this is al jazeera america. with a look at today's top stories. >> we have a path toward victorvictory so far bernie sanders running the table in today's democratic caucuses for president. is it enough to catch hillary clinton? in belgium, confirmation of onned american who died in tuesday's attacks. a former serbian leader

convicted over thousands of deaths in war. we look at how war criminals are put on trial and sentenced. the future of bitcoin. some swear by it and corporate america is watching very closely. we begin tonight with what could be a triple trouncing of hillary clinton. bernie sanders has already clobbered the former secretary of state in two on out of three caulkes. those taking place in washington, alas ka and. hawaii. he was won all except hawaii which remains undetermined. what is the voter turn out like

today? >> reporter: it has been very high. they don't call this the left coast for nothing. bernie sanders has garnered huge crowds. they turned out and made the case for him last night he has won 0 out of 13 kem accuratic caucuses. why does he appear an advantage-- democratic caucuses. why does he appear to have an advantage? >> reporter: i posed that to strategist. they have papgs and they have to show several hours, not easy to flipping a lever and also because they have to advocate outloud in public in front of their friends and neighbors for their candidates. that is one reason that they do

favor sort of energetic candidates which is very much the case for bernie sanders it would suggest that what happens on the ground game on the primaries, but these wins today talaska and washington state, do you think it may have some implication for what he may be able to do in california? >> reporter: certainly the sanders campaign hopes so and says so. they said so today in a victory speech tm. they talked about it last night. certainly his victory and actual likelihood of getting the nomination really does hinge on california. it is the openly way he could get it, but, again, western states have been known as more progressive states and they seem to like what he is selling at this point

hillary clinton's lead is pretty overwhelming at this point, even with today's victories, especially when you consider those super delegates any possibility that, perhaps, with his victories with voters he may be able to pull some of those super delegates away from hillary clinton? >> reporter: again, they hope so. there is a petition circulating in washington states, most super delegates are the party elite, the mainstream democrats and they have many of them already pre-pledged for hilary, but again there's a petition circulating trying to get them to reflect the will of the caucus voters here today and pledge their support to bernie sanders. we will see if that goes anywhere. as you said, it is an uphill battle in the delegate count, but certainly they hope that this could breed skis here bernie sanders is looking at the glass being almost full for

him. >> let me begin by thanking the people of alaska for giving us a resounding victory tonight. things were going to improve as we headed west. we are making significant inroads in secretary clinton's lead. we have, with your support coming here in wisconsin, we have a path toward victory so it's all about bernie sanders today. have you heard anything about the hillary clinton clan-- campaign? >> reporter: not yet. the sanders campaign hopes that even if the national delegate math is insurmountable and it certainly appears so at this point, that if clinton is the

nominee, the sander supporters can bring his agenda and issues more to the national stage thank you for that. despite sanders strong showing today, hillary clinton may already be the inevitable nominee. she taliban with 1233 delegates, more than 300 ahead of bernie sanders. he has picked up at least 27 today compared to clinton's five today, but it doesn't include super delicatessen geets. on the republican side donald trump has 739. ted cruz a distant second with 465, john kasich with 166. at this point donald trump will need 55% of the remaining delegates to reach the magic number to avoid a contested convention. the next contest for both tefth

is the wisconsin, april 5. democrats have 96 and republicans 42. hillary clinton not the only fish whose private email halls been questioned. the defense department released more than 1300 work-related emails that secretary of defense ash carter sent from his personal email account. the documents show carter used personal email to send messages, work-related messages, for nearly a year. most of the emails were about scheduling not anying secret. he has apologised. turning to new developments in the brussels suicide bombings, a sea of flowers at the center of the city growing by the hour. thousands of people are coming to the square to pay tribute to the victims of the airport and subway explosions.

