solar system. tarek bazley, al jazeera. >> you can find out much more on our website, the address can aljazeera.com. video demand comment and analysis right there. >> candidates crisscross the country ahead of tomorrow's big winner take all contest. >> the only plan b available is return to war. >> the governmenta government an arrive for another round of talks to end syria's war. a powerful car bomb in turkey kills more than three dozen people. now the government is going after those who are responsible. and officials in louisiana say

they're experiencing the worst nonhurricane flooding the state has ever seen. presidential candidates are out in full force today, campaigning ahead of another crucial tuesday in the race for the white house. tomorrow, candidates will fight for two winner take all states, florida and ohio, which have huge delegate counts. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm richelle carey. governor john kasich of ohio is campaigning in a state in hopes of securing its delegates. former presidential candidate mitt romney, joining on the campaign, first time romney has campaigned on behalf of a republican candidate so far. roxana saberi is there.

roxana tell us why it's so important. >> richelle, 140 delegates is up for grabs. to beat hillary clinton by a small emergency bernie sanders is hoping. on the republican side 66 delegates is up for grabs, winnr take all. a new poll suggests trump and kasich are tied with 38%. if kasich wins it will be a little harder for donald trump to secure the republican nomination. if john kasich loses he says he will drop out of the race. richelle. >> what effect might there be for romney being out on the campaign trail? >> it is the first time he is on

the campaign trail this season. from 2012 we can see that mitt romney when he was running for president won the republican primary but went on to lose to barack obama here in ohio. for those who supported romney in the past it's possible this campaign would make a difference but on the other hand, it could back fire for those in the republican establishment and campaigning in a negative light. >> talk about columbus last night, that was the time for the democrats to talk and discuss their strategies against donald trump. >> reporter: that's right. both sanders and clinton criticized donald trump. they accused him of insighting violence. hillary clinton called donald trump bigoted while sanders called him a pathological liar but they would be the best candidates to beat him in

november. >> i'm the only candidate who has gotten more votes than donald trump about i got 600,000 more votes than donald trump about i'm building an inclusive campaign that's the best way to beat him by convincing people that this is really the highest stakes election they have ever been involved in. >> and he can be exposed as many, many levels not the least of which this is a guy who is a billionaire but doesn't think we should raise the minimum wage above $7.25 an hour. this is a guy who believes in defiance of all science, that climate change is a hoax. >> reporter: polls suggest that sanders is leading clinton -- sorry sanders is trailing clinton by double digits. the voting starts tomorrow at 6:30. >> roxana saberi, thank you.

okay let's hop over to florida now. robert ray is in orlando. robert what does the democratic race, where does it stand right now there? the republican race pardon me. >> reporter: no that's okay, that's okay. the gop ration if you look at the numbers -- race, if you look at the quin quinn quinnipiac poy of the different polls, marco rubio who has been crisscrossing his very own state looking for votes, has been losing to donald trump. which is a surprise to many, this is where he has been the senator for the past eight years. he's been trying to get the word out over the past few days. his volunteers are on the ground, he has a huge ground force here, whereas donald trump

doesn't really have that but yet he's leading. and also, marco rubio is trying to get a message that donald trump is not right for the gop. >> look i'll be honest with you, it's getting harder every day, it really is. while do i not want hillary clinton to be president of the united states, i do not, i want her to be defeated, i think we are battling conservatism, and i don't want the republican party to be defined by what i see from the donald trump campaign. >> you can hear the frustration in his voice. the donald trump campaign is calling him little marco. and with bullying tactics i'd be frustrated myself. but marco rubio is still trying to stay positive. >> why do you think he's still suffering these terrible poll numbers? >> reporter: he's been saying over and over to his volunteer

base, and the administration here, don't believe the polls they're going to knock it dead and surprise the u.s. they think they have different numbers than these national polls and not to worry. it seems like he's not that concerned and certainly if he does not win the state it would be likely a big impairsment for him and hard to move on even though his campaign says they will forge forward to arizona if they don't win tuesday. >> let's go to the democratic campaign. what about hillary clinton? >> she's got florida by every account you look at. bernie sanders is double digits behind. hillary clinton has the hispanic population, 4 million hispanics in the state alone. cubans and the populace women

vote here. not to mention the older population that is up and down the east coast of florida, seems like she's got a grasp on that and bernie sanders is trailing behind. i should mention one more thing about donald trump here. former governor sarah palin of alaska was supposed to give a speech and now her husband is in the hospital, after a snow mobile accident and she is wishing donald trump the best. just some amazing issues, it never end richelle. >> her claim donald trump's campaign manager assaulted her, michelle fields session, i can't stand by a campaign that won't

