>> this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm david schuster, the israeli outcome for netanyahu, the u.s. talks with iran. and a peace deal with the palestinians. violence in tunisia a popular museum, and what we know about the gunmen. and racist comments, the text messages sent by san francisco police officers.

>> for the fourth time in his career, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is forming a coal lig government. his come from behind victory gave him the mandate that he was looking for. he fired up the right wing base and though he has a clear support, many israelis are worried about the future. dana, what has been the reaction to netanyahu's victory? >> reporter: well, david netanyahu's come from behind win was certainly a big surprise here to many, at the same time as the left-wing. at some point, in the left-wing started to rally and looked like they had a chance, but their hopes quickly fizzled out as a full vote count took place. a minute after the polls closed the left-wing started

cheering. they thought they had it in the bag, prime minister netanyahu on the ropes. many israelis are fed up as netanyahu's vision of no peace and lack of attention to the economy. but as the hours went by, the numbers told a different story. he had somehow beat the odds, rallying to win seats over herzog. netanyahu declared victory at the western wall. i appreciate the decision by israeli citizens to elect me against all odds in the face of powerful forces, and i'll go everything that i can to care for the security and the welfare of all israelis. how did he save himself when the polls had the prime minister trailing the opposition? he was described as out of touch and detached for most of the campaign. >> he didn't speak to israelis until three days ago when he realized that things are going

bad. and then he started to talk to the israelis. >> and he talked mostly to the right wing. calling off what was left of the peace process but declaring the idea of a two-state solution irrelevant. and calling the other parties dangerous. >>dangerous not at the expense of the citizens. he did such horrible thing. things, incitement racism, turning against israeli citizens. >> the zionist party herzog, saying that i want to make it clear to israelis. challenges are the same, the problems are the same, and nothing has changed. netanyahu has his victory but many say that the campaign and the rhetoric has polarized the people like never before.

people are deeply divided over the future of israel. and those who hope to wake up to the dawn of a new day just woke up to yesterday. clearly he pledged that only he is protect israel. >> we have isis and al qaeda and many things in the world. so i'm scared for my personal safety. and that's the prime issue. >> but theresa told me she has hope for change. >> we're going to keep pleading for the change and hoping, and not falling into despair and not giving up. but you know -- >> will the government last? >> will the government last? i hope not. >> palestinian reaction, david. they say that this only strengthens their resolve in the international community. and this includes very strongly the allegations of war crimes

in the criminal court. >> dana, thank you. and the united states and israel have a strong relationship despite friction between president obama and prime minister netanyahu. but the reaction could bring peace to the region. mike viqueira, he had very strong words for the israeli leader today. and tell us about it. >> he sure did. and the status quo between the united states and israel is bad enough, but in the wake of the campaign, many people are asking could these relations get even worse? even the post-election nightmare. after the vote, secretary of state john kerry called netanyahu. >> those are specifically meant, and happen after elections. it was not more extensive alone

that. >> in recent years the united nations on the palestinian question. but on the reaction, netanyahu repudiated both the long-standing policy of both the u.s. and israel. the goal of a free palestinian. wednesday, a shift in the u.s. stance. >> well, the recent statements called into question the two-state solution. and we all agree on that point but it doesn't mean that we have changed the position with respect to the u.n. >> net net's win is likely to mean two more years of acrimonious relationship. president obama has yet to call netanyahu, but the two men are in plainly view. the white house sent sharp words for netanyahu on another score. casting arab israeli voters as a threat. the spokesman telling reporters, the united states and this administration is deeply concerned over divisive

rhetorics that seeks to marginalize arab israeli citizens. and they hope to see a decrease in tension over the last two years in the obama administration. >> it doesn't matter whether they like each other or not. presidents come and go, and prime ministers come and go, and netanyahu comes and goes, but it's the u.s.-israeli relationship that needs to transcend the feels of any leaders at any given time. >> but even critics see a silver lining. >> it does sharpen the contradiction and the distinction between the u.s. and the israeli policy, and that makes is easier for the united states to continue it's slow very tentative move away from a complete embrace of israel. >> one key question, of course, what about the talks going on with the united states and its

