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macedonia greece border, a symbol of failure to help people in need. practices practices the hurst carrying nancy pace space reagan left here. she died 94 yield old. they led the countries through most of the 1980s. people all over the world tonight are praising the former first lady. this statement was released:

>> reporter: see symbolized the grief of a nation, burying her husband. her def identification to him her was clear. it was the constant them of their long marriage. born in 1921 in new york, she was became an actress, but when she was put on the black list, she turned to the president of the activist. they did one movie together. she put her career aside to raise their children and help his political career. >> i think i may have helped a little maybe. >> reporter: there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything you can.

>> reporter: she denied having that much control, but hayter admitted she did play a role in her husband's presidency. i was aware of people who were in running and he wasn't. i would step in and say you've got to watch out for him. >> reporter: that meant she often clashed with the staff. much more after this assassination attempt when she demanded final say over his schedule. as a first lady she was often controversial. raised in a life of privilege she was targeted for remodelling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated, but that didn't stop the criticism. as first lady she championed pairing the elderly with at risk youth and urging kids to just say no. here anti drug message brought the numbers down for a bit, but

in the long run made different to the statistics. out of the white house she did impact the debate over stem cell research. she pushed republicans to abandon their moral objection and it was enough to force the president to find a compromise allowing some research to be done. her life really began the day she married her husband. her intense love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own michael shaw is at the presidential library where she will be buried alongside her husband. give us an idea of what the scene is like >> as you can imagine there's a lot of press here, there's helicopters playing over head, people going to work on the area where the former first lady is going to be intered.

there is a meeting here. as well as the annoyings of the flags which-- notion of the flags which you can see which have not been lowered and may not be because they don't have to be lowered for a first lady. she was, in fact, the first lady of the state of california. i'm joined also by john hybush the executive director of the ronald reagan library and foundation. tell us a little bit about what is the first thing that goes on when something like this happens? >> unfortunately, the first thing that happens in the middle of the sadness is you shut the lie breep down. we have many thousands of people who might come up and because of all the preparations we have to make for mrs reagan's funeral,

we close the whole security to ensure that it's secure. we begin to make preparations for the public to come to pay the respects of self-days for now as well as for the funeral itself. >> reporter: tell me a little bit about what we think in terms of who comes to these things. do you expect president obama? >> i'm not sure. there is a list that she had drawn up a long time ago. you can expect some very high-level dignatories. people that she worked with all the way back in her days in hollywood, to her first lady and here at the library. we expect somewhere between five and 700 people. >> reporter: when was the last time she was here? i know she came every june.

>> that does mark the last time. she has been very frail since then, but she came every june 5, which is the anniversary of her husband's passingment she would spend half appear hour to an hour just praying and thinking. it was a moment that she never wanted to miss and she didn't miss from the moment that he died. >> reporter: the last time you shared a moment with her? >> a couple of weeks on the phone. she was frail but mentally her faculties was 110% and she was the person every knew and loved. it was a wonderful thing to have her with us in this respect up toed end. >> reporter: did you talk with her about the transacti- electi. >> no. she did watch the buyer event on

tv and she was interested with it. >> reporter: thank you for taking the time. >> you're welcome >> reporter: that's the scene here now. people preparing for what will likely than a very busy week here thank you. coming up at 7.30 tonight we will speak to an author about his books on them. turning to the u.s. presidential election voters in maine and puerto rico. in maine those polls will close in about an hour at 8 p.m. eastern time. there are 25 delegates up for grabs there. puerto rico had 23 available to the republicans. it is going to appear that marco rubio is going to leave them.

