if she does not, it raises the question has the guyer institute broken the law. deborah davis, al jazeera, washington. you can keep right up to date with all our top international news stories on the website, aljazeera.com. >> a police officer is about to enter his plea over murder charges in the shooting death of a black teen. an al jazeera special investigation, new details from our exclusive report on doping in sport. thousands flights delayed or canceled as a deadly storm system slows travel and dumps ice and snow.

this is aljazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. a chicago police officer will face a judge in half an hour in connection with the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. former officer jason van dyke is being arraigned on six counts of first degree murder. dash cam video showed him shoulding mcdonald 16 times as he veered away from officers. police say mcdonald was armed with a knife when he was shot. we have more from chicago. >> van dyke is expected to plead not guilty here. his attorney has long said that what you see on the dash cam video, the shooting of laquan mcdonald in 2014 was not what van dyke was seeing at the time, however, what you see on the tape seems to contradict what van dyke said at the time, that laquan mcdonald was lunging at him and that van dyke was actually back pedaling at the time. the attorney of van dyke says he

will likely ask for a change of venue in this case. he said there is no way that van dyke can get a fair trial given all that's gone on here with all the media attention and with the police superintendent stepping down and all the protests that have gone on with that. legal representatives say this is unlikely because it is very expensive to send a trial to a different county and the county really can't afford it at this time. the mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel is cutting short his vacation to arrive back today to not only address this issue, but what happened over the weekend. two people were shot by a police officer, both died, including one in a innocent grandmother and that's another big case that we'll be following as well throughout the day. back to you. >> thank you. and internal police investigation is next in the case of the fatal shooting of tamir rice. small protests were held overnight in cleveland following a grand jury decision not to indict the two officers in the

12-year-old's shooting death. last year police opened fire on rice as he played with a pellet gun. the u.s. attorney said the department of justice and f.b.i. are still reviewing the shooting. an al jazeera investigation into performance enhancing drugs remains in the spotlight. the investigation includes the claims of a pharmacist who prettily interned at an anti aging clinic in indiana. he tells an jumped cover reporter that the clinic shimmed human growth hormone to the wife of peyton manning. the point of contention remains the dates charlie sly worked at the clinic in indianapolis. the bong close defeated the bengals last night. we were in denver to see if manning's fan base is still supporting the broncos legendary quarterback. >> peyton manning missed his sixth straight game as he continued his recovery from a foot injury and yet knowing he wouldn't play, so many fans still showed up here just in the

hopes of getting a glimpse of him or perhaps even if they're lucky, getting an autograph. in these friendly confines, the only thing tougher than finding a needle in a haystack was finding a fan who believed the questions that have been raised about peyton manning. >> i think it's garbage. >> i think it's sad. look what he's done and they're dragging him through the mud. >> i've been a fan of his for as long as i can remember. >> what do you make of all this controversy that came out the last couple of days? >> i don't believe it. peyton's the type of guy that works hard and does thins the right way. somebody's picking on him, trying to bring him down. that's not fair. do it in the right court, don't just drag him out. >> if that was true, would it matter to you? >> it would. he's my favorite player. that's why we're here. it would kind of get a little less merit with me. i believe what he's, i believe he's innocent. >> fans did get a chance to watch manning warm up with the team before monday night's game and there are multiple reports

that his foot has improved so much that he might actually practice with the team at some point this week, but all of this good news for manning and his fans comes against the backdrop of a possible investigation by the league. >> manning is one victory away from setting a record for most wins by a starting quarterback. the broncos coach said osweiller will remain the quarterback for the final game of the season. >> we spoke to director of sports medicine at len knox hill hospital in new york. we asked if he was surprised by any of the information featured in the al jazeera documentary. there are reports we hear about about certain health care professionals behind the lines that are providing athletes substances, many of which are banned. this goes on and there is a black market and the public needs to be aware of it. the expose does shine a lot

