into the stories of the day. >> this is a complicated situation. how significant is it? >> and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. >> they're sending their government a message. >> organizing themselves. >> people say they're finally fed up. >> weeknights, on al jazeera america primetime. this is al jazeera america, i'm michael eaves in new york. here are the top stories. pressure is mounting in indonesia. u.s. may pull out of talks if progress is not made. al qaeda linked group al-shabab targets the mall of america egypt's president defend his decision to launch air strikes in libya, calling for a joint military force to fight the threat and rising tensions after

turkey send tanks and soldiers no syria to rescue the remains of an icon and evacuate troops protecting the tomb. we begin with the iranian nuclear talks at a make or break moment. john kerry arrived in geneva it's unclear how long the secretary state or iranian negotiators will stay there. there's no progress towards an agreement that it can accept. the participation says it will depend on what the u.s. decides to do. but the iranian president says his country wants to g et deal down. >> the combination of nuclear negotiators showed steadfast determination to have interaction with the world.

>> rosalind jordan is in geneva. how serious is the u.s. threat to walk away from the talks, or is it posturing. we heart president obama say that he didn't see a reason to extend the talks. that's ahead of a deal or a potential final deal and the secretary of state john kerry repeated the president's comments when i asked him about it on saturday, when we were in london. the basic premise is this. if you don't have a firm deadline there doesn't seem to be any urgency. and if both sides can't make serious compromises during the discussions, you basically need to go back to square one and reassess where both sides are. now, this is a situation that both sides are taking seriously.

the negotiating teams for both sides were working not only thursday, friday and saturday. but needed time to work on sunday morning. and so the foreign minister, mr zarif, the secretary of state, john kerry, and their teams did not come to geneva until late this afternoon. they needed to meet with their own teams before having face to face meetings which started at about 8:30pm local time and ended after 11:00pm local time in geneva. they are going to meet again on monday. we are not clear how many hours they are going to meet. but the state does need to come back to washington in order to testify on tuesday and wednesday about the f-16 budget. and so there is at least going to be a temporary break on the

foreign minister/secretary of state level because of the federal budgeting progress. >> when you have threats around talks such as this, it would give the impression that both or one side is pessimistic about getting anything done. is that accurate or is the mood around the talks optimistic. >> i think the best way to describe it is determined on both sides. you have a fairly sizeable number of negotiators taking part in the talks, and it's also worth knowing that probable the top two cabinet officials in the hassan rouhani and obama government who undernuclear energy better than anyone else in their respective governments are here in geneva taking part in the discussions. the u.s. energy secretary, who is a ph.d. trained at m.i.t. and his counterpart, who was the

head of the atomic energy organization of iran trained at m.i.t. are here to work through the issues surrounding nuclear energy and weapons. they are the men who would have the final say on whether something could be workable should be agreed to or not agreed to. and really unless the political and diplomat teams have the level of scientific clarity, they don't make progress. what they are trying to do is hash out exactly what it is both sides are willing to do or not willing to do but they'll have an imprint of the scientific knowledge that would be needed to underpin a political agreement. there's a deadline of march 31st to get the political framework

agreed upon which both sides. not only does president obama try to sell a deal to the u.s. congress but president hassan rouhani would have to sell it to members of his personal and the conservatives in the iranian parliament are just as skeptical as conservatives are here in the united states. so there's a lot of work na needs to be done. we are more than five weeks out at this point. it's too early to say that things are dead. typically in any sort of negotiation, whether it's a budget deal in the u.s. congress or an international treaty they are going to have things going right down to the entire. -- down to the wire. >> so many issues and eyeballs on the meetings in geneva. rosalind jordan reporting from switzerland, thank you israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu says he's astonished that the u.s. is still pur sought a deal with -- pursuing a deal with iran and

is vowing to do what he can do stop the talks. >> the agreement is dangerous. i'll leave next week to the united states to explain to the american congress about why the agreement is dangerous to israel, the region to the whole world. coming up in 20 minutes, we have more on the israeli prime minister and the controversy surrounding his upcoming address to congress. the u.s. defense secretary is defending a target. ashton carter is in kuwait ahead of a meeting, spending way to discuss ways of combatting i.s.i.l. in iraq and syria. the largely unscript media takes place in an army base. >> the department of homeland community is making concern, releasing a video. secretary jeh johnson said u.s. officials are taking seriously

