us. us. >> debaltseve falls. ukranian forces retreat from a key town in the east giving pro-russian rebels control, days after a ceasefire was supposed to take effect stopping extremism. >> religion is responsible for terrorism. people is responsible for terrorism the president lays out his

plans. washington buzzing about what he didn't say taking to the streets. thousands march in buenos aires, demanding explanations for the death of a prosecutor. >> odds are you die hospitals shutting down across the country, cutting off access for the people that need them most good evening, i'm moir and this is al jazeera america -- antonio mora and this is al jazeera america. today a town is in rebel hands. ukranian forces pulled back from debaltseve. they had been battling for days even after both signed a ceasefire. the retreat is considered a defeat for the government in kiev. >> reporter: they are beaten and in retreat. ukranian soldiers gave up the defense of their position in debaltseve on wednesday, pushed out by a relentless bombardment

and a ground assault by separatist fighters all happening four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. the wounded spoke of running a gauntlet of fire. >> there are no words to describe it along the way we were blanketed with shots. they fired with machine-gun and grenades. we left 5am, and until this morning we were under targeted fire. >> reporter: the bombardment which broke ukranian resistance were carried out by separatists yints luke this one. we -- like this one. we found them here. many fighters believe the ukrainians should be forced to withdraw from the donetsk region. >> in my opinion, our first task is to push the enemy back to the boarders of luhansk and donetsk reason. after that we'll see.

>> reporter: there was a thinkly veiled threat to stragglers. >> in the near future it may happen here. i can't imagine what will happen after that time will tell. >> reporter: the loss of the town of debaltseve for the ukrainians was a bitter blow. they had invested human and military capital trying to defend it. the small pal that hangs over the town appears to be a clearing up of forces. major forces have withdrawn. >> debaltseve was encircled before the ceasefire, and was part of russian forces. with debaltseve lost to the ukrainians the fate of one of the last main disputed towns has been settled. that gives some small hope that the two sides can begin to

disengage across the length of the front line an emergency meeting at the united nations over libya, and a threat from an i.s.i.l. affiliate. u.n.'s recognised government is asking the security council to lift an arm's embargo. egypt is calling for an international coalition to help it with air strikes. bombed i.s.i.l. targets in libya after a video showing the murder of 21 coptic christians. italy issued its own warning, worried i.s.i.l. could use it to stage attacks. they are ready to leave disarming and building efforts. >> president obama addressed the threat from i.s.i.l. on how to stop the group recruiting americans. it described the right way to describe the group of the the president insisted there's a big

difference between islam and what i.s.i.l. preaches. >> hit by criticism that he's reluctant to use phrases like islamic terrorism to describe i.s.i.l. and others president obama came out against them. >> they are not religious leaders, they are terrorists. we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who have perverted islam. in the days leading up to the meetings, the president has been walking a fine line between the critics and a desire to not fairly single out muslims in the u.s. and abroad. he spent much of thursday's speech praising and defending muslims and their faith. >> no religion is responsible for terrorism. people are responsible for violence and terrorism. >> before the president spoke, republican jed bush picked up the conservative line of attack. >> it's a mistake to think that

i.s.i.s. is not what it is. it's violent extreme islamic terrorism. and the more we try to ignore that reality, the less likely we'll develop the appropriate strategy to garner support in the muslim world to do what i say, which is tighten the noose and take them out. >> the point is about more than the battle of i.s.i.l. and al qaeda. >> we don't mean terrorists were killing innocent people we mean the ideologies the infrastructure of extremists the propagandaists recruiters, funders who radicalize and recruit or insight people to violence. the 3-day meeting is to build ideas to stop extremism where it starts. in local communities around the country and the globe. sitting programs under way in

three american cities the approach aims to build awareness of factors leading to radicalization radicalization. counter extremist narratives with an emphasis on social media and blocking the path to violence. president barack obama said a lack of civil liberties and other factors lead young muslims to violence. he came back to one thing, that it plays into the hands of the enemy. >> if extremists pedal the notion that western countries are hostile to muslims, we need to show that we welcome people of all faiths. the u.s. is starting its annual military training exercises in chad. boko haram is a major focus of the drills. troops from 28 nations are involved including nigeria and cameroon. boko haram launched attacks in each of those countries.

