hello. live in washington dc. it is 0500 g.m. t midnight here as we continue our coverage of super tuesday, the most crucial part of this extraordinary presidential election. donald trump and hillary clinton have the momentum, others have picked up delegates. hillary clinton has won in massachusetts. she has texas, ar ken sa, alabama a, tennessee and

georgia. ps is head in minnesota and colorada. he has won in vermont. donald trump is still in the lead in massachusetts, tennessee, be that as it may ageorgia and virginia with the biggest price in texas has gone to the senator ted cruz who also won nobodying. marco rubio is projected it-- won oklahoma. marco rubio is reprojected to win. the super tuesday results should help make the situation a little cleare clearer. >> the supporters of ted cruz who won in his home state and oklahoma but fell short of donald trump in all of the other contests. he is looking more and more likely to be the republican nominee for the president of the

u.s. >> we're going to be in trouble if he does >> reporter: as if to prove this isn't a normal presidential campaign, he didn't give the typical victory speech but a press conference. >> we're going to build a safe zone. it will be in syria and i'm going to get the gulf states who have more money than anybody. we've got to loosen up their wallets. they're not accepting people. we're going to get gulf states to pay for it because they should. >> reporter: it was a goodnight for the presumptive presidential nominees but not a great one. hillary clinton won the vast majority of state but bernie sanders won at least two states. >> by the end of tonight we are going to win many hundreds of delegates. >> reporter: bernie sanders is

promising to stay in the race but hillary clinton is turning her sights to the general election >> america never stopped being great. we have to make america whole. we have to fill in. fill in what has been hollowed out >> reporter: in the end the front runner s are still standing. one step closer to becoming their party's nominee. >> thank you very much. thank you let's talk now live to alan fisher. that is one of the few states where ted cruz won there in texas. looking as things stand at the moment, overall where does this leave the republicans right now? >> reporter: donald trump still remains the front runner.

he has won roughly 86 delegates more than the nearest contender, which will be ted cruz who won two states. so it remains by far and away out in front. now ted cruz believes that if you make this a two-man race, he has a chance of over hauling donald trump. although that wouldn't seem to be reflected in the results on tuesday. marco rubio has asked the others to drop out to allow him to go head to head with donald trump. while the field is so split, donald trump continues to rack up delegates, marco rubio and ted cruz do as well, but in mauler numbers. that means-- smaller numbers. that means donald trump is taking steps towards the eventual nomination. he has tapped into an anger in the u.s. they're upset with the party, the government, with the financial conditions and they certainly want to see change and they think that donald trump could be the catalyst for that

the republican establishment itself, though, isn't particularly happy with either of the front runners in this campaign either donald trump or ted cruz. are they? >> reporter: no. it's a very difficult situation for the republican hierarchy to be in. if you look at some of the exit polls, we can tell you that six in ten republican voters in both georgia and alabama believe that they have been betrayed by their parties. if you ask why voters are angry, they are angry, republican voters, arkansaw, tennessee and texas, they're still upset in virginia and - i can't read my own writing at this stage, it shows there's this deep swell of anger and they don't trust the republican establishment. the win establishment don't trust donald trump. many people don't believe he is a true conservative. they don't believe he is a true

republican and they don't trust ted cruz pause they think he-- because they think he is in this for himself, that he may have true conservative views but he would find it difficult to get anything done in washington. the establishment are looking for a candidate that can rally behind. marco rubio has in the last hour won his first state. he won the minnesota caucuses. it is his first victory in 15. he hopes that will give him some sort of momentum, but it is hardly a game changing victim. so the republican party will be looking around wondering how they can stop donald trump, how it they can blunt the threat of ted cruz and how they can get a candidate that they will live with while not upsetting the voters who put donald trump in this prime position. marco rubio believes he can win florida in two weeks time. that's a winner takes all state. john kasich, the governor believes he can win ohio. should donald trump win just one

of those states, and in the polls ahead at the moment, if he wins they will have to consider whether staying in the race it is an extraordinary time to be covering u.s. politics. thank you for that for more than 80% of american voters the economy remains the number one issue. al jazeera's correspondent has been looking at the numbers driving so many americans to the polls. >> reporter: what is the most important issue in a u.s. presidential year? it is the economy stupid. i should explain to people, that is not me calling you names. that is one of three campaign messages deviced for bill clinton in 1992. it makes it easy to understand, though. the current state of the economy will have a big bearing over which way will vote. let's look. unemployment first of all, and this is the most important issue, it is running at 4.9%

