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suicide bomber that killed for in istanbul. >> more violence at a trump rally as the front-runner's campaign manager is accused of getting physical with a protestor, and the syrian refugee crisis through the eyes of the family struggling to survive outside of their homeland right now president obama and his family are of cuba, making president obama the first sitting u.s. president to visit the island nation in 90 years. he'll spend three days in cuba touring old havana and taking in a baseball game and helle confront the irish relations between the two countries that lasted for two decades. mike viqueira joins us from havana. good evening to you. how has the president spent his

first hours on the island? >> well good evening to you. the president going to the u.s. embassy saying it's an historic opportunity. the embassy opened in washington and havana respectively, today, truly an historic visit as you point out, the first since the waning days of calvin koolidge administration. the president, almost the first thing he did, when he got off the plane. the president is touring old havana with his family, he has malia and sasha with him, and his mother-in-law, marion robinson. almost a celebratory air. the president has a lot of event, this is officially is state visit. he'll meet with a raul castro, the president and will do a number of things to highlight

what the white house hopes is an effort to cement the initiative, taking to normalize relationships with cuba, cognisant that it is an election year, and doesn't want his predecessor to reverse what is done. the appearance is substantive and symbolic. >> anti-government protesters were arrested in havana before president obama landed. how will you address the united states' political differences with cuba? >> right. the white house is sensitive to the issue. they are called the ladies in white. they have a protest every sunday, a protest on the castro administration policies. today, the day the president was to arrive, hours before he touched down, they had their weekly march. they were detained by cuban authorities, that has been a discordant note.

making headlines around the world. topping many of the stories. less significantly, from the moment air force one topped down, it's been pouring rain in havana. the pictures are not what they wanted. back to the issue of dissidents, the cuban government, the people i talked to believe many of the dissidents in their view are paid by outside entities within the united states, and within the united states government. they don't believe they are legitimate. there was a group of counter-protestors there, that assisted the police in detaining the ladies in white. the president will be meeting with a dissident group on one of the days here, the white house going out of their way to make sure that is on the schedule, as well as assuring everyone that an address the president is going to give to the cuban people will be televised throughout cuba. important for people to know he'll take the message of civil liberties and justice for dissidents to the cuban people

while he's here. >> interesting. talk about what is on the agenda for tomorrow. >> well, for tomorrow the president starts with a wreath laying at the cuban nationalist hero from the 19th century, jose marte. he has a bilevel with raul castro, and the white house is ecstatic saying the president will not meet fidel castro, who led the island nation in 2008. then he'll have an entrepreneurial summit. he has brought in toe and the president has a number of leaders of major corporations. marriott starwood hotels, xerox corporation, paypal, a list of a dozen or more american ceos and top officials, an effort not only to open up cuba to american businesses, but to put pressure on congress. only congress can do that.

the republicans said no how, no way would they undertake that, at least through the end of the president obama administration. >> mike viqueira live in havana. thank you so much president obama stds arrival in cuba signifies an historic moment in the history of the two countries, patty culhane looks at some memorable exchanges between the united states and cuba. >> reporter: for more than 50 years this is the image many americans had of cuba, fidel castro, the face, passionate voice of a revolution. he led the overthrow of a brutal dictator backed by the u.s. relations between the two had a fresh face. >> changes in our own lives and the lives of the united nations, and change is harder when we carry history. >> it was marked by suspicion

and animosity, taking the world to brink of the nuclear war. >> direct center goes back to the 19th century. cubans ruled their land, but the leaders governed with the backing of the u.s. there was economic growth, poverty and resentment. in 1959 fidel castro and his followers fought their way into the capital. under him. cuba became a one-party state. he travelled to the united states, only to be publicly shunned by president dwight eisenhower who went golfing to avoid the meeting, farming it out to richard nixon. >> it was awkward. castro said we'll go to white house, but we are not going to cow to you to washington and get on our knees and beg for money.

