chad is bearing the main brunt of the fighting. in this exclusive al jazeera soldiersdhchadian patrol on a mission to flush out al qaeda linked fighters. the defense ministry says these men killed former al qaeda and the former commanders. and totally destroy their main base. >> chad has one of the true desert armies. chad is also one of the poorest countries on earth treated over one third of all children are stunted from malnutrition, and the average citizen does not live past 50. most chadians do not believe the mali war serves their priority and dice their priorities or interests. >> the majority of the people do not agree with it. they are very sad. this is molly's business, not chad's fight. >> all we know is that we went to bed when night and woke up the next day to do them telling us that they were sending 2000 to 3000 troops to mollali. >> until more funds become available, chad will continue to find itself virtually alone on the front lines. >> at a ceremony for the martyrs, a visibly saddened president reassure the famil

chad, it is a happy day to have you on this program. >> it is nice to be here, alex. >> chad, let's talkut what's going on inside the republican party. there's much change afoot. but specifically on the issue of gay marriage, is it your thinking that we're witnessing a sea change from conservatives, that they may in fact be ready to embrace the notion of marriage equality? >> there's no question, alex, we have reached the tipping point, if not quite frankly passed the tipping point as it relates to the issue of marriage equality. what's happening within the republican party is no different than what's happening in this country, quite frankly. the research shows that 80% of americans have someone in their immediate family or close friends circle, a co-worker, a friend at church, a neighbor, who is lgbt. as more and more americans have come to know, their friends and neighbors and family members, they support full equality under the law every single time. there's a poll out this week that shows 58% of americans support marriage equality. but the most fascinating number there, the number th

chad is also one of the poorest countries on earth. over a third of all children are stricken from malnutrition and the average citizen does not live past 50. most chadians not believe this war serves their interests. >> the majority of the people do not agree. they are very sad. this is not chad's fight. >> we do not know whether or not be parliament voted for it. all we know is we woke up the next day to hear them telling us they were sending 2000 troops to mali. we are not happy with this military and invention at all. >> the government is leading the government to move their soldiers tore the sahara and continue the fight. but until more funds became available chad will continue to find itself virtually alone on the front lines. a visibly saddened president reassured the family. he has been in power for over 20 years, propped up by france which still has three military bases in its former colony. as the conflict drags on, making good on those relations may require of chad more sacrifices. >> a political analyst who has been followi

chad, thanks for joining us. pete talked about some level of expectation with some folks this might be the gay marriage or the gay rights roe versus wade and he thinks based on what he heard today, we're more likely to go for a narrow ruling, maybe overturning prop 8 in california, but not broadly in the country. is that enough for you? >> i will leave it up to pundits and reporters like pete, to be able to read into what these justices, the questions that they ask at the end of the day, the justices ask tough, probing questions of both sides, that's what they're there to do. what i focus on is the incredible argument that ted olsen made before those justices and the case he made that by denying the couples, the fundamental right to marry the one that they love, it harms them greatly. and by the way, it also harms no one else by granting them that right. as i said in that courtroom, looking at those nine justices and listening to ted olsen articulate that argument. all i could do was think about those four plaint

chad is going to join us here. chad mayers. explain why this is happening. what is a red tide? in the water. this particular year, started in september, only lasts a few weeks or even if it starts in march or april lasts a few weeks. a long-term problem here and the algae, as they die and fall out produce toxins. toxins get on sea grass and the manatee will eat the sea grass. tampa bay all the way down to port charlotte, even as far south here as st. marco peach here, all of the area seeing red tide and it's not blowing away. it's not going away. many types we talk about the red tie that comes out of the gulf of mexico with the chemicals that come out of the gulf of mexico through the mississippi river whether it's fertilizer. this one here has been lasting a long time. to kill this many, and it's just a brutal death that these manatees have been going through. they're trying to tow them out, move them back into fresher water but this is very toxic water that they're swimming in now. and obviously toxic feed. almost gets into their brain and they begin -- you can read it online

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i'm with you, chad, i think it's fascinating. >> it is. it is cool.ad. >>> so imagine, michael, 40% of your savings taken from your bank's account. >> $10? really? $10? that's how much some investors lose in cyprus and a lot have more than ten bucks. live to cyprus next. >>> plus, costa rica loses to the u.s. in a world cup qualifier but not blaming it on simple defeat. they say because of the weather. [ male announcer ] this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require routine blood monitoring. like

chad, it's great to see you. chad, let's talk about what's going on here at the supreme court, because we talk a lot in washington about political kabuki theater. what we seem to be seeing at the high court is judicial kabuki theater, which seems like the conservative justices really don't want to have to hand down a ruling legalizing gay marriage, so they're going to find whatever argument they can to throw it back to the states. >> i think you have to be careful trying to read anything into the questions. these justices ask tough questions of both sides, as they should, and we learned from healthcare that it's dangerous to try to predict what they mean by those questions. but i think what was question yesterday and today on the doma case, our opposition could offer no legitimate reason to justify the discriminaition 8. and the point that you make about some of the justices talking about kicking it back or taking it down on standing, it's important to know what that means. the reason that's an issue is because n

chad!be more people that are white on that. the but the percentage of black people on welfare is much higher. >> white people have kind of gotten a head start. >> caller: racism has definitely changed dramatically. >> stephanie: there are still people that call radio shows and say black people are bad tippers. >> caller: i used to deliver pizzas -- >> stephanie: so every black person is a bad tipper -- >> caller: most of them were. some of them were decent. i used to have a different feeling towards blacks than what i do now. i'm very much open-minded now. >> stephanie: clearly you are. clearly you have come a long way chad. [ applause ] >> stephanie: okay. oh i'm a little winded. >> i think we need to hook him up with road flair mary. >> i'm guessing he never delivered any kosher pizzas anywhere. >> stephanie: okay. >> i'm not racist but -- >> stephanie: but. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: can i just say i have traveled with aisha tyler for sexy liberal, and we shared a car service, and i thin

