still rights cases. it will certainly be an uphill battle. that's it for "america tonight". i'm michael oku. republican candidate donald trump and the democrat candidate hillary clinton are the big winners from super tuesday. plus the donald trump phenomenon. we will report on the billionaire's businessman's surge in the political arena beating all the odds welcome. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also in the next 30 minutes, the european union promises you millions of dollars in aid as the refugee condition gets worst

on the borders. an artefact found by a boy on a field trip we begin with the u.s. election and results of what is considered to be one of the most important days in the campaign to lands the job in the white house. hillary clinton and donald trump were the big winners. we had special ongoing coverage from washington dc. >> reporter: the race for the white house is still far from over, but with 12 states holding contests on tuesday, the front runners have now become clear. democrat hillary clinton has won a total of 7 states massachusetts, tennessee, virginia and georgia.

her rival bernie sanders didn't go home empty-handed, winning these one. on the republican side donald trump won his party's support in massachusetts, deny see, alabama and virginia. he is leading in alas ka. texas went to ted cruz. he also won oklahoma marco rubio won his state. >> reporter: a visible sigh of relief from ted cruz who won his home state and oklahoma. the establishment favorite marco rubio won his first state, but just one, minnesota. both fell far short of donald trump in all of the other contests. he is looking more an more likely to be the republican nominee for president of the u.s. >> then we're going to be in

trouble if he does. >> reporter: that is exactly what the republican party leaders are afraid of. the results provided them little hope that they can find an alternative candidate in time. donald trump's message, america is broken. >> i go throughout the world. you go to qatar, you go to any of the so many places, china, asia, different places in the middle east. you look at some of the airports they have, at the roadways, the transportation systems they have and the trains they have. we're like a third world country >> reporter: both tried to paint a different image of their country. vermont bernie sanders had a stronger than expected showing winning four states. he is far from out of the race. >> 35 states remain.

let me assure you, that we are going to take our fight for economic justice, for social justice, for environmental sanity, for a world of peace to everyone one of those states. >> reporter: despite her opponent's success, she is more focused on the fight >> it might be unusual as i've said before, for a presidential candidate to say this, but i'm going to keep saying it. i believe what we need in america today is more love and kindness. a night of many contests in an exceptionally unusual race and in the end the front runners are still standing, one step closer to becoming their party's candidates, both with very different messages a public policy professor

says if donald trump and hillary clinton the election will be very close. >> she is a difficult vie sieve figure-- divisive figures. hillary clinton and donald trump are. we have had some very big polarizing elections, but this will definitely be one. a lot of voters saying they can't vote for hillary clinton and others saying they can't vote for donald trump. given that fact, it will turn out to be a lot closer than many think. the wisdom is that hillary clinton is likely to beat donald trump because he is so incendiary. she has a lot of enemies, though, but while the odds are that she will beat him, it will be much closer than anyone anticipates. they are in the end game, but he won't give up. he will go all the way. i'm sure he will because he has deep convictions and he is trying to convey a message.

i'm sure he will bring that to the convention. the problem is the democratic party is coming together. the republican party is falling apart. that can't be good for the republicans. we're in a situation now where more and more democrats are concluding that hillary clinton is their best option, particularly against donald trump. so i don't see where sanders can go from here except to continue to make a lot of noise, to can't to amass some delegates and to be a presence at the democratic convention the race for the white house ais being closely watched around the world. we will get the view from turkey and pakistan. but first, our correspondent from tehran >> reporter: as the u.s. has watched iran's elections this year for signs of rising method rans influence, many people here hoping for change will be looking west with similar interests. will president obama be replaced by a moderate democrat keen to pursue political and economic engagement with iran for the first time in 35 years or will a

republican win mean a return to mutual suspicions of the past, towards the idea of peace and the nuclear deal >> reporter: it is here that the impact of the war on syria is probably most visible. we have seen the hundreds of thousands of refugees living in the camps but there are those who have managed to open up their own businesses or find work in different stores. this street, for example, is filled with such shops, most of them have arabic writing on them. that's why so many people here will be monitoring the u.s. elections because they believe a lot of them that is u.s. inaction in syria, at least directly militarily, that has led to bashar al-assad allies to be given a freehand. if hillary clinton wins a lot of people here are sceptical that

things will change for the better. if donald trump wins or even bernie sanders, there could be a shift in washington's policy and that's why not only are syrian refugees living here closely monitoring these elections, but also turkish people will be keeping an eye to see how things in the u.s. will unfold. >> reporter: if history is anything to go by, the pakistani administration and establishment have always enjoyed more cordial relationship with the u.s. when a republican is at the helm of affairsment a good example is during the regan and bush administrati administration. however pakistan will be waiting to see who will emerge as the new president. it will be important to see what kind of foreign policy direction the u.s. government takes vis-a-vis this country some breaking news coming into us.

