final day, when the sanctions were removed, when the sanctions were done away with, 1979, the revolution, the same day those sanctions were removed. so when it comes to all these stages, today we are now at the stage where we can interact with the world legally for the interests of the nation. for this seven hours of experience of today, hundreds of

different banks were opened again for the people. the people who were saying "let's not believe in this" were wrong. we believe in our national power. we believe in the success of our nation too. [ applause ] >> today not only the banking sanctions were removed in relation to the nuclear issues, these banks not only reopened their interests, but the sanctions against the bank have already been removed today. today is a day when our nation

can stand in the light of our perseverance and resistance and efforts and we can feel the tangible efforts that we have. today is opening a new chapter and relations with the region and with the rest of the world and economic spheres. this morning in the parliament i mentioned to the representatives that we are under circumstances under which we need investment because of the previous sanctions and limitations so that we can actually start the wheel of the economy of the

nation in the light of 8% economic growth. we need more investments. the economy has started again. we need to use advanced technologies in the world. we need to expand our non-petroleum exports and we need to target new countries and regions for our exports, for our production, and jcpoa have removed obstacles in our way, but what can take us to reach our goals is our efforts and activities in production, and in

moving for growth and economic prosperity, and in preparing the ground and way for the employment of youth. i'm happy that today and this day i'm also announcing the budget for the new year and the sixth five-year program and i presented them to the parliament. i'm sure we will move towards growth and expansion and development and the impact of these efforts will be more and more clear in our economic and political life you are watching the eye eye-- iranian president.

he was speaking from tehran he was saying that today that we have reached a turning point, referring to iran, saying that today is a day of victory for the nation. he called it a success and he did focus quite a bit on the lifting of some of the sanctions on iran and he did say that iranian banks can now interact with the banks of the world. he mentioned oil and other products that they will be exported. this came after the i.a.e.a. that iran had complied with an agreement in relation to nuclear weapons. sanctions have hit iran very hard for many years. crossing over to our correspondent. you were listening into this along with me. he was speaking to a domestic

audience but he was also addressing international audience as well. >> reporter: i think you're right. he started out by describing what has been accomplished by lifting these sanctions. he talked about being able to enter the international banking system, to be able to conduct business as an equal partner on the international stage, to be able to sell oil and so forth. he was outlining his plan i think for the way forward for his country, talking about the need to diversify their economy beyond just oil and so on. as you say, also, perhaps, sending a message to the international community as well. he talked about the fact that this was a victory for all, this agreement. he talked about the power of diplomacy at work here, which i thought was very interesting, exactly the same line that we heard out of secretary of state john kerry after the implementation was announced that this was a victory for all players, for all sides of the

negotiations. he also talked about the fact that this deal would not have been achieved without national unity in iran, without the support of the supreme leader. we know that there has been resistance from hard liner inside of iran just as there has been inside the u.s. we're not hearing so much the complaints coming out of iran now as we are from the united states. here presidential candidates have been quick to criticise the agreement and express their concerns about iran. even the release of four americans, tooif americans from iranian prisons, while that was welcomed by republicans in the u.s., that was also greeted with scepticism in terms of what it took to get that deal. we're seeing a lot of splintering in the u.s. in this heated election season to deal - to react to the deal

just remind us, up until this point what the u.s. sanctions on iran have been and now what is being either lifted or suspended by the u.s. and what sanctions are still in place when it comes to iran. >> reporter: while he talked about the lifting of sanctions and reentering the globe economy, in the united states they aren't lifted completely. basically the u.s. won't punish other countries who have financial dealings with iran. some items will be allowed to enter the u.s. and sold here. they're very limited, caviar, rugs and nuts. american businesses can apply to sell certain aviation parts and things like that to iran, but we're not seeing a blanket lifting of sanctions here in the u.s. that has not happened, but it is a significant change in policy here thank you very much for that update from the u.s. as iran comes in from the comed,

