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he is trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people into giving them their money. >> the real con artist is senator marco rubio, who was elected in florida, and who has the worst voting record -- >> with less than two weeks to go before the contest that could make donald trump the republican presidential nominee, bad blood flowed freely in last night's debate. this is al jazeera al jazeera america, live from new york city. i'm roxana saberi. in the end trumps rivals said they would support him if he were to become the nominee.

diane eastabrook has more. >> he referred to my hands, if they are small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there is no problem. >> reporter: donald trump was on defense thursday night, standing up for his manhood, his policies, and his business decisions. >> he has spent a career of convincing americans that he is something they where not, now he is trying to do the same in exchange for their country. he talking about these great businesses that he has built. he inherited over a hundred million dollars -- >> wrong. >> reporter: trump faced a line of attacks as they teamed up in a last-stitch effort to top him. cruz challenged the businessman on his conservative credentials ] >> donald trump has written checks to hillary clinton, not once, not twice, not three times, ten times. >> reporter: the sharpest criticism of the night came from fox news moderators who did some digging. >> the deficit this year is

$544 billion, your numbers don't add up, sir. >> i'm saying saving through negotiation throughout the economy, you will save $300 million a year. >> reporter: the moderators also pressed him on his immigration policies. in an off the record interview, the businessman suggested heing might be more flexible on immigration. >> you have to be able to have some flexibility. sometimes you ask for more than you want, and you negotiate down to the point. >> reporter: then they called him out for flip flopping. >> you change your tune on so many things, and that has some people saying what is his core. >> megan i have a very strong core. i have a very strong core. but i have never seen a successful person who wasn't flexible, who didn't have a certain degree of flexibility. you have to have a certain degree of flexibility. >> reporter: governor kasick said he wanted to be the adult

on stage and touted his record. >> i was there when ronald reagan rebuilt the military. i worked with him. i was there when ronald reagan rebuilt the economy. i was there, and i worked with him. i knew ronald reagan. >> reporter: even after all of the trash talk in center stage -- >> breathe. you can do it. breathe. >> okay. >> i know it's hard. but just -- >> when they are done with the yoga, can i ask a question -- >> you cannot. [ laughter ] >> i really hope we don't see yoga on this stage. >> well, he is very flexible, so you never know. >> reporter: everyone agreed they would support trump if he was the nominee. >> i will support donald. >> yes, because i gave my word i would. so if he ends up as the nominee, sometimes he makes it a little bit hard, but, you know, i will support whoever the republican nominee for president >> reporter: but he is not the nominee yet. the next two weeks will be

vital, with several winner take all contests starting march 15th. trump is staying in michigan to campaign ahead of this state's primary, the other candidates are fanning out to other states. diane eastabrook, al jazeera, detroit. the latest jobs numbers are out, and show a lot of jobs were added last month, be pay fell. patty would you say the numbers are more discouraging or encouraging. >> it depends on what item of the report you are reading. but placely this was a blockbuster number with a major sting in the tail. 242,000 jobs were added to the economy last month, that blew away analysts expectations. they were looking for around 190,000. the unemployment rate remained unchanged, and that was encouraging, because the number of people either looking for a

job or with a job ticked up. but the quality of jobs were not that great. a lot of them were low wage, and a lot of them were part-time. average hourly earnings fell $0.03, and as you well know what we want to see are paychecks going up. >> patty we have heard a lot of anxiety about the economy on the campaign trail so far this year, and what will these numbers mean for the presidential campaign. >> you can either spin it in a positive light or see it as a glass half empty. this is an awesome jobs machine, and this is a wonderful thing, but the big problem is we still have a lot of slack in the labor force. take a look at the number of long term unemployed, it is

still around 2 million. and around the middle of last year it started to flat line at that level, so what we want to see is those people who have been out of work for six months or more, we want to see that number drop, and we're not seeing that. the other big concern and this is where the rubber meets the road with the american people is their paychecks. and that is reflected in real median household income. let me show you another chart on that. now the most recent data available is from 2014. real incomes lower in 2014 than they were before the recession, and this is where americans are really hurting. we're not seeing a lot of inflation, however, where we are seeing wage pressures are in areas that effect low income people. in health care that's one area, and the other is in rents. rents are going up, health kair is becoming more expensive, but paychecks aren't getting fatter.