an american couple, originally unaccounted for, was killed in the attack. it is this couple here p. they lived in brussels had just dropped off her mother at the airport. also today belgian prosecutors say they have charged three men with terror offences for the suicide attacks. one of the men is believed to be the third bomber at the brussels airport. they believe the same network that carried out both the paris attacks and this week's brussels bombings is responsible. >> reporter: in the middle here sl brahim el-bakraoui and on the left is najim laachraoui. they blew themselves up but the third men fled.

he is named many. the location of hills arrest seems extraordinary. this is a man who may be the third airport bomber, a bomber whose photograph has been all over the belgian media for the last few details. he was arrested outside the prosecutor's office. there are new names, new connections emerging every day. it is now clear that the paris and brussels tacks were the work of one network, not separate cells. najim laachraoui was connected by dna evidence to an address used by the paris bombers, salah abdeslam and others. najim laachraoui is the suspected bomb maker and his d.n.a. was found on explosive belts used in the bataclan and

at the stadium. this man rented the safe house which the paris attackers uf before the attacks and also the hide out in brussels where salah abdeslam fled after paris. several can accomplices are still being hunted, including this man. 101 casualties are still being treated in hospital. four have yet to be identified. >> translation: you have to understand that a terrorist bomb contains small and larger metal piece and that these hit the victims at a high speed. out of respect for relatives we won't release further details. brussels remains tense. the postponement of a gather will happen.

>> translation: we need police capacity all over the country. it is our main priority to legality the police in the best circumstances possible do these inquiries. >> reporter: the organisers agreed. the rally is off. but the grieving goes on. paul brennan belgium's ability to track extremists is coming under skrult knee. for example, turkey warned belgium about two of the bombers, but novrls they still managed to slip through the cracks. we asked gym walsh about that, our security contributor and research associate at mit. >> of all the countries in europe, in terms of the number of people who traveld from that country and went to syria, presumably to engage in fighting there, belgium in more per capita an any other country in europe. you have a small country that has limited resources, but with

a large number of potential suspects and terrorist attacks. you also have a country that is a sort of, in the united states we have separation of powers, p of federal system, states and the federal government. in belgium it is federated, but even nor decentralised. you have an flimmish speaking and french speaking, so connecting the dots and making a connection, acting on it, that all got lost in the mess. there has been a lot of off-the-record quiet criticism since the attack from u.s. officials and others who feel that belgium has not handle this as well as they should have walsh adds that belgium has fewer resources than bigger and richer countries. i.s.i.l. is taking responsibility for am tacks on

saturday which happened at a base. some fighters blew themselves up and others were killed. it is no word on the number of casualties. it is located in western anbar. the second attack happened in the town further away. 41 people die and over 100 were injured when a bomb exploded after a soccer match. >> reporter: the end of a friday fool game. it's time to present the trophy. among the crowd a suicide bomber. the explosion killed dozens of people and injured more than a hundred. it happened 50 kilometers south of bag dald. i.s.i.l. has claimed responsibility for the attack, verifying 17-year-old shown here as the bomber. iraqi governments officials

believe it could be i.s.i.l. allegation loss owes the battle field that are provoking attacks like these. ban ki-moon says i.s.i.l. is exploiting sectarian divisions. he called on iraq's government to encourage reconciliation between sunni and shia communities. in northern iraq the army says it started clearing villages around mosul in preparation for an offensive to retake the city some time this year. mosul is also cult off on three sides by kurdish peshmerga forces. the u.s. defense department says it is looking to increase the number of troops in iraq to support the country's ground fipt against i.s.i.l. bernard smith one of more than 200 kidnapped school girls have

resurfaced. the girls have been missing after being many taken by boko haram officials. a 15 year old has surrendered say that she had been tortured a former syrian leader convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison puts the focus on how war criminals are put on trial. that's the topic of tonight's deeper look next. later, a performance for the ages in cuba. ages in cuba.

