a diverse range of stories from across the globe from the perspective of our men works journalists on al-jazeera. where i was. former us vice president joe biden seals his comeback in the race to pick a democratic white house candidates but the biggest super tuesday prize has gone to his rival bernie sanders. we are going to be the was dangerous president there hurt 3 block this caucus was. so the democrats once crowded presidential field has now transformed into a 2 man contest on how markets and you're watching al-jazeera also coming up.

russia head site over turkey's military operations in northwest syria say turkish outposts have merged with caught terrorist fortifications. and the w.h.o. warns coronavirus has become more deadly than the seasonal flu and appears to be spreading much more quickly outside china then within. where we start in the u.s. on the race to become the democratic presidential nominee the results are coming in from super g.'s say the day when 14 states and one u.s. territory have their say former vice president joe biden has seen a surge of momentum taking the leans in a number of states but it's senator bernie sanders who's taken the biggest prize the state of california. well another big state texas has just gone

to joe biden here are some of the other numbers numbers we've got for you boys in has secured massachusetts that's the home states of democratic hopeful elizabeth warren and she is one minnesota is the home state of another former contends and a make or bashar is making strong gains in these southern states as well securing arkansas tennessee or klahoma alabama north carolina and the state of virginia now bernie sanders has won the state with the most delegates that's california of course he's also won utah colorado and his home state of vermont there while biden has the most delegates so far as sanders is trailing in 2nd place there so followed by elizabeth warren 24 and mike bloomberg on 33 they were over in the republican primaries donald trump of course is in

a clear lead says facing no serious contenders and is virtually certain to get his party's nomination. that both chill bites and i'm bernie santas have spoken to their support says here's some of what they had to say the last few days ago the press the funny declared you can't marry yet the only think a soft go on and off the. the trial we're going to go to super tuesday and you're over well it may be over me never go on the what we need is a new politics that brings working class people in time our political move that was the work springs young people into our political goal that was the and which in the example will

create the highest voter turnout in american political history the leslie mentioned it's been a disappointing night for new york billionaire mike bloomberg and massachusetts senator elizabeth warren so bloomberg insists he has the best strategy to be trump in the phone burst general election we proved we can win the voters who will decide the general election and isn't that what this is all about the now all my fellow candidates spent a whole year focusing on the 1st 4 states i was out campaigning against donald trump in the states where the election will actually be decided like wisconsin and michigan and pittsburgh and ohio not all the last 2 are the hall is with more an expressed hope the less than pleasing numbers fulton. rejection has been a terrible business and. wrong over and over so was

my advice that i want to start with tonight show me my advice cherish those that will make you proud was well this was president donald trump's take on twitter the biggest loser tonight he tweets is many mike bloomberg his political consultants to kim for right $700000000.00 was down the drain and he got nothing for it but the nickname mini mike and the complete destruction of his reputation way to go mike while the u.s. president has weighed in let's bring in our special guests on the panel adolfo franco was a republican strategist and a previously was an advisor to senator john mccain he joins us from washington d.c.

good to have you with us we're also joined by lufthansa butler she's a former senior advisor to come one her wrists for the people and she's currently a partner for s.e. rb strategies and joins us from los angeles also in d.c. jennifer victor is a professor of political science it's george mason university is shar school policy and. governments thank you very much indeed all of you for joining us here understand it's very late where you are but it has been a sleepless night for many let's start with you it's all for franco this is nigh argue a 2 horse race this is between joe biden and bernie sanders why do you think this is what's prompted this change in what was once a very crowded field. well a couple of things and i guess we'll speak to this as well is you know just a few days ago everyone was talking about the standards momentum and that he was unsurmountable and and he was going to be the nominee and. first of all everything

can change in politics quickly and they can change again but certainly sense. saturday there has been a political earthquake and see change in the democratic party to coalesce around the job by 1st it is the remarkable result of the south carolina primary where he won decisively he was 6 he was supposed to win south carolina that was his fire wall but not by 30 or 40 points the african-american vote in that state was so overwhelming that i think that was a signal to some of the other candidates that were more in what we call sometimes his lane centrist to say this is the person we need to coalesce around and have as our nominee not to have a far more left extreme you would saw in your clip here that you just ran that mr sanders refers to his candidacy as a movement

a movement our movement not the democratic party of which he's not even a member technically or has not been but a movement and i think that decisive win in south carolina we're seeing the fruits of that now 2 of the dropped out candidates mayor people to judge and former senator i was senator from a former candidate that senator amy klobuchar endorsed. joe biden for for the for the nomination so that has been decisive and that's what we're seeing there the republican the sorry of a republican the democratic establishment coalescing around their candidate their centrist candidate and now he has the surge and the momentum ok well let's take that argument see the phones about why do you think this is. a sea horse race. it's just people showing their fear of bernie sanders or are they very much determined sobriety right and the right candidate all along which. was him

