>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. count down: time is running out on a nuclear deal with iran. the last minute effort underway. immigration reaction. republicans respond to the president's reforms. the case against cosby. the new claims of sexual assault. we'll talk to a legal expert about what happens next. and portrait of an artist. she has captured some of the most famous faces in the world.

legendary photographer annie liebovitz talks about her career and her very different new project. we begin tonight in vienna and the last minute push for a nuclear deal with iran. the dead line is monday. negotiators want iran to prove it is not building nuclear war heads or face more sanctions. at the last minute today secretary of state john kerry changed his plans to leave the talks. instead he met for third time with his iranian counterpart. jonah hull has more. >> the talks have been described as somber and tense. twurpt on friday it seems they'd ground to a halt. iran announced its foreign minister would return to tehran for consultations and the u.s. state department said john kerry would leave for paris. >> we've had a series of useful

discussions. as i said earlier these are very complex issues and still a very significant gap between the parties. we're all going to go away and have further technical discussions with our experts, and we will resume again over the course of the weekend. >> but a final meeting in the evening including european union envoy katherine ashton suggested that the parties do still have something to talk about. late in the evening we were told john kerry would not be traveling oparis after all. during the afternoon we are told he had a conversation with is sergey lavrov. but the possibility does remain, that mohamed zarif may yet go to tehran oconsult on iran's final position. the u.s. france britain russia china and germany, looking to end the long running crisis by

limiting tehran's nuclear ambitions in return for sanctions relief. with the clock counting down to monday's deadline all efforts are focused on a deal. jonah hull, al jazeera, vienna. >> of course israel is watching the vienna talks very carefully and pressuring the u.s. not to give up anything to iran. nick schifrin has more from jerusalem. >> john, good evening. it could all come down to this weekend. officials here in israel and in the u.s. all agree that if iran were to decide to make a nuclear weapon it could do so in just a few months. and so what's fundamentally on the table this weekend, trying to remove iran's ability to make that weapon or make it much harder, in exchanges for crippling economic sanctions but making that deal is not going to be easy. for more than a decade, iran's built a vast nuclear infrastructure, it could for peaceful energy or for

components of a nuclear weapon. last chance to make a deal that president obama regularly references in his messages not american people. >> iran would have access to peaceful nuclear energy and we will have addressed peacefully with diplomacy one of the grea greatest roadblocks to security. >> plutonium, uranium, u.s. hopes to reduce enrichment capacity. and the covert path. u.s. hopes that monitors get enough access to know if iran secretly creates a weapon. >> if iran truly wants to facilitate the lifting of economic sanctions it will have no better chance than between now and november 24th. >> reporter: if a deal gets made iran would get a massive economic boost. are removing sanction he would

give iran access to $120 billion of overseas accounts, iranian students would be able to study in the west and iran would become more of a regional power which sanction he have helped to prevent. >> sanctions are illegal in nature, they must be removed, they have not produced any positive result. >> what iran wouldn't have to do is destroy its nuclear infrastructure and that's where opponents pounce. >> the idea of giving enrichment capability to iranians, lying deceit and recent tweets of annihilating israel to me is insane. >> don't sign a bad deal with iran that enable iran to remain a threshold nuclear state. >> reporter: just yesterday, israeli foreign smints calle fod a press conference.

>> loopholes are not totally closed. it's enabled the iranians to bypass the agreement and to make the agreement meaningless in the future. >> despite the critics for 11 years the u.s. iran and you eu e been negotiating. whether they can make a deal is far from clear. wendy has a saying, negotiations are like mushrooms. they work better in the dark. phillip hammond says significant gaps remain. president obama's spokespeople say it's 50-50. far enough so they can announce some kind of extension to the interim deal. john either way the two sides will continue until their self imposed deadline on monday night. >> nick schifrin, thank you. joining us from d.c. is tony

schaeffer, a retired colonel in the u.s. army. tony welcome. what do you think it will take to get a deal? >> thank you. a lot more than what's on the table now as stipulated. iranians want sanctions gone immediately. even in the best circumstances they are talking about the gradual releasing. we are talking about a number of technical issues to include a location of parchin, a suspected nuclear site used for development of nuclear weapon materials. that site has not been fully addressed by the iaea, nor have technical requirements iaea asked for, those have not been delivered yet. whatever happens in the next 48 hours, i don't see those technical issues resolved to anybody's satisfaction. >> how account u.s. trust iran?