with 96% of the counts marco rubio has won the republican primary in the u.s. territory of puerto rico. he captured 71% of the votes there. donald trump is still the front runner in the republican race with a total of 382 delegates followed behind ted cruz in second with 300. marco rubio's victory does bring his total delegate count to 151. john kasich has 35. now to the republican side. bernie sanders pass 130 white bernie sanders has 41. to plaint michigan where the elections will be front and center. is there really a difference in position between these two candidates on this water crisis? >> reporter: there's no real

differences. both clinton and sanders say that the state of michigan has grossly mishandled this water crisis. bernie sanders is calling for governor snyder to step down. hillary clinton says this wouldn't have happened in a predominantly white community. she is calling for an overall solution to the situation. >> there is some baggage from the incline tore administration-- clinton it administration. there are a lot of things from that administration are popular that she can remind people of at that time, hope for a better time that exist now in terms of wages and the economy. >> reporter: obviously, a big topic of conversation as the gentleman from the university of michigan alluded to is the economy tonight

jobs are certainly going to be a big discussion point there. how did the candidates compare when it comes to jobs and the economy? >> reporter: this is the state that is still suffering the after effects of the great recession. the unemployment nationwide is about 4.9%. it's about 5.1% here t clinton is calling for a higher minimum wage. she is also saying that companies that add jobs should get tax benefits. bernie sanders is expected to hammer a way at her tonight on trade. this is the company that has seen a lot of manufacturing jobs, especially in the auto industry siphoned away by trade dealts, to places like mexico. keep in mind ben carson's side, hillary clinton has tried to distance herself from those trade deals. that is something that will come up. bernie sanders will hit her hard with these trade deals

i want to talk about minority voting as that has been a big issue. has bernie sanders shown any signs of rising popularity with minorities? >> reporter: that's going to be really tough for him especially here in michigan where clinton has about a 70 point lead among african americans. sanders is saying because of the delegates that he picked up last night in nebraska and kansas, he has momentum going into michigan >> we have won double digit victories in new hampshire, in oklahoma, in colorado, in minnesota, in vermont. the people of this country are tired of establishment politics and establishment economics. they want real change in this

country. >> i've got more votes than anybody running. i've got more votes than donald trump although i'm sure he doesn't want to hear that. we've got it from a wide broad base. >> reporter: 147 delegates up for grabs in michigan. that will tea up whoever wins here for states like illinois, florida thank you. in the republican contest marco rubio's win in puerto rico may not be enough to help his shrinking chances of winning the election. he and john kasich do remain long shots. still a long shot marco rubio but some progress >> yes. john kasich is growing in popularity. this weekend michael reagan

endorsed john kasich saying he embodies reagan conservative. >> welcome to john kasich. >> reporter: john kasich received an enthusiastic endorsement from former california mayor. the governor has yet to win a state and has only made second place twice but defended his decision to stay in the race >> >> i will win ohio. >> reporter: donald trump who is still in the lead inspired the most on the morning shows >> done amend may the only person on the face of the planet that hillary clinton can beat. >> i would rather risk without donald trump than try to win with him because it will do more

damage over time >> reporter: donald trump maintains he is what the republican party and america needs >> i get along with people. i'm a unifier. >> reporter: marco rubio attack episode donald trump for his crude language yet defended his crack at his fingers >> if someone punches someone in the face repeatedly, that person has to stand up and punch back. >> reporter: john kasich came out against it >> if a bunch of washington deal makers step in and steal the nomination, we will have a manifest uprising. >> i agree with ted cruz from the standpoint we can't let a bunch of insiders in both ohio and florida will

hold primaries on march 15 the former president told his sup day school class he doesn't need any more treatment. doctors had discovered four small lesions on his brain. his chemotherapy ended last month. the 91 year old says he will get check ups in case the cancer returns. thousands of refugees await their fate in greece as macedonia seals its border. also the two year water crisis in flint takes center stage in informant's democratic debate. tuesday is international women's day. our sunday night look many examine the political and social cheechlts of women. that's coming up in our next hour at 78.30 p.m. eastern.