how do you see the changes in this race how did they come to this. well i think you know it came about in the 1st 2 contests there's been lots of conversation in the democratic party about should iowa new hampshire the most representative states of the democratic party in its base and it wasn't really until you got to states like nevada and south carolina that you really got to see the fullness of the democratic base performance and so i think how we got here are is is just how adolfo just just described the energy demonstrated in south carolina with the. endorsement of representative cliburn. sort of well known candidates see and name idea of vice president biden

and a lot of a lot of luck you know in a lot of ways and you know politics is just as as much about are as as much art as it is science in this pincham could swing again there's a lot more conscious to be had this there was a time when. elizabeth warren was up and it was hers to lose and so we should all sort of caution ourselves and not declare by it in the democratic nominee quite yet but we can appreciate that he had a good night that black voters are showing up all across the south that representative former representative but they're all war and other leaders in in texas who have endorsed him campaigned on behalf of vice president biden actually matter we all talked we've talked about tonight how the vice president didn't spin very much money and in campaign very hard in texas yet he has come away with

a victory and i don't think that that is just because of south carolina but there's a lot of work that other people do when the candidate is not in those states and i just think that should be. recognize as well former mayor of los angeles. he was just there 2 days ago and i think there's a lot of there is a lot of momentum moving to vice president biden but i would caution us not to declare him the nominee quite yet well absolutely and let's not forget there are still an additional 2 or perhaps even 3 candidates left if we can't. what happens to you. elizabeth warren and mike bloomberg i mean are they going to. leave this to the sea men in their seventy's to carry on or is this likely will the pendulum swing see another candidate do you think. look the story the story of this election is is not yet written i think that after

tonight though i know the counting is still happening in california and in texas as a relates to congressional level delegate allotment i think senator warren and mayor bloomberg have some real questions to ask themselves you know are they continuing to add value to the to the discussion in some ways i think i think that they are. and but are we are we moving towards a pathway that best unites the democratic party to towards the general election is another question that they have to ask themselves and there's going to be some soul searching tonight not sure who's going to move or what direction if they're going to bow out or not but vote for senator warren when you know when you come in 3rd in your home state there's some real questions that you've got to ask yourself ok well let's take some of those questions to panel member jennifer victor. we are

this has effectively. a 2 horse race has it not between joe biden and senator son we can't write off senator sanders yet he's just picked up the biggest state arguably of california. so a lot of movement between those 2 candidates but i am interested to get your thoughts on how we got to this point one point it was senator saunders senator warren rather he was leads in the field you had the momentum behind her why do you think. she's now dropped into 3rd place in a room states why is she not a wise american or willing to nominate a woman to become president of the united states. well that question is going to remain on the table i'm afraid for a while not sure that we quite know what who that candidate is going to be and how

the country my eventually come to that and i assume they will at some point but it's not unusual in these primary races to have contests in which. individual candidates will have a surge and then come back down and i remember in the 2016 republican nomination phase each one of those candidates at some point was sort of surging and so really what it comes down to is there's this sense of expectations that get built in for any particular candidate at any particular time and what we've seen here tonight is that elizabeth warren has significantly underperformed where she was expected to and joe biden has significantly over performed where he was expected to probably fair to say that bloomberg has significantly underperformed and sanders has underperformed in some places and done as well as expected in some others but it's that recalibration of expectations that happens after each one of these contests

and so as this narrative then solidifies in develops over the next few days and we wait again for the next set of contests that's where the adjustments will be made it's worth noting as well that. some of the story that's coming out of the camps now is as it does tend to boil down as it looks like it's going to boil down to this sanders versus biden case you're getting really different rhetoric from both of these camps and as my colleagues were talking about earlier here. on the on the on the bernie sanders side you have this sense of a movement he doesn't even talk about it as a party and it's a very revolutionary kind of. kind of rhetoric but it's not really clear what the boundaries of that revolution are is it just about policy is it just about health care and and college payments and so forth or is it about taking down the legislative process and creating a whole new policymaking structure and that gets kind of scary for people that starts to sound like something that isn't the america or the democracy that we know

and so even if people agree with the goals of what sanders might be talking about not everybody is necessarily comfortable with his sort of scorched earth support approach to politics and that's where i think joe biden has been able to make gains joe biden is this people know who he is he's got the name recognition he's this trusted figure they sort of know what they're getting with joe biden people seem to have a hard time getting excited about him he didn't take off right away and he still has some downsides as a candidate and it's not clear that he's going to overcome all of them through this but it seems to be the safe choice that many democrats tonight have began to coalesce around ok great to get all of your thoughts thank you so much to the whole panel let's all full frank to the phones of jennifer thank you so much. we've got more coverage of super tuesday for you later but for now let's bring you the rest of the top google news stories and russia has accused turkey of not

