>> techknow every saturday go where science meets humanity >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done, even though i can't see techknow >> we're here in the vortex >> only on al jazeera america this is al jazeera america america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. taking the fall, south korea's prime minister quits after facing tough criticism about his government's handling of the ferry disaster. sglfrn boots on the ground? eastern europe as russian separatists offer a prisoner shop. flagrant foul, investigating racist comments purportedly made by a team owner. what happens next? miracles on the eve of two popes

becoming saints, we take a deeper look at the celebrations and the controversy. smoouz tonight an unexpected resignation in south korea. the country's prime minister announces late this evening he is stepping down. he accepts responsibility for its government's begun he willed response to the sunken ferry sglfrn radio and the right thing for me to do is to take responsibility and resign as a person who was in charge of the cabinet. on behalf of the government, i apologize for many problems from the prevention of the accident to the early handling of the disaster all 15

navigating the ferry are in custody. crew members have said they smashed the ferry in order to help passengers escape. today a government agency was accused of failing to properly monitor the ferry's safety. 187 bodies have been recovered with 115 believed to still be missing. we move now to the basketball backlash, the nba launched an investigation after the owner of the los angeles clippers reportedly made racist remarks. these are pretty scandalous accusations >> with such an exciting play-off run going on right now throughout the nba, the last thing the deal wants to deal with, the website tmz.com has released recordings of the los angeles clipper's owner saying a woman, who is alleged to be his girlfriend for being seen associating with blacks specifically nba legend magic johnson. he had posted a picture of her

and johnson posing together on her instagram page. here is a sampling of these recordings courtesy of tmz new nba commissioner adam silver has been on the job with three months. this is his first crisis to suspend donaldstering. saturday evening, here is what silver had to say about that. >> donaldstering should be afforded due process just as any player in this league or any executive in this league would be. so, it would be. it would be unwise of me to express a view or outcome of any investigation, what it would take us to. >> silver went on to say

sterling will not attend the clippers' play-off game on sunday against the golden state warriors in oakland, california. the clippers lead two to 11. says the league is considering all possible safshingsz and the investigation should wrap up in the coming daysnctions and the investigation should wrap up in the coming days. magic johnson responded with the following: i will never go to a clippers game again as long as donald sterling is the owner, unquote. long-time los angeles laker was not done. johnson went on to say, quote la clippers' owner are: now, when he was asked about the situation, clippers coach doc rivers had these comments: >> this is a situation where we are trying to go after something very important for us, something that we have all dreamed about all our childhoods, and, you know, donald or anyone else had nothing to do with that dream. we are not going to let anything get in the way of those dreams.

as far as the comments, you know, we are not happy with think of them but we are going to let the due process, everything get handled and that situation will be dealt with later. >> obviously, coach rivers is african-american as are 12 of his players. the comment we just played could indicate the team is not inclined to boycott any play-off games despite multiple reports staying what the players think about this. we won't know about any boycott for sure until the game sunday between the clippers and the golden state warriors >> stunning accusations here what do we know about this owner, though? is this unusual for him? >> well, depends upon who you ask. of course, a statement was put out by the clippers and by paul sterling. no statement, he first did not say whether he did or did not make those statements, whether he was or was not that person in the recording, but second, they indicated these are not indicative of his views toward

people of color. it should be noted last year sterling paid a $2.7 million settlement against a lawsuit alleging that he discriminated against blacks and hispanics in his southern california rental properties. >> that's the largest. settlement of this type of suit ev ever. by sports illustrated back in 2009 gave a lot of examples of sterling, repeated business dealings >> quickly, john, what happens in this investigation? how do you punish the man who actually owns the team? >> first, you have to identify certainly that he is the man on those -- on that recording, and certainly, adam silver of the nba commissioner tonight made it very clear the investigation is going and once they identified that, there is precedent in other sports for suspending an owner, mark shot in baseball got suspended. in football bartolo of the 49ers

