>> once we get all of this finished, i'm going to go after one person and that's hillary clinton >> we have come too far to stop now. we've got to keep going, keep working, keep breaking down those barriers. some hillary clinton and donald trump close in on a one-on-one show down, but other challengers say the race isn't over yet. welcome. you're watching al jazeera live. also this hour, jordanian security forces kill seven fighters near the border with syria. the e.u. promises millions of

dollars in aid to deal with the refugee crisis on its borders. republican donald trump and hillary clinton have proved themselves to be the undisputed front runners so far to secure their rival parties nomination for the u.s. presidency. they're now under pressure to shake off the other challengers who vow to keep on fighting. let's look at their state by state victories. first hillary clinton won in won in alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, texas and virginia. on the republican side donald trump won in alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, vermont and virginia. however, it has been confirmed in the last hour that mr trump lost alas ka to ted cruz who also won texas.

>> reporter: a visible sigh of relief from supporters of texas senator 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 businessman donald trump in all of the other contests. he is looking more and more likely to be the republican nominee for president of the u.s. >> we're in big trouble if he does. >> reporter: that is exactly what the republican party leaders are afraid of. the results of super tuesday provided the little hope that they could find an alternative candidate in time. donald trump's message america is broken. >> you go to qatar, you go to any of the - so many places, different places in china, in asia, different places in the middle east, you look at some of the airports they have, the

roadways, the transportations systems they have and the trains they have. we're like a third world country. >> reporter: both democrats tried to paint a different image of their country. bernie sanders had a stronger than expected showing winning four states. because delegates are rewarded proportionately 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 every one of those states. >> reporter: despite her opponent's finish, hillary clinton is less focused on him and more on the general election fight which she is still expected to take part in. >> 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. [ cheers ] >> reporter: 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 so that's what happened with super tuesday. let's turn our focus to the crucial states that will decide once and for all which two candidates stand in the presidential election on november 8. one of the biggest battle grounds is ohio. >> reporter: every serious candidate has already been here and will come again. >> i always loved ohio. >> reporter: and again. >> it is a microcosm of the party. you have all the part of the country represented here. >> reporter: the mix of rural,

urban, wealthy and poor, black and white makes it a state that more than any other is known for picking presidents >> it is one of a probably dozen ground states for the presidency. only a dozen. out of 50 there are only about 12 where there is a real contest going on. that has been ohio for years and years. demographically it mirrors the country. >> reporter: in the general election that mirror has long cast a strikingly accurate reflection of what happens in the nation when all the votes are cast. it has become the gateway on the white house. since 1964 every single president, including johnson, nixy, carter, regan and others have all had to win here first. on average the state votes within 1.3 percentage points of the national vote tally in the presiden presidency. this years marks a turning point. for the first time those born after 1980 will match baby

boomers as a share of the electorate >> we have grown up in a time where there has been a lot of economic hardship >> reporter: that foes for young democrats >> i can afford a republican president to be in office. i'm white, male, straight and middle-class but for a lot of people that are part of marginalised communities, they cannot afford four years of a republican >> the reason that i believe it should be bernie sanders as the president of the u.s. is because of the consistent 40 years of consistent progressive policies >> people like me also are very, very invested in making sure that we protect gay rights, protect the ability to marry someone you love. >> reporter: it goes for young republicans. ism >> i'm for donald trump because i want to make america great again. and build the wall. >> he is the man and he is going to make america great again. >> he is the man. >> he tells it how it is >> thank you. >> reporter: all the candidates will campaign here aggressively pause they know if their dream

