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>> in order to get intelligence isil elusive number one. al baghdadi. >> now to belgium where police arrested three people in a series of raids connected to this week's bombings. two of the suspects were shot in the legs. al jazeera's dominic kane has more on the authorities' attempt to break up a network behind the attacks. >> police move in to apprehend a suspect. the man had refused to comply with their requests to remove his rucksack, and so they shot him. afterwards a robot was sent in to investigate. the man was wounded and arrested.

those who witnessed the incident gave their reactions. >> we heard a boom. we thought it might an car accident. we then heard a second boom and saw that heavily armed police. when we tried to get close they told us to get out of the way. >> we were asked to stay indoors all the time it was going on because the police were worried that there might be another shooter. >> on thursday the belgium authorities had reduced the threat level suggesting that the danger had abated somewhat. but as these vents show tension in this city is still very high. the incident was not the only one in brussels on friday. other people were picked up by the authorities elsewhere in the city. the investigation into the bombings now shows that one of the airport bombers was najim. >> why did you stop contact with him. >> because he was in syria.

>> did you try to get hold of him? >> he's in syria. it's difficult to get a phone number. >> was it his oh choice or his family? >> no, it was a technical choice, our choice, i have not idea, there was no more contact. >> the third and last day of international mournings that been observed. secretary of state john kerry expressed his sympathy. expressed his sympathy.

>> as france announced it was deploying police after the brussels bombings, president holland called for better information sharing between the e.u. states. >> if we have this shared intelligence strategy knowing where they might be, knowing how they can use their skills learned in syria, learned in yemen, better we have the capability of preventing these attacks. >> in belgium this week's events led to the justice and interior ministers offering to resign although they turned down the

gesture. while in france politicians in the ruling party accept there have been security failures. >> we did not do enough, and we did not act quickly enough. there were a number of measures that have been planned for some time that need the european parliaments' approval including recording air passenger details so we can keep track of people's movements. >> hours before thursday's raid there was an outpouring of anger in paris, requiring a heavy police presence. >> weed into to look at what w weed into to do to make people safer. >> that is a message being echoed all around. >> people are paying tribute to those killed and more 300

wounded. a choir joined the mourners, their message in solidarity with the victims in defiance letting attackers know that they will not be intimidated. two dutch siblings died in the attack. their family and friends confirmed the deaths today. roxana saberi is here. >> the brother and sister were at the brussels airport on tuesday when the bombs exploded. they're among at least 31 people killed from more than 40 countries. >> sasha and alexander were living in belgium on their way back to the u.s. for a visit. the brother and sister were standing in a ticket line at the brussels airport on tuesday. on the phone with their mother when the bombs exploded. >> look, we know they're alive. >> james kane, the father of alexander's fiancé still held on

to hope on thursday. >> the parents and families deserve a chance to be there with them. >> on friday he confirmed the siblings' death. saying in a statement on behalf of their family, we're grateful to have closure on this tragic education, and we're thankful for the thoughts and prayers of all. alexander loved animals. he ran this instagram account dedicated to his dog nelson. sasha spoke five languages and interned at the u.n. in a catering company in new york. on friday the company posted this message on facebook calling sasha warm and lively with a great future. adding, we will miss her tremendously. among the roughly dozen americans who survived, mason wells, the 19-year-old from utah spoke from his hospital bed in brussels. bandaged but feeling lucky to be alive. >> the blast was really loud. it even lifted my body a lifte

a little bit. i remember feeling hot and cold feelings inside my body. i was covered in a fair amount of blood. >> on friday the secretary of state john kerry paid tribute to the victims in belgium and vowed to work with belgium authorities to prevent more attacks and more deaths. >> it is with irreplaceable loss in mind that we will renew our vow to come together against a common enemy in order to keep our people safe. >> a state department spokeswoman confirmed to us that two u.s. citizens are among the dead, but their names have not yet been released. >> roxana saberi, appreciate it. thank you. a suicide-bomber struck a soccer stadium killing 29 people and wounded 60. the attack came after the iraqi military announced it is making gains against isil in anbar province. and isil has claimed responsibility.

