celebrating their heritage. al jazeera, china. before we go let's update you on breaking news we brought you a few minutes ago media reports of at least 20 people dead in another ship that sinks in the mediterranean and bring you more on that and can get it on our website at al jazeera.com. >> another boat full of migrants runs aground just one day after what may be the deadliest mass drowning in the mediterranean. an emergency meeting this morning to deal with the crisis. >> six people in the u.s. accused are having ties to isil. what prosecutors say they were planning. >> a small step towards true democracy in cuba, something that hasn't happened since the

start of the castro era. >> we are following breaking news this morning. this is brand new video from the greek island off the southern coast have turkey in the mediterranean sea. coast guards say three of dead after another boat filled with migrants ran aground. i am randall pinkston, this is aljazeera america. this latest incident comes one day after what may be the deadliest mass drowning in the history of the mediterranean sea. hundreds of migrants from africa are feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of libya sunday. an emergency meeting is underway in france of the european union. they are facing criticism for

scaling back rescue efforts. immigration has always been a major issue for the e.u. how long ago did they scale back the rescue efforts and is this latest tragedy creating a shift in e.u. policy when it comes to migrants? >> the italian government instituted an operation called our sea and for the 12 months it ran from october 2013 and october 2014 it did pick many people alive out of the mediterranean sea but it was costing many millions of dollars a month and overcall cost over $40 million. the italian government said it could not sustain that. the european union started an operation called try to know, with only a third of the assets

and unable to collect as many people alive out of the mediterranean sea. you referred to the problems that the european union has insofar as immigration is concerned. many immigrants when they arrive in sicily say that the countries they want to get two are either sweden and germany particularly germany which receives for more applications for asylum than any other country. the german minister has said that he believes that the solution to this problem needs also to be in north africa, not just in europe. >> the group's for the purpose policy chief has been coming down hard in light of this latest incident. let's listen to what she said earlier. >> the main issue here is to build together common sense of european responsibility on what is happening in the

mediterranean, we have to exercise together as europeans. >> you mentioned that there also needs to be something done in north africa. what can be done since people obviously are trying to leave north africa. >> one of the issues on the original agenda was proposals to deem with the violence in libya trying to bring the armed groups together in lib ba to reach solution. what might come from troops in libya or stronger naval presence is that might encourage more migrants to come across. that is the issues the ministers here are trying to deal with, to square that sickle. the e.u. has its interior

ministers here, as well. that shows how important they consider this situation this unfolding situation in the mediterranean sea to be, the fact that the f.o.p. and interior ministers are here today. perhaps there request be some solution although whether today is open for question. >> thank you dominic cain. >> the international organization for migration calls sunday's ship wreck the worst in living memory. the director of that agency posted this on line, saying the world can no longer sit on the sidelines while tragedy unfolds in slow motion. one agency posted a picture of the italian coast guard ship carrying victims of the ship wreck. the migrants who died are not mere numbers. they have names. this image of a baby girl was posted on friday. >> a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in iraq, the u.n.

describingry employeding rimadi add a ghost town. most are seeking shelter in baghdad, but they are denied entry. >> they don't care about us. look what happened to us. look at our conditions. they sold us. they are cowards and traitors. >> we slept on the streets in the open in miserable conditions. we left everything behind. >> they are the politicians the sheiks they fled and are sitting in hotels and homes. >> it is feared isil has infiltrated the crowds. they have seen bodies scattered in rimadi. >> a half dozen people are arrested in the u.s. suspected of ties with isil. it's the latest step of an effort to stop people inside the u.s. from recruiting american

citizens to join the group. >> six people were taken into custody in arrests in san diego and minnesota. the arrests were said to have been made, but there is no threat to public safety. authorities have not released details on the circumstances surrounding the arrests. federal officials have been trying to uncover isil slicers in the u.s. who might be looking to launch attacks. those from san diego are from somalia and in their 20's. >> it's very bad news. >> this somali is a math teacher at a sand school.

>> a spokesman said the charges are related to an investigation from minnesota tracking those trying to travel to syria and join isil. >> new york governor cuomo is visiting cuba today. it's a trade mission designed to improve economic ties. cuomo will lead lawmakers. it is the first such state visit since president obama moved to take cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism. it comes after cubans went to the polls to choose candidates for local councils that included for the first time two independent candidates who are not associated with the ruling communist party. however, the two men were defeated sunday in their bids for spots on local councils. >> in yemen a huge explosion

hit sanna. a cloud rose high over the western part of the city. a weapons depot controlled by houthi fighters was the apparent target for saudi-led airstrikes. the blast rocked nearby homes. some residents had to be evacuate. it comes as forces lucas oil to president had took taiz. >> heavy fighting has been taking place near the presidential palace in aden. fighters regained control of the complex from houthi fighters in the southern port city. president hadi lived here before fleeing to saudi arabia. for the saudi-led coalition destroying missile pads is a priority. it's destroyed most of the air