>> this is where it's very critical to actually having the iaea as the third dispassionate party going in to verify these things. iaea has been very effective in north korea where they were able to get in and verify certain things. with that said john, there are locations that the iranians aren't allowing the west to see. i don't believe just the israelis are concerned about this. i believe every gulf state to include the saudis, are very concerned about this. if iran were able to develop a nuclear capacity including delivery, there's concern. >> if there's no deal by monday then what? >> good question. a deal that nobody likes a bad deal or no deal. if it's a bad deal we're talking about the senate lindsay graham talked about in the opening about not being satisfied. i predict john that you'll see

that republican senate probably go after more sanctions. if there's no deal i think it's almost better in a way because at least no one's pretending that we're making progress. everybody goes back to the drawing board. but with that said again you have a new senate coming in republican senate who is probably going to push for more sanctions. any way you look at it, if they don't provide the technical data to those who need it and come to some sort of agreement right now. >> what kind of intelligence goes into monitoring nuclear development in iran? >> actually a question i can't get into all the techniques we use, i'm aware of them but let me say that physical pr proximiy is very critical. because often john there is profiles. a building has a profile, a certain thing has a certain way of doing it. we've looked at this in north korea for example. that is one of the ways that iaea was able to determine that something was violated.

those things take a certain rate at a certain way. the centrifuges if they have certain quality of centrifuges they can products certain quality of uranium he be richment. at this point john there is no clear path for iaea to maintain that access and finally, the negotiators have not negotiated on the level of enrichment that everybody's comfortable with. >> say you don't get a deal and the republicans don't go for it then what happens? >> one things noted in the opening the russians are trying step in. the russians become kind of a go-between or enabler to actually do the enrichment. that is kind of a wild card that nobody knows what's going to happen. >> what do you think about that? >> the russians, if this wild card doesn't work and we go back to just this slog, i think you're going to see the u.s.

senate supported by the house of representatives stay a very dim view of this issue. supported by again most the gulf nairgses plus the israelis. i think the iranians should take a deal as best they can right now and cooperate. >> the choice is trusting iran or russia, is that it? >> that's pretty much it. and again the russians i think would see benefit in this john by the fact they gain influence. this is something putin has been wanting to have in the region. this is not necessarily a bad thing. i think the russians could play a very constructive role here and actually allow for the peaceful development of the nuclear material for the iranians. same way neither one kind of controls it. this could be the best third option if the russians aren't willing to do it. >> tony thank you very much. >> thank you. >> now to the bald over immigration reform. a fired up president obama took his message on the road today giving an impassioned speech in

las vegas. he also signed that executive action shielding up to 5 million people from deportation. republicans say they're ready to fight. senior washington correspondent mike viqueria is at the white house tonight with more. mike. >> john the event this afternoon in las vegas had all the markings of a campaign event a pr push the president using the bully pulpit to get his way.but there's nothing left to do. with a swipe of the pen the president passed the actions he announced last night. second term push for immigration, a push that has been stalled in congress bringing us to the point where we are today. while he was there he talked about his frustration in congress and what his executive orders that he has just signed cannot do. let's listen. >> while i support a path to

citizenship and so do all these legislators here, this action doesn't grant citizenship or the right to stay permanently or receive the same benefits that citizens receive, only congress can do that. all we're saying is, we're not going to deport you and separate you from your kids. >> it was a warm almost rapturous welcome from the crowd there in las vegas. and it's no wonder. nevada has the highest percentage of student john with an undocumented person as a parent. john. >> they want to stop the president, how are they going to do it? >> the power of the purse isn't so powerful when it comes to this issue. the program that the president has implemented, is self funded. doesn't go through the usual spending bill process on capitol hill. with the spending coming up in three weeks the republicans are hamstrung. they can't write in the typical

language, the president shall not, the president shall not. so trying to get back to the president in some other ways. the republicans are in a very tough spot, conservatives are restative angry and incited by what the president has done but there seems to be little the republicans can do in the short term nevertheless, john boehner appeared before the reporters and vowed to fight back. >> with this action the president has chosen to deliberately sabotage any kind of bipartisan action he claims to seek. as i t told about president yesterday he's damaging the presidency itself. >> so john it remains to be seen what republicans can do. it doesn't appear they can do anything in this lame duck congress, but may try to roll back executive actions when they take power in jan. thank you. >> thank you mike.