>> also in baghdad, thousands of followers of iraqi shiite cleric muqtada al-sadr are protesting again, they're threatening to take things further if no action is taken in the next 24 hours. we're following vents from the green zone. >> this is the green zone of the iraqi authority and u.s. embassy. tens of thousands of protesters gathered here calling for reforms. they're saying there is no retreat unless the iraqi prime minister takes real measures to reform the country that the from the administration and corruption. this say they want corruption from previous governments to be

dismissed. this comes at a time when the iraqi prime minister is about to announce a new cabinet. >> reporting from baghdad. at the greek macedonian border refugees are refusing orders to remove shelters. they're choosing to say in a makeshift tent. in those tent cities opening that those borders will reopen. most of the them are staying put. >> this time the government in greece has been able to convince migrants and refugees to move. some people are now convinced that the border with macedonia will not open. the police and workers explain tat evacuation is voluntary and the conditions in government-run camps are better. but the majority of people are still refusing to go. they prefer to stay here where ther they have been for weeks.

for now they're blocking the railway tracks blocking the board. they hope to persuade the macedonian authorities on the other side to let them in. >> people came here to cross, not stay in camps. some people have been separated from their families. i have two children in germany. one in the relocation program sends me somewhere else? what do i do? >> the refugees are losing patience and they fear the relocation program will take months. we're human beings as they make an appeal to the world to end their suffering. it may take some time. >> there are some challenges in this relocation program. they're due to logistical issues. the capacity is limited, so the--even the government is scaling up. we know for this they are recruiting more people, and so we know for sure that in the next days the capacity will increase. >> greece is now home to 50,000

migrants and refugee who is say they feel trapped. people are confused here. there is a lot of uncertainty and the conditions are only getting worse. according to the united nations among a population of more than 12,000 people, 4,000 are children. and the tents have done little to protect them from the rain and the cold. hussein and his family are so desperate that they say they want to go back to syria, even if it means returning to raqqa controlled by isil. they have no money left. they sold all they own to reach here. now they share a tent with dozens of others. >> going back to syria is better than staying here even though our house has been destroyed and we paid everything to take on our journey. we escaped death there, but here we are dying. send us back. >> the flash point is the syrian refugee crisis, this was not their intended destination, but

now it's become just that with many losing hope. >> at the crossroads of immigration and national security, foreign nationals fighting for their u.s. citizenship in the army. and the debate to protect one of oregon's most treasured canyons.

>> north korea paraded another american in front of the cameras to confess to apologize to espionage charges. the 62-year-old president of a trade and hotel services company. it comes nine days after an american student was sentenced to 15 years in hard labor for stealing. now we'll look at a controversial program that allows the u.s. military to enlist people who entered the country illegally. critics say it is a dangerous policy that puts the country at risk. al jazeera's duarte reports from fort being in georgia. >> dave tomlinson is an immigrant from jamaica. he just became a citizen.

>> i just decided to join the army because i wanted to see the process a little bit. >> that process becoming an american citizen can take up to five years from the time of the foreigner's green card which grants permanent resident stat status. >> but once i joined the army it came in through in months. >> for years the army recruited illegal foreign residents by promising to fast tract their papers. president obama expanded the program making it possible for people who illegally enter the u.s. to join the armed forces. and the middle offers them the same process. a fast track to american citizenship. within months. >> it's 4:30 in the morning.

these are non-u.s. citizens in combat techniques. the program is called military ascensions vital to the interests that gives the u.s. forces to recruit select foreign nationals for language or medical training. last year that expanded people who illegally entered as minors and became adults in the u.s. once in basic training they're virtually indistinguishable from anyone else. >> because of privacy concerns they're not releasing any information on recruits except to say that they're thorough background checks. but not everyone has faith in those background checks. congressman walter jones sent a

scathing letter to chuck hagel demanding to know how can the department of defense conduct a thorough background check of the candidate if the background of the individual is incomplete and lawyer margaret stott created the program eight years ago they would recruit illegal immigran immigrants. >> you have no reason to be part of the u.s. services unless you're an u.s. citizen. >> there are limits and restrictions, but it is permitted to them. for illegal immigrants they're

