so that bottleneck is not going to get smaller any time soon. conditions are going to get more and more difficult in the days to come, and now, the fact is that these refugees have run out of money. tempers are flaring. the uncertainty they were facing a few days ago keeps growing by the day, and to try to solve this issue, it's going to be extremely complicated. i have been here for three weeks now, watching this crisis unfolding, and at no point anything was done concretely to contain this bottleneck, and that's what we're seeing now. >> hoda abdel hamid with the latest on the greek side of the border. as always, thank you. >>> two syrian men have ben sentenced to four years in prison over the drowning of five refugees, including a toddler. a turkish court convicted the two of human trafficking. the three year old's death attracted widespread international attention and sparked global sympathy for the flight of refugees. both men were acquitted on a separate charge of causing death through negligence. >>> while german officials brace for the i

where you are, of course, is where the bottleneck is.n to us how you have seen what is now effectively a refugee camp there grow. >> reporter: well, actually i have been here for about two weeks, and when i first arrived here, there were a thousand people who were in the official transit camp and that was it. you wouldn't see one of these colored tents. and what is difficult to understand is how the situation lead to this. the latest estimate we got is there are between 11 to 12,000 people who are stranded here in this now makeshift camp. the transition camp can't take anyone else. and aid organizations are having a real nightmare to try to organize all of this. the crossing is more shut than open. just to give you an indication, over the last 24 hours, about 320 have arrived -- have left, sorry, managed to go through. you probably have that same amount of people who arrived near this camp over a span of two hours. >> hoda, of course we know that most of this comes from the violence in syria. we just heard from francois hollande saying t

this is the place where we have this terrible bottleneck, hoda, and listening to the language, it appears to me that more and more the message going out is you are unwelcome, but you can't get out. >> reporter: well, that's i think the biggest dilemma of people here. they say well we are here now, no one told us we were not allowed here, and now why can't becontinue our journey. as the people we heard earlier saying they are running out of cash, and living conditions here are terrible. the sheer volume of people that keep on arriving makes it very difficult for the aid organizations, so they lack absolutely everything. you see a lot of children walking around in quite cold weather barefoot. it's extremely difficult, and what you really notice is increasing despair and frustration and anger. people are tired.

. >> some say it kicks the bottleneck down the road. >> it gets more congested. >> the transportation secretary acknowledging no matter how far north virginia extends the lanes the drivers will reach the bridges feeding to the dense d.c. but he says that communicating with the transportation colleagues in the district and maryland working to find solutions to work around the bottlenecks. >> it has to be multimodal and the amtrak set has to help to get people that choose to out of the cars. give them the opportunities. mike: in arlington, mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. maureen: it was a bad night in tulsa, oklahoma, last night. we have a clearer look at the destruction caused by a tornado. seven people were hurt including one in critical condition. tonight neighborhoods littered with debris and the damage to the businesses and churches. leon: looks like something landed on top of that house. maureen: really sad. doug: severe weather season. we don't expect thunderstorms tomorrow morning or the afternoon. the front comes through. 73 at the reagan airport. there are cooler spot closer t

crews had to close the runway to fix it and that led tie bottleneck for flights --to a bottleneck for flights trying to get in and out. >>> volkswagen group of america says ceo michael horne has resigned effective immediately. the company has been under fire since admitting that some of its diesel cars included software that was programs to cheat admissions tests. the united states is suing vw and the company faces up to $18 billion in fines. volkswagen's international ceo, mart unwintercorn resigned last september due to the scandal. >>> ving is almost officially here and airlines are projecting an increase in travel. airlines are projecting a 3% increase. that would amount to 140 million passengers during march and april. the trade group airlines for america, also says that would be the highest ever for spring travel. 1 # 6.2 million passengers travel by air during the same period last year. >> apparently all that travel brings emotional baggage. >> who knew? >> this is all we've talked about. if you felt guilty about taking that last vacation, you are not alone. that is according t

it could create a bottleneck for the two main gates. >> reporter: fastest event in st. petersburg may also slow down fans on their way in. all fans must now go through metal detectors. >> we felt it was prudent to step up security. >> reporter: people are encouraging if they see something say something. >> i think it is great. it is very important. i think they should do. >> reporter: part of the added security is limiting boat traffic in the south yacht basin. only folks that reside there will be allowed in. there will be no boat traffic during the race. fans can not bring in coolers or beverages or knives or weapons or folding chairs. added security did not seem to bother fans. >> it is something you need to be ready to embrace. safety is more important. >> i don't think it will be the super screening like you would i don't think anybody is going to be taking their shoes off. >> reporter: mayor raised the race weekend. he wants to remind people who are not going to the race. >> while the race is going on downtown is not closed. businesses along central avenue are not

