hello, this is the news hour live from london. the race to be president of the united states reaches a crucial stage. it's super tuesday which could make or break the path to the white house. >> i'm in texas, the loan star state is the biggest prize on super tuesday and now the most divisive figure in the race is saying he can unite the country. >> people don't know that about me. i bring people together.

syrian orphans plead for an end to the war. i'll be here with all the day's sport, including we hear about going five points clear at the top of the english premier league. they spent tens of millions of dollars being on the campaign trail for months and traded policy points and insults in televised debates. for those who would be president of the united states, super tuesday is where it gets real. the republican and democratic candidate dates will fight it out in 12 states. donald trump for the republicans, and hillary clinton for the democrats are hoping to build unassailable leads in the race to be crowned as presidential candidate for their party.

we have correspondents following developments in key states. we'll speak to allen finisher in the accident and andy gallagher in alabama. first let's sheaf what super tuesday is all about. we'll explain how it works and what it all means. >> super tuesday when multiple states decide who they want for party candidates. for democrats it is a straight battle between former secretary of state hillary clinton and bernie sanders. after her landslide win, clinton has a strong lead over sanders with 544 delegates to his 385. tonight, there are 865 in play. it's a more crowded raise in the republican camp. ted cruz, and marco rubio, ben

carson and john kasich are battling for the party nomination. defying earlier expectations, donald trump remains in the lead. there are 595 at stake tonight. on this super tuesday, 12 states are involved. as we've seen in recent weeks, anything can happen, so join me as those results start to come in and we examine how the 2016 u.s. election race is shaping up. texas is one of the states where most delegates can be won. alan finisher joins us live. why is the accident so important and super tuesday so important? >> well, super tuesday is important for its significance in the electoral race, because there are a lot of delegates up for grabs on super tuesday, more than at any other point in the contest. texas is important because 155

delegates are up for grabs. this gives you an idea of where the republican party is. if you win on super tuesday, the chance are your going to win the nomination. the person who has won the most has gone on to win the nomination for the republican party. ted cruz concentrated on super tuesday, putting effort into the south, particularly the accident, his home state, he is a senator here believing his message of strict conservatism and evangelical background would give him the lead to the nomination. what he didn't factor in was the rise of donald trump and his momentum really has knocked everyone off the rails. donald trump is 11 of the races is predicted to win possibly 10 of them. the only one he won't win is here in the accident and it's thought he will run ted cruz close here. ted cruz knows he has to win here or his campaign is over, so

donald trump is looking forward to a very good prosecutor tuesday and now looking forward to his time in the white house, telling crowds that he is the candidate who can unify this country. >> you've got to get people somehow to work together. our countries so unbelievably divided. it's divided politically. it's divided among white and black. it's divided in so many ways. we're going to bring our country together, folks, we're going to bring it together. we have to brick it together. people don't know that about me, i bring people together. >> super tuesday is one of the those ones where you think it gives you an idea of who's going to be in the key positions. is there anything that can trip up donald trump on the road beyond super tuesday

there's always something that can happen, but seems donald trump can go through crisis other candidates would shrivel up and die under. we want to get a clear idea where the support donald trump was given from a former grand wizard of the ku klux klan will affect him. the members of his party don't believe he's a key conservative. one said he is a disgrace to my party. he's not a true conservative and certainly not a republican.

they're now locked into a process where the people get to decide who the republican candidate date is and if donald trump does incredibly well in super tuesday as the polls predict, it's more than likely he will be the candidate barring a last minute collapse. ted cruz might say he's in the position to challenge him. marco rubio beliefs if he wins florida in two weeks, his campaign will ignite. really if donald trump does well on super tuesday, he will be in a position where he has the moment, the backing and it is highly unlikely anyone will be able to mount any sort of campaign from getting the delegates he needs for the nomination. this is a crucial day for donald trump, marco rubio, and for the republican party. >> how do you see it playing out for the democrats? >> well, bernie sanders will do well in vermont, his home state. it's where he's the sewn tore. he was also the mayor of the main town there and he's very