a former serb leader was sentenced this week to 40 years in prison for his role in the bosnian role. we look at how war criminals are tried and convicted and whether international justice can truly be served. this week also marks the 17th anniversary of nato's bombing campaign against yugoslavia, the largest attack staged by the ally answer and the only one undertaken without the approval of the european council. it killed an estimate 2500 people. it was intended to drive out the

leader since the break up of yugoslavia. radovan karadzic was tried in the international court set up by the u.n. some have questioned whether tribunal courts which investigate specific atrocities in times of conflict are the most effective way to prosecute war criminals, but a number of obstacles have stood in the way of one universal court to deliver international justice. more from al jazeera's correspondent. >> the chamber finds you radovan karadzic guilty of the following counts. count 2, genocide. >> reporter: the 40-year sentence for radovan karadzic, the man often called the butcher of serbia, accountable for the deaths of thousands of civilians from 1992 to 1995.

some were dissatisfied with the verdict. this man led the prosecution of the president were worked beside radovan karadzic >> although it is a very important trial and the result is important for the victims and for the people of bosnia, it's not as important a decision as it would be if he had tracked a wider responsibility and, in particular, the responsibility of serbia itself. >> hostage taking, violation of the laws. >> reporter: radovan karadzic was prosecuted by the international criminal tribunal on the former yugoslavia set up by the u.n. 1993. the tribunal held molsevic's trial but he died in prison while it was still going on.

both tribunals are limited in who they can prosecute and for what crimes. following the verdict we spoke with this man, the former am was done to the u.n. >> we, in effect, have focused on an individual, radovan karadzic, but he was not accounting as an individual but of a joint criminal enterprise and that joint criminal enterprise still exists and worst of all it continues to perpetuate the consequences of its crimes. >> reporter: the desire for a permanent body with a global remight led to the formation of the international criminal court or icc in 1998, but not every member of the u.n. is in favor of the court. china, russia, iraq and several other middle eastern countries have never joined. along with the u.s. presidential clinton signed an international treaty to join the icc. the congress has never ratified it setting concerns that u.s. soldiers could face trivial or

politically motivated charges. the u.s. has signed deals with other countries that protect u.s. service members from being handed over to the icc and demanded immunity of all officerss involved. >> they do not have a shining record, so we can understand maybe why they would want to be beyond the reach of the icc, but the u.s. frequently, at least in terms of its rhetoric, speaks of the rule of law. i think this is a significant failure not on the international community, but in terms of washington's own policies. >> reporter: the icc has heard 23 cases from ten cases since it was established. leaders from the democratic republic of the can go, uganda, georgia and other nations have been handed prison sentences for war crimes. whether the international criminal court will ever deliver international justice remains to be seen

joining me now in the studio is attorney rebecca hamilton. she is the author fighting for dafore. in san francisco, former ambassador for water crimes issues, david sheffer. he led talks to establish the criminal court. he is the author of all the missing souls, a personal history of war crime tribunals. before we talk about criticism of the international system of julys, can we first talk about how it has worked effectively to bring people like radovan karadzic to account. why was the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia icty necessary? >> it was an essential step in the early 1990s to try and come to grips with what was happening in the balkans, and one of the issues that confronted us at the

time was to try to establish some accountability for the atros tea crimes that were being committed at that time. so the security council took the unprecedented step of actually setting up an international criminal tribunal to achieve that purpose. knew it has taken more than 20 years to work its way through 161 suspects to indictment. 80 have been sentenced, others have had their charges removed or they have died awaiting trial, et cetera, but i think in the end that objective, which was established in 1993 in the creation of the tribunal, essentially has been and is still being achieved by the egoslav tribunal. the final verdict about the tribunal itself is that it has

been largely a successful venture which is part of the long game of international justice another tribunal was established specifically to deal with the the rwanda situation. can you give us an example of some of e protocols, some of the methods that are going to be used or are being used as the international criminal court gets underway? >> that court has been underway now since 2002 and has learned a lot from both the successes and the mistakes of the ugoslav and tribunals. all of these courts work pursuant to a constitutional mandate vested in them by governments on. it is really when governments fail to cooperate with the the tribunals, for example, in the