one group points to the traffic bottlenecks getting up to i-25 as proof tte area is growing too quickly. >> it's grown seven fold in the seven fold. >> right now the current town council is rubber stamping any developer's proposal. >> he is now proposing a ballot initiative requiring annexation of 5 acres to go to a vote. currently green wood village is the only colorado city that requires a vote for residential annexation. >>> first friday of the month so that means a lot of monthly jobs report coming out later this morning. here's how it's affecting the stock market now. s&p is up 2, nasdaq up 9, dow up 20. >>> sports authority is closing another of its locations as it enters bankruptcy. the company now says it's closing the store off bowles and wadsworth. plenty more across the country are closing. 143 locations that are now going out of business. >>> could marijuana help people with multiple sclerosis? they plan to look at the effects of long-term use of marijuana on ms patients. there's a crowdfunding effort to help fund the research. they say they hope to see improvements in motor

with macedonia only alone through the number of migrants serbia agrees totake it, the bottleneck is seto worsen. brent: we have spent the day at the border between greece and macedonia. good evening to you. talk to us about how exclusive it is right now, how explosive the mood is on the border. >> at least, the first day i have seen violence in the camp. there were refugees to try to tear down the gate. some of them threw stones at the police, and that is when the police sprayed tear gas. several people were injured. 15 injured people according to doctors without borders. a man was carrying a child and rushing to the doctors. brent: people are arriving more every day. what could be a solution to the problem? you are on the ground, seeing this happen. >> there are -- will probably be released if the macedonian authorities open the border and put more people in. but it is not a long-term solution. i think a way out can only be caused by european coalition. on the conditions regulate the influx of refugees. they're trying to do that by building throughout the country them and also on the b

reach here after greek authorities stopped bussing people to the border to control the ever growing bottleneck there is no humanity, no humanity, finish. >> reporter: like many others she wonders what will happen next, some of the protesting refugees are still refusing to move back from the fence. >> all the people who sit here and all the people cannot, they said that they are not stepping back, we won't step off and want to be here without food and without water, we don't need any food, we just need them to open the borders. >> reporter: most refugees return to their tents and more worried now that europe will tighten their frontiers any more. >> on the border of greece and what is available to them and the authorities what can they do realistically to keep the borders sealed? >> well, certainly on the macedonia side more forces were deployed and we watched that happening yesterday after that riot that happened in the morning and actually saw a helicopter over flying at a quite low altitude border area and water cannons have been along the fence that separates both sides especially in the ar

the bottleneck in greece is getting worse after macedonia completely closed it's board. this is the scene in greece on wednesday. heavy rain has turned the area into a muddy bog. 40,000 people are camp there had hoping to be allowed in macedonia. among them is alar, who says that the situation is hopeless. >> now we have no choices at all. we cannot depend on the relocation program, and we cannot go anywhere except for legal ways which we cannot depend upon it at all because it is so expensive and so dangerous. we cannot depend on the legal way. i tried once between turkey and greece, and at this survived, but i can't try it any more. illegally is not the way to try going any place. i just don't wan want to ask the e.u. leaders one question. if their children were stuck in this rubbish, would they make the same decision that they made to close the board? >> well, he was speaking with our correspondent, who sent this update. >> many said that really the opening of the borders, especially the one here was the last hope. now they feel they have no hope. now they do have opt

he was holding talks in greece, which is struggling to cope with the bottleneck of refugees. after a short break, i will be back to take you through the day. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >>> this week on "wealth track." riding out unknown twists and turns. how he is caking advantage of steep declines next on "consuelo mack: wealth track."

we're going to move people from shelter into housing as rapidly as possible so we do not have a bottleneck in terms of shelter. >> reporter: as of right now, no decision has been made. in de land, loren korn, news 6. >> ginger: if the county agrees on the seven recommendations presented in council today, it will go into effect july 1st. >> lisa: we're following breaking news in the fight between uber and taxi giant meres. both sides are met to meet with altamonte springs senator david simmons within the next 30 minutes. they'll discuss whether state lawmakers should ban orlando from forcing uber to charge higher prices. the meeting comes after news 6 went to tallahassee to ask senator simmons if there was any room for compromise between competing ride-sharing bills in the senate and house. simmons' bill would require uber to carry more insurance, but without a compromise, we're told it will not pass. we will monitor the meeting and let you know if a deal is reached, on news 6 at 7:00. >> ginger: for the next several weeks, drivers on the beachline will see this. crews taking down an old to

if there was any hope that the bottleneck at the border would be soeld in a few days, it is now all butone, replaced by this pair, anger and frustration and an overwhelming state of confusion. access to macedonia is restricted but no clear guidelines have been given as to what the stranded here need to do. information is spread by word of mouth and often it is wrong. >> translation: every day there are new rules. i'm afraid they will tell me that i can't get in because my jacket is background and they want it to be black. >> reporter: any semblance of a unified european system has completely reason down. many of the registration papers issued by greek authorities are not valid any more. macedonian and the balk, ans now require a new stamp. many stand in queue for hours even though there are no guarantees it will end their polite. another source of anxiety is a turkish stamped on passports. like many here, he first stopped in turkey to earn enough money. >> what does that mean for you? >> reporter: for it is terrible like it is very hard as you come all this designation long way on suffe

