multiple billions of dollars in an army close to 100,000 people. this is a significant moment. >> marc, how could this go on today. 3,100,000 people out there, a huge congratulate business like a corporation that is totally illegal. >> it is. in mexico it is years and years of corruption. guzman and others have been paying off officials for years. when we would go down and work with local law enforcement, the dea guys, who are heroes in this, as are the ice and the marshals involved in this. we used to go down there, we used to say we can't tell the local mexican officials who we are after because they would tip off the target. this started under president called her own and is continuing, they'r they are putn

andrew immaterial ups in kiev there. >>> balance tan fighters have attacked an army base in afghanistan 19 soldiers and tid napped seven others let's get the latest from bernard smith. that a going attack still not over yet, what are you hearing? >> reporter: no, the afghan security forces are telling us that the operation is still going on. by our calculations we think this about one of the largest single taliban attacks there has been on an afghan base or any army base in a couple of years the police chief telling us about 100 taliban fighters launched the attack on this base near the pakistan board at about 3:00 this morning, the fighters the police chief tells us were made up of afghan, pakistanis and arab taliban fighters and managed to kill 19 afghan soldiers and take six or seven of them hostage, that's also the single largest loss of life for the afghan army in the last two months. the previous one was in march last year. when 18 soldier remember killed when a convoy was attacked, particularly this time of year, as well, when it's still very cold and very snowy up there, soaredl

the homeowner who neighbors say is an army veteran shot back. owner wasn't hurt. >> an appeals court fast tracked. the court says it wants to see paperwork by mid april. san jose says the league is illegally blocking the a's move to the south bay. >> now to the 2014 winter games. a live look at the olympic torch burning bright in the hort of sochi, russia still celebrating emotional and unexpected gold medal in women's figure skating. add a lin that so it any cova to take the top spot in front of an excited home crowd. the gold is russia's first in women's figure skating. >> the american women including san jose's polina edmunds did not make the podium. that means for the first time since 1936, united states was shut out of medals in both men's and women's figure skating events. polina is proud of her performance in her first olympics and we're proud of her. >> absolutely. let's go live to janelle wang. she spoke to polina. joins us from the olympic plaza. good morning. >> reporter: good afternoon here, yes, polina edmunds finishes top 10 in the

but you're nicer than an army sergeant.omebody doesn't feel well, you ask them to sit down. >> absolutely. i feel like, you know, like i said, there's all types of people that can take this class. and people coming in, i'm like, you can do it. do it at your own pace. if you feel like you need to take a break, sit down and take a break. no one's watching you. you need to do what's good for you. whatever you're doing, you're still getting out of it. >> one of my favorite things, that is you do each workout for about a minute. so you can literally focus on the point of your body you feel is needing the most workout. and i find that very helpful in my workout. i've gotten the most results from that. do you find that as well? >> absolutely. we use your arms, legs, core, abs. it is a complete full body workout from head to toe. >> you can actually pick and choose what you want to work out. if i don't feel like working out my abs today, i could just actually sit out on that piece. >> absolutely. >> i notice none of your people do,

an army commendation robbery occurred tonight. in answer and one victim being sent to the hospital but not the help from his neighbor. the neighborhood where this happened is a quiet neighborhood about 315 after three members of the guns and tied up everybody inside. this included a grandmother and a tour year-old boy. this boy somehow got itself free and ran over to state senators house asking for help. here the man the police is looking for. the first suspect is about 20 34toall hispanic suspects at the moment. to people interested regarding the shooting this morning. kelly--this person the structure and pants behind him is allegedly the triggerman. it all started here inside this mcdonald's. is bright and early during a breakfast runs from please were called thein. the victim was shot in the stomach and was helicoptered over to the next possiblclosest. the shooting occurred in southern russi side the restaur, . right after the shooting zero pd about inscriptioa description oo suspect suspects. they found the suspects in the car

