warm air today, enjoy it. unfortunately, it will be going away at least for the time being. i mentioned snow. we're seeing that the u.p. of michigan right now, a little bit of the not heavy stuff, but

moderate enough, not too much sticking, an inch in a lot of cases, all the way down to texas, canadian texas this morning at 32 degrees, light snow right now. you're feeling probably more like you are in fact in canada than texas. the stormy side, all these different dots are the blues. we're looking at hail damage and oranges, the wind damage, that was most of it. there were isolated reports of tornadoes. today the risk moves from louisiana to alabama for the stronger stuff. that's where we'll get the heaviest ring of snow storms, two or three inches, heavy downpours. i'll have more on the temperatures in just a bit. >> several powerful earth quakes stuff off the solomon islands today, first a 7.5 magnitude quake struck the island, followed by an after shock measuring 6.1. there have been no reports of major damage or casualties so far. last week, the islands were hit

by this severe flooding which left more than 20 dead. the country lies in a zone prone to frequent earth quakes and volcanic activities. >> a u.n. report an climate change warns the planet is warming faster than expected, and urges the world's government to act quickly. >> this is the third chapter of the report. the message is clear, the world must cut reliance and coal and oil and make a massive switch to renewable energy such as wind power. the report is called a clash of interest between politics and science. it offers reasons for hope but also stark warnings. >> the longer we delay the higher would be the cost. that is something that is very clear, but despite that, the point i'm making is that even now, the cost is not something

that's going to bring about a major disruption of economic systems. it's well within our reach. >> global fast temperatures are predicted to rise by up to 4.8 degrees celsius by 2100 if no action is taken. the target is to keep the rise to two degrees, rewarded as the point beyond which dangerous impacts of climate change will be felt. to achieve that. carbon emissions will need to be cut between 40% and 20% by 2050. the report was well cupped, usuallying world leaders to react on its recommendations. >> there is certainly hope. this is the strong message of this report, that we have the solutions. we have still time to prevent dangerous climate change and it's not going to cost us money, it's going to save us money. >> there are still many sceptic alarm would that the costs involved.

tough negotiation are ahead if the agreement is to be reached on a global pact to reduce greenhouse gases. >> the global economic crisis in 2007 and 2008 temporary reduced emissions, but didn't change the trend. >> syria's president said the three year civil war is turning in his favor. in an address, bashar al assad said his government now has the upper hand in the conflict. his forces have been steadily recapturing rebel-held towns near the lebanese border for several months. more than 150,000 people have been killed, millions forced from their homes. >> with it sons of libya's former leader today in tripoli both face charges of corruption and war crimes, along with 30 other government officials. one son was arrested in 2011 after indicted for crimes against humidity by the criminal court of the hague. his brother escaped at the end

of the revolution but was later extradited. >> more than 20 are dead following a series of explosions across iraq. security forces say the deadly effort blast took place in the northern area. a car bomb detonated as patrols passed through. ten were killed there, dozens more injured. a suicide bomber blew himself up near a security check point, killing eight. >> thousands forced to flee their homes in chile as crews try to stop a deadly wildfire. firefighters are having a difficult time getting this one under control. >> an early leader taking shape in afghanistan's presidential election amid claims of widespread fraud. how voters are using social media to combat poll rigging. >> the price of coffee climbing higher thanks to a drought in brazil. the jolt its giving coffee farmers on the other side of the world.

>> welcome back. a look at whether eastern ukraine will follow in crimea's footsteps and realign with

russia. >> first, here's nicole mitchell. read 'em and weep is what she is now saying with the temperatures. >> we had the warm weekend, there's always another side of that story, so really warm air on the east coast. it is 67 on the coastline, but new york at 64, warmer than los angeles at 53, but compare some of this to the central plains, where it should be warm, places like dallas this morning at 46. a lot of places around that freezing mark. that's why we've seen a few flakes of snow go by. through the day, the pattern continues in the warm sector, thunderstorms, rain, all of that movers to the east coast tomorrow where you can see that cold air starts to surge eastward. >> in the city of denejsk in eastern ukraine, men wearing uniforms have taken over the police headquarters and other government buildings.

this continues despite the threat of immediate action from ukraine's military. aljazeera reports on the latest from denejsk. >> so far, there's been no action here. we haven't seen any military personnel, any ukrainian official forces. for the leaders, it's very much taking care of regional service here. they're asking leaders to go out and speak to business leaders and to get signed affidavits claiming allegiance to donetsk.