and the slow-moving traffic traffic which bottlenecks everyday. and the accident does not help. statesville is a great alternate route. and highway 115 there is not a lot happening on this side of town which is good and that backup towards huntersville and mooresville a delay. the drive to 150 about 67 minutes. back to you. >> thank you. still ahead at 5:00 we are on your side with continuing coverage of the terrorist attacks in brussels, belgium. >> new details coming up next. and still ahead... the care of rowan county's animal control has led to a major overhaul in the way the all kinds of animals. introducing longhorn's big, bold, steaks. our new 10 ounce filet. our 16 ounce t-bone. and our fire grilled 18 ounce outlaw ribeye. only at longhorn steakhouse. >> as we keep close watch on the terrorist attacks in brussels, belgium we are getting word of developments at an airport here in the united states. alex giles is live in the alert center tracking that down for us. >> we know everyone is on edge. and media outlets are saying parts of deposit verb airport is being -- denver

. >> there was a bottleneck for 5 minutes because people were hanging around, taking photos. >> tons of selfie sticks. everyone is snapping them. >> sometimes people bump into each other. it's always funny. >> this has always been the place for people with cameras, real cameras. >> a lot of people with selfie sticks slowing down to take pictures of each other. >> we are just trying to get around people. it works out well. >> it looks awkward, and sometimes we hit people with it, but aside from that, it's good. >> there's a lot of people here, and everyone has a camera. everyone is standing back trying to get around. >> you have to stick the selfie stick out, and that will stop some people from going around, and that's why we almost hit some people. >> much different experience. i still enjoy it. i think they are beautiful. moment. >> we have been trying to do it here. >> the photojournalist will hakey there. >>> i think this will be the woke end to get out and check out the blossoms assuming the winds don't blow too many of them off. the temperatures making it into the upper 70s a co

border restrictions in several countries are creating a bottleneck at the greek macedonian border.abdel hamid is at the border, and says the conditions refugees face has now lead to an outbreak of disease. >> reporter: it has been a difficult day for the people stranded here in this makeshift camp that continues to grow. the late estes mate is there are between 11 and 12,000 people. the crossing there is more shut than open over a span of 24 hours, the latest figure we got was 320 people were only allowed to get through. there is chaos at the border. but that 320 people in a span of 24 hours is just a trickle, probably that amount of people arrive here in a span of two hours. now weather conditions have been also very difficult. there has been a lot of heavy rain. mud puddles everywhere, people are -- in their tents, but they are soaked, and there's a high rate of sickness among children. this is a crisis that has been building over the past two to three weeks, and every day conditions worsen here in the camp. >>> two syrian men have been sentenced to four years in prison after fiv

this huge bottleneck at the border crossing where up to 14,000 people are stuck on the greek side of frontier with macedonia. by the end of this month there would be a hundred thousand refugees and migrants trapped in greece. that's the prediction of the e.u. commissioner. >> reporter: it has become the symbol of europe's failure and disunity when it comes to refugees. the border that remains more closed than open. the late est to cross over depes on the date arrived in greece. these people here the 17th and these the following day >> translation: i've been here 16 days. i've no more money. my son went to germany and the whole trip took him ten days. i didn't think it would be like this. >> reporter: the daily cap of 500 to travel through is rarely met. people roam around here in search for answers. over the past three weeksment camps spread from a transit one designed for a 1500 people, that's where the big tents are, to this ever-sprawling multi colored tent village. the makeshift camp stretches across both sides of the rail track. the long queue on the right is for food. the area

coastline, stop boats from turkey, and deal with the bottleneck of asylum-seekers on their islands, athensand on the macedonian border. a stable situation. we are in europe in 2016. it is beyond believe we are looking at this as if it is a third world country. more than 25 thousand people are stranded in greece. the fear is that that number could triple by the end of the month. thatefense minister said greece's northern neighbors were " is in turn their back on greece. the problem lies elsewhere. press turkey to operate, to accept all of these in the aegean sea. don't give the blame game to greece. greece it's doing its best. correspondent: there's many an e.u. country that does blame greece. they cannot put up offense to stop migrants from entering its maritime border. with the e.u. in disarray and ahead of a crucial e.u.-turkey summit, the president of the council is zooming around the continent, beginning in irate austria in an to placate, mediate -- >> we need to keep our cool. correspondent: and unite europe. if he fails, there is rising panic in greece that this could turn into one b

