lori al jazeera. >> and that the's just part of the problem there are some major images coming out of canada right now. meant to tell us all about that. >> just horrible, the the squall line is what we were thinking of the accident, the build up really across the major special state, i think it is highway 400. we are looking a t a mayor collision, we are talking about close to 60 cars on the roadway really need to be careful if you are traveling and you see that snow come in. >> you can see up to two feet of snow, and about across lake tahoe. that snow will push south and to the east, and we are talking about a major ice storm unfolding. into the midwest all the way towards a portion of the northeast as we track towards friday, you will see that rain begin to push onshore definitely across southern california, where the rain will be the heaviest, and we are talking as i said up to eight inches of rain. this is great news, given the fact that california has dealt with exceptional levels of drought, the worst drought in a long time, but it is going to come at a price and that mudslide t

lori with al jazeera. >> reporter: sharper is due back in court on april 15th and while he has not been tried or convicted, there are questions about possible patterns of behavior and we are joined by aaron nelson who is a forensic and clinical psychologist and professor at the university of arizona college of medicine in phoenix and appreciate you being with us dr. nelson and we don't want to make conclusions about guilt or innocence in this particular case but help us understand. this is rape in a way that we don't think of it perhaps. the kinds of allegations we are talking about is something different than someone in the dark of the night for example pursuing a victim. >> well, sure, yes. there is a spectrum when it comes to sexual assault or inner personal violence of different offenders from as you mentioned the stranger rapist that is hiding in the dark as opposed to someone who may be an acquaintance of the victims. but the one thing they all have in common, every sexual assault offender, the thread that holds them together is a wreckless disregard for the feelings and the perso

. >> lori jane gliha, al jazeera. >> the three men on al jazeera's team on cairo aren't the only ones on trial. 17 other journalists are being tried in absent ia. here is sue's story in her own words. >> in one of the letters that peter greste smuggled out of cairo, was unremarkable. i was live at the arab league in cairo throughout the day when we first heard that the bureau, our bureau in cairo had been raided. so we all moved out of the bureau. we didn't go back and we moved into a hotel. the hotel being the marriott that's now accused of being the marriott terrorist cell. what we went dark for a while, what you call dark becoming the special correspondent not naming for security reasons. i reported for al jazeera america and english during that time. we would put a news story, i wouldn't put my face or name to it because we were concerned that maybe the authorities wanted to close us down completely. a few weeks later i leave, come back in and we decided to start broadcasting again, we started doing all sorts of stories from the political solution to pollution, tv is a tire, the c

lori jane gliha has more. >> after almostate weeks in prison three al jazeera journalists will appear no court to respond to allegations that they supported terrorism by doing their job. mohamed fadel fahmy, mohammed badr and peter greste are among 20 charged. >> on christmas day the government declared the muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization, the culmination of a 6-month stand offpiting the brotherhood, and mohamed morsi against others. peter and his team looked for the impact. >> there's no alternative, no organizations make it down here. the government's decision is like likely to increase anger and resentment. >> security forces raided the journalists' hotels and arrested them. they were taken to the notorious toura prison where mohamed morsi and his staff are being held. it will be weeks before charges are filed against them. >> in the meantime a global campaign calling for their release and press freedom picked up steam. the committee to protect journalists named egypt as one of the top 10 places for gaoling journalists and dangerous places for journalists to work. >> journalists and media fre

only on al jazeera america >> it's been a month since colorado's recreation marijuana law took effect. that's few doze in licences, consumers have descended to colorado to get high legally. >> lori jaip gee har travelled to the netherlands to see what we can learn about recreational pot use, they have had that for nearly 30 years. >> in amsterdam there's plenty of places to purchase pot. >> it's easy and open. everyone is so welcoming. they are so normal here. it's comfortable. >> with the 17th century building, lining the canals, the capital city is a magnet for millions of visitors, many drawn by the easy access to marijuana. >> there's about 200 coffee shops like this throughout amster dam. even though it says coffee shop, it's where people buy marijuana. >> we provide people with cannabis and hashish in their spare time. >> jason owns one of the most famous coffee shops in the count rip. you way have seep it -- seen it featured in "ocean 12." why do people come here? >> we sell hash and weed. 80% of what we sell is cannabis. >> the idea behind the approach is that street dealers that sell hard drugs will be put out of business if licensed businesses can provide soft drugs, m