another twist in the political mystery playing out in argentina. a new prosecutor picks up where the last one left off. accusing president christina kirchner of a cover up to protect iran in the bombing attack on a jewish center. a key to ending the war the violence escalates and easing tensions the syrian president bashar al-assad needs to be part of the solution. a fragile campaign in ukraine in jeopardy fears fighting breaks

out killing more than 2 dozen people and it's party-time. brazil kicks off carnivale celebrations. five days of nonstop parties. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight in argentina where officials are renewing an investigation into argentina's president kirchner, following up on a bombing of a jewish community center moreover two decades ago. >> who was lind the behind the bombing is still unclear. today a prosecutor reaffirmed accusations that kirchner held

back blame. both kirchner and tehran deny it. >> aflalberto nisman died before he could prevent his evidence. allegations will not go away. the allegation is they covered up iran annually involvement in the 1999 attack on a jewish center in buenos aires the government has always vee mentally denied those rks -- vehemently denied those accusations. >> translator: one has to distinguish between the judicial and the political aspects. the judicial aspect is highly questionable while we can't deny it's having an extraordinary

political impact. >> the allegations were initially made by alberto nisman. the day before he was to speak in a investigative hearing he was found with a pistol shot to the head. investigators are determining whether it was suicide or murder. others say it's politically motivated and amounts to nothing. the only certainty is that it's added to the uncertainty and argentines are no closer to determining who dead necessitated the bomb in 1994 or house alberto nisman died. meanwhile, president kirchner has flown to her weekend loam and will return next week, only likely to further polarize an already divided society.

daniel schwindler, al jazeera buenos aires. >> alberto nisman accused kirsh inner and others of illegal dealings with iran between 2011 and 2013, iran would trade petroleum for argentina argentine grains and other goods. argts and iran have both -- argts and iran have both denied the allegations. >> be crucial to end the four-year-old civil war. stefan's comments came two days after he met with the syrian leader in damascus. his spokesman issued a statement saying the deescalation of

violence president al assad representing one part of the warring parties is crucial to making the freeze operational on the ground. the syrian council for civil rights says as abdalla al shami reports. >> this has been the scene in a neighborhood in homs. constant bombardment by regime forces where the rebels stand. the deposit has asked fighters to give up their arms and grief for northern parts of the city. but they are not leaving. >> we are here to fight. we will stay and defend our people. >> ampletion and positions in return for allowing police and government institutions to get back to work. it also meant workers could

deliver food supplies to thousands of people trapped in the area, were they simply to hope of an agreement this time. >> translator: why isn't anyone caring for us, we suffer in silence while the whole word watches. >> for the people in homs, that time must be a long time off. abdullah al shami, al jazeera. >> rebels gain ground around the capital of damascus last week. in response the assad government is using foreign militias backed by iran and recruited in iraq, afghanistan and lebanon. the battle in duma has killed 150 civilians in just the last ten days. the militia members are paid about $500 a month to fight for syrian government. they have been particularly successful in border areas on the golan heights occupied by

israel, which is why the israelis have conducted strikes in the area. a warning you might find some of the images disturbing. >> reporter: it's a city on the brink of destruction. the chaos in duma, regular government air strikes. duma has seen a rise in civilian casualties since the syrian government launched an offensive on the rebel held area last week. the onslaught has prompted syrian coalition president to take immediate action to stop shelling by forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad. >> these are crimes that have been tainted substantiated by several organizations, human rights organization he recently recorded the use of 650 barrel

bombs. but in order to take it to the international criminal court it requires us to present these allegations to the court. >> reporter: thousands have fled their homes in duma, the most they can hope for is a narrow escape from the bombardment. even medical facilities or makeshift hospitals damaged or destroyed altogether. >> translator: in the last campaign on al guta in general and duma in specific, seriously burned and one male nurse was killed. we had to shut down the medical offices in the area because of destruction. >> reporter: it seems now that duma's injured have nowhere to go for medical care or even refuge. appears to be taking a devastating toll on the city and

its residents. randolph nogle, al jazeera. according to an organization that monitors the conflict the series of strikes happened in a region of northeastern syria near iraq. one civilian was also reported dead. >> across the border in iraq, iraqi forces were able to attack on a strategic air base. i.s.i.l. fighters attacked the air base early friday morning. iraqi security forces killed most of the siefl fighters who a-- i.s.i.l. fighters who attacked the base. u.s. marines stationed at the base were not in harm's way. >> good evening to you. officials say between three and 400 american military advisors were there. they may have heard shots fired but that's about it. ever since president obama announced he was sending american advisors into iraq to