al-shabab's threat to attack america. courtney kealy is here with the details. >> the video calls for attacks in britain, france canada and the u.s. with a mention of the mall of america, which is what secretary johnson addressed. >> homeland security jeh johnson wept on the sunday shores after the al-shabab threats emerged. >> we are in a new age. >> his advice don't panic but stay alert. >> the reason i think we are concerned about this is it encourages independent actors striking with little notice. >> the mall of america is one of the largest shopping venues in the world. al-shabab's threat is treated seriously in part because the group recruited dozens of young men from minnesota, and the somali community. days ago community leaders from

the minneapolis-st. paul area attended a summit on countering extremism. >> we want to work with minnesota to stop terror recruitment. >> the chief speck about law enforcement and outreach to the community. >> leaders trained 600 sworn officers in the st. paul police department in. somali culture and language in some cases. >> reporter: the mall but extra measures in place after al-shabab released the video. it has been on the state department's list of terrorism organization since 2008. they pledged allegiance to al qaeda. the following year it lunched an attack on the west gate mall in nairobi, killing 67 peel over the course of the siege. homeland security and the fbi issued a statement saying agencies are aware of the call.

they are working with maloners to mitigate the threats. on thursday the f.d.a. added a naturalized citizen, originally from somali. a former taxi driver from a list of the terrorists. the 29-year-old is believed to have fled to somali and is expect to provide support to al-shabab and al qaeda. >> lawmakers have until friday to find a solution to fund the homeland security. with the center at a stalemate they are at a real threat that it could be shut down because of employees like the t.s.a. they made the displeasure unclear. they hope someone will exercise leadership for the good of public safety. >> in a few moments, we'll have more on this discussion with the professor of a somali scholar

from the university coming up on al jazeera america. egypt's president want to create a pan american force, abdul fatah al-sisi issuing a call saying joining forces would be the best way to counter threats posed by i.s.i.l. and other groups. >> the need for a unified force is growing and becoming more pressing because of the challenges that the region is facing. it is huge. we will be able to overcome such challenges when we unite. it comes as the government weighs the next steps in libya. and i.s.i.l. affiliated groups executed 21 coptic christians. >> abdul fatah al-sisi wants to secure his country's borders and wants revenge. >> it's significant na abdul fatah al-sisi chose to start his one-hour-long access by tackling

the air strikes. he was talking to the egyptian people. it was a matter of "revenge", and i think he meant a matter of pride. he said he could not face paying condolences. and in germ the coptic griftian community without taking prior action. it's addressing the concerns of the international community. the egyptian army does not attack anyone first that the army was not an invader and it was their to defend egypt and its borders. the air strikes have been highly polarizing inside libya. the u.n. recognised government in tobruk welcomed them. the court appointed one in tripoli has condemned them. it all came at a time when it

seemed to have some progress on the track. clearly the white house, u.n. within the arab league. many were concerned about the air strikes and the scope, for how long they would have lasted. it seems that president abdul fatah al-sisi was trying to convey the message that it was a matter of defense, and protecting egyptian interest and people. >> turkish troops crossed to syrian territory to remove guards from the tomb of suliman shah. they returned to turkey with the remains, an historic figure of the otto man empire. they crossed the border without syria's permission damascus calls it an act of aggression. here is bernard smith with the details of the raid. >> reporter: under the cover of the night the turkish military crossed the border into syria,

moving through territory controlled by i.s.i.l. the piece of the soil is the size of the football pitch the size of a shrine. the tomb was left under turkish control when the french drew the borders of modern syria in 1921. now, citing increased fighting in the area between i.s.i.l. and the kurds. the turkish government decided to evacuate 40 or so troops at the shrine. >> translation: turkey troops entered with 100 vehicles, and 572 soldiers. around 3230 g.m.t. the troops reached the suleyman shah outpost. they completed the their actions and a religious ceremony was hell. the turk yush flag was planted at a new location where the remains will be reburied much