got suspended. the nba hasn't done it. this might be a chance for adam silver to put his mark on the league as new commissioner by taking. >> what a thing to begin your term with. thank you, john henry smith. the crisis in ukraine as the west prepares new sanctions for russia. american soldiers are head today eastern europe. today, the u.s. deployed 150 troops to lithuania. they will be ready if the conflict spills beyond the borders. america is sending 600 troops to that region. meanwhile in eastern ukraine, gun men are proposing a prisoner swap. russians accused them of spying. their captors say they will exchange them for jailed pro-russian activists. the latest from donetsk >> reporter: on both sides in eastern ukraine, funeral are becoming political events. this time, it was probe russian separate tests laying one of

those their heroes to rest in the town of slovyansk. lubanits killed by ukrainian soldiers two days ago, now a martyr for his cause. >> long live lombas. ukraine is with russia >> it's in slovyansk that the military observers are beingheld by pro-russian gun men who said .1 way they could be released would be in an exchange for the government in kiev which is holding a number of pro-activists >> they have always been coins of exchange. it's an international practice to swap prisoners. there is nothing scary about it. >> this is the administration center in donetsk, and as you can see, there is no sign that pro-russian groups are giving up control room. their barricades are still up. let's go over here and see the other side of life in the east because for most people, things are going on as normal. they might be anxious, but they are keeping their opinions to

themselves. >> that's the same, not just in donetsk, but across eastern ukraine. closer to kiev, they were marking a grim anniversary, 28 years since the chernobyl nuclear accident although it was on the eastern border that seemed to preoccupy the politicians that came to this event. >> if russia keeps aggression and ignores decisions made from negotiations, ukraine has to stay strong and recyst the occupants' forces >> yulia typicaltyuliatameshenk the next president. bash abefi bash /* barnaby phil >> it could be a challenge for

europe. much depends upon russia for trade. patricia has more >> a shot across the kremlin's bow, secretary of state john kerry promised more sanctions if russia fails to deescalate the crisis in ukraine. >> let me be clear. if russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a mistake. it will be an expensive mistake >> western sanctions have been limited largely targeting members of russian president putin's inner circle, a bank with credit and a crimeian gas company and energy giant gasprom. western leaders have not said how they would broad en those meyers. experts believe the most powerful sanctions would aim to isolate russia financially by blocking international payment systems and western investment >> if we cut them off from that, we could force a rapid adjustment of the sort we saw in

2008 in global markets after lehman failed >> russia is deeply intwined in financial markets relying on billions in foreign money to finance cross border trade and investment as well as international payment systems to process transactions. >> it's that level of integration and sophistication that makes russia so vulnerable to financial sanctions, so much so that even the specter of them is already scaring foreign investors >> a russian state-owned development bank said it may have to repay a nearly quarter trillion dollar loan due this month because western creditors are less willing to cover the debt. the kremlin is looking to decrease its dependence upon global financial market did by creating a national payment system and its own debt rating agency as an alternative to western firms such as s & p which downgraded russia's debt to just above junk but you it would not be painless for the west, especially european

nations that do a lot of business with russia >> there certainly is a great deal of hesitancy in europe to go down this path. the twist is that the u.s. can probably do this on their own. they don't need europe to fully be with them because these are u.s. banks, a u.s. payment system, u.s. money center that is really at the core of global markets >> patricia sabga, al jazeera, new york >> president obama is in malaysia tonight. it's the first visit by a u.s. prepondera president in almost five decades. he will meet with the prime minister to discuss the search for that missing jet. he attended an elaborate dinner at the national palace. mike viqueira joins us from kuala lumpur with more on the visit. what's on the president's agenda for the rest of this trip? >> well, jonathan, you are absolutely right. this is a state visit. there is a lot of pomp and circumstance and ceremony that goes along with it. the president is up bright and early this sunday morning in kuala lumpur. he has visited the national mosque at this moment. he is in a bilateral meeting

with prime minister najib of malaysia. later, he hosts a town hall with youths from around kuala lumpur, a conference with the prime minister, jonathan >> mike, he was also scheduled earlier. why did that not happen? >> reporter: it's interesting. he is sending his national security secretary susan rice to do it. ibrahimovic has been arrested twice on what many considered to be trumped up charges, human rights watch, the international human rights organization has released a scathing criticism of some aspects of malaysian society, discrimination against gay people and there is some controversy about that. one of the president's top advisors was asked this by a reporter recently, that president obama proceed democracy advocate and pro-nation this evening