people in tehran have been giving their reaction to what this deal means for them. >> translation: the lifting of sanctions might have a psychological effect, a transient effect, but everything will eventually go back to where it started and it might get worse >> translation: it will take at least four or five years before the market goes back to the way it was and i don't think we will see anything, not in the first few years at first. five or six will need to pass a political and security analyst is in saudi arabia and he says the deal is a step in the right direction for the iranian people, but it will not have any impact on saudi arabia. >> saudi arabia has no interest in any neighboring country, whether economically or land wise or ideology wise. iran, they developed something through the years that they see something and they do something else on the ground. so the whole international community needs to monitor iran

like a hawk and actually executing these steps to become. we would love for iran to come, for the money that iranian government that is going to get to be spent on the iranian people. they deserve it. no more deserve it than the people itself. if they come around the round table and sit with saudi arabia, saudi arabia will welcome them with welcome arms and they will sit and talk and work towards it. saudi arabia, it is a peaceful country. they tried to contain a lot of problems, but when america left this region with a huge vacuum, saudi arabia has to take the lead and they had to take their decision within their own hands washington post skrl journalist who was determed for two years in iran has arrived in geneva. another landed on switzerland. they're due to board a u.s.

plane home in exchange the u.s. has offered pardons to seven iranian is accused or convicted of violating sanctions on iran. 15 billion dollars, that's the annual shortfall the world is facing to deal with growing humanitarian crisis. that's according to a u.n. report delivered a few moments ago. it is a committee that is been asked with aid appeals and delivery more effective. >> translation: the action is now the answer to activity. even more than our peace keeping operations. the report rightly points out that while record sums are being to the noble cause of humanitarian, generosity has

never been so insufficient more aid is being called for and an end of competition between aid organizations. humanitarian aid should be allocated to people in need and not to specific countries. let's take a closer look at the numbers involved. 40 billion dollars are needed annually to help 125 million people in need around the world. the world is currently providing 25 billion dollars a year in aid. that leaves a 15 billion dollar fund willing gap. despite the shortfall, the world is spending 12 times more on aid than it spent in the year 2000. the syrian refugee crisis is the worst since world war ii. hundreds of thousands of people need aid inside the country while more than four million syrians have fled the violence mainly to neighboring countries. one of those countries is lebanon. that is where al jazeera's correspondent is joining us from. you've probably seen first hand

how that shortfall, that ban ki-moon is talking about affects the lives of syrian refugees in lebanon. >> reporter: that's right. we have. we've also spoken to the u.n. who is dealing with not having enough aid to give to people, but it wants to. so you've mentioned more than one million syrian refugees in lebanon. about 500,000 of those are living in refugee camps are very vulnerable to some of the conditions they're living in. last year the u.n. asked for money to help and they only got half of the funding they wanted. this year they've launched another campaign but they're concerned they're not going to get that kind of money. if you look at my report you can see some examples of what i mean >> reporter: this man has six mouths to feed t he brought his family on a different difficult

journey. we >> translation: we came here thinking life would be better. it wasn't. at first the u.n. helped us because of our daughters' situation but after a year we were left alone to pay for rent. so we moved into this tent. >> reporter: he and his family survive on $108 a month from the u.n. but he needs 100 for nappies alone. he has had to borrow money and is in debt like 90% of the syrian refugees in lebanon. it is people living in camps like this that are suffering the most from a lack of aid money. they get help but it's not enough. most find jobs to support themselves. this man is from homs. he has been taken off the u.n. register of refugees even though he lives in a camp. he is told he can work but he can only find odd jobs. >> translation: i just want to

understand, am i a refugee or not because some people get aid cards and i get nothing. i work two or three times a week doing odd jobs. >> reporter: the u.n. gives you aid out in the form of debit cards to be used for clothes food and fuel. it distributes blankets and stoves. the organization only received half the funding that it appealed for to help the syrians that have taken refuge in lebanon >> we are trying to respond to refugees' needs. however, we are stuck in the decision of choosing the most vulnerable amongst those who are already vulnerable to receive assistance >> reporter: this woman has four children and her husband has a bad leg from fighting in a village four years ago. >> translation: the hardest thing is to see my children asking for things and i can't give it to you. the most important thing is securing their education.