rock citizens for responsible development points to traffic bottlenecks getting toy 25 as proof -- >> the current town council is rubberstamping any developer proposal.>> reporter: help lackey resigned -- bill lackey is proposing this annexation of any -- anything with more than 5 acres going to the people. >> with that slow down the >> no, it would not.>> reporter: if the city can't annex the land, urban density can continue anyway in douglas county. >> if it's annexed into the 10 of castle rock, the town can work with the developer to help mitigate the impact. >> reporter: but citizens for responsible development question of the town is doing enough to protect its citizens, specifically criticizing three proposed annexations that would add about 4000 housing units. while this group says it's progrowth -- >> the idea is it would put the power back into the people to say whether or not this annexation coupled with development is good for the community. >> reporter: castle rock says its master plan manages growth responsibly. people like lackey say try selling that to drivers here wait

this bottleneck that marooned refugees is a social concern. they've been trying to usually the refugees to go out of this camp and into camps that are more hospitable and warmer set up for them in other places, but only 800 have so far heed that call. the rest of them are here, waiting, with the hope that the macedonian border might reopen for them. so far, we are not seeing any sign of that. >>> what the folks who are running for office should focus on is how we can make it even better, not insults and school yard taunts and manufacturing facts. not divisiveness along the lines of race or faith. certainly not violence against other americans or excluding them. we're a better country than that. >> president obama's comments came after donald trump was forced to cancel a campaign rally after security concerns. an event in ohio was disrupted while someone tried to get on the stage when trump was speaking. on friday, donald trump had to call off a rally in chicago after supporters and demonstrators clashed. hit political rivals accuse him of usin

this is the place where we have this terrible bottleneck, hoda, and listening to the language, it appearso me that more and more the message going out is you are unwelcome, but you can't get out. >> reporter: well, that's i think the biggest dilemma of people here. they say well we are here now, no one told us we were not allowed here, and now why can't becontinue our journey. as the people we heard earlier saying they are running out of cash, and living conditions here are terrible. the sheer volume of people that keep on arriving makes it very difficult for the aid organizations, so they lack absolutely everything. you see a lot of children walking around in quite cold weather barefoot. it's extremely difficult, and what you really notice is increasing despair and frustration and anger. people are tired. temperaturers flair all day long, and the message they keep getting is there are no clear guidelines as to who will be able to continue and who will have to wait here and see what happening next to them. >> how do they decide. we saw some pictures as you were talking of this tiny child

you can see our top story there, the immigration bottleneck between macedonia and greece. >>> the last person that hillary clinton wants to face is donald trump. that i know. [ cheers and applause ] >> let's move on, with all due respect -- >> verbal assaults and sexual innuendos. the latest jobs number show it's getting a bit easier to fine employment. you just won't be paid as much. >>> and an alabama police officer faces charges for shooting a black man believed to be unarmed. ♪ >>> they signed up for this fake university, and these people owe all of this money now and they got nothing in return for it, but you were willing to say whatever you had to say to get them to give you their money. >> firey word between the republican presidential candidates. this is al jazeera live from new york city i'm richelle carey. in less than two weeks, ohio and florida will vote, and trump victories there could all but assure him on the nomination. >> he referred to my hands if they are small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. >> reporter: front runner, donald trump

if there was any hope that the bottleneck at the border would be solved in a few days, it is not all but gone. replaced by this pair, anger and frustration and an overwhelming state of confusion. access to macedonia is restricted, but no clear guidelines have been given as to what the stranded here need to do. information spreads by word of mouth and often it is wrong. >> every day there are new rules. i'm afraid when the time comes they will tell me they can't get in because my jacket is brown and they want it to be black to get through. many of the registration papers issued by greek authorities are not valid any more. macedonian and the balkans now require a new stamp. so many stand in queue for hours, even though there are no guarantees that it will end their plight. another source of anxiety is a turkish stamp on passports. this man who like many here first stopped in turkey to earn enough money to pay the smuggler. >> translation: i was there for a month. >> reporter: what does it mean? >> it is hard. as you come all this long way and suffering without sleep and food and then y

if there was any hope that the bottleneck at the border would be solved in a few days, it was all but gone. anger and frustration and an overwhelming state of confusion pervades. access to macedonia is restricted but no clear guidelines have been given as to what the stranded here need to do. information is pressed by word of mouth and often it is wrong - spread by worth of mouth >> translation: every day there are new rules. i'm afraid when my time comes i'm afraid to get in. >> reporter: any semblance of a unified european system has completely broken down. many of the registration papers issued by greek authorities are not valid any more. macedonian and balkans require a new stamp. so many stand in queue for hours, even though there are no guarantees that will end their plight. another source of anxiety can the turkish stamp on passports. this man, like many here, he first stopped in turkey to earn enough money to pay the small letter. >> i was there for one month >> reporter: what does that mean for you? -- smuggler. >> what does that mean for you? >> translation: >> is hard to co