>> obviously, he is in asia. the focus is asia but he cannot get away from talk about ukraine. so, how much of that is a concern, and what are his next steps for ukraine? >> well, you put your finger right on it. the malaysians want to talk about trade and teartorial regional disputes. the president would like to do that, too. ukraine has talked, john, about the administration about the pivot to asia. the concern in this part of the world has attention diverted elsewhere. ukraine a perfect example of this. ratcheting up of the sanctions are expected on monday. the white house has let it be known. the president, on the phone with g7 leaders over the course of this trip, as well as meeting directly with another g7 partner, so the white house is seeking to keep the pressure up. the president not displaying any optimism. quite pessimistic actually about vladimir putin's intentions in

eastern ukraine holding the broader sanctions against broad sectors of the russian society for later, jonathan >> ukraine is a focus no matter where in the world he is. live in kuala lumpur. thank you. the catholic church hours away from historic event, thousands of pilgrims are filling vatican city tonight as two popes are set to become saints. >> in a deeper look, we explore rule bending that went into this canonization >> what about john 23rd? he only has one miracle. the response was, so what, you know? what's the point in being pope if you can't break some rules? ahead, a woman fight to go reduce gun violence in chicago sadly becomes a victim of a crime wave, herself.

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canonization ceremony for .2 former popes, john paul ii and john xxiii. officially the catholic church has around 3,000 saints. the process has been revised often. john paul ii made several changes, himself, waving the rule that the person must have been dead for five years and he eliminated the devil's advocate position. the path to sainthood starts with a local bishop, proof of heroic action has been sentence to the vatican. cardinals will investigate the candidate's life. if the pope says they have fulfilled catholic virtues. the next stage is beatfication. if a person is deemed a martyr, one who died for religious cause, a miracle is not necessary. finally, once a second miracle is proven, the candidate is made a saint. not all catholics agree with it.

some say a shadow hangs over the legacy of one pope. nick schifrin has more >> reporter: in romme's histori church, they came to pray for the newest saints. in a dozen churches, the vatican is sponsoring overnight prayer vigils. these pilgrims credit john paul ii for earthly virtue and divine miracles like what happened to flora beth morra. in a cost a rican house she created a shine to a man she says saved her life. in 2001, her doctors said she had an aneurysm and would live for a month. she clutched a favorite magazine with john paul on the cover. six years after he died, on the same de jongh paul took the first step to sainthood, flora beth said he appeared to her in a vision >> it filled me with peace and gave me the self confidence i could recover from my sickness

after that moment, she said she recovered instantly. her doctors called it a miracle. the catholic church agreed. >> do you feel like he saved your life? >> of course. god saved my life with john paul ii's intervention >> over 27 years, john paul's intervention transformed the catholic church. he inspired a new younger generation his leadership helped inspire the fall of the so fber wall and the soviet union. many, including the people in each of these childhood photographs see things differently >> this is david claussey. he was sexually abused by father john whitely, this is barbara doris, becky iani and becky was sexually abused about this time by the priest in her church in virginia >> the church admits in the

u.s., alone, more than 10,000 people say catholic officials abused them >> this is tim lennon. this is rita mila and this was me, the year before father morris started sexually abusing me >> barbara blaine runs an abuse survivors network. she was 12 when she said her priest first touched her. in my mind, i was screaming, no. stop. don't do that. don't touch me. no. but no words came out i was, like, frozen. in a sense, it was like i couldn't even move. and i can remember him saying, stop shaking. i am not going to hurt you. >> she accuses john paul of knowing that in the church, abuse was pervasive. she said a man who con sealonce is no saint >> unfortunately pope john paul ii had information and authority to remove sexual predators and