train against i.s.i.l. insisting there would be no combat role, there has been a lot of skepticism that americans could avoid direct contact with i.s.i.l. fighters. there has been concern about mission creep and insistence that the americans should be given free rein to defend themselves if it came to it. >> like every american troops in harm's way they have the right responsibility and obligation to defend themselves and certainly are capable.doing that. our full expectation would be if they come under fire they will shoot back and they will defend themselves and they have the means to do that. >> reporter: currently there are 2500 military personnel there to train assist and advise the iraqi army as they prepare for what is expected to be a spring offensive to take back some of the major iraqi cities now under the control of

i.s.i.l. you remember on wednesday when the president unveiled his authority of reasonable force he believed siefl was on -- i.s.i.l. was on the run because of coalition air strikes. this would appear that americans coming under direct contact with the enemy i.s.i.l. fighters. as far as the political situation in washington here, this will only strengthen the hand of republicans and others, that americans should have fewer restrictions on engaging the enemy. stephanie and antonio. >> fighting in eastern ukraine is due to stop. but you'd be hard pressed to find signs that separatists or

ukrainian soldiers are preparing to put down their weapons. john terret reports on the concerns the ceasefire is failing even before it has a chance to start. >> reporter: the deadline approaches and the fighting remains fierce. these ukrainian troops are moving to increase the defense of the town of debaltseve. >> the road to debaltseve is under fire. >> rockets fell into a small village. a school was hit at least one child was killed. >> translator: we have a long way before we reach peace. >> reporter: president petro poroshenko says the agreement is already in jeopardy. >> which means the offensive operation of russia, intensified significantly. and we think we still think that the minsk agreement is in a

big danger. >> reporter: ukraine's ambassador says mun anythings were flowing freely even when the talks were underway in minsk. >> it is acceptable that during meeting in minsk new 50 tanks 40 artillery systems and 40 armored vehicles arrived from russia to the separatists. it is prult how separatists are preparing themselves for ceasefire on sunday. >> reporter: that concern was echoed in washington. >> we are confident these are russian military not separatist systems. the russian military also has air defense systems deployed near debaltseve. we are convinced these are russian not separatist systems. preparing a large system of supplies to proition pro-russian fighters

in ukraine. >> you can rest assured it was stressed many times that our expectations are that the conflicting parties will fulfill this ceasefire and agreement. >> reporter: a kremlin spokesman says they are willing. john terret ukraine. >> mr. ambassador thank you for your time. is it failing before it starts, the ceasefire or are we simply seeing both sides take their last shots before i.t. goes into effect in less than 24 hours? >> right. i think there are two things here. one of them, since the implementation of the ceasefire is due to be sunday, you're seeing both sides go on the offensive to the degree they can to try ostrengthen their

positions -- to strengthen their positions before that ceasefire would take effect in other words the ceasefire as announced turned out to be a bit of a starting gun to get both sides moving to get what they the second part of this is that the ceasefire is creating a frozen conflict inside ukraine that we are basically establishing a line of control inside ukrainian territory and legitimizing russia's occupation of that part of the country. >> basically what you're saying that european leaders in the u.s. are not showing the willingness to confront putin about ukraine and allow it to remain in this gray area? >> that's exactly right. i think that the calculation that we've seen from europe and frankly it is chancellor merkel and president hollande who are leading on this they believe this conflict isn't worth defending, you heard this from

chancellor merkel that they would not provide arms, therefore not doing anything at all. they view this as the best possible outcome. >> does that mean the european and american leaders are not on the same page when it comes to putin or ukraine? >> i believe president obama is on the same page with chancellor merkel and president hollande not wanting to get into a conflict with russia but russia can take what it wants use negotiations as a smoke screen and continue to press its objectives on the ground. that's what we've seen for a year now as russia has moved from nothing to crimea ton eastern ukraine to a line of control. we don't know if it's going to stop here. >> if people in regions like luhansk and donetsk determine that's what they want? >> because they haven't determined that that's what they want.