it's symbolically in syria, only just. the spot is up against the border. within site of turkey's military. by dawn the operation was over it was all done without coordination of the kurds, who control the border. nor was the syrian government in damascus involved. the turkish government has no appetite to involve itself in the war with syria, so it might have needed to pull troops out to avoid the risk of an i.s.i.l. attack forcing their hand. it comes as they agree to train free syrian army fighters here the first time they are taking a role in the battle against i.s.i.l. muslim leaders are meeting with counterterrorism experts in mecca, hoping to discipline themselves from the acts of the group claiming it represent

islam. a conference runs through wednesday. several hundred from several hundred countries have gathered to make it clear they do not condone groups lake al-shabab and i.s.i.l. >> translation: the terrorist groups are not part of islam. the islamic state, al-nusra and others are against islam the conference attendees are working on a plan to fight against the group, trying to work on a definition for terrorism. better understanding its roots and how to prevent it in their communities. >> for more, let's brup bring in a somali scholar from st. paul in minister. how seriously should we take the threats made in the video from

al-shabab? >> i'm not a professor of geography, but international studies, please. >> my apologies. >> i accept it. despite success in pushing al-shabab from towns and areas controlled in southern somalia, they are a powerful force in many places in southern somali and the horn of africa. their existence and provisions should be taken seriously. they are trying to create havoc in malls like here in the twin cities. i think the capacity is not there. i don't doubt their intentions. >> could you tell us about the recruitment tactics. the twin cities area has a huge

population, we are seeing the group trying to recruit in other places not just that community. how effective are they with the recruitment? >> it's worldwide, whether they love. whether in australia, england, western europe or north america. they'll try to recruit so there are no boundaries insofar as their reach is concerned. they i think, target or at least attract those falling into a number of categories - young people who are gullible and don't understand even who they are yet. and therefore they could be bam bootsled into something like this -- bamboozled into something like this. there's a group that can be seen as deviate or maladjusted in the united states, in the twin cities in other parts of the world, and the despair at home which is very damaging to their open sense of self in the own

countries, and the maladjustment in the united states creating a context. then there are, of course some who have teen national sentiments. they see their open country in somali, see it within the international system. enormous levels of corruption. mild governance and a sense of identity linked back to somali. so disreputable. that they feel they go to the country to do something. and al-shabab is a gateway to think about doing something like that. what is the relationship between the somali community, the twin cities and the government. is there a situation where some of the somali citizens could feel is enfranchised and al-shabab can use it as an opening to recruit people to commit act of terrorism in the

region? >> there's a possibility that individuals are the ones that have identified would be sucked into something like this. i think there are things that you can do. people and the government of the united states and the loningal. state governments here and the city's government. if i may. i can suggest two of them. one of them of course is the issue of jobs. and programs adjusting to the united states. particularly when most of the people are coming from backgrounds where there is little education capacity. investment in the social infrastructure of the communities to train them and make them understand the history and the ways and the ethics and dlit in the united states of their new country, it is important. it's important, i think, for us in the united states here and in

the country also to not light up on the issue of security and deepening the issues of security and making sure that there are few places for people like that to go. and at the same time keeping an eye on the trampling on the right of new citizens. there's an element that is not done. it's not discussed. there's a lot of support. we in the united states for the government in washington and only what they can do in minnesota. there's a battle going on inside society. somali americans here in the states or here in minnesota, or other parts of the world, or inside east africa sh it is a battle over the culture of somali feeling. the deep indigenous culture. the struggle is between a group

of people a way of banishing artistic creativity. the gift to the world is in the area of poetic literature in theatre, song, sans. -- dance. this is the somali gift. it is shut down. it's important for us in the united states to join the battle, invest in the rehabilitation. >> it's a good point. >> therefore give the young people space where they can begin to treat that and that will condition subjectivity. >> professor from st. paul's minnesota, thank you for your time. al jazeera america continues after this.