everybody is aware of the fears of the west that any military action from ukraine could trigger some sort of response from russia, russia calling for the military to move in a criminal order. >> reporting from donetsk in eastern ukraine. >> robert donaldson is director of the russian studies program in the university of tulsa. the ambassador to the u.n. left little doubt as to who she thinks is behind the recent violence. >> it has all the telltale signs of what happened in crimea, professional, coordinated, nothing grassroots seeming about it. the forces are doing in each of the six or seven cities they've been active in exactly the same thing, so bears the telltale signs of moscows involvement. >> professional and coordinated. do you agree? >> well, i certainly think moscow's involved, probably through its intelligence agents,

but i also think there is a grassroots element here that the population in that particular area, there are a great many of them, not all necessarily by any means that would prefer either autonomy or closer tie to russia, so i think what the agents are doing is enlisting and playing on some of the sympathies of the local population. >> now, we have watched now a second deadline from ukraine to get the pro russian protestors out of those government buildings. it's come and gone. is this proof now that the ukrainian government is the government that cries wolf? >> i don't think so. i think certainly the u.s. and the europeans have been urging them to be cautious. i think they understand what the russian game is, and that is to try to trap them into some kind of over reaction that would give the russians an excuse themselves to use more overt

force. i think they're playing it carefully and i think that's what they should do. what the russians are clearly trying to do is to use something that called coercive diplomacy that would -- thief got their forces across the border, trying to bring about some concessions on the part of the authorities in kiev, and so the threat of force looming there certainly has got everybody's attention and that gives the russians, they think better bargaining power. >> you coined that phrase, coercive diplomacy. you think russia wants to provoke military response on the part of ukraine so they can move in and do what they wanted to do in the first place. >> i don't think -- i think the ideal solution for the russians would be to get the concessions that would give eastern ukraine some of those regions there that are primarily russian-speaking, that would give them a degree of autonomy where clearly they could be influenced heavily by

moscow and less dependent on kiev, and also to thuses as a way of staving off any further sanctions by the west. >> one of the situations that seems to be emerging is the fact that those of us in the united states and elsewhere are seeing the entire picture, but a lot of people in eastern ukraine aren't seeing the entire picture as opposed to what is really happening on the ground. is that the sense that you're getting? >> well, i think there's certainly a heavy dose of russian television propaganda coming into eastern ukraine, and then you have too, the whole issue of the -- that russian propaganda calling the government fascist in kiev, fascist and usurpers. what you have is a disposition not to listen to the side they

reward at illegitimate. we have some of the same thing, quite frankly, going on in our custom, in that i don't think we're hearing very much of the russian point of view. >> so what is the propaganda? what is your understanding of what they're hearing on the ground in eastern ukraine beside the government in the west called a fascist and how bad is it? how deep does it go? >> well, you know, i think that a lot of this is heat of the moment. i think that there are a good many people and the polls show this, in eastern ukraine, even some of the russian speakers, who would just assume stay part of ukraine, but with more regional autonomy and with the guarantee that russia would be an official language in that region. the authorities in kiev initially tried to ban the use of russian.

that was a terrible mistake and it was stopped before it became official, but i think really what you have is a sense that until there is an election in ukraine, either an election in the east to settle the question of autonomy or the national presidential elections, you're going to have this aura of i will legitimacy that hangs over the authorities in kiev, and gives the russians an excuse to say you really don't speak for the people of ukraine. >> mr. donaldson, thank you very much for being with us. a lot of people now saying that both sides are not getting a clear picture of what's going on on the ground. that's interesting. >> meanwhile, the outside forces continue to weigh in. >> a deadly shooting at the u.s. mexican border leaving one family searching for answers. why american border patrol agents opened fire on an unarmed teenager on the other side of

the fence. >> a big boom in tech companies, the allure that that businesses betting big on a bayou comeback. >> the race to find out what's behind a massive die off of these, star fish, the dramatic drop in the waters of the pacific. >> let's look at our images of the day. bubba watson winning the masters. stay with us.