that's an army one called comprehensive soldier fitness.t's now called comprehensive soldier and family fitness. it costs quite a lot of money. it reaches hundreds of thousands of soldiers. and they found that they didn't think it really worked. >> and so what's the army's response to this when they say that this isn't working? if it's been used on a million different soldiers now? >> well, they're very defensive about it. they in fact think that it does work. they say their internal scoring shows that it improves positive thinking, it kind of helps soldiers learn to thrive, helps them deal with adversity. they do admit, the army does, when they created the program in 2009, as the numbers of ptsd and suicide were beginning to rise, they were trying to deal with prevention at that point. and they modified the program since then. it really isn't so much a prevention program, they say, now they say it's more to improve the quality of soldiers' lives, help them deal with adversity. >> so what is working? have suicides gone down? >> no. well, ac

and then you don't have an army of people. you just have -- and so we've been looking at twice do that -- ways to do that because we realize we are not going to have this development, we are going to to have a lot of people. so what we did was we have some operating folks in the wastewater improvement system in the ip's so what we are doing is say you guys come back and focus on the development because we are operating and then look forward of on bringing project related staff to work on these projects so when the project is over, then if we don't have another project, then we can reduce staffing. it's this whole thing that yes it's important. how do we have a portion for -- position for the duration and not just grow and grow. therefore we look at infrastructure at project related positions because in theory when the project is over you redeploy that staff or if it's no longer needed, they typically go to another department that can utilize their services. >> right. one last comment which has to do with the 265, the magic num

sieges serve well to weaken an army his capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to go to do your own. they claim the syrian government is besieging the palestinians in the camp they want to invert the truth by saying the syrian government is part of the killing force as they don't do anything to protect the people they want the people to hit the regime. accusations over the next of the syrian authorities allowed indeed government officials blame the militants for infiltrating into the cities in the first place and complain they can do little to fight back now lisa villains could be heard and thousands of ordinary people all over syria remain hostage inside their own homes waiting for help already three years into this conflict that could prove very long wait indeed refreshing r.t. from syria. in the meantime the u.s. has challenge the syrian government over its commitment to chemical disarmament the us secretary of state warned damascus of possible military action if it misses the deadline to destroy its arsenal a moscow responded by

according to army generals at least five thousand three main trap there sieges serve well to weaken an army is capabilities keeping a large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to go to do it yet their own they claim the syrian government is besieging the palestinians in the camp they want to invert the truth by saying the syrian government is part of the killing force as they don't do anything to protect the people they want the people to hate the regime. accusations over the next of the syrian authorities allowed indeed government officials blame the militants for infiltrating into the cities in the first place and complain they can do little to fight back no least civilians could be hurt and thousands of ordinary people all over syria remain hostage inside their own homes waiting for help. already three years into this conflict that could prove very long wait indeed rif notional r.t. from syria. and the u.s. secretary of state has warned syria that a failure to eliminate its chemical stockpiles by july could result in force being used against it russia's forei

dead while at least to fix his soldiers were killed by militants east of the capital an ambush at an army checkpoint yemen has been trying to restore stability since president assad there was forced to step down and twenty eleven. hundreds of protesters clashed with police over the picture of a chronically ill man in the spanish capital madrid x. of us accused officers of siding with the bailiffs in order to make a sick man homeless spain's trick repossession laws have led to hundreds of thousands being evicted during the debt crisis. at least one person was killed and dozens injured as supporters and opponents of former president mohamed morsi clashed in a number of cities across egypt police fired tear gas to disperse the mobs in the capital cairo two roadside bombs were detonated near a police vehicle last weekend around fifty people were killed at rallies to mark the twenty eleven hour prizing one of violence erupted between pro and anti morsi group. such as sounds and motorcyclists rolled out for a rally in the venezuelan capital caracas near government offices bike is heard at homes

according to army generals at least five thousand three main trap there sieges serve well to weaken an army is capabilities keeping large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to euro do you have their own. they claim the syrian government is besieging the palestinians in the camp they want to invert the truth by saying the syrian government is part of the killing force as they don't do anything to protect the people they want the people to hate the regime. accusations over the next scene of the syrian authorities allowed indeed government officials blame the militants for infiltrating into the cities in the first place and complain they can do little to fight back now lisa villains could be hurt. the only vision is the militants who attack the camp and this is the militants who are using the people as human shields . any security or military force here on the ground is to hold the floor the militants the government cannot leave the doors wide open for them or put a red carpet to allow them to go straight to the masters. and thousands of ordinary people all over s