the humanitarian aid is not enough. it's not like we're living like kings or begging in the streets. we don't want to have to depend on anyone else but it's impossible >> reporter: her family are among the thousands of refugees from the syrian war who hope the u.n. will hope them resettle in another country, but that depends on another host country accepting them. until then they're stuck. so as you can see from those examples, refugees in lebanon really do feel trapped. they feel stuck. they are receiving some aid. it's in the enough to support them. those that are not receiving aid are told you can go and get a job but it's not that simple. there are not just jobs for them. people do odd jobs which doesn't cover the kind of expenses they need and they end up being in debt. others need more help in terms of medical supplies as well. they have medical conditions that they feel are not fully being treated and supported in the way that they need it to be thank you for that update from beirut. thousands of refugees continues

to try and make their way to europe even despite the winter weather. workers work through the night. they arrive and taken to a temporary center. most are trying to reach germany. >> we are here on the border to making the footprints in the snow and because we have small mud fields and rivers here between the two borders and if people get lost, they can get stuck in the mud speaking to a spokesman for the united nations relief agency. $15 billion dollars is what ban ki-moon is saying is the shortfall when it comes to dealing with the growing humanitarian crisis. you're helping palestinian refugees and you have felt the shortly fall in the past.

how can this gap be filled? >> it is an important question and it's for to raise that before the conference on 4 february which we will be attending. at that conference we will have an ask of 440 million dollars. this is principally for cash but also for food and, of course, our emergency education programs as we speak 43,000 children are beinged indicated in schools. you talk about the shortfall. last year in the syria component of our appeal we had a shortfall of about 40%. that meant that we were reduced to distributing 50 cents per refugee per day. that's against a backdrop of 700% increases in some foodstuff. so it's terrible the shortfall you talk about what's at stake then? >> at stake are the lives of

human beings like you and me and every person watching this program because in the context of syria, our emergency assistance has become life sustaining and the absence of life sustaining emergency assistance, i'm afraid, is absolutely dire. we have 430,000 people who need cash. we have the same amount who need food assistance. without that i'm afraid lives are going to be imperilled, which is why i say u.n. ra is an organization which has been there. we are standing shoulder to shoulder with the palestinian refugees if 915 billion-- 15 billion is not met, do you have to scale back >> we had no choice. we did scale back last year and we did the year before.

we have to do what we can within the resources that we receive what can you do about this because the report says they're offering three solutions. mobilizing additional funds, shrinking the need for aid and improving the efficiency of humanitarian assistance. how can efficiency be improved? >> let's talk about the first two of those. first of all there will be-- nor the sake of time can we just talk about the efficiency? >> we have implemented a branch reform program. we have seen international consultancys slashed, trading slashed, travel for staff slashed. we have been cut to the bone. frankly to talk more about efficiencies, we have spent the most past five years reformed. it is a leaner and meaner machine. we have cut back and to cut back

further we wonder where it was. our budget deficit was reduced from 135 million to 81 million. that represents huge safgs. we have done our pass. the donor community needs atto do its part-- savings thank you >> my pleasure pope francis has called for refugees to be welcomed abroad as they flee conflict and other forms of hardship. he was speaking at a mass . he said refugees should be integrated in the best possible way. do stay with us on the al jazeera news hour. u.n. appeals for more international help for ethiopia as the drought there worsens. prays for peace, the largest muslim organization rallies

against the latest attack. plus in sport the super bowl play offs. first, hundreds of syrian civilians have been kidnapped and there are fears many have been killed following a major i.s.i.l. assault. state television is calling the latest attack a massacre. andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: the government is saying that there was pay massacre of at least 300 civilians. it makes no mention of anybody being taken hostage whereas the sohr is saying that there was a major operation by i.s.i.l. and i.s.i.l. took 400 people, civilians mainly and also

families of regime forces, officers and soldiers, and they have been kidnapped appeared and taken to i.s.i.l. firmly head areas reporting from istanbul and not from ankara. air strikes have targeted raqqa in northern syria. this video was posted by the armed group on line and it shows the aftermath of the air raids with at least 43 people reportedly killed. 17 i.s.i.l. fighters have been killed in combat near ramadi. that's as iraqi forces try to push them out of the region. government troops backed by coalition airplanes. it's forces are advancing towards an area where i.s.i.l. forces are holding out just east of ramadi. meanwhile officials in iraq are saying that order is being

restored in the eastern city. the city has been the scene of recent sectarian violence. having said that, let's cross over to our correspondent. what is the situation right now? >> reporter: according to local officials the situation there has calmed down substantially in the last 24 to 48 hours. local officials say also that schools have been reopened and they believe that more businesses will reopen in the days to come. there still is a sense of frustration that is being spoken by especially iraqi officials here about what is being done about those who perpetrated violence in the past weeks, specifically shia militias in the area. let's take a listen to what we heard earlier from a speaker of parliament when he spoke to the press a few hours ago.