apprehension of indicted fugitives, or obtaining evidence that is on their territory, that the tribunals, including the international criminal court cannot achieve those mandates, cannot actually achieve custody of those who are indicted. it is not really an issue with respect to the court. it is an issue for the governments. the court is functioning in accordance with its mandates, but these all require the cooperation of governments. in the case of the ugoslav tribunal, that very difficult to maintain. first with croatia and then serbia. those cooperative steps took many years to achieve in order for even the tribunal to really focus and achieve the mandate that was vested in it by the security council to the point of the government dealing with the individuals who are under

investigation, who are indicted, could you jou give us a little primer on who is subject to the icc's jurisdiction, who is subject to the tribunal's jurisdiction, what are the requirements to bring charges? >> right. so the international criminal court is a permanent court that has potentially global jurisdiction, and you can see the former yugoslavia tribunal, almost precursors to this. it has jurisdiction over alleged crimes against humanitarian, war crimes, or genocide, that have been committed on the territory or by a national of by a country that has signed up to the court. by and large this is a consent-based court and it will only prosecute a case if the country in question doesn't undertake its own credible prosecution who is it or what body is it

that decides this individual needs to be prosecuted and brought before either one of the tribunals or the icc? >> right. so for the tribunals, their mandates are specific in relation to the atrocities in the former yugoslavia and rwanda. in the icc it is a broader mandate. the way that an individual individual comes to be prosecuted there is following a very thorough investigation by the icc itself. for the icc prosecutor to even begin to pursue that investigation, he has to get or she in this case, has to get clearance from the pretrial chambers or a set of international judges > both tribunals are focused specifically on those conflicts. do you think that the tribunal is the more effective way to go after war crimes that are more

and of such magnitude that they've come to the attention of the world or do you think that at some point these tribunals need to go away and everything needs to be done by the icc? >> the objective of creating the international criminal court was essentially to have one permanent international court that, indeed, would take on new situations of atrocities as they erupted on the world scene and provide an immediate mechanism for accountability for those crimes. that is the ideal world. unfortunately, we're not living in that particular world. we're living in one which at this point 124 countries have become member states of the international criminal court. many are still not party to the court. you've mentioned that. you look at the example of syria. there is the capacity of the

international criminal court to take on syria and the crimes that have occurred in syria if there is a security council referral of syria to the international criminal court. that's provided for in the statute of the court. but that has been attempted but russia has vetoed it let's assume russia did not veto it, would it require syrian government leaders to acquiesce to the jurisdiction of the icc? >> no. not at all. once the tribunal has acted, the court has full force over those who have been accused of committing atros tea crimes. the security council provides that authority, but it must be able to act without a veto being voted. at the time possible for the

international criminal court to truly be the court you have envisioned in your question sloeflt there's no veto and as long as there's a will to bring these new atrocity situation to the court. where that does not exist, such as sir yashgs we do have to look at other options. many of us have been looking at that, looking at how to establish an ad hoc p tribunal on syria that can nonetheless start to move ahead with accountability for the crimes that have occurred in that region. that's a gamble, but we have to pur sigh it if the veto pir cysts before we take on that point, could we talk about the 124 nations that have signed on, and at u.s. russia and china are not currently your honoured the jurisdiction of the international criminal court

which, of course, leads critics to wonder, well, if it's good enough for the rest of the world, why not for the three major powers of the world >> it's a fair question. i think the u.s., in particular, given how strong its human rights rhetoric is and how it likes to play a leadership role in establishing the tribunals for the former yugoslavia and for rwanda, it would be wonderful if it put its money where its mouth was, as it were, and join the international criminal court as well. this is the challenge of trying to do international criminal justice, is that you are still working against the backdrop of a global political order and power is not equally distributed among them with respect to russia, the ukrainians have made some allegations and charges about potential war crimes, or crimes against humanitarian, being kind