barred from joining the military and it should stay that way. >> the program concept came out of the attacks of september 11 september 11, 2001. the united states had intelligence information that would possibly allow us to prevent the attacks. but the information had not been translated. we had people in the country who spoke those languages, the languages we needed, but we weren't recruiting them for the military due to the fact that the immigration system was dysfunctional. >> many who enter the country illegally speak key languages needed by the military look like korean, arabic russian and chinese. to date those who enter the u.s. illegally have enlisted. 51 have started basic training and a handful have already been naturalized. the army wants to boost the number of recruits that it

enlists but the funding for the program is set to expire i in 2016, and there is no talk in congress to of extended it. >> facebook and apple have come out against the north carolina law which bans anti-discrimination protections for lgbt people. both companies have large data processing operations. in a facebook statement: >> up next on the program. g.o.p. feud, the trump-cruz fight takes a personal turn. and the fight for economic opportunity, the group trying to make it a reality in chicago's black neighborhoods. ods.

>> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled. >> people are not getting the care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> explosions going on... we're not quite sure - >> is that an i.e.d.? >> while the republican presidential candidate gets a breather this weekend there is no rest for the democrats. there will be three caucuses tomorrow. alaska, hawai'i and washington state. but the drama persists between the top two republican candidates. trump is denying his team was

the source of a tabloider report saying that cruz has had multiple affairs. >> roger stone. donald trump's chief political adviser. let me be clear this national inquirer story is garbage. it is complete and utter lies. it is a tabloid smear. and it is a smear that that has come from donald trump. >> bernie sanders was in portland. >> a donald trump in the white house makes training reactions in our stomach leading to nausea

and other symptoms. but here is the good news, donald trump is not going to become president of the united states. [ cheering ] >> bernie sanders is also holding a rally later tonight in seattle. catherine joins us from safeco field. that is a baseball stadium that seats 50,000 people. come on, bernie sanders is expecting to field that stadium? >> not quite, tony. they've actually cordoned off a quarter of the stadium for the crowd that is expected here. but it was five days ago in seattle that bernie filled a 17,000 arena and left hundreds standing in the rain outside. it is a better night for it tonight, but they he is mate maybe as many as 15,000 people here this evening, and unofficially they say it could go up to 20,000. so he's packing them in. >> yes, so catherine, what are the top issues for democrats in washington state? is it the economy, or is it more

the sort of character questions? >> well, ru one of the reasons sanders draws crowds here is that this region is incredibly liberal. seattle has a socialist on their city council. the birthplace of the $15 an hour minimum wage was really in this region. those kinds of values issues resonate. the economic issue sanders has taken one position on the issue of trade that is kind of at odds in this region's reliance on the foreign and international trade. it is a difference between clinton and sanders that the clinton campaign has to highlight. >> jump bow jets, tall timber. crops like wheat and apples. washington state ships its products around the world. no state exports more on a per capita basis.

ryan hilliard ships to sweden, canada, and is thirsting for more. >> you're looking for more export markets. >> yes, absolutely. i like the idea of selling big containers of beer at a time instead of one case here and one case there. >> he benefits from the export/import bank, a bun-making federal agency that helps to finance american exports. >> we have export credit insurance through the bank that helps us to secure payments from overseas partners. >> but he and others were cut off last summer. funding dried up when a congressional battle suspended the banks' business. >> it was really difficult. you know, we were facing our creditors, people that we had bought raw materials from that were demanding payment. well, we don't have it yet, and we're working on that, and it

just didn't materialize, so we did have to go to our partners and say can you pay us early, which is a pretty awkward conversation to have. >> bernie sanders remains a vocal critic of what he calls corporate welfare. >> you know what the other name for exportimport bankers, what it's called in washington? it's called the bank of boeing because boeing itself gets 40% of the money to charge by the import/export bank. >> it offers loans to international buyers and sellers to support purchases of american goods abroad as well as insurance against non-payment. >> foreign countries do this kind of financing all the time for their products manufactured in those countries. we need to be sure that our industries have the same ability. >> here in a state where one out