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follow every pitch, every play and every win. change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. coast guard rescued almost 400 migrants today. they were trying to cross from turkey. also today at least 25 people drowned when a separate boat sank off the turkish coast. 15 others were rescued. tomorrow e.u. leaders in turkey will hold an emergency summit to deal with that refugee crisis, more than 400 people have died trying to reach europe. >> reporter: it has become the symbol of europe's failure and

disunity when it comes to refugees. the border that remains more closed than open. the latest selections depends on the date of arrival in greece. those here landed on 17 february. these the following day. u i've been here 16 days. i've no more money. i never thought it would be like this. the whole trip took my son ten days. >> reporter: the fields here have become a place of hardship and frustration where people search fon answers. over the past three weeks the camp spread designed for 1500 people to this every-sprawling tent village. the makeshift camp stretches across both sides of the rail track. the long queue on the right is

for food. the area of high extension is to the north of the crossing point. a double fence separates both countries. the macedonian side empty except for security fors. the greek it is in this that this boy and his parents have pitched their tent. all five sleep here. >> translation: it is not fair. >> reporter: perhaps there are no better words to express how most people >> reporter: why? explain it to me? >> translation: we can't get anything. the smallist things of live i don't have. drinking water i don't have. i don't know who doesn't offer water. i don't have anything. you must live here so they can

feel what we are having r i would just like to get but nobody caring about me >> reporter: about one third of those stranded here are children under the age of five. authorities believe that diseases could spret if their conditions don't improve. -- spread. political leaders are hoping that the cessation of hostilities in syria will hold and stem the human suffering turkey's largest newspaper has published its first edition since being taken over by the government. the officers of the newspaper were raid-- offices of the newspaper were raided on friday. >> reporter: on this street in

istanbul the day may have changed but the headlines stayed the same. outrage. the free press can't be silenceed they chanted. >> translation: i came here to support the newspaper which has been unlawfully seized by the government. >> reporter: on friday a turkish court appointed an administrator to run the newspaper and other organizations. they are all connected to a cleric. turkish defended the move as legal not political, protesters say it is another move against

freedom of speech. >> i'm imhelpsly mensually worried. it's the reality. it makes you sick to your stomach. it gives you headaches, but we really feel that the police are watching our every step. they are. they're listening to us. they shut down our email accounts and shut down the internet. they entirely prevent us from producing the news. >> reporter: while police kept protesters away, they had no trouble converging on a side street. the hundreds of protesters behind us are refusing to leave even though security officials are telling them repeatedly now that they must go. what they are doing here is illegal, that they are blocking the road and that they will be disbursed if they refuse to leave. >> reporter:

>> reporter: this man confronted police furious not about the threat they face today, but rather the brutality demonstrators had faced 24 hours earlier when scenes like this played out. eventually the crowd heeded the warnings and began to looech. while the pitch of their anger hadn't lessoned the tone of the newspaper they were defending had changed drastically. >> reporter: what a difference the day makes. the newspaper had the word, the constitution is suspended, across its front page. to's edition is thinner. it shows a smiling president erdogan and the paper itself takes a softer editorial stance for the a.k.p. at for the continued protests, they received no mention whatsoever scientists from around the world are in brazil studying the zika virus. the recent outbreak may be linked to devastating birth

defects. brazil hopes to have it under control by the time the olympics begin in august. >> reporter: going from home to home in north-eastern brazil doctors from the u.s. center for disease control are working with brazil i brazilian authorities. >> we want to get the information out as soon as possible in order to be able to understand this and to create public health activities. >> reporter: it has been ten months since the first case of zika was confirmed. medical facilities here are struggling to cope. there is still a lack of information, particularly with regard to tits consequences.

what few doctors there are have taken to using any technology to confer with clinics and patients further afield. >> reporter: there are over 4,000 cases of microcephaly. of that less than 700 have been confirmed and tests are still being run to see if there is a connection between those cases of microcephaly and the zika virus. so little known officials are asking everyone to do all they can to prevent being bitten by mosquitos. the brazilian government has been commended for doing whatever they can. we haven't received any extra money for combatting the mosquito. or money for babies with microcephaly. i cannot wait for them to make funding available. i need to make things happen

here. >> reporter: whether linked to zika or not, there are more babies now in need of special attention. health workers are doing all they can to help families cope one day at a time still ahead tonight on al jazeera looking into the life and marriage of nancy and ronald reagan. for the first time a woman may be at the top of the major part dwr. the road for hillary clinton comes with more bumps just because she's a woman.