popular. hillary clinton believes that this is where she is going to cement her place as the front runner in the democratic race. again can't win the nomination but can do enough damage to the sanders campaign to suggest that he shouldn't go farther. his wife said he's willing to go through all the way to the summer, perhaps the question. hillary clinton will undoubtedly cement her position as the front runner in the race over the next few hours. >> alabama is another key state on super tuesday. voting rights have been a big issue there. we are in alabama to explain would you it's become such a big issue. >> well, super tuesday is really all about the southern states. there is a particular focus object african-american voters. here in alabama, a quarter of the population are black voters.

here in wilcox county, that ratio is more like 50%. here's the issue. two years ago, this state change said its voter i.d. laws. to play your blot down, you need government i should photo i.d. like my driver's license here opinion that sounds like a reasonable request to make. officials say it stops fraud, but civil rights campaigners say particularly in rural poor communities like this, black people don't have access to things like public transport, they don't have the information they need and don't have the means and money to go get that photo i.d. they need to vote. activists say that is a deliberate attempt to exclude black voters. >> how are you all doing? can i give you a flier before you get out? you may want to leave it in the car. >> car parks is sometimes the only way to meet voters. this is a sparsely populate part of the state but politics is on

the mind of many. >> well, i ain't voting for either one of them. >> more than half the residents are african-american. there is anger over the change to voting laws. ballots can no longer be cast without i.d. it's seen as targeting minority. >> some of them don't have one, can't get one. >> all the years we went through this. >> and we're still going through the same thing. >> i feel bad about it. >> many license offices were situated in these counties and they've been shut down. campaigners say decades of work has been undone. they say forcing poor black voters to get photo i.d.'s places another obstacle between them and the balance box. some say the consequences are

all too real. >> for you, this is kind of a lifelong fight. >> for 30 years, ralph ervin has worked tirelessly for voter rights. it's a struggle he says is far from over. >> we will be fighting for the rest of our lives. there are people out there who will never let it go. never let it go. >> you mean never stop trying to suppress the black vote. >> never stop trying to send us back to africa. i'm not going. >> the legacy of voter suppression in alabama has a long dark history but resulted in the passage of the voting rights act. accusation that is part that have legislation are now being undone are flatly denied by the state's governor. >> we will go to people's houses to have an i.d. made. we're not going to do anything to keep the people from the state of alabama from voting. for them to jump to a conclusion like that is politics at its worse. >> a challenge to the i.d. law

was rejected by a judge. some will continue campaigning for change. these aren'tation late to states like alabama, tennessee, georgia and the accident have put these new voter i.d. laws into place, all in republican states. people affected are in the vast majority, democratic. >> there's still more to come on the al jazeera news hour, including a 50% pay rice. why venezuelans still can't afford the basics. spy thames and corruption allegations. we're in pretoria where the touch a survive a case against the president is back in court. in sport, we'll hear from the new fifa president about his plans for the 2016 world cup.

macedonia deployed more soldiers and police to its border with greece. monday, hundreds tried to force their way through a razor wire fence into the country. the crowd was dispersed when police tried tear gas. over 7,000 people are camping president border, waiting for authorities to allow them to crib their jenny. >> 51 refugees were rescued in the aegean sea, babies and children crammed onboard a rubber dingy trying to reach greece. more than 120,000 have arrived sips the start of this year. >> demolition teams in front continued to tie down the jungle refugee camp tram calais. the governor wants them to move into new accommodations. the first day saw violent

crashes with riot police. >> day two of this clearance and demolition operation has gone rather efficiently, from the point of view of us looking at it. this morning, it had plywood shacks, tinder buildings and it's now completely cleared to an extent of around 300 meters. there was resistance. a few people climbed on their huts and tried to prevent police from demolishing them. they were quickly pulled down by riot police. that said, there was no repeat of the kind of stone throwing by protestors followed by tear gas fired by police that we saw on monday here in the jungle. it may be because of the weather. it's a driving wind and a biting drizzle that is sweeping across this whole camp. i think perhaps the mood certainly wasn't there for more