stand by me. fields said when she tried to ask trump a question at a rally his campaign manager grabbed her so hard she bruised. unemployment in illinois is higher than the national average and as al jazeera answer diane estabrook reports. >> layoffs began at this nabisco plant in chicago. >> i have a daughter in college and we have to scramble to figure out what to do. >> reporter: nabisco's parent is moving jobs to mexico rather than renovate this 60-year-old facility. drawing fire. >> when companies decides to leave like nabisco is leaving

and threaf gotten tax benefits to stay there, i'm going to claw back those benefits. >> i know how to stop it. >> jobs are tront and center for many illinois voters this election year. unemployment is 6.1%, more than a percentage point higher than the national rate. also significantly higher than other surrounding states in the rust belt. the line group in suburban chicago makes precision parts for companies like cummings and honeywell. an even higher problem for him is the high cost of doing business in illinois. he says while the state struggles under a massive $6 billion in defendants, his costs have increased. he says it's harder for him to add workers and create badly needed jobs. >> if i could up and move my

business i'd move it together but it would take me well over $1.5 million to move a factory of this size. >> reporter: but that's what this company is doing. two years ago vin seth convinced his father which owns this company to east chicago, indiana. 270 jobs went with it. $15 million in incentives and a more favorable business climate sealed the deal. >> we did everything we could to try and stay there but it just didn't make sense for us to do it. >> reporter: michael lucci fears even more manufacturers will leave if illinois doesn't balance its budget and make reforms. but he also thinks washington should help states even the playing field. >> we've always been the most innovative country in the world. but let's be competitive on how we structure our states and our

country to make it so businesses can grow and expand here. >> voters in illinois will support the candidate that they believe will provide a solution. diane estabrook, al jazeera. >> we are live in the battleground states and bring complete results beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern. after a scathing report on the city of ferguson, missouri, the city's budget rhymes heavily on crippling fees that are imposed when fines go unpaid. residents are often locked up when they don't pay those fees. general motors is back in court this week over its faulty ignition switches. jury selection begins today in the second trial involving a car crash allegedly caused by a

switch. plaintiff gave misleading telephone, a sell case, gm's already paid out $2 billion in settlements and penalties. flooding in louisiana has now been formally declared a major disaster. it's left at least three people dead there and thousands of homes in need of repair. the governor's office says nearly 5,000 homes have been damaged along the mississippi delta. the national guard spokesman says it's the worst nonhurricane flooding the state has ever seen. on sunday president obama signed a disaster declaration to bring federal aid to victims. nicole mitchell has more on the wet weather and what we expect to go forward. >> the good news of the flooding, a lot of this moisture has dropped off but there's so much moisture it's going to take especially the rivers a few days

to get back to normal if not longer. to the great lakes and northeast, another little band that has been growing through this afternoon and mid atlantic could cause strong storms and maybe hail with all of that. but mostly it's widespread moisture that we'll be dealing with including frozen precipitation on the northern side. this clears out a brief break later on tuesday and then by wednesday a system that will follow from the west could move in. it's a pretty active forecast especially for the next 24 hours, a lot of moisture for the great lakes and mid atlantic northward. i mentioned this snowy side of this, anywhere from vermont to maine, not going to stick too much because the ground is warm but watch for potential for just a couple of slick spots and as i mentioned those are the cooler temperatures that occur in the northeast with all this moisture. new york's 48 is also a warning temperature that will continue to go down through afternoon hours. a lot of warm air in the

midsection of the country and little cooler to the west because of the moisture we've had here. that plagues california over the weekend. we are starting to dry out a little bit, a lot more spotty but all that moisture is moving interior and could cause more snow for higher elevations. back to you. more than 2 dozen people are recovering after an amtrak train derailed. headed from los angeles to chicago after five cars came off the track in cimarron, kansas. there were 14 crew members and 150 passengers on board at the time. injuries not life threatening. in suburban washington, d.c, officer died in a shootout. the officer was four days shy of his 29th birthday. police say the attack was unprovoked. witness says a gunman was pacing outside the station and just

started firing. the fbi is helping to investigate. up next a virginia man allegedly fighting for i.s.i.l. is captured in iraq. and in syria, diplomats hope to build on a fragile truce. how president bashar al-assad's fate may impact a potential deal for peace.

>> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >> kurdish peshmerga forces say they have detained an american man fighting with i.s.i.l. in iraq.