a ukrainian newsagency says four are held after a deadly bomb blast. two were killed after a march marking the anniversary of the

ousting of viktor yanukovych. >> more than a dozen were injured. jonah hull reports from kiev. three days of anniversary events have been marked not by celebrations of what was achieved in ukraine. but by a sombre remembrance of lives lost. and there were more lives lost on sunday. a bomb exploded in the eastern city of kharkiv close to the combat zone during a march for pass. ukranian authorities are treating it as app act of terrorism. in keef president petro porashenko was joined by european leaders and other low-level guest. it was not the turn out hoped for, after promising the crowds that the president and prime ministers would taped, and that

the doors would be open and there would be victory in the east. >> president petro porashenko is under immense pressure. domestically the state of the economy and loths demand a response. internationally he is expected to hold the line in a shaky ceasefire despite transgressions by the other side. >> for now many believe the president is doing all he can. >> i think he does his best. all have different ideas what he could do better but i wish him good luck because it's difficult situation. and if somebody nose what to do -- knows what to do let them do it themselves. >> something more could be done. he's doing his best in the circumstances in which our country is under different circumstances, you can do this you can do that and history has no if. >> the u.s. ambassador agreed that there is no real idea what

will happen if the ceasefire fails. >> there's no reason why russia should feel threatened by a ukraine moving towards europe developing higher standard of democracy, and governance. >> there's talk of arming ukraine again russia. >> it's the russian government engaged in this campaign of aggression. >> the president showed guests the captured armour and artillery that the government says is material evidence of russian aggression on ukranian soil. what he cannot show the community or his own people is a way out of ukraine's problems ousted ukranian president viktor yanukovych spoke about issues in his programme. he talked to moscow. >> translation: what they were afraid of was that the people

would react negatively to their reactions and would not be elected. the war was started to exclude the people protesting part of the electorate from the political process. they managed to do that. the south-east of ukraine practically did not take part in the elections if they did take part, it's a small part. >> they were run out of a deal many believed viktor yanukovych was being manipulated by the president and russian president vladimir putin. >> binyamin netanyahu is set to make a speech to congress. we'll discuss the controversy it is causing next.

welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm michael eaves here is a look at the top stories. secretary of state john kerry went to geneva for the latest round of talks.

as the june 30th time approaches, the secretary of state john kerry is ready to pull outlet iran is ready and willing to tut-tut -- pull out. iran is ready to cut a deal. >> an al qaeda affiliate releases a video calling for an attack on a u.s. mall minnesota mall. security has been increased. the president of egypt want to create a united arab military. abdul fatah al-sisi made a televised address, defending egypt's air strikes inside libya and said joining forces would be the best way to defend against such groups. in less than two weeks the prime minister of israel is to address congress. he reiterated his intention to go to the u.s. and a reason for doing so. >> a red line should be drawn

here. >> reporter: israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu made his position on iran clear many times. >> translation: the challenges with which the state of israel is coping is well known to you, the middle east disintegrates. it falls apart. into the space an empire. that is iran. >> he is likely to do so again ahead of a joint meeting of congress. it will be the third such appearance, a hat-trick equalled by one only international leader british prime minister winston church hill. during binyamin netanyahu's last visit, members of congress gave him 29 standing ovations. >> no better friend than israel. >> but this time binyamin netanyahu may face empty seats. the white house says vice president joe biden, a strong supporter of israel is not likely to attend. other democrats have confirmed they will skip the speech. part of the controversy, binyamin netanyahu's invitation

didn't come from the white house, and in a breach of protocol it came from john boehner, without the administration being informed first. >> i didn't want that getting in the way and quashing real opportunity. >> the white house said the president doesn't normally meet foreign leaders, the idea is to avoid looking like washington is picking sides. with israeli heading to the polls, president obama will not meet with binyamin netanyahu. talk of protocol is not the only issue. the white house accused israel of leaking information about nuclear talks with iran. some of the questions that israelis th have not been accurate. no question about that. >> i speak about it now. the hour is getting late. very late. >> binyamin netanyahu spent years warning of disaster if iran acquired nuclear weapons, and made the opposition

clear. >> the iranian nuclear calendar does not take time out for anyone. >> negotiations are worth pursuing, and the right deal will make the region safer. a survey suggested that 47% of israelis want the prime minister to cancel his teach. 44% say he should go ahead. >> it's my duty as prime minister of israel to make the case. >> binyamin netanyahu is determined to go live in prime time. joining us from washington is an assistant professor with the school of international service at american university and author. thank you so much for your time. this speech whether we talk about protocol or nuclear talks, it's awash in politics. binyamin netanyahu is up for re-election.