the nigerian government claimed it killed fighters as part of a push to take back territory. cameroon is taking actions. the company launching air strikes. hundreds of thousands of argentines marched through buenos aires demanding answers for the death of prosecutor alberto nisman. the defiance came a month after alberto nisman's body was found in his apartment. al jazeera lucia newman is in buenos aires tonight. >> reporter: not even relentless rain kept tens of thousands of argentines marking a month since the suspicious death of prosecutor alberto nisman. many colleagues fellow prosecutors, led the march. angry that the government refused to honour alberto

nisman. the sign says god may forgive them but not the nation. for once argentina wants to know the truth. there's too much political interference in the justice system. on the other hand it's suspicious that a prosecutor who precisely was investigating the president ends up dead and no one knows what happened. president cristina fernandez de kirchner has ridiculed suggestions that she may have played a part in the from's untimely death. >> this is where alberto nisman's office used to be. the government's handling of his death has been clumsy at death. the chief of staff and spokesman accuse the organizers of plotting a coup further inflaming political passions and divisions in the country. organizers insist the march was not political. the presence of every opposition leader and presidential helpful.

elections are 8 months away. alberto nisman's death may not be clarified, he's become the symbol and martyr for the ruling party's opponents president obama removed the acting label from the title of the secret service director. clancy took the interim post after several high profile security breaches. the president said clancy has proven he is the right person it build refarm form. >> mr -- reform. >> mr clancy demonstrated that he was ready to conduct a clear-sited assessment of that agency and conducted reforms. that is why he has been promoted to this permanent role. >> republicans in congress were hoping the president would follow a panel's recommendation to pick an outsider to run the

secret service. >> organ has a new government. kate brown takes over. he resigns in an epic scandal. brown has been the secretary of state. restoring public trust in the government is a top priority and she will enact reforms. brown identifies herself as bisexual making her the first openly bisexual governor. >> three al jazeera journalists detained in egypt received an honour given the judge's award from the royal television society. peter greste travelled to london to accept the honour 2.5 weeks after being freed from a prison and deported. >> journalists never united around a common cause in the way they have hours. i don't know why it happened. i know how important that has been. for us in prison of course we knew a bit about it. we were aware of the demonstrations, and heard about the campaign and the all right,

and knew the subject was coming up in news conferences and interviews. some vocal supporters were rivals like cnn and the bbc there were places set at tables for mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed, but they could not attend. they were freed on prison last week but are not allowed to leave egypt as they await the retrial. >> seconds can make the difference between life and death in medical emergencies. as hospitals close, more americans are finding themselves hours from medical care. the growing problem next. researchers may be closing in on something they have been hunting for three years - a vaccine for h.i.v. they're out there. >> techknow's team of experts

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the explosion was so powerful. the refinery is operating, though the incident could impact gas prices. an oil tanker train in west virginia is burning tonight, two days after it derailed south-east of charleston. officials are letting the fire burn out, and some cars are leaking oil. the accident along with others is prompting a review of safety standards for trains carrying crude oil. the cars met the current standards, not the tougher rules the government is proposing for people living in rural communities, access to health care is difficult. many hospitals are shutting down. that can have fatal consequences. >> cindy jones's husband bill died of a heart attack nearly two years ago. >> he had been a usual day as a farmer. he was on the field.

the nearest hospital was 25 miles away. >> the town of rich-lan was closer, 9 miles away. the hospital could have saved jones' life if it hadn't closed a month before he had his heart attack. >> it's heard breaking. >> the former director of nursing at richland's hospital. >> let's say an i have a heart attack. i'm brought to the front door. it's locked. there's no one here no care people can get here. >> other than the doctor's office. if you needed emergency care no. if you had a heart attack no. >> odd's are you may day because there's no health care. >> very good responsibility. >> we went to the doctor's office down the street. he was a surgeon before the hospital in rich land. today he is the only doctor in town and is deeply concerned about the effect on the elderly

and the poor. >> the impact is very interesting because the patient has to travel so far. almost about a minimum 35-40 miles. the closest hospital. >> jimmy lewis runs a royal health organization who is trying to raise money and talk with lawyers. >> we are approaching third-world health care. we don't have providers that are accessible in a timely enough fashion to provide the health care for 1.8 million. >> back in rich land the mayor is trying to raise millions for a new hospital. >> the state politicians sh listening. they are going to try to help. we have heard that before. you are a small-town mayor, you

have good intentions. do you think they'll come up. >> well they'll give me some things what we can try to do. i wouldn't say anything negative at this time but we have some things we are working on to see if we can put it together. >> reporter: i have to ask you, the thing is this is life and death, it's not let's fund a railroad or put together a community programme, this is people's lives. people need health attention. do they understand that? >> i think they do. the governor is making changes in the health care thing, and it's making it easier for commuters to do this. for widow sydney jones, any government promise is too late. >> if the hospital had been there, i am sure there would have been someone there who would have known what to do other than what my daughter is.