they were attacked from outside by russia. people are living in fear, opinion polls before the conflict began showed an allegiance to ukraine in these areas. it's impossible to get an accurate assessment of popular opinion now. i think the bigger question is not one of public opinion. it's really one of how does a large country deal with a neighbor? does it invade, take territory and have that rewarded or do we stand up to that and say that's unacceptable? >> how far can putin push the envelope mr. ambassador? allow farat what point does he go too far? is there a red line? >> at the moment unfortunately there is no red line. that is a matter we should be concerned about. nato has drawn a red line about member states, arguing that if there's any issue about neighbor

states, nato would come to their defense but nato has made clear we are not to engage in crisis management where the fighting is really going on and that's where i think the pressure is today. if putin is successful in ukraine he would be very tempted to test nato's resolve in some other countries that may be nato members. >> ambassador kurt voal volker thank you for your time. >> the benefits of a delay even though the fighting with boko haram is spreading the postponement of elections in nigeria could help millions of people become eligible to vote in what's shaping up to be a close race. ce.

>> in our contact segment more on our top story the stunning scandal if argentina that has

revealed the growing political divide in that country. >> most legendary figures daniel swinddanielledaniel schwindler with the story. >> accuse her of undermieg democracy. now the fire storm over as a prosecutor's death has sharply polarized the country. if you oppose president kirchner you'll probably believe the fact that she tried to cover up the 1994 bombing about of the armory, that killed 75 people. you'll probably believe that she

wants to get to the bottom of who was behind that attack and to reform the country's divisive conspiratorial and some say dangerous intelligence service. >> translator: the problem with the agency was it wasn't properly connected. >> prosecutor alberto nisman accused the president and her foreign minister to try ocover up in exchange for cheap oil. a few days later he was found dead in his bath in his well guarded apartment a pistol shot to the head. after initially saying that nisman had committed suicide president kirchner said she blamed mafia elements in the society. many of the institutions in which argentine democracy is

built, the police force the judiciary especially the intelligence agency needs to be reformed. >> things got out of control which is exactly what happened. i think it's good for many reasons. i think societies reacting properly. >> reporter: after several presidents and more than 20 years of failed investigations, scandal, accusations failed leads and speculation argentina is no closer to discovering who detonated the bomb or how alberto nisman died. president christina kirchner at center stage. daniel schwindler, al jazeera. christina kirchner studied law at the national university of la plata. elected in 1993, from 1995 to 2007 she served in congress one term as a national and three

terms as a senator. she succeeded her husband nestor in 2007 and was reelected in 2011. joining us from buenos aires is emily hirsch the managing director and coo of a national consulting firm. emily good to have you with you. not only is this investigation into -- >> good to have me antonio. >> it's being relaunched. prosecutors are organizing a protest march against her next week and kirchner's reaction seems to be getting more combative, accusing organizers of the march of trying to destabilize the country. is there a danger that this will spiral out of control? >> i think that this is definitely added a level of political risk to argentina that wasn't seen before. but in terms of spiraling out of control, what we have here is less of a spark that's igniting something. but more of a sort of a series

of events that's unfolding that one of the reasons that this is garnering so much attention is it's extremely difficult to say where these chips are going to fall. in her national address just a few days ago christina did not even address the death of prosecutor nisman. and then only addressed this march after her state of the union, from her balcony the iconic evita peron figure, we are dancing in the street we have the whereas they are silence because they are not saying anything. half of the population sees her essentially as having blood on her hands. whereas the other half her supporters see this as a judicial coup that has been orchestrated to depose her.

if these charges go forward and if an indictment is made, it will definitely inflame that polarized nature that makes it very difficult to do almost anything in this country. >> what happens if there is an indictments, what is the next step? >> well, like in many other western democracies argentine officials have immunity, right political immunity. what will happen basically the judge that will view these charges comes back next week. but the key difference between the charges that are brought now and the charges brought by prosecutor nisman nisman is, nisman called on kirchner to testify before congress. it will take months and months

and will pass through both chambers of congress. essentially it will not be resolved until her end of term in october anyway. yes, itch peoplement is possible but it's so -- yes impeachment is possible. >> the economy is a mess it's been contracting and the scandal has leaned on growing uncertainty, something that's terrible for the economy. will things get much worse economically? >> i would say yes. argentina's economy has currency controls that create a parallel market for the money. it also has high and difficult taxes, and there's even history of certain ex appropriations and a lot -- ex appropriations. deals with china that are almost entirely debt so you aren't

