economy billions >>> i'm antonio mora and this is al jazeera america. we begin with breaking news from egypt. mohamed fadel fahmy, our colleague was released from prison on bail. he was held for 412 days along with baher mohamed, also expected to be released within hours. the two journalists were granted bail by an egyptian judge. they were being retried on charges that they aided the muslim brotherhood. neave barker reports on their day in court. >> reporter: this could be the beginning of the end for an ordeal that lasted more than 400 days. mohamed fadel fahmy, and baher mohamed were granted bail at the start of a retrial. it's a huge relief for their families. >> i'm going immediately to tell the kids that their father is going home and life will be beautiful. i'll wait to welcome him back. life has changed today. >> baher mohamed was asked to pay a security bond of $33,000. >> we will abide by everything in the egyptian law. i am sure he's been vindicated by this. and later on in this case when it falls apart >>> the judicial fight for baher mohame

. >> and, antonio mora it pores on monday the majority leader may have blinked first in the standoff. he proposed a bill decoupling the funding from the president's executive order. he wants republicans and democrats to have an opportunity to vote on it. it means funding for the department will go forward in a shut down, and is can be avoided. >> mike viqueira at the white house, thanks. security tighter than ever at shopping malls across the country in response to a video from al-shabab, acknowledge al qaeda-linked group in somali. the largest somali enclave is a few miles from the nation's largest mall. >> reporter: does the al-shabab methods resonate with the young people in the community? >> i'm afraid it does. al-shabab and i.s.i.s. have effective machines. >> reporter: this is a community under the microscope. in light of the threat to the minnesota mall of america, the largest shopping center people are on edge. >> there's a fear backlash. amongst everything it's simply struggling to get attention. >> it's not without reason. in 2013, they attacked the mall in nairobi, kenya. m

i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us for the latest news head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great weekend >>> i'm ray suarez every kid that picks up a high school diploma in june will have taken some version of american history, the gathering debate over a demanding class shows that we are not sure what we wanted to do for students that take a class. do we teach american history to transmit an ideal version, create young

i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us. for the latest news go to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm luis suarez this week's white house -- ray suarez this week's white house conference wrestled with subject from new york, to paris, to baghdad - people ready to kill others to reach political goals, and it's hard to investigate, arrest or kill your way out of it. the global

. >>> i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. the u.s. wants to intensify an offensive against i.s.i.l. as the group's popularity is gaining popularity in the west. 3400 westerners, including men are fighting with i.s.i.l. and other groups in iraq and syria. it comes as the united arab emirates resumed their role in coalition air strikes, and jordan is reportedly sending thousands of troops to the iraqi border. tomorrow president obama requests broader authority in the fight. he says he was heart broken over the news that 26-year-old kayla muller was killed. jamie mcintyre has the story. >> reporter: the white house confirmed an f-16 bombed a storage facility in raqqa last friday. they cast doubt on the i.s.i.l. assertion that that strike killed kayla muller. >> the evidence we have is no civilians in the area prior to the strike taking place, calling into question the claims by i.s.i.l. >> photographic evidence by i.s.i.l. that after analysis by the community confirmed kayla's death, but not how she died. the pentagon will not conduct th

. >>> good evening i'm antonio mora. this is al jazeera america. canada's highest court calls it a human right. the justices there say citizens who are terminally ill have the right to die. john terret joins us and john this is a groundbreaking decision, the first of its kind in north america. >> you know antonio you're right. no other court has ever ruled this way in north america. that being said, a handful of countries around the world do allow some form of assisted suicide. that is to say if patients are incurable, suffering and have given their consent. those countries are belgium the tiny nation of lux lux luxembourg. something activates are cheering. >> this is a case about real people with serious illnesses through a change in the law can find some peace and comfort in knowing that they have a choice. >> reporter: on friday, canada's supreme court gave people that choice, striking down a ban on doctor assisted suicide. from lee carter, that brings some form of rm relief. >> today her journey is complete, with the supreme court of canada gra

i'm antonio mora head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. on the subject of law enforcement, the director of the fbi speaks with one of the biggest megaphones in america. and james comey says the country's police officers sometimes do their jobs in a way unduly influenced by racial bias. >> at many points in american history law enforcement enforced the status quo, one that is often brutally