strike capability. >> the houthis are becoming more isolated. they cannot contact each other. we have targeted their communication and equipment especially near the saudi border. >> strikes have a human cost. the united nations said more than 760 people have been killed and around 150,000 displaced. the u.n. is urging all parties to support those in need. >> we are thankful to the kingdom of saudi arabia to cover the entire cost for now but do recognize that the needs are much larger and urge all the other partners to continue to provide their assistance. >> saudi arabia and allies want to restore a legitimate government and neutralize a threat along the saudi border. the houthis accuses the saudi's

of a foreign agenda. >> american is behind every detail in running this aggression in yemen. this is clear and announced by the americans and saudis. the children in yemen are being killed by american made bombs and planes. the americans are determining the targets being shelled by the saudi regime. >> yemenese who support the elected government accuse of houthis of destroying mosques businesses and homes. missiles rockets and shells are fired from all sides. ry had di fighters are trying to retake areas from houthi control. >> the fighting showing no signs of coming to an end more children like these will become casualties. >> two weeks after a deadly attack on garissa university in kenya, the town is still reeling from the aftermath and police continue to round up suspects. 148 people were killed, mostly

students when gunmen stored the university. many businesses are closed and there's been an exsod did you say of christians, teachers and doctors. >> on the wrong side of the law this is how police deal with it in the town following the attack on the university. a massive security operation has also netted dozens of youth suspected of involvement in the attack. security footage shows one suspect led away by officials. he was in his family's mobile pawn shop when they came for him. his elder brother says he doesn't know where his brother is. >> we have been to everybody police station and to all but cannot find him.

we don't know if he's alive or dead. >> two weeks after the attack where 148 people were killed, this is a town in shock. there's been an exodus of christians from the town and many businesses are closed. >> the town's main supermarket was the first business to close. >> we have lost people, we have lost our children, we are now seeing teachers going away. >> lack of trust between security forces and the local population has been blamed for the worsening situation in garissa. local leaders urge them to cooperate. >> it is they who can really help in the critical role they have to play in addressing that challenge and the time has come now to face the reality not to deny not to live in denial, but to look it in the face and

address. >> the leaders held talks with garissa's population and urged them not to leave. there is fear that the massive flight of professionals will severe affect basic needs in the town. >> he's been living in the united states since he was three years old. today, he's 40 and facing deportation to korea. how a paperwork problem is threatening to rip his family apart. >> they are not just your best friend anymore. how some dogs are being taught to fight cancer.

>> palestinians. it's 7:46 eastern. taking a look at today's top stories. >> a huge explosion in russia today, moscow calling it an anti terrorism operation killed five suspected fighters. the incident took place in the north. >> one person was killed when a 6.6 magnitude struck the sea east of taiwan. witnesses say the shallow quake caused buildings to sway in taipei. power was out in some areas after an electrical transformer

blew up. >> looking live right now in massachusetts where tens of thousands of runners are preparing for the annual boston marathon. security will be very fight along the 26-mile course, including the spot where three were killed and more than 260 injured when bombs went off two years ago. >> we are still awaiting a ruling from a federal appeals court over allowing president obama's executive actions on immigration to move ahead. many families are worried if the plan does not take effect, they might be deported. we introduce you to one family in washington state. >> how would it be to turn 40 years old raised here and find out you could be deported to the country of your birth something you haven't seen since you were three years old? that's the situation for adam and his family. you could be sent back to korea. when was the last time you were there? >> 1979. >> when you were adopted.

>> three years old. >> how much korean do you speak? none, i can say hello, kind of. >> how many people do you know there? >> absolutely nobody. >> we'll have more on the situation he and his family are facing. he's a stay at home dad now and would like to become a u.s. citizen and stay in this country. we'll have more on the efforts to change immigration laws and adoption laws. we'll have much more on adam's situation and the situation faced by many others. >> you can see his full report tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> kim jong-un reportedly climbed the countries highest mountain over the weekend. in these photos from state media, he is shown at the top wearing leather shoes and a trench coat. he spoke to troops at the 9,000-foot summit, an important place in folklore. state media said he told them climbing the mountain was more

powerful than a nuclear weapon. >> on the tech beat, training man's best friend to help make a potentially deadly diagnosis. some researchers teaching dogs to sniff out cancer. >> 3-year-old grand champion rain dance is a purebred doberman. to his owner he has a greater distinction. >> definitely credit him with saving my life. >> her family has a history of breast cancer. she had gotten mammograms dill linty and given a clean bill of health a few months before when troy began acting strangely. >> he kept nuzzling my left side. i started to scratch because i'm highly aallergic to his dander.

he was trying to tell me something. he knew something was not right and that got me to feel the lump. >> she had a double mastectomy. >> god only knows what it could have been had he not detect it. >> in west hills california, the foundation is screening and training dogs to detect cancer. mallsster trainer is choosing dogs based on their breed. more importantly is their personality. >> researchers around the world spent considerable time and money figuring out why dogs are such super sniffers. >> blood hound has 300,000 scent receptors, a human has five. the part that analyzes that in the brain is 40 times larger. >> another advantage. >> when air enters a dog nose, it splits into two paths, one

for let operation the other for smelling. dogs can filter sense to a degree humans can't begin to comprehend. >> where do dog trainers like yourself fit into this big picture of dike knowing and treating cancer? >> dog trainers and doctors and scientists we're like a pyramid. we need to help each other. if we can all get together, i see myself as a bridge. i want to bring us together to start saving lives now. >> i think dogs have always saved our lives and we're just now recognizing the many ways they can do that. >> it has been five years since the worst oil disaster in american history. we are on the gulf coast with a look at the lasting effects of the beep smell. >> the new discovery that could help clear up the gulf waters.