27-year-old mohammed jamal ermine. told officers he was a former i.s.i.l. fighter and wanted to turn himself in. state department officials tell al jazeera they are working to confirm these reports. in geneva a new round of talks are underway to try to end the war in syria. u.n. envoy staffan de mistura will meet with the syrian opposition on tuesday. our diplomatic editor james bays has more in geneva. >> reporter: back in the u.n. in geneva for the latest rounds of syrian talks. chief negotiator bashar al jaffray has been here before. >> this is a moment of truth. >> staffan de mistura said there

is no plan b for syria. tends to move quickly to matter of substance. >> the mother of all issues, political transition. >> reporter: no sign they discussed that yet. ambassador jaffray has made it clear the role of president assad is nonnegotiable. he spoke mostly of nonprocedural issues. >> the final framework is very important to achieve substantive success. >> the main negotiation block will meet mr. de mistura on tuesday. the idea of political transition is simple, clear change, meaning the removal muc of president asd but the opposition is not likely to accept that. >> we know the mentality we're dealing with this.

it is not a suffer of five years, it is a suffer of 40, the role of the father, then the son. >> reporter: getting these talks restarted was hard enough but now they must deal with the most difficult core issues. james bays al jazeera at the united nations in geneva. vladimir putin says he is going to begin pulling out troops from syria. >> translator: so today there are about 10 million children in syria and in the region and there is almost one-third of these children one in three children who are under five years old. what does it mean? it means that one in three children in syria in the region today, one in three syrian children have known only war, have known only bombing and have only known fear displacements and dep vacation.

deprivation. this is getting worse and worse for children in that region. >> estimated 8.4 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian aid in syria or surrounding countries. 11 suspects tied to a suicide attack. car bomb exploded in a major transportation hub in ankara. at least 37 killed and dozens more hurt and today turkish police carried out raids detaining fighters they believed helped carry out the attack. al jazeera's mohammed jamjoom has more from ankara. >> reporter: the second car bomb to hit turkey's capital in less than a month. the blast ripped through the square, a densely populated transportation hub. the atmosphere was chaotic. is. >> translator: a woman sitting

beside me her seat just blew away, something pierced me through here and i have one in my arm. >> reporter: in february, 29 people, mainly military personnel were killed in a suicide car bomb attack claimed by a group calling themselves the kurdistan freedom falcons. since then, the country has been on tight alert. >> instructions were given but unfortunately terrorist aarticulates cannot be prevented 100% in any country. >> reporter: turkey is now facing multiple security threats as it is engaged in a war on two fronts. it is fighting i.s.i.l. in syria and iraq and the pkk in its southeast. now with the findings still to come, the country worries and waits as concerns about the overall security situation in

turkey grows. mohammed jamjoom, al jazeera, ankara. >> when al jazeera america returns, the iditarod race is marred by a drunk driver. and a supermarket in sweden that doesn't have any employees.

>> a ban on private gun sales are probably not stopping private owners from selling on the site.

announced that no longer could sell their weapons on facebook or instagram. buyers send private messages to make a deal. the author of the report matt drange explains why it's hard to crack down. >> facebook doesn't know what userusers doesn't tell them. facebook doesn't have a team of employees going out, they only know about them if users notify them. the issue and the challenge is there's really no incentive for a gun owner or gun enthusiast there one of these groups to report to facebook what's happening in their groups. there is no active enforcement of this. it's only if facebook is made aware of a gun sale that it will take action. an alaska man is being held on $50,000 bail after he

intentionally drove a snow mobile into a team of dogs. >> i hope they can forgive me, i didn't mean it. >> reporter: a tearful rarnd says he watearful arnoldsaid he. >> he didn't turn around didn't slow down. >> one of jeff king's dogs was killed in the crash and at least two others were injured. >> sorry that this had to happen to him. we wanted to come down and give jeff our condolences. it's very tragic for what happened. we're all in shock. >> something like this kind of affected the whole community. >> the associated press reported damoski as not remembering what happened. but the snow mobile driver turned around multiple times. >> i turned around because i was concerned about them.

>> ali zerkel was okay but one of her dogs was injured in the yash. in the crash. >> it's depressing. i'm not wanting to think about it i keep going back in my head. >> the iditarod will continue another week or two, and both teams are committed to seeing their teams through. hermela aragawi, al jazeera. a to b store in sweden. be owner was inspired by one time when he needed baby food late at night and had to drive 20 miles. there are security cameras to discourage shoplifting. pretty neat idea. thank you for joining us i'm richelle carey.

the news continues live from london, so keep it here. >> this is al jazeera. >> hello there i'm julie mcdonald, this is the newshour live from london. coming up: russia announces its withdrawing its main force from syria. as talks take place in geneva to end the five year conflict. refugees stranded in greece wade a flowing river in a desperate attempt to reach macedonia. >> an al qaeda linked group said it carried out the attack on ivory coast. we're in hong