se czacaesar and his mother mona galindo. what does this mean? >> that i don't have to worry about her being deported. yes, the announcement was a significant moment. so much work from so many people, i know the most significant victory to me is having my mother. >> what did you say to your mother when the president spoke? >> she was smiling and happy. but i think she has been so strong for all this time that even though she hasn't had any type of status she's always been strong and has been a role model to me. >> can you talk about how you and your mom came to the u.s? >> we came after my father passed away when i was four years old, she had four children in mexico.

she tried to do it a legal way, it was a process that didn't work but she wanted just to give us a better life. we crossed the border at night and looking back i can imagine how terrified she must have been but so courageous to have done that. >> can you ask her what it was like to hear the president last night? >> spoken in spanish. i don't have to be frayed to be separated from my grand kids and children. >> ask her what she thinks of the work you're doing for the immigrants across this country? [ spoken in spanish ] >> she's very proud because i felt for other people and immigrants in our community. and that is reason i came to this country, to see my sons grow. >> he's made a difference in

your life, too, right? [ spoken in spanish ] >> yes. >> so let me just ask her if i can, what she thinks of the republican response today, to what the president said? [ spoken in spanish ] >> i just came here, i want to tell people i came here to work, not to take anything and i just came for a better future for my kids. >> i mean there are people who watched the president last night who don't agree with what he said, who don't think that people like you and your mother should stay here. how is it to hear that? >> you know i think it's people don't understand this issue because they see it from washington. they see it very abstract. but when they connect with the community when they're actually seeing their neighbors, when they're seeing their children have best friends who are playing on the same soccer team,

that changes it, changes people's minds and hearts. when we go out to washington we don't go there as loibts as people with money -- lobbyists, as people with money. to remind them that we are part of this country that we are their neighbors and this is a country we all want to contribute to. >> what has your life been like your mother's life been like since you came to this country? >> for me i think it's just been a -- she has been amazing inspiration. she has been always working. she has literally, asked nothing from anyone from the government and for me she collected cans to recycle and sold them. to help pay for college when i was still in school. and when i was in law school she cooked for me even though she didn't have to sow for me she knew her main priority was her children. for me that's why i wanted to do this, i wanted to do this fight. i do this fight for my mother

that's why the president has to do so much more for so many families. >> it's emotional for you but i would imagine emotional for her as well. >> she's just a strong woman. she's a strong woman. i have seen her cry but it has always been tears of joy and yesterday she was smiling, she was make sure that other mothers, who didn't qualify, knew that she was there for them. so i think for her she's just an amazing strong woman. >> what does she want the country to know about what happened last night? [ spoken in spanish ] >> that she's happy. like she's just happy that the

president announced something that she could be with her family. >> well, we appreciate you coming on the program and bringing your mom this time. >> thank you so much. >> thank you very much. it's great to have both of you. >> thank you for having us both. >> it's not just executive action. it's the affordable care act. >> you can't trust you to enforce the law if you are constantly demonstrating that you can't be trusted to enforce the law. >> at issue the president's decision to delay requirements for large employers to provide coverage and an estimated $175 billion of subsidies to insurance companies. democrats say the lawsuit is a waste of taxpayers money. still ahead textbook debate. why decisions by the texas school board could affect kids what they learn across america. first the deadly snow, now a

warmup near buffalo and it's bringing new danger. ew danger.

>> students in texas will get new history and social studies textbooks next year. books that have come under fire from both the left and the right. the state panel approved 89 books today and could end up in the hands of students outside of texas. roxana saberi has more.