partners, and iran's nuclear program. they're in a crucial stage. the end of the month deadline, and netanyahu speaking before a session of congress. really no meeting of the minds on the fallout here. but many say that the positions will simply harden on either side. >> mike viqueira at the white house, and in a frenzy today as they discuss the outcome of the israeli election. we'll talk to one of those analysts coming up. this morning in tunisia gunmen disguised as soldiers opened fire at the country's capital. and when it was over, 21 people were dead, including 17 tourists and the attackers. john has more on this. >> yeah, david. you know tunisia is a major vacation destination in north africa, people around europe, and that's exactly who want attackers targeted. this morning in a rampage at a popular tourist destination.

>> the tourists stepped off a bus and were immediately fired o some died instantly, and others escaped. some running into the building. but inside of the national museum, they were taken hostage by government, dressed in military uniforms and armed with assault rifles. other visitors like this tourist from france, managed to hide in the building. >> we waited for approximately one hour without moving until the police intervened. >> hours later they freed the hostages and killed at least two gunmen, but two or three more may still be at large. the dead included visitors from poland and germany. >> they are guests to our country, and i didn't want that for them. it makes me sorry. it's a sin what did they do to us? >> the president said that he was at a loss for words despite no clear indication of who carried out the attacks

there was no room for radicals in his country. >> i can't say anything other than this is a huge tragedy that has fallen on tunisia. there's no hope for these people, so tunisia must stand strong against the militants and wipe them out. >> the economy rise heavily on tourism. >> this operation means that we have to all unite to defend our countries. >> world leaders in san francisco and washington condemned the attack. >> wanted united states stands with the tunisian people at this time and to secure a prosperous and democratic tuneisha. >> it's unclear who was behind the attacks. tunisia was the birthplace of the arab spring, but that revolution led to increased influence in groups like isil. the big take away is the damage

that this will do to the country's economy, which completely depends on tourists. >> the pentagon is confirming a u.s. drone strike has killed a leader in somalia known as el shabaab. it took place last thursday, 100 miles west of mogadishu. garr ar is thought to have masterminded the attack in kenya in 2013 which killed 67 people. japanese police are investigating death threats against u.s. ambassador, caroline kennedy. she has been the ambassador to japan since 2013. last month someone made threatening phonecalls, and the united states is working with the japanese government to keep kennedy safe. >> we take every step possible to work with our personnel. and we're working with the japanese government to make

sure that the security measures are in place which is something that we continue to do around the world. we're not going to comment on any details on any steps that we take to address them. >> a death threat was also made to the u.s. general consultin okinawa. it's home to u.s. troops. last month a man was slashed by a man in seoul. a man says that police officers should be fired for sending racist and homophobic text messages. they were revealed last month. looking at the messages, she joins us now. >> so the texts and emails denigrate minorities and gays and they called for reform in the police department. the police chief said that it makes him sick to have these guys around. and the san francisco mayor agreed and that's why termination is on the table for all of them.

what's in the texts and the emails, one of the former officers was convicted of public corruption last year, and he's appealing that for stealing money and narcotics from drug dealers. the veteran policemen are still on the force and here are a few examples for you. one of them asked do you celebrate kwanza at your school? and one of them said, yeah, we burn the cross and celebrate white mass. and i'm watching them like a hawk. and then when one of them said that the police officer was visiting with her white husband, he said get your pocketbook, it's not against the law to put an animal down, to which he said, well said. ferminger said that he's not a racist. that all of the comments were private banter amongst friends. >> my best friends closest

friends are all black gay chinese or asian, and hispanic. that's who i socialize with, and spend my time with. those texts are not a reflection of who i am. but a rebound reaction. if anybody calls me racist, i swear to god i'll get 1,000 people in there. it's tough. and that's not the reflection of who i am. >> the four other officers have been reassigned to units with no public comment. and the district attorney said that he will review cases linked to the officers going back ten years. >> any other reaction from the officers in the san francisco police community. >> absolutely, the president of officers for justice i spoke to her this afternoon and that organization started in 1968 for better race relations and

she said that this incident takes them back to that era. it damages the relationship in the community significantly because the public loses trust in the officers, thinking that every officer is a racist or a bigot. and she said they need to take this teachable moment and turn it into a lesson for the entire department. get sensitivity training and make changes to the department. >> we appreciate it. just ahead the fed is no longer patient. federal reserve chairman, janet yellen said that after years of waiting the fed may decide to raise interest rates. what it could mean to your wallet.