john boehner is trying to position his party against president obama. how much of this is politics or the core issues that will be addressed here? >> i think that prime minister binyamin netanyahu sincerely believes that president obama is misguided about the deal. israel has every reason to be concerned about a nuclear iran and from last week's report from the i.a.e.a. nuclear inspectors said that iran has been stone walling them. there are severe reasons behind but at the same time this move is inappropriate, it's a breach of protocol and he should address his concerns in other venues such as the apec policy conference, which he'll attend during the visit here. >> he received criticism not only fro israel but israeli americans in the u.s.

he seems he's determined to go forward with this speech. why do you think he's adamant about doing so? >> i think he is genuinely concerned, but we need to see the episode, the latest crisis in the context of domestic politics. speaker john boehner. this is a political ploy by speaker john boehner to embarrass and undermine the president of the united states. and to use u.s. relations and the issue of the ukranian programme as a partisan football. at the same time the prime minister is using the speech for his own domestic purposes. he has an election coming up two weeks after the speech, and the speech which is a security speech will serve as exhibit a for his attempt to present himself as mr security in israel

and in order to do that he feels as if he has to stop the talks or give the impression that he's doing everything to do that prior to that election. let me ask you this - according to president obama, if they reach an award over the development of the nuclear bomb it will secure the region especially israel. does he not believe this or trust iran? >> well i think he does not believe it nor does he trust iran. there are legitimate reasons not to trust iran. all you need to do is ask the nuclear inspectors i.a.e.a. who says that iran has not answered basic questions on the past evidence. they presented two iranians on the past work on nuclear weapons, until they are answered, there's every reason to be concerned about it. my issue is the venue in which

concerns should be vented. he should not do it in a joint speech to congress two weeks before his election without coordination with the white house or state department. that's unacceptable. a breach of protocol from both sides. guys thank you for joining us. greece's syriza party will present reforms on monday. at home the left-wing government is struggling to collect taxes. they are more indebted than of. >> reporter: these are the chin whose parents lost the ability to care for them many during the crisis, they are among 300 living in a foster care charity, sos children villages it doesn't seek state subsidies, but pays $130,000 in taxes, five times since before the crisis

with that money it could care for another 25 children. >> there's a lot of important charities in greece. they cap increase, but not because of lack of subsidies, but the government, by taxation has taken the money from a private donor that he gives to the charities for making and doing what the state should do. taxes have risen sharply during the crisis to repay creditors for a quarter of a million. so have arrears. greeks own the treasury 86 billion, and they seem decreasingly able to pay. state revenue dropped sharply. creditors believe greece will fall short of its target. the vast majority owes less than $5,000, it is they who is likely to come forward and settle.

97" of greek tax arrears are owed. including a tough colonel that governments failed to rein in. the government's plan is to collect a large upfront sum to show them that greece is serious about revenue, inviting people to come forward with a down payment against tax arrears. it will match the payment with a discount. >> we will do our best. we didn't know before. our policy needs to focus on putting a stop to the increase of uncollected taxes, growing by 1.1 billion in january. the next step will be to help those that cannot pay. >> reporter: austerity increased tax revenue from targets like the salaried middle class. experts believe it is not sustainable. adding to the problem is the social justice agenda promising to apollic a property -- abolish

a property tax. but to provide social spending while cutting taxes, it has to bring growth and pear back an expensive states. greece's creditors don't believe it can. >> joining us as we look at the brettedth of the financial crisis - 8:30 eastern, 5:30 pacific. >> coming up on the hour as part of the coverage. black history month. jesse jackson speaks to al jazeera. how he believes the change. plus... >> if water is life this small town is dying, i'm jennifer london where here half the population is without running water. residents are surviving because water is being delivered to their home. it may stop. then what. >> and i'm meteorologist nicole mitchell, an active weather planet from an ice storm on the

plains to storms in the north-east. i'll have that coming up.

winter brought relief to drought stricken california, in small towns wells are running dry. one is in east portaville.