to protect children and he refused to do that john paul denies that and the pilgrims poured into rome. they will wait all night for a chance at the front row. tomorrow, they will celebrate the church the man now calls john paul the great. >> our nick schifrin reporting there. i talked earlier about canonization with father thomas reece, a senior analyst at the national catholic reporter and professor charles reed, jr., an expert on the catholic church? >> i am kind of a party pooper with all of the celebration going on but saints are to be models for christian living, and, you know, a pope can really be only a model for another pope. i would rather see more husbands and wives, businessmen and workers made saints. my favorite group that i would like to see made saints is a

group of teenage girls in rwanda who refused to separate into hutus and tutsi's when the militants broke into their boarding school. as a result they were all killed by the militants. these are the kind of people i would like to hold up to young people today as saints >> professor reed, let me get your thoughts. do you think it's appropriate for popes to become saints? >> i think it's highly appropriate for popes to become saints. we are enriched as a church by having popes as saints. we can think historically of people like gregory the great, leo the great, great popes in history who have contributed hugely to the life of the church and they should be recognized >> do you think as the father was saying perhaps the focus should really be instead on regular men and women who have done incredible things? >> i have no problem recognizing regular men and women. i think we need more saints who are regular men and women because we are a church of the

laiety and emphasize too much sometimes the clergy, but that said, there are popes who can be role models. lisa take a pope who is a great admin stroet straighter, a role model not only for another pope but for business people, for politicians, for others as well. >> yet, also, father, there is the concern that maybe they are being a little too lax with the rules here as we mentioned earlier, pope francis relaxed some of the rules that made these two -- these two popes saints. what do you make of that? do you think that they are, perhaps, allowing too many popes at this moment? i mean too many saints, obviously? >> yeah. i think that, you know, when they brought in to the pope the file on john paul ii and they said, okay. we've got two miracle did. we are ready to can on eyes them, when do you want to do it? his response was what about john

xxiii. he as one miracle. his response was, so what? what's the point in being pope if you can't break some rules? so you know, he waived that requirement. he realized that there are some progressive catholics who love and admire john xxiiii but have questions about john paul ii and some conservatives who feel exactly the opposite. he wants us to all come together as one family to celebrate the holiness of these two men. and, you know, to realize that we need to work together to make the world a better place god calls us to. >> professor, do you worry by changing the rules and making adjustments that they are water down in some ways the status of being a saint? >> well, there is that danger, but on the other hand, i think it was -- it was a necessary act that pope francis did. we needed to have john xxiii can onized. i think he is a much easier case for canonization than john paul ii. john paul ii brought some real

weaknesses as your report alluded to in the area of child abuse particularly but elsewhere. he conducted a rain of silence, silencing they are lotheologian john xxiii was an important balance >> i think we need people not less holy but people who live lives that we can identify with that really speak to people in the modern world, people who have active, for example, archbishop romero of he will salvador, who was killed because of his support for social justice ain his country. pope francis wants to move his canonization forward. we are hoping to see him can onized within three years. so these are the kind of people that i would like to see moved up. >> because professor, what do you think this means? what do you think is the symbolism of having a person, especially a pope declared a

saint? >> the symbolism varies depending upon the personality of the pope. there is a lot of ambiguity about john paul ii because john paul ii brings baggage into this. he was -- he was associated, for example, with father maciell, the notorious of the founder of the legion of christ, a pedophile. he had children of his own. he abused his own children. he abused the seminarians. john paul ii brings some baggage into this. but the symbolism of john xxiii then represents an opening of the church to the modern world. john xxiii brings an entirely different sense. it depends upon the pope. thanks to our guests tonight. complete coverage of the can onization ceremony tomorrow. still to come, a lot easier to