on this. >> now that there is an agreement in place that h.d.h. is tested for, it sets the tone and stage for what's accepted and what's not accepted. the nfl banned human growth hormone in 1991 but did not begin testing for it until 2014. no player has ever tested positive for the drug. after a week's long search, the young man known as the affluenza teen has been captured in mexico. ethan couch was arrested yesterday for violating probation. two years ago, couch killed four

pedestrians while driving drunk. his defense claimed he suffered affluenza, meaning he was so wealthy and spoiled, he couldn't tell the different between right and wrong. he is expected to be turned over to the u.s. marshall service. weather is causing chaos for travelers across the northeast. a winter storm is producing ice, rain and gusty winds from wisconsin to new hampshire. drivers in the region are dealing with treacherous conditions and air travelers face long delays and cancellations. >> drivers are hearing warnings of a dangerous commute in parts of the country from illinois to new he can gland where the first snow of the season was falling this morning. >> first storm of the year, there's a lot of accidents. hopefully they'll be minor. >> it's been anything but minor across the u.s. this week. high winds and icey roads created dangerous conditions in wisconsin. in missouri, deadly floodwaters swept through homes, washed away r.v.'s and shut down major highways. new mexico declared a state of emergency after heavy snow left

behind snowdrifts measured by the foot. one couple was trapped in their car for 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. >> my wife was shivering and shaking. i got into the passenger seat, because the driver's seat was full of snow from us trying to dig out. >> tens of thousands of air travelers have been stranded or delayed at airports. >> i've been stranded now in the airport for 50 hours. >> there were almost 3,000 flights canceled on monday across the u.s. and nearly 1,000 more today. the dangerous weather system spawned more tornadoes around northern florida and arkansas. >> drive! get on the gas and go! >> cleanup is underway near dallas, where miles of splintered homes and debris were left. juan rushed to save his sister. >> we tried. we had tons of guys try to flip it. i watched my sister lay upside down for hours.

>> the severe weather is blamed for 11 deaths in texas. for the latest on this storm system, let's bring in meteorologist. we have another day of sleet and snow across the northeast. the snow across the northern plains is beginning to dissipate. the low area of pressure, the area of low pressure is moving up here towards the north. let's go closer in with those temperatures, because they have come up considerably towards new york. earlier this morning, we were talking about 34 degrees. it's about 36 degrees in boston. the snow and the sleet and rain, well you can see how parts of pennsylvania and new york are finally clearing out, but anywhere from long island all the way up to most of new england are still dealing with all of that different types of weather to talk about, so for new york, we do have a little break. we do think that the final rain

will end about 1:00 this afternoon, but up to the north, it is still going to be messy and those highways, especially if you're traveling and it gets a little colder, we're talking that we are going to be seeing that mix of precipitation. we have seen problems on highway 90, highway 93 north and south, even at the airports, there have been delays, so that has been the problem. for the sleet advisory, we expect most of the area of purple will be lifted by 11:00. that is good news there. up to the north, we do expect to see anywhere between eight to 1s going to be a problem. going through the next couple of days, wednesday, tomorrow morning will be rainy. towards thursday, most of the country is going to be cleared out. >> kevin corriveau, that you can. disappearing culture, the forces driving out chinese immigrants from neighborhood's across the u.s. another year of hardships, the challenges still facing millions of retch jesus and the relief some of finding this

winter.

iraq's prime minister is celebrating a key isil defeat this morning. abadi arrived in ramadi today, a day after the iraqi army took back the western city from isil. while in ramadi, prime minister abadi will meet with iraqi commanders and counter terrorism forces which led the offensive.

we are looking back at the news stories that defined 2015. syrians living in refugee camps in jordan, lebanon and turkey endured bitter cold conditions for the past years. more than 1 million refugees in europe. i asked jonah hull what europe is doing to help them at this time of year. >> well, that would be country specific, of course. lots of different countries housing and receiving these refugees in very different ways. to the north of europe, scandinavia countries like sweden and germany perhaps offering more humane conditions to the extent that they can in formal housing, in halls and warehouses and everything with a roof essentially that isn't being used is being put into service in lots of towns and cities to house refugees and of course they would be given at least a basic amount of sanitation, as well.