now. that isn't bad when you consider it was 7.8% in january of 2009 when this obama administration took over. 10% in october of the same year. we're looking at half of those levels. growth or gdp was 2.4% for the whole of last year. that isn't good, not for the world's biggest economy not by a long way. look at what it was in the first year of the obama administration, minus 2.8%. those were the dark days of the great recession, so really the only way was up. has that been enough growth because there is one other bit of data that suggests it hasn't been. that's interests rates which were just.25 in 2009. they're just point 5% right now and that up ward tick we see happened only a month ago suggesting there wasn't confidence in the economy to

push them up any earlier. what do we draw from this? the next president needs to keep creating jobs. donald trump says he will be the greatest jobs president god has ever created. there is a huge inequality issue to tackle too. bernie sanders said the top of one tenth of 1% owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90%. in the end whoever wins the white house in november will need to have a big economic focus. for the country's sake, obviously, but also if they want any sort of shot at re-election in 2020 clearly the election of a u.s. president matters, of course, to the entire world. it has huge ramifications for international relationships, global conflicts and the lives of millions of ordinary people. that is why those outside the u.s. are closely watching the whole contest unfold. in a moment we will have a report from russia and iraq, but first adrian brown has this from

beijing >> reporter: china's state controlled media appears to be even handed in its coverage, not favoring one candidate over the other, but political commentatoras and opinion makers are having a field day seizing on what they see as at dysfunction and destruction in the republican party. donald trump is portrayed as a clown, an extreme iflt, a symptom of the disgust of the political system. bernie sanders is getting pretty favorable coverage. one analyst i spoke to said that his candidacy fits in with the government's narrative of the u.s. being beset with the problems of racial and economic inequality. then there's hillary clinton. if you go to social media sites, she is perceived as being a china backer, even though her husband remains very popular here. she is also seen as somebody riding on the coat-tails of president obama. so to spum up-- sum up, most

chinese are adopting a wait and see attitude mishgsed with criticism of the u.s. political system. >> reporter: people here in iraq don't care about elections. they have their own problems, security, electricity shortages and getting paid on time. u.s. elections are important here. the political landscape here is dominated by the shia, sunni and kurds. the shia are very suspicious of the americans, especially the shia militias that say any combat troops on the ground here constitute an enemy and they will need to be fought. the sunnis have a good relationship with the u.s. and they remember when america helped fight al-qaeda in iraq. they want to get back to that strong relationship. the kurds have a good relationship with the u.s., but they're slightly suspicious. they would like the u.s. to help them become more independent of baghdad than they already are. because of that three-pronged approach, a lot of iraqis are

very frustrated because their politicians are giving them mixed messages. what they say is it doesn't matter who is in the oval office, the policy towards iraq never changes. >> reporter: there was a poll done recently asking russians which of three political systems they preferred. the current way of doing things, the old soviet system or western democracy. it was western democracy that was the least popular. add to that the cunt russia tv coverage of syrian crisis and domestic affairs and russians are not particular ly avid watchers. only the name clinton and trump are familiar to them. incline tore as her secretary of state and before that first lady. trump is the most high profile candidate. he seems to be the most appeal is candidates for the kremlin, a brilliant and talented person without a doubt said putin late

last year. the feeling seems to be mutual. trump says he gets along with putin just fine and has dwiven him an a for leadership. there is a prospect. putin in the kremlin, trump in the white house, a potentially very different u.s.-russian relationship with implications, of course, for much of the world that is what makes this u.s. election so fascinating. with me is jason johnson and ryan grimm. gentlemen, first of all, how much do you think foreign policy has played a part in the campaign so far? >> it plays a part in the republican side in who can express more enthusiasm for war crimes, rhetorically. you've got donald trump saying he is going to cut the head of, ted cruz saying he is going carpet bomb. you've got donald trump also saying not only was he going to do water boarding but do more of it, not only kill terrorists but