>> reporter: that's when president eisenhower began an embargo, and castro responded by nationalizing american business. >> that's when the american tried to overthrow castro in overt and crow vert way. there was a bay of pigs invasion that failed. the c.i.a. tried to kill him in a series of botched plots. the soviet union had placed missiles capable of carrying nuclear missile on the island. >> it shall be policy for alaunch from cuba as an attack by russia on the united states. >> this was one of the most dangerous moments in human history the soviets removed the missile. the u.s. were firm enemies.

the countries remained in a stalemate, until this. fidel's brother took over, and this handshake with u.s. president obama signalled things could change, and they did. now with this visit president obama is hoping to solidify the new approach. he could only do so much. the embargo could only be lifted by the u.s. and it showed not to do it president obama is not holding up his end of the nuclear deal it's been said. ayatollah khamenei accused the u.s. of trying to undermine the benefits the agreement was supposed to bring to iran. he said that european banks and other financial companies are still reluctant to do business in iran fearing retaliation by washington. the agreementeneded nuclear

related sanctions, but many u.s. economic sanctions are in place. no evidence the main suspect in the paris massacre was planning more attacks from brussels. the man's legal team is fighting extradition to france. >> investigators say the suspect told them of other operations in france and brussels, and they are convinced others are involved in the network, beyond those identified. >> reporter: investigators say suspect salah abdeslam had plans for more operations, including restarting something in brussels. >> he wants to go to paris and be a suicide bombing, but he stopped. we don't know why, but he stopped. and the next informations are that he was ready to restart something from brussels, and maybe it's the reality, because we have found a lot of weapons,

heavy weapons in the first investigations, and we have seen a network of people around him speaking at a forum on sunday, the belgium foreign minister said investigators found 30 people involved in the attacks. but for certain there are others salah abdeslam has been held by belgium police since his arrest. his lawyers do not want him extradited to france. >> he is cooperating with the legal authorities, in the context of the european arrest warrant. i can tell you that we refuse extradition. >> in paris senior ministers held a meeting with security officials over the weekend. >> salah abdeslam will have to answer for his actions in a french court. the need for justice is what all the relatives are demanding, as well as the french people. the belgium foreign minister says existing laws require the suspect to be sent to france wn

three months. in the coming hours there'll be more contact. to make sure the extradition is fully respected according to the law. >> as the questioning conditions, another suspect remains at large. he was seen driving a car used in the paris attack, two days before the massacre. and salah abdeslam had been on the run for more than four months. days before his arrest they found an arsenal of heavy weapons, the discovery led them to believe he was in brussels, and the place which he raided. >> thank you so much in turkey, authorities say a member of the isil was the suicide bomber in the istanbul attack. two americans were among the four killed. turkish president vowing to foil the plot of any attacker using terror to influence turkey. we have the latest from istanbul. >> according to the minister of

interior, the 24-year-old man, a turkish national, mehmet ozturk, was the perpetrator of the explosion in istanbul. what we know is on saturday also authorities arrested a father - his father, the suspects father and a brother and two others. and the authorities carried out tests and this is when they confirmed the identity of that suicide bomber. the minister said that he is affiliated to isil, the islamic state of iraq and levant. there is a sense of fear and uncertainty. turkey is embracing for more violence to come. >> a sombre move moves over the street. this is the heart of istanbul's commercial life line, a place where locals and tourists hang out. after a suicide bombing on

saturday, the avenue is overshadowed by fear. people here hold the vigil for the victims. at the moment the blast went off around noon. hundreds of people ran for cover. when a loud explosion was heard. a day later the security forces are searching for clues. this woman says anyone could be a suspect. >> translation: istanbul has many living here, and many visit from abroad. anything could happen. >> translation: we will never surrender to the agenda of terror, we will not lose our vision. we will never move away from our targets. we will defeat the terror organizations and the powers behind them by looking after the

unity of the nation. >> there has been a string of bomb attacks. a blast killed 37 people. kurdish separatists linked to the armed group claimed responsibility. the government insists the country is safe. it will have to convince not only the citizens, but the tourists that contribute to the economy greece has started sending refugees on the island of lesbos back to turkey, it is part of a deal agreed upon between the european union and turkey, as the process takes place, more refugees keep coming. zeina khodr has more. this is where the boats had stopped. the latest arrivals are refugees from syria, many from the war torn city of aleppo. they are making the dangerous