160 miles north of los angeles. al jazeera visited the town to see how it is addressing the water shortage. jennifer london returned for an update on the relief effort. >> reporter: when east porterville resident wakes up he worries about water. when he goes to sleep, he worries about water. during the hours in between, he worries about water. >> it's bad. it's terrifying us. >> when did you run out of water? >> we run out last march. >> so it's almost been a year since you haven't had running water. >> yes. >> deborah ran out in july down the street. >> this is an extreme measure you took putting a tank in the tree. >> my husband has a tank like that in his truck, he fills it up every day. >> half the down's population are struggling to live out

water. private wells dried up as the drought continues to punish the state. al jazeera first reported on the water crisis in september. every few month we returned and the situation got worse. a few inches of rain may have turned the grass green, but the wells are dry. people are straight. >> tuesdays are important here. that's when the weekly water deliveries arrive. on this street tuesday came and wept no water. you can see the levels it's low. this little amount of water will last who knows how long. >> they don't see us as human being, they have us abandoned already. too many pollittition over there. >> reporter: politics between local and counties about filling the tanks. the country refused to fill them because it can't verify they are san tri.

the city of portaville, which is next door stepped in and helped out. now porta veil's works director said they'll stop for good. >> reporter: why not hook up the residents to city water, why has that not been done? >> the city has to be concerned with its own citizens it's the city of portaville's system. we have 57,000 people that we have to assure they'll get water. because east portaville is unincorporated the responsibility is with the county. it's now installing larger state approved tank which the country will sell. that's a temporary solution. andrew is with the office of emergency services. >> why doesn't the country put in a new well - problem-solved. >> that is what we are looking at doing. the challenge is finding the funding for that.

>> this is an emergency. isn't it an emergency. people need water now? >> yes, it is. that's why we are doing the tanks behind us. i'm talking of long-term solutions. >> long-term solutions don't happen overnight. it's a 5-year, 30 million program. and we are six months into that process. >> are politics getting in the way of helping the residents of east portaville. >> i don't think it is. i see it as economics. the people of east portaville are in a pad situation. are there remedies. there's always remedies they can move dig deeper wells. >> for most digging a deeper well is not an option they can't afford it. did you think you would be living like this? >> never in my life. we look at east porterville. it is really bad, you know.

we got faith and some day we may get the water. >> officials say they are working towards a long-term fix and are close to receiving the funds from the state to begin construction of a new well in the city of portaville. it will provide an additional source to fill up the state-approved tank. the hope is that the country can hook up east side residents to the existing water system. >> jennifer london reporting from los angeles. parts of the east are dealing with melting snow as much as two feet fell in some places. regions are numbering temperatures into the high 40s. more cold weather is now on the way. is that right, nicole mitchell. >> it's hit the midwest, moving into the south and tomorrow. that's influencing an ice storm that we have that has been

buried. here is the largest picture. i want to point out that we were talking about the draught in california. we have a low bringing rain from central california as far south as los angeles. this is a huge story for the continues. this is great news part of that will influence the snow as it moves along, that we are seeing in the four corners, and into the southern plains and another place where we have developing weather. let's get closer to where the biggest problem will be. we had ice reports in north texas, as far south as central texas, louisiana, central missouri. as we get into tonight and tomorrow. snow on the north side. what is happening is the cold air is coming in mixing with a lair of the warm air. that's a set up for sleet and rain. all the areas upped the different winter weather advisories from tonight into