this time, the internet may have taken on an army too big to be defeated. you versus the nsa when "press here" continues. >>> welcome back to "press here." the internet is kind of like a young boxer who so far is undefeated. the internet helped bring down hosni new bar remark and gadhafi and defeated, what, soap pa and pippa laws, right? and now with fresh confidence, it steps into the ring to take on its biggest opponent ever, the nsa. internet users have declared tuesday, february 11th, as the day we fight back. thousands of websites will protest. april glazer is with the electronic frontier foundation. she is an expert in so many things, the fcc often consults her when it's write the rules. thanks for being with us this morning. let me just throw out this idea that the internet has finally taken on more than it can chew h the nsa doesn't seem to care about what congress thinks about it. why would the nsa really care if boing boing is upset at it? >> not just boing boing >> and readit. >> 4,000 websites upset and thousands upon thousands upon thousands of

further down the road we came across an army patrol. is this country is so complicated, the military, paramilitary, grille la guerillas, are all dressed the same way. >> filled with doubt, we took our video to show to one of the leaders. f . >> a week after we left the community, five teenagers were kidnapped by the agc paramilitary group who accused them of being guerillas. according to local accounts, the agc walked into the local police station, and handed them over. and then walked out. another example of why people here don't trust the colombian state, because it feels like the past is repeating itself. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm tony harris with a look at your top stories. ukraine capitol engulfed in flames. 13 killed in fighting. >>> dueling protest in venezuela and government arrest leashed of the opposition. and reports the white house is willing to trade prisoners at guantanamo bay for an

sieges serve well to weaken an army is capabilities keeping a large forces tied up for long periods of time but they have another go to euro do your own. they claim the syrian government is proceeding the palestinians in the camp if they want to invert the truth by saying the syrian government is part of the killing force as they don't do anything to protect the people they want the people to hit the regime. accusations over the next you know the syrian authorities allowed indeed government officials blame the militants for infiltrating into the cities in the first place and complain they can do little to fight back now lisa villains could be heard and thousands of ordinary people all over syria remain hostage inside their own homes waiting for help. already three years into this conflict that could prove very long wait indeed rif notional r.t. from syria. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has asked russia to press syria into spacing out the removal of its chemical arsenal threatening the use of force if it's not eliminated by july and this comes after the first round of

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further down the road we came across an army patrol. is this country is so complicated, the military, paramilitary, grille la guerillas, are all dressed the same way. >> filled with doubt, we took our video to show to one of the leaders. f . >> a week after we left the community, five teenagers were kidnapped by the agc paramilitary group who accused them of being guerillas. according to local accounts, the agc walked into the local police station, and handed them over. and then walked out. another example of why people here don't trust the colombian state, because it feels like the past is repeating itself. check check >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm morgan radford. >> the latest jobless numbers are raiding -- raising doubts about the economic recovery, economists were expecting 185,000 jobs to be created last month. it's 6.6%, down a bit from december. >> the country has a new farm bill, signed into law on friday. it makes modest cuts to food stamps and expands federal crop insurance. >> a tampa judge denied bail for retired pol

an army of plows in new york can barely keep up. the city's new mayor, bill deblasio, had trouble handling staten island's answer to punxatawney phil on sunday. now, he's handling his third winter storm. >> i am learning about snow removal, more than i ever expected to. >> reporter: schools closed, from the northeast all the way to ohio. whiteout conditions in illinois. trucks pushing trucks in oklahoma, to a sea of snowy wrecks in arkansas. it's also busting budgets. cities like milwaukee are running out of salt. and others, cancelling summer projects to pay for winter cleanup. for the thousands of superbowl fans expecting cold and snow, they got it. just a little bit late. >> it was 53. i was walking the dog. now, he won't even come out of his -- >> now, the dog won't come out? the dog's smart. >> reporter: here's metlife stadium around game time. temps in the 50s. and here it is today in a photo tweeted by the ceo. new jersey under a state of emergency. now, all those fans having a heck of a time getting home. >> we have our 11:0