the bottleneck getting worse in macedonia. hoda abdel-hamid is there, where 14,000 refugees are stranded. from there, she sent us this report. >> reporter: they were pushed out of their homeland only to end up in a huge puddle of mud along the closed boarder. now taking a few steps is a risky business. lost and confused refugees wander around asking for information. wondering if the flight from war, poverty and persecution will end. many ask if they'll be reunited with relatives in northern europe somewhere, others fear returning to turkey. and some are pinning hopes from angela merkel to save them. this happens every day. people sit on the railway tracks hoping to put pressure on to -- to open the borders. greek police are trying to explain through interpreters that this is not the case. numbers are increasing by the day. most have reluctantly come to terms with the idea that the balkan route is closed. this woman has been here for 15 days, when she set off from damascus with her daughter she thought by now she'd be reunited

. >>> and more and more refugees are adding to existing bottlenecks in europe.ve arrived across the mediterranean in the first two months of this year, than in the first half of last year. >>> russia's foreign minister has said that syria's border to turkey should be closed. he says it will cut off supplies to what he calls terrorists in syria. >> translator: a very important task is to cut off the terrorists on the outside. for this purpose, it is necessary to close the syrian border with turkey. and it was across this border that those gangs have received arms. journalists who report the facts are put on trial and sent to prison. >>> the u.n. syrian envoy says he has delayed talks in geneva to march 9th. he says it is for technical reasons and for the ceasefire, to quote, settle down. this is reported to show fighting in the northern promise of hama. >>> and these pictures from syria's military reportedly show soldiers battling isil fighters. isil isn't included in the cessation of hoes illties, but opposition groups who are, say the army is targeting them too

>> what really happened is that this situation here, the bottleneck happened suddenly. ever since austria decided we're going to have to move a little bit -- this truck is coming here. i'm going to continue. austria unilaterally decided to cap those traveling and that had a domino affect all the way here. five centers are opened here, but the big issue is that the refugees didn't want to stay there, so even though they were bussed there, many after that decided to leave and make their way by foot here. some of them walked as much as 80 kilometers to reach this point because of all the rumors around that border, the opening and the closure rumors, the restrictions and the limitations. now what is really the big problem at the moment is that every day, they found out that there are new restrictions. for example, today, people from damascus or baghdad were turned back. also, no entry for those coming from raqqa, two isis strong holds in syria. for security reasons, authorities say they need to screen them a bit further. now even those who make it through do not actually, i

number exceeds the total arrivals for the first half of 2015 and many are heading for the worsening bottleneck that formed on greece's border with macedonia. police chief from greece and several balkan states have met. macedonian forces fired tear gas to disperse people who tried to breakthrough the fence close to the border. in northern france, refugees and migrants have been evicted from their makeshift camp. police are dismantling part of the camp in calais which has become known as the juggle, home to thousands hoping to get into the u.k. in a moment, we'll hear from our correspondent in calais. first, though, we have this update from the greece-macedonia border. >> certainly on the macedonian side, more forces were deployed. we watched that happen throughout the day yesterday. after that riot that happened in the morning, we saw actually helicopter overflying at a quite low altitude over the border area and we do know more forces were deployed. this morning, there's also water can nance stationed all along that fence that separates both sides especially in that area where those riots happ

the bottleneck in northern greece is getting worse after macedonia completely closed its border.is the scene at a camp on wednesday. about 14,000 people are camping here, hoping to be allowed into macedonia. among them is ala who says the situation is hopeless. >> now we have no choices at all. we cannot depend on the relocation program, and you cannot go anywhere except the legally ways, which i cannot depend on it at all, because it is so expensive and so daj rows, i cannot depend on the illy way. i tried once from the sea between turkey and greece, and i survived, but i cannot try it anymore. the illegal way is not the best way to go to anyplace. i just want to ask the e.u. leaders, just one question, if their children were stuck here in this rubbish, would they make the same decision they made to close the border. >> he was speaking to our correspondent hoda abdel hamid who sent this update. >> reporter: many said the opening of the boarder was their last hope. and now they have no hope anymore. they are do have options. the option is to go through the relocation program, but

fearing bottleneck, croatia, verbia -- serbia and macedonia have closed their borders. on the southern edge of the balkans route, migrant traffic has been at a virtual standstill for the last two weeks. hungary is responding to the crisis by extending a state of emergency to the entire country. the interior minister says the country is bolstering police and military patrols to keep migrants from entering. new measures also include stricter border checks and enhanced police powers. so with borders along the balkan route closing, even more refugees are likely to be stranded, you guessed it, in greece, with more and more arriving every day. >> frustration is building at greece's border with macedonia. up to 14,000 people are stranded here and the gates are closed, sealing off the balkan route to western europe. conditions are dire. heavy rain has turned the camp atide -- idomeni into a swamp. the conditions are so bad, some are returning to camps in southern greece. >> it is a terrible situation there. it's a few tents. we spent two nights under the rain with the kids, wit

