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seismic change. >> this is not a marketing issue. >> and apple versus the fbi. the tech company taking new steps to avoid unlocking that iphone. ♪ this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters. more on the fallout from super-tuesday shortly, but first, the supreme court is hearing arguments on a controversial texas abortion law. more than half of the state's clinics have already closed since that law was passed back in 2013. it requires doctors at abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at local hospitals, and those clinics to meet standards of those similar to a emergency room. critics say it blocks access to aborti abortions. lower courts already ruling in favor on a similar law in

louisiana. roxana saberi is at the supreme court where those arguments are being presented. >> reporter: demonstrators have gathered here in front of the supreme court to make their voices heard in what has been called the most significant abortion case in nearly a quarter century. it evolves around a 2013 texas law that put restrictions on abortion providers in that state. the second restriction requires abortion clinics to meet a series of elaborate hospital-grade standards. the first restriction is already in place, the second has not been put into effect yet. but pro-abortion activists says the law has lead to a shutdown of many of the providers in that state. >> it is forcing providers to close their doors, and no longer provide services to women who need them. this isn't about increasing

women's health and safety, it's about putting them in a precarious situation where they don't have access to care. >> reporter: since scalia died last month, the court is down to eight justices. all eyes are on anthony kennedy to see how he will vote in this case. >> that is roxana saberi, at the supreme court for us today. this morning, hillary clinton and donald trump already setting their sights on november after those big wins on super-tuesday. on the democratic side, hillary clinton picking up seven states: american samoa also in the clinton column today. bernie sanders also picking up wins in oklahoma, colorado, and minnesota. donald trump won seven states: but he lost the big prize, texas to senator ted cruz.

cruz also taking home oklahoma and is the projected winner in alaska. senator marco rubio getting his first win in the state of minnesota. randall pinkston is live for us in west palm beach, florida, where trump talked to a few supporters last night. and randall can trump be stopped? >> reporter: that's the question. you know, the republican establishment has been trying to stop him. you still have four candidates in the race -- who say they can stop him. and even though trump lead all of the votes in those seven states that you just mentioned, it was a plurality. he did not get more than 50% of the votes. so the point being made by some is that most republicans don't want donald trump to be the nominee of the party. that's the same thing the establishment is saying well. politicians such as former new jersey governor.

however, trump is insisting that he can be a unifier, and he does believe that he can pull the party together. >> if i'm going to come in, the worst is second in the two or three that i might not win, i think, you know, we're a democracy, i think it's awfully hard to say that's not the person we want to lead the party, right? you know, it's very hard. >> reporter: so that is donald trump responding to a question about whether there might be some kind of action at the convention in cleveland to derail him from his path to win the nomination. we'll see what happens there. one more point, in the "washington post" today they are running an article that says the big winner last night in super-tuesday was canada, because so many americans are checking to see what it takes to become a canadian citizen just in case donald trump should win the nomination. >> randall that being said, what

is next for the other two who are still in the race ted cruz and marco rubio? can they mount a challenge moving forward, and that is not to say that dr. ben carson and john kasich are not in the race as well. >> reporter: cruz won his state and who more states. he making the point that he so far is the only challenge of trump who has shown the ability to defeat him at the polls. meanwhile marco rubio has finally won one contest in minnesota, and we're standing on rubio's hometown here in florida where he hopes to ride to victory on the 15th of march. donald trump is saying that he also has a shot here in florida. because he has properties. we're standing here one of his buildings right down the street here. trump pointing out that it is because of his candidacy that so many republicans are cooing to the polls during this primary season, and he thinks that he will eventually be the winner.

>> and trump has said in the past that he believes the "washington post" is out to get him. randall pinkston live for us in florida. thank you very much. now to the democrats, john terrett live for us from bernie sanders's hometown. and what is his message today? >> yes, bernie sanders's home freezing town. how did pinkston get florida and i got vermont? it's so chilly here. this street is called church street. it is one of the 1 pedestrianized streets in the whole country. and it was a project put together by bernie sanders when he was mayor in the 1980s. and just over there is the bernie sanders headquarters, and they had a little get together there this morning with journalists and anybody who was interested to talk about strategy going forward. the strategy going forward is to win. and their best chances of that are in the midwest. last night when the candidate came here, home to a very, very

warm welcome, there were only a handful of very subtle hints that he might not go all the way, that this may be more about changing the political dialogue, and forcing hillary clinton to the left, which he has certainly done at least for now. however, most of the message last night was that the revolution, as he calls it, goes on. take a listen. >> secretary clinton and many of the establishment people think that i am looking and thinking too big. i don't think so. >> reporter: and del, he could afford to do it, too, he has $41.6 million in the bank just as of fund-raising through february. that's an extraordinary amount of money, and his wife has said he won't quit until the convention in july. so it looks like he intends to go on and at least be a thorn in the side of the secretary.

