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life are living a nightmare. and from controlling the media to a closer look away from democracy. ♪ ♪ well, secret service agents quickly mastered a security scare on the campaign train they formed a pro oak tiff ring when a man breached the security buffer at a rally in ohio t comes at a tumultuous friday night in chicago where protesters forced trump top cancel a rally. we are live in cleveland tonight where trump held yet another rail. roxanne you spoke to supporters and protesters. what is exactly is the atmosphere like? >> reporter: well, erica, most of the people we spoke to said

they were already planning to attends trump's rally here in cleveland before they saw what happened last night in chicago. trump's supporters say they back him even more now. while protesters told us they are even more afraid he could become president. >> they said mr. trump should get up and this morning tell his people to be nice. my people are nice, folks. they are nice. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: in dayton, ohio, donald trump wasted no time criticizing the protesters who led them are him to cancel his rally in chicago friday night. >> these are people that truly don't want to see her country be great again 67 he was startled tells of his speech a man in the audience rushed the stage before the secret services scramble today stop him. >> thank you for the warping. i was ready for him but it's much easier if the cops do it, don't we agree? huh? [cheering and applause] >> reporter: across the state in cleveland, protesters waited for trump's next appearance. >> i am out here today because

the hate that donald trump is preaching across the country needs to be challenged. >> reporter: a new demonstrators said the protests in chicago inspired them to come out. >> seeing my folks in chicago stand up the way they did, it just sparked something inside me to say, you know what, there is no better place than i can be at this moment right now than right here. >> yesterday in chicago we had a little bit of a problem. we came, we were not allowed to exercise our first amendment rights. [booing] >> reporter: also waiting for trump, his supporters. >> so i watched the protest last night and i was a bit upset that trump was denied his right to speak. and that the people who wanted to see him were denied their right to listen. >> you have a right to protest. but when it gets violent then you shouldn't be protesting. >> these people have traveled here from across ohio and beyond many of them say they were planning to come here but feel it's even more important to attends after what happened in chicago. >> we want to show that we are

not scared and they are we are here to support him. inside, trump's fans had a chance to show that support when a handful of protesters interrupted. >> you know where they come from? bernie's crowd. they are bernie's crowd. yeah, thank you. get them out. good. >> reporter: a few groups of' at this trump protesters have been escorted out from inside this crowd. at times they rifled up trump supporters but at other times they were ignored. >> i thought everyone around us treated them right. no one was yelling at them. no one was pushing them, nothing like that. >> this is a private events paid for for by mr. trump and he has the right not to have protesters here. >> reporter: and other candidates have responded to chicago's unrest. this is what two of the republicans had to say. >> donald trump has created a toxic environment. and a toxic environment has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation

to come together in violence. there is no place for this. there is no place for a national leader to prey on the fears of people who live in our great country. >> i think we also have to look at the rhetoric coming from the front runner in the presidential campaign. this is a man who rallies and told his supporter to beat up the people in the crowd and he'll pay their legal fees, he's encouraged people in the audience to rough up anyone that stands up and says something he doesn't like. >> reporter: and this is john caskasich's home turf, he is popular but polls show he's in a trite race. >> we know that donald trump as we saw in your story there, mentioned bernie sanders a few times at his rallies what, is a that? >> reporter: he did, erica. he blamed sanders' support force causing the unrest in chicago last night. and he said that they incited violence. but sanders responded today say that trump zip to blame for causing the violence.

>> all right, roxana, live in cleveland for us, thank you very much. the two democratic candidates for president also condemned and blamed donald trump for the violence at his campaign rally. >> when he talks about, you know, things i wish we were in the old days when you could punch somebody in the head. what do you think that says to his supporters? and what happened the other day when some young man was being he is courted -- escorted out and he was sucker punched. it's issue now is donald trump has to be loud and clear and held advertise support that's violence at rallies is not what america is about. and to end it. >> if you ply with matches, you can start a fire you can't control. that's not leadership, it is political arson. [cheering and applause] >> the test of leadership and of citizenship is absolutely the