along the journey to europe, the bottlenecks are growing. macedonia has shut its border with greece 11,000 people now , stuck. as europe scrambles for unity individual states close their , doors, but that won't kill the dreams of the desperate. mark lowen, bbc news. laura: it came in years behind schedule at a cost of $4 billion, but now new york is home to a spectacular transit hub. it is built close to where the twin towers once stood in. more than 2000 commuters are due to use it every day. the architect who designed the hall hasd steel called it a gift of love to the city. >> a bird in flight, a phoenix rising from the ashes, the dove of peace. new york's newest landmark is a symbol of hope of life. ,this new transportation hub at ground zero has finally opened its doors. for survivors, it is a highly-charged moment. charles lost 176 colleagues that day and has watched this building rise from the rubble. >> really proud of new york city and being able to rebound from such a tragic thing. it is absolutely remarkable, the way we have come

ease bottlenecks between the united states and canada, $2 billion a day plus every single days crossinghe border, and they want to streamline that process. but there's no question that american politics is casting a shadow over this state visit, and it is the first state visit full of all of the pomp and ceremony meant to illustrate the closeness of these two countries. the first visit in 19 years. earlier today there was an arrival ceremony on the south lawn. the prime minister showing up while arriving just outside washington last night with his family. this leader who just look office last november. and such a break from his predecessor, stephen harper, but it was politics, the american press at this press conference, asking about the state of the primaries, and asking him if somehow he is to blame for the tone of politics and the rise of donald trump. let's listen. >> the tone of that politics, which i certainly have not contributed to. i have not -- you know, i don't think that i was the one to prompt questions about my birth certificate, for example. i don't remember saying, hey,

. >>> and a greater influx of refugees is adding to existing bottlenecks in europe. >>> u.n.'yria says he has delayed the next round of negotiations to march 9th. he says it's for technical reasons and for the ceasefire to, quote, settle down. this video is said to show fighting in the northern province of hama. and these pictures from syrias from syria's military show soldiers battling isil fighters. opposition groups say the army is targeting them too. >> reporter: the entire generation of syrian children is in grave danger, following more than five years of war. thousands have been orphaned and millions lack access to school and other basic services. our correspondent met some of the children in southern turkey. >> reporter: this house not far from the syrian border is the safe haven that tens of thousands of other syrian children wish they had. a place to learn and play away from the air strikes and bombs. this is an orphanage that houses 60 children. it's run by a syrian ngo, which tries to alleviate the suffering of the civil war's most vulnerable victims. behind each fa

the bottleneck in northern greece is getting worse. this is the scene at a camp in greece today.ut 14,000 refugees are stuck at the border crossing, which has been closed by macedonia authorities. aid is regularly being delivered, but there isn't enough to go around. we'll be crossing to two correspondents. hoda abdel hamid, and dominic kane. to hoda first. what are people there saying about the closure of the balkans route? >> reporter: certainly it's a huge disappointment, many said the opening of the boarder was their last hope. and now they have no hope anymore. they do have options. the option is to go through the relocation program, but because of all that they have been through over the past two to three weeks, and because of all of the restrictions that started adding up on a daily basis on this border, many are wondering if they will make it through the relocation program, how long it will take, and many of the people here are for example women traveling alone with their children, hoping to join their husband. they are wondering if family reunification will still be vali

if there was any hope that the bottleneck at the border would be involved in a few days, it's now all but gone, replaced by despair, anger and frustration and an overwhelming state of confusion. access to macedonia is restricted, but no clear guidelines have been given as to what the stranded here need to do. information spreads by worth of mouth and often, it's wrong. >> every day, there are new rules. i'm afraid that when my time comes, they'll tell me i can't get in because my jacket is brown and they want it to be black to get through. >> any semblance of a unified european system has completely broken down. many of the registration papers issued by greek authorities are not valid anymore, macedonia and balkans now require a new stamp. so many stand in queue for hours, even though there is no guarantee it will end their plight. >> another requirement is a turkish stamp on passports. like many here, this man first stopped in turkey to earn enough money to pay the smuggler. >> in turkey one month, can't get into macedonia. >> what does that mean for you? >> for me, it's terrible. li

officials warn an additional 10,000 vehicles could hit the road at peak hours, creating bottlenecks stretching up to 25 miles long. business advocacy group partnership for new york estimates a strike could cost new york city businesses nearly $6 million per hour in lost productivity. particularly in the finance sector, wall street. major employers are planning for the worst. citigroup for one has said it will modify employee hours, encourage telecommuting if necessary. and a strike could also affect freight railroads that use new jersey transit's track causing diversions or service interruptions. norfolk southern isn't commenting and csx says it "doesn't anticipate significant operational impacts" but is monitoring the operation. it all speaks to a larger issue affecting new jersey as well as other states and local governments. a shortfall in transportation funding. many are struggling to fix budget deficits, raising give sult decision including labor costs. in new jersey, talks continue as both sides scramble to reach a deal. but there is one person notably absent, governor chris christie, wh