>> next month students will get no history and social studies text for the first time in more than a decade. texas's conservative board of education led four years ago. party lines on friday after spending weeks listening to complaints from both the right and the left. >> we want to make sure that we have the correct information in the textbooks. >> liberal critics said some books emphasized ideology and christianity. >> assuming the students and the teachers them themselves were christians. >> but criticized parts of the new books. >> our free market system seems to be belittled and not emphasized. >> publishers tried to respond to complaints for the past two months. they agreed to make some changes but refused others. citing what it called public

concern one publisher agreed to remove some of the lesson, that ice in antarctic could be shrinking because of global warming, and aliens landing on earth saying, this planet is great, we qualify for affirmative action. some critics say it means holy war. the publishers turned down a request, indicating the roots of civilization date back to moses. a balanced perspective. >> any school teacher will deal with whatever book put in their hand, they have to. it is one that don't have a great con10th knowledge or the ability to find primary sources that are going to be looked into what might be a bad textbook.

>> texas is one of the country's largest buyer of books and those are often marketed to other states. what ends up in texas could end up in other states too, john. >> thank you, roxana. another threat could be on the ways, buildings roofs are collapsing. and as the weather warms up there's a new concern. and it's flooding. our meteorologist rebecca stevenson is here, rebecca. >> we're seeing the lake effect snow very slowly taper off tonight. in fact, very slowly off of lake ontario in the morning hours. then a warming temperature, teens and 20s tonight, upper 30s in your saturday afternoon then no overnight freeze. we're going to be in the upper 40s on sunday. upper 50s on monday and we're going to add in some rain on top of all that snow. the sheer weight of the heavy snow is going to make an impact in the way the snow melts so

fast. similar to when you add in warmer temperatures, and rain and wind gusts as we get into monday. all of that is setting things up for an extremely rapid snow melt. >> you talk about the dangers. i see the guy pulling off the snow are like i have on my house, but not with that much speed. that's just hurting everything right? >> as it gets greater and the amount of rainfall into that snow, the snow starts to absorb rain first and then after a period of time, the layers of snow just can't handle the weight of it. in fact the snow measurements that were done by 9 noaa, half n inch to three quarters of an inch of rain.

>> drone video of buffalo when the skies were clear now we see it snowing again and it's some interesting shots. you really get a sense i mean there was a lot of snow before but there's so much more now! >> so much more. still going right now too. >> it is? >> it is. so it's lighter around buffalo and it will taper off. but you can see from these pictures look at the snow sitting on the trees and the weight of it is pulling those branches so far down. so we're going to see tree limbs breaking fast and we're going to see power outages but then just walking under a roof the eves of a roof is going to be greater danger as that melt begins. the hard churches of ice will slide off and chuck full the drains, the drainage systems could be an issue as the rain all tries to go downhill. >> we'll watch it. thank you very much. coming up comedian bill cosby

back on stage as new sexual assault charges emerge. one family in guatemala is coping.

>> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. coming up: backlog, navigating an already overwhelmed immigration system as the president takes action. and exonerated. after 40 years for a murder they did not commit. photographer annie liebovitz talks about her remarkable career and her latest work. today, president obama took his immigration reform plan on the road. the executive action he signed in las vegas would delay deportations for up to five million people. >> even as we focus on deporting criminals, the fact is, millions

of immigrants, they live here. and many of them have been here a very long time. and they're found in every state and they're of every race and every nationality. >> republicans are up in arms over the president's plan saying they will fight him for it. the next step from any undocumented immigrants is to make their way through the court system and that could be the most difficult part of the process. jennifer london reports. >> each one of these files represents a child who crossed into the u.s. illegally. all came alone. all are facing deportation. one of them is 17-year-old jose from guatemala. he asks we not say his name or show his face. >> it was very tough for me leaving my family. i left the country because i wasn't safe. >> we first met jose inial. five months after his arrival, he found himself in the blowing

obacklogof immigration cases. every day his aunt would call and hear this. >> not filed in the court. >> with the help of the family the family is trying these things. guardianship of jose by his uncle. >> with the order signed by the judge it will give him an opportunity to petition to get legal status in the u.s. >> reporter: yet there are no guarantees. u.s. customs and immigration must still approve the order which would allow jose to seek permanent residence hen. >> i feel very happy to hear there are possibilities of moving forward. >> reporter: jose's urchg some also encouraged. an immigrant himself, the united