opposite in our country. if you see bigotry, you should oppose it. if you see violence, you should condemn it. and if you see a bully, you should stand up to him. >> strong words from the other side of the aisle. well, in florida, senator marco rubio will be on home turf tuesday at primary voters there cast ballots. for weeks he's told crowds he is confident about his support in the sunshine state but polls show donald trump's appeal is stronger there. albert ray joins us live from florida. todd good evening to you, robert. is senator rubio still showing optimism about his home state? >> reporter: good evening, erica. you know, he seems to be optimistic, but if you listen to some of the interviews he gave earlier today with various media organizations you sense a bit of a downturn in his voice. that something is slipping away right in front of him, especially here in his home state. we are at this rally in

pensacola it's the last stop for park marco rubio today. about 100 people in here right now. more filing in. very excited to see him in this very small room. but if we look at the numbers, a brand-new poll out just today, puts donald trump at over 40 percent, his lead here in the state of florida. rubio, just under 25%. cruz, ted cruz, hovering at about 18. and kasich the ohio governor, just below 10%. and we should note, also, erica, that early voting here in the state, over 50% of voters have already cast their ballot here in florida and there is 99 delegates at stake. that's a high amount and it's a big-time number for any candidate here to grab, erica. >> absolutely. so, robert, if rubio loses in florida, what will that mean for his campaign? >> reporter: you know, that's a great question. they are set to go to utah after the second super tuesday this

week. so they are saying they are going to continue to move on. but, you know, the reality is right now, that if he does lose this, odds are it's likely over for marco rubio. and the question is, you know, will he support donald trump if he loses this latest election here. that's a big question. he's not sure about that. he came out today and said that he wasn't exactly 100 percent with that. but he's also talking about the integrity of the republican party. let's listen to what he had to say. >> in this election, it is not just a choice between candidates. we are deciding the definition of what it means to be a conservative in the 21st century. and we are deciding our identity as a nation and as a people. >> reporter: so marco rubio expected here very soon, erica. 8:00 p.m. eastern he will be standing behind me on that little stage to a little over 100 people excited on this very chilly and wet evening here in

pensacola, florida. his last stop of the day, he will move on and go to orlando tomorrow and various other locations. and we'll be following him to those places, erica. >> all right, robert ray live for us in pensacola, florida, thank you. and joining us from pittsburgh is lenny mccallister a conservative political commentator and former congressional candidate. lenny, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> looking ahead to tuesday, two big states up for grabs here we are talking about florida and ohio. is marco rubio and john kasich lose their home states to trump, will they just stay in it to try to keep trump from getting enough delegates or just bow outcome march 16th? >> we still don't know. i think there are many republicans that are arguing both sides of this. if everybody stays in, you have the opportunity to keep trump from getting to the magical 1237 which would then bring it to a contested convention. there are others that will say, listen, let's all get behind one person, ted cruz, let him take

the lead, neither one of them get to 1237 but at least cruz goes in with the lead and therefore you can make the case that in a contested convention, cruz should get the nomination. there are two camps out there and i don't know which one is getting more traction. especially with the polls showing that kasich, as of right now, will win ohio f that's the case, but rubio loses, then what do you do? i don't think the republican establish think, i don't think they know yet. >> so are attempts by the g.o.p. establishment to really stop trump's rise to the nomination actually working? what's working, what's not? >> i think number one, the fact that we have been in a hole lot of opening primary states that obviously has nod worth to the republican establishment's vain. now that we are moving in to closed primaries, such as florida, ohio it's something that will work more towards the r.n.c.'s advantage with, florida with early voting a lot of the people made decisions before

everything started blowing up with trump between doing poorly at the debates to some of the things we saw in chicago last night. however, those votes have already been cast. i think florida likely goes to trump. a lot of what the republican establishment will be looking for as far as a bright hope somewhere, will be in kasich can pull out florida -- i mean pull out ohio, excuse me. >> okay. and you are seeing some, you know, serious disruption going on here. this is chicago at a donald trump rally on friday. why are we only seeing these moments of violence really happening during trump rallies? what do you think it says about him as a potential leader? and also, really about his supporters? >> reporter: i think it says what we have been saying for months, when you spread xenophobia, racism, sexism, when you spread hatred with dog whistle statements and then try to walk it back, you will eventually get these type of results. it's not popularity driving him