fulfilling its side of a cease fire agreement in northern syria it also says turkey is quote terrorist reinforcements to merge with turkish posts in libya many fear on current moscow could directly confront each other after turkey escalated its campaigned push back syrian government forces step fascinate joins me live from moscow and step it feels somewhat ironic to be talking about upholding ceasefire obligations in a region that's come under such sustained fire from from all sides really what do you think we can read and say russia's remarks. you know we have to remember of course that this is all coming one day before this very important meeting between president putin and president of iran here in moscow and now russia is not only accusing turkey of violating the agreement it made to with russia in 20172018 about demilitarizing it live but it's also accusing

turkey of violating international law and these accusations are not new the 1st one about breaching the agreement inside she is not the new one but there are now more details coming from the ministry of defense here in moscow basically what they say is that turkish forces have now merged with the militant forces in the area of it live they are basically now at these turkish observation posts which are the result of these such agreements and they are attacking neighborhoods from the air but also attacking the russian airbase on a daily basis that's basically what the russians are now accusing turkey of of course this is important because erdogan has been saying that he wants to go back to do such agreements the syrian forces have during your thoughts have got more territory old such agreements would mean that syrian forces have to withdraw and of

course by saying this the ministry of defense and the russian federation makes it clear that it's going to be very difficult to go back to do such agreements because turkey has been breaching them from the beginning ok step in the very years that live update from moscow. to say turkish forces shot. syrian government warplanes over been as many days reports from her time near the turkish syrian border. operation spring shilled is in full swing turkish forces striking the syrian army's i mean it's in depots towns and defense systems they've also shot down a warplane in southern italy the escalation in fighting comes as turkey says it's determined to stop syrian army troops from advancing towards the city of idlib the rebels last stronghold of fischel is here say the military campaign has severely

undermined the syrian army's capabilities. undeterred syrian troops took. the city sits on 2 highways the m 4 an m 5 and has changed hands many times over the last few days as fighting continues u.s. special envoy for syria james jeffrey and u.s. ambassador to the u.n. kelly craft visited the border area with syria and met members of the syrian white helmets the u.s. is contributing more than $100000000.00 to address the deteriorating humanitarian situation in northwestern syria humanitarian aid is only a response the real answer is an immediate cease fire and durable cease fire so i'm very happy to be here this is obviously a moment that we need to make certain that we stress that the americans care but at

the same time that there has got to be an immediate cease fire. and his father from province their family members are among thousands of people who have fled their villages and settled on the border with turkey. when we were walking out of the village we were hit by ernest reich i lost my hand and i miss my home my school. for the time being and his family have nowhere to go. could turn into something more permanent if the fighting doesn't and as international calls for an immediate cease fire government and turkish and russia leaders will meet on thursday to try and agree on our buffers and the demarcation line that will constrain the movement of the syrian army but damascus remains adamant its offensive won't and until it regains control of all the territory held by the

rebels has about. how time the e.u. has promised almost $800000000.00 to support greece since tens of thousands of refugees migrants gather on its border with turkey e.u. officials met with the greek prime minister who showed them the extent of the crisis on the weekend circle in a state with no longer stop people trying to reach europe going against a deal brokered back in 2016 the situation at our border is not only greece issue to manage it is a responsible responsibility of europe as a whole and we will manage it in an orderly way with your nitty solidarity and determination those who seek to test europe's unity will be disappointed we will hold the line and our unity will prevail now is

the time for concerted action and cool hads and acting based on our values turkey is not an enemy and people are not just means to reach a goal. well it's going to name is in the turkish border village of to iran and says people are doing whatever they can to get in soon e.u. country. it's only a journey the length of a football field to cross the border from turkey to greece here but it's an almost impossible one in a smugglers boat there is also a land border which the syrian refugees managed to cross a few days ago soon they were deported back to turkey they remain undeterred. by the fall decree soldiers took our phones our money and our bags and i went back to stumble fact that my bags and return to. this riverbank in the village of di ron has become a campground of hope these families look at the merchant river and see all the

possibilities europe represent. syrian refugees dia his wife and 3 young children have used branches donated blankets and tarps to build a shelter to shield against the unrelenting cold wind day and night for 4 days business that it is we need to take a threat i'm 34 years old and i've seen nothing good maybe my children can see something good we need some space to see our future the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. says countries must not use excessive or disproportionate force against migrants they must process asylum applications in an orderly manner and the international community needs to increase its support of turkey the country is home to almost 4000000 refugees 3.7 of them are syrian. a few kilometers