i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight that traditional backlash is pitting courts against each other. with state judges openly defying a federal decision allowing same next unions. in most alabama counties the judges blocked marriage licences. a legal battle underscores alabama's deep resistance to gay marriage. >> reporter: dozens of gay couples lined up in courthouses across alabama. some waited all night for this - a merge licence. >> happy, excited. we waited three years, we thought we'd have to go state. but now we go here. >> reporter: it was not the base for everyone in alabama. sunday night chief justice roy moore sent out letters saying although gay marriage was legal on monday that he felt that it was unconstitutional and if the federal law did not apply to what was happening here. >> sexual appearance is that a constitutional right, sexual preference. she can be bisexual transgender. is that a right. it's not a right found in the constitution. >> the right to marriage or relationship is a right given by

it's not the end of the debate >>> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. verdict is in in a case that captivated the nation. eddie ray routh was found guilty of shooting author and former american snipe rer chris kyle. john terrett joins us with a late verdict. >> it is it just unfolded extremely quickly it came down. at the end of a 2-week trial, the 10 me and two women deliberated for less than two hours, having to decide whether eddie ray routh was guilty of killing chris kyle and chad littlefield. this is the moment the verdict was red out. >> we, the jury find the deft eddie ray routh guilty of the offense of capital murder as charged in the indictment. signed by the foreperson of the jury. >> the judge went on to impose a sentence of life without parole. earlier defense and prosecution were given two hours to present arguments. they were there earlier. when a final witness took the stand, the forensic expert that reconstructed the scene saying kyle never saw it coming. the defense didn't dispute that eddie ray routh killed kyle and littlefield but ar

. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tomorrow was supposed to be the day millions of undocumented immigrants could apply for work permits and protection against deportation. a federal halted the process putting actions on hold. heidi zhou-castro is along the border and spoke with disappointed people. >> that's right. this was not the news. that undocumented immigrants hoped to here. state leaders in texas are rejoicing. texas let of 26 states claiming that the president overstepped the boundaries and the states would suffer of the consequences. a federal judge inside the courtroom agreed issuing a temporary injugez. -- injunction, this was devastating news. 36-year-old doris clutches an american flag in front of a courthouse where a federal junk ruled now is not the time for her to step out of the shadows. >> i waited for the kids to finish breakfast. i read it and started crying. >> this is your life. >> it is. i thought it was - i was going to do something. and i read this and it was heart-breaking. >> she said her mot

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. we begin in ukraine. a dozen fighters killed in less than 24 hours. and many more over the weekend. >> promising to boost their forces to 100 thousand to combat government forces. >> the white house is weighing its options and whether to provide weapons and other military equipment to stop the advance of separatist forces. that decision could destabilize the decision further but also could keep kiev from losing any more from eastern ukraine. jamie mcintire has more from the pentagon. >> best way to aid the government in ukraine and that the president has made no decision but privately pentagon officials say the worry is pouring more arms into the conflict may not bring a political solution any closer. western officials say in recent months russia has been moving hurns of pieces of -- hundreds of piece he of equipment into eastern ukraine and pentagon officials say it is increasingly apparent that the $100 million in nonlethal aid the u.s. has provided to kiev is no match for moscow's

how the drug is moving from the city to wealthy suburbs >>> i'm antonio mora, and this is al jazeera america congress has one more day to agree on funding for the department of homeland security, if not, thousands of federal employs could be sent home on fur low, and hundreds of thousands forced to work without pay. mike viqueira has more on the congressional standoff. >> while no one is doubting they'll find a solution and there won't be a shutdown of the department of homeland security there is confusion on the republican side, raising eyebrows. you rule mitch mcconnell, the leader of the g.o.p. senate decided to move a bill to do nothing. actions have been mixed. house of representatives don't want to go along with that. they met into the evening behind closed doors. there's no evident resolution of how they want to approach this. an item on the table, passing a continuing resolution. keeping the department of homeland security open for another three weeks while they work again to hash it out. it doesn't address the underlying conflict between the tea party and leadership which do

for the people that need them most >>> good evening, i'm moir and this is al jazeera america -- antonio mora and this is al jazeera america. today a town is in rebel hands. ukranian forces pulled back from debaltseve. they had been battling for days even after both signed a ceasefire. the retreat is considered a defeat for the government in kiev. >> reporter: they are beaten and in retreat. ukranian soldiers gave up the defense of their position in debaltseve on wednesday, pushed out by a relentless bombardment and a ground assault by separatist fighters all happening four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. the wounded spoke of running a gauntlet of fire. >> there are no words to describe it along the way we were blanketed with shots. they fired with machine-gun and grenades. we left 5am, and until this morning we were under targeted fire. >> reporter: the bombardment which broke ukranian resistance were carried out by separatists yints luke this one. we -- like this one. we found them here. many fighters believe the ukrainians should be forced to withdraw from the donetsk region. >> i

. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. hours before a midnight deadline congress passed a stop gap measure preventing a shut down of the department of homeland security, but only for a few days. >> this is passing for progress in a disfunctional congress. a week extension of funding for the department of homeland scourtedy, narrow -- security narrowly averting a shutdown coming a day after dramas in the house of representatives. a 3-week extension was put forward for the department. it crashed and burnt in a spectacular fashion on the house floor during the vote. almost a solid wall of terms opposing the measure, and conservatives opposing it as well. it lost by a significant margin. conservatives and republicans incensed over orders on immigration last year who tried to exact retribution or force the president into refusing his policy by cutting off funding for the department of homeland security, which implements the programs. it backfired on republicans, and they are divided between conservatives and leadership and the

i'm antonio mora. thank you for joining us. for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ^ below psh psh >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. more than 30 million people are insured one way or the other under the affordable care act. but for house republicans coming this far down the road doesn't mean the massive health care law is safely established or that the fight is over. for the 56th time the republican controlled house of representatives votes to repeal obama care. >> the reality i

. >>> good evening this is al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. we begin with a fatal train accident in new york. at least six are dead after a metro north commuter train struck a vehicle on the tracks. the plane was packed with hundreds of passengers. happening a few miles north of new york city. paul bebanins us with the latest. -- paul beban joins us with the latest. scary scene. >> this is the latest in a string of accidents involving metro north in recent years. you see these are live pictures of the scene. scorch train and wrecking of the vehicle in front. what we know is six are dead. it's not clear how the accident unfolded. the driver of that vehicle stopped on the track. he was kill. five on the plane drived and dozens injured in a fiery blazy collision. >> outside new york city a scene of snow smoke and scorched metal. at about 6:30 the height of rush hour a jeep cherokee started to cross the tracks in val halla, a suburb 30 miles north of manhattan. after the crossing gates came down on the back of the jeep the driver stopped, got out

. >> i'm antonio mora. u.s. officials are on high alert tonight as concern gross of i.s.i.l.'s gathering of supporters in the west. one was arrested at jfk airport trying to board a plane to turkey. they say two of the men threatened to carry out attacks inside the united states. meanwhile the head of the fbi said terror related investigations are going on in all 50 states. >> in iraq, i.s.i.l. fighters kidnapped more than 100 men and boys near tikrit. >> taken back a town of al baghdadi. >> the three men accused of helping i.s.i.l. are held without bail. if convicted each man faces a maximum of 15 years in prison. gabrielle elizondo has the story. >> two of the three suspects were arraigned a 22-year-old from uzbekistan and 19-year-old from kazakhstan. the third suspect a 30-year-old from uzbekistan he was arraigned in the state of florida where he lives. now prosecutors claim that through investigation, that two of these people were going to go to syria to fight with i.s.i.l. but beyond that they were planning attacks here in the united states including prosecutors say a bom

i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez 50 years ago this week. conspire attars caused destruction. gunmen blasted away at close range at the lectern, dead at 39, in the midst of a changing idea about america and the future of black people in it. tough, complicated, provocative, razor sharp man was dead leaving family

. >> good evening this is al jazeera america, i'm antonio mora. we begin in ukraine. fighting is reaching a new level of intensity. at least a dozen soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hours. separatist leader announced plans to add fighters to the rebels' ranks. the obama administration is looking at sending lethal aid to the ukranian government. something resisted in the past. jamie mcintyre reports. >> what pentagon officials are saying is that the chairman of the joint chiefs is giving president obama his best military advice about the best way to aid the government of ukraine, and that the president has made no decision. but privately pentagon officials say the worry about pouring arms into the conflict may not bring a solution closer. >> reporter: officials say russia has been moving hundred of pieces of equipment into eastern ukraine, including battle tanks to armed separatists there, and pentagon officials say it is apparent that the 118 million in nonlethal aid that the u.s. provided to kiev is no match for moscow's deep arsenal. >> we continue to see su