journey across the agean sea to reach the greek island. the european union hoped an agreement would discourage asylum seeker. people that managed to reach their shores are hopeful they will not turn back. >> i don't think they will reject us. we are coming from a destroyed city. we are asking for asylum on humanitarian grounds. not only as yes warrant the country, but the situation in turkey is bad for us. >> reporter: these people want to make their way to mainland europe. others with their family life, who made the journey before them. >> translation: the situation is bad in aleppo. we endured four years of war and rocket attacks. i don't want to be sent back. my father and two sisters are in turkey and i miss them. >> tighter restrictions and the closure of the ball can root

means people will be stuck here. there are now rules in place. according to the new agreement between the european union and turkey, the new arrivals could be sent to turkey. they'll be given a chance to apply for asylum. but there are no guarantees. >> others have criticized the deal. it is feared that the majority that arrive in europe qualify as refugees and require protection. it's 10, 11km from greece to turkey. so this port, six hours inside the water and the smuggler go back to turkish. so i don't think they'll agree to go back to turkish. >> reporter: this 6-year-old and

her brother do not know the rules, all they hope is to escape the war and lives become better. >> halla says she was squarelied while crossing the sea. but she nose why her family had to do it. the situation in aleppo is very bad cause of the bombardment. the agreement to send back new arrivals entered into force on sunday. the e.u. promised greece assistance to agree with the places that may not be the hard mart. the people say they will not accept any move for a setback a look at the crisis and struggles families face to survive. and we ask of question: what happens to supporters that marco rubio won now they he's out of the race.

there's a disgusting guy puts a ku klux klan hat on, things he's cute. he's a disgusting guy video of violence at a trump rally in arizona saturday emerged. a man who punched and kicked a protestor was arrested. trump says he does not condone the violence and it's getting if the way of freedom of rights. and another video of the

campaign manager reaching for the collar of a protestor. the man was having a conversation when a man pulled him from behind. it was called spirited marco rubio dropped out of the republican race for president after losing a donald trump in florida. along the way he picked up delegates, 154 of them. who gets them now. paul beban breaks down the options. >> i want to congratulate donald trump on his big victory. >> it was the final blow for marco rubio. a disappointing finish in his home state. >> now that he has no longer in the running, what happens to the delegates. the answer, because the republican national committee allows each state to set rules, it's complicated. first there are three dates

where marco rubio can be reallocated. next is the big group of states where marco rubio's delegates would be what is called unbound. able to vote for whomever they want, sooner or later. >> in a few states the delegates can choose a candidate. in others they are stuck with marco rubio until he releases them. finally there's the states when the delegates are bound, marco rubio's, until the convention. that is when things could get more complicated. some states require them to vote for marco rubio. others to vote for him the entire time. >> thank you and god bless you. >> reporter: but that and other rules could change between now and when the republicans arrive in cleveland for the convention in july, as we have seen in this campaign, the cold rules do not apply. >> and joining us from

washington d.c. is alicia collins, a reporter at politico. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> sticking to the rubio benefit here, can his candidates transfer to another. >> it's state by state totally different. we are seeing, beside delegates with donors and supporters, especially on ted cruz, that he is really making a play behind the scenes as marco rubio started to go down in the wols, the cruz campaign was wheeling and dealing, making sure in places they could get the delegates, they were, and they were getting the donors and endorsement. >> what are the chances marco rubio supporters jumped to trump? >> i think they are low. i do think there'll be supporters. i think the closest person to

reveal is kassig. it's mathematically impossible to get the number of delegates needed to win the nomination outright. ted cruz - less likely, but he's looking like the closest person to be donald trump, so he's hoping to get the marco rubio supporters. >> no doubt it's clear that rubio is no friend to donald trump. he continues to refuse to show support for the g.o.p. front-runner. let's take a listen. >> i don't know. i talked about the fact that i think clinton would be terrible. the fact that you are asking me that question, i intend to support the republican nominee, but it's getting harder every day. >> i mean, eliza, if other leaders like him follow suite. is it good or bad for trump? >> i think it could kind of be