tomorrow. there's one band coming through. there'll be another potent one overnight into tomorrow. and then later tomorrow looks like that should clear out for us. tomorrow morning will e very very tricky and we'll see flip-flops in the temperatures. houston at 78. look at this. minneapolis zero. hewitton may barely get into the 40s after the 70s, a 30 degree drop. you'll feel this. the high pressure. east of that is a flow from the north, shooting the temperatures back. so we barely got up to average today. we'll go down. some of these temperatures sub zero and add in the wind chills, a widespread area especially where you see the oranges

oranges, 30 or 40 below. that's not the only thing cold air does. you have the melting with because of the warm air. together as the cold air comes in, it will refreeze everything on the road. that will make black ice for tomorrow. see how much the temperatures in the north-east start to drop down. as i said a lot dropping 20-30 degrees by tomorrow. >> mother nature making it hard to decide whether to start with a light or heavy jacket. >> schizophrenic, yes when we return our interview with jesse jackson.

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february is black history month and david shuster spoke with long-time activist jesse jackson, who explained why the rights of the civil right union has been rolled back. >> 18-year-olds couldn't vote or serve on juries not on college campus bilingually, or get proportional recommendation. it took 25 years, behind "selma" to change that. what we had in 1965 that we did not have in 1870 was the oversight of section 4 and 5, so if there was moving we had the power to protect ourselves.

what happened was in june of 2013 they removed the protection. they removed the troops as it were, and there has been an attack on the sell ma. august 6, 1965 - for those years we fought gerrymandering indexation fighting them back. that was taken away by the supreme court. many people have not realised that it has been diminished by removing the protective measures. it's a right to vote unprotected right to vote. ones in the state legislators, isolating the black vote minimising it. >> what would you say is the biggest challenge facing the african american community in america today? >> well race disparities, and

poverty. they are the - we lost 2 million homes in the home foreclosure scam for the 9 million bailing out the banks, we didn't bail out the victims linked to reinvest: disparges in health care. less health care more in poverty, less jobs wages and benefits, and less in gaol. take the calls without the attendant. they go to the campus. they are about to close south carolina state. threatening to close louisiana. we see the backlash has been phenomenal and strong and mean spirited. while president obama represents a high point of our work i think it's done against a phenomenal job.

the issue of poverty and what made lyndon johnson great is he took on posterity. most are not black. they are white female and young. most poor folk are not on welfare, they work. too few have too much. too many have less and less. they are the structural challenges of america. there must be a plan for restriction, bottom up to put everyone - which no one should fall. bottom up. >> the plan for reconstruction. you ran for the democratic president nomination before as you survey the potential 2016 democratic field, do you see anybody out there who is carrying that flag in terms of the issue of poverty in america? >> well hillary clinton agreed to sensitivity. she was working in the delta of mississippi and arkansas with people over at free league at

services. she represented an element. she has a sensitivity to poor people and bill clinton, her husband. i know on that side of the ledger. she team to be a resistance mention the word poor. it's about the middle class. jesus argued that we should measure character by how to treat the least of these, defend the pore live with the needy. we must go as johnson did, to a war on poverty. and open up in apple asia. he whitened the face of poverty, deracializing the debate. poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. we must have the capacity. those that are poor are less likely to get education, end up in gaol don't live as long. we must fight it as a moral

challenge and an economic opportunity. they represent market money, talent creatisty and untouched -- creativity and uptouched jeepius. -- genus. >> be sure to join a.j.a.m. for a twitter chat childrening the thin lining between multikurtural targetting black identity and accomplish. follow the conversation now, and tweet us your thoughts today was the 57th running of the day tone a500 and the o -- daytona 500, and the rider that took on the flag is 24-year-old joy lagano took the lead with 19 laps remaining, in the 200 lap and held off the field through two separate restarts following crashes. trevor bain was 20 when he wan

the daytona 500 in 2011. that will do it for this hour of al jazeera. the news conditions with richelle carey. >> we weren't breaking those records. >> not those ones. >> this is al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey in new york with a look at the stop story. pressure is mounting in geneva. secretary of state john kerry threatens a u.s. pull out of the iran nuclear talks if it is not made. issuing caution after al-shabab targets the mall of america. annual state of the republican party greece gets financial breathes room. europe's financial troubles are far from over. talks over iran's