>> a cooking fire caused massive wildfire and sent heavy smoke into the sky. the fire is 30% contained and authorities lifted an evacuation order. >> five years after the deep wore horizon exploded in the gulf of mexico, the debate rages on about the recovery. the blast killed 11 people and leaked 5 million-barrels of oil. michael spent several days on the water speaking to the fishermen. >> what kind of fish are you catching? >> puppy drum, drum, red fish, gar fish, all kind. >> they are members of the indiana tribe deep in the wetlands of southern louisiana. for more than 40 years these

waters put food on the table and money in the bank account. >> what would you do if you weren't living off the water? >> what would we do? >> yeah. >> oh, lord, i don't know. >> you never even considered that? >> no. >> now they are being forced to confront the possibility their way of life could end. five years after the b.p. oil spill, they say the fish of so dwindled in number, some of their neighbors have turned to church charity to survive. >> they're fishermen and they couldn't fish. it caused a lot of anger in the community. >> before b.p., louisiana was already losing 24 square miles of marshland a year, an area about the size of manhattan. since b.p., they say that process has sped up. >> we approach what was one of donald's favorite fishing spots.

during the spill this area was covered in oil. >> there was oil about 15 feet on the bank right here. >> 15 feet on the bank? >> yeah, it killed the marsh grass. >> since the b.p. spill they say they've been catching deformed fish. this is a picture of one swollen red and missing scales. b.p. recently released a report timed to the fifth anniversary of the spill. it says there hasn't been any significant long term impact on marine life in the gulf, adding that the location of the spill in deep water and the massive response which followed mitigated the damage. five years after the spill fishermen all along the gulf coast have fallen on hard times. oystermen have been hit particularly hard. according to seafood processors,

the oyster harvest in the gulf of mexico has plummeted since 2010. disappearing has been hat is one reason why. fishermen also blame the oil and decisions made by the derryl government during the crisis. one study published in the scientific journal in environmental pollution said the dispersants may be toxic by a factor of 50. >> at the time of the b.p. spill, there was an open invitation for clean up ideas. five years later researchers in wisconsin say they have come up with a potential solution. nicole is here with today's environmental impact. what do they find. >> possible the coating that would allow the oil to be skimmed, plus the dispersant, they were using oil booms that were just not operating well. you can see those there. estimates say only about a

quarter to a third of that released oil was ever captured. they are using vacuums trying to as you can up some of that. everyone to celebrities to kids were giving ideas. there have been in know occasions, a robot that can detect spills before you get to the explosion stage soak up sponges, oil funnels. university of wisconsin just came out with something that can basically coat an oil repellant that even acts in underwater conditions. here's an image of that. the droplets of oil, you can see them above that surface would remain suspended. they tried it to separate oil and water and coated a wire mesh and were able to use the wire mesh to skim the oil out and separate it, so that could be a tremendous step forward. it's not just things like b.p.,

before that we had the exxon valdez. if you could separate the oil out, that would be a huge step forward. >> and hopefully no more deep wore horizons. >> it's for this... 3 grams of gold >> killing our planet >> where it's blood red... that's where the mercury is most intense >> now, fighting back with science... >> we fire a laser imaging system out of the bottom of the plane >> revealing the deadly human threat >> because the mercury is dumped into the rivers and lakes, it then gets into the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet

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>> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm stephanie sy. we have breaking news from greece. thee people are dead after another boat filled with migrants ran oh ground. authorities say this boat is about 75 miles off the libyan coast, which puts it in the same area as another boat that went down sunday. a massive search and rescue operation is underway for survivors from that tragedy in the mediterranean. italy's coast guard said 20 eye people survived after a boat cop sized on sunday. hundreds are feared dead. 700 people were aboard. an emergency meeting of the european union is underway right now. the group faces criticism for scaling back search and rescue efforts. we have more. >> it's a day of high powered

meetings, foreign ministers have come to discuss the situation insofar as the mediterranean sea, migration waves coming across from libya and other parts of north africa. they are joined by interior ministers from the european governments, which is a sign of how serious this is being taken the migrants coming across, the hundreds dying and the foreign policy chief spoke earlier about the moral imperative that the e.u. felt to deal with this situation. there's been remarks from the german foreign minister saying that the solution is obviously to deem with the welfare of migrants who come across and also to deal with the situation on the ground in north africa. that is a reference to the situation in libya particularly where rival armed groups have jockeyed for position and fought and created a wave of migrants trying to get to the european

union. >> thank you. >> to put this humanitarian crisis into perspective, in the past week, the italian coast guard rescued 10,000 people in the mediterranean fleeing africa and the midear, more than 3500 people cross the mediterranean to reach europe. more than 51 million people fled their home countries last year. that is the largest number since the end of world war ii. half of the ref vees came from afghanistan, somalia and syria. a member of the european parliament who represents malta joins us from brussels. thank you for your time. there seems to be an increase in traffickers, an increase in migrants and yet europe is scaling back search and rescue. how do e.u. leaders justify that. >> we wake up every day to hear more horrific stories of yet more deaths in the mediterranean. you are right saying this is a result of got ili which carried