of the white house is to become a reality they must win here the race for the white house being closely watched around the world, of course. in a moment we will get the view from turkey and mexico. first here is our china correspondent adrian brown in beijing >> reporter: china's state controlled media appears to be even handed in its coverage, not favouring one candidate over the other, but political commentators and opinion makers are having a field day seizing on what they see as the dysfunction and destruction in the republican party. donald trump is portrayed as a clown, an extremist, a symptom of the disgust and distrust of the u.s. political system. bernie sanders on the other hand is getting pretty favorable coverage, one political analyst i poke to said that his candidacy fits in were the government's narrative of the united states 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, haven't though her husband remains very popular here. she is also seen as somebody riding on the kurt tails of president obama. to sum up, most chinese are adopting a wait and see attitude mixed with criticism of the u.s. political system >> reporter: it is here that the impact of the war in syria is probably most visible. we've all seen the hundreds of thousands of refugees living in 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 dwr so many people here will be monitoring the u.s. elections because they believe a lot of them that it is u.s. in action in syria that has led to

russia and iran and bashar al-assad's allies to be given a freehand. central to that policy at least in the beginning was hillary clinton and that's why if she wins a lot of people here with sceptical that things will change for the better. if trump, for example, wins or even bernie sanders, there could be a shift in the 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 aborigine eye to see how things in the u.s. will unfold. >> reporter: it has been pulled into the american presidential campaign, mud slinging and all. immigration is front and center. two former mexican presidentials have compared the republican candidate and front runner donald trump to the german dictator hitler. it stems from comments he made saying that mexico is sending drug dealers and rapists to the u.s. and should pay to build a wall along the border. that prompted the american vice

president to apologise during a visit here last week. on the democratic side both candidates are promoting comprehensive imdprags reform-- immigration reform, a welcomed notion here. another concern, any change in policy that would impact trade between the two countries and reduce american investment more on the aftermath of super tuesday a little later, but now we will pause and look at the other top international news stories for you. rebels have attacked the indian consulate in pakistan. it happened in jalalabad. gunmen targeted the city in january this year killing seven afghan security personnel. on wednesday five of the attackers were killed, two after detonating suicide explosives. at least two civilians have been killed with 19 injured. no group that is claimed responsibility for the blasts. >> reporter: according to an afghan government spokesman it took security forces just 50 minutes to end this attack.

it left five of the attackers dead, one we understand blew himself up in a car parked with explosives at the entrance to the security cordon leading to the indian consulate. one detonated his suicide vest and three were shot dead by security forces. they had made their way to a house adjacent to the indian consulate from where they were trying to launch an attack, but they were over powder and they were killed-- over powered. this is very much a residential area. we are told a few have been killed and many more injured. some of them children, one as young as one. the indian consulate in particular are very much under the target of the taliban and other extremists groups because they see the indian government as using afghanistan as a platform to destabilize their allies in pakistan, but this bombing is happening at a crucial time because it was hoped that taliban would attend very important talks in pakistan

with the afghan government, some kind of recourse to try and find a solution to this problem. the taliban are growing in strength week-by-week. they're taking more area. so they're hopeful they can get them to the table but this kind of attack could be counterproductive, it could cause the afghan government to say while you're doing this we're not going to talk, and that's the crucial point at the moment security forces in jordan have killed seven men in raids targeting refugees. the people targeted were linked to i.s.i.l. fighters. they say that i.s.i.l. was planning to blow up civil yap and military targets in the country. seven fighters were killed and one jordan yan police officer was shot dead. our correspondent is in amman and explains more about today's operation. >> reporter: authorities are describing this as a successful attempt to foil what would have been a major attack by i.s.i.l. related groups on jordanian

civilian and military installation. this was in the northern city where special forces and police backed by attack helicopters closed in on a residential compound in a palestinian refugee camp. seven fighters were killed, some of them wearing explosive belts according to official media. a police officer was also killed and more than 30 people were arrested. jordan has said that because of its proximity to syria and iraq and its general proximity to conflict in the region, it is at risk of serious threats from i.s.i.l. and i.s.i.l. sympathisers. they didn't say that they were a different nationality but that they were jordanian. this has been a threat from the syrian conflict, very much a home grown threat here for many years the lebanese armed group hezbollah has been named as a

terrorist organization by a council. it comes after a hezbollah leader speech. who accused car bombings in lebanon. gulf arab states had imposed sanctions on hezbollah in 2013. in retaliation for intervention in the civil war. more recent saudi arabia have imposed travel restrictions on lebanon and reduce diplomatic ties. lots more still to come including the rise and rise of donald trump. we look at what is behind the billion airs political surge towards the white house. plus. nigeria sues shell over an oil spill that has blighted the region.