. >>> good evening to jam r, i'm antonio mora. -- jam rsh, i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. another attempt to solve the crisis in ukraine. an attempt to broker a deal. >> talks began in minsk, the capital of belarus. officials are trying to hammer out an agreement. it includes a ceasefire, the withdrawal of heavy weapons and border controls. >> and president obama called russian president vladimir putin, pressing him to cease what he called aggressive actions in ukraine, or face steeper costs. >> developments came as pro-russian separatists carried out an attack on army held positions in eastern ukraine. >> charles stratford is on the front lines. >> destroyed ukranian tanks abandoned in the snow. this town is virtually it'sered. fighters with the self-proclaimed army of the donetsk people's republic took control from the army. tightening the noose around the strategically important town. >> translation: debaltseve is important. it's a railway junction we want to liberate it all the territory of luhansk and donetsk. people believe in us. they voted for us in a referendum. w

i'm antonio mora. cartoons of the prophet muhammed in 2005. >> what would you say to the enormous majority of muslims who repudiated the paris attack who said it was a horror but say that they can't stand with charlie, that freedom of speech has to come with responsibilities? >> i would quote aryeh neier who used to be the president of the aclu here. he, as a holocaust survivor, defended the right of marxists to march through skokie in illinois in 1977, and he wrote a very good book called “defending my enemy” _ that is, yes, you may disagree with what charlie hebdo did, but as long as it is within the law, you have to accept their right to do it. you may risk if you don't do that, soon or later, that others will come after you and apply the same principles that you would like to apply to charlie hebdo to yourself. >> on the other hand, if you look at charlie hebdo or if you look at the cartoons you published, are you at all concerned that it could fuel anger against muslims and islamophobia in the wes

i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us for the latest news head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great weekend >>> i'm ray suarez every kid that picks up a high school diploma in june will have taken some version of american history, the gathering debate over a demanding class shows that we are not sure what we wanted to do for students that take a class. do we teach american history to transmit an ideal version, create young patriots or teach a story, warts and all. we'll have that debate with jim grossman from the historical association, and ian from the national review and take you inside with an educator that helped to write the history framework. it's "inside story". >>> advance placement quarters are much sought after by students schoolboards offering a serious curriculum. calculus chemistry - no chemistry. hard sciences are light on terms, and heavy on the notion that there's one right answer. advance placement american history, that's a political punching bag. the recent reformulation of curriculum and standards has legislators and school bo

. >> i'm antonio mora. thanks for watching. for watching. >> the first stop for many child migrants to the united states is this border patrol facility in mcallen, texas. >> "good afternoon, welcome to the rio grande valley processing center..." >> it opened this summer in response to an influx of unaccompanied minors from mexico and central america. >> do you think this is an immigration issue or a refugee issue? do you think some of them will be granted political asylum? >> we're not talking about criminals. these are innocent children, fleeing desperate times, whether it's poverty, whether it's violence, whether it's the draw of a better life in the united states. >> the obama administration has made it clear: most of the children will be deported. but they continue to arrive -- twice as many as last year, and 4 times as many as in 2011. >> we've been riding along the border all week and we're seeing some action in this area. we're not far away from the river and from mexico. we see some border patrol vehicles over there and

. >> and i'm antonio mora. we are following a breaking story out of moscow, the murder of opposition leader boris nemtsov, gufned down dwunned down less than two -- gunned down less than two days before he was to lead a rally against putin. victoria gatten by has the story. by has the story. >> nemtsov was an outspoken critic of putin he had been governor of one ever russia's biggest cities. after leaving you parliament in 2003 he had helped establish and led several opposition parties. he was murdered just two days before a major opposition rally he was due to take parts in. russian president vladimir putin has condemned the murder, taking the investigation of his murder under his personal control. victoria you geant gatenby, al jazeera. >>> earlier tonight senator you expheanringyou you johnsenator youexphean senators you john mccainsenator be john mccain retweeted a picture of him. >> they are a rare and endangered breed in russia. opposition figures of fru and are few and far between. he would speak very pl

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. tonight we continue our coverage with the latest developments in the fight against i.s.i.l. the jordanian government is threatening more retaliation for the death of its pilot mu'ath al kasasbeh. >> on his return home, kind king abdullah. >> selling abducted iraqi children as sex laifs while burying others alive. >> throwing its support behind the government. >> jordan warned of an earth shake response. that response came swiftly. at dawn on wednesday the authorities executed iraqi prisoner sajida al rishawi. she had been on death row for eight years for taking part in a 2005 attack in amman that killed 60 people. another prisoner was also executed ziad al karbouli. the government quhairmd confirmed that its pilot was burned alive. al jazeera will not show those pictures. >>> the father who found out his son was killed came out with these strong statements hours later. >> translator: i demand revenge be greater than executing prisoners. i demand that i.s.i.l. be anilatedannihilated. v