>> translation: there are criminals that the government is aware of. we know who they are. the names are here. the truth is they're continuing the kidnapping of people as a threat to our society what can you tell us about the situation in ramadi where fighting is going on? >> reporter: the situation is still unfolding and fluid. yesterday you had iraqi security forces saying they believe they could retake that part of the city within possibly a matter of hours, possibly a couple of days. they're trying to take control of an eastern part of the city which is, according to them, the last stronghold of i.s.i.l. in ramadi, but the fight is going a little bit slower than what the iraqi government to promised. in the last hour we heard that a roadside bomb killed at least 13 civilians, among them seven women and three children. it is a precarious situation.

they're saying they're trying to usher women and children and families in the area to safety, but it is violent, it is difficult, it is volatile and it's really at this point no way of knowing when exactly they will be able to retake that portion of the city thank you very much for the time being for that update from baghdad. the weather with richard. severe weather in parts of europe, including estonia. >> reporter: yes. two major weather systems. one across the east and another one out across the west. we've also had one affecting some of the baltic states, but the reasons it's mentioned not because the night-time goes down to minus 12 or 25 centimeters of snow, it's so i can show this skwirl trying to - squirrel trying to find its stash of food. we will some significant snow fall.

on a more serious note, this particular weather system, again, affecting the sort of refugee routes up through here. very heavy snow there. out across the west, snow hits the high land areas. this isn't the major feature. it is this snow across the south east. you can see that it basically stays in situ stretching all the way across meldva and into ukraine and up in russia. all the way down to greece and turkey and cold at belgrade and athens minus 7. very cold you will notice across the northern parts and also a minus 12 celsius there's much more ahead on the news hour, including out of this world, the first flower grown in space takes root on the international space station. plus. >> reporter: imagine turning on

your faucet and being able to drink this fresh mountain spring water. that's exactly what people in this mexican town can do. coming up we will tell you about their fight to preserve their water supply we hear from the australian champion who is preparing to fight for his title in melbourne. melbourne.

welcome. the top stories on the al jazeera news hour. iran's president says the lifting of sanctions is a new

chapter for his country which will boost the economy. the nuclear deal was proof that iran can work for the international community. american journalist has arrived in geneva a day after he was freed from an iranian prison. the reporter was released along with four other iranian americans as part of a prisoner swap with the u.s. the u.n. says the world is facing an annual shortfall of 1 # 5 billion dollars to deal with growing humanitarian crisis. the findings are part of a report from ban ki-moon. a suicide bomber has killed 13 people and injured 14 others at the home of a prominent tribal leader in jalalabad. people gathered in the house to celebrate after the taliban released a man. the latest from the afghan

capital kabul. >> reporter: a very prominent tribal leader belonging to a very power. and influential tribe in eastern afghanistan near the border with pakistan and what is interesting about him is that he along with other tribal leaders in the area have called for national uprising against i.s.i.l. he has a number of fighters tribal militias, if you will, fighting i.s.i.l. in eastern afghanistan. his son also is a member of the provincial council in that area. what's interesting that eastern afghanistan and the capital city of jalalabad is very volatile. you have the government fighting the taliban on the one hand and the government fighting i.s.i.l. on the other hand. you have i.s.i.l. fighting the taliban in that area. so the security situation is very, very volatile in yemen medical supplies have reached thies for the first time in five months. the aid group doctors without borders managed to get the much needed shipment into the besieged city.