of charges have been made by disdepartment dents-- disdents who have managed to escape. are those the points that stop those two nations and then we heard my colleague reference the charges that might be brought against american military if the u.s. were to acquiesce to icc jurisdiction >> the important thing to remember about the icc is that it is a court of last resort. it is never going to prosecutor kult a case if there has been a credible criminal prosecution. the u.s. rule of law is by and large very strong and i think it's over born the concerns that there would be charges brought against u.s. military. if the u.s. was able itself to prosecutor kult those cases. the icc is going to only step in as a court of last resort u.s. prosecution of american

military, sanctioned dealing with the tragic bombing of the hospital in afghanistan, doctors without borders. there have been some steps taken. you reference d an effort to del with places like syria and other parts of the world. what is the next step, do you think? >> i think the next step is to particularly with syria, i think we have to make anotherry in the security council at some point. i think it's very important that in the peace talks that continue with respect to syria that the issue of accountability not be pushed aside, not bar barter away. over the last 25 years we have delegit myselfd the notion of impunity for the commission of aelectorals tea crimes-- atrcity

crimes. that doesn't mean that will people will automatically be prosecuted. there will still be people who will avoid the reach of the law. it is simply not plusible any more to negotiate deals that say to individuals who have been responsible for the commission of genocide or crimes against humanitarian, that they get a free pass. we have evolved over the last 25 years on that issue. it may make negotiations a bit more difficult, but at the end of the day no-one can prove to us that the fact that m mr albashir in sudan and mr bashar al-assad in syria, they have stepped down from the commission of atrocity crimes because they're not being indicted. well, al-assad has been indicted, but in terms of being broad in custody, that has not

happened, but they are still committing these crimes. i think it demonstrates that it's a false argument to say that avoiding accountability somehow brings us peace. frankly, i think impiriccally it has proven otherwise. yes, there will have to be a tribunal at some stage with syria, whether it's the icc or something else, and it will happen thank you very much. a good place to end. i thank my guests for joining us on deeper look >> my pleasure. >> thank you the number of pedestrians killed by drivers is on the rise. >> i walked into the hospital and i said to peter, what are they doing for victoria and peter kneeled in front of me and said, mommy, tori is dead the driver in this case had

a suspended licence, no insurance and may walk away with just a misdemeanor. up next, the push to-- push for harsher penalties: plus a look at the fit of bitcoin next. bitcoin next.

pedestrian deaths are up in the u.s. every two hours someone walking

is struck and killed. in some of those cashes unlicenceed drivers are behind the wheel. you may think those drivers end up facing serious charges, but often that is not the case. >> reporter: a really shocking story it is. especially when you consider that the governor's highway safety association projects that last year saw a 10% spike. as producer and i discovered, a national backlash is building against reckless drivers who destroy lives. >> reporter: 30 years old victoria was an art curator living her dream in new york. >> she was at the highest point. she was breaking through in her career. i felt she was in love. i felt that she was truly happy. >> reporter: but everything changed on december 6.

victoria was out christmas shopping with her boyfriend on this brooklyn street when an suv drove into the crosswalk, jumped the kerb and struck her. take me back to that night >> i was settling down to my normal boring sunday evening taking my shoes off when my son came running in to tell me, we have to go to were brooklyn immediately. something happened to victoria. i walked into the hospital and i said to peter, what are they doing for victoria and peter kneeled in front of me and said, mommy, tori is dead. i started pounding my chest. i don't know why, i just needed to hit myself. i don't know why. it was just so painful. >> reporter: victoria's family returned to the scene of the crash. >> this is exactly the scene.