seeing china come into argentina as a partner it's a resource based debt based entry into a country. so in terms of as an investment destination, to be quite frank if they choose to go elsewhere where they don't have to deal with the economic risk. and so what's happened with the nisman case is the additional layer of political risk is not doing the economy any favors. >> emily hirsch, managing partner of dcdb group good to have you with us, thank you. >> saudi arabia follows the paths of the united states in yemen. >> why ryad, saudi arabia became the first to pull its diplomats out of yemen. >> a 14 yearly palestinian girl goes home to her family.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up this half hour of international news a 14-year-old schoolgirl returns home after becoming the youngest palestinian female held, by israel. how israel deals with children that it detains. >> plus unearthing artifacts. >> political uncertainty worsens in yemen. saudi arabia, germany japan and the netherlands all shutting down their embassies. united states and u.k. took sar measuressimilar measures earlier this

week. jamal el shamal has the story. >> making it untenable for them to secure the safety of their staff. obviously their decision to close the embassy is preceded by the u.s., u.k italy and france. the audit decision city auditor decision is not, just for security, the houthi leaders the de facto leaders of the country the gulf partner qatar and uae have not recognized this coup, basically at the united nations with a proposal to get the security council to adopt strong stances towards the houthi coup, calling for reinstatement of the government and to return the

government buildings and institutions to what they say are the legitimate rulers or the religious-led government here. there have been three military bases that have been taken after, in shebwa, another larger military base was taken over and hand he over to those tribes -- handed over to those tribesmen. just showing how unstable the situation is. >> our thanks ojamal el shayal reporting from yemen. high death toll of israeli air strikes against hamas. according to the associated press 60% of the people killed on the air strikes on homes were civilians. may have included civilian homes for military purpose. the ap said it did 270 air

strikes just on homes 508 of the dead were women children and older men. in all the air strikes targeting homes 840 palestinians were killed. you cannot draw conclusions from a small sampling. >> israel made every effort, every effort possible to avoid innocent civilians caught up in the cross fire between israel and hamas. >> life is meaningless now as long as there are wars, as long as there is israel, that means we face death every moment. >> israel's military says it is investigating independently its forces during the war but palestine is demanding an independent investigation.

al jazeera imtiaz tyab was there when she got home. >> after 55 days in an israeli custody was given a hero's welcome. the 14-year-old schoolgirl was arrested by israeli soldiers in december. they accused her of throwing stones and carrying a knife. she was convicted after agreeing to a me deal for a shorter sentence. she was the youngest palestinian held but her family said she was pressured to make a deal. politicians made speeches praising her for her resilience and strength. while posing for photos with her family and friends we asked her about what it was like in prison. >> translator: i was always so cold. parking dogs, most of the time i would be handcuffed and they

would always yell at us. it was really hard. >> reporter: since 2010 israeli military forces have arrested and detained more than 3,000 palestinian children. according to human rights groups after their release many experience symptoms of trauma, including hopelessness, anger and nightmares. ivan works for an advocacy group that assists palestinian children held in israeli prisons. >> children are soft targets, if you are trying ocontrol and occupy a population, you could do it by arresting most vulnerable parts of the society. they target these children in a way to break the will of palestinian people and break down on protests. >> human rights agency accused israel of routinely mistreating

palestinian children. israeli government dismissed the allegations and accused the u.n. of bias, whatever, she is now free and her experiences will likely stay with her. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera the owbd west bank. >> in chad at least ten people have been killed by boko haram. groups crossed over from neighboring nigeria via lake chad which separates the two countries. chad's army says it carried out air strikes driving out the fighters. chad leads the biggest military operation against group in the region. as nigeria continues to battle boko haram preparations for elections are underway. they were originally scheduled for tomorrow but have been delayed until march. haru matassa reports.

>> anthony ebea says he can finally find his permanent voter's card. without it he can't vote. but then again his name isn't on the register either. >> you keep on hearing kind of things that get someone hot because you struggle to get yourself registered 2011, and you come 2015 and just to get a cooked story that your name is missing on the list. >> but it's good news. >> of course i am very happy because my fourth time coming here now i think the procurement of this election actually -- the postponement of this gives up too easily. >> reporter: election officials believe that more than 20 million people in nigeria still don't have their voter i.d. cards.