people talk about the middle class and acknowledge this, but we haven't had those robust policy discussions to really say what are you going to do to really tackle this issue. >> we'll see if we hear any of those in the coming months. >> we can only hope. >> definitely. a top human rights official says unlocking the san bernardino shooter iphone could set a dangerous precedent. >> this was an abdomenable crime, and no one should escape the law, but this case is not about a company and its supporters seeking to protect criminals and terrorists. it is about a -- where a key red line necessary to safeguard all of us from criminals and repression should be set. >> several other tech giants

including google, facebook and microsoft have all signed on to a joint legal brief backing apple. the united nations is admitting a sharp rise in sexual abuse allegations by itself staff. a new report from the secretary general's office says there were 99 alleged cases in 2015. that's up from 80 the year before. most allegations are against peace keepers. international police and u.n. staff have also been accused. daniel lak is at the u.n. daniel breakdown some of the allegations. >> this is probably the most detailed report we have seen for some years, and they have been under a great deal of fire for this. lots and lots of shocking cases coming to light. what they have done here -- and we were sort of lead to believe it might be a little naming and shaming, naming the countries providing the troops that were accused of this, and in a sense they do that. they tell us that the most number of troops accused of

sexual exploitation come from the democratic republic of the congo, seven indeed. and four from south africa, four from nigeria, two police officers from canada, and some european police as well. it begins with an inprop rate relationships. it's not appropriate for them to have a relationship with people. there is a whole range of crimes and more than half f them are of the most serious nature. naming, yes, shaming, we're not quite sure. >> how is the u.n. responding to the report? >> reporter: they are talking about -- first of all they are saying, deep remorse, the gentlemen who announced the report called himself a peace

keeper and said he was deeply ashamed by this, and he pointed out that actually the number of peace keepers accused had gone down last year, if you took away the central african republic, the car, where a huj numb number -- huge number of allegations came forward last year. and the man in question -- he is the undersecretary general for field support operations, he said it was something that was a message to the u.n. >> the heart breaking represents that have come to light in the central african republic i believe are a stark reminder that we must redouble our efforts to curve this scourge, and that we depend on a strong partnership with the member states in order to do so.

>> and that line is crucial to activists who have been forcing the u.n.'s hand on this. they say not enough promises are made, not enough follow through, they really need the member shat states, and others to really crack down on the u.n. and perhaps even lead these investigations themselves not have it done in house. >> daniel lak thank you very much. a court in turkey has convicted two syrian smugglers in connection with the death of a three-year-old refugees. these photos made global headlines last year. the boy, his brother and mother all drowned trying to reach greece. the two men were sentenced to more than four years in prison. demanding justice in alabama, a white police officer charged in the death of an african american man. why both sides are outraged. and seizing houses given to

the homeless. who donated them, and why the city of los angeles is taking them away.

an alabama police officer is defending his actions in the shooting death of an unarmed african american man. he now faces murder charges. john henry smith reports. >> reporter: family and friends say they are relieved that the officer who shot and killed 58-year-old gregory gunn will mace murder charges. >> all i want is justice.

>> i'm pretty sure my uncle is smiling now. >> reporter: this 23-year-old white police officer stopped gunn on stleets of montgomery alabama, he was patrolling alone around 3:00 a.m. smith says he saw gunn carrying something he thought was a weapon. there are reports it was a stick or painter's pole. and when he stopped gunn, the 58 year old tried to run. >> there was a slight struggle that continued for about a block or so, at which time the officer fired and shot and killed the suspect. >> reporter: a neighbor said gunn called out to him for help. >> calling, calling, louder and louder. >> reporter: smith's attorney says his client now fears for his life, and that he was only arrested because montgomery is a imagine yourty black city with a long history of racial confrontations. >> we believe these charges were

brought to prevent public unrest. >> reporter: officer smith is out of jail after posting a $150,000 bond. gunn's mother say she hopes smith and his partner will come to her son's funeral this saturday. >> i want both of those officers to go to church with me at the funeral. if it can't be done, well -- well done and well good. the freddy gray case is now in the hands of maryland's highest court. lawyers faced off over a key issue, can one of the police officers charged in his death be forced to testify against his colleagues. >> reporter: it's a question that could decide the fate of the baltimore police officers on trial in the freddy gray case. >> they want to have their cake and eat it too. >> reporter: he is the first of six officers charged in

connection with gray's death in april 2014 to have gone on trial. he wasn't directly involved in gray's arrest, and was not driving the police van where gray suffered fatal injuries. nevertheless prosecutored charged him with manslaughter, saying he could have put a seat belt on gray or called for medical attention. in december his trial ended with a hung jury. his retrial is set for june, but before that prosecutors want to call him as a witness in the trials of the other officers involved including caesar goodson who faces second degrees murder. >> a federal court has had cases where indicted defendants were compelled to testify. >> reporter: they argued that because porter has been granted immunity in exchange for his testimony, he should testify. anything he says in the other trials can't be used against him. but his defense team wasn't