welcome back to al jazeera america. the polls have closed in puerto rico where marco rubio has won the republican primary. the florida senator reeled in 70% of the votes there. in maine hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in a battle for that state's 30 delegates. tonight hillary clinton and bernie sanders take their fight to flint michigan set to debate there in half an hour. that city still reeling to a water crisis. honors are pouring in nor nancy reagan tonight. she died this afternoon at her l.a. home from kon gentlemenstive heart failure. she was 94 years old -

congestive heart failure. joining us to talk about that is craig shirley. he has written three best sellers on the reagan administration. you've had interaction with the first lady when you were writing the three books. tell us what she was like personally? >> during the reagan years i would see her socially and later we became pen pals and she was very kind. she helped me with my research. she was everything he wanted in a wife and he thought he had in his previous marriage, but it didn't work out. she was top, she was smart, low-key when she had to be, she

was his soul mate, she gave him good advice and she looked after his interests. she had a better radar, a better an tenor who used to calm ron nshg ie to their benefit instead of to ronnie's benefit. she had a hand in the ouster of john seers. she had a direct hand in the ousting of others. she wasn't eleanor roosevelt. she was a modern first lady. shy combined herself to east wing affairs but would occasionally venture to the west wing. she said i sleep with the president every night.

so that proximity gives me special access. i'm going to use it. it's not known what advice she gave him. one thing she did say is, i can give his advice but he will do what he wants to do. i haven't been able to talk him into doing something he didn't want too. she would reinforce his decisions, i think she defined the role of first lady. what did she do differently than other first ladies in the past? >> she didn't have a daily or weekly column, but she didn't play bridge pretty much every week and have tea with her girlfriends. she had her causes, she had just say no, vietnam, returning pows. she had the cause of bringing

style and grace and class back to the white house because she thought it was important that americans be proud of their president. jimmy carter spent four years depomping the white house. he banned alcohol for the white house. the difference between how carter ran his white house and how reagan ran his were as different as night and day. nancy reagan understood that what about the love story between them. it seems like the american love sto story. they clearly adored each other. how sincere was that attraction. >> what you saw was exactly what it was in private or as best i

know. they utterly completely adoored each other. whatever they were doing, she was a great bond to him, he was a better candidate, a happier candidate. he wrote letters every day. she wrote back but not as frequently. he was away on a campaign and she said maybe that job at the white house wouldn't be so bad because you would be right upstairs. he used to write her letters, "to my daryl mam my". she always called him "ronny". it was a remarkable love stories of white house history. it rivals that of the adams and the washingtons. it is not just friends and husband and wife, but as best

friends and soul mates quite a love story. quite a woman. quite a front lady in less than 30 minutes hillary clinton and bernie sanders will face off in flint michigan. hillary clinton made the water crisis a major theme of her campaign. bernie sanders has been rallying in grand rapids. he has been calling for the resignation of rick snyder over the issue. an event in relation to flint. >> reporter: what is happening in flint challenges the conscience of our nation. >> reporter: she was joined friday by 25 members of congress. >> the more knowledge we have

the more we can do for you. >> reporter: law makers heard from victims of the water crisis which has flaiged the community for nearly two years >> what we have further learned today, we know that we have to act. we have come here to listen and learn and act upon what we have to give hope and healing. >> reporter: outside a home on the city south side the first sign of action. >> my mission is to totally get the led out of flint. >> reporter: flint mayor on friday kicked off a fast stort initiative. the goal to replace all led service lines and restore safe drinking water. thousands in the city are doing what they can to get by.