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welcome back. top stories on al jazeera. donald trump has so far won the most states on the republican side of the u.s. presidential nomination race. he has walked away with seven states after super tuesday. on the democratic side hillary clinton came out on top. she also won seven of the u.s. states. rebels have attacked the indian consulate in jalalabad. more on super tuesday. donald trump's success has angered many within his own party who initially wrote the billionaire off as a joke candidate. alan fisher looks at his rise. >> reporter: donald trump became

fa famous across america with the reality show the apprentice and this framous catch phrase >> you're fired. >> reporter: within hours of his presidential race he said he would quickly disappear. he was been described as more at home in a carnival than as commander in chief in the white house. he has emerged as the most dominant political figure and the man most likely to concede. his support has grown. he has won against more experienced and better organized campaigns. he is by far the most talked about politician. >> he has been a high search interest in him. that might not be surprising. when he announced his candidacy there were controversial

statements. we see the curiosity given way to consistent position in search interest >> reporter: he has been attacked at every stage of the campaign. he has criticized many. one writer says he has exposed a dark secret in american politics. >> donald trump 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, immigration or terrorism, what if we just said what we meant. would we be punished for that? would people be isolated from that, marginalised. the answer is, at least according to republican voters, no. >> reporter: there are many in the republican party horrified he is this close to the nomination. one observer says it's a crisis of their own making. >> they thought thee was going to do himself in.

they sat back and waited for it. they were afraid of alienating his supporters. it may well be too late. >> reporter: he continues to dominate the polls and the supporters don't mid his policies are short on detail. they like what he says and how he says it and they would like to see him saying it from the white house tensions are height in eastern iraq after i.s.i.l. killed more than 40 people in a suicide attack at a shia funeral on monday. shia militias have reiterated a call for sunni families to leave the town immediately. since january they've been carrying out reprisal attacks on sunnis. five sunni civilians were killed and two were kidnapped on monday alone. the e.u. planning on spending hundreds of millions of dollars on refugees. there is a humanitarian crisis developing on the greek mass

border where the build-up of refugees refugees continues. >> reporter: it's slowly becoming a near permanent settlement. expanding by the day. the newly arrived trying to find a spot for what could be a long wait. while some of those who have been here for a while bring some sort of normality to their lives. many are clearly distressed, exhausted and worried. those sitting on the tracks hope to keep up the pressure but very much aware that the violence that unfolded here on monday did not help their cause. some have been stranded for 12 days now. >> translation: we should have been warned that they're only letting a small number of people in. we are given the news from friends in other countries. we don't know what's happening >> reporter: nearby the official crossing remains closed. only 30 people were allowed

through over the past 48 hours. one of the biggest challenges now 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. >> reporter: for aid organizations a logistical nightmare is unfolding. the the continuous stream of people arrived here makes it difficult to provide for everyone. >> reporter: every day but not enough? >> yes it's not enough. >> reporter: hot meals barely cover one third of the needs and the queue of people is endless. sympathy 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 aalone with my children.

i had no choice judge choice is something those stranded here don't have any more. while european leaders mull over how to solve the ever-growing refugee crisis, their problems will continue to be unresolved many of the refugees who are stuck on that border say they've been separated into different groups. that's adding to concerns that e.u. governments are giving preferential treatment to people from iraq and syria. >> reporter: these are some of the african refugees in athens. the majority are somalis fleeing the conflict in their country. they're not allowed to cross the greek macedonian border to the rest of europe. now their whole word is just inside athens. these two-bedroom apartment is home to 30 of them. >> translation: i can't leave athens. i feel trapped.