yemen's second largest city has seen some of the worst fighting. meanwhile, saudi-led forces have carried out a wave of air strikes on the rebel held capital of sanaa. the national tv compound and a military camp were hit. they also targeted tribal areas. forces loyal to the yemeni government say they're gaining ground against the houthis in the two provinces. they have made gains in mountain areas according to them within sanaa province itself. thousands of members of indonesia's largest muslim organization have rallied to denounce violence just days after attacks in jakarta. eight people died in the bomb attacks in the city center including four assailants. >> reporter: it is a strong message from the largest muslim

group in the country. people should stay away from the armed group i.s.i.l. after thursday's attack the first claimed by the i.s.i.l. in indonesia, this message has become more urgent than ever. >> translation: i'm very sad this happened because they're using the name of our religion while islam has never thought of this. >> reporter: after many years of being silent, this organization is taking a stand against radicalization, a powerful message in the world most popular muslim country. taking a stand on the streets may not be enough to win this ideology. this group aims to counterer i.s.i.l.'s culture in the schools. >> translation: islam forbids killings, but they kill. they respect people beings and

up holds promotes people living together whatever religion. >> reporter: police estimate that nearly 400 indonesians have joined i.s.i.l. in syria and iraq and dozens have returned to indonesia. according to police the leader of i.s.i.l. in indonesia is a man named santoso who has been fighting a war in the jungle in east indonesia. >> they're not supporting the republic of indonesia which is being perceived by them as secular. so the troops of secular from their perspective, being enemies, including the police, military, right. so that's target number one, i think >> reporter: after thursday's attack the police are carrying out raids across indonesia. as the police station investigation continues, many indonesians feel that now is the time to make clear their own opposition to violence

it has been 25 years since the first u.s. led war against sadam hussein was faurgt. the gulf war lasted less than 90 days. its impact is still being felt. >> reporter: 25 years ago the air strikes began. swift and intense, but they hardly came as a surprise. he had, after all, been repeatedly warned, withdraw from kuwait or else. but iraq's leader remained defiant ensuring a war that rained devastation on the people of iraq. >> translation: the iraqi invasion to kuwait was the pin ago emof the tir ran kal--

pinnacle of the tyrannical regime at the time. >> reporter: from the outset the operation was intended to be a short campaign and it was. the iraqi army surrendered in less than 90 days. the consequences of the war were to last much longer. saudi arabia's decision to call on american military power to help push the iraqis out of kuwait enraged osam a bin laden. he had offered his own fighters to the cause. the decision to allow western troops to remain in saudi arabia, islam's holy land, reinforced the anti western focus of the newly formed al-qaeda. for the people of iraq the real suffering began after the invasion of kuwait was over. within days of the ceasefire, iraq was at war with itself.

two uprisings, one in the kurdish north and another by mainly shia in the south were put down by hussein. tens of thousands of people died. then an era of international sanctions began. it brought far more than just economic ruin. childhood malnutrition rates would spike. for families throughout the country, reliable medical care became extremely hard to obtain. many wondered then and still now why he was allowed to remain in power. that suffering got worse. in the wake of 9/11, the u.s. turned its attention to iraq once more. under the supposed suspicion there were weapons of mass destruction here, the u.s. invapouredd again. the fighting would last far longer and be far bloodier than was anticipated. the country has never recovered. here on the streets of baghdad

suspicions run deep. >> translation: the americans at first were looked at as liberators, but then they were seen as completely opposite. they dismantled the army and built a new one. >> reporter: anger still lingers. >> translation: before invading iraq george w bush said he would make baghdad like a paradise. instead he made it into wreckage >> reporter: with the rise of i.s.i.l. iraq is seeing its most serious threat yet. people know when when the began >> translation: all the subsequent events were involved of the gulf war. now iraq is suffering from sectarianism, suffering from the lack of rule of law and order and from a fake democracy >> reporter: it is a situation that seems more dire all the time

let's speak to the author of war and peace in the middle east. thanks for being with us. our correspondent's report highlights how the effects of war 25 years ago how it is still being felt even though at the time u.s. officials said it was a smashing success. they called it an accurate bombing campaign. in hindsight how do you find success when it comes to iraq? >> in hindsight i would sum up the iraq war of 1991 as a very successful war which achieved its declared objective, but it had a messy sequel. in the first place there was a clear-cut case of aggression by iraq. hussein not only invaded kuwait