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it's like hi-fiving your eyeballs. xfinity...the future of awesome. >> we are glad you are watching al jazeera america. here are the top stories this half hour. the prime minister of south korea resigned. the decision follows criticism of the government's handling of the ferry disaster. speaking to the press, he said he would take responsibility for the administration's mistakes. the u.s. sent 150 soldiers to lithuania in case ukraine's crisis spills beyond its border. 600 american soldiers will be sent to the region >> the owner of the los angeles clippers is under fire for major making racist remarks.

donaldstering is accused of telling his gifrm he did not want black people at his games. he the commissioner says he will consider all sanctions >> in chicago, another series of shootings this weekend. four people lost their lives. one had been helping a foundation dedicated to local teams whose own killing made national headlines last year. in chicago with that story >> reporter: you might remember the murder of 15-year-old hdina penalty tojdz. she and her dance team performed at president obama's second inaugust race in 2013 but days later back in chicago, she and some of her friends were in a park. random gunshots rang out and she was killed. a shocking murder even by chicago standards. her parents were invited to attend president obama's state of the union address then and a group of teenagers formed a group called "project orange tree to fight the violence. well, last night, a 32-year-old woman, less thanker draper

attended a fundraiser here in chicago to help raise money for project orange tree. even she would not last the night. she was killed byron.com gunfire in her own neighborhood right outside her very own home and her neighbors are shocked and saddened. >> it makes no sense. it doesn't. it didn't choose anyone in particular. random. >> less thank lenor was a committee member on chair ter t confections and she was a member of the public schools department and so far, the police have had no luck in solving her murder. andy roachen, in chicago for al jazeera >> national rifle association leader wayne lapierre gave an i ampationed defense of gun rights >> the people of the nra represent the very best of america's character and the very best of america's strength.

we tell the truth employ what we believe and we stand up for the values that we hold dear in our hearts. we are and throughout history, we have always been the good guys. >> gun control advocates held their own event across the street. they protested what they say are lax laws involving background checks. georgia passed a new law that will make it easier for people to carry guns in public places, allowing people to have guns in bars, government buildings, churches and school zones but they will not be allowed on college campuses. gun owners must pack a background check to get the required permit. journalism author caitlin kelly says there hasn't been a united opposition to the nra >> it gets complicated. the moderate gun owner is

generally invisible. we don't hear from them. we hear from the nra. that's the chanllenge is to get the quiet legal gun owner to say i own guns and i am safe and legal but i want this right. the second amendment ends up being the defining answer for most people >> do you think, though, considering that, that it's a smart approach for the antigun advocates to go so strongly against guns and to go for gun control measures when maybe they should focus on other things that might have a little bit more traction like mental health screening? >> that's a great question. i think yes. i agree. i think that's what they need to do. i think it's very complicated. one of the statistics people don't know is that 50%, half of gun death did in the united states are suicide. >> that's a mental health issue. no law is going to prevent it. >> that's a separate issue where we need to get into who is ill, how do we get to them? do we get firearms out of their homes? it's complex. i think that's an issue that needs a lot more attention. >> and kelly points out millions of americans own guns. the nra does not necessarily

respect all of them -- represent all of them >> a small town is cleaning up after several tornados, near elizabeth city near the carolina coast 200 miles eve east of rally. ef 2 toranados packing winds up to 135 miles an hour, more than 200 homes were damaged. just incredible storms in the south overnight >> it was. to see them develop so fast. >> that's why we are talking about severe weather phonecial tonight. it won't be in north carolina. >> that's good news but it is going to come back. today, you probably wondered where was the severe weather. we were waiting and watching for it in texas, oklahoma, and kansas but it never really occurred until the east of childress in the last hour and a half, we had some thunderstorms develop bringing you some hail. but that's about it so far. but keep an eye on the same area, in fact, not just this area but stretching even farther