. >> and i'm antonio mora. today we begin with the growing concerns in eastern europe. >> german chancellor angela merkel was in the white house today. >> she aand the president promised to stand together against russia. but she refused to give weapons to kiev. she says that would make the fighting worse. >> and putin continues to blame the u.s. for making the cries worst. >> the two leaders say there's no gap in their approach to russia. people moved from towns along the border. angela merkel believes the peace plan joined with the french, all sides meet in belarus on wednesday. willing to give diplomacy a chance for now. both leaders agree no deal will mean stricter sanctions against the russians. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to do is look at all other options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. >> translator: if at a certain point in time one has to say that a success is not possible, even if one puts every effort into it, then the united states and

good evening and welcome to the international hours of al jazeera, i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. >>> all but conceding an important railway town to pro-russian forces. about 2500 forces withdrew from debaltseve coming under fire as they departed and six soldiers died. this happens three days after a ceasefire went into effect. >> 80% of the troops are out. the separatist takeover is being widely condemned internationally. >> the u.s. joining critics vice president joe biden saying, if the procedures continue to violate the ceasefire. >> military vehicles taking over residential areas. most forces have been right retreated. >> pushed out by relentless bombardment from separatist artillery and ground assault from separatist fighters. all this happened four days after a ceasefire supposedly began. the ukrainian wounded were taken to arteminsk. >> there are no words to describe it. along the entire way we were blanketed with shots. they fired at us with machine guns and grenade lampers they used everything. we left debaltseve at 5:00 a.m. and until now we were under constant fire

i'm instead stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. up next, the captain of the costa concordia is sentenced. >>> first, high level talks to end the fighting in ukraine continue in belarus. brought france, germany and the ukrainian separatists together. many european union leaders hope a deal will end fighting and prayed president obamafightingpersuade president obama not to send additional military aid to ukraine. charles stratford has the story. >> just hours before the attempt at negotiating an end to this conflict. thousands have individuals have been killed in indiscriminate shelling. the attacks came a day after soldiers and civilians were killed when shells hit an area of ukrainian history of krematorsk. the separatists denied the attack but it prompted ukrainian troops to bolster their positions close to the front line. the attack on the shopping center behind me happened yesterday but the violence has dramatically increased over recent weeks and the shelling as you can hear continued up until the beginning of the peace talks.

. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight with iran and its nuclear program. a historic deal may be finally reaching resolution. secretary of state john kerry and ernest moniz met with the head of the iran's atomic agency. rm see this as a sign that a resolution is in the works. >> there is a sign that tehran is finding ways to undermine. secret activities of iran's agents in africa. is f. >> first, john terret with where the talks stand. >> five days of unilateral talks between u.s. and iran, technical aspects of the program. that meant bringing in top members of the u.s. and iran, their job to hash out which parts of the program could be kept and which part of tehran's program needed to be banned. moniz and salehi helped to sharpen on some of the details and the question on international sanctions on iran was discussed. with five weeks left before the march 31st deadline, reports that the talks were challenging and productive and appearing to be negotiating in good faith. in tehran, iran yafns want a deal that is a win win for them and the west. but would no

. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin tonight in argentina where officials are renewing an investigation into argentina's president kirchner, following up on a bombing of a jewish community center moreover two decades ago. >> who was lind the behind the bombing is still unclear. today a prosecutor reaffirmed accusations that kirchner held back blame. both kirchner and tehran deny it. >> aflalberto nisman died before he could prevent his evidence. >>> allegations will not go away. the allegation is they covered up iran annually involvement in the 1999 attack on a jewish center in buenos aires the government has always vee mentally denied those rks -- vehemently denied those accusations. >> translator: one has to distinguish between the judicial and the political aspects. the judicial aspect is highly questionable while we can't deny it's having an extraordinary political impact. >> the allegations were initially made by alberto nisman. the day before he was to speak in a investigative hearing he was found with a p

i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. an unknown number of land mines causing hazard forfarmers in senegal. >>> yemen's recently deposed president, the latest here in the civil conflict that's threatening to split yemen in two. the forces reported seizing a number of facilities including a power station in the port city of aden from forces allied to the houthi movement. last month shia houthis took over the capital sanaa. unlu.n. has urged the houthis to turn over sanaa. >> migrants fleeing libya happening in the land of lampedusa. claudio lavanga has the story. >> the safety of italy after a perilous journey through stormy seas. more than 2,000 people many from subsaharan africa left libya. a group of men armed with kalashnikovs threatened ordering them to take the migrants but leave the boats behind. a new and warring tactic for authorities struggling to cope with the crisis that has seen an unprecedented number of migrants to make the trip oeurope in rickety boats during the winter season. italian authorities have warn