out of the an operation unilaterally last year. the operation this year is a much smaller one where the operation is not keeping up with the number of persons that are crossing and as a result falling into the sea and drowning. today, there is a meeting of foreign affairs ministers, prime ministers have finally begun to respond to this smatter of urgency. there is a message that has sent for over 10 years that unless we have concrete political action, unless we see what short term and long term solutions we can do then we are not going to stop the tragedies in our seas. >> you went on social media on sunday and you said no more tweeted condolences. every e.u. prime minister has

the moral obligation and responsibility to act on migration and safe lives. what immediate action can and needs to be taken? >> this is a european challenge that requires a european solution. what we are arguing for is to increase the presence of search and rescue vessels in the mediterranean. this mission would have a two pronged aim. first of all to destroy human trafficking networks and at the same time to save lives. there are acting that have been committed in other parts of the world, such as off the coast of somalia in the gulf of aden. let's move those to the mediterranean in order to stop these deaths. as we can see if one member state, italy could do this alone, why can't the e.u. this year not manage to save the lives that were saved by one of its members last year? this requires a response from

everybody. we're not going to finger, but this bickering as to who is responsible has to stop because ultimately all 28 member states have to realize that this is something that needs to be shoulder would by everybody. >> you talk about the burden on italy, which of course that island of lampedusa is where hundreds have passed through but malta's problems i am tip to the african coast, how much of the burden of addressing these boat loads full of asylum seekers has fallen on your country? >> over the years, you can see the numbers that have arrived far outweigh the capacity of malta to absorb such numbers. however abarmed forces are involved in the current search and rescue operations because these tragedies are also happening in our search and rescue area. one thing to say malta has always stood up to the plate and acknowledged its international responsibilities acknowledged

the fact that if there is even one person that is drowning in the med, it is also our responsibility to take care of that person. we would like the european to take concrete action. >> a member of the european parliament joining us from brussels. thank you so much for joining us. >> the international organization for migration calls sunday's ship wreck the worst in living memory. the director of that agency posted this message on line, saying the world can no longer sit on the sidelines while tragedy unfolds in slow motion. one agency posted a picture of the italian coast guard ship carrying victims of the ship wreck and a human rights watch

director said those who died trying to reach europe are not mere numbers, they have names. the u.n. refugee agency in italy posted this image of a baby girl that was rescued on friday. >> the u.n. is describing the iraqii city of ramadi as a ghost town. most are seeking shelter in baghdad, but the capitol is denying entry. officials fear isil elements have i will fill trailed the crowds. >> we are getting a new sense of the impact of boko haram on nigerians. 1 million people have fled the group, 800,000 of them are children. boko haram has been attacking the region since 2009, but those are becoming more frequent and broughtal. over 1,000 civilians have been killed since the beginning of this year. >> new york governor cuomo is visiting cuba today.

he will lead an official delegation of lawmakers and business leaders. it is the first such visit since president obama moved to take cuba off the lift of state sponsors of terrorism. that has investors hopeful. a trade embargo could be lifted after more than 50 years. we have this report. >> the americans are coming, but not in the way the cuban government had for so long anticipated. these visitors are here from a washington organization to talk about mutual understanding and political cooperation. >> obama finally came to the realization that if you do the same thing for 50 years around it doesn't work, maybe you should try something new something else. we are now trying something else at long last. >> many on both sides of the florida straits are opening and planning for substantial

financial investment. the tourists are already here, but this is just the beginning. plenty more visitors will be coming from the united states, but they won't all follow the tourist trail. many are coming to invest in a way cuba hasn't seen for more than 50 years. >> the u.s. economic embargo cuba calls it a blockade remains, restricting growth of the cuban economy but not as intend toppling the government. intense negotiations are underway in washington and havana to have it lifted. in the meantime, preparations are being made. >> they come as tourists. when you talk to them, you find lawyers, people who work for american companies that are asking about the opportunities veil in cuba. >> the cuban authorities have been paving the way. while many smaller cuban

businesses are already well placed and keenly anticipating the changes. >> we're not happy just having them here. we want them to meet and mix with cubans from every social background and we want to know different people to create a space where we can talk, share and exchange ideas. >> for most cubans, not much that changed. not yet. with all change comes uncertainty about what will be lost as well as gained. the americans are coming, while cubans wait with great expectation and some fears over what they may bring. >> al jazeera havana. >> a sign of change this weekend in cuba. two independent candidates openly ran for local councils in havana. they were both defeated, but it is the first time they had a

nomination from a knob communist party. they were placed on the ballot after a hand vote. >> the u.n. is condemning a attack by al shabab in an area that rarely sees such violence. 11 people were killed in the explosion. it target workers in the u.n. compound in somalia. >> isil released a video showing what appears to be the execution of ethiopian christians. the footage reassembles previous videos released by isil. >> a half dozen people are in custody in the united states suspected of isil ties. we have the latest. good morning. >> good morning at least six people have been taken into custody according to the u.s. attorney's office in minnesota