john? >> hillary clinton didn't say much about bernie sanders in her victory speech. does it seem that she is more focusing on donald trump in november. >> reporter: yeah, i think so. certainly after the huge lopsided win in south carolina, she said on saturday night, look, tomorrow the campaign goes national, and i think ever since then she has barely mentioned him, focusing instead on the republicans, and without mentioning him overtly, donald trump. on the one hand she needs to bring along those sanders supporters, and there are many many many of them as you know, and at the same time she need toes attack donald trump and show that she is the antithesis of him in almost every way. let's take a listen to what she said last night. >> we have come too far to stop now. we have got to keep going. keep working.

keep breaking down those barriers, and imagine what we can build together when each and every american has a chance to live up to his or her own god-given potential! thank you all so very much! thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: well, it seems as if we learned a lot about the democratic race yesterday, and didn't learn a lot about it, all? the same breath. today it rolls on then. we have the secretary going to her home state of new york, and bernie sanders has left his hometown already. he is already in maine for an address at 1:00, then he is heading to michigan. dell? >> john, thank you very much. and pinkston says he feels your pain. lincoln mitchell is the national political correspondent for the national observer. donald trump winning big. how well did the republican establishment sleep last night? >> i think they were looking at

their computer screens and not sleeping at all. this is not good for the republican establishment. >> why not? he has record numbers of people showing up. >> well, the first reason if trump were to win, this would be a presidency that would be a slap in the face for the republican establishment. he has run against the republican establishment. and broken from them on some very, very important views. so they don't really know what they are getting. secondly, he is not the most electable of the bunch. the problem for trump is not that he is a sure loser in a general election. in that may be the ted cruz argument, ted cruz looks like goldwater. if you nominate ted cruz you take your party to sure defeat. but if you come to nate donald trump you break the party. >> do you foresee with the establishment being so upset,

the establishment itself running attack ads against donald trump? >> well, when we speak of the establishment we are speaking of a concept, not a physical thing. >> that big money that usually donates to republican causes. >> i'm not sure it would help. what he has done well is build up support for him personally. he made that -- i thought perhaps he might have handled it more deftly, but he said i could shoot somebody on 5th avenue and my poll numbers would go up. >> can donald trump move towards the sen -- center and if so, how would that work? >> he has already moved from the

center. it's not a question of can he pef vot to the center -- >> what about rhetoric wise. >> yes, can he moderate that tone. for me that would seem a lot harder, because for mr. trump, the tone is the message, the angry, tell it like it is, short sentences, if he pivots away from that, he is no longer the donald trump everybody knows. >> is bernie sanders hurting hillary clinton by staying in the race? >> i think hillary clinton benefits from a tough primary, and bernie sanders has every right to be in this race. there is a path. is it easy? no. but stop getting blown out, right? in the coming week there's democratic primaries in louisiana and mississippi, states that look a lot like alabama, and south carolina, we

can anticipate hillary clinton victories there. maybe find some of those northern industrial states that could be friendly to you, win a bunch of those, if you can, and on june 5th you have probably recognize you are not going to beat hillary clinton in new york, but fight her in california. if he can do those things, there is a path. if i had to bet, i would bet on hillary clinton right now. but he is still in this. he would have liked a few dozen more delegates last night. but he is still in it. >> lincoln mitchell thank you very much. six new jersey newspapers now calling on governor chris christie to resign. they are calling christie, quote, an embarrassment and utter disgrace. up next, a grand jury finding two bishops in pennsylvania helped cover up abuse by dozens of priests.

and the privacy debate on capitol hill, as apple takes new steps against the fbi's request to unlock an iphone. especially in the authorities. the myth of nuclear energy, of it being economic, safe and clean has been swept away.

u.n. security council has unanimously passed tough new sanctions against north korea. the new sanctions would ban pyongyang from exports coal, iran, and other national resources. south dakota's governor vetoing a bill that would have

required transgender students to use bathrooms matching their identity at birth. the republican-controlled legislature approving that bill last month, saying it would protect student privacy. had it passed it would have been the first of its kind in the country. >> reporter: first it was bishop hogan, then bishop ademmic. the two allegedly covered up the abuse of hundreds of children at the hands of dozens of priests. those were the findings of a grand jury convened by the state's attorney general. >> this abuse lasted for four decades, four decades. and now only was it covered up,

not only were priests moved around, but bishops hogan and ademmic, took actions to further endanger children as they placed their desire to avoid public scandal over the well-being of innocent children. >> reporter: the report details the graphic testimony of former victims and priests. hogan is no longer alive. and ademmic denies the charges, but the story seems all too familiar. just this past weekend, cardinal of australia become the highest ranking vatican official to testify in his country's investigation of sexual abuse in the church. >> i'm not here to defend the indefensible. the church has made enormous mistakes, and is working to remedy those. but the church is in many places, certainly in australia, has mopped things up.