states represents a bright future. >> like are education for the the rest of my kids. i see united states is the only country in line. >> jennifer london, al jazeera, los angeles. st. louis area in the advance of the grand jury decision in the michael brown case. they will decide whether to indict the police officer who shot brown. john terret has the story. >> supposed to tell the people how they will be protected in the event of violence after the grand jury decision. in the end i.t. concentrated on two evenings this week in ferguson, small protests outside about police headquarters, where the police are accused of getting heavy-handed. daniel isom was asked by journalists thousand he would possibly justify police using

hard handed tactics. >> the evidence we have is there wasn't the equipment that was used. what we've tried to do is establish lines of communication. and that's what we've done. this morning we talked about how the interaction went between protesters and the police last night. and we were able to dialogue about what the police responds e was and the reaction of the demonstrators. >> no word officially on when the decision might be handed down. anthony gray the attorney for browns gave a press conference today and say the people are ferguson, are frightened about what will happen here. >> the members of the community are anxious, fearful, scared.

they range from the young to the very old. people have expressed imern medicine and being able to get to their medicine. let's face it, the city is in a panic at this point in anticipation of this decision. >> reporter: and the attorney general eric holder getting into the act as well, a video message from the department's website, don't let peaceful protesters get out of town. to the protestors, don't do anything that might underpipeline that. john. >> that's john terret in ferguson. police say that man who was shot and killed by officers thursday was totally innocent. inside a brooklyn housing complex. police say he shot his gun

accidentally, and the shot took the life of akai gurley. >> jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975, he is the longest held u.s. prisoner to be exonerated. 60-year-old willie bridgeman was also convicted of the killing. both men spoke after their release today. >> the happiness, the bitterness i'm at the end of that road. i don't carry that too long anyway. >> extraordinary. words captain express how i feel right now. just glad to be out, glad to be a free man. >> the two men were sent to prison based on the testimony of a 13-year-old boy. that witness recanted his testimony saying investigators coerced him into lying. nearly 2,000 fans are expected at bill cosby's stand up show

tonight in florida. some say they don't believe the sexual assault allegations against him but today two more women came forward with accusations and two more of cosby's performancers were cancelled. courtney keely has the story. >> long established routine. the comedian performed in the bahabahamas, he received a stang ovation. florida nurse says she met the comedian in 1976. >> we had a glass of water in his hand and he had two pills, large white pills in his hand and he said take these and he gave me the water and gave me the pills. >> cosby's lawyer martin singer has represented hollywood

heavyweights like manatov sheen and john travolta. a little more than a week ago cosby was asked about the growing controversy, during an interview with the associated press. the entertainer told the reporter he was told he wouldn't be asked about the allegations. >> if you think ever yourself to be serious, it won't appear anywhere. >> critics say have largely been underreported. he began trying to warn people about cosby in 2007. the falout is taking a toll on his career and come back. a netflix cosby special has been cancelled. so has a planned series on nbc and tv land its cosby marathon.

courtney keely, al jazeera. >> jamie, a lot of people might see this and say why isn't this in the criminal justice system, why haven't there been charges, why isn't it being investigated? what do you say? >> some of these cases go back at least a decade, and some goes back decades, all the way to 1969. one thing has been misreported john, a lot. there is no statute of limitations on rape in a lot of states but there is a problem for prosecutors when they have to try and prosecute rape -- >> how do you prove it? >> yeah. you got to have physical evidence. you got to have scientific evidence. you got to have a memory of what happened. in rape cases it's hard anyway because you don't usually have any eyewitnesses. so with these cases it would be very, very difficult to bring a criminal case. now one of these women john today says she is going to file a civil case. so that would be a second civil

case against mr. cosby. we know now quite famously there was the one civil case in philadelphia, ten years ago. >> so it's very difficult to make a criminal case but you can make a civil case. how likely is that to actually get to court? >> i don't know. that particular woman her case goes back to 1971. she is a lawyer now so she knows what she's doing presumably but for all the same reasons it's difficult. no witnesses, no scientific evidence presumably and a great passage of time. >> why is it, i mean there are some states that do have statute of limitations, right? >> it varies quite a bit. some states no statute of limitations at all. some states, statute of limitations, no statute of limitations for ag aggravated re but for other types of sexual assault, where bill cosby has a home a five year statute of