other . >> israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has worked to form a new coalition

government. his party won nearly 30 seats in the election, and that puts him more than halfway with the connections to form a government. but they're concerned about the future of peace talks and israel's relationship with the united states. an associate professor at the school of international service joins us tonight from washington d.c., and what are the reasons why so many progressives and those to the left are concerned about the exit kolls because last night it was reversed and what was different. >> the exit polls were way off. but i think that the real story is that netanyahu proved that once again he is a master politician. and he's a brilliant tacticianer. he was able to stage a last-minute, come from behind victory, and a decisive one at that.

there was no pullout that predicted this kind of victory for netanyahu. >> and one of the tactics seemed to be to generate fear that arabs in large numbers were being bussed to the polls and was that something that made a difference? >> unfortunately it did. netanyahu resorted to a very ugly form of race baiting and fear mongering. he complained on the day of the election that arabs were voting in large numbers, and before that, he complained about foreign interference in large numbers, and he had commercials that claimed that if the rivals were to win israel would be in danger, and the politics worked. he was able to mobilize his base, and they came out in droves. >> one of the things that he did at the end he promised that if elected, he would not

support a palestinian state. the coupe where he had been open to a two-state solution, and what does it mean going forward? >> just to clarify netanyahu's party has never accepted a two-state solution and nobody knows what's in the platform. now, if netanyahu himself did stay in june of 2009 state that he supports a palestinian state. and what he showed in the past couple of weeks is that that was a tactical maneuver, back in 2009, that was aimed at appeasing the obama administration and quelling international criticism. mr. netanyahu has never supported a palestinian state. and i don't think that he will do so in the future as well. >> so what's last for the israelis who do support a palestinian state and for the palestinians themselves? this is an opportunity for the center left in israel to get

organized, and become a united opposition. and present the public with an alternative agenda. and that's one thing that the election did not do. it was a referendum about netanyahu, and this was a mistake. what they should have done is propose an alternative and ironically the israeli security community i'm talking about former idf chiefs of staff. and former military intelligence, and security services, the vast majority of them came out against netanyahu, who likes to see himself as mr. security. >> what does the result mean with the u.s.-led talks with iran, given that we're looking at the deadline in the next few weeks? >> i think at this point netanyahu, what he has to say about the issue his hands are tied. and he did himself a great

disservice when he accepted house speaker boehner's invitation to address congress a couple of weeks ago without any consultation with the administration or the state department. and when what he ended up doing is creating a rift between his government and the democrats. and many of them would have supported additional sanctions on iran, which is what he wanted. >> but is there any chance that netanyahu's victory -- people would say might convince iran to give more on the u.s.-led talks? >> i don't believe that netanyahu's victory is going to have any impact on the iranian nuclear talks. >> all right guy, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> public anger at harsh budget cuts bubbled over in germany today. protesters and police fought in the streets of frankfort

leaving people injured. and some 350 people were arrested. violence broke out in a rally at the central bank and it's headquarters. dominic caine was there and filed this report. >> in the center of frankfort the police step in to prevent protesters from taking over the streets. they called off thousands of people to descend on europe's financial district. >> above all i think that it's the big symbol for monetary in europe and it's important for a lot of people, from lots of different countries come together and fight the politics. >> in some areas clearly, it