argued both ways. for the support needed to win the nomination and the general. he needs supportses from federal republicans, he'll be meeting with people tomorrow to get people in congress on his side. his supporters do not like the establishment or the main stream. they are fine with, you know, donald trump being the outsider. >> all right. let's talk about the trump violence at the rallies, getting out of control. from chicago to tuscon, what do you make of this. >> trump had protesters at the rally from the beginning. the difference is it's hit a fever pitch. the protesters are outside. he had to shut in chicago. in phoenix there was a highway closed. it's gone to another notch. a lot of people are saying it comes from donald trump. he has said things like knock him out. people used to go away on a stretcher. i think that strump is

deflect -- donald trump is deflecting blame. people are pointing at him saying you are causing this. >> trump doesn't seem to be backing down even though violence intention is growing. should we expect this to get worse, if he is the nominee? >> with donald trump, we have no idea what to expect. he's a controversial character, if he is the nominee, i can't imagine people will stop protesting. unless he changes completing, people will be protesting donald trump. they have started to get more security at rallies, if you see the campaign manager getting out in the crowd. there might be better management. but i can't imagine the protesters going away. and if there are protesters there, and while trump is not directly causing the violence. should he be responsible to

refuse to condemn it. he is not going out there and saying please don't do this. this is not american, this is not what we do. he's not doing that. should he do that. should it be his path to stem this flow of violence? we see him doing it a little more. he has no longer saying the knock him out line. he's saying don't hurt him. the way he's doing it is blaming it on how it will be perceived. not what the right or wrong thing to do is. they'll talk about it in the news so don't hurt him. let him out this way. >> let's talk contested convention. is it inevitable. it so, who will come out as the republican nominee. >> we really don't know. i don't think it's inevitable. because donald trump could still get that 1237 and ted cruz, also less likely, if he pulls through, he can. we don't know - we haven't seen

what the support is without marco rubio in the race. so i don't think it's inevitable, i think it's looking likely, and going in, i have no idea. you know, trump's arguing if he doesn't get the magic number, he will have the majority, he should be given the nomination. john kasich is banking on the convention, thinking he can win. ted cruz thinks he can. i don't know who will come out on top if there's a contested convention. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. and coming up, a closer look at a project to spotlight the every day troubles of syrian children. stay with us.

>> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. welcome back do al jazeera america, here is a look at your top stories. president obama is in cuba for an historic visit. 15 months after announces that the u.s. and cuba would work to open diplomatic solutions. trade between the countries are loosened. yesterday white house announced that air-b&b will be permitted to operate more widely in kush a a suicide bomber in istanbul has been identified as a member of the isil.

two americans were among the four killed the man accused of masterminding the paris attacks is fighting extradition to france. the 26-year-old was captured in a raid on friday. investigators believe he was plotting attacks in brussels, 130 died in the paris attacks the world continues to watch as the syrian refugee crisis gets worse, with no end in sight. nearly 9 million syrians have been displaced since the war began 5 years ago. a video series aims to highlight the struggle many of the refugees face. >> reporter: five years ago when the war in syria began, the settlements began. the people that came thought they'd bee here for a month, two months, maybe a year.

now it's five years. now it's getting harder and harder particularly for women and children. >> reporter: this boy is 12 years old. every day he and his brother walk 25 minutes to work long hours for little pay. their parents can't work, having suffered injuries during the flight from war. even if they were healthy. the host governments like lebanon don't allow the refugees to work. this is putting a burden on children to do what they can to make a little bit of money for their families. >> child labour is a phenomenon

that has increased. the children should not be on the streets, they should be playing, going to school. sadly, it's not happening. they have to five. when it comes to survival instincts, you have to do what you have to do and help your family. for these young girls, like this 13-year-old child bride. the burden can be high. this is her mother and father. they agonized whether to marry her to her cousin. now they are agonising more living with the decision.