their families too. the reason of water boarding not because it works but because they deserve it. what is interesting is when you peel back this rhetoric of war crimes and ask what is your actual foreign policy, it mirrors the obama foreign policy. they won't move any fufrth beyond that-- further beyond that or retreat from it. bernie sanders is uninterested in foreign policy. all he cares about is inequality and economy. hillary clinton doesn't want to talk about it much because her 2008 race was upended by her vote on the war in iraq she is also call on that saying she has the experience. >> yes, but with the world on fire she would rather hunker down and sit on her lead and just coast into the general election at this point with libya falling apart, as well as syria and iraq, it is nice to

say that you have experience, but if you have experience in things that are total disasters, the voluntariesers-- the voters - it was an unpopular vote in the primary. >> i think for the most part when candidates in the primary are talking about foreign policy, they're talking about the military, not about foreign policy, which also clues foreign aid which also clues economic policy, which also clues environmental policy. that's one of the things that is often missing. we're not going to hear much about that. we hear a little bit about tpp. most persons don't know the difference this is to do with trade >> exactly. one has to do with trade partnerships in the pacific and the other with europe. most americans are unaware there are two different deals. a lot of this is not discussed. there's not a lot of foreign policy seduction. there's a lot of chest beating

but not policy specific. not this early in the primary season thanks very much indeed. that's it from here in washington dc at the moment. more coverage later. back now to doha the u.n. has warned europe that failure to deal with the build up of refugees in greece is fast becoming a humanitarian disaster. thousands are stuck at greece's northern frontier and are unable to continue their journey because of border restrictions imposed by neighboring states. our correspondent reports from the border where nearly 8,000 refugees are stranded. >> reporter: it is slowly becoming a near-permanent settlement, expanding by the day, newly arrived trying to find a spot for what can be a long wait. those who have been here for a while bring some sort of

normality to their lives. many are distressed, exhausted and worried. those sitting on the tracks hope to keep up the pressure, but very much aware that the riots that unfolded here on monday did not help their cause. some like this man have been stranded for 12 days now. >> translation: we should have been warned that they're only letting a small number of people in. it's our friends in other countries that give us the news. there's so many rumors on social media >> reporter: the crossing remains closed. only 30 people were allowed through over the past 48 hours. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges is to figure out how many people are actually here. police have started a registration process to give people a number so if and when the borders open again there's some sort of order. for aid organizations a logistical nightmare is

unfolding. the continuous stream of people that arrive here makes it difficult to provide for everyone. hot meals barely cover one third of the needs and a queue of people is endless. this woman has been standing here for a good two hours. she has been in greece for ten days, first in the reception center further away from the border and now she is running out of cash. >> translation: my husband has been in germany for seven months. i could not stay back aalone with my children. i had no choice. >> reporter: choice is something those stranded here don't have any more. while european leaders mull over how to stop the ever-growing humanitarian crisis, the problems and worries facing the thousands of refugees here will continue to go unresolved > meanwhile in calais police continue to bulldoze the southern part of the makeshift

refugee camp known as the jungle. france wants 2,000 people to remain through but it is said to be a step backwards >> reporter: the plan was to demolish vacant huts not the ones still occupied. police were making no distinction on tuesday. they climbed on their own roof to frustrate authorities and save their shelter. they were removed by riot police. many of these huts are built of stur detimber and plywood completed by charity group two weeks ago. >> if you go back to where we were this time last year, there was a number of small camps scattered around calais with people sleeping in fields, sleeping next to churches, living in the streets and this was created for that. it was created to move all the refugees here to one place, to stop the problems that local

residents were having, making it easier for us to look after them and consolidate. at that time they were promised that they would not be evicted. that has been broken. we've gone back to that situation. i can't see that is good for anyone. >> reporter: sledge hammers and mechanical diggers, the authorities are making quick work of demolishing the huts in this southern sector of the jungle. the residents of this particular part of the camp are being forced to confront the reality that staying here is no longer an option. last week in a food tense al jazeera met iraqi refugee. he had been a police officer until being forced to flee. his dream was to make a crossing from calais to a new life in u.k. we met him again boarding a bus away to a refugee center in south of france. >> translation: i have four

kids. i would like my kids to studies in france and serve the french nation and people to be good citizens. the june gem doesn't serve me any good as there is no hope the u.k. borders will hop. >> reporter: the authorities rejected the idea that these people people will simply grav gravitate back here >> translation: many have claimed asylum in france. it is a sustainable operation. we have been doing this since october. we are now in march. we will continue. >> reporter: the program is disputed. authorities say one thousand people will be moved. campaigners say it is close to three and a half thousand. there is disagreement too over the alternative accommodation being at erred. what is indisputed is the democrat legislation is going ahead regardless. -- demolition is going ahead the u.n. peace talks will be