countires in central and eastern europe the balkans and hundreds traveling across the sea from turkey into greece and macedonia, a lot of those countries have only the most rudimentary facilities on offer for these people, mostly down to the ngo's on the ground, themselves working with rudimentary means and resources and temperatures absolutely plummeting on a lot of occasions, a lot of people will spend nights out in the open and will simply have no or very, very little access to sanitation. we are talking about families, children, we are talking about the elderly. i think the picture in europe as the weather closes in and winter gets worse is extremely bad and i wouldn't at all be surprised if there were people out there wondering why on earth they ever decided to leave. >> you'll recall the picture of

the toddler found dead on the turkish coast. how much changed after that picture went viral the world over? >> an enormous amount, i think. that picture really brought home to the viewing public, the news consuming public in europe just what was going on, because up until that point, it was easy enough to imagine that it was happening to somebody else or somewhere else and that these were people disconnected from one's own ordinary lives who were fleeing for whatever means, but that picture of a child spread eagled on a beach dead really brought home the severity of this situation and made it impossible to ignore. it also of course was taken in a huge way by the media. it was put on all the front pages. it went to the top of every news bulletin and it thrust this story very firmly into the lime light. >> the e.u. still struggles to

come up with cohesive solution to this crisis. we have a map here that shows the flow of refugees crossing by land, once they cross the mediterranean, of course. at the start of the year, they were able to pretty much roam freely on their way to germany or other parts of western europe. then you had hungary close its border. there are border fences blocking or controlling access now in 12 european nations. what are european leaders considering to better address just the issue of border control? >> the european union is a divided group at the very best of times. we've seen it struggle to resolve europe wide crisis, the financial crisis, the euro crisis, as well, now the refugee crisis. this grouping of 28 countries simply cannot find a sensible middle ground upon which to agree. they've talked about mandatory quotas. some countries have openly rejected that idea, poland and

hungary among them. other countries refuse to take on the numbers that have been suggested. there is a deep problem at the heart of the european union over this crisis and it is far from resolved now. one of the immediate implications may well be the end of the so-called schengen zone, the open borderless zone that came so much to define the european union. that looks like it may be on its way out. >> nearly all world leaders agree the war on syria must end before anything can change. has the refugee debate galvanized international action towards a solution or the paris attacks or russian involvement in syria more of a driving factor than the humanitarian crisis we're seeing continuing with the refugee crisis? >> i would say that certainly the picture of the little boy found dead on the beach in turkey after his boat capsized did a lot to galvanize public opinion not just towards finding a solution for the refugees flooding into europe, but also finding a solution to the issue

from which they were fleeing the war in syria. that did a lot to focus minds, to focus attention on what more might be able to be done about bashar al assad in syria. but then came an additional new problem into the forefront here and that became isil and the attacks that began to take place. we saw an attack on british tourists in tunisia. we saw the downing of a russian plane over egypt. then of course, suicide bombs in beirut, and the paris attacks. what this has done rather more is galvanize opinion here in europe, at least on a political level, towards what can be done about isil. far less spoken now about what can be done about bashar al assad, but more about what can be done about combating isil. of course, we've seen very recently moves by the french president, francois hollande, to try and form this grand coalition.

now all of this has muddied the refugee issue enormously, because less talk about dealing with bashar al assad, more talk now about using assad and assad's forces to deal with isil and indeed less talk as well about the refugee crisis as a result. >> jonah from london, thank you. an estimated 4 million chinese immigrants now call the united states home. many are in communities known as chinatowns, ethnic neighborhoods where they live and work, but many chinatowns are disappearing, along with the culture that makes them unique. we have this report. >> when jenny came to washington, d.c. 20 years ago from china, she chose to live in the tight-knit ethnic enclave of chinatown to hold on to some of her cultural heritage. today, chinatown is fast disappearing.