to the top of the polls, it's not leader shim it's a matter of being somebody with high name i.d. it is popularity not leadership and that's what's dangerous about this. it continuing to onto debate stages and not give you specifics about policy, but he can sure as heck give you specifics about mexico is going to build the walker islam hates us and some of the other things that have been out there over the course of months, that has given him all of the free media coverage that he's been able to use to get his name at the top of the polls and staying at the top the polls and winning many states. >> let's go back to the idea of a contested convention. who do you think the establishment wants as the nominee? and who do you think really has the best chance of beating the democratic nominee? >> i think republican step. wanted rubio. i think he is fading. i think the republican with the best chance of beating hillary clinton in november will be john cass itch. i think the nominee will probably end up being ted cruz at this point if it's not ted

cruz, it will, unfortunately, be donald trump. >> if it goes to an contested convention, does john kasich had a chance? >> yes, he's a 2-term executive in a swing state and he's done it in congress, he's worked across the aisle to get balanced budgets which everyone wants and he's been able to create jobs, he has been talking with a good tone, he has the grassroots ethics that you need, the blue collar ethic that you want to appeal to different types of workers and somebody able to take, again, a purple state such as ohio and be a leader. somebody that's been able to get 26% of the african american vote just as are you recently as 2014. john kasich has a chance win a contested convention and he has a chance to be president if ohio plays out. >> we'll have to see what happens, conservative political commentator lenny mccallister.

thank you. >> thank you, god bless. republicans are meeting in washington d.c. that caucus is expected to go on until 9:00 p.m. partial results are in from the wyoming republican caucus with 82% of precincts reporting. ted cruz is winning with 68%. marco rubio is in second place with 23%. donald trump is in third place with 5%. thrauls a g.o.p. contest in the far away territory of game. ted cruz picked up one delicate there. the other five there remain uncommitted. for the democrats hillary clinton won today's caucus in the u.s. territory of the northern islands, she picks up four delegates with 50%% of the vote. bernie sanders two. tomorrow in our sunday look a at the week ahead, donald trump and race as we heard -- as we head towards another big week of primaries i'll look at the visible and sometimes violent

rise of racism among his supporters as we have seen recently among his rallies tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern, 5:00 pacific. coming up next another sign of a deepening crisis, we'll take to you a turkish city where syrians out number the locals. stay with us.

isil reportedly launched two it chemical attacks in the span of a few days, both occurred in an iraqi town populate largely by shia muslims a three-year-old

girl was killed and 600 reportedly injured. the prime minister said those responsible will, quote, pay dearly. in yemen at least 14 team were killed saturday after al qaeda fighters clashed with police. the violence in aden was sparked when security forces attempted to retake areas held by militants, saudi-led airstrikes hit a building and arms depot. violence rages on as the war? nba syria enters its sixth year, today the warring sides said they will be in geneva on monday when peace talks resume. but the syrian regime said it will not discuss the president of president bashar al-assad. our diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> reporter: both main sides now say they are coming to geneva for the talks. the confirmation from the government coming from the deputy prime minister and foreign minister at a news conference in damascus, but he made it clearly the role of president is sad was not up for

discussion. >> translator: we are adamant on holding the integrity and is off at this of syria at one state. at least this has been [ inaudible ] by the internal documents released including those released in an attempt to resolve the situation in syria. >> reporter: those comments have angered the opposition of the u.n. have always made it clear that there should be no preconditions for these talks. the u.n. special envoy stefan de mistura in a talk to al jazeera program, says that he hopes get to the substantive issues on day one. >> in concrete, we can say that when we started talks in earnest, in other words, the substantive talks on the 14th, we will have some preparatory meetings before that. we will be able to at least tell everyone this is happening,

therefore one is not enough and we need to push further. and two, now we can concentrate on the real agenda. what is it? the political california process. what is that? well, it is a new governance that is a very carefully chosen word in vienna to include something completely different in terms of what we are having at the moment. second, a new constitution. not the old approach. and, three, new elections. the u.n. with the u.n. supervision. >> so the stage is set for an important day on monday. the first day of this round of talks this they are going to discuss the crunch issues, the future governance of syria. president program. nelson mandela some of the post nobel peace prize lahr yet, hoping join them this year the

tisch city which borders syria. it is now home for more syrian refugees than locals. al jazeera's laurence lee reports. >> reporter: on the hills overlooking the turkish border you can see refugee cams inside syria glinting in the sun. just a few kilometer to his the north is the turkish town which serves as an example of what can be done to help outside syria if the will is there. 90,000 to live here have been joined by 120,00 120,000 syriano turkey has refuse today turn take back on. they in turn set up businesses and work together with their hosts. just outside the center these women were making firewood with their children, they have been here for four years. not an easy life, but said this woman, they have been welcomed. she said she had no intention of attempting the journey rah across turkey and in to greece. that's likely to be because this has hopped eights front doors to the syrians.