stride ept resistance to the police actions today. it is going to take time to clear the estimated 1,000 people the government wants to move on. they will claim eye sum not in britain as they hoped, but here. some realize that with the determination that the authorities are showing here, the reality is there is no option to go to britain anymore. they have to realize that saying here in the calais jungle is simply long standing, long term reality. >> doctors. world has been working with mike grants for more than 10 years. what's your interpretation of how this all played out ape calais? >> the wonton instruction of large parts of the camp is outrageous and short sighted,

because it will not stop refugees who are in desperate needs of protection traveling to calais. we know from our work there that there are many, many extremely traumatized people and level of violent will exacerbate their mental health and their physical health. >> the french government would say they are providing the containers which are refurbished containers to improve their situation, there will be heating them and it's a better place to stay rather than the points. >> a welcome step forward, of course. the provisions inadequate, there are not enough being provided. if this were a refugee crisis, that would be televised aid agency appeals, we'd be consulting refugees about them rather than imposing on that them containers with bets in

them, which is not the way people want to be accommodated. >> further from calais, they are living in even more squalid conditions. >> i visited many, many settlements of that nature across the northern french region of calais. i've met 10-year-old syrian boys, alone, unaccompanied living in the bottom of a ditch outside a farmer's field, riddled with scabies. we know unaccompanied children are at particular risk. the whole system is broken and needs to be fixed, but of course calais is emblematic of the wider refugee crisis. in northern greece, we see the u.n. refugee boss in geneva saying today europe is on the

cusp of a humanitarian crisis, which is self induced. >> interns of the optics, if you like, of this. clearly the bench and british governments don't like it. that that's dismantled, doesn't it send a message that people take the risky journey will think it's not possible anymore? does that help in your view? >> i have no doubt the intent is to defer, but of course the right to seek and claim and for an asylum claim to be heard is universal. it applies to you and i, to all of us, to everyone watching. >> i've met many people who have made claims for about asylum. it's not the sort of refugees that the government fear can't

get their act together and harm nice policies and procedures. this is at the heart of the problem. different courts treat the asylum different ways, which is why something people seek team here in england. fundamentally, we look to european politicians to solve the problem in the meantime. >> thank you for taking the time to talk to us. the u.n. envoy to syria delayed the talks until marsh nine for syria. he said he is waiting for the ceasefire to better settle down. this shows fighting in the northern province. the opposition accuses the government of violating the truce there. >> these pictures from military.

opposition groups say the army i also targeted them. russia's foreign minister has told the u.n. human rights council in geneva that turkey's border should be close. he will you with the off police. >> it's necessary to close the syrian border with turkey. this i also about the freedom of speech. >> an entire generation of syrian chirp is in grave danger following five years of war. thousands have been orphaned and millions lack access to school.

>> this house not far from the sir yap border is a safe haven for children in which they have a place to learn and play away from the airstrikes and bombs. this is the orphanage that houses 60, whose parents have been killed by the regime. despite the laughter, behind each face is a harrowing tail. this 11 years old is from homes. most of the city has been bombed to the ground. his father was killed by assad soldiers. the teacher tells me he we get his bed regularly and barely he manages to sleep through the night without waking up screaming. he still shows homes for the a better future. >> when i grow up, i want to be be a architect to rebuild my

country. >> i asked what question he has for the world leaders. >> i tell them you don't love us like you claim. if you would have, you would have liberated us. >> she now finds it difficult to speak. her eyes tell a story by themselves. another child forced to grow up way too quickly. it's tough to get the sounds of the explosions out of her head. >> life used to be so nice. after the revolution, it became he be horrible. >> listening to these stories is enough to make anybody with a sense of humanity want to end this war. the longer and longer it goes on, the more and more it kills their future. >> the orphanage puts emphasis on great he had situation. not only are the children sent to the local school, they are