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>> i could. >> now, chad, rove's presidential math and calculations have been a little off of late. ask, is it really feasible that the republicans would support a same-sex marriage advocate for president plus change the language of their platform in four years or less than four years at this point? >> karen, on this very network six months ago i said i thought there was a decent chance both of the nominees from the republican and the democratic party very soon may hold the very same position as it relates to marriage equality. the reason is, and karl rove is a political strategist, he looks at polling, he looks at data. the polling shows that a majority, the vast majority of young people under the age of 30 support marriage equality. 81% of them. that's republicans, independents, and democrats alike. also independents across the board support marriage equality. so if you're going to run for office and you start out by writing off those under 30 and independents, you're going to have a very tough time succeeding. so i think there's a chance that karl rove might not have been too off

. >> you're such a pol, chad, such a politician. joan walsh, as always. >>> up next, notice anything familiar about this guy? he's a character who plays satan in a new history channel series "the bible." a lot of people think he looks like the president. you decide. a lot of people around here. i was a little slow on that. this is "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] going to sleep may be easy, but when you wake up in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and may be fatal. interme

death of belmoktar comes a day after chad's president said their troops killed another main al-qaida were accidentally killed by u.s. forces during an operation in southern afghanistan. it happened thursday when coalition forces fired at what they thought were insurgent forces. joseph dunford, the commander of u.s. and allied forces in afghanistan offered his personal apology and condolences to the families the killing of civilians by foreign forces has been a major source of tension with the afghan government throughout the nearly 12- year-old war. >> dramatic video out of iowa. after a semi-truck driver escapes from his vehicle just seconds before it explodes into flames. the truck driver lost control of his truck on the icy overpass. launching the cab and the first of two trailers over the railing. no one was hurt in the accident. but the driver is being cited for failing to maintain control of his vehicle. >> neighbors of the florida house that was nearly swallowed by a sinkhole are gathering their belongings today. this after the giant sinkhole opened up beneath the house on thu

. >> the president of chad says that one of the top commanders of al qaeda has been killed in mali. he has been blamed for the killing of many westerners in the last five years. and a ceremony was held in the capital of chad on friday to honor the soldiers killed it during the fighting against al qaeda in mali. the president said that the battle against al qaeda is not over. >> it is they who have killed the mangy hottest leaders in the north of mali. is your soldiers who have lived -- liberated and to alongside the french soldiers have liberated the towns in northern mali. but the word is not over. >> barack obama has asked congress to keep working on a tax and spending plan, before massive budget cuts. speaking hours before the sequestered came into effect, barack obama ask for a solution, when republicans for the spending cuts. >> none of this is necessary. republicans in congress chose this outcome rather than choosing a single tax loophole. they decided that supporting special interests is more important than protecting the middle class families from this cuts -- these cuts. we

chad myers with us now.d how it came to be and all that good stuff. >> i think remarkable is overused. overrated. so this picture to me is like you looking at an mri. i don't know what i'm looking at, but to scientists that means something. that thing, that red, green, blue thing there means something. to them that means because we're expanding with the big bang too now these satellites, these telescopes can see farther and farther. the farther you see, the older those pictures are, like lightning. when lightning flashes, the sound comes five seconds for every mile. so now we're looking farther into the light into the future -- or into the past. it's like somebody that's 65 million years away from us -- lightyears away looking at earth and would see dinosaurs because dinosaurs are still alive. but now we can see farther and farther out there, we're seeing that, yeah, well, it was there then, it was there then, it was there then. and the galaxies as they started to explode are a little more lumpy than we thou

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bring in chad myers to tell us what do we expect on both fronts. the blizzard. >> the blizzard is coming. there's going to be snow again in concord, in manchester, in parts of boston. boston, tomorrow you'll wake up to snow but changes over to rain at least part of the day. and it changes back over to snow as the storm exits. so it's just warm enough to make rain for a while. but here's the blizzard conditions from minneapolis out toward bismarck and into the dakotas this is where the snow is right now. winds are blowing 50 or 60 miles per hour. it's the same winds that really fueled those fires in colorado just in a different state making a different outcome making snow instead of the fire. back to boston, not so much the cape, about five inches on the ground tomorrow as you wake up. some schools could be canceled. that will change back over to rain but will not in vermont, new hampshire, maine, it will stay snow the entire time. it's already in parts of du bois, parts of pittsburgh, higher elevations seeing the snow. you will take a look at these

chad myers is in the cnn weather center. all bundled up though you have some bare cherry blossoms behind you there on the tidal basin. it's supposed to be spring like there, shannon, but a lot of tourists have come to town and they're a little frustrated now. let's begin with you. it's the first day of the national cherry blossom festival as well. and those trees are not in bloom. >> reporter: yeah, fred. a lot of people are wondering if this is the first day of spring or april fool's day because as you mentioned last year a lot of these cherry blossom trees were in bloom, but right now i'm surrounded by the trees, but where are the buds? it's going to give you a sense of the development of where they are right now. take a look at this tree right here, fred. it's young. looks like it miefk planted not too long ago. but look at the buds right there. look closely. they're barely peeking out, obviously. forecasters and rangers are saying that the weather is making them a little bit shy. i want to show you a little bit of a diff

chad, oddly enough i make this joke, i knew chad was gay before he knew it. he came from arkansas. very, you know, conservative state and he suppressed all of those feelings for a very long time. at one point he came to me and it was like, i feel like a father to him. he's like 19, much older and i'm very close to this guy. now he's the head of the human rights campaign. he's a big deal now. i said, i'm so proud every time i see him