had taken a physical form. police held hundreds of people in different parts of the city to prevent them from committing crimes. >> things like these demonstrate anger against the authorities, and against the role of the european central bank and that's what was brought into the streets of frankfort to try to disrupt and prevent the inauguration of the $1 billion bill. inside of the building, the president of the ecb did acknowledge the protestor's point of view, but said that the fiscal policy is not the cause of the country's economic problems. >> it has always been understood that countries have to be able to stand on their own two feet. that each is responsible for its own policies. the fact that some had to go through a difficult period of adjustment was first and foremost a consequence of their past decisions. >> but that sentiment does

nothing to calm these protestors. in their slogans and chants, they said that it's destroying people's lives. >> wanted u.s. job market has been heating up in recent months. unemployment rates tell in 20 states in january a sign that employers are hiring across the country, but they're finding new ways to put technology to work. >> reporter: this is not a story about how one day robots may kill us all. but it is a story about how robots may soon take our jobs. >> we're looking at putting robots in the home with the elderly and disabled. and extending independent living. >> it's comforting. robots enhancing the quality of life. and spreading across a

population that would have more time. and new professions that would open up with technological advances but that's not how it seems to be working out. >> they're accelerating the base in which we have chronic employment. and we can't do it fast enough. >> a settled by researchers at oxford university in 2013 found that robots could soon replace half of all of the jobs in the u.s. from transport to service and administrative jobs. -- university has led the world with testing robots that rome the campuses without supervision. they're called cobots. >> most of all of the jobs. take me to the geology department at the hospital. or where can i buy these things

at the supermarket? they're good executers and they help you a lot. >> it depends on the person who owns the machine. >> programs it, and excuse me and when i get out of the way i say thank you. >> the eventual control of the machines is the key issue for studying robotics, and the clear profit that the corporations have in investing in the technology to replace us. they're looking at alternative models like teaching the communities to master the technologies themselves. >> around the world teaching them to design the technology that helps them with the quality of life. so they're no longer victims but inventers of their future. america is not going to council that. >> for now these cobots need our help, for example to use an elevator.

but that won't always be the case. working out guidelines for how we'll all share the world in the future. >> just ahead taking steps to combat intolerance. sigma alpha preventing another incident like the one that happened in oklahoma. and accused of cheating on tests for extra cash.

>> well, david policymakers scrubbed their pledge to

be "patient." it's a install that they will raise rates this year, but not as much as expected. when will the feds pull the trigger? janelle yellen talked about policymakers meeting in april but she left the door open on june for the feds to raise rates for the first time in nine years. fred watchers were obsessing about whether they would prop the word. but in the end yellen refused to be pinned down by two syllables. >> it should not be interpreted to mean that we have decided on the timing of that increase. erin other words just because we removed the word patience from the statement doesn't mean we're going to be impatient. >> when the fed does raise rates, it will be a tremendous

vote of confidence in the u.s. economy. and there are certainly signs of help, especially in the labor market, with the economy adding 195,000 jobs last month but, and it is a big but there's evidence that the economy mane be doing as well as the labor market suggests. consumer spending, for example fell in january and it's the engine 6 u.s. economic growth. and u.s. firms have been selling fewer goods overseas, thanks to the dollar strength thing against other occurrences. fewer things soda broad which drags on our growth. and it makes things cheaper here at home, which puts downward pressure on prices. this is a refor -- >> they fear that the economy is overheating. >> that's right, but what janet

yellen signaled today the feds are putting more pressure on downward prices, and that's why they launched the stimulus program that's worth $1.2 trillion. >> how big are the currency wars going on right now? >> we're seeing a currency war now. when the dollar is strong, it makes our goods less competitive overseas. and a lot of the economies are lowering rates to devalue their currencies so their rates can be more competitive abroad. >> good to see you. president obama was talking economics in cleveland today. and he used his speech to dash a republican spending plan. he says that the gop proposal does not benefit working families and rise on policies that have failed most americans. >> we tried trickle down economics.