>> reporter: all we know is that a car approach an army checkpoint and this is the first army checkpointthe soldiers subjected the car and the bomber blew himself up. two soldiers were killed, one an officer, one a soldier and 15 people injured. this is according to the red cross. five soldiers, ten civilians. we know this check point was set up after hezbollah declared it was there was fighting inside syria. this checkpoint was not here before because as you mentioned, there were reports that hezbollah fighters use this town because it is on the border with syria to go in. highlighting the intense security situation here in lebanon. there was twin suicide-bombing that happened three days ago south of beirut, so people you speak here are extremely concerned about what's going on in their country. >> thank you, steph. >>> thousands of people are rallying in rival demonstrations across venezuela, both president nicholas madera and government have called for a show of support. there was an anti-government protest in car caracas. thousands of people have gathered in downtown caracas on satur

afghanistan's defense minister hinted at the involvement of foreign intelligence agencies on an attack in an afghan army on a post and 21 soldiers tied in the incident, a memorial service has been held in kabul and mr. smith has this report. >> reporter: the killing of 21 afghan soldiers as they slept at a remote out post is the worst blow to government forces in years. and would have had little chance when their base was over run by what the government says were hundreds of taliban fighters. >> translator: the attack was

something that's happening now with increasing frequency. >> what is the difference between his earmt an army and ae other militias of the country. what gives them any more legitimate meas tha cy that any of the other militias that we are hearing about? >> that libya has one of the largest weapons arsenal that fell into the hands of adrenalin pumped revolutionaries. >> it is a charge that is firmly rejected by america's ambassador here. the u.s. holds no responsibility she told us to helping power the militias that help plant the libyan government's authority. >> this is life. life is full of difficult choices. freedom is really messy and it takes a lot of work. democracy, as i say again, it is not a destination. it is a path. what are the foundations around which all lib yab libyans are prepared to coalesce? >> a commitment to support libya, a commitment to help rebuild this justice sector but they failed to do this even from the beginning. >> heavily armed, combat tactics >> every little podunk wants their tank and their bazooka... >> with s.w.a.t. raids on the rise... >> when it goes wrong

we're trying to build an army whether we like it or not. today we set up a structure for the military. what if the regime were to collapse? if the regime collapses, who's going to run the country? >> narrator: marouf would lead a new movement, called the syrian revolutionary front, to fight against the jihadists. >> (translated): we're ready to fight every group that behaves like the regime. and if a group wants to use weapons against us and fight us and their goal is to steal the syrian revolution, we will not hesitate to fight back. >> narrator: a young fighter named hazem, who was a litenant in assad's army before defecting, has signed up his rebel battalion to the new syrian revolutionary front. he shows muhammad what they are up against. >> (translated): we're driving along these farm roads to avoid being attacked by the jihadists. the jihadists are more ruthless than assad's regime. they attack villages with artillery and shells. in that village they just killed 15 civilians, including women and children. they use mines and car bombs

an army of sandbagged. >> they are your neighbors. -- takes as a lot to lot to bring people together. >> from thence to shopping trolleys to baby buggies. men and women in a backbreaking tend to their homes. >> we have no idea what is coming next. >> he is helping barricade number two, the stress of rising water getting to his mother. >> we can't say more than that. >> nearby number 20 are also losing hope. >> how long can you live like this? >> may a day or two. things will calm down so we can leave. >> late this afternoon, lindsay joyce returns home with six-year-old marshall. it has been another draining day. >> we are stressed thinking, is it going to go? will it be worse? >> the lives of one community facing nature, fighting bureaucracy, fending for themselves. duncan kennedy, bbc news. >> too much rain in england. a well he, for our american viewers, is what you might call a rain boot. it was invented in the 19th century for the duke of wellington. which is probably all you need to know about the wellington boot. the only thing little about shirley temple was her size. her voice

i never stole any passwords nor did i trick an army of coworkers. as josh notes, working in i.t., snowden had the perfect cover to go around official policies in getting passwords. think ifof people you're having computer problems and the i.t. person the agency sent down says they need to enter their password, they're just going to go ahead and do it regardless of what it says on page 71 of the handbook. >> other employees with top-secret axis may want -- access may want to take no. he was asked does encrypted e-mails were? his reply is somewhat instill your keys, no amount of cryptology will protect you. ron paul announced he is starting an online petition calling on president obama to rant edward snowden clemency. it is being carried widely in the russian press. they say it is another example of why edward snowden should be considered an american hero. cooper,g live, rebecca abc seven news thank you. coming up, doug is checking more winter weather heading this way. what to expect overnight. gets ready to face off in sochi. abc >> the annual democr