>> ahead in this half hour, getting your day started, it's becoming more expensive. the price of a cup of joe at a record high. those higher prices are proving to be beneficial. there's always an upside for

somebody. >> a family seeking justice after border patrol agents shot their child because he threw rocks and it is them. this is not the first time they have responded with deadly force like this. >> it's been six hours since the latest deadline has passed in ukraine. pro russian accept are a activities have been ordered out of government buildings or face a full scale offensive to clear those buildings. daniel lee is in washington for us. what are we hearing from the state department this morning about the situation in eastern ukraine? >> the state department is obviously concerned as tensions there appear to be escalating quickly this morning in ukraine. it appears to me that ukraine is on the brink of an all out war and the u.s. is doing everything it can diplomatically to stop the violence. >> towns are bracing for military action. pro russian accept are a activities have taken control of key buildings in several towns

and are defying government orders to pull back or face ukrainian troops. the violence prompted an emergency u.n. security meeting last night. the obama administration is accusing russia of escalating the crisis. >> we are being bombarded by russian propaganda while the ukrainians are confronted by in sitement and violence. >> it has all the telltale signs of what we saw in crimea, professional, coordinated. >> russia is concerns about ukraine's stability. >> the authorities do not want to listen to those who do not accept the imposed dominance in kiev. >> the u.s. is trying to help diplomatically. secretary treasury jack lew will speak today. sanctions have been hurting russia's stocks. senator john mccain said the u.s. must go further. >> we ought to at least for god's sake give them some

weapons, light weapons with which to defend themselves. >> that's under consideration as experts worry ukraine could be getting dangerously close to a regional war. >> the obama administration is threatening sanctions on key areas like banking and mining on russia. >> danielle, thank you. >> the election commission saying they will have to extend the vote count beyond april 24 with preliminary results pointing to a run off of candidates in afghanistan. the former word bank executive is behind, both candidates will sign the bilateral security agreement allowing u.s. troop to say remain in afghanistan beyond this year. >> some afghan voters are turning to social media to

highlight reported cases of election fraud and officials are starting to notice. cell phone videos are emerging of ballot boxes stuffed and voters harassed outside of polling places. an election spokesperson said most of the videos were recorded where government has no access. >> chile trying to get a deadly wildfire under control. more than 2,000 homes have been destroyed in valparaiso. the fire started saturday, but there were a number of problems, no hydrants, no municipal water and the streets too narrow for the trucks to get down. daniel, what is the situation like behind you? >> >> i'm actually in valparaiso, right at the very place the fire started late on saturday. you might be able to see all aren't me the scene of massive devastation and some of the residents have come back to the site which is now pretty much

under control to see if they can extract something, anything, from the debris of their devastated homes in a bid to try to rebuild their lives. 12 people known to have died, people still unaccounted for. several people were evacuated and are being housed in public buildings around valparaiso. the rescue operation is still underway with planes, helicopters circling overhead, spraying the area with water to assure the flames stay down. we have had because of the winds here, have had control of the situation, and immediately afterwards, some of the flames have resurged because of the strong winds. it's been a very difficult fire to control, a scene of devastation covering 850 hectors here, people now trying to rebuild their lives. >> what can you tell us about the rescue operation now

underway? >> well, what happened immediately after the fire started, it became apparent how serious the fire was. the president came to the scene, declared the area an emergency zone, meaning that the military can be brought into the area. they ensure that the rescue operation can be carried out effectively. roads traffic was controlled, that looting wouldn't take place. they are still very much present, have guards played around the area, holding meetings with the hole residents, really to find out where things go from here to make sure people are adequately housed, food and water flies being brought into the area and that people are being helped with the rescue operation, being supplied with masks, to protect them against the smoke which we are still breathing in here, so very difficult situation, but we're now beginning to see the end of the rescue operation and

the beginning of the rebuilding operation. >> we see a lot of that happening behind you. daniel, live initials, chile, thank you very much. >> illegal crossings beyond the mexico border have been increasing. the border patrol arrested 91,000 people in the past six months, a 69% increase compared to last year. recently, there has been a string of shootings involving u.s. border patrol agents. paul beban has a story from a town that straddles the border between arizona and mexico. >> >> a dusty cross and faded plastic flowers mark the spot where a boy named jose rodriguez died, gunned down in his hometown of mexico. this is the story of a boy, a border and a wall of silence.

sometime shortly before 11:30 p.m. on october 10, 2012. the 16-year-old was hit by a bullet in the back of the head. as he fell face down, eight more shots hit him in the back. at least one border patrol agent fired from somewhere around here on top of this clip in arizona, through the fence, down into the street, down into mexico. >> why? border patrol say he was throwing rocks at them. one eyewitness said he was just walking down the street. even if he was throwing rocks, was shooting him an appropriate response? was he really a threat to armed agents up on the cliff behind the fence? his grandmother is an american citizen. she lives on the arizona side of the fence in nogales a few minutes away from where her grandson was killed. >> she prays.