we didn't have that. according to the american hospital association, because rural hospitals are so small many rely on government assistance. they care for 54 million people with about 9 million of those patients meaning medicare assistance. the struggle for founding means a high turn over and lack of funding. the problem will get worse as the rural populations age. jody schmidt is the president of the rural health organization and joins us. 20% of americans live in rural communities, but 10% of doctors serve those communities. 77% of rural counties have medical professional shortages. it's a problem. why hasn't it got the attention it deserves and been addressed. >> it is certainlial tremendous

problem, and we have seen the problems for many years. my entire career we have seen some progress in establishing rural residenceies in expanding access to medicine. a real challenge is the fact we are dependent on medicare and medicaid financing. cuts in reimbursement put financial struggles on the rural hospital making it more difficult to recruit providers and sustain technology and emergency access. >> has the affordable care act exacerbated the problem? >> yes, it has. we find that the gap in care is growing between urban and rural beneficiaries as a result of recent changes in the health reform. we have seen the cuts from heath

reform, but not the benefit in terms of a growing insured population in terms of a growing ability to finance the ever increasing cost of technologies in our rural communities. as a result we have seen 47 hospitals close in recent years. that is really only the canary in the coal mine. research suggests 300 rural hospitals are at financial risk of closure in the coming years. >> that means 20% of rural hospitals could close if this happens. is the problem getting worse. >> the problem is getting worse. we are impacting people's lives when rural hospitals close. 47 may seem like a small numberless your living in that community, depending on the hospital. we know people will put off care if it's not available locally.

people will come to the larger facilities more ill, and quite frankly more expensive care is delivered at that time. it makes sense to shore up rural hospital now and maintain the access before we lose more. >> you refer to remote doctor visits earlier. can technology solve some of the issues faced by the rural health care system. >> technology is a tool that we can help to bridge distances between urban facilities that may have more responsibility care and rural primary care providers. it's a resource and we have seen to do tremendous things in rural areas. it's an important part of us maintaining a high level of quality which we are able to provide in those areas. it's not the full solutioning but part of what we work on. my role here is working with

heart and stroke patients across the region to combine the expertise with rural communities through medicine and technology. there's exciting technologies. >> they have a broad impact. it's not just health care. the examples in robert ray's pass. this can hurt rural communities as well. >> absolutely. in many rural communities the hospital is the largest employer. you have something of a brain drain when the rural hospitals close. the spouse may be a superintendent of schools, or a teacher, they own the businesses. in those communities, there's an economic impact in addition to the loss of health care access. >> jodie smith, good to have you

with us. a scare at a hospital in los angeles. more than 100 patient may have been exposed to a superbug. several have confirmed cases of a drug resistant bacteria known as cre. two died. the confections came from contaminated medical scopes. the hospital says it has changed how it cleans the devices. . scientists found a compound that could trick h.i.v. it found a trigger that tricks the molecule. it was tried in four test monkeys. despite efforts to infect them. there's no evidence yet that it will hurt in hummans. >> another storm on the way. we'll check out the weather next. scuba divers find the unexpected. an incredible 1,000-year-old

sunken treasure.

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ups broke the law when it shipped untaxed cigarettes. and is suing the packaging country for $180 million. they you claim the county shipped from indian reservations to addresses in the state. the company denies the charges the last thing most people in new england want to hear is more winter weather is on the way. meteorologist nicole mitchell is here. it's the last thing i want to hear. >> the east of the country want to throw up the flag. it's not just new england. you see the snow moving into new england. it picks up more moisture that it has, 6-10 inches. watch this. this is the next system and as we get into the day tomorrow it could be an ice storm for parts of the south. into saturday it moves up the coastline again. for the two systems, the

north-east will have two systems, and widespread advisories starting to go up. including the temperature advisories. we had the cold front sync southwards. places as far south as key west. 20-40 below average, and you at in the windchill. for atlanta and the teens will feel subzero with the windchill. a lot of winter weather advisories for the cold air, hard freeze and all the cold air for the east coast. the coldest morning looking like friday morning once we get into the north-east. it will be the coldest night of the year. >> not looking forward to it. one place that is colder is mars. and the number of people hoping to be among the first humans to set foot in mars is whittled to 100. mars 1 is cutting back on

applicants to the red planet. two men and two women will go. dr leila zucker hopes that she is one of them. she made the cut and spoke to al jazeera tonight. >> humans have been exploring since we crawled out of the ooze. it's what we do. it's an innate part of what it means to be human, who you're. you mentioned christopher colombus sure. everyone wants to explore and discover. we are curious, that's what we do. >> mars one hopes to launch in 10 years, there'll be no return flight a discovery off the coast of israel. a group of scuba divers found a huge trove of coins in the northern mediterranean. they found what they thought was toy money. instead they discovered gold pieces. the discovery will give

archeologists information about trade. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest new, head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. . >> hello, i'm ray suarez. last week the talk in european capitals ukraine and russia was of a ceasefire in eastern ukraine. one was signed but the ink was barely dry before the shelling and dyeing continues. the ukranian army has been chased out. it has been portrayed in different