given extra tuition here when they return. funding fo for the orphanage is soft. they may find themselves without a form. >> we've sent messages to different organizations. no one has responded. >> today they visit the border with syria, this is the closest they can get to their homes without fear of airstrikes. innocence is char issued, not bombed from the sky, a wish they hope will one day come true. a new aid plan for yemen has been pretend to the u.n. including a request for $1.8 billion for food, water and medicine. the coordinator told us how

thief had a deliver. >> we coordinate some of the food and aid assistance, water transportation. difficult because of actions and security issues, but at the same time, i think it's important that we gathered the resources needed and save our task of addressinging those one of the chases. we can recognition the vulnerabilities and people who have need in the future. the iraqi said a suicide bomb north of fallujah killed 20 of its personnel. eight people were killed in an isil attack. the attackers are said to have infiltrated the base dressed in

army uniforms. tens of thousands of people attended a hearing. he called for laws to are reformed. crowds chanted shame on the government as we walked for miles to reach the funeral venue. >> venezuela's government increased the minimum wage by 50%. it's still below inflation. >> for this practicing lawyer, the only way to protect savings is to buy cars. a toxics mix of devaluation and triple digit inflation means cash is worthless, and assets

like used cars, which are negotiate in dollars have become a way to save money. >> one has to find alternative to say avoid seeing what you have evaporate. >> the government is increasing the minimum wage from roughly $9 at the country's widely used black market rate, 214. for most people, hiking their wage will make no difference. a clear sign of an inflationary economy is printing in organic money. this his the equivalent of the basic food basket. of this amount, this constitutes the basic minimum wage or 14,000. this is worth 1,000. buying cars works for the middle class, but what are those who earn minimum wage doing? in those bare brick homes in caracas, most are only just getting by.

garcia said he's begun to skip meals. >> it's hard. we are living through things in this country that we have never seen before. >> shoppings at government run food chops could get him more value for his money, but basic food cab hardly be found and he'd have to skip work to stand in line for hours. >> what we are seeing is the shrinking of people's purchasing down. >> we explain more for what most would seem logic. today he can get $4,500. >> in this street, i've managed to set up my only person bank. >> inflation is for most countries, a thing of the past. in venezuela, however, it proofs

the tight cliche applies, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. china act to say protect women from domestic violence, making it a crime for the first time. stop poll shooting, given an invitation to move out. >> how tennis fans view the u.s. open.

>> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled. >> people are not getting the

care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? it's super tuesday, a day where 12 u.s. states decide who they want at their party candidate ahead of the presidential election. donald trump is ahead in the republican camp while hillary clinton is the front runner for the democrats. refugees have more bottle next getting to europe. more have sailed this year than

the first half of last year. one of the key issues in super tuesday's november election will be the fight against racism. bernie sanders unveiled a platform to take care of racism. we have more on how his meemies being received. >> protestors gather in vermont to assert not only do black lives matter, and that racism is widespread in the united states. african-americans make up 1% of the population here, yet 10% of its prison population. they are disproportionately suspended from school with devastating consequences. bernie sanders home state has a problem with race, yet he's been accused of a reluctance to tackle the issue. tensions became clear last year.

sanders presented a set of objectives to tackle racism. he fought for civil rights in the 1960's. >> bernie fundamentally sees the word in terms of class and his nationals is a class nationals. he understands there is institutional racism but believes sincerely that that will be solved when these larger international economic problems and the problem of concentrated wealth and squall distribution is solved. >> rich and poor, not black and white. >> absolutely. >> activists in vermont welcomes his evolution but remained cautious. >> clearly he has some background in racial justice. some of i have the, one would want to believe that it is really genuine, he just neat to learn things along the way.