the arrests made sunday in minneapolis and san diego. officials are saying that there's no threat to public safety. >> do we have anymore details on the charges we're talking about here? >> no, no details on the circumstances surrounding the arrests. the spokesman for the u.s. attorneys office in minnesota did not give details but say they are related to an investigation in minnesota in which authorities have been tracking youth who have traveled or tried to travel to syria to fight with a number of organizations including isil. >> what about the suspects, do we know where they're from? >> the ones from san diego are somali origin. we do expect to hear more today. >> powerful explosions rocked the yemeni capitol smoke rising high over sanna this morning. the saudi-led airstrikes were targeting a weapons depot held

by houthi fighters. it sent shock waves throughout the city and some residents had to be evacuated. what more do we know about this blast? >> the blast took place this morning on the mountain of -- this mountain is in the district of hada and close to the presidential palace in sanna. smoke rose into the sky people are frightened and windows of residential building were smashed even far from want explosion site. this is the most dramatic explosion that the media has caught, the cameras have caught since the beginning of these airstrikes and this is exactly one of the goals that the targets that the saudis have been after. this weapons depot includes

missiles some of the most frightening weapons scud mitt silence that came from the former soviet union. they can be modified and take a long-range. if the houthis are successfully taking them to the saudi border, they can inflict harm on the saudi side of the border. for the sawed coalition, it is a very interesting target today. >> yemeni officials say thousands of houthis have been killed since the fighting started. what kind of impact is that having on the battlegrounds? >> the yemeni foreign minister talked to the media in kuwait about this. we don't have independent sources on it and also the houthis do not actually announce on a daily basis the toll with rewards to their wounded and killed. the same applies to the troops

of ali abdullah saleh. we can look at the situation on the ground and see they are still in aden, in the south and also in taiz and sanna. if we judge by the results of this amount of people killed, we can say that at least we haven't seen on the ground big results of that. we haven't seen the houthis retreating from one of the main towns in yemen. we haven't seen them reduced in terms of resistance. their leader yesterday was defiant and they said they are ready to fight to the end. >> there are reports that a humanitarian warehouse supply store was attacked belonging to ox fan. with what can you tell us about that? >> this is year the city of sanna in the north the strong hold of the houthis in the

north. they condemned the attack and said this warehouse includes on the humanitarian supplies, that it doesn't have weapons in it and there are no houthis activities in the vicinity of the warehouse. they also said that they had initially shared the information about the location of the depot with the saudi site and that they are very much surprised by the fact that it was hit by the saudis. this is not the first incident since the beginning of the airstrikes. we have seen accounts for the displaced in the city of sanna hit on the third of march. about 40 people were killed. the saudi's denied responsibility for it. yemeni foreign minister said it was the houthis who launched rockets on that camp, and also we have seen a factory in aden one day after the refugee camp. that factory was also hit and scores killed. in the same also situation the

same can text, the two sides exchanged blame each sang the other did it and the saudis basically saying the houthis do attack civilians with rockets to show the world that the saudi strikes are mainly harming civilians in order to cause an uproar against the saudi-led coalition in yemen. >> thank you. >> on the agenda today a court in libya will announce the sentencing for the former leader's son. >> at 3:00 p.m. eastern today the best in journalism will be announced for pulitzer prizes. >> china moving to expand influence, the ripple effect it may have in the united states.

>> a suspect dice from injuries he sustained while in police custody in baltimore. .

>> a live look at the starting line in massachusetts as tens of thousands of runners prepare for the annual boston marathon. security will be tight along the course including the spot three were killed and 260 others injured when bombs went off two years ago. >> another security breach at the white house a man arrested immediately after climbing the fence last night. no word yet on charges or a motive. the white house last year raised the height of the fence. it is now considering adding steel spikes to protect against jumpers. >> residents from florida to ohio are cleaning up after a weekend of severe weather. large hail and heavy winds ripped up homes and toppled trees and several tornadoes were spotted in alabama. >> on the money beat this

morning, china's president is visiting pakistan today with $46 billion to help build roads railways and pipelines. he arrived earlier today. that main far exceeds u.s. spending in the country and marks a major advance in china's plans to boost is economic influence. we have more. >> high at the mountains close to the border of china and pakistan china is expanding the world's highest international paved road and expanding its influence. this is part of a $43 billion project called the china pakistan economic corridor. it will stretch from china all the way south through pakistan to the port city. >> when the china-pakistan corridor becomes operational

china would be directly connected to the middle east of the gulf states and to africa, and this would be a big dividend accrues directly from the corridor. >> construction started on a chinese funded deep sea port. it will cut the time it takes for goods and oil to reach china from the middle east from 12 days to 36 hours. there are all sorts of deals linked to it, oil and gas pipelines, highways and rail ways. >> this is one of the most impressive buildings in islamabad, a $30 million convention center paid for by china. the two countries have a long tested relationship, one based on consults really a economic and strong military ties. china is pakistan's biggest supplier of weapons. it helped develop its latest jet