of every three jobs derives from international trade that financing is critical. >> for the people of the pacific northwest it's a very good thing. you have to remember, boeing h has, in the northwest, 80,000 jobs, engineers, aerospace machinists. these are jobs that pay very well. >> hillary clinton supports the exportimport bank. she in turn has been endorsed by the powerful machinist union, where she spoke this week. >> here in washington it's the lifeblood that makes it possible to export. >> despite sanders opposition of the importexport bank, he's expected to be the victor. >> i think it's because we have a very progressive world. everything is not tied necessarily to economic issues,

there is a strong amount of support for social issues. >> washington democrats will weigh in on those issues saturday, trading among themselves in caucuses to apportion the state's delegates. >> there are expected to be near record crowds turning out for those caucuses that start tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. local time. at stake, 101 delegates to the national convention. the party itself describe the caucus process as messy and chaotic and also lively and spirited. >> all right, catherine for us, lively and spirited. we'll look for that in seattle for us. this could be one of the most dangerous years on record for chicago. more than 400 people have been shot so far. double the number shot at this same time last year. many young black men in chicago find themselves trapped in a world of guns and gangs with no

economic opportunity. al jazeera's diane esther brook takes us to one neighborhood where residents and activists are trying to change that. >> each day he walks six blocks from his home in inglewood on the city's south side. then across town train. the hour long commute takes him downtown to a minimum wage job at a bowling alley and restaurant. >> that's a long way to go for a job. >> mm-hmm, but you know, determination. that's what i have. >> is it worth it? >> yes, it's definitely worth it. >> in inglewood more than two-thirds of black men between the ages of 20 and 24 are unemployed largely because jobs are so scarce here. 50 years ago inglewood had the second most vibrant businesses in the city. but today it's littered with

closed businesses like this one. race riots in the 1960s drove many mom and pop shops out of the neighborhood. in more recent years manufacturers like nabisco started sending good-paying manufacturing jobs to mexico. the lack of opportunity has helped to turn inglewood into a hotbed of gangs, guns, and drug trafficking. >> you have generations and generations who historically have not had success in the job market. >> glen fulton is trying to change that. he heads the inglewood development organization. the organization helped to bring a grocery store that will open this summer and employ 100 workers. fulton is also trying to find a business that will open a call center in this bank. he thinks that inglewood is ripe for change but he admits it won't happen if the people here aren't on board. >> it is going to be based upon the individuals' efforts.

the sons and fathers and mothers who are out there, they really have to want to be part of the change that's going on in this community. >> derek wants to be part of that change. the 21-year-old has been looking for a job since getting out of prison a few months ago for dealing heroin. he says he's hopeful the prospect of more jobs will improve his life and his neighborhood. >> it will help to slow down the violence. help kids with a better understanding about life, keep people off the streets. >> and help make inglewood the neighborhood it once was. diane estherbrook, chicago. >> up next clean coal, environmental groups say it is a myth. but one company is trying to prove that it is possible and protecting a national wonder. the new push to protect part of oregon's great outdoors.

>> among the worst emitters of greenhouse gasses, especially carbon dioxide but one company in canada is out to prove that it is time to prove clean coal. >> at first glance a typical power station, smokestacks spewing while burning coal makes the generators spin. what is different here at the boundary dam project is the building on the left. the world's first carbon capture plant using chemicals and an array of filters inside these pipes, they remove 90% of the carbon dioxide from the coal

smoke the equivalent of taking 250,000 cars off the road. >> trying to reduce your fossil fuel footprint. that's what we're trying to do. coal has proven to be a low emission product. that means we'll burn coal for tens if not hundreds of years. >> power companies are trying to figure out how to use coal and emit less carbon. >> this is really great to see actually being built. there has been a lot of talk. a lot of speculation. this is a real one and it's running. >> this is a series of valves that sits at the top of 3,400-meter deep shaft, and the plan is to take carbon dioxide generated at the plant and eject it deep into the earth into an ancient rock formation filled

with saltwater. but they want to send it to a pipeline off to the distance to an oil field where oil is already being extracted. the co2 is used in hydraulic fracturing, fracking, claiming emissions cuts while selling carbon to the oil industry is one objection that the environmentalists have of the project. the other is the high cost. more than $1 billion and counting. >> we concluded that there was very high financial risks, no rewards on the environmental side of things. and we kind of condemn the project as being magical thinking. >> and in 2015 it's first full year the project lost money and didn't sell any captured carbon. the government said this year will be better and sue saskatchewan will show how coal can be a clean source of energy.