if there was any hope that the bottleneck at the border would be solved in a few days it is now all but gone replaced by despair, anger and frustration in an overwhelming state of confusion. access to macedonia is restricted but no clear guidelines have been given as to what the stranded here need to do. information is spread by word of mouth and often it is wrong. >> translator: everyday there are new rules, i'm afraid when my time comes they will tell me i can't get in because my jacket is brown and need it to be black to get through. >> reporter: any semblance has broken down and papers are not valid any more and macedonia and balkins require a new stamp and they stand in cue and no word it will end the plight and a turkish stamp on passports and he is iraqi and like many here he first stopped in turkey to earn enough money to pay the smuggler. >> been in turkey one month to get into macedonia. >> reporter: what does that mean for you? >> for me it's terrible life and very hard that you omall this destination, long way and suffering without sleep and food and then you hear like you h

now, this bottleneck that has marooned 13,000 refugees is a source of concern for the greek governmentave will be trying to encourage the refugees to go out of this camp and in to camps that are more hospitable and warmer, that they have set up for them in other places, but only 800 refugees have so far heeded that call. the rest of them are here waiting, with the hope that the macedonian border might reopen for them. so far we are not seeing any sign of that. >>> more than 200,000 afghans have left their country in pursued of a better life but when they arrive in europe, many are painfully disappointed. faced with a coldwell come and the hardships of living in a foreign land, some are accepting cash incentives to return home. tony berkeley reports. >> reporter: they left with hope, but returned with dejection. here afghans who sought a new safer life abroad right back in kabul defeated. ismael spent five months getting to germany, but it was not what he expected. >> translator: they give me a document and read and read and said that i could be subject to deportation and there were no

this led to a bottleneck for flights trying to get in and out throughout the afternoon. you saw the long line of planes. the runway is back open this morning. >> congested on a good day. >> and add that on. whoa. >> what a landing too. the plane landed so hard it busted up a chunk of concrete. >> poor passengers. >> probably in the pilot's lounge that is a joke this morning. >> that is a good war story. >> especially since everybody was okay. >> pretty out there this morning. warmer than yesterday. it is going to be a little cloudier this morning as the sun comes up. mask we are looking at a nice as we head closer to lunch time more and more sunshine. a little bit of cloud cover here and there this morning. we are going to rename this, especially getting out of our winter weather pattern, it tends to be our snow capital of the viewing area. we are starting to call it our sunrise capital. you just watch, we'll give it 10 or 15 more minutes it will end up with a gorgeous sunrise. you are seeing it in your town too. the camera seems to be point not guilty a perfect directio

. >> -- as a result there's always a choke point, a bottleneck in those small roads leading up to the airport terminal itself. then you go into this big great departure hall which was redone about 20 years ago, a lot of glass as you saw from that earlier picture.e. you go through the checkpoint, you go through their security then what you're seeing are the concourses that feed down to the various planes. the fact that this happened in belgium, which is a country that has been athe heart of this fight involving islamic terrorismm for some time, the people who live in belgium, mily members who live there, will tell you they have been time. they have felt the very nature of their country change over the last 20 to 25 years in ways that happen which with. they believe increasingly their government has allowed people to come in with suspect backgrounds, not checked thoroughly and given social stipends to live off of and popoce are not watching them. the laws in gel jum are such that they have had a lot of problems not just with terror suspects but regular criminals as well, apprehending th

here quite simply can't handle the sheer volume of people that have built up here at what is now a bottleneckand you can see other families getting ready for the night. it does get bitterly cold out here at night. and then the long line of people waiting to get food. a line that they sometimes spend an hour if not two in, just to get a sandwich of and everyone we've been speaking to here says they can deal with just about anything. it's the uncertainty of it all that makes it so difficult. arwa damon, cnn, on the greece/macedonia border. >> always appreciate arwa's reporting there. tens of thousands of refugees from syria have crossed the sea from turkey to greece in the first two months of this year. and for many, that januaourney dangerous and a nightmare. >> translator: we were about 60 people. we did not want to go on the boat, but they got us on it. in the middle of the sea, the boat started sinking. i called the greek coast guard. a few boats arrived. they saved my siblings. the driver is the one who sanction the boat. >> omar told us after the boat started sinking, the turkish coast gu