>> reporter: this boy is three years old. he will be tested for led poisoning amongst many others. for more than a year the tap water was tainted with led. he is among thousands who were exposed. >> reporter: this woman learns of her grandson's test results within minutes. >> 4.3. that is low. >> reporter: others haven't been as fortunate. after the city began pulling tap water, the percentage of chirp were elevated levels in the city increased >> we're seeing a various range of levels. there are certain areas of the community that have you a higher level. >> reporter: this nurse says that the long-term effects of led exposure include lowering the child's iq and cognitive

function and behavioural problems. the contamination of the water is now at the center of a criminal investigation >> >> children are still growing so their brain is still growing. they may be slower than usual to learning certain things. >> reporter: residents in the predominantly black city have depended on battled water and filters. >> we didn't connect all the dots that i wished we would have >> reporter: newly released emails show that the concerns over the quality of water were raised early on. >> that's where i'm kicking myself every day. i wish i had asked more questions >> reporter: in a few weeks he will answer questions from lawmakers on capitol hill. >> i'm hoping and praying that

it will be all right the united states have is-- is one of the few countries not to have had a major presidential woman. she is a polarizing figure with an a lot of critics. we have a caravanned for time magazine and the author of broad influence, how women are changing the way america works. good to see you >> thank you first off, why do you think it is that the u.s. has not yet elected a female president? what is going on? >> democracy is one of the hardest systems for that. you see a lot of women they inherity the thrown like the

queen of england or winning parliamentary elections, they only have to become a head of a party. if you saw that many in the u.s., you would have nancy pace space pollo; i a few years ago. you have to overcome the overt or subtle sexisms of the population as a whole do you feel like this is an example of how the political system makes it difficult for minorities in general to get elected to the highest office or is something of a culture. >> it's sort of both. it is a purist democracy. every person has a vote. it is weighted in the sense that every person has their say. for hillary clinton case days it

is very much overcoming - i think sort of subtle sexisms these days. it is the second time she has run. the first time around it was more overt, questions of can a woman be a commander in chief, is she going to be too emotional to have her finger on the bullet onthat time of the month. the questions are how does she show passion compared to bernie sanders. when she screams people take it as shrill and they don't want to hear her. bernie sanders screaming is seen as passion when people criticise her, do you get the impression that we're seeing sexism at work or just really affect the people do not like herp regardless of her gende

gender? >> no. it's sexism. it happened with carly fiorina. they didn't like that about her. she said she was shrill. the same thing for elizabeth warren. people said that she screamed too much and too passionate about economic inequality. it is hard to imagine someone saying that about bernie sanders there have been criticisms of the males in respect to weight, boots. >> marco rubio's boots being criticized, many years ago, lyndon johnson wore boots and it wasn't commented upon. people have to answer questions

about what they wear. there are still subtle sexisms that only female candidates have to deal with thank you for that. >> thank you still ahead residents of porter ramply of california-- porter ranch return to their home. a language that is dying and the efforts to keep it alive. >> reporter: in california the rain has turned deadly. we are looking at more floods. we are looking at a warm spell across the north-east. 25 degrees above average. >> the family is always in debt. >> they'd be on the oversight of government. >> it's almost impossible to separate slave caught fish from

fish that are being caught through legitimate means. >> what do we want? >> al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> emmy award-winning, investigative series. >> we have to get out of here.

a look at what is coming up in our next hour >> lots of news for sure. more on the death of nancy reagan. also this week the world is celebrating the political, social and cultural achievements of women. in syria the ceasefire offers a rare chance for children in the war torn country to go outside and play freely with their friends. the children of aleppo coming up, plus no country in the world has a higher rate of smart phone addiction than south korea. interview some stories

looking forward for it. one-by-one residents of the porter ranch are returning home. gas leaks saw methane in the area. >> reporter: months after being forced away, she has returned to organise what is left in her home. how do you explain this to your kids? >> they're going through a lot. they know that we have to make the right decision for them and i think they have been preparing themselves 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 any more. the gas company has sealed the well and residents started returning last week, but her