buying it. they argue that forcing porter to testify against the other officers puts him at risk of being called a liar by their defense teams. >> officer porter says he goes over to white and says that guy is going to have to go to the doctor, he is not going to make it through the booking process. that's what they want in white's trial. they believe porter was truthful when he said that. sergeant white said that never happened. so sergeant white's interests are materially adverse to officer porter's interests. they will have to call him a liar. >> reporter: they also argued that porter's testimony could turn jurors against him and endanger his right to a fair trial. >> so it's the defense's position that they made their bed now they have to lie in it. witnesses don't have skin in the

game. >> reporter: without porter's testimony it's not clear whether the cases against the other officers can go forward. the other officers trials have been put on hold while this appeal plays out. it's unclear when the court will rule. paul beeb an, al jazeera, new york. the search continues today for a rape and murder suspect from mississippi. he used a homemade knife to force a jail employee to give up his keys, radio, and uniform. he faces charges in the 2015 rape and murder of a 69-year-old woman. los angeles has pledged millions to combat a growing problem in the city, homelessness. one builder has come up with his own solution, tiny houses. but officials say the houses are

causing more problems than they solve. >> reporter: more than 10,000 people sleep on the streets of los angeles. sheltering inning tents, under sheets, or card board. the city faces one of the most seriousless homeless crises in the country. >> i wanted to make them feel like they had something real even if it is just temporary. >> reporter: with crowd-funded online donations summer started building tiny houses. each tiny house is 6 feet wide, 8 feet long, and 7.5 feet tall with an american flag out front, a steel door and two windows. elvis summers has built 37 of these houses, each costing $1,200. >> it's a this one over here? >> yeah.

>> reporter:ing kevin green started living in one three months ago. >> why do you like this better than a tent? two reasons, one, two. >> reporter: but the tiny houses movement might not last long. siting complaints from residents the city started confiscating them two weeks ago. the city said police and sanitation workers also found needled during their sweep. >> these encampments have really caused health and safety problems for individuals in the encampments and the neighborhoods. >> reporter: what was it like when the police came? >> boom boom boom boom boom. get out. get out. get out. >> reporter: now back in a tent, he says his things are constantly stolen. >> here is where they cut through my tent. >> reporter: his life back to the marry go round.

there used to be several tiny houses on this street. irene says she prefers a tiny house to the alternative the city officers. >> there is more drugs there than on the street. fighting, cutting. i want peace. >> reporter: but officials say tiny houses only prolong homelessness. >> these are not sustainable resources. there's no heating, plumbing, electricity. i mean it's just a box. you can paint it and call it a house, but it's still a box. >> a box. [ laughter ] >> i wish he could wear my shoes for one day. and i bet he wouldn't call it a box any longer. you know? it may be a box to him, but that doesn't help him -- or that doesn't help no one. everyone needs somewhere to

live. somewhere, someplace to belong, and i felt like all of that was mine. rrm summers says he will keep building. >> what is home to anybody? to somebody that has nothing, it may as well be a castle. >> reporter: but for tiny houses to really take off, the city will need to get on board. until then, those who choose to stay out on the streets will have to settle for less than a roof over their heads. melissa chan, al jazeera, los angeles. up next, a would-be robber meets his match at a grocery store in georgia. and a first look at the multi-billion dollars train hub here the site of the world trade center. ♪

president obama says he and the first family will not leave d.c. at the end of his term. the president intends to stay in the capitol at least until his younger daughter finishes high school in 2018. his elder daughter heads off to college later this year. a giant in the movie world is getting bigger. amc entertainment is acquiring rival car mike cinemas. that would make the chinese-owned theater chain the largest in north america. it took more than a decade and billions of dollars, but a spectacular new transportation hub has opened up here in new york city right next to the

world trade center site. >> reporter: it's a tenant of architecture, form follows function, but step into the world trade center transportation hub and watch that principle be put to the test. gleaming, grand, and a signature style for the spanish architect. like a bird in flight, it is supposed to be a symbol of hope, following the september 11th attacks. a museum piece, it's big, 350 feet long, 75,000 square feet of retail space. it will be packed with 250,000 commuters every day. >> it is impressive. >> it's awesome. >> reporter: not everyone is impressed. the "new york times" called it a boondoggle and dinosaur carcass. but vanity fair saying:

it should be for their benefit, because they paid for it. over budget and delayed the hub cost $4 billion, by far the most expensive train station ever built in the world. >> $4 billion, i'm wondering where all of the money went. >> i don't know if it's worth $4 billion, but certainly a [ inaudible ] to the new york public space. >> reporter: day one and it is already loved and hated. courtney keeley, al jazeera. a teenage boy is under arrest after a cashier stopped him from robbing a cash register. he pulled the gun and she attacked him. he ran away but not before being identified by the security footage. quite a video. thanks for joining us.

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