but annexed kuwait. so he tried to snuff out the member state of the united nations. the international community responded very effectively. the security council passed a series of resolutions denouncing the aggression, then imposing economic sanctions on iraq. most importantly, it passed resolution 6, 7, 8 which authorized the use of military force against iraq. this was dubbed the mother of all resolutions. then america took the lead and assembled a coalition of 33 states, including some arab states like egypt and syria. so it was a general international coalition fighting under a u.n. banner. the coalition achieved its two principal aims which was to

remove iraq out of kuwait and to restore the legitimate government of kuwait but does the coalition under estimate the consequences of those action? >> there were an anticipated consequences to this war. the most important unanticipated consequence was the survival of hussein in power one columnist and the director of the intelligence project at brookings institution writes in. in retrospect the crisis that began 25 years ago was the critical moment in modern middle east politics. america became obsessed with the region and today there seems to be no way out. do you agree?

>> no. i don't agree because i think that in 1991 america made the right decision, which was not to follow-up the removal of the iraqi troops from iraq, by pushing forward all the way to iraq to baghdad to topple hussein. i think this was the right decision. the reason for that was that america would have had to govern iraq after toppling the regime. it would have been mired down in iraq. the great mistake by america was made by bush junior in 2003 because that american invasion was illegal, it was for the purpose of ray yeem change, and it destroyed the state institutions. the americans disbanded the

party and disbanded the iraqi army. the result was chaos and islamic militias are best placed to move into the power vacuum. i think the colonel onsal-- colossal blunder was america was in 2003 not in 1991 thank you for joining us. >> thank you u.n. is calling for a 50 million dollars cash injection to help ethiopia. more than 10 million people need food aid. charles stratford reports from north-eastern ethiopia. >> reporter: this man used to have 53 cows. now he only has five. skeletons are scattered over the parced earth. he has lived here all his life.

he has ten children. he has received two government food hand outs over recent months but says it's not enough. he says he has never experienced a drought like this before. >> translation: i'm afraid for the people now and i'm afraid for the children because there is no rain. if there is no rain, people die. there is no food and there is no milk. >> reporter: the drought is being blamed on particularly harsh conditions on the weather phenomenon el nino. the hot winds over the pacific the effect of which scientists believe have been made worse by global warming. men have been forced to leave their villages and earn money elsewhere. for no rain expected for months and little food, aid agencies say the situation could deteriorate. the united nations told the world last year that 2.9 million people needed emergency food aid

here. a few months later that moved to 8.2 million and then 10.2 million people. we were in this area around october and it's very obvious that in coming back the situation for these people has got a lot worse. the u.n. says around 400,000 children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. the organization say the children made this shocking comparison. >> we only have two emergencies in the world that we have categorised as agree 1. syria is one and ethiopia is the second. we need to raise 100 million dollars for this response. >> reporter: the u.n. says the scale of the problem was never expected. >> the international community has provided more than 360 million dollars since 1 october towards the el nino response. the government has provided more

than 300 million for food aid alone. the problem is the size of their need due to the el nino is just enormous. >> reporter: with months no go until the next rainy season, that means even more people like this man and his family have little choice but to wait for help to arrive here is what is coming up in sport. two nba team save all the best action for the final three seconds of the game. joe will be here with all the details in just a moment. ust a moment.

people in the mexican town are proud of their fresh mountain spring water. now they're fighting to keep their pristine life line free of contamination. >> reporter: is the people of this area about this mountain spring and they will tell you that it represents life, health and happiness. the spring water that flows down from a mountain and into their fau sets has been a source of pride in this town for generations. when bulldozers rum belled in, the town of several thousand mobilized. they blocked the dozers with this encampment. >> we want to protect our water. >> reporter: the protesters say information about who was

digging and what they were building leaked out slowly. they complained but initially they say local government financials were not much help >> corruption is always a big problem. we can't do things easily if we are fighting something we can't see. >> reporter: the town eventually learned that a company was planning to build storage containers for molasses. they worried their fresh spring water was at risk of being contaminated. a city official says a company called arn purchased this property in 2013 and began digging last year. during a transition from one mayor to another. the company didn't have the proper permits. the city says it has now brokedered an agreement that should appease everyone. >> translation: we wanted everyone involved to participate in looking for a solution. in three months we finally

