back to you. >> mike viqueria reporting. just as americans are starting to send in their 2015 tax runs, the irs says it is experiencing website failure. the irs is work to restore service, the problem has also flocked out the popular where's my refund feature on irs.com.gov. (tirsirs.gov.s a mix of freezind snow has been falling in the east. meteorologist kenji joins us, the u.s. saw heavy rain and flash flooding. >> that's right, we saw heavy rains and winds. knew it's just the heavy rain and floodings. one particular storm all the way as it entered into california. at the end of last week, making its way into the midwest, there you see, what was left as an area of low pressure is now moving towards quebec. but the cold front is moving towards the southeast, that is going to continue as we go into tomorrow. want to show you where the areas are of flooding. the flooding is going to stay in place and as you see there the flood warnings are for all the states in the southeast. as you can see here, most of the heavy thunderstor

mike viqueria is there. mike. >> good evening, paul, downtown columbia, south carolina, the crowd here waiting to layer from bernie sanders, you know bernie sanders was an individual in the 60s as a young activist who fought for social causes and racial justice. now some 50 years later, that message is appealing to a influence generation of younger democrats. there are road trips and then, there's a political pilgrimage. >> i just went to south carolina no big deal. >> ada and julia live in new york city but one friday night on an impulse they boarded a bus full of political idealists and driving all night end i ended un this columbia, south carolina neighborhood. making a door to door pitch for bernie sanders. >> bernie has invigorated people who have never voted before. >> by a factor of 6 to 1, in flf it was 5 to 1. here in south carolina the sanders campaign hopes to mobilize 81 voters and get the same result. sanders has been at it for fourth decades, making the same argument in the .60s and as the mayor

mike viqueria is on the campaign trail in manchester. >> good evening, randall, on the republican side things seem to be up for grabs. while donald trump is nominally leading the polls, over the challenger, plooub marco rubio,s are notoriously late in deciding. donald trump underperformed in iowa, when you compare the precaucus polls. many are expecting the same thing ohappen here in new hampshire. meanwhile, marco rubio is emerging as the establishment candidate, and as such he is drawing the fire of many of his rivals. croichts wenchris christie wents being robotic, that his replies are repeated over and over and over again. rubio went after that. >> i'm going to say it again. the reason why these things are in trouble is because barack obama is the first president at least in my lifetime that wants to change the country. change the country. not fix it, not fix its problems. he wants to make it a different kind of country. >> and as for the democratic race hillary clinton doing something very unusual just two days before the voting starts in the primary in new hampshire, going you ou

mike viqueria has moor. >> for many americans listening to president obama it was the message they had been waiting for. >> you fit in right here, you're part of america too, where you belong. you're not muslim or american, you're muslim and american. >> part of what brought mr. obama to the mosque, heightened islamophobia and attacks in paris and san bernardino. >> you're worried about the threat of terrorism but on top of that as muslim americans you also have another concern, that is your entire community so often is targeted or blamed for the violent acts of the very few. >> mr. obama slammed antimuslim rhetoric from leading republican presidential candidates, a major issue for many muslims in the audience, including naeen mohammed, whose work with young children leaves him concerned. >> they don't know how to separate what a politician might say. from getting elected. >> his first time in search years mr. obama visited a u.s. mosque. at a this is too long. for warda khalid. >> all of america could have benefited from hearing it a lot sooner. >> though i.t. was a long time coming,

in the bargain helping preserve his own legacy, randall. >> mike viqueria in washington. secretary of state john kerry says peace talks are still under way, but the syrian government stepped up its assault on aleppo. al jazeera's disloard haal jazes more. >> the suffering continues, tens of thousands of syrians are again on the move. those who have arrived to the turkish border are not being allowed in. these people are from the northern country side of aleppo, many came on foot, many came with nothing. there is no safe area for these people as the government pushes ahead with a major offensive in the province. >> translator: we left our homes because of the bombings by the russians, the iranians, bashar and the shia army, we wand erdogan to let us in. >> reporter: for now, there is no indication that the gates will be opened. officially, turkey has an open door policy for syrian refugees but strict conditions have been put into place, and turkey has been under a lot of pressure dealing with the 2.5 million syrians in the country. >> but under pressure villages and towns

mike viqueria has the story from washington, d.c. >> good evening, lori jane. no sooner had the notice of the death of antonio been released, nominated by ronald reagan back in 1986, a fight began in earnest. fight said president obama is a lame duck, she hold up, he should wait for the people to speak via the elections come november and the republicans hope if it is a new republican president give that individual an opportunity to nominate someone of their own choosing. pliemarco rubio is a presidentil candidate. here is his view. >> he can nominate someone, i can agree with that. >> make no mistake, president obama says he will fulfill what he believes is his constitutional responsibility and make a nomination. meanwhile the democrats are a flip side of this coin. look at some of the cases on the docket, involving abortion rights, affirmative action, executive officer orders that are proven to be so controversial, these are hot button issues, firing up the base on the right, base on the left many whether they be voters donors or grass roots activists. the dem

south carolina where she easily beat bernie sanders, al jazeera's senior white house correspondent mike viqueria has more. >> reporter: the focus now turns to super tuesday, and caucuses like in minnesota. the democratic contest could soon be over. hillary clinton is on the verge of seizing control of the democratic race. after her resounding win in south carolina she campaigned sunday in tennessee, one of 11 states with delegates up for grasp on super tuesday. clinton won south carolina by 47% over bernie sanders, double the margin most polls had predicted. addressing supporters saturday night in columbia, clinton didn't let up. >> tomorrow this campaign goes national! >> in the aftermath of the blow-out loss sanders had few positives to spin. >> we got decimated that's what happened. >> it wasn't just the 47 point margin, but the loss exposed sanders critical issue with the contest. fest six southern states vote tuesday. clinton would likely rack up a big list of delegates, putting sanders where he was, a long shot to win the nomination. sensing a chance to put sanders away clinton is asking f

al jazeera's mike viqueria is in columbia tonight covering clinton and sanders. >> the low turnout in nevada caucuses in convincing fashion, and a lot of her supporters are pointing to a constituency, african american voters. even 20% was african american, here in south carolina more than half are expected to be black voters. and hillary clinton is winning them by a wide margin. now bernie sanders for his part says he's not writing off south carolina. he expects to compete here and in fact late on sunday evening he did have a very large rally where he hit some familiar themes in greenville, south carolina. hillary clinton for her part stopped in texas, super-tuesday state, while there and speaking in houston, hillary clinton talked about racial issues. >> in state after state they're doing everything they can to stop black people, latinos, poor people, young people, people with disabilities from voting. it's a blast from the jim crow past and we're going to fight it. >> and as we say, bernie sanders by no means conceding either here in south carolina or among the african american demo