can you learn? >> clearly he can. will he learn more? i'm certain of it, but as far as weather that's going to take us where we need to go, time will tell. >> other battles with progressives, this coffee shop was established on the site of a former g.e. factory. weapons were manufactured here. the peace activists with whom bernie sanders ones organized decided enough was enough. the factory had to be disrupted. as mayor, sanders warned he opposed the action, his reason, once again, class. he accused the protestors are targeting workers and not those truly at fault. he warned the activists would be arrested. >> he came to work. he wanted to make sure it was done correctly. the protestors were treated in the correct way. he was not happy about this, but felt that as mayor, he was obligated to do it.

>> then as now, bernie sanders was insider and outsider. fighting to change the system while embedded from within. >> what is better than sand' strategy for super tuesday? >> it's to initially focus on five states. here in vermont, bernie sanders home state where he can't really lose, everyone loves bernie here. massachusetts, colorado and oklahoma, he hopes to do very well, win or be very, very close to hillary clinton, and then not be wiped out in the south by failing to blue collar white voters, la teen knows, white voter. the democratic party, a portion of delegates proportionately, even if he loses, he can pick up loads and loads of delegates. even though we use these numbers

of the delegates, that's not quite accurate. some are super delegates. pledge delegates, those in the bag, the difference is only 26 or so. there are plenty of delegates ting picked up to keep sappedders vibes. no matter what happens, his campaign will go on. there are plenty of states where he feels he'll do very, very well. direct contributions to his campaign are mainly small, individual donors. he raised $42 million in february alone. he said he's going to carry on no matter what happens on super tuesday, he says. >> thank you. >> lawyers from the main opposition party in south africa

are in court where president zuma is charged with corruption. >> a full bench of high court judges will decide if the national prosecuting authors was wrong to drop 483 corruption charges against jacob zuma. it's taken years to get here. it wants the decision set aside and charges reinstated. >> this is one of the most important legal cases since we came a democracy. it goes to the heart of whether there is one standard of justice for the ordinary person in the street and another for the rich. >> june land crowds greeted zuma when the charges were first dropped. they were reinstated but dropped again, clearing the way for him to become president. the charges stem from the conviction for corruption of his former financial advisor, including soliciting a bribe for

zuma in connection with a $4 billion arms deal. the charges were dropped because of and would political interference on what's known os the spy tapes, secretly taped phone calls between those closest to the case in which they collude on maximizing the damage from the charges. >> the democratic alliance is trying to convince the judges that the political interference was limited and insignificant and no reason to dump the charges against douma, and that the prosecutor didn't take into account the strength of the case against zuma. >> the national prosecuting authors is defending the decision by its former acting director.

president zuma's office said the decision to drop corruption charges will withstand any scrutiny and that the democratic alliance is abusing its power and trying to win votes. >> the f.b.i. director james comey and lawyers for apple are testifying before the u.s. house judiciary committee. the technology giant denied a request from the f.b.i. to help it hack into a phone belonging to one of the attackers who killed 14 people in san bernardino last year. apple said it will compromise the security of other apple devices. tom ackermann is in washington, d.c. just been the last minute or so, one of the lines has dropped, saying that apple's code that could break into the san bernardino shooters is not a back door and would allow the f.b.i. to take the guard dog away, at last to pick the lock. are people going to be convinced by that argument? >> well, you see a division of

opinion among the lawmakers who are listening to the testimony and it's clear that some of siding on the side of apple and other technology companies, by the way, which have come to the defense of apple and to the law enforcement authorities who say they are looking for a reasonable accommodation with apple, that they are not looking for an all purpose back door to pick the lock, so to speak, but in this specific case, to have apple provide the cost wear that would unlock the phone of one of the gunmen in the san bernardino killings. the position of the f.b.i. summed up by the f.b.i. director james comey saying that there are no demons here, they appreciate the value of maintaining data privacy, but at the same time, there has to be a balance struck with law enforcement in dealing with severe threats to the public. now, the chief lawyer for apple is due to testify right after