to the north into iowa throughout missouri, illinois. we are going to have thunderstorms breaking out in the afternoon that has a very strong potential of being severe. it did not have all of the ingredients in place today because an area of low pressure that we really needed it slowed down, hung out over the rockies dumped snow in the mountains but it's going to make its way gradually eastward and now we are expecting to see that low pressure right over an area where very warm moist air coming down off of the gulf of mexico meets up with colder air, this low pressure and also an area of jet stream or jet streak high up in the atmosphere as it moves over this particular area right when we have the daytime heating, it's going to give an incredible surge of energy up into the air. so we have the potential to see some toranados develop as we get into tomorrow afternoon and monday in the areas that you could see in the midwest texas again, off to parts of arkansas

even. so here is a little low pressure system. it is skirting towards texas, the panhandle at this time. as it moves towards the east and the afternoon heating gets going, we are going to have some pretty strong winds in addition to this because the cold air is pushing any to the west side. now, the cold air pushes in and will immediameet up with warm a the east. another storm coming into the west, too. >> storm is also going to keep the action going as we get into the first part of our work week. so, snow in the mountains today indicating the cold air. we were already totalling this morning's snowfall totals up to thirty inches in the rockies but now in the cascades and we are also going to get the snow into the central idaho mountains and into parts of montana. your low temperatures, cool to start out. cool in parts of the east, but still somewhat comfortable. i have got to say, jonathan, it's nice just to warm up and start to break some of the winter weather. >> that's nice. we are finally, well overdue for

that. thanks, rebecca. and here, those live pictures we have for you from the vatican city where they have just opened the gates to saint peter's square and thousands of people are flooding that piazza there to get a good close seat to the can oneization ceremony when jon paul ii and john xxiii become saints. we will bring you more on that as it happens tomorrow. >> meantime, immigration continues to be contentious issue in the united states. on al jazeera america, we continue our original series called "borderland." we will follow a small group of my grant did fleeing central america by train including a mother traveling with her 9-year-old daughter. here is a preview. >> it's dawn in orega. six will soon join 500 other

migrants boarding the death tram. the statistics surrounding this train are har owing. 80% of my grants riding these trains will be assaulted. 60% of women will be raped. only 40% will reach their final destination. over the course after year, it is estimated that 500,000 people will risk their lives on this journey. >> i am for sure nervous to ride the train. pretty hectic but i am excited. it's cool, you know, and we've got to do it >> we pray for safety for everyone on this journey. >> i have ridden a lot of tractors, motorcycles. i have never ridden a train >> it's going to be exciting. >> i never felt such anxiety, you know, nervous, afraid, scared. my heart is racing. i am looking around. nobody looks scared. everyone seems like -- i don't know.

they are ready. it's like do you know what you are walking into? >> i think it's what they are walking out of. >> that's why they have so much hope. what they are running from is scare year than this train. >> this is crazy. >> it is crazy. >> imagine their life to be willing to do this, though. >> that's the thing. where they are, they feel that it's worth their life. >> that's what they see. it's better to die trying to have a better life than stay there and possibly die. >> that's what this is for them is hope. >> buenos dios.

>> on the road, migrants are constantly being raided or kidnapped by criminal gangs. as the train leaves ariaga, the group starts to discover how uncomfortable the journey will be. >> being up here, i am never going to complain about any kind of transportation as long as it's got a seat. my back hurts, you really have to be careful about how far you move and don't move. i think on this train, there are probably anywhere from 300 to 500 people sitting on top of the train. they are not inside the cars. they are on top of the train. and it's not safe.

it moves back and forth. you have to be hanging on. >> just incredible to lack at there. you can see the rest of the program. days away from another round of elections in iraq, a rare inside look at the command center working to stop attacks. it was one of the last letters written on board the titanic before it went down. coming up, how much it sold for today.

in iraq, 28 people attending a political campaign rally were

killed. just as people were leaving that rally yesterday, 40 others were hurt. iraq's elections were set. an iraq security force say they are doing their best,ays imar imara kahn takes us behind the scenes at baghdad security center >> this is baghdad security command. cameras are rarely allowed into this, the nerve sentence tcentr controls the movements. as iraq's election gets closer, the government understands it faces security challenges. >> the enemy is always trying to demoralize us by spreading sectarian hatred to prevent iraqis to exercise democratic right to vote.