fighter, the jf17 thunder. >> pakistan is a country that has been plagued by problems from all around. china has been far more trustworthy. it is a much more reliable friend of pakistan and i think that is known universally. >> the china-pakistan economic corridor revives the old silk road traders used centuries ago a nod to the past while developing new industries for the future. al jazeera islamabad. >> patty joins us now. what does this massive investment mean for u.s. strategic influence in the region? >> china's infrastructure development is a broader vision that could position china to

displace the united states as the dominant regional power in central and south asia. the economic corridor stretches from western china to the deep water port in pakistan, just a little over an hour's drive from iran. in terms of strategic foot holds, it doesn't get much better given its proximity to a major point for 20% of the world's oil traffic. in the early 2000, beijing co developed and assumed control of the port's operations, raising concerns that it could eventually be used by the chinese navy. china's planned investment in pakistan is beijing's largest foreign development to date and one example how it is tapping its vast foreign exchange reserves to finance critical infrastructure to serve as the

backbone of land and sea trade routes. known as one belt, one road, the plan's footprint is asia, african, europe and their seas. if reads the road could serve as highways to extend beijing's political influence including foreign policy thans western style interference in human rights matters. beijing also expressed a desire for new regional security structures that ship away from u.s. led alliance. >> you warned if the u.s. asia pivot that was supposed to happen. you think that the china led infrastructure bank and the fact that the u.s. didn't initially want allies to join. >> that's right. they tried to dissuade allies from signing on as founding members, but our allies ignored our wishes and rushed for the doors to sign on as founding members before the deadline closed. what's on the line here is strategic influence. that's what all of this is

about. >> the u.s. has always tried to hold sway over pakistan with aid, right? billions of dollars worth of aid. how is this investment from china different? >> it's not in the form of aid. it's investment. it's going to come through the silk road fund. this is sort of the china led form of the world bank. it's a different way of investing, also investing a lot more money and also seeing pakistan as a partner as a trading partner and deepens china said links into pakistan making it a very influential player in the region, having never once fired a shot in anger. >> morgan stanley is reportedly discussing a massive settlement with regulators. the investment bank could pay $500 million to end new york's investigation into a sale of sub prime mortgage bonds. the value of those bonds collapsed when the real estate

bubble burst in 2008. in be february, morgan stanley paid $2.6 billion to settle a similar federal investigation. >> officials in chicago plan to announce new reforms today in prosecuting low level drug offenses. they will no longer process misdemeanor possessions of marijuana. they are expected to stop prosecuting those caught with a small amount of recreational drug such as ecstasy. >> still to come, the kill switch questions arising over the government's ability to shut down mobile phone service. >> technology that just a few years ago didn't exist helping those in dire need of transplants.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:30 eastern. a humanitarian crisis at sea is getting worse this morning.

another migrant ship wreck by a greek island. three are dead. it comes as the italian coast guard is looking for survivors of another think wreck. hundreds are feared dead. eu officials are holding an emergency meeting now to and the crisis. >> a half dozen are arrested in the u.s. suspected of isil ties. prosecutors have not revealed the charges or identities of those taken into custody. >> one person was killed when a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck in the sea east of taiwan. power was out in some areas after an electrical transformer blew up. >> today marks five years sips the deep water horizon oil rig exploded in the gulf of mexico, killing 11 workers and causing an environmental impact still

felt today. >> visuals are certainly no longer common images, those of oil soaked wildlife. b.p. has spend billions on claims and cleanup. now comes the big question. how much will the government order b.p. to pay in civil penalties directly related to the oil that polluted the gulf. a judge determined they were grossly negligent and b.p. could face $13.7 billion in fines. the oil giant said it could only afford $2.3 billion when it comes to its u.s. subsidiary. we look closer at just how much money is at stake here, what b.p. can afford, what it has spent and what could be at stake if they are forced to pay the

maximum fine. we are taking a closer look tonight. >> five years later, there is a potential solution to get oil out of the water. >> after the spill everyone was giving ideas. some of the things used were booms to cape the area. i flew across this right after it happened in a military mission. this was a huge area and that just wasn't working. only one quarter to one third of the oil was captured and then it just dispersed into the sea. the dispersants were pollutants, as well. they used vacuums but that

didn't get a lot up. damage to the wildlife still going on to this day. a lot of technology since then, robots that can detect the spills before they happen, songs to soak it up. the new technology, look at what that's spill. they were able to find in wisconsin materials that could ward off the oils and coat things with oil repellants. that could be used to separate the oil and water and a mesh material filters the oil off the water. that could be used if it happens again. before this, we had the exxon valdez so these things happen. >> that technology reminds me of when you're cooking chicken broth. >> to skim it. >> baltimore's mayor and police

commissioner promise a thorough investigation after a man died after an encounter with police. 25-year-old freddy gray died of massive spinal injuries. he was stopped by officers on bike patrol. police say he was running from the officers when he was arrested. officials have not said why they arrested him or what caused his injuries. >> people around the globe will commemorate 100 years since more than 1 million died in the armenian genocide, a controversial term still ejected by turkey and the ask you. it even landed the pope in the middle of a diplomatic fight. >> pope francis held a mass to commemorate the event. >> in the past century our human family has lived through three massive unprecedented tragedies, the first widely considered the first genocide