limitations for rape. and these cases are all over the country and one case even allegedly in canada. so it's very complicated this series of allegations. >> can you tell me the process? if today those allegations were made -- oh yeah, that's very different. >> -- what would the process be or when an allegation is made what would happen? >> the very first thing a woman would do and should do as painfully difficult it may be is notify authorities and go to a hospital. there's been a lot of talk in the course of this coverage about rape kits. now let's be clear. 20, 30 years ago, we didn't talk about rape kits. that's a relatively new concept, that is a terrible difficult process. that is what we would do today. >> so if bill cosby wants to

fight this and fight this in court let's say. >> with a presumption of innocence on his side. >> would he file a liable suit? >> that's civil, that's what he would do on a civil side of this, he would claim that truth is the best defense, i'm not guilty of any of these allegations and precisely the kind of fact pattern that slander and defamation contemplate. >> how unusual is this for victims, for people who have made accusations to come out and say this, so far past decades later? >> i've been doing this a long time. as a journalist as a legal analyst as a criminal lawyer and as an attorney. i've never seen anything like this. i've never seen so many women who apparently have nothing to do with one another. judge more than a dozen now. >> more than a dozen. there are the women tied to the initial lawsuit and now we've seen another ten women -- >> decades later. >> on the record with their names publicly making

allegations and this is the strangest thing about it john. so specifically similar, what we call in the law as the modus operandi, at the same time as the criminal attorney, i like to give someone the presumption of innocence. this is an extraordinary set of circumstances like i've never seen before. >> jamie floyd. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> palestinian president mahmoud abbas, warns against making flash points of violence. friday prayers at the al-aqsa mosque, access to the compound has been at the center of recent clashes and after this week's bloody attack on a synagogue there are fears the conflict could enter a new deadly phase. >> this is a crucial time. there is terrorism, religious conflict and violence. it is us who pay the price, the blood of our children.

i'm worrying against turning a political conflict into a religious one. let's talk about politician, not religion. >> five people were killed in the synagogue attack on tuesday. israel has responded by planning to demolish the family homes of the attackers. it has been one year since the first mass protest in eastern ukraine. vice president joe biden was in kiev for the celebration of that. >> petro poroshenko laying a wreath in the remembrance of the more than 100 people who died during the maidan protest. but there was age are of some in the crowds accusing the government of failing to find and punish the killers. >> we need to be united now there's an enemy in our yard and i took a decision. today i will sign a decree to the heavenly hundreds it away

was hundreds who died. >> the civil war that since unfolded has claimed more than 4,000 lives, more still die every day, despite a two and a half month ceasefire. ukraine on friday accused russian troops of firing across the border for the first time in that period. ukraine wants military aid including weapons from its u.s. ally. washington says that's not off the table but for now, vice president joe biden used his visit to kiev to announce a further $20 million in so-called nonlethal aid and he rounded once again on russia. >> it's simply unacceptable in the 21st century for countries to attempt to redraw borders by force in europe or anywhere, for that matter. or to intervene militarily. because they don't like a decision their neighbor has made. >> in rebel held donetsk of course no public holiday, no

street gatherings unless you count the deadly crush at the bus station. many on a regular run to ukrainian held territory in search of functioning banks. >> the year has gone and the people of maidan has changed the government but for those of us here it means war and more war. >> the security is worse, and the financial situation is worrying everybody here. life has become hard. >> and hardship is far from restricted to this part of eastern ukraine. the economy as a whole is in serious situation. international aid stalled. already the optimism of the year ago is a world away. an attempt to recreate that spirit at least pay tribute to it. thousands gathering in indians square.