>> millions of people flock to the grand canyon every year while an equally beautiful miniature version remains untouched. but perhaps not for long. the canyon in oregon could be designated a national monument. but the locals are not too happy about it. >> it may be the largest least inhabited, least developed area in america's 48 states. canyon most easily seen from the air. a land of massive lava flows eroding clay-based cliffs. millions of acres of sage brush with free-roaming relic and wild ors and big horn sheep. where cattle have roamed for hundreds of years. and unimproved dirt roads.

and where you can hike for days without setting foot on pavement. where outdoor enthusiasts in the know come out to play. >> i really don't want anybody to know about it. [ chuckling ] i want it to be my secret. >> and it is a secret compared to so many of america's other national wonders. raise your hand if you have heard of the owaihi canyon lands. >> it is a treasure, it is a national treasure. i think that our nation recognizes that. >> a broad coalition of environmental groups is pushing president obama to designate as much as 2.5 million acres a national monument, which he can do without congressional approval under the 1906 antiquities act. he has already created or expanded 19 national monuments preserving more than 260 million acres of land and off-shore waters, more than any

other president. >> this is a presidential legacy, and i think th many are preying on that and hoping to get something that they can't get any other way. >> bob skinner's family has run cattle on private and government land here since the 1860s. a seventh generation is now growing up on the skinner ranch, a rural setting and lifestyle increasingly under pressure. >> to preserve our way of life and our family is just absolutely important. i'm just scared to death that we're under attack right now. >> and the national monument in southeast oregon's county could be the country's biggest, bigger than yellowstone national park, and the concept is not popular here. >> these people here do not want this. >> in a recent non-binding vote, county residents went against the monument 9-1. but it does have solid support

in oregon's distant big cities, a rural-urban divide common in the region. the water swirling around the designation for the owaihi are murky. the republicans are opposed, but the two senators from the state of oregon, democrats, will not respond to our questions with a simple yes or no on whether they'll support the monument concept. but they do tell us that they're happy the conversation continues. the recent armed take over of wildlife offices in the neighboring county could also complicate things. the protest, which led to 26 arrests, sparked an emotional public debate, particularly in the west about federal land use practices and their impact on farming, ranching and family recreation. they hope it does not cool political support for the monument designation.

>> i think it would be a very sad day if we allow the law brakers to rule how we make good decisions in our nation. >> while bob skinner is worried that the president in his second term will not care about political impact. >> if they can postpone this thing until after november, then they can ride through the election. >> he argues that ranks practices can change over the years, and federal protections are already in place. that a monument designation is not necessary. and he flatly does not believe assurances from environmentalists that ranching and farming wouldn't be impacted. >> we're pretty scared. >> but come call that fear mongering. >> it's really taking care of the last great unprotected area

in the america. >> a political and social drama playing out on a grand stage in the middle of nowhere. >> a >> alan schauffler joins me now. that is beautiful country. you mention there had were other protections already in place. what kind of protections are you talking about here? >> a lot of that country is covered by the wild and scenic rivers act. so there are prohibitions on, for instance, cattle being anywhere in many of those river canyons rim to rim. so that's one type of protection. also much of that country is under wilderness study area designations, a precursor to being federal wilderness area. so there are restrictions on uses under that study designation as well. so there are some things in place environmentalists would like to see much more permanent protection for the owyhee. >> and the odds of this happening, how common is this

national monument designation? >> actually, it's quite common. just about every president since teddy roosevelt in 1906 has us ed it. president reagan and president bush are the only ones who have not used the antiquities act. this president shows great willingness to use his pen and protect large amounts of land. >> thank you. $4million, that's how much the fish and wildlife services say it will cost to clean and repair the wildlife reserve in oregon. the visitor center which served as the group's headquarters was found trashed. the occupation will cost $6 million total including the $2 million spent during the takeover. the rolling stones forging new frontiers. we'll go live to cuba. we're going to make this connection. okay, we're going live to cuba

where they're about to play their first show in th in the communist country.

j. >> oh, this is going to be fun.