sky 9 over a 3-car crash blocking the far left shoulder. and the bottleneck that already exists. >>> a teachers pet in westminster. learned a thing or two from chest ter traveling cheetah, teaches geography and world culture and gets wiser with age. she has been with the teacher and colleagues for 10 years. he has been around the blocking had quite the adventure in alaska. >> it depends on who you ask, because some people say chester got left behind at one of the shops in one of the alaskaian towns, he left to find adult entertainment, shall we say. >> we heard chester was wearing sunglasses and taking aspirins the next day. >> that's adorable. >> chester is terrific. >>> super bowl 50 was his last rodeo. leaving a legacy on and off the field. >> reporter: outside broncos headquarters, at 11:00 a.m. today, peyton manning says good- bye. we will have all the proceedings coming up. >>> mike, how do you say good- bye to a legend. broncos country started saying >>> happy monday, everyone. retirement day for peyton manning. a big day for the broncos. marty, let's start with you, wet weath

this bottleneck that ma ruined refugees is a social concern. they've been trying to usually the refugees to go out of this camp and into camps that are more hospitable and warmer set up for them in other places, but only 800 have so far he'd that had call. the rest of them are here, waiting, with the hope that the ms. zoneian border might reopen for them. so far, we are not seeing any sign of that. >> a funeral has been held for a family trying to across the aegean sea. their bodies were brought back to kabul after they drowned trying to reach europe. the youngest was just nine months old. more than 130,000 people of traveled to greece through turkey since the start of the year. 320 of them have died. >>> lots more ahead, including protestors in bangladesh continue their long march to save an environmentally sensitive area. >> we're in florida to find out why the state is a must-win for any candidates in the race for the white house. >> in sport, chelsea's nightmare season continues after a bad tempered f.a. cup quarter final which could cost o

times when producers pay for somebody to take away natural gas and oil, and that is when there is a bottleneckoduction and you need to alleviate that. alix: good to see you. scarlet: and a check on shares of dupont. they are gaining. and a company is working with advisers to look into the merit of making a counter bid for dupont, which agreed to a merger with dow chemical back in december. we will cover this story and more, when we return. ♪ find fantasy shows. when it comes to the things you love, you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace. into sports? follow every pitch, every play and every win. change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. ♪ scarlet: "what'd you miss?" -- china's congress will meet this weekend in and they will address economic and environmental concerns. will there be more fiscal stimulus in their future? we have a preview. >> ahead of the political pageantry in beijing, policymakers have a balancing act. they will be looking to vote for -- looking to put forth policies -- and we also expect them to push forward structural reforms, in particular when

itpoints to traffic bottlenecks aa proof the area is growing too quickly. >> it has grown seven fold in the last 25 years. seven fold. >> now the current town council is rubber stamping any developer proposal. >> they're now proposing a ballot initiative requiring any annexation of more than 5 acres go to a vote of the people. now there are three possessed annexation -- proposed annexations in the works. >>> denver business owners say there reason enough public rest rooms in denver, so people are relieving themselves in inappropriate places on occasion. now to help deal with the issues they're installing a mobile rest room. it's at colfax and clarkson. it's part of a 33to 6 month long pilot project. starting monday the mobile toilets will be open from noon there will be an attendant. >> if you know there's someone watching what you're doing, if you're in that rest room too long you'll get a polite knock on the door and it's time to move on. >> it will cost the city $16,000 a month to lease this. if it pans out they may lease another one. >>> the need for teachers into the rural part

authorities stopped busing people to the border to control the ever evergrowing bottleneck. >> there is no feeling, no humanity. finish. >> reporter: like many others she wonders had a will happen next. some of the protesting refugees are still refusing to move back from the fence. >> all the people cannot -- they say there is no set backs, we won't step back. we want to be here. we don't need food, we don't need water we don't need anything, we need just to open the borders. >> reporter: but most refugees returned to their tents even more worried now that europe will tiden their borders even further. hoda abdel hamid, al jazeera along the greek macedonian border. >> activists and refugees set fire to tents in protests as workers parnllworkers partiallyd refugees camp known as the jungle. emma hayward reports. >> attempts were made to start pulling down makeshift shelters and anger boiled over. activists and some refugees and migrants retaliated targeting the police. throwing stones and setting fire to part of the camp. police used tear gas and water cannon to try push them back. >>

and running this morning, but not without some frustrated passengers who were caught in a major bottleneck yesterday. what they're saying about the latest problems. developments out of the vatican involving a key modern figure in the church's history. dat i'm learning on aecision >>> back to our coverage of decision 2016. primaries today could shake up the delegate standings. you can see on this graphic here that trump is leading with 459 delegates, but senator ted cruz isn't far behind. chuck todd is live with us in studio 1a. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so the big question, how do senator marco rubio and john kasich stay competitive at this point? >> well, obviously it begins and ends with winning theirme state. looks like john kasich has a better shot at doing that than marco rubio. now, let's get something clear. today we're basically trying to figure out one thing. does donald trump within enough states and enough delegates where he can win this nomination without having to go to the florida convention in cleveland or not. and if he wins both florida and ohio, he can do i