so it has been nominated for the nobel peace prize for all of this. they believe their efforts so deserving they have even invited the european lead they are admire the most, germany's angela america toll come and visit. it's become standard for european to write turkey off, but the contrast between the way in which turkey is managing the refugee crisis and the chaos of the european union couldn't really be in greater. frankly, it's quite hard to think of a single european town or city that could be nominated for the nobel peace prize in the way that k i.l.i.s. has been. so what do the authorities say to a europe of increasingly closed borders. >> translator: kill us today hosts more syrians than its own population. set sent share with the syrians. we believe the example of kilis should be recognized by the e.u. and we think it should be

awarded a nobel peace prize. >> reporter: of course elsewhere it turkey there is huge resentment towards the kev gentlemens but not kilis, european complaints about human rights in turkey have a very odd ring to them here. laurence lee, al jazeera, kilis, southern turkey. >> along the so called balkan root security forces are maintaining noticeably tighter restrictions on the board he should only commercial trains are allowed to pass. macedonia, low seen i can't, croatia and serbia abruptly stopped all travel by migrants, e.u. leaders will meet again next week to stem the illegal flow of migrants through greece. the greek government stepped up its effort to row locate thousands a think although the board we are macedonia. in two days the army set up this cam top 3,000 people. it has showers with hot water, toilets, pay phones and three doctors. the government says it's trying to stop the spread of infection. this week two people in border

camps were diagnosed with hepatitis h.a. in just the past 24 hours 649 people arrived in the greek islands from turkey. 41,000 are stuck in greece, among them thousands of children, and al jazeera reports, new restrictions are making the path towards europe even harder for afghan children. >> reporter: it's a moment of life otherwise filled with hardship, loniless and uncertainty. teenagers who who trader to dream about a fresh start. like this 17-year-old who left afghanistan with his parents and smuggled his way to the shores of greece. >> translator: the smugglers order immediate to bury my hands in the snow for five hours. i was taken away and i have not seen my family since. i don't know how to find them. >> reporter: he's now receiving medical care in the camp along macedonia's border with serbia

think unable to move forward as afghans are no longer welcome on the balkan route. this 16-year-old is is in the same situation. he's an orphan who first worked in iran as a janitor. >> translator: they were trying to deport me because i did not have a passport. so i left. i want to be in a place wher wio weapons where i feel safe. i saved the money to pay smugglers and also borrowed money from friends and now i am so sad hoo are to be here. >> reporter: they game friends and together sneaked across borders and slept along the way picking up shroegtd left by other refugees and hoping to go undetected. they relied on food left by companionate people along the trail. but some of their friends didn't make it. >> there were two other fine agers with us, the smugglers wanted more money. they removed their money, but still did not have enough. so they were kidnapped and taken

away. i don't know where they are. >> reporter: the camp near macedonia is teeming with unaccompanied children. many say there are 18 fearing that they could end up in a shelter for minors others claim they are traveling with el relatives so they go unaccounted for and unprotected. every day there is a count of how many refugees and migrants are still in the camp. because despite the border being closed and heavily secured, people here want to reach their destination, so some take their chance at crossing the borderline. it's what they are considering. for a thousand $800, they are promised save passage all the way to germany. it will mean more debts and more suffering. he is overwhelmed by a sense of loss. at 17, he has little to live for. >> translator: if they don't open the border, i will kill myself. if i have to go back to afghanistan i will die there. so i might as well end it here. >> reporter: europe is crumbling

under the endless flow of refugees. but the lonely children have been abandoned by everyone. the border closures only increasing their vulnerability and the very real risk of them ending in the wrong hands. al jazeera, along the balkan route. coming up, a show of force. south korea and the u.s. perform military drills following north korea's rocket launch. ahead more on the tension mounting in the region. and concern in turkey as the country's president grabs power. we'll talk to an expert about the threat to democracy there next.