. >> and i'm antonio mora. tonight we begin in the home of the dangerous al qaeda in the arabian peninsula yemen where another rebel group the shia houthis are in full control of the government. the houthis staged a coup today dissolving parliament and putting their own council in charge. that council will now create a traditional leadership that will govern for two years. >> the houthis had threatened to take unilateral action this week to dissolve yemen's political stale made. that resolution passed setting in motion today's takeover. >> the united states and the united nations condemned the coup. calling for immediate release of yemen's president and parliament who are under house arrest. as jamal al saal reports. >> translator: the revolutionary council will set up 550 members to replace the placement. >> reporter: the houthis had taken over sanaa last september capturing key government buildings including parliament and state tv eventually forcing yemen's first democratically elected president hadi and his

. >> i'm antonio mora. one of libya's two rival governments sent militia so cert to fight groups they say is affiliated with i.s.i.l. they are trying to reclaim government institutions stormed and taken by fighters. >> the u.n. council will meet providing an emergency session. the 5 permanent members and egypt agree the approach will be different from the coalitions in iraq and syria. >> libya has been gripped i instability since muammar gaddafi was overthrown years ago. >> reporter: people in tripoli celebrated as he remember the start of an uprising that helped to push muammar gaddafi out of power. many are angry at the egyptian strikes on douma, and marched in support of civilians killed in attacks. militia men based in misrata say ter heading to cert allies of a government based in tripoli, one of two fighting for control. the militia want to tackle i.s.i.l. affiliated troops and are against those that killed in douma on monday. when egypt attacked training camps belonging to i.s.i.l. groups. the tripol

. >> i'm antonio mora. we begin with the latest in the fight against i.s.i.l. video and photos show the captive jordanian pilot moaz al-kasasbeh trapped in a cage and set on fire reportedly a month ago. he'd been held since his fighter jet crashed in syria on november 24th. >> the jordanian government vowed: tonight - jordan's king abdullah met with president obama in the oval office added to the schedule at the last minute of the the king was in washington for talks on increasing assistance to jordan. jordan and the u.s. condemned the killing, >> reporter: grief and anger after i.s.i.l. reportedly released a killing of moaz al-kasasbeh. the 26-year-old's father was attending a tribal meeting in jordan's capital amman. state television confirmed the death saying he was killed a month ago. king abdullah called short a visit to the u.s. where he met secretary of state john kerry on tuesday. >> we have received with sorrow and anger the news of the killing of the hero the martyr. at the hands of the organization. >> meanwhile president obama was one of the first w

i'm antonio mora. >> i'm stephanie sy. we begin in ukraine where leader are taking aim at russia on what they believe is an effort to sabotage the ceasefire agreement. david cameron announced he's sending up to 75 soldiers to help train the ukranian army. he warns moscow could face future sanctions if pro-russian separatists fail to serve the truce. >> at the same time secretary of state john kerry was on capital hill blasting the kremlin and vladimir putin for repeatedly lying about not sending troops to ukraine. >> russia has engaged in a remarkable period of overt proppa behind e exercise that i have -- propaganda that i have seen signs the height of the war. >> rebel leaders want to abide by the truce, but ukranian officials rejected the claim, calling it a cover to further military advances. >> the kiev government says part of the future plans including taking over the port city of mariupol. officials say it would give them an outlet to the see and control of the donetsk region second-largest city. ukranian soldiers a

i'm antonio mora, thank you for joining us. for the latest news go to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm luis suarez this week's white house -- ray suarez this week's white house conference wrestled with subject from new york, to paris, to baghdad - people ready to kill others to reach political goals, and it's hard to investigate, arrest or kill your way out of it. the global problem our national strategy and what is down at the local level. it's the "inside story". addressing foreign ministers in washington, president barack obama said countries at the conference were in the same boat. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon told the gathering that even as a rising tide of violence was in europe africa, asia australia - responding in kind was not going to hurt. cool heads was prescriciald. described. many of the president's critics say the president obama does not pepper radicalization political violence and combatting islamic state of iraq and levant with terms like jihadists, and the like. >> these terrorists are desperate for