as well as technical and logical problems. delaying by six weeks is raising suspicion on what is expected to be a hotly quested hotly contested election. the ruling party denies the allegation explains that the army needs more time to secure areas in the northeast that had been attacked by boko haram fighters. some say it only comes down to one thing politicians interfering with the national electoral commission. >> we in nigeria to allow inec to operate as a truly independent body, that can only be done whether we have a people's inec. >> people in the northeast also need their voter i.d. card so the government's trying to speed up their delivery. those with access to the internet can quickly find out if

their card is ready for collection. you type in your personal code over here your e-mail address and you put on your phone number. when you click on this link it tells you to wait for your electoral card. voters here will also have to go through this whole process to collect their voter i.d. cards hopefully in time for the election. haru matassa, al jazeera abuja. president goodluck jonathan faces challenger, mohamedu bohari. >> two al jazeera journalists are spending the weekend with their families. the court granted them bail, their retrial is expected to start in ten days, they're accused of supporting muslim brotherhood and spreading false information, charges al jazeera denies. >> i'm very proud of every single moment i spent in prison

for the sake of freedom of expression. i'm really proud of it. if time goes back i would change the same. >> their colleague and fellow inmate peter greste was freed two weeks ago and departed to his home country australia. >> supplying people with kosher food for 96 years closing its doors in big apple. >> how life has changed. >> we'll take you inside the biggest carnival, in roy rio de janeiro. fp janeiro. fp janeiro janeiro

>> an emotionally ceremony in dresden. 70 years ago today british and u.s. planes unleashed a 37 hour long bombing attack on what was a nazi stronghold. here are the pictures before and

after the bombs were dropped in 1945. as you can see the people of dresden have of course rebuilt. an estimated 125,000 people were killed. the british archbishop of canterbury apologized for the bombing. a man rammed his car into the front gate, a chinese military police officer was injured. the driver said he thought someone was trying to kill him and he wanted to attract attention by crashing. he seemed confused and was speaking incoherently. there was no sign the crash was politically motivated. >> as we look at stories making headlines. the strait times say arc archaeologists have found treasuretrophy a headless buddhist figurine and finds from

india, paints a big picture from the year 1300 to 1600. >> they think it's important for singapore that it's precolonial. before the british. the new zealand herald says, half 26 people on board are new zealanders, the rescue will involve a remotely operated vehicle to check the propellers. the conditions are pretty good for the rescue but the waters are always treacherous. >> the question is are those propellers usable or not. finally, dublin, a heart felt piece on a single mother who left school at 15, now she's the president of the student union of her college.

enrolled in the school two years ago, she has two daughters brought them with her to her campaign events and she takes office congratulations to her. a legendary institution rewriting a its history. selling kosher food to millions of immigrant families, closing its doors and moving to new jersey. >> the closing of this iconic factory, is the end of an era. for many of the employees the end is a beginning of a new chapter for the employees. life without a job. >> you know you have to figure it out. you add more water take off water, primarily on the consistency of the flour. when it's right it comes off burnt evenly. breaks evenly. guys working in the window impactly like they are doing

now. so i came in and said does anybody have any work in here and the guys came out and said well not right now not right now and the old man who was standing here, i don't know who he was he came running out behind me as i was exiting. he said hey italian kid you want a job here? come work now. what i like most about working here is coming to work being with the guys. hanging out with the fellas, you gotta do what you gotta do. we do a space in between and that's when we do our socializing. every day for the past 33 years. you know it's -- it's like that's something to look forward to every day. and now when i wake up in the morning, i'm not going to have anything to look forward to.

it's important for our company on the brink of closing. why not get a bigger space? they want to modernize. they want to move to another location where they can put everything into one building. the 90 years that we've been here you know, it's like now it doesn't account for anything. so they are taking away a piece of the history in the neighborhood. and it's not a small piece. it's really a big chunk. me, i don't know what to say about it. it's really sad. i'm going to miss a lot of the guys around here. you know, just a matter of money. that's what it is. just a matter of money. i won't be able to go to jersey because it's going to cost me. at least half of my check just to get out there. you know so funny what am i going to put on that resume when they say what are your past jobs? summer job job at school, you know. but at least i got one place to

work, i've been here for 33 years. i hope that they give me a job based on that. >> strides has about 50 employees and will shut down sometime after passover. the factory is being sold to a real estate developer. >> it happens every day in new york. colson white says that used to be muncie's, now they will say that used top crites. carnivale kicks off we'll have a report from rio.