we slashed taxes at the top. and stripped out regulations. didn't make investments, and -- in the things that we need to grow. at the end of the eight years we have record job losses and the economy in crippling recession. >> on the other hand they say that the president's budget doesn't cut spending enough, and it will increase the deficit. a fraternity under fire. some of the members seen in a video chanting a racist chant is viewing to fight discrimination, making sure that nothing like this happens again at any of its chapters. >> it will set up a hotline for members and non-members for reporting offensive behaviors. all 15,000 members across the country will have to go through diversity training, and he apologized for the chant caught

on video. >> the recent actions of certain members at the university of oklahoma do not reflect the fraternity i now lead. the chant in the video is ugly, it is demoralizing, and absolutely counter to the values of sae. i want to be crystal clear. we have a zero tolerance for that sort of behavior. [ chanting ] >> the 10 second video surfaced ten days ago after a student group posted it online. the university of oklahoma expelled the two students it said had led the chant and they closed the chapter there. they are investigating where the racist song came from, and it said none of its official songs are racist. they are reviewing all 237 chapters, looking for what it calls racially offensive behaviors.

sae is working on attracting more minority members. and right now only 3% of the members are black. it comes the week after the local sae chapter hired an attorney. their job is to protect the members from adversity and the national headquarters. he said that the members had received death threats and he has not ruled out a lawsuit against the university. >> officials at vanderbilt university have condemned vandalism over the weekend. a hate crime after three swastikas were spray-painted inside of a jewish fraternity. it happened after a party. and there's no indication of who did it. one of the biggest criminal trials in georgia will soon be in the hands of a jury. jurors will decide if four atlanta educators inflated test

scores to get higher bonuses. >> pass them from one grade to the sex. set them it up for failure. >> 12 schoolteachers in atlanta are on trial for conspiring to change test scores and taking thousands of dollars in performance bonuses. >> this is a significant problem around the country. the pressure on school systems to do well on task. >> many of the defendants face additional counts of influencing witnesses, making false statements and theft. some face up to 35 years in prison. >> the downside of course, it was that people started teaching to the tests instead of the year-long basis and the real down side people felt the necessity, for reasons i cannot fathom, to alter the results of

the test. >> in a trial that lasted nearly six months, the prosecutors called or more than 131 witnesses. students teachers, parents and testing experts and many parents recounted their own experiences. >> my daughter, who was in fifth grade at the time, came to me and said she had been one of those high achievers, and she said i don't know how i'm going to do on the test. the teacher was never there and try your best. and so we got to the test, and she took the test and we got the results. perfect score on the crt in social studies. she could not believe it. >> 21 have taken plea deals and two others have died, including the alleged ringleader of it all. former superintendent, beverly hall, who earned half a million dollars in performance bonuses when she was in charge of the

atlanta schools. but she never did go on trial because she was fighting cancer. >> look at the evidence, you got a job to do. >> and she left them in her room. >> jurors are considering 27 separate counts in addition to the racketeering charge. >> i think also in the back of their mind is, do the charges really meet the crime? especially the racketeering and conspiracy charges are going to lead to potentially significant prison sentences. >> robert ray aljazeera atlanta. >> the protests in ferguson, missouri have produced some haunting minimals of military grade equipment rolling through cities, and a conversation of military itization of the police force. america tonight's michael spoke to a man who has been on both sides of the police line. >> reporter: this wasn't exactly how 70-year-old

lawrence planned his golden years, in and out of -- but as dirty as it is in unclogging drains people will tell you that life in and out of davis county utah, can get a lot messier. >> we're at a place where it changes your life, most definitely. in a word, what did you witness here? >> i witnessed my son-in-law killed by a swat team that i founded. >> in 1974, lawrence was elected sheriff of davis county. a year later he launched the department's first swat team, a unit that he used to diffuse high-risk situations. his presence was always to resolve conflict without force. in 2008, his son-in-law had a

mental breakdown and threatened suicide, barricading himself in his truck. a 12-hour standoff covered wall-to-wall with local media. but he was dead, killed by police gunfire. >> basically i felt betrayed. >> convinced that brian's shooting was unjustified, he has been on a mission to prove it. command central he stores hundreds of photo owes and videos all of which he studied meticulously. >> two officers in 20 feet. >> i was just blown away by a lot of the violence that i saw that he had collected and analyzed. >> scott christofferson and grant are filmmakers who heard about it. and made him the center of their documentary pastor, anytime itization of the american police. >> the conversation on whether