debatable if it's the government's fault but the lack of an official police force and the lack of an armycourse allowed for a lot of these security, a lot of the malitias that were part of the revolution. >> you see this getting better. >> absolutely, i see this getting better. we have a lot of centers and a lot of institutions and a lot of plans put forward to absorb all of these circumstances, all these issues and security problems into the state and official body and into an army and hopefully dissolve such issues very soon because the libyan people are optimistic about creating opportunities for young men and women to create a better and brighter future for their lives. >> reporter: we have run out of time and i want to thank you very much for talking to us and that is the view of young libyans and back to you. >> many thanks indeed. now torture and starvation and murder and north korea told amnesty of prisoners in the secret state and the u.n. is about to publically accuse the leaders of committing crime against humanity and we have more. >> translator: it's a place that would make y

you were an army sergeant. do you feel like there was a bureaucracy in the military? n availability for that especially when we talk about lifting the combat exclusion ban for women that there now is an opportunity for all people to be seen equal twin military. we have to see that change. the possibility is there. >> how about the next frontier. where do you think it might go? >> right now with sexual assault in the military it's a big topic. this isn't a military issue alone because in colleges almost one in five women report being raped. so there's a lot of change to happen. with the military justice improvement act we're talking about something in and of itself is not radical. talking about taking the ability for commanders somebody in your chain of command take away the decision whether a case will be prosecuted. >> where does the bill stand now? >> six people away from a filibuster-proof majority so, you know people need to call their congressman and senators particularly right now senators and have them either thank them for the support they have given or support

it would certainly have an army, but itthe would also have aan effect on the joint force, because it ffects a lot of controls, signalses, things a the other theices fall in on that army provides. by the way, the army falls in on other things that the other services provide. will have an effect on all of the services if we go to all the way to sequestration levels. and that, when you add to that human dimension of this, so that, for example, inside of a of 420,000,ure about a third of it is consumed other soldiers, the institutional support to itself, whether it's school programs ordical all the things that make a service a service, it really begins to limit in some significant ways that which is combat.e to deploy and so 420 is too low. that will come out as we discuss this budget, i think. >> thank you.

an army of plows battling the snow. and two more huge storms on the way. >>> fallen star. the death of oscar winner philip seymour hoffman. tonight, police describing the hidden struggle with heroin at the height of his career. >>> and puppy love. the dog, the horse and the secret of how they did that to create the most popular super bowl ad of the night.

this is al jazeera, live from doha >> also ahead - 175 rebels killed in an army ambush n one of the bloodiest incidents in syria's 3-year long conflict. >> qantas plans to cut 5,000 jobs after reporting heavy financial losses. >> the sun comes out in northern china after wind blows away a dangerous blanket of smog. >> hello. good to have with you us. we are getting reports that armed men are seizing buildings in the crimea region. the area has been the scene of violent confrontations. one person died on wednesday after demonstrations turned violent. we go to robin walker. what have you seen? >> i have seen the parliament building, the area around the police with a cordon around it. the public have not been allowed to walk around there. it's gone through to see what is going on. i can see barricades up at the entrance to the building, and i also confirm that the russian flag has been hoisted on top. >> thank you. >> in the capital parliament is meeting to approve a new government, as we heard, the caretaker government has a huge job ahead of it in order to restore stability. our correspondent

an army for a split. and still. be in the know. on. i. know you made so let nine zero degrees basically it's interesting we've. seen the dimitri hopes the first officer will tell him exactly what tests he needs to pass but now it seems is not the time to ask. there's a big blow out you're right near the entrance he's forward will shift and return. understood. each trip is a new first. every route changes dramatically in just a few us. never remain the same for more than a few minutes. something else to consider you can see strips of ice now but if a southerly wind blows there will vanish but if we get a northerly wind blowing through here. so that it's almost impossible even to make the lights on the ship in front. of. visibility was absolutely fine. maintaining convoy formation at such close distances three why some fog is a major challenge. the ships are surrounded by so much ice that the radar display looks quite blank every crew member needs to concentrate. the. regular event in autumn. has already begun to appear and that always mean