>> we need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. >> reporter: the mishandling first came to light thanks to a group of newspaper reporters in boston who's investigation is portrayed in this film. since then the church has paid billions of dollars to settle claims to victims. >> it is entertainment, but sometimes it can make a difference in the world, and when you can do that, it -- it brings you closer, i think to why you wanted to do it in the first place. and -- and the more people come out, the greater chances we have of protecting more children, and i think people are making that connection now. >> reporter: in the pennsylvania case, no criminal charges will be filed. the statute of limitations has expired, some of the priests have died, and some of the victims, according to the attorney general are just too traumatized to testify. a handful of priests have been suspended.

but the report expresses concern that the, quote, purge of predators is taking too long. kristen saloomey, al jazeera. apple is taking new legal action a day after the government admitted mistakes handling the san bernardino shooter's iphone. >> reporter: apple has filed a formal appeal against the order that it help the fbi unlock one of the san bernardino's iphones. >> the companies are not evil, the government is not evil. you have a whole lot of good people who care about things, all care about the same things in my view. >> reporter: but he admitted the fbi and local officials made mistakes trying to get into the phone days after the shootings. putting through a pass word

reset request that made it more difficult to get in. comey insisted the fbi is not looking to get a back door into all iphones. >> we're asking apple take the vicious guard dog away, let us try to pick the lock. >> reporter: apple's lawyers say the company has worked with law enforcement on other cases, but he says what the government is asking now would set a precedent. >> the fbi has asked us to give them something that we don't have. to create an operating system that does not exist. the reason it doesn't exist is because it would be too dangerous. >> reporter: members from both sides say they understand why apple is resisting the order. some are calling for a blue rib bin panel of experts to figure out a resolution. when we come back, residents at porter ranch are worried it

is still not safe.

cuba has announced its case of the zika virus. a 28 year old coming down with a high fever and a rash, and has been under medical quarantine. a subsequent test showed she did have the virus. cuba was one of the last countries in the western

hemisphere to be free of zika. the tam -- tampa bay rays will play in cuba. ivey league schools are taking a new step towards preventing football injuries. all eight coaches say there will no longer be tackling during regular season practices. it remains to be seen if the entire ncaa takes up the no-practice tackling policy. residentslying near a now .kaed natural gas well near los angeles are finally being told they can go home. they were forced out a few months ago as a leak spews tens of thousands of tons of methane gas into the air. some fear it is still not safe to go back. >> reporter: months after being forced away, joni spears has

returned to organize what is left in her home. how do you explain this to your kids? >> they are going through a lot. i -- they know that we have to make the right decision for them. and i think they have been preparing themselves to -- to leave, but i think not knowing where we're going, and what we're doing, it's frightening. >> reporter: she is not convinced it is safe to live here anymore. the gas company has sealed the well, and residents started returning last week, but her health improved while away, and now she says she feels ill again. >> since i have come back the last several days and this past week, i began getting really sick again. >> reporter: it's not just joni, ore residents have reported health issues since returning to the porter ranch areas. and officials say they would like more time for additional

air testing, including inside homes. >> what is the residual, what is left over, what has been trapped in the sediment rock for almost four months. >> reporter: the most damaging natural gas leak in u.s. history took place at one of the largest gas storage facilities in the country. most people had no idea there were more than 100 wells just over the hills from their homes. the accident prompted protests, demand for accountability, and lawsuits. >> there are many lawsuits. i have heard up to 75. we have got our own lawsuit that we filed on behalf of the people of the state of california, working closely with the city attorney's office. >> reporter: some residents will move past this and resume life in porter ranch. but spears says she plans to sell despite her love for the neighborhood. >> i think it is probably one of the most breath-takes places in

l.a. county. when i saw this view, i couldn't believe i was going to get to look at this every day. it makes me sad that this can happen in our country. >> reporter: the consolation for people who plan to move, housing prices appear to be holding steady. construction continues on million dollars homes right below the storage site. melissa chan, al jazeera, porter ranch, california. >> and finally, imagine zipping down a glass slide a thousand feet above the streets of downtown l.a. the 72-story u.s. bank tower will be opening a fully enclosed glass slide. thrill seekers will be able to slide from the tallest building on the west coast. thanks for joining us. i'm del walters in new york.

the news continues live from london next. ♪ north korea to face tougher u.n. sanctions over its missile program after a unanimous security council vote. ♪ >> it is very good to have you along, you are watching al jazeera live from london with me, david foster. also coming up, victorious on super-tuesday, donald trump call on republicans to back him on what is looking like a straight contest when him and hillary clinton. jordan says seven men killed by security forces were linked to isil and were preparing attacks.