next wednesday. staffan de mistura says this is to allow more time for the ceasefire deal to settle in. he acknowledged there had been violations and negotiations had become more difficult if a deal on the grounds collapseed. he said more talks is the best way to save the current retch gee crisis. >> they don't want to leave. in a moment we have a god willing a real cessation of hostilities, humanitarian access and implementation of these parts, new governance constitution and elections, i can bet many of them will not leave and return. we have a massive plan to rebuild syria which will be cheaper than actually handing millions of refugees coming into europe or elsewhere in zimbabwe a new political party has been launched in the battle to succeed the president.

party leader was his deputy fee for a decade. she is promising to revive economy and repairs relations with the west. >> that system today, that and justice system must be fought again, it remains a noose around our necks as that system has stolen any hope for the people of zimbabwe. zimbabwe people is dynamic people that embraces the future. we offer hope to the young and old people of zimbabwe lawyers from the main opposition party in south africa are in court trying to reinstate corruption charges against president zuma. he was first charged over a 4

billion dollars arms deal. >> reporter: a full bench of high court judges will decide if the national prosecuting authority was wrong to drop 783 corruption charges against the president. it has taken years of legal action by the opposition democratic alliance to get here. it wants the decision set aside and the charges reinstated. >> this is probably one of the most important legal cases since we became a democracy. it goes to the heart of whether there is one standard of justice for the ordinary person in the street and another standard of justice for the rich and well connected. >> reporter: jubilant crowds met the president when the charges were dropped. his charges were in connection

to an appearances deal. the direct of public dropped the charges because of alleged political interference on what is known as the spy tapes. secretly taped phone calls between those closest to the case in which they colonel ewed over how to maximise the damage from the charges. the prosecutor said they meant he couldn't get a fair trial. 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 zuma and that the prosecutor didn't take into account the strength of the case against him. the national prosecuting authority is defending the decision by its former acting director. >> being unreasonable doesn't mean irrational. you're allowed to be wrong. >> reporter: the president

democratic alliance is abusing its power and trying to win votes it is said. a vote of no confidence in the president was being gated in parliament. although the parties majority ensured he won in parliament, there's no guarantee he will win in court in iraq several civilians have been killed in a mortar attack. sources have told al jazeera that shia militia shelled two homes in sunni neighborhoods. the area has recently seen a rise in sectarian reaction. 60% of iran's population is under the age of 30. their prospects for getting a job are not looking bright thanks to an economy laid waste to sanctions and miss management. after last week's elections

under which gains were made, al jazeera's jonah hull has been talking to young adults about theirs hopes and challenges that they face. >> reporter: this grand bizarre in tehran. one of the great experiences of a city on the cusp of change. even as the political ground shifts beneath their feet in the bizarre, it is business as usual. these women, who like many who prefer not to give their surnames, are shopping for traditional wedding jewellery. in iran where the population is one in four is out of work, getting married is a luxury that is not afforded. >> if living costs went down, people would be inclined to get married and have families. so many of my friends and family are not getting married because it is too expensive >> translation: when we were

understand sanctions it was difficult. people are understand less pressure-- under less pressure. gentleman the lifting of international sanctions following a nuclear deal with world powers paved the way for big advances by mopped rates and reformists in last week's parliamentary election. those who voted for them are impatient for results. >> reporter: the grands bizarre is made up of corridors more than 10 kilometers in length. this is not a village any more, but for its young hanging out here offers a chance to imagine a different way of life. >> translation: i do feel that there is an underground life in this city, fun, socialising, theater, all this despite the existing difficulties >> reporter: she is unemployed, a socialology graduate who has

had to send nuts to meet her expenses. her campaign i don't knows do jobs but not in their fields >> translation: we face a lot of economic problems and hardships, but we want more than a better economy. i would prefer to have more freedom, freedom of all kinds, media freedom, freedom of political association, social freedoms and freedom from being watched and supervised in everything we do. >> reporter: this generation is finding its own way in a world where facebook and twitter are banned, pop music sensored and until recently bloggers frequently arrested. the change they crave may not be upon them finally, nasa astronauts have returned from one of the longest missions. scott kelly and two of his russian counterparts landed in . they spent 340 days researching

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