struck your own armenian people. >> turkey's reaction was swift sake the statement was unacceptable and far from a legal and historical reality. >> we expect religious leaders to call for peace and stay away from anti islamic tuesday. it is wrong inconsistent and unfortunate in its timing. >> the prime minister also called the european parliament's recent resolution that urged turkey to royce the mass killings be as genocide a sign of growing racism in europe. >> turkey maintains the killings of thousands or of armenians and turks was war. historians agree that after key territory was lost during the great water it became increasingly desperate. worried that the christian

armenian population would align with russia, they set out on a campaign of nilelation. officials rounded up armenian dignitaries in istanbul. over the course of two years nearly 1.5or mean i can'ten men women and children were killed, some in massacres others in forced marches through the dessert. many recognize the genocide, but others including the u.s. do not. in 2014, for the first time, turkish prime minister did offer condolences to the grandchildren of all the airmen i can'tens who lost their lives.

>> it is not a question just for the armenians, it is a question of standing up to impunity and preventing future crimes against humanity. the messages we have been receiving, the message of the pope and resolution of the parliament are very much the connection of what happened 100 years ago and the atrocities we have been facing over the past 100 years and that impunity breeds new crimes i think is the most important message. >> do you agree particularly with the pope coming out and calling the mass killings 100

years ago the first genocide of the 20th century. do you feel that the tide of history is changing? >> absolutely. the pope's remarks were outstanding and really galvanized a movement. on the 100 year or his is time for there to be full recognition throughout the world. you can read the entire statement from the turkish ambassador on our website. >> federal officials have access

to a sort of kill switch for cell phones. some say it's necessary in case of a critical emergency. critics say the program is too secretive. >> cell phones connect us. what if suddenly the government cut service? it's called the internet kill switch. what is that? >> it's baseman the ability to turn off cell phones. >> it's calmed standard operating procedure. >> the department of homeland security uses it when they decide to shut down a cell phone network. >> alan and his group have fought to get a copy of the rule after a judge ordered dhs to turn them over, he got pages and pages, all redacted.

>> what's critical and what is the underlying purpose of this case is that the rules for when the government can and cannot shut down these networks should be public. >> the federal rules were developed in 2006 after an uproar when new york city officials temporarily shut cell service in the city's tunnels. the officials are worried terrorists who had bombed london's subways might use cell phones to detonate explosives in manhattan. no one thought much about the rules until 2011. the bay area rapid transit shut off very well phones just before the protest over an unarmed man by a police officer. >> most of the communication and most of the organizing of protests was taking place through social media through

quitter, facebook and then of course on the spot, you know, people were communicating through text messaging so that then of course became well we can cut the protests by cutting off the way in which they communicate. >> it said it shut off the service because a civil dispute could lead toe unsafe conditions. critics say the action violated free speech. >> fundamentally whether i agree with up politically you don't have the right to stop me communicating. >> national security expert agrees. >> you have to be very sure when you shut it down there is a real defensible public safety reason for doing it. >> the department of homeland security is still fighting to keep this document a secret. we reached out to d.h.s. a spokesman told us we are not going to comment on that.

>> a new drug benefits cancer patients. the drug helps the immune system destroy cancer cells. >> body parts are being reprinted. >> it's technology that just a few years ago few would have thought possible. here at the wake forest institute for regenerative medicine, they are entering new territory with 3-d pie yo printers believe humor gains. it takes five ears for this machine to manufacture a human ear. >> this is a p.c.l.

>> p.c.l. is used as a scaffold on which to in fuse living human cells, a technique the institute is using to build bladders, heart service and muscle. much of the work being done is funded by the adjustment department of defense but the implications for patients every where a is never far from researchers' minds. >> we get the message that everything here will move toward human trials and hopefully enhance their life. >> luke was given a new bladder more than a decade ago and now lives a healthy life. >> the applications for this technology is limitless and doctors say may only be a few years before beyo 3-d printers are in hospitals across the world. it's research being done here that gives scientists pushing

and breaking new barriers. >> in the future, newify nearing will lead to heart liver and kidneys, but despite the progress, there is still a long way to go. >> you're never really fully satisfied with what being done, because you know there is also so much ahead that needs to be done so many more patients can benefit from these technologies. >> the strides being made here by a staff from more than 50 countries have changed lives and bringing hope to many more. al jazeera, north carolina. >> one of the stories getting a lot of attention on line is a video of australian prime minister tony abbot downing a beer in seven seconds. go! go! yay! >> it happened over the weekend

and he was surrounded by a local rugby team after raising the empty glass the crowd chants his name. on social media critics say the prime minister's actions glam rised binge drinking. the health minister came to his defense and pointed to abbott's daily fitness regime. >> we talk with scott simon about his new book unforgettable and how a twitter diary led to the story going viral. >> flying high, hundreds gather in the kite capitol of the world where the sky serves as a canvas for colorful works of art.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:48 eastern. china's president is in pakistan delivering billions for infrastructure building. he welcomed to a laugh issue ceremony. the investment is building roads and pipelines between the two countries. golden dawn were on trial today prosecutors accusing the group of carrying out a violence