or not to militarize the police. that's what caught people off-guard. they don't remember consulting citizens on how these would be used in an increasingly militaristic way. >> it's important to have them equipped to protect the public. but they have gone too far. >> it's why this florida lawman continues to hold the law accountable and it has new become his life's work. aljazeera, davis county, utah. >> you can watch michael's full report on america tonight at 7 p.m. pacific. folks in the northeast thought it was over, and there's more snow on the way. for a lot of people, it will fall on the first day of spring. kevin is here with the latest. >> two more days of winter, and it's not going to go out quietly for many people in the northeast. first of all even today we're

talking when temperatures that are below average in the northeast. you combine them with the gusty winds going on, 30 mile-per-hour winds in boston and portland, maine and this is what it feels like right now. boston and portland, -1, and i want to take you to portland quickly. i want to show you what happened yesterday. this was the saint patty's day plunge in portland maine. they headed into the bay water temperature, 30°. and all for a good cause. for the children's burns foundation there. and now it's going to look like this on friday in parts of new york. we think we're going to be seeing snow across the region. what's happening, we have the low pressure to the south and the colder air to the north. and they're going to come together on friday. and this is what we're looking at across the region. they keep updating the snow totals in the area and when you see the light blue, we're

talking about 2-4 inches of snow and the dark blue, 4-6 inches of snow, and that's going to be in new jersey and boston again where they have already broken snow records for the year, and we're going to be seeing that snow make its way into parts of maine. so david don't put the coats away. >> is there definitely the last blast. >> i have seen it into april. but i think possibly. >> another republican is testing the waters for a presidential run. that's coming up today in power politics, and plus, two of the world's rich et men are teaming up to fight the tobacco industry around the world. and the solar storm that lit up the sky in amazing colors.

>> international efforts to stop smoking got a big boost today. the gates and bloomberg foundations announced they're

setting up a fund to help countries with the fight against big tob aco. uruguay is one of the places it's being challenged. >> 80% of the packets are covered in warnings. rotting teeth sexual impotence, damage to the lungs and unborn baby. for uruguay they're part of the campaign that they believe saves lives. but the tobacco giants are suing uruguay for what it says are unfair trade practices. >> they are continuing with their own anti-tobacco measures but as we wait, thousands of people die. >> the man behind the recently elected president vasquez introduced the tough anti-tobacco laws in 2006, during his first term in office. the evidence he says that they're working and less

uruguayans are smoking. >> i couldn't sleep, and i shook from it, but i did it. and i feel fine, and i want to live for my children. >> the city government runs this clinic to help smokers quit and stay off the tobacco. lydia, 21, started smoking at 12, and she started smoking at 13. >> i went five years without smoking. i quit smoke and can i started again, and i'm back here to stop once more. >> uruguay is backed by the world health organization, and many countries are looking with interest with a tobacco industry bigger that the country of less than 4 million inhabitants. you have to look hard to find a pack of cigarettes in uruguay.

the philosophy being if you can't see them, you won't want them. let's see what you have in this kiosk. i have two packs here, 80% of the packaging covered with warnings designed to make smoking as unpeeling as possible. uruguay was perhaps the first country in the world for the sale of marijuana. but young uruguayans still smoke tobacco. >> we need to find a way of reaching them too. >> the tax on cigarettes, already up more than 70% is already going up, and more warnings about the dangers of smoking are on the way. the battle with the tobacco industry and uruguay an smokers is far from over. >> back here at home, in today's power politics, one of america's most famous and brash

businessmen is taking a big step toward a 2016 presidential campaign. donald trump, the host of a tv show formed a presidential exploratory committee. the exploratory committee allows him to begin raising money and hire a staff. trump has hired aids in new hampshire and south carolina, and he said today i'm the only one who can make america truly great again. heels also the only one who can reunite the gop opposition into a fellow republican candidate. 3/4 of the republican voters said that they could never see themselves supporting his candidacy. but he said he's not renewing his contract with the tv show, the apprentice, and in front of conservative audiences, he has been talking tough. >> nobody, if i decide to run and win nobody would be