away the european council president and the greek prime minister visited the border we have not used the time wisely since the last migration crisis to address the situation effectively. it's about time that we do it now during 9 years of war syrians have heard similar pronouncements and promises from world leaders before dia and other refugees we've been talking to tell us this isn't simply about turkey opening its borders to europe it's about all countries changing their mindset and welcoming them until then they are determined to push their way in any way they can toss you're going to. die run on the border between turkey and greece the head of the world health organization says the corona virus is more deadly than the flu but still believes it's containable and he's warning that the virus appears

to be spreading much faster outside china quoted 90 and causes more serious disease the seasonal employees. while many people globally build immunity to seasonal flu strains 19 is a new virus to which no one has immunity and that means more people are susceptible to infection and. c.v.s. news's. well the last patient being treated for ebola in the democratic republic of congo has been discharged sick of some who don't has led diets off the clinical staff sang and danced around her more than 2000 people died during the 19 months right break it was the 2nd worst in history after the west africa epidemic that ended 4 years ago it will be $28.00 days before the latest outbreak can be officially declared over. well next door in the neighboring republic of congo

vast reserves are being discovered but they're underneath 10000 year old pete lands near the congo rain forest as malcolm webb reports from the capital brasilia environmentalists say drilling for oil will unlock billions of tons of carbon. beneath the swampy forest lies carbon equivalent to about 20 years of emissions from fossil fuels in the u.s. it's stored in people on the scientists discovered here in the republic of congo 3 years ago the government didn't allow us to go there and film this is the government's video but it did allow oil companies to drill there last year with. its license to oil exploration in blocks of land across more than half of the peat lands and environmentalist say if wells extracted risks releasing 30000000000 tonnes of carbon stored in the peat. it would be catastrophic even if we tried to

exploit the oil in an eco friendly wheat we still have to destroy the ecosystem. or it will make the area want to see before the exploitation of other resources and also indeed it's really our water great so what. the river congo is the world's 2nd largest river by volume and the rain forest that sits in it basin is the world's 2nd largest after the amazon and its leaves and branches falling from the trees partially decomposing in the ground in the form the peak lands over about 10000 years they've been discovered on both sides of the river in swampy areas and the carbon stored in them beneath the ground is as much as is stored above the ground in the entire forest. the congolese government signed an agreement to receive $65000000.00 of funding from european governments to preserve the pete lands and the forests above them but activists say the agreement doesn't rule out oil

extraction the country's africa's 3rd largest oil producer 2 oil companies announced major on shore oil discoveries near the peak lands last year but the environment minister told us the peat lands a safe. community and what we are saying to the international community is that the congolese government will not touch the land if we have a friend even if we have to do it if we find by drawing their people and areas we will do our best to do a good job the plans are also home to millions of people the government says oil revenues help communities environmental activists say they don't and that if oil extraction goes ahead here the world's largest tropical land and this vast carbon reservoir will be gone forever malcolm webb al-jazeera republic of congo russia's main opposition leader alexina vul me has accused the kremlin of freezing

his bank accounts not only this novell may also says they can spin over drawn by more than a $1000000.00 and that family members accounts have been targeted to involve the organized process last week denouncing what he says are president vladimir putin's efforts to stay in power indefinitely. this is al jazeera these are the headlines former vice president joe biden and his mind set a major comeback in the race for the democratic presidential nomination he's projected to win at least 8 of the 14 states that voted on super tuesday including the 2nd biggest texas buys and performed poorly in the 1st 3 contests but has since seen a surge supports the u.k. the pressure upon the clan to get married yet. i think

a prime time army and i was the 1st trial we're going to go to super junior over well maybe i remember i was but bernie sanders has won the biggest states california he's also won 3 other states including his home state of vermont speaking in vermont he said that these same old politics wouldn't be trump. what we need is a new politics that brings working class people in time our political book good was work brings young people into our political goldberg was and where in november will create a higher voter turnout in american political history. and has been

a disappointing night for the of a candidate senator elizabeth warren finished 3rd in her home state of massachusetts former new york man michael bloomberg only projected when it's in american samoa. russia has accused turkey of not fulfilling its side of a cease fire agreement. north in syria it also says turkey is allowing quotes terrorist reinforcements to merge with turkish outposts in italy. and the head of the world health organization says the green virus is more deadly than the flu still believes it's containable is warning that the virus appears to be spreading much faster i'd cites china shop states inside stories up next. we know what's happening in our region we know how to get to places that others cannot i was just throwing tear gas by the police on purpose the fires instead of going on the. by. the way that you tell the story

is what can make a difference can benjamin netanyahu finally form a government the israeli prime minister's bloc celebrates victory following 3 elections in less than a year but what could netanyahu do with this mandate both at home and the board this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dalby benjamin netanyahu has claimed a general election victory but it's not yet in the bag he's been fighting to stay on as israel's prime minister for a record 5th term after 2 previous general elections failed to produce a clear winner and netanyahu and his.