comey, and in his written testimony, he says should the fish have the right to compel a company to produce a product it doesn't already make so the f.b.i.'s exact specifications and f.b.i.'s -- for the f.b.i.'s use. now one court in california granted the request of the law enforcement authorities, but just yesterday, another federal judge in new york in a separate case, dealing with unlocking the phone of a drug dealer, iphone of a drug dealer ruled just the opposite way, saying the government invokation of a two century old law that requires companies to cooperate with the authorities was simply not applicable in this extreme high tech case. you can see that the one thing the two sides agree on coming into this hearing is that they

are looking for a solution not from the courts, but from congress. the congress apparently will have quite a dilemma having to deal with this issue, but certainly it won't come very soon, certainly not in this election season. lauren. tom ackermann, thank you. men and women who beat their partners can be prosecute in china after a law on domestic violence came into effect. more victims will be encouraged to report abuse at home. the all china's women's federation estimates that a quarter of with him in china have experienced domestic violence. the offering on those reported cases each year is just 50,000. pint% involved women abused by their husbands. >> she spend as lot of time alone but at least she's safe

enough, safe from her husband who thought it was ok to regularly beat her. >> he hit my face. his mother was there and did nothing. >> he was careful not to mark her face, focusing on her arms, legs and back. she went to hospital twice and gave up on the police. >> i went to the police and reported this incident, but the police told me this is family issue, so they did not take any action. >> there is still a stigma attached to domestic violence in china, which makes her a brave woman. until now, she has not spoken publicly about her abusive marriage, which had begun so happily.

after filing for divorce, her husband and mother in law came and took her son away. >> he and his mother took my son from me by force. they beat me up in my neighborhood and grabbed him from me. my son was only two. i haven't seen him for two years. >> most survey show one in four married women in china suffer violence at the hands of their partner. the real figure is probably much higher, because reporting abuse is still so rare, especially in the countryside. victims of domestic abuse will be able to seek a restraining order that could force the abuser to move out of the home. courts will have just 72 hours to make a rule. critics say the legislation still doesn't go far enough, since it fails to outlaw marital rape and doesn't place enough emphasis on health and social services. >> this lawyer has been dealing with domestic violence cases more than 20 years. he said the new law will help

but worries there is too much onus on the police to respond. >> this new law will play an important role in reducing domestic violence cases. more importantly, how will this law be enforced? we need to see results soon. >> the new law came too late for her and for others like her. forced by tradition to suffer in silence. adrien brown, shanghai. >> share holm is an executive director in an organization for human rights in china. are you spiced it's taken this law to get a law of this sort in china? >> i'm not surprised given the process in china. given the domestic violence in china and the very active

history of chinese civil society groups pressing for a more effective law preventing and addressing the problem, it should have come sooner. >> what about, we heard there about from that very brave victim who spoke out about it, said she thought it was normal for a husband to beat his wife. do you think this law will help change those attitudes? >> the factors that contribute to violence against women and domestic violence include cultural values, tradition, practices, but also includes the legal institutions like the police and the response of the police and the courts and the prosecutors, so all of that has to shift with the center on respecting the rights of the women themselves and empowering the women. that's where there will be some effective implementation of this law. >> you are suggesting that enforcement of the law might be a problem because culturally

people don't think it's that important? is that what you're suggesting? >> well, when we look at law, the formal law on the books is just the beginning. it's not a magic bullet that is going to address a social problem with serious roots. the second thing is that the law providing legal remedies like the injunction, the protective order, as well as the mandatory reporting requirements, which is very important, it will only be as effective as it will be implemented and can't be implemented by itself. it's going to need awareness by the public, a shift in cultural values and understanding that that has to be reinforce the by the actual actions of the police and the way the courts deal with these cases, so i think for this law to be effectively enforced. we have to recognize that it would have to be implemented within the legal testimony that is massively defective and is

not really a functioning rule of law system, but nevertheless, it's important to at least of the formal law on the books that lays out what is prohibited behavior and what the remedies might be for these victims. >> ok, human rights director sharon hom. thank you for your time. in bangladesh, a deadline for factories that causes pollution to shut down has expired. a number will have their electricity supplies cut off. we report from one of the most polluted industrial areas. >> he has been coming to check on workers for more than 20 years. that routine is due to end tuesday. the deadline is tuesday for tanneries to move.