gentleman the man who killed victoria, 39-year-old marlin sewell, was driving and driving on a suspended licence for not paying child support >> he was unlicensed. he claimed he had a carbon monoxide leak in the car. >> reporter: what were you expecting to be the minimum punishment? >> i thought that he would be charged with matter and go-- maur and go to jail for at least 10 years >> reporter: instead he was charged with a low level misdemeanor. soon after the crash the d mv reinstated his licence. a brooklyn prosecutor asked the court to suspend it again, arguing that he admitted at the scene that he may have felt whether it was safe for him to drive. the judge refused saying why have you not charged the defendant with reckless driving. victoria's case is not exceptional. in cases where drugs and alcohol are not a factor, it is not

unusual for drivers who kill or severely injury pedestrians to get off with little more than a slap on the wrist. were you shocked to learn that her case is not exceptional? >> dumb founded. it was shocking to me first of all that so many people died in the city of new york in hay side walk or a crosswalk and hardly anybody gets charged with anything more than a misdemeanor >> reporter: the attorney's office would not comment on the case which is still being investigated. a spokesperson told al jazeera, we were aggressively within the current laws to prosecutor drivers who engage in criminal acts which unfortunately is often difficult. >> reporter: new york state traffic resource prosecutor has been dealing with reckless driving cases for 20 years. >> criminally negligent statute is worded exactly like many other states, but our court

interpretations of that statute are more restrictive. they require more of a blame worthiness that doesn't appear in the statute >> reporter: victoria's family is advocating for a game mf changing bill. introduced last year it would bring felony charges against those who seriously injury or kill someone >> this is the year that we're going to pass it into law >> reporter: this man co-sponsors the bill >> it is imperative that we take on this bill and push it through so it can go to a vote before the assembly and get on the governor's desk this year >> i work with families who have been in situations like victoria's family. they want their day in court >> reporter: she is with the tran transportational alternatives. >> we watched mothers against

drunk driving set a fire around the issue of drunk driving. i think we're starting to see that happen with reckless driving. >> reporter: a shift reflected in vision zero, a program aimed at eliminating traffic falgtss and severe injuries. it has been adopted by 14 other u.s. sites. >> reporter: this woman is director of the vision zero network. >> we've got to send the message societally, cultural, through the law and media, that these actions do have impacts >> i think this is the power of the sort of cultural change that is happening. we're watching it unfold. it is families like victoria's family that are brave and occur ageous enough to speak out. >> running someone over is not an accident. it is not a misdemeanour.

it's a homicide. >> reporter: the suspect in victoria's case has another court date on march 29. that's one day after what would have been her 31 birthday. the brooklyn da's office told us prosecutors can bring additional charges pending the results of an investigation. it has been four months since the crash and so far that hasn't happened thank you. an important story. bitcoin is gaining new attention from big corporations and investors with another turbulent year expected for global markets, something the seven-year currency could prove to be a lucrative solution. >> reporter: the winward café here holds a unique place in the state of florida. it is home to the only bitcoin cash machine around. it doesn't dispense anything as old-fashioned as paper money.

>> we go ahead and start. you scan your id. >> reporter: this terminal ask part of a growing network of bitcoin machines that owner and entrepreneur says is a rapidly evolving system. >> they say bitcoin is becoming a teenager. that would be a good analogy for it. the services that are needed to help the next wave of start-ups is built and continues to be improved >> reporter: it is only seven years old as a currency but it is piqueking the interest of corporations. people see it as a posh way of big things. this man says he hasn't booked his hotel or flights with anything other than bitcoin for two years. he told us it's the relative security of the virtual currency that has global appeal >> if you have your own bit coin

wallet, no-one is able to take that money away from you. i think that gives people a really good understanding on how safely they can store their money, their valuables. >> reporter: over the years it seems that bit coin has been written off as a failed project. there are issues. as the numbers increase, transactions can be unpredickable. the more serious is the falling out in the community that controls the currency. the disagreement focuses over issues like increasing the network's capacity. if is a long way from replacing traditional banking. there are still regulation issues and it remains a steep learning curve. >> it is still a very risky thing. particularly if you're counting on it coming into widespread use. it's a difficulty thing for