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>> let's take a closer look. quelwelcome back to al jazea america. the secret service handled a security breach. they subdued a man from the dayton area who jumped security barrier and rushed toward the remember an presidential candidate the ups dent came within day after pro pester forced trump top cancel a rally in chicago. the stalled syrian peace talks will resume on monday in geneva both the syrian government and opposition say they will attend. however, the syrian regime says the fate of president bashar al-assad is not up for negotiation. troops from south korea and the u.s. are in the middle of a large-scale military exercise. it's an annual drill to test the defenses against north korea. and it comes amid heightened tension on the korean peninsula,

rob mcbride has the story. >> reporter: this is the show of force intended to impress. one of the set-piece drills of these annual exercises involving thousands of troops from south korea and the united states. and they come at a time of increased tensions on the korean peninsula. in response to these drills, north korea threatened preemptive strikes. while its leader kim jong-un was shown on state run media inspecting missile tests. far from provoking north korea says the u.s. military, this show of force insures stability. >> tend of the day we sin sincey believe in peace through strength. and it is in the strength of our alliance that we believe that we can deter and avoid war. >> reporter: north korea claims these exercises are a prelude to war, allowing south korea and its ally the united states to buildup forces ahead of an

invasion. that's always denied, but the u.s. contingent this year is the largest ever. doing little to ease the fears of the north. out at sea a short ride offshore by military aircraft, some of the vessels assembled for these war games. like this assault ship, carrying up to 3,000 sailors and marines when deployed for conflict. but the commander of this force insists these exercises have been planned for well over a year. >> it's not in response to anything that noter korea is doing, but we kne do think it's important to show the commit to him alliance and our readiness. >> reporter: getting ready for whatever or whenever the next crisis will be. rob mcbride, al jazeera, south korea. two turkish journalists are free today after being detained for writing an anti government article. president erdogan condemned their release.

critics say the president's rejection of anti--government press show that turkey is inching toward authoritarian rule. al jazeera's courtney keel keas more. >> reporter: a late night raid of an opposition newspaper's offices last week. a after a court ruling put the paper under government control. police evicted editors. the at the country's largest circulation periodical and one that had been critical of president erdogan. protests raged outside. >> translator: nobody can impose such a cruel america irrelevant imesh newer thispart of the wore have you seen this tyranny before. >> reporter: within days they were publishing pro government articles it's a shift away from democracy. and a far cry from what the country looked like 13 years ago. when erdogan's justice and development party took control in 2003, the government worked to strengthen the country's

faltering economy. and was widely praised for breaking the power of turkey once all-powerful generals. in 2012 erdogan told the country that they had a bright future for look forward to and turkey would soon be one of the greatest powers of the region and the world. but assert juan has led the country to increased influence he seems intend on keeping much of the power for himself. along the media track counsel, anti-government protests have been met with deadly police violence in recent years. religious minorities have been subjected to mandatory religious education. and nearly 2,000 people have been prosecuted for anti-erdogan statements. including a 13-year-old boy. the trend towards authoritarian rule is opposed by turkey's allies, but other events have diminished their ability do anything about it. many of the middle eastern refugees making their way to europe pass through turkey a recent deal with the e.u. seeks

to stem that flow. but the need to turkish cooperation has made it harder for leaders to pressure turkey over anti-democratic moves at home. >> translator: cooperation with turkey doesn't mean accepting everything from turkey. we need to be extremely vigilant which i am regarding certain measures that have been taken in particular those regarding the freedom of the president 67 the state department has been critical of events in turk. >> i i think we have been pretty clear in our assessment or our concern and expressing our concern about some of the steps, not necessarily by president erdogan, the turkish government and the turkish authorities have taken against, for exampleed media. >> but turkeys longboard we are syria and a rack gives it's a key factor in facing and other countries need erdogan and can do little more than complain as turk apes crack down continues.

in turkey members of the media are hoping for the best at well >> i think this is a dark period for our country, for our democracy. but i don't think that this dark period will continue it, knot be sustained and continued. >> reporter: but with west learn leaders rely on erdogan's collaboration, citizens who oppose the government may be left to speak out on their own. courtney kealy, al jazeera. and joining me from washington, d.c. is the director of national security at the bipartisan policy center. thank you so much for joining us. >> good evening, good to be with you. >> do you think turkey is moving towards authoritarian rule? and how dangerous is that industry owis that geopolitical. >> i think they are well on its way to arriving at a system that resembles russia more than it would resemble anything that we would recognize in europe and the united states as democracy.