convinced the company to move to another place to build far away from the community. >> reporter: the company would not respond to our request for a comment, but we did see workers removing equipment from the construction site. the protesters say they don't trust the government deal to relocate the project. they are not leaving just yet. their real battle is still ahead. they want the mountain spring and land around it to be designated a protected area. so it will be off limits to developers now it's time for shorts with jo. >> reporter: defending champions the new england patriots have advanced to their fifth game. tom brady had two touch downs in the win. new england are bidding to become the first team to win back to back since they did it

in the 03 and 04 season. the packers forced over time in their play off with the cardinals. five seconds left in regulation time found gentlemens janice to level the game. cardinals advance to the championship game where they will face the winner of sunday's match up between the seahawks and panthers. the next opponents will be the steelers or the br oranges ncos. the late drama in the n.f.l. was matched by the nba on sunday. 3.9 seconds left on the clock, the celtics were put into the lead. they made it to the other end of the court but the buzzer attempt was beaten by the buzzer. a third straight win.

meanwhile retiring coby bryant has announced he won't compete at the olympics. he indicated he would bid for a third gold medal. instead, it will finish at the end of the season. >> the young guys are go and play and perform. i've been fortunate enough to win gold medals. i've had my moment. i will watch from afar and support from afar. that's about it. >> reporter: two of the most bitter rivals in the english premier league kick off in the next few minutes. liverpool are ninth. arsenal are looking to reclaim top stop from leicester when they travel awake to face stoke.

the top three are in on sunday. real madrid kicks off in an hour. they are four points of madrid. barce host another. in less than 24 hours novak djokovic begins the first grand slam of the season in melbourne. he has won this tournament four of the past five years. he kept up with tradition handing out chocolates to journalists on the eve of the tournament. he himself will be hoping to continue a sweet start to the season. >> 2015 was the best season in this year of my life undoubtedly and i will try to obviously carry that confidence into a new season, this being one of the most important and most press at this stageous tournaments we have. -- prestigious.

in my case this has been the most successful grand slam tournament. every time i go back there, i have in memory come back to me from the first win back in 20028 and, of course, some of the epic matches i've played. the number three place basilashvili. williams against giorgi. now it is a colorful but dangerous tradition in argentina's rural areas, but it is thriving. a rodeo showcases the best horseman in the country and now they're pushing to be officially recognised as a sport. >> reporter: this is happening in the north of the country. this is a man who is here for

the first time riding. he is 18 years old and works as a mason. he says if he stays on a horse for eight seconds he will have a chance of winning a prize. >> translation: we do this not only for tradition but we can win prizes. >> reporter: these are part of the tradition of the cattle herders that roamed the country 200 years ago. in fact, most of those who participate in these events evidence second jobs in the country's farming industry. people compare this event to a world cup because they say that every rider in the country dreams about being here. the horses are also chosen purposefully. we've been told that they have to have a special spirit and probably will never been tamed. horses are crucial in events like this one.

animal rights group worry about the treatment of the horses, but this man says they're wrong >> translation: a horse is ridden for about eight seconds in an event like this one. they're used for an average of two minutes a month. they have to be strong and beautiful to be used in events like this one. >> reporter: they have gone from being a traditional event to a local sport. this man wants it toing recognised as one of the argentina's national sports. >> translation: we are pushing for a law that makes this an official sport. it is becoming more and more professional. riders now train, go to the gym and prepare all year for the big event. >> reporter: a dangerous sport that endures dozens of riders every year, but this man is not afraid. he is 28 years old and has been doing this for over a decade. >> translation: i've seen my family cry for me many times, but this is what i love and what has helped me have my house and my family.

>> reporter: a passion for horses, respect for the tradition and the financial incentive, apowerful mix that makes this an essential event of argentina's countryside that is all the sport for now. snoop thank you very much. the oscar nominated movie the martian featured matt damon growing vegetables in space. astronauts on the international space station has been doing that for real. they have already eaten space-grown lettuce and now the station has its first flower. scott kelly shared these photos of the zinnia blooming. it is more difficult to grow than lettuce who are hoping to -- they're hoping to grow

tomatos now. more coming up.

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