>> there needs to be justice, because it seems to me, a cold-blooded, calculated crime. to me, it's a crime with no justification, because he wasn't doing anything. he was just walking. he wasn't doing anything. >> almost a year and a half after the fatal shooting, the border patrol has at last form ally responded to the family. this is his mother. >> the american attorney showed me what he received. >> cannot be attributed to a wrongful or next act or omission on the part of the united states customs and border protection. and it's over, as far as they're concerned. >> he said the border patrol took four minutes from the time of the shooting to make this call to mexican authorities. >> let's listen to that call.

hes the delay suggests indifference to the fact a mexican boy had been shot. >> if they're really worried about somebody being hurt, you don't wait four minutes, because obviously the shooting had stopped. >> jose antonio's mother said the letter from the border patrol is an outrage. >> well, i think they're mad. they're wrong. how can they not be to blame? it was an assassination. at no point did my son shoot at them. he didn't have a weapon. for me, it was a murder and i think a murder needs to be paid for and justice has to be dealt with. people can't go around killing people and have impunity. >> setting aside the unanswered questions of the case, border patrol agents do face assaults with rocks. this memo went out to agents just a week before the letter to the boy's family saying agents have been attacked with rocks

more than 1700 times since 2010. 43 times they responded with deadly force, killing 10 people. no border patrol agent has ever been killed by a rock. the memo instructs agents to take cover and not shoot unless they are in eminent danger of death or serious injury. with all this in mind, the question remains is shooting ever an appropriate response to rocks. despite the border patrol's letter to the family, both the department of justice and the f.b.i. are investigating. local border patrol agents wouldn't talk about the careless or use of force policies. >> people feel they're stonewalling with a lack of information and a lack of transparency. how does that affect the job? >> well, it doesn't affect it too much, because we don't have control over the investigation. i explained that to people, but overall, once that investigation, it's pending, we're out of it, you know, like i say, we cooperate fully with

the investigative agency, but as far as giving information to the public, we can't do that. >> surveillance cameras tower over the intersection where he was killed, but whatever images those cameras caught that night haven't been released. >> show me the video where my son throws rocked. even with that, they didn't do the right thing. i want to see the video. i want to see where my son hurts them. it's a pain inside me that will be there until there is justice, until i know who killed my son and i know he's been judged. only then will i be able to think that all americans or border patrol agents around bad guys. >> watch fault line, the deport of america's immigration battle today as undocumented immigrants come out of the shadows to demand a halt to deportations and investigating what happens to families torn apart by a broken system. >> in raleigh, two runners

collapsing and dying steps from the finish line. they were 31 and 35 years old, both dying of natural causes. >> nasa giving the green light for the launch of an unhand cargo ship despite a computer outage. the computer failure will affect the ability to dock, but scientists have a workaround. >> we will see a doggone climbing up the vertical approach basically to the station, about 30 hours with a grappling at 38 hours after lift off. >> space x has a $1.6 billion contract with nasa for a series of supply missions, nasa saying a space walk might be needed to fix that computer problem.

>> when it comes to drinking, college towns bike bass to know, washington, d.c. and the san francisco bay area usually come out on top. why some top minds are moving to the big easy. >> known for its vibrant way of living, new orleans is fast becoming a brain power city, ranked number one according to a new forbes study. despite the devastation of hurricane katrina, the big easy's population of college graduates grew 20% from 2007 to 2012, nearly double the national average. >> people were telling me back home that why are you going to new orleans, like it was hit by a big storm. >> she is a p.h.d. student at too lane university. she came to new orleans from iran. >> all of the entrepreneurship going on here for my case that i really enjoy that i can actually

apply what i learned throughout all these years of learning science. >> she met her colleague through tulanes program. her ties to the university brought her back. >> i started bio medical engineering and enjoyed the program and the city and wanted to be part of the recovery. >> the population shrank after hurricane katrina. where some saw a loft cause, others saw an opportunity. now it's attracting young, educated people at the fastest rate in the country, and. >> new orleans, a city known for its revelry, restaurants, unique culture also becoming home to tech companies from around the world. >> like paris based game lost, and satellite company global star, who moved to the suburb from silicone valley in 2010. >> louisiana is attracting

megaprojects, some are tech like us, we spend a billion dollars and you have this office. >> the area benefits from a diversified economy. >> silicon valley was a challenging place to work. it was crowded. it was expensive, competing for the best talent became challenging, as well. >> in new orleans, global star likes the prospects and playing field. >> we have a whole series of con fluences that are allowing people to come, to stay, and to flavin different businesses that a few years ago just didn't exist here. >> they plan to stay in the city after graduation. >> people always want to visit new orleans, but it's been a recent change that people want to stay, which is a very positive outlook for the city. >> the p.h.d. students started their own business and are optimistic about a city that has a track record for overcoming extreme circumstances. aljazeera, new orleans.