the famous chinese gate over the main avenue only remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. it's about the people. at one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washington's chinatown. today, only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone, their building being replaced, jenny to be evicted so a luxury condo can be built. >> most of the people that live here, we all have jobs, but even though we all have jobs, we don't have as much money as them, but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. >> they're victims of what's called gentrification, a process where poor residents are pushed out as the city develops and the wealthy move in. according to one study, northern chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that

of the 15 large chinatowns in america, only three still remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. >> a china town is not just where the people reside. chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, it's been built. >> when chinese are pushed out, it breaks up cultural cohesion of the community and threatens traditions. in new york, people are fighting back. >> in some ways, new york city has been one of the lone success stories of people taking to the streets to fight back against development, because everybody here knows once the heart, soul and original character of their chinatown is gone, it likely will never come back. >> in washington, jenny knows this and is deeply saddened.

>> my sister tells me to come back to china, but i don't want to go back. >> looking out at a china town that she now barely recognizes. al jazeera, new york. >> protecting animal rights, the move to crack down on animal cruelty as one way to keep humans safe.

fans of the british heavy metal band motor head are

mourning the loss of its lead singer this morning. ♪ >> he died from cancer monday at the age of 70. his band made the announcement on their facebook page, saying he learned of the disease on december 26. he formed motor head in 1975. he was the only constant member as singer and bassist. they are best known for a 1980 single ace of spaced. the first statewide animal abuse registry in the u.s. is going into effect. beginning friday, anyone convict of animal abuse in tennessee will be publicly identified. the move is expected to have a crime fighting effect. >> an animal is abused every 10 seconds in the united states, according to the american

society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. decreasing animal abuse can reduce overall crime rates and that's the idea behind tennessee's new law of making information about convicted animal abusers public. >> instigation came from there were several times that we had been -- received reports of someone literally going into a store, getting or to a shelter, adopting numerous puppies and actually either torturing or killing those animals. >> state senator jeff yarborough sponsored the bill that goes into effect new year's day. >> you look at the documented link between animal cruelty and cruelty to humans, that, you know, what happens with domestic abuse, what happens with just violence in our communities and neighborhoods, this is something that we want to put an end to when we can. >> the registry is expected to help the f.b.i. and other agencies identify trends and patterns.

in fact, the f.b.i. added animal cruelty to a top tier crime list, along with arson, burglary, kidnapping and murder. among the information to be released, the name and photo of the convicted abuser. >> there's no telling how many abused animals are out on the streets, or in homes, but we do know this, when they're picked up, many of them are brought here to the largest shelter in nashville. >> this shelter holds up to 400 animals at a time, some of them picked up roaming the streets, others neglected and abused by their owners. >> oftentimes that can actually escalate to violence against humans, as well. i believe this registry is really going to help law enforcement as well as animal control agencies who are trying to make sure that we are keeping these people off the streets. >> the registry will also allow shelters to identify abusers looking to adopt animals for activities like dog fighting. >> for us, we see neglect.

we see dogs that are not being given the appropriate care and attention that they need. we see people that shoot dogs. >> convicted animal abusers information will remain on the registry for two years following a first offense and five years following a second one. several states have tried unsuccessfully to pass bills creating a registry for animal abusers. while a database of this type has been established by this type at a local level such as in new york's suffolk county put in place back in 2010, there are none on the state level until now. robert ray, al jazeera, nashville. the san antonio spurs came to the rescue. a bat flew into the at&t centered. this is not the first time that happened. the spurs coyote was ready. after putting on his superhero costume, the wiley coyote captured the wayward bat.

thanks for watching. the news continues next from doha. this is al jazeera. ♪ you are watching the news hour, live from our headquarters here in doha. iraq's prime minister arrives in ramadi just a day after the army says it has retaken the city from isil. the death toll mounts in pakistan after a suicide bomber attacks a government building. heading to prison, the former israeli prime minister will serve a year and a half behind bars on a bribery conviction. the