health had improved whyalla way and she says she feels ill v >> since i've come back i've began getting really sick again. >> reporter: it is not just her. other residents have reported health issues. county officials say they would like more time for additional air testing including inside homes. >> what is the residual. what is left over in the air, atmosphere, what has been trapped in the settlement rock for almost four months. >> reporter: the most damaging gas leak in history took place in a gas storage facility in the country. people had no idea there were 100 wells just over the hills from their homes. the accident protested protests, a demand for accountability, and lawsuits. >> there are many lawsuits. i've heard up to 75. we've got our own lawsuit that

we filed on behalf of the people of the state of california, working with the city attorney's office >> reporter: some residents will resume life here, but she says she plans to sell this house despite her love for her neighborhood >> i think it's probably one of the most breath taking places in l.a. county. when i saw this view when we were ready to purchase this house, i couldn't believe i was going to get to look at this every day. ittics me sad that this can happen in our country. >> reporter: housing prices appear to be holding steady. construction continues on million dollar homes right below the gas storage site. the disaster not a big factor apparently for some buyers, though others may think twice california has been facing a

lot. including flooding >> reporter: this is one of the most active winters they have had in terms of rain. the big picture here. we called this right here the pine apple express. all of the moisture makes it way back from parts of miami there. that's why all that moisture is considered the pine apple express there. i want to show you closer and what we are looking at in terms of the rain. we see these bands of rains coming in. i want to show you some video that has come out of california here where in this particular town we did see one fatality as a car tried to go around some flooding barriers and actually went into an area of water that was six feet deep. the driver survived.

the passenger did not survive. we've seen multiple mud slides and land slides and closures across the region. this is what we've seen in rain. in some locations we've seen up to about 8 to 10 inches and the floopding is going to be a big problem. the temperature change that we're going to have here. the reason being the jet stream, notice how amplified it is here. that warm air is going to make its way over here towards the east. look at the temperatures rising for parts of washington and north as we go to the next couple of days. with new york seeing 73 degrees by the time we get to wednesday it feels like spring

already. a combination of talk and action is keeping a little known language from dying. the few people who know the rare tongue are lending their voices and knowledge to keep it alive. >> reporter: you are listening to an ancient language, once nearly wiped out but determined to survive. these children are learning hoopa on their native american reservation on northern california. its very existence is hanging by a slender thread. >> there are three elder fluent speakers, a handful of people my age or older who have come to a level where we can teach and understand and have conversations >> reporter: they have lived in this beautiful place of forest middle of the and mountain forever. in the last 19th century the

u.s. government took their land. in the early 20th century they begun americaising anyway activist to the u.s. the children were beaten for using their mother tongue. >> you would actually get punished in the school and in the community at times, so the indians had to go undergrown. >> reporter: in those efforts to stamp it out, the hoop did thes a language dwindled >> it is almost like losing a finger or part of your body so that really then we're sick. in this case the world is sick. >> reporter: now the tribe is making an effort to bring it back. here schoolteachers are being

taught. eventually there will be classes for children up to age 6. like many native american people they suffer from poverty, crime, alcoholism and drug abuse. bringing back the language and culture can help heal historic wound wounds. >> this is vital to them. >> reporter: restoring the language won't be easy. it is a project that will span generations >> the goal is for these kids to become fluent hoopa speakers and then years later to pass on the language when they have children of their own. >> reporter: a language that refuses to die and the people who have survived against the odds flowing on like a mighty stream

finally tonight we go to where the dogs were let loose. automatics good to see there. the annual dog race took place. thousands packed the route. there are seven former champions in the field. this year the race has been shortened to 4.8 kilometers due to the lack of snow. that does it for us here. thank you so much for joining us. the news continues right after this very short break.

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this is al jazeera america. with a look at today's top stories. >> just say no we look at the life of nancy reagan as the nation says goodbye to the former first lady. a rare win today for republican presidential candidate marco rubio, but is it too little too late. also the fight for the rights of women worldwide takes center stage. it is the topic of tonight's