there's no official statistics when it comes to early marriage. i have seen refugees for the last five years, every time i come to this area and talk to rev guise, i meet a family that has to make this difficult

decision. >> syrians representatives the largest refugee population in the world. these are two of more than 2 million children who are part of an increasingly lost generation. the choods are -- childhoods are disappearing and their future under i talk. >> that is ultimately the saddest when you see so many young people can't read and write. whose dreams and visions will never materialize unless they have some stability, and unless they are able to access education. they have opportunities in life

such a powerful video. joining me in studio is chris lee, the photographer with the ground truth project who captured the moving moments, and from washington d.c., mark smith, the junior director for

humanitarian emergencies and world vision, an organisation that helped to arrange the visit to the camp. thank you both for joining us. chris, i'll start with you first, as the cameraman for this series in lebanon. you are right alongside the children who are going out foraging for money, food to survive. help their families survive. talk to us about a moment that hit you in the gut as you followed the kids around. >> there were a lot of them. i don't know if i can say that there was just one particular - maybe it's just the whole kind of concept of the fact that - like, you know, the media, n.g.o.s and that stuff. the lost generation, so, like the children. so i think coming to the realisation when you hear these stories, coming to the realisation that they are faced

with huge hurdles, and, you know, they have to fight their way to gain some kind of move like a normal life. so it's really tragic. you talk to like kids like - that are working on the streets and everything like that. they are not in school. they are not getting a proper education, they are losing their childhood. and it creates a long-standing problem for the future, and it's creatingar big hurdle in the further -- a big hurdle in the future. it's one of the tragic things about war and the effects of it. >> absolutely, and the kids look so young, and they are forced to grow up so quickly because of it. let's bring you in now. i did not realise that the host costs, like lebanon and turkey do not allow the refugees to

work, yet they are in settlements and have to pay rent. which seems to be forcing the kids to the streets. is it a growing concern, and how can it be helped? >> yes, it is a very significant concern. in jordan and lebanon especially. families, men and women, had restrictions on them entering the labour market. you have an underground or a black market economy that has been developing. in turkey, the turkish government passed legislation that would allow syrian refugees to work in the country, we are hopeful for the families that are in turkey, but it is creating some tremendous pressures on families to have their children to enter the informal economy, to marry off young girls so it's a less burden on the family. there's all kind of pressures that families are facing if yes

cannot earn an income. that is a very significant issue that the international community is working with governments in the region to address that issue. >> you bring up early marriage, which is something i want to talk about and that has been addressed in the series. it's sad that parents feel forced to marry their children off, the girl in the video, 13, just to keep them being harassed by other men. how common is this? >> well, it's - the thing that children are facing across the region, that is one. issues. early marriage. i don't know if it's - if you are talking millions of young girls, but you would be talking thousands of young girls. another risk that we are facing is the families making a decision to flee to europe, so you have a lot of people making

the hazardous journey across the see. you have children who are starting to work in environments that may not be safe, they are being exploited there. >> you have children in syria, in danger of being caught up in the concept. and we find for example in syria alone, there are 2 million children under the age of five that are nourished, we have food security issues, and across the region, the numbers that are not in school are staggering. the numbers of children that are not in school has halved. in jordan, only 50% are in school. and turkey 25%, and lebanon 25% of refugee children. the challenges the kids are facing from all, you know, all kind of pressure on them. it's staggering. >> it really is. it's so sad, chris.

what i found striking from this video, was how the adults seem to feel somewhat defeated. they come out and they say they have lost hope. everything is for their children at this point. they don't see much of a future. then the children who are out there in in the middle frying to survive and get food and money, even the young girl, they are the ones that say they have hope for better days ahead. was that the general feeling that you were getting from the kids you were spending time with? >> yes. yes. i mean call it youth. idealism. it's something that a lot of the youth have a positive out look. we may be suffering, but things will get better in time. i mean, my - you know, my

experience with - especially the syrian refugees is that they are very proud and resilient people and, you know, to see the adults especially, like parents, be like beaten down like that by circumstances outside of the control. and for every family that goes through everything like that. they have a certain amount, glimmer of hope, and opt miss. that things will pan out in the end and they'll return to some kind of normalcy. >> what do you heap will pan out in the project? >> it's a heavy question. i think mostly the western media, especially in america, we have forgotten that this problem has been very - has been

existing for a long time in the middle east. jordan, turkey, lebanon. >> it's happening every day. >> exactly. and for us as media to concentrate on a crisis is one-sided and i think we owe it to people that suffer, whether they be syrians or the african refugees, we need to cover the whole spectrum and educate people and make them realise that this is going on. >> thank you for signing a light on this situation. thank you so much to chris lee and mark smith. thanks again. >> thank you. >> all right. coming up, in louisiana, budget cuts lead to a massive shortage

of public defenders, leaving many in gaol rain is snowing across the north-east. the big threat is across new england, where eight inches of snow is expected. more details of that, when i return.