i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest new head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hello. i'm ray suarez. this week gay people started getting married in alabama. but the tug of war over same-sex marriage is not quite over. 81% of barack obama voters approved a ban on same-sex marriage. a federal judge struck down the ban. at the 11th hour the chief judge in the state of alabama tried to nullify the ruling ordering judges not to issue licences much the supreme court is letting marriages take place for now. the court will take up the issue in this term. same sex marriage - state's rites and the twists and terms leading to that case. we are glad you found us at our new time. it's "inside story". >>> alabama's chief justice warned sunday night that magistrates across the state from not to licence or officiate at same-sex ceremonies. the supreme court denied a writ letting the earlier federal court decision stand so the idos wrong out, and others followed the orders which said in part: meanwhile, the potential of a nationa

. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest new, head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. . >> hello, i'm ray suarez. last week the talk in european capitals ukraine and russia was of a ceasefire in eastern ukraine. one was signed but the ink was barely dry before the shelling and dyeing continues. the ukranian army has been chased out. it has been portrayed in different terms. for the government of kiev the news from the front is not good. we hear about the fighting talk to a ukranian about the pull back and ceasefire, and find out what europe is prepared do now. what is next for ukraine - it's "inside story". "inside story". french president francis hollande and angela merkel engaged in shuttle diplomacy in an effort to keep the war in ukraine from escalating. the sound of shelling could be heard after the ceasefire was supposed to have begun. president petro porashenko here with troops at the airport in kiev denied that debaltseve had been lost. >> this morning ukranian armed forces with the national guard finished a plan a

i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez harper lee published one novel "to kill a mockingbird." it's been printed millions of times around the world in the past 50 years. now it turns out lee had another book in her, and it comes out this summer. continuing the story of scout, sttacus finch, boo radially and tom robinson who came to life in the hollywood classic. months away from its release, it's a best seller. time to make a killing for the author of "to kill a mockingbird." we have a new time and, as you can see, a new home. it's "inside story". >>> what to kill a mocking bird about - the south. the moment in childhood, when you see adults figuring out who your father is and who you are. it's one of a handful of books everyone will read between 7th and 12th grade. he was published in 1960. a year later it was honoured with a pulitzer prize. it's been translated into 40 languages, harper collins will public lee's new book in july. harper lee had this

i'm antonio mora, you can head over to aljazeera.com, "inside story" is up next.have a great weekend. subtsd of weeks of hot political skirmishes. >> this is not a personal disagreement between president obama and me. i deeply appreciate all that he has done for israel in many fields. >> the israeli prime minister controversial decision

i'm antonio mora, you can head over to aljazeera.com, "inside story" is up next. have a great weekend. subtsd of weeks of hot political skirmishes. >> this is not a personal disagreement between president obama and me. i deeply appreciate all that he has done for israel in many fields. >> the israeli prime minister controversial decision to address congress at the house speaker, while he's reaching accord with iran over their nuclear program determined to stop any deal with iran. >> what's the rush? unless your view is that it's not possible to get a deal with iran. and it shouldn't even be tested. and that, i cannot agree with because as the president of the united states i'm looking at what the options are if we don't get a diplomatic resolution those options are narrow and not attractive. >> has netanyahu's decision put him on a collision course with the white house and inviting a foreign leader to weigh in on a congressional debate. we're glad you found us at our new time and our new home, it's the "inside story." >> this all started specifically speaker of th

. >> antonio mora. good to be here.w i think that this verdict came quickly, and it may have been surprising for some given that the trial was two weeks, and the jury was in deliberations for no more than two hours. it was a jury of 10 women and two men. and throughout the trial. throughout the trial it was emotional testimony, starting with the prosecutor case having chris kyle's widow testify, and the mother of little field. it was apparent that the jury was moved. really, what they had to decide in this case is not whether or not eddie ray routh pulled the trigger. that the defense said was a fact. he killed both of these men. the jury had to decide whether eddie ray routh was sane. with the guilty merd ict, it -- verdict they believed that he was sane and he is guilty of capital murder. >> that has been amply debated in the court with different experts, but in the media. raffle had mental issues, he was on medication, it was a big part of the case. does that surprise you that this verdict came down quickly because o