and that's dangerous for a variety of ropes, not good for turkey's citizens, we don't like to see those values expressed as oppression and script of the media it's also dangerous for the country because it's in a very unstable region and not only is the government trying to crack down on the media and exert its influence, but it's also right now prosecuting a civil war against the minority kurdish population and the kurdistan workers party which is a terrorist group but also representing real minority rights and the more this civil war continues the more turkey will resemble syria and eye rook a country that's unraveling at its seams rather than a cohesive democracy that can function as an ali being a nato ally and a partner for western nations. >> in his early years in power president erdogan touted democracy for turkey. what exactly changed in him to where he's now closing down major newspaper and tear gassing journalists? >> well, i think that is the

$64 million question that everyone is asking. and what is very striking about turkey as the report you just had mentioned is not just what is happening today, but how it contrasts with the hope that everyone had for what erdogan and the justice and development party could accomplish. if we think back just five years in 2011, turkey was being hailed as model of democracy for the arab spring for countries trying to become democracies. it looks more like the regimes those countries used to have. one answer is that erdogan has decided that he wants to centralize power for himself. but i think there is a deeper answer here. and if you read some of the writings of erdogan, where the -- or the people that foundedded party with him, his mentors, you see that an autocratic vision, one that's really anti-western pervades the party. it has deep roots that go back and have ties to the muslim brotherhood and that sort of ideology was hidden for a long time it's now coming to the

fore. >> and as for western nations, the u.s. itself, state department choosing its words careful low this issue, making sure not to condemn turkey here, particularly president erdogan. why is that do you think? >> well, again, as your reported mentioned, i think there is a question here about whether the u.s. needs turkey more than turkey needs the u.s. and offense times it seems like it does, turkey is seen to be critical in the fight against isis in at tempt to solve the syrian civil war. for the europeans it is absolutely critical that they deal with turkey to try to stop the flow of refugees that is destabilizing europe itself. and so we expect a lot of help from turkey. and so we bite our tongues and do not criticize them in the hope that they will continue offering that help and maybe change their ways and so far, that strategy hasn't really played out very well for the last two years. but i guess we are going continues to see if it will work in the future. >> how is this freedom of speech

issue in the idea of this religious, reeducation affect the refugee crisis. >> well, i think what it's really swog dog is giving the president the authority to hide the nation's problems. so you have a country that is on the edge of civil war, but reporting about what is happening in the country's southeast, the plight of the kurds who are being killed often by the hundreds, by the military is not allowed to be talked about by the media. you have an economy that is faltering which is not being covered by the pro-government media. and you have the size of the refugee problem which is almost 3 million refugees now not being really discussed by the pro-government media. inning third talking about how erdogan the brilliant negotiator got 3 billion euros from the e.u. and how that will help save the country. so if people aren't informed about the crisis that are facing kurk i, if they don't know what's happening in hair own country it's hard for them to

make educated democratic choices and will affect the government in power. >> how do you reverse this train going towards this authoritarian rule do you think? >> well, it can only be reversed by turkey's people but i think they need to know that they have international support and the country that his claim to be ticker's allies and partners and that have long tried to move turkey towards democracy will support those who will standout on the street and say that turkey's government needs to change and that has to come from the highest level, from president obama, vice president biden from the e.u. saying this is not acceptable behave i don't are. >> we heard that from austria and germany but the united states has not take then stance just yet. >> that's right. >> all right, thank you so much director of national security at the bipartisan policy center. >> thank you. well, lebanon's garbage crisis may be coming to ends. the government has opened three new landfills to deal with eight months worth of uncollected

rubbish. it all began when the country's main garbage dump reached peak capacity the government's inaction sparked frosts viral campaigns and fear for the public's health. in ventur venezuela now hundredf opposition sporters held a rally in crack cuss calling for the resignation of nicholas maduro part of a push by his opponents to force him from the office as the country's economy worsens. virginia lopez explains. >> reporter: these are the streets of downtown caracas today. supporters of venezuela's president nicholas maduro came to condemn the renewal of a decree by the u.s. that rules that venezuela is a threat to their national security. these were the same streets when the late hugo chavez was still in power. it was a time of plenty. funded by record-high oil prices. but it was also a time when the larger than life leader was