joy mccorvey is here with -- kevin corveau is here with the weather. >> there has been a lot of uncertainty about the system we see across the north-east. as we ended the week, we didn't

know how far off the coast this would be. that has a lot to determine how much snow we'd get with the storm. the snow totals have come down in certain areas. a lot of rain over the last couple of hours turned to mixed precipitation. in new york, temperatures are in the mid 30s. what is coming down is not going to freeze on the ground. as you see, as temperatures cool off. we see a lot of mixed precipitation. new york is not under a warning or advisory. we are looking at the eastern shore, an advisory there. most of the new york and new england. most of the snow that falls will be across parts of new england. across rhode island and ascertain massachusetts, where we could see eight inches of snow. for new york, maybe up to 8

inches, most regions, one or two inches there. they are across the united states temperatures are not looking pad. we are looking at freeze warnings, temperatures will drop, with another system pushing through. oklahoma city - we'll be waking up with 31. up to wish ita, 33 -- wichita, 33 degrees as well if you can't afford an attorney one will be provided to you, it's your constitutional right. in louisiana, a lack of public defenders leaves many defendants in gaol and cases in limbo. jonathan martin reports. >> reporter: new orleans's chief public defender is doing what he hoped he would never have to do - turn away clients seeking representation. >> it's terrible. no one becomes a public defender so they can tell poor people in trouble no.

>> following budget cuts they are had to lay off 30 of its lawyers. they had to refuse many cases, it's troubling in new orleans, where 85% of criminal defendants cannot afford a private attorney. we had people in gaol waiting for motions, bond arguments, and we don't have the resources to do it ethically. >> this is a constitutionally protected right. we have to make sure the money is there. >> the american civil liberties union is suing the public defenders office, those that have been in gaol for weeks awaiting council. >> they can't go back to work. for no reason they need the money. to help with the problem,

attorneys offered to represent the clients. the real solution is changing the way the public defenders office is funded. >> two-thirds of a budget comes from traffic finds. in new orleans, priorities shifted, and police are writing fewer tickets. >> you can pay your lawyers by writing tickets. it's a formula that doesn't make sense. >> reporter: others in louisiana face a crisis, it's agreed na louisiana may need to overhaul its criminal justice system. louisiana has the nation's highest incarceration rate and some harsh sentencing laws. >> if we weren't prosecuting and incarcerating so many, we wouldn't need the money to defend them. >> the solution is to shrink the system. add resources or a combination

of both. and randall pinkston is here with a look at what is coming up. what have you got. >> as you reported, a very important day in cuba. president obama the first sitting president to visit there in 88 years. we examine the issues that led to the cold war between the two nations. it is the topic of tonight's "the week ahead". >> pope francis uses his annual palm sunday message to grid size those he said had abandoned refuges. they are some of the stories ahead in the next hour. >> see you in a few minutes. thank you the president's trip to cuba may be serious in nature. president obama hopes to get some laughs. >> friday he taped a segment with a comedian who has a running joke about calling the white house. >> this is president obama.

>> k. >> kibula. >> i'm looking forward to it. the american people and the cuban people are friends. was the president speaking a little spanish there. the show is watched by about two third of all cubans. it's taken the nation by storm. the live baled eagle cam stream has given viewers, including me the thrill of watching two national birds being hatched. oh my goodness, look at the baby birds. the first hatched friday. the second yesterday. since the birth, the parents named mr president and the first lady created an internet sensation caring for and feeding their pips, as the little

ooeglets are called. >> there are rumours that the ooeglets nay be named sasha and malia. i could watch this stream all day long, ho about you? >> i'm leave it to you i'm erica pitzi in new york, thank you for joining us, the news continues with randall coming up next. stay with us.

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this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston with a look at the top stories. president obama begins a 2-day trip to havana. on the agenda a state dinner, baseball game and discussion of a problem that kept the two nations apart for decades. the topic of tonight's "the week ahead". >> also, the two