there have been a number of explosions in afghanistan. they happened near the india

>> reporter: in a few days we are expected to have talks going ahead in pakistan with a taliban to take part. so we are expecting great strides forward. this could be very counterproductive because the afghan government could turn around and say these suicide attacks are causing too many problems. they will not allow the taliban to take part. it is quite crucial at the moment thanks very much. the european union is planning to spend hundreds of millionss of dollars aid to alleviate the refugee crisis. it follows a warning of the u.n. saying there is a humanitarian situation on the border where

more than 8,000 people remain stranded. >> reporter: it is slowly becoming a near permanent settlement, expanding by the day. this newly arrived are trying to find a spot for what could be a long wait. some of those who have been here for a while bring some sort of normality to their lives. but many are clearly 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 is our friends in other countries that give us the news. we don't know what's happening. there's so many rumours on social media >> reporter: nearby the fish crossing remains closed. only 30 people were allowed through over the past 48 hours.

one of the biggest challenges is to figure out how many people are 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 under folding. the continuous stream of people that arrive here makes it difficult for provide for everyone. >> reporter: this is every day? >> yes. but it's not enough. >> reporter: hot meals barely cover one third of the needs and the queue of people endsless. this woman has been standing here for a good two hours. she has been in greece for ten days, first in a 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 alone with my children. i had no choice. >> reporter: choice is something those people here don't have any

more. while the european leaders mull over how to solve the ever-growing humanitarian crisis, the problems facing these people here will continue to go unresolved police in the french city of calais are continuing to demolish the southern part of the refugee camp. violence broke out when they fired tear gas when they refused to leave their makeshift homes. more than a dozen humanitarian organizations have accused the authorities of brutally evicting the migrants. jordanian security forces have killed 7 fighters during a manhunt close to the border of syria. most troops were in a palestinian camp where the fugitives were holed up. one jordanian police officer was shot dead and several others

were wounded. the targets were named at fugitive outlaws. the u.n. has pushed back the next round of talks on syria by two days. the main players will come together next wednesday. staffan de mistura says this is to allow more time for the truce to settle in. he acknowledged there had been violations and that negotiations would become more difficult if the deal on the ground didn't hold. staffan de mistura said talks are the best way to solve the war and refugee crisis. >> they don't want to leave. at the moment we have, god willing, a real cessation of hostilities, humanitarian access and implementation of these three parts, new governs, constitution and elections, i can bet many of them, not only will not leave but will return, especially if then we have a

massive plan to rebuild syria, which is by far going to be cheaper than actually handing millions of refugees coming into europe or elsewhere russia says it has delivered about 580 tons of food aid to government-held areas in syria since it began air strikes in support of the bashar al-assad regime in september. the partial u.s. and russia-brokered truce allowed for deliveries of aid. journalists were there visiting area for the first time since the five-year war began. russia's defense ministry said on tuesday that the cessation of hostilities has been violated 15 times in the past 24 hours. more to come on al jazeera including why business is booming for syrian refugees across the border inside turkey.

welcome back. top stories. donald trump has so far one the most states on the republican side for the u.s. presidential nominations. he walked away with seven states in the super tuesday date. ted cruz won the battle for second place taking his home state of texas as well as oklahoma. hillary clinton came out on top for the democrats. bernie sanders put up a good fight. he won four states. the e.u. is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars

on aid to alleviate the refugee crisis. it follows a warning that there is a humanitarian crisis developing long the greece-macedonia border with a build up of refugees continuing. donald trump's results kon founded predictions when he launched his campaign. a report on the rise of a billionaire businessman. >> reporter: donald trump became famous across america with the reality show the apprentice and his famous catch phrase. >> you're fired. >> reporter: he used that profile to launch his campaign in 2015 and within hours people were predicting he would quickly disappear. he has been described at loud, brash and obnoxious. yet he has emerged as the dominant figure in this campaign and the man most likely to