is k looking at a prisoner swap with the taliban free an army sergeant.hey have offered the release of five taliban solders in exchange for the soldier. >>> it is sentencing day foreign a elderly nun and two peace activists who broke into a tennessee nuclear plant. the plant stores enriched uranium for making nuclear weapons. >>> bangladesh's economy largely relies on textiles, but some entrepreneurs are dabbling in in animation. >> reporter: it is a workplace that would look the same anywhere. but these skilled workers are hard at work in bangladesh, a country that has been in the news for dangerous working conditions in its garment industry. they are produced episodes of a popular south asian cartoon series, about the adventures of a young girl with messages about the importance of education, health, and women's rights. ♪ >> reporter: the boss has big plans for his company. >> i hope we can be the cartoon network of bangladesh in the next ten years. >> reporter: the industry is growing quickly, relying on a talented work force, and the same competitive

the man that lives here is an army combat veteran that possibly served in vietnam. another neighbor said this use todd be a good neighborhood until the people that live here moved in. she is suspicious of what goes on here in this home. nbc bay area news. >>> a former san jose sex crime detective that add am i righted to exchanging inappropriate pictures with a teenager will be sentenced today. he pleaded guilty to the charge in exchange for a shorter sentence. he faces six months in jail and 500 hours of community service. he requested, received, and exchanged sexually explicit pictures with a girl in 2011. >>> four people are dead this morning. a woman is accused of a shooting at a tribal area. she was a past leader with the tribe and she opened fire at the office yesterday. they say she shot five people, stabbed another one when she ran out of bullets. four of the victims died, two others are in critical condition. she was taken into custody outside of the office. >> officials want you to keep your eyes open for a violent fugitive from montana that has been spott

. >> a group of opposition supporters gathered at the home of an army general. he addressed dozens from his balcony. nicolas maduro ordered the ost for inciting the murder of a pro-government person. >> nicolas maduro maintains support. there is growing discontent over inflation, food shortages and the murder rate. we have this report. >> they are frustrated and angry, fed up with what they feel is a government to doesn't listen to them. nearly three weeks ago students ignited a protest movement that is spreading. some want the government change, others want to change the government. >> we dreamed venezuela would advance, not regress. we have food shortages. >> with 15 years of hugo chavez and now nicolas maduro, most of the students have never known any other system of government. so far the cries for change resonate with the upper class and people that supported the opposition. >> in the neighbourhood with the president enjoys almost full support people have similar grievances - high inflation and soaring crime. the protests continue. many here benefitted from

they raise an army and put george washington, right, in charge of the army. no, george washington wrote a letter to his wife and said, i am so sorry that this is happening. nl is going to have sent you a lot, but i have been named as commander of the army. had nothing to do with it. i don't believe them for a second. he went to philadelphia wearing his army uniform. so i think he was kind of saying , and is directed to the guy for this job. so he would. so he occupied with his little group of militiamen, cambridge right next door where harvard colleges. the men stayed in the arbour dormitories. and everybody in boston came to see them. and one of the people who came to see him was mercy otis warren. she wrote to john adams his said that general washington was amiable and accomplished, but generally who was also there, she said, he was sensible and judicious, but he is as marked by an ugly this end of politeness. so i don't think she expected us to be reading your mail a couple hundred years later, but that is how we learn. we read the mail in reading and we r

for example you can go to an area where afghan national army soldiers do not attack taliban fighters because they are of the same tribe and have a cease fire. so of course this tribal connection can also be used to get access to an environment like this for journalist. >> reporter: you are a freelanfree lance journalist but being with al jazeera did it give you access? >> i got access before i told them what tv station it was and they gave me the green light before al jazeera. afterwards when they gave me the green light they were interested in knowing which channel it was going to be broadcasted in and i told them it was al jazeera. so i would say it's 50/50. >> reporter: i have to ask you because on a previous trip to afghanistan you were kidnapped, you were held hostage, why did you decide to go forward this time? did you feel you could trust them? >> i felt i could trust them. i was extremely nervous anyway because the thing is that i actually felt much more comfortable last time i went to afghanistan and when i tried to get access to the taliban and do actually almost the same st