it is listed at one of the most environmentally polluted areas in the world. the tannery became famous both at home and abroad and exsupports have fallen. >> the garment sector has been dealing with the concept of compliance for a while now. the sector has only been aware of it for a year or two. it's difficult to move fast on this. >> dangerous chemicals are dumped into the river. >> the smell here, a mix of rotting animal hide and chemical waste hits an outsider like a pinch in the stomach. many who work here, some since they were children, it's barely noticeable. just a part of their daily

routine. >> he is 15, above the legal working able, but looks much younger. >> it itches when i touch the water or chemicals, it itches a lot. >> government leaders say the relocation plans have been on the cards for years now. >> we're trying to give the tanneries enough time to relocate without warming the industry, but this isn't be seen as the government's we're ready to go more hard line. >> there is an you were genesis on the need to relocate, even if it won't be happening by tuesday. for some who live and work in the area, the delay could end up being a matter of life and death. al jazeera. still to come, farrah will be here with sport, including details on how russian athletics hopes to overturn its country's

ban in time for the rio olympics.

time for sport now with farrah in doha. lauren, thank you so much. leicester city could open up later if they can beat west braum to win the title. a win would send the team eight points clear of the gunners.

>> that is important to be concentrate and now more because against them west brom, we know very well they have very dangerous in the corner, they score eight to nine goals, and they are very dangerous and we must be very, very concentrated. >> bottom of the table at home to everton. it's a big night in the spanish title race, athletico hosting later looking to win the la liga title.

the fifa president expects the bidding process for the 2026 world cup to start in the next few months. the procedure was delayed due to the various corruption scandals that hit football's good morning body. the next major meet is in mexico in may. before that, he needs to find a secretary general to run day to day praises and implement a long list of reforms. >> compliance, good governance, all of these elements have to be fully implemented in whatever fifa does as of today. this will be the first focus and if we achieve that, we will achieve it very quickly. >> his predecessor seth blatter is banned from all football related activity. blatter insist he and fifa have

been unfairly targeted by the media. >> it is very easy if there is the will and wish of the media to help now the new leadership that fifa to go into a new era, young people coming in, you can change that, because from devil you can become an angel. you can be normal in the operation of the name of fifa. they beat sri lanka in the t20 competition going on in bangladesh. an unbeaten half century help the men in blue. scry language is 138. the final will be on sunday. >> russian athletic sponsors still hopeful of sending a team to this year's rio olympics.

the country has been banned from cox additions after evidence emerged of a state sponsored doping program. hoping to convince the body a meaningful change has taken place, they will present a progress report later this month. >> for the situation, unfortunately not so lucky for us. we have difficult and tough times for us, but we are optimistic. we hope that logic will be first in this pros and we hope that call clean up will compete in olympic games. the indiana pacers took to the court monday looking to go ahead of their rivals and all that stood in their way was a certain lebron james and the top-seeded cavaliers. james with 33 points on his home

floor. this game went down to the wire, up by two with 30 seconds left. cleveland with the win 100-96. u.s. open giving fans a look at the rapidly changing venue. flushing meadows is building a retractible roof for its main court. it's said to be ready for this year's tournament starting late august and should make weather delays a thing of the past. that's you will your sport for now. back to lauren in london. you can catch up with all the sport and news we're covering by checking out aljazeera.com. you can watch us live by clicking on the watch now icon. that's it for this news hour. we'll have another full round of the news.

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