making the calls. today, venezuela is ranked as one of the worst managed economies in the world. foods sold add regulated price is hihard zero come by and for e even harder to pay for. >> people are not going marches because they are standing in lines to find food if you march you cannot get food from your can children. >> this oil-rich nation frosting has become a luxury. a couple of years ago this avenue right behind me would have become what was known as the red tied with hundreds of thousands of supporters attending their leader's call to defends the revolution. but in the area of caracas where the opposition was holding its rally, it was no different. just like it was no different today at the twin march that the opposition has called to demand president nicholas maduro

resign. >> translator: i came thinking this was going to be huge. but there was a very poor turn out. maybe it's because the media is controlled by the government. and people didn't know about it. >> reporter: street demonstrations and political rallies have been a part of venezuela's political landscape for decades. but today a lack of unified leadership. the memory of recent police repression and a dez contract economic situation have left people feeling powerless. and unable to seek out change peacefully. virginia lopez, al jazeera. tomorrow french officials will release the results of their investigation in to the crash of german wings flight 9525. it's believed the copilot andreas lube i can deliberately flew the aircraft in to a french mountain side in march of last year. all 150 people on board were killed. families of the victims were briefed on the report on saturday. and many were displeased with the findings. >> translator: i am

disappointed. we have the interim report from 2015 in may and there were no new insights on top of that. >> other family members complained that the report contains only technical details and that it does not provide insight in to what led and enabled lube him to cause the h of their loved ones. six skiers dead after an avalanche struck if the italian alps earlier today. search and rescue operations are underway. the group went off trail so rescue crews are unsure just how many people trekked up the mountains it's one of the deadliest incidents in years. coming up the latest on the fight defense zika and the nonprofit health clinics at the forefronts against the violence in texas. plus the college basketball player month has overcome incredible odds and is on the verge of a national championship. stay with us.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. deadly violence on the trails of the iditarod race in alaska. a veteran musher and four-time champion jeff king were attacked by a person on a snowmobile earlier this morning. he deliberately apparently ran in to the team, one dog on king's team was killed and two others injured. despite the death of his dog, king says he will continue the race with the 11 remaining dogs on his team. alaskan state troopers say the attacker turned himself in. well, texas has confirmed 19

cases of zika virus all contracted overseas. but as mosquito seasons gets started that could quickly change. health clinics are dallas are brace to go a rash of case among the poorer. >> reporter: this mother is keeping a close eye on news from latin america about the zika virus. >> it's troubling because the mothers get if, and pass it to the babies without knowing. it's sad. >> reporter: with mosquito season around the corner, the greatest concern is in low income neighborhoods like this, where stagnant water where the bugs breed is common. which means here in texas, the frontline of zika defense looks like this. community clinics serving hispanic patients who are mostly poor being inning insured and with travel ties to countries experiencing the worst outbreaks. apart from its territories, the united states has not seen a case of locally transmitted

zika. but 32 states have reported cases transmitted through travel. and texas has seen 19 cases including one from sexual transmission. the director of dallas county health department says he fears motto tows will begin carrying the virus in dallas. >> if a human gets bitten in south america and comes back to the united states, and now is -- has symptoms and button by amos toe that starts the localized transmission association those clinics are going to be real key as individuals travel back and forth from those endemic countries. >> we don't turn anybody away for any reason in particular insurance or income. our primary focus is to provide access to care. >> reporter: so far no cases of zika have been diagnosed here at the mission east dallas clinic, but doctors vigilantly screening patients. >> so what our providers door are are doing is a process of elimination, what could be ruled out as either a heat crash, a

reaction to a detergents or is this something that we need to be paying attention to. >> reporter: the clinic has received funding from the federal boost and there is some concern the money won't stretch to cover zika response. >> we have to get ahead of the curve the funding that the clinics and everyone is reaching is enough for the current population. do you have enough funding for the up tick related to zika, i doubt it. >> translator: this clinic is great. they are watching out for us. >> reporter: and watching out for zika. heidi joe castro, al jazeera, dallas. randall pinkston joins us now with a look at what's coming up in our next hour, what you got? >> lots of news, erica, thank you. coming up on more of what looks like an attack on donald trump at the ohio rally. secret service agents stopping a protest he is a is he tried to leap to the stage. also we take a deep look at the rebel group al-shabab and america's effort to his shut