we believe the stakes are high. we feel we have a concrete plan to help guarantee security. checkpoints such as this dot the city. you can find them every few kilometers and they are the most visible sign of the government security plan, threats to save face. >> we are the spearhead of the open war on terrorism in general. we are fighting terrorism on behalf of the region an especially in iraq and baghdad. the war continues with al-qaeda-linked groups. we are confident in our plan to secure for elections. his confidence isn't shared by many in baghdad. there are attacks across iraq every day and the damage is clear to see along with people's frustrations with their politicians. according to the united nations over 2,700 people have died as a result of violence in attacks like these since the year began. >> grim statistic will likely have an impact on people as they

visit the polling booth come april 30th. imiran kahn baghdad >> tomorrow night on the week ahead we will talk more about the challenges facing iraq as the voters go cast ballots. tomorrow at 8:30 eastern. five nato troops have been killed in a helicopter crash. the british chopper went down in kandahar prove incide p /* pr p in afghanistan, top two contenders for president are gearing up for another round of voting. early results show neither won a majority. there will be a run-off in june. stefanie dekker has the details. >> we are satisfied with the result >> there isn't a new president just yet. but he will be chosen from one of two men. former foreign minister abdullah abdullah came first with 44.9% of the vote just missing out on

a 50% needed to win outright. he will face a run-off with a former world bake economist who came in second with 31.5% of the ballots but not everyone thinks the second round is a good idea. >> the election problems have affected the economy for the past several months. business has gone down. it's not good to have a second round. people will not come out to vote because they are afraid. >> it's normal for if a candidate doesn't win in the first round, if we like it or not, did should go to a second round. we want it to be fair and the election complaints commission should be transparent. >> there have been complaints of fraud, hundreds of thousands of votes are due to be investigated by the independent election complaints commission and then the final numbers are expected on may the 14th. >> there are also irregularities in the way the commission handled itself and we have been calling on them to make sure

that transparency is increased for the candidates to trust and to accept the rut of the count -- result of the count >> abdullah abdullah says he believes most of the ballots suspected of being tampered with were cast in his favor. man say a run-off between the two men is inevitable because they don't think the results of the investigation will give abdullah a clear win. the champ can is preparing the country where security is a major concern for another round of elections at another huge financial cost. stefanie dekker, al jazeera. >> in ethiopia, 6 bloggers and a journalist have been arrested. they are known to be critical of the country's government. mohammed adel has their story >> six of the arrested journalists are said to be bloggers who call themselves the zone 9. they have big on social media. 7th where journalists have about

writing for a newspaper, taken by armed security and taken to the central prison. the government has yet to say what will happen to these journalists. lawyers acting for them have told journalists that they might be arraigned in court on monday. now, this is not the first time ethiopian government has arrested journalists. it is known to be one of the -- africa's jailers of journalists. they are journalists serving prison sentences between 14 and 27 years in prison with some charged with terrorism. it's been 118 days since three of our al jazeera colleagues were arrested in cairo. peter grist a, mohammed fami have been charged with false news and aiding terrorism. their trial was adjourned after a 6th time after a day. another stamp has been detained

in kcairo and he has been on hunger strike since january. >> still ahead here on al jazeera america, new york is marking 50 years since its historic worlds's fair. what's left is falling apart. a group is trying to change that >> a balancing act for waiters as they make a mad dash for the finish line. more on argentina ahead.