30 minutes from now the world's greatest rock-n-roll band will have a chance to live up to that reputation before an audience who has never seen them before. can you imagine? the rolling stones will play their first-ever concert in cu cuba. al jazeera's lucia newman is at the concert! and we have her live. lucia, look, a free concert half a malib half a million people expected. how on earth did this come together? >> well, that's a very good question. we can't tell how many people here are her are here, but they're coming from all over the americas, from argentina, united states, europe, everyone wants to be here so that they can say that they saw the rolling stones

make history in cuba. it is a sign of the changing times, tony. and let's hear what mick jagger himself had to say when he landed here yesterday. >> obviously-- >> that's what happens when your band sings. >> you know, time changes everything. and so we're very pleased to be here. and i'm sure it's going to be a great show. >> well, tony, as you can hear, people are saying this is a sign of the changing times. but it's happened also in an extraordinary week in another way. this is the week that president barack obama became the first american president in nearly 90 years to come to cuba. it shows that this country is opening up in many ways. certainly culturally. do you remember, tony, the rolling stones, beatles, led zeppelin, they were banned, frowned upon when the revolution

first took place here. the rolling stones is almost as old as the cuban revolution. they started in '63, and the cuban revolution in 1959. for years fidel castro said that they were a sign of people who liked them from infirm innocent, and all of this was banned. and people listened to the music. they heard it, they passed around the records and tapes as years went by, and they've become very popular. now we have everything from grandchildren and grandfathers and grand daughters here for the concert that is about to start at any moment. >> this is crazy. you alluded to it just a couple of times. a moment ago give me the measure of this week in cuba. from president obama to the rolling stones, what do cubans see as the lasting impact of the obama trip this weekend, and

then ending it the way it is with the rolling stones? >> you know, i don't think people really know what the lasting impact of president obama's trip is. i know what they would like it to be. they would like it to mean that cuba and the united states are really seriously on the road to reconciliation, to economic exchanges, that this is going to help their daily lives. this is what they would like to see. but then president obama is on his way out. and they know that a republican president could change it all in a heartbeat, if he wanted to, but this, however, is a sign of a real revolution, a cultural turn around. the rolling stones coming, the government allowing it to happen. everyone is here. we're talking about the political elite of this country. we even saw members of the farc, the colombian rebel group delegation walking in here a short while ago. everybody is here. all mixed together. all the generations, all the

ideologies, and this is something that is really going to last. it's a cultural turn around. >> so, lucia, you're the latin america editor for al jazeera english, al jazeera america, and we worked at a previous shop together. i want to know from your own personal sense what this really means for that country? what you've been hearing from cubans, every day cubans during the visit from the president. what is the sense you get? what are the takeaways for you this week? >> i guess i lived here for nine years, and during those times there were some of the worst times, if you like, outside of the cuban missile crisis, of course, in terms of a hostility between the united states and cuba. so coming here and seeing obama get off the plane, hearing the national anthem next to the cuban national anthem was just

extraordinary. people would say to me, oh, i got to pinch myself. i don't know if i'm seeing what i'm seeing. i kind of feel the same way. really, what we would like to see is that this will last. that this won't be another one of those foiled attempts to bring these two countries together. and to see what at least they have in common, how they can help each other out, and also for cuba for so many decades the reason--the excuse, certainly or the justification for the government for not opening up politically has always been because they have an enemy just 90 miles away on the other side of the florida states. only said that you don't have to fear me any more. if the cuban government really believes that, and i think the cuban people believe that or most of them do. but if that really does--if that message lasts and goes deep into the system here, then i think we're going to see a lot of very

positive changes. >> it's great talking to you. enjoy the concert. you just reminded me that we've been together for a while doing this. thank you. that's all of our time. tony harris, thanks for watchi watching. paul beben up next for more of today's news. day's news. >> and thank you tony. we begin this hour of al jazeera america in belgium where there's still an all-out effort to root out tuesday night's attacks. two of the suspects were shot in the legs. dominic cain has details. >> reporter: police move in to apprehend a suspect, he failed to comply with police request to remove his rucksack. so they went in. the pan wa man was wounded. those who