consumers to use >> reporter: 2016 is shaping up to a turk leapt year in the global market and it is that uncertain that bit coin may be an entirely new way of anything about money the rolling stones have performed all over the world. missing on their resume is cuba. cuba isn't missing any more. a performance for the ages in havana next. plus the pope's easter message for the world's one billion catholics. catholics. >> reporter: the weather, severe weather down here towards the south as we go into tomorrow that could bring some severe thunder storms in parts of the south-east as well. fm you are looking at the cherry blossom festival, things are nice there.

organisers of this year's cherry blossom festival expect 1.5 spectators to flock to washington dc. photographers have been reminded that drones are illegal in the capital. the four-week long event honors a gift of trees from tokyy's

mayor. >> reporter: the peaked yesterday. it doesn't mean we won't have a few beautiful days here. temperatures tomorrow are going to be just a little bit lower than average, about 56 degrees for them tomorrow. we do on monday expect to see some rain showers coming into play. if you see it on tuesday. a high temperature there of about 61 degrees. for the rest of the weekend we're going to be seeing some weather that people are not going to like, especially down here towards the south-east. we do have some rain showers across here and we do have an an area of low pressure pushing through the mid-west. when they come together tomorrow, we're looking at rain showers, anywhere from the great lakes all the way down towards the gulf coast states and we could see flooding. across tennessee, down towards

mississip mississippi. also down here we have another storm coming into play across the rockies. bringing some snow to the higher elevations of that area. for orlando, we will have thunder storms on monday. we are looking at antecedent report beens towards the end of the week. for sanantonio, temperatures will be below a church of the nativity, the annual event is considered the first resurrection. the church was built on top of the place which believed jesus was born. at the vatican, pope francis also led a vigil for the world's more than one billion roman catholics. the vij im's darkness symbol

iced the team-- symbolized the took before his resurrection. he said not to lose darkness in the gloomy world. finally, how do you top a visit from a leader of the free world. in cuba they tried with one of the rock bands of all times. rolling stones were probleminging things out in havana. >> reporter: it was a concert many cubans in been waiting for, for almost half a century. the legendary rolling stones in a performance like none this country hasver seen. >> reporter: entire families, three generations, even four, enjoyed a free concert compliments of the british band which has been around almost as long as the cuban revolution. >> translation: i love it. they're an epic band and i couldn't miss this, said 13 year

old. >> reporter: from early afternoon people began pouring into havana's open air sports center. >> reporter: the news of this concert has spread like wild fire. people are coming not only from automatic over cuba, but from all over the americas and beyond. fans want to say that they saw history being made when they saw the rolling stones in cuba. people like this irish couple. >> it is a great time for cuba and the mark of that change maybe >> reporter: this man says it makes him feel proud. >> translation: when i was young, listening to the beetles, led zeppelin and rolling stones was forbidden. we had to listen to them in secret in the 60s and 70s >> reporter: the concert is a powerful cultural sign that cuba is changing. >> it follows the obama visit by a couple of days. so this week is hugely significant and very exciting.

>> reporter: so it was that this historic week was wrapped up by a once banned rock band. but it is leaving millions here with a sense that cuba is no longer off the circuit. no longer so isolated thank you for joining us. i'm randall pinkston in new york. stay tuned for america tonight next on al jazeera. >> al jazeera america - proud of telling your stories. >> i wanted to dance, and eventually i started leaving the gangs in the street alone. >> we're pushing the envelope with out science every day, we can save species. >> i'm walking you guys! >> all i wanted to see was her walk. it was amazing. >> these were emotions that i had been dreaming about for so

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>> good evening and thanks for journeying us on "america tonight." i'm joie chen. as we've seen, the fingerprint of i.s.i.l. has ben easy to