campaign against immigrants and opponents. the judge adjourned the proceedings until next month so one defendant could get a court appointed attorney. >> in florida the trial begins today for three students accused of killing a drum major during a band hazing ritual. 12 other band members have already been convicted or accepted plea deals. >> as we've talked about this morning, it has been five years since the deep wore horizon oil rig exploded. dolphins sea furtherles and brown pelicans are still at gave risk dolphins were found dead at four times historic rates on the louisiana coast. national wildlife federation president and c.e.o. joins us from louisiana. good morning. thanks for your time. this is the largest marine oil spill in history. five years on, how dramatic have

been the effects on wildlife? >> thanks for having me this morning. the impacts are staggering. five years later wildlife is still suffering dolphin are dying four times the rate before the spill. turtles are dying at a higher rate. the more we see this propaganda campaign saying everything is fine doesn't match the science on the ground. >> last year there was a dramatic increase in the number of dolphin deaths. b.p. said that is actually a coincidence. what evidence is there that the deaths are actually related to the oil spill? >> for the dolphins, the federal scientists are saying that the immune systems are weakened, that's the leading cause of why these deaths are occurring at higher rates.

dolphins are a predator specie, eating smaller marine animals that have carcinogens from the spill. they are accumulating tax ins at a higher rate. this is limited to the areas hit worse by the spill makes it much more than a coincidence. it is a link between the two. >> what species are having a hard time bouncing back? >> sea furtherles were an endangered species several years ago. they were coming back really, really effectively. in the last years the nesting levels have been flat. we are seeing impacts on fish and some bird species that are really struggling to meet their prespill levels. the challenges that as b.p. comes out with a report saying everything is fine, the science doesn't spout it. the federal agencies conducting the regional assessment said the

b.p. reported was premature and irresponsible because of trying to draw links and theory picking data that does not does not reflect what we are seeing on the ground. >> what more should be dub? >> there's a small number of projects being funded to try to restore some habitat. the vast majority of money that would be used to restore the gulf and bay behind me now that money actually hasn't been -- hasn't actually been received by the federal government. >> where is that money supposed to be coming from? >> it's going to be coming -- it's going to be coming from civil penalties under the clean water act. there's a court case right now. the judge has found that b.p. was grossly negligent. they basically determined there's within 134 million-barrels of oil spilled. that gives the ability for fines

at a level of about $13 billion and because of that court case, until that is finalized none of the many that can come from that is going into the gulf. deep is likely to appeal that decision. it could be years and years before that money could flow after it goes through rounds of delays. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> on the culture beat, a conversation with scott simon the peabody award winning journalist and as his mother was dying in 2013, he kept a twitter diary that went viral. he joined us to talk about the book he has written called unforgettable. >> when i joined my mother in the intensive care unit, i began to sleep on the floor next to her and the confines of the

world that i usually see shrunk to those four walls of the i.c.u. that was not necessarily confining. my mother was just so funny and interesting. "the new york times" had me write a piece a couple weeks ago about i hate to use the term going viral but why the tweets i thought had taken digital wings and i had a lot of satisfying half answers. one is i think social media platforms have become the scrolls of our times where we share bits of our leaf life that people can read, ignore or find later. i think my mother was just so funny and interesting. i'm not -- i suppose i could have kept it all to myself. i'm not used to doing that. i think i had a discreet sense of certainly if you read the book, you will understand that in fact, i didn't share everything, that there was a lot that's been held back until this memoir as it should be.

on the other hand, i hope i shared while i was tweeting and certainly in this back sensations that belong to the universal experience of death. i think the fact that a lot of people got to know my mother certainly through the tweets and now through this book, that after all was i think safe to say the lowest moments of her life as she was leaving it, i think she -- i the think her wisdom her humor sharpened. i think when people are approaching the last days of their lives and they're certainly aware of it, they begin to project themselves. i don't know if it's a door or a window or whatever it is opens but they begin to inhabit a world that's just a step and a half beyond ours. they come into possession of some wisdom and knowledge and a way of passing that along to others that we can all stand to hear from. high mother was fortunate enough to have had an interesting

tough and engrossing life and she was in a position to know a lot and pass it on to me and i was able to share it with others. i reflect on the moments now as i have in the book but even just as a human being they cause me sadness every now and then but mostly laughs and comfort. i think it is absolutely the way of life that we don't fully grow up until we lose our parents. there is some mixture of wisdom that we receive only from that mix of grief and responsibility when they depart and we are left on our own. i think parents know this. certainly the best parents do, and they spend their lives pouring everything they are into us and they stand us up on our own. at some point they actually become pretty happy to take a seat and watch how we contend with the world.

>> on amazing sight in the skies over china. residents ushered in the spring with their annual kite festival. they are meant to tim boalize better days ahead. this is where kites originated from thousands of years ago as an instrument of war. it's become a sport and business there, as well. using bamboo to frame the kites fine paper and silk make up the bodies. >> much more on the migrant crisis in the mediterranean. at least three dead after another ship capsized, this one near greece. we are going to continue to follow this story throughout the day.

>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour from our headquarters in doha. our top stories: >> three die in a new migrant tragedy off greece. u.n. foreign ministers are meeting for talks in luxembourg. >> a missile base is hit in the yemeni capitol in sanna. >> a new report said two people are killed