them down. and a dream comes true for a refugee living in a nightmare in a camp in greece. the thriving musician plays the piano for the first time in three years. lovely story. just some of what's coming up in our next hour. >> all right, we'll see new a couple of minutes randall, thank you. march madness is about to sweep the country. one story you may only see here is the inspirational story of a division ii basketball player both the today take the court, al jazeera's randy rosen explains. >> here is landis. in the paint. look at the finger roll by landis anderson. >> reporter: at first glass this 6'6" starting guard from florida has it all. >> slam done by landis anderson. >> reporter: a mean drive, quick feet. a killer three-point shot. >> line drives that one in. >> reporter: but when coach ryan marks of the university of st. francis in joliet, illinois was considering recruiting landis anderson for his division ii team, something seemed off. >> i kept moving the phone

closer and closer to my face and after a minute i go like he's only playing with his left arm. like what's the -- what's the deal here? >> reporter: anderson has herbs palsy a neurological disorder that allows him limited use of his right hand. but a disability his mother was having none it have. >> i remember struggling to try tie my shoe and saying on mom, i can't do it and she got on me. >> reporter: to motivate it his mom learned how to tyler own shoes with one hand just to prove to anderson that it could be done. >> my dad did that a lot as well but it was my mom that showed me the tough love and didn't take it easy me. and like pretty much caught me i can do whatever i wanted. >> reporter: and it didn't hurt that both of his parents played college at basketball. in fact, during a stellar high school career, landis was always so focused on being i a better player never even realized he was at a disadvantage. exempt for the occasion cat calls from fans of opposing teams. including some parents.

>> i will make like a good playoff something and i would hear parents say stop him he only has one are or something like that. and i can looking up at my mom and she give me this like scary face like you better go, play harder. >> reporter: today even with a face mask to protect an injured eye, landis thriving at the university of st. francis. some coaches may have never considered signing a player like anderson, but coach marks looked beyond his disability and saw something extraordinary. >> he has this unbeaten i didn't and tenacity with this he attacks every day. so i guess whatever the antithesis is of feeling sorry for him, those are the feelings that i have about landis. >> reporter: for years, anderson has heard from coaches and sports writers that he would definitely be playing baying-time division i college basketball if only. >> at a younger age it just pushed me to work harder i guess, to be the best that i can be. but as i got older, i just love

playing basketball and having fun playing the game. >> stolen by anderson. race to the basket, rises up. throws it down! >> reporter: and it shows. as the fighting saints starting guard he averages 8 points a game. all the while maintaining a 3. 3.8g.p.a. in criminal justice. thanks in part to lan advertise the team is 28-3 this year. the best record in school history. >> using his size and strength. >> reporter: the division i tournament, the big dance as they call it, will produce stunning plays and breakout stars. landis anderson won't be one of them. and for him, that's okay. >> sometimes thoughts creep in like, what life would be like if this injury didn't occur but i am happy. >> reporter: andy, al jazeera, joliet, illinois. officials in london are

investigating an incidents at the city's tallest building. a base jumper parachuted from the top of the 95-story skyscraper this morning, witnesses say the man leapt from the building and then opened a green parachute. he landed on the street and ran in to a subway station. building authorities are trying to figure out how he got in and, well, how he got to the top. but it looks like he is okay. i am erica, that does it for me in new york, thanks for watching. the news continues in just a few minutes with randall pinkston, have a great night, everyone. >>it's crazy money that you can make here. it's a ticking time bomb. >>do you know what chemicals have been in that tank? >> my big brother didn't wake up the next day. al jazeera america's... >> today they will be arrested. >>they're firing canisters

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this is al jazeera america i am randall pink soon in it new york with a look at today's top stories. a scare for donald trump today at a rally in ohio. a man is arrested after trying to jump onto the stage. >> how can you be shocked? this is the guy, remember, who was sure that i was born in kenya. >> the president talked about donald trump's message saying