wondering what will happen to their country in the course of the next year. harry fo fawcett, al jazeera, donetsk. ali velshi and his series the new cold war. >> this is a familiar site for many living in eastern europe. in bulgaria's fifth largest city, ceremonies honoring red army soldiers, legacy with moscow. in fact, russia has ties to nearly every part of eastern europe. thanks to energy, economics, and a diaspora of russian speakers and ethnic enclaves who spread out across the region over centuries. like in ukraine, some feel an

emboldened russian president vladimir putin could use pro-russian troops in eastern europe. and it's in enclaves like this where putin holds a larger influence. >> my personal opinion, russia got involved in ukraine only to help. without repeating what happened in crimea. >> he blames recent tensions in ukraine on nato's expansion into eastern europe, moscow's traditional turf. >> in my opinion the west won the cold war. and has since been trying to put russia in the corner. >> russia in the 1990s was a very weak and in many respects humiliated country was not able to project for us, was not able

to defend its interests as they saw them at that time. when other force he joined nato or the eu russia saw this as a slight. >> divided even at the top echelons of government. here in poland that kind of ambiguity towards russia is lawrnlg. many poles who are under the cloak of soviet control see the kremlin's new policy towards the old eastern block as particularly dangerous. those fears are evident here in the gadansk shipyard, first gained momentum back in 1980. russia claims it has the right to protect ethnic russian communities in neighboring countries. now that fear has a lot of eastern europeans worried. they think russia's incursion

into ukraine may be part of a broader muscle flexing and those fires run particularly high against older poles who know all too well what it's like to live under russia's shadow. >> translator: i'm a little scared that the conflict with russia will escalate. i'm just keeping my fingers crossed for peace. >> the new europe that defense secretary donald rumsfeld once proclaimed, seems divided from the old one, places where it still wields power. ali velshi, al jazeera in gadansk poland. >> you'll want to see more of ali's series, the new cold war, on saturday. she's known for taking photographs of celebrities and politicians, annie liebovitz talks about her career, her subjects and her life.

>> a gradual warmup in areas that have been freezing cold for the last week. that's problems in the way of freezing drizzle, freezing rain, 10th of an inch of ice accumulation on some spots, slippery travel, slippery walking. our advisories are in place, we could see this specific area expand a little bit a little further to the south. aware of, minnesota early morning activities even over into the dakotas. the bik story, lake effect show shutting off, ontario advisory in place for lake effect snow, through saturday, then the warmup gets underway. we're expecting a lot of warm air very quickly. add that in to wind gusts and

will be problems for folks around lake erie lake ontario. tonight we're in the teens and 20s, but tomorrow we'll be in the 40s and 50s even, gradual processing into monday where we'll get highs near 70° in many spots near the great lakes. so flooding will be a great issue. al jazeera america news continues. history over 700 years ago, marco polo left venice to points unknown and mysterious relive this epic odyssey people encountered, discoveries made... and now... questions answered... al jazeera america presents marco polo a very modern journey

>> take a look at this. it's niagra falls, a photograph captured by annie liebovitz. in her latest book and exhibit, called pilgrimage, there isn't a face to be found. it opens today at the new york historical society. i asked her about the direction her work is taking. >> i just love all this stuff. >> at the new york historical society, a personal tour by annie liebovitz, of her

extraordinary photographs and the extraordinary stories behind it. she took this picture of henry david oh' thoreau's bed. >> this bed is actually in concord museum. i was the last person to know anything about thoreau. i thought he slept on the ground or nails or something. and it turned out, when i saw this bed which was in the cabin, at walden pond, it's a very sophisticated insert from a chinese sofa bed. it's a very sophisticated piece of furniture. >> this is big fold out in the book. why? >> it was sort of like a little joke or a little laugh for myself to have a fold out of thoreau's bed. >> from museums to magazines, liebovitz can is a photographer with a camera, she remains a from star.

her most recent work, capturing amy adams and tim burton in the most recent edition of vogue. the hat that abraham lincoln wore when he was assassinated. >> i mean it's just -- it had, you know, sweat marks under the arms and other obviously it was at an auction. and she made -- of course i learned all about this afterwards so -- she made her own concert clothes. and this is such a strange dress because this is very light weight material, and then there's this heavy, heavy like felt piece of red. >> liebovitz walked me through the gallery with these 70 photos from her pilgrimage in it. >> what was it like?

>> it has a little salon style and hung low for children and it's like you're on a trip in a car looking out a window. and it has such a great feeling. it looks really cool. >> you can watch the rest of my interview with annie liebovitz, that's tonight at 11:00 eastern time. our freeze frame, a little girl and an american flag. an image taken outside the white house today, a group of visitors celebrating the president's executive action. holy money is next.

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