welcome back of the it's been 50 years since new york city hosted the world's fair. now people who live near the site are fighting to preserve the memory. kaelyn forde reports. [ music ] >> some places make you happy just to be in them. >> for the last 50 years, it's a place that looms larger than life >> it represents to me my childhood, an optimistic world

that seemed to end in 1964. it was dinosaurs and astronauts and scientists and fire works and everything a 10-year-old boy would want. en as the fairgrounds' luster faded, richards passion didn't. he is leading the charge to have the worldcom to queens again. it started. let's paint stripes and it seems like now it started this whole movement to let's do something with it. >> come, they did by the thousands. people waited hours to get a glimpse inside the new york pavilion this week >> first in line was elaine goldman who came as a 9-year-old girl and again in 1964 >> it was beautiful. i have been several times. a lot of times actually. my mother would pack up a box of sandwiches and send us off to show me there was a big world out there different than i lived in >> a big world once housed under

a 50,000 stained glass roof now a modern ruin. it represented a vision of peace through understanding that resonated during the 1960s at the height of the civil rights movement and less than a year after the assassination of the kennedy >> long before the internet, it was a way to show case future technology. it got some right like the personal computer. some of the products that debuted here didn't quite take off like the jet parks we wedid jet packs we were supposed to use. how they would work in the under water colonies we would be living in was never entirely clear but for children like jim brown who came to the fair 16 times, these inventions were an inspiration >> the world's fair inspired me to do a lot of things i do today, building exhibits, doing graphics, all of the kind of things you see at a world's fair is kind of what i went off and did throughout most of my life >> the national press declared it a national treasurer this

week. jim and other volunteers raised more than $4,000 to repaint it. restoring it won't be cheap >> it's about $41 million in capital money to revamp it, to light it up, to make it safe for folks to be inside this structure and all around the pavilion >> money well spent for those who have spent their lives remembering when the world came to queens. >> today, our work is just basically to have people imagine and imagine the way it was and possibly it will be >> the pavilion of tomorrow has a long way to go before its once again a symbol of a bright future. al jazeera, new york. rumors from the '80s has been a vintage game venturing to the desert for 31 years, word circled many ataris, the game cartridges had been buried. they were thrown away after the game's failure led the company to go out of business.

so, with the excavation of a landfill, hundreds of those cart ridges have been discovered. the dig was organized by a film maker who hoped to solve the mystery once and for all and of course make a movie about it. an anonymous lbidder bought a letter for $200,000 squalled by second -- -- scrawled a wonder package. hours later, it sank killing 1500 people. hart was among about 700 people who survived. a celebration every year in argentina puts weighters to the test, a race for the from the busy streets of buenas aires that puts their skills on display. their story >> reporter: efficiency, poise and grace are just three of the virtues required and they were all on display here at the 10th annual race for waiters and waitresses in the heart of bonus

air aires. gomes is a previous winner with more than 30 years in the job, he knows what's required. >> a good waiter must be friendly, respond rapidly and treat the customers as well as possible always with a smile. those are the main characteristics of a good waiter. he has worked at this bar in the legal district serving lawyers and judges for two decades. it's a profession he said he loves because he enjoys dealing with the public. an often maligned profession, some practice it with a certain amount of style and panache and nowhere is the art of waiting a table better preserved than here in buenas aires >> the waiters here as in all of the major establishments work their way up the career ladder from washing glasses to finally, when they are ready, serving the

customers. it's a story that goes way back. the waites race a celebration of pride in their profession. it's a tradition. buenasaires has been a hospitable city. it's a profession we are very proud of. >> this race is for the waiters. this one is for the waitresses. 1,600 meters to the government palace and back balancing two bottles and a full glass on the tray. the winner is not just the fastest but the competitor with the most balance. now, that's service. dan swineler, al jazeera, buenasaires. what. >> what a skill? that does it for us. thanks so much for joining us. i will see you again here tomorrow night. stay with us, though. "consider this" is up next. we leave you tonight with

pictures of the vatican city as thousands gather in saint peter's square. in a few hours, two popes become sain saints. a historic moment for the roman catholic church. good night. >> gun violence spreads throughout chicago over easter. the reverend jesse jackson joins us. the fbi accused of using the no-fly list to force muslims to spy on their communities. and railing for other nations. and the fda tries to regulate e-cigarettes but is the government doing enough. welcome to "consider this." here more on what is ahead.