tougher than donald trump, nobody. >> donald trump, 2016? stay tuned. jeb bush's campaign has drained a potential pr problem involving his mother, barbara bush. two years ago she told the today show she didn't want jeb bush running for president. >> it's a great country, and there are a lot of great families and it's not just four families or whatever. there are other people out there that are very qualified. and we have had enough bushes. >> well, today barbara bush sent a fundraising email asking for donations to the web run fund that she just launched. referring to her previous concerned, she said, when you see the pounding that the spouses and candidates take, what mother wouldn't be? but jep is our best chance of taking back the white house in fix 2006, and i hope that you'll join me in pushing him

to run. rand paul, who was ramping up his campaign received an an endorsement of sorts from democratic candidate, harry reid. he has been struggling to regain his vision. paul is an ophthalmologist and he has been visiting reid. >> i really appreciate it very very much. and i want you to know that -- how thoughtful and considerate and kind you've been over these months. >> finally the current occupant in the white house today, continuing with what has become an annual tradition for him. president obama revealed to espn, his ncaa bracket picks. >> i'm going for kentucky. they have as good of a chance as any team, and for good reason.

>> i agree with you kentucky. >> let's do it. >> odds makers agree with president obama, and kentucky is the pick for nearly half of the people picking brackets this year. for those of you keeping score kentucky has up against villenova, and duke, another number one seed. and arizona, a number two. the president isn't exactly a risk taker when it comes to basketball games even though it compromises his political fortunes. >> what seed do you think you were? >> i was a 3rd or 4th seed, but i was scrappy. >> for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, randall pinkston is here. >> david as authorities in north africa ca continue to

search for gunmen, and plus, one of the biggest threats to california's drinking water. >> there are very serious cancer causing chemicals in the ground water right now. >> the chemists that show what state regulators knew about chemical dumping and the surprise regulations protecting california's water and half a billion-dollar in masterpieces stolen from the museum, and 25 years after they vanished, the authorities have yet to retrieve them. and also tonight the world's tallest building from the new perspective. from the top of the verge khalifa. how they strapped a camera to an eagle's back and set a world record. we'll have those stories and more in a few minutes. >> and looking forward to it. one of the world's most beautiful places, the british government has declared a

stretch of the british ocean the largest marine reserve. >> this is an area of pristine natural beauty with the richness of life that is among the most diverse on earth. and now the pacific waters belonging to the united kingdom with the largest area of ocean. these ecosystems are threatened by pollution and climate change and illegal fishing. for them to be protected enforcement is key. so they have created a world first that designs a it satellite data platform, able to identify and track commercial and industrial vessels at sea. that means that they can monitor vast areas of ocean including the new pitcairn preserve. they can watch the vessels passing through it.

take this fun for instance, on its edge, it shows the telltale activity back and forth of a fishing vessel. in this case, an illegal one. it's the first time that the ocean has been monitored with such advanced technology. >> we can incorporate satellite imageries from space that allows us to see vessels that are not transmitting their tracking information and we can immediately begin investigating what the vessels are doing within the reserve. >> the pitcairn preserve is using these. >> less than 1% is protected. and scientists say that we should be aiming for 30%. the oxygen that we breathe. and the weather systems and a primary source of protein for many of the world's populations.

for the health as people everywhere not just the pitcairn island. >> for the few residents of the remote pitcairn islands the descendents of the bounty muteneers, these waters mean that their natural heritage would be preserved forever. >> finally, leaving you this hour with a beautiful sight with a sight overnight, thanks to a solar storm. sun fired magnetic energy at the earth, creating these brilliant lights. they could see the aurora as far south as oregon. so far no reports of trouble. i'm david schuster, and that will do it for this hour. thank you for watching, and randall pinkston will be back in a few minutes with the latest on the attacks in tune ish a. and stephanie sy and

antonio mora, that begins at 9:00 p.m. you can get the latest news any time dale or night by going to aljazeera.com. thank you for watching.

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