. >> thanks for watching, i'm antonio mora, "america tonight" is next. i'll see you in an hour. >> on "america tonight." >> this generation has got to go back and pay attention to the things that we had won are now being lost. >> and the mass he of people that we've got to move and shift from their place of comfort to seeing the world in the way we see it. >> and a couple of days later some of my blood tests came back and they said we need to isolate you because you have an infection we have never seen before. >> the centers for disease control say it's a nightmare bacteria infecting 9,000 people a year. and it's on the move. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. it has been called a superbug. a nightmare bacteria a real threat that's cropped up in hospital he around the country. so far the outbreak has been small and contained but it is raising a serious warning especially because the evidence suggests something could have been done to event proo prevent it. the story from [ ♪music♪ ] michael okwu. >> david richie is remembering the horrifying moment

i'm antonio mora. for the news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. ^ below "inside story" is next. have a great night. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez if you're an american of a certain age you remember when people routinely got measles. i had it in elementary school in the 1960s. did you? fast-forward to 2000. infectious disease specialists pronounced measles effectively eradicated in the united states. suddenly it's bringing illness and maybe death to americans. why? health officials are concerned it's because a growing number of parents are choosing not to have their children vaccinated. look at the numbers from the centers for disease control. last month 180 cases were reported. 42 tracked to an exposure at disneyland in california in december. if you look at the data from the last five years it's a growing problem. in 2010 less than 100 people got the measles, a normal year since near eradication in 2000. last year there were 644 cases. measles, immunity and debate over vaccinations in the 21st century, we are h

. >> i'm antonio mora. i'll see you again in an hour. >> gone and some say forgotten. >> all coy do was just -- all i could do was just keep praying and keep praying that's all. >> a year since little relisha rudd vanished. what's been done to find her? >> we have exhausted a lot of resource he. we will continue to do so. >> what has been done to protect other at risk children? >> i have every confidence that we are exercising more oversight. >> but are they safer? >> i've answered your questions. >> "america tonight" investigates. the search for relisha. thanks for joining us for this special report. i'm joie chen. >>> it is horrifying to know that in a typical year over 100 children in this country are kidnapped. what's even more shocking to us is that this city, the seat of the nation's power has proven itself powerless to protect the most vulnerable of its children, the homeless. the disappearance of eight-year-old relisha rudd last winter shows how broken america's safety net is. even now a full year l

i'm antonio mora. thank you for joining us. for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ^ below psh psh >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. more than 30 million people are insured one way or the other under the affordable care act. but for house republicans coming this far down the road doesn't mean the massive health care law is safely established or that the fight is over. for the 56th time the republican controlled house of representatives votes to repeal obama care. >> the reality is we are a company founded on the principle of government with consent of the governed. no one was asking for this thing. no one wanted this thing. >> in everywhere this is working not just as intended but better than intended. >> president obama makes his case inviting 10 newly insured americans to the white house. we'll be joined by one of his guests. who is signing up and why? the nuts and bolts and costs of a texas facilitator helping people to sign up before the deadline. don't forget the politics and policy are headed to a supreme court showdown

. >>> i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest news any time from al jazeera, head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is next. have a great night. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. jordan was deeply involved in the war against the islamic state of iraq and the levant. in the past week the country rallied to the cause. after i.s.i.l. posted video of a captured jordanian fighter pilot burned alive in a cage. >> it's one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> when that news broke king abdullah was here in washington. the king vowed revenge and left with stronger support. jordanian fighter jets are pounding targets in syria and iraq. we'll talk to a retired 3-star jordanian air force general about the mission, the risks and the state of the u.s.-led coalition. does the latest i.s.i.l. horror and jordan's reaction both military and political change the fight against i.s.i.l.? it's "inside story". . >> aircraft from the royal jordanian air force are making regular sortees with the help of u.

i'm antonio mora, thanks for joining us. for the latest news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great weekend. >>> hello, i'm ray suarez. as of this week about if i lit up a joint, right here right now, i wouldn't be breaking the drug laws just breaking the rules about smoking in this building. it's legal to smoke marijuana recreationally in the nation's capital. you can't any marijuana here or sell it. how is that going to work? how did they make the rules. d.c.'s mayor was threatened with gaol before the new law went into effect, and she didn't break down. it's an example of a recurring powerplay. you may not know it. d.c. voters and officials don't really make the laws here congress does. washington d.c.'s attorney-general will help us sort it out in a minute. join me in studio as a symbol in the national debate on pot. this is huge. no bogating, it's "inside story". >>> at 12:01:00a.m. thursday spoking marijuana became legal in the district of columbia after more than 70% of voters approved a ballot measure to make pot legal for recreational