>> there's actually a tie for the top brain power city. san antonio texas is gaining the most college grads. closely followed behind, austin texas, nashville tennessee made the list, as well. >> doesn't hurt that they have the french quarter in new orleans. >> there are worse place to say get a college education. >> scientists are stumped, massive numbers of star fish are dying off. >> why they say there is a blame for the sudden deaths.

>> union scare park in new york and statue of abraham lincoln there. today marks the 149th affairs since his assassination at the fort theater. >> always a debate for what he

did and did not do for slaves. >> how some are looking to profit off the rising cost of your morning cup of joe. >> first stormy weather across the country today. >> i was thinking that the statue of lincoln doesn't need his cape today because it's so mild ahead of the weather system. everything from snow on the northern side of this, you're going to see that in parts of the u.p. of michigan and then a corridor back through the central plains of light snow, a little surprising to see that in april. that tells you how cold that is. the stronger stuff moving, you can definitely see heavy rain in places like mississippi this morning, wind and hail the primary threat. as all of this moves along, some places could get two or three inches of rain, also that risk for strong storms, wind and hail a bigger threat than tornadoes and all the rain moves into the east coast tomorrow. >> your morning cup of coffee

could cost you more, prices on the rice around the world. we have more on farmer's in indonesia who are lining up and cashing in. >> coffee berries are ripening and ready to pick. 50,000 family farms on the island depend on the crop. this harvest looks well above average. >> along the stem, i can see that in november, the production will be really good. when it rains, the coffee will turn red and price is going up high compared with earlier. >> it's not only the season looking good, farmers index see a 50% increase. the reason is a drought in brazil. >> brazil's bad luck is good for indonesia. thee years ago, prices doubled in one season. now they look to be on a similar

one. >> with global warming right now, brazil and other countries have had a bad harvest. to compete, we have to keep up the quality. we have our own signature product. >> there's also more people drinking coffee in china and india, which will put even more pressure on supply over the next few years. for coffee connoisseurs, a cup of instant just isn't good enough. >> coffee is the blood for our people, it's in our history. right now, other than export, the people love drinking coffee. that means the quality of export and local coffee is just as good. the consumption is going up. >> high prices and a bumper harvest. it sounds like a perfect blend for coffee growers.

aljazeera, indonesia. >> the price of coffee per pound increased 200% over the last 10 years. in march of 2004, a pound cost 35 cents, now costing $1.05. >> beef prices hit the highest level in decades, costing $5.25 a pound. there is a rice in demand from china and japan. >> my daughter would say what? a florida woman recovering from a near death encounter with a black bear, mauled by the predator in her garage, her husband finding her bloodied with bite marks all over her body. he said she's traumatized and sore but alive and expected to make a full recovery. wildlife officials putting down several bears in that area. they're not sure if they found the one responsible for this attack. >> star fish have fascinated

some people, considered good luck. they are dying up and down the coast. it's a marine mystery. >> in this rocky corner of the california coast, researchers are gathering evidence in a marine mystery, searching rock by rock for star fish. normally, many species of star fish flavin these tide pools. an important part of a complex system. today, the researchers can find hardly any of them. >> so far, we only saw two here today. in the past, we saw 145 a year ago at the exact same location. to go from 145 down to two is pretty drastic. drastic. >> they seem to be in trouble. >> all up and down the pacific

coast, star fish, also known as sea stars have been dying off in huge numbers. scientists have no idea what's killing them. >> divers started noticing dead sea stars last june. >> and its very widespread phenomenon right now, a massive mortality event. >> divers say they have seen the disease kill in a matter of hours. >> it starts off with a little white leagues usually and then basically, they get deflated and their arms just come off and kind of creep away from them. at the worst state, you'll see like four or five arms that have obviously spread away from the center of the body. >> scientists believe some sort of virus or bacteria is killing the sea stars, but are baffled by why they have suddenly become so susceptible to the infection. the top marine biologist at

santa cruz. >> given the death, given that it has consequences on the community, why now? we are trying to figure out why this has become virulent now, having been here before or why it has moved here from where it was before. >> possible causes include man-made chemicals, ocean acidification. >> scientists are not too concerned about sea stars being wiped out entirely. >> there's a new green jacket probably still on bubba, bubba watson taking home the masters title. spieth would have been the youngest player in history to win but he faded down the stretch.

watson winning the masters also back in 2012. he hits about 315 yards on average, longer than three football fields. >> that will do it for this edition of aljazeera america. >> thanks for joining us. have a great morning.