>> start with one issue. add guests from all sides of the debate and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights at 11:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> dozens of student protestors were pepper sprayed by speaking in

sydney about cuts in university funding when the clashes erupted. 40 protesters showed up saying no cuts no fees no corporate universities. several were treated by paramedics. >> carnivale the five day raucous celebration kicks off in rio de janeiro. some towns have actually cancelled their celebrations altowing. >> the capital brasilia, has cancelled, but won't completely silence the samba rhythms. roy holds therio holds the biggest carnivale. lucia newman reports. >> for now and an entire week

everything stops particularly here in rio de janeiro the capital of carnivale. where the mayor's application particularly gets underway, led by one man. the king is about to make his entrance. the moment millions of brazilians have been waiting for. when the king receives the keys to the city of rio de janeiro. >> i open the city for canal valuee in rio de janeiro. >> the king is now officially in charge of the city for a week and even the mayor is at his feet. >> translator: from this moment on you will have to deal with the city's complaints and you will deal with all the traffic. >> reporter: but these are not king momo's priorities. it's animating what is known as the biggest party on earth with king and two princesses by his

side. aan 82-year-old tradition. >> a real monarch. >> but who's the man with so much responsibility? earlier this week we visited 28-year-old wilson nettle as he went for his final costume fitting, in the working class neighborhood where he lives. wilson had to compete for the highly coveted position of wearing this crown. he has held this for two years. >> i learn to control my facial expressions when i'm dabsing. i also learned more about the history of carnivale and my personal history of carnivale helped a lot. >> he began parading when he was

eight, carnivale is obviously in his blood. from now until next wednesday wilson nettle will reign supreme in rio de janeiro. but next week he's hoping and preying that he will get back the keys to the throne. carnivale is officially underway. more than 600,000 are here. even under this 99° heat. >> we're joined are in rio de janeiro, known as the queen of fun, lee it's great to have you with us. the outfit looks great. i know it's almost midnight there. are we keeping you from the fun? or are you heading out when you finish talking to us?

>> it's almost 1:00. >> are you partying now or later? >> i just got back. there's a street band playing downstairs just beneath my house. if i've got more energy i'll go out again. otherwise, there's parties starting again at 6:00 in the morning. >> it never ends. carnivale is celebrated in many countries around the world. why is rio's so special? >> i can't tell you i've never lived in other major countries except venice, that was amazing. it just goes very well with the theory of brazil which is very open very interested in partying being out in the streets. >> other than soccer carnivale is the other big event to brings people from all walks of life together, the rich and the poor. >> it really does. it's almost like there's a mandate for these four or five days to say nothing of the month

that it's actually unofficially been going on, these four or five days it's almost an mandate for most brazilians to get out on the street an party and sing and dance and dress up. as i took the bus downtown for the downtown party there were people along the entire half hour ride dressed up. >> so much issues in brazil, the rough economy the drought carnivale in other cities have been cancelled. will the party in rio de janeiro be affected? >> i don't think it will. i don't think you can put a damper on it. year after year decade after decade the enthusiasm is just boundless. >> and there have been so many controversies in brazil. we had the controversy whether they should do the olympics there which are coming next

year. is this really a completely unifying event, there is no controversy about it, everybody grace this isagrees that this is a party that brazil needs to put on? >> people are just sick of it, a woman who does my nails says she locks herself in home, it's a shame the city is so crazy there are a lot of people who don't love the party but i don't think anybody would do away with it i haven't heard people who would say -- there's opinions about fifa and about the olympics but not carnivale go away. >> there was some controversy for the world cup as well, it's an enormous money maker for rio and for brazil. about half a million people come

from outside brazil just to party. >> it's incredible. and there's a lot of entrepreneurial activity. now it's become more and more regular but the number of people with coolers selling drinks in the middle of the parade, it's just -- there's so many of them and peeling are selling these feathers on the street all sorts of costume items so yes there certainly is a lot of commerce around carnivale. the big competition in the samba is a huge money maker for a lot of people both sponsors and some of the communities are prepared the big spectacular parade and floats. >> all right well we're not going to keep you go out and join it, lee wineghast go out and enjoy it. >> there are street parties all over brazil for the next few days. tomorrow on al jazeera america

we're going to take a look at what's next for war weary ukraine as ceasefire approaches. the baby business going global. >> people go to all ends. >> searching for surrogates. >> we put our wishes out into the universe there. >> some get babies. others heart break. >> that's the thing with surrogacy. >> there's no guarantee. >> we lost $20,000. >> between the expenses of travelling, it was $50,000. >> both