i didn't cross through so many countries to lead this life. i don't know what to do if they don't allow us to cross the border. >> reporter: as the flow of migrants increases, europe's reserves of sympathy have dwindled. there is growing concern that european governments may have divide the refugees into two distinct classes with two different kinds of welcomes. first, the hundreds of thousands of refugees from syria and iraq and second the much poorer, less educated men and women who fled dire circumstances in africa. it took this woman and her children three years to reach here. they left somalia by boat to jem after she got injured in the head. she was trafficked across saudi arabia, syria and turkey. the single mother of six unsuccessfully tried to track the greek-macedonian border

three times since she arrived here four months ago. >> translation: the segregation must stop. that's all we ask. way are all human beings. we should be treated equally. my country has been in war far longer than syria. >> reporter: aid agencies are warning that people are at risk of being prayed upon >> we want people to be treated in a dignified way, providing safe ways for people seeking asylum, but we see people being abused and risking their lives in the sea in order to do something that they have the right to do. >> reporter: in parks across athens, migrants here are huddled together deep in conversation. it's the only thing they can do to while away the hours at the other end of europe

in northern france police in calais are continuing to demolish the southern part of the refugee camp known as the jungle. police tired tear gas at people who refused to leave their makeshift homes. france wants to move 1000 refugees and migrants from the camp. officials say it's more than 3,000. the authorities have been accused of brutally evicting the migrants. the u.n. has pushed back the next round of talks on syria by two days. the main players will come together next wednesday. the u.n. special envoy for syria, staffan de mistura, says this is to allow more time for the truce to settle in. he acknowledged that there had been violations and that negotiations would become more difficult if the deem on the ground doesn't hold-- deal on the ground doesn't hold. he said talks are the best way to solve the syrian war and the refugee chris say. israeli soldiers have shot dead two school students after an

alleged stabbing incident. 126 palestinians and 28 israelis have been killed since october. a bail plea of a student leader charged with se se-- sedition in indian. the arrest has triggered big protests across the country. p >> reporter: even the forensic section said at least two of the video evidence has been falsified or tampered with. they have proof that he chanted anti national slow dpans at an event. they have witnesses and it would stop other witnesses from coming forward. eight level of frustration in this case. on monday the last bail hearing he had, they asked the police whether they even knew what sedition was. he has been in jail since

february 12 and police stormed his campus an arrested him on sedition charges. two other students from the university are in judicial custody. they too are awaiting trial on sedition charges. meanwhile the students from his university and universities across the capital are taking part in a solidarity march. they will be marching to parliament demanding all three be released and that the sedition charges be revoked the u.k.-based i will company shell is facing more legal action from communities in nigeria. people say their land has been devastated by oil pollution. last year the company paid out millions of dollars to avoid appearing before the high court in london. now they don't want to take any more responsibility. >> reporter: poisoned water and land. the people of the dealt that here are surrounded by oil pollution. many live that a ruined ecosystem. these picture were taken in the

delta. people there are taking the shell oil company to court in britain with the help of british lawyers. the >> the groundwater is polluted, the land and the streams they're all polluted. everywhere you go in this community there is chronic oil pollution which simply hasn't been cleaned up. that's unacceptable. they have to clean up their oil >> reporter: shell's nigerian subsidiary put out this statement: they say this as well: these are the key questions that will determine whether this trial proceeds. is shell liable for failing to protect pipelines that may have been damaged by other groups and can the london high court rule on events in the far away area of delta. people are hoping for millions

of dollars in compensation here if you want more news, of course, you will always find it on our website. it's always there for you. al jazee aljazeera.com >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight - hitting the brakes. red light cameras setting up to make streets safer, also making money for cities. quick cash that is hard to stop in more ways than one. i'm talking tonight about two subjects that don't usually end up in the same conversation. one is the number of people killed or injured in traffic accidents in american cities. and the other is the large