succeed at this stage. he has grown in the primaries. he that is by far the most talked about politician in the u.s. if not around the world. of the three billions searches on google. >> he has been a really search interest. that may not be surprising. when he announced his candidacy there were controversial statements. maybe it's curiosity has given way to a consistent position in interest. >> reporter: he has been criticized along the way and has criticized many. he has exposed a dark secret in american politics >> he is the answer to, i think, a lot of republican questions about what would happen if we were just honest. what if we didn't beat around the bush about race or immigration or terrorism. what if we just said what we

meant. would we be punished for that, would people be - would we be isolated, demarginalised and the answer is, at least according to republican voters, no. >> reporter: there are many in the republican party how it is. >> they thought he was going to do himself in, so they sat back and waited for it. the reason they did that is they were afraid of alienating his supporters. it may well be too lachlt >> reporter: donald trump continues to dominate the polls for the republican nomination and his supporters don't mind his policies are short on detail. they like what he says, what he says tanned they would like to see him saying it from the white house lawyers from the opposition party in south africa are in court trying to reinstate corruption charges against president zuna. he was first charged with

croppings over a four billion dollars arms deal 11 years ago. our correspondent has been at court. >> reporter: a full bench 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 the well connected. jubilant crowds greeted zuma when the charges were dropped in 2006. they were reinstated and dropped again clearing the way for him being presidential.

the national director of public prosecutions dropped the charges because of alleged political interference on what's 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 zuma. the national prosecuting authority is defending the decision by its former acting director. >> you might find it wasn't reasonable, but being unreasonable doesn't mean irrational. you're allowed to be unreasonable and wrong. >> reporter: the president'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. while the corruption allegations that have dogged him are debated in court, a vote of no confidence in the president was being voted on in parliament two new delhi where a high court will hear a bail plea from a student leader charged with sedition. he was arrested in the middle of february for an attack on parliament. the latest in new delhi. >> reporter: two of the seven videos have been falsified or tampered with, they say they have proved he chanted anti ini

can't slogans at an event. releasing him now would stop other witnesses from testifying against him. the courts have shown a level of frustration in this case. on monday the last bail hearing, they asked the police whether they knew what sedition was. he has been in jail since february 12 and police stormed his campus and arrested him on sedition charges. two other students are in judicial custody. they too are awaiting trial on sedition charges. meanwhile, students from his university and the universities across the capital are taking part in a solidarity march. they will be marching to parliament demanding that all three be release pdz and that the sedition charges be revoked the war in syria has destroyed much of the countries's infrastructure including many factories. a large number of businesses have gone bust, but some have started up again over the border in neighboring turkey.

and they'd is flourishing. >> reporter:-- trade is flourishing. >> reporter: he fled his country and his he and his partner never gave up. they have this factory here. 130 syrians work here making around one thousand track suits a day. >> translation: i want to live and work and start from scratch. we lost our homes, cars and factories. we have little money left. if i don't make use of it then i am be bankrupt. >> reporter: turkey hosts more than 2.2 million syrian refugees. it is also attracting wealthy investors. turkey provides many things and is near syria. there are more than 350,000 syrians living here. many of them have their own

businesses. in this street alone there are at least 10 shops that are owned by syrians while businessmen have started small medium and large factories. the turkish ministry of social security says 6,000 syrians are registered as company partners. 600 are registered with the chamber of commerce, but some business owners say there are around 2,000 factories in this city. signs in arabic are easily spotted here. many business people are also eager to return home to syria. i was forced to open it. without my craft i can't move or do anything. i swear by god, if things calm down tomorrow morning, i will return back to syria by the night. turkey offers many syrians refuge and good business opportunities. for those who became successful, the return to syria is worth starting everything all over again

israeli soldiers have shot dead two palestinian high school students in the settlement north of ram allah. 186 palestinians and 26 israelis have been killed since the beginning a boy has made a small discovery. it could date almost 4,000 years back. >> reporter: seven year old boy is going to be talking about his discovery for a lifetime. his mother marie aare proud to show the exact location where he found a nearly 4,000 year-old relic. >> translation: i went up to the top of this hill here. suddenly i bumped into a stone and i saw the head of a small statue. i started to rub it and i saw it was of a human being. >> reporter: he was on a field

trip with friends at the site in the jordan valley not far from the jordan river. evidence has been found to show that people were living here 6,000 years ago >> translation: the statue belongs to the late bronze age period. >> reporter: the cannonites were ancient palestinians. it has a narrow waste and a fancy hair do. it resembles women when egyptian pharoahs ruled the land >> it is a naked female fertility god eswhich people used to worship in tail ee life. >> reporter: goddess or women, it is a rare find. he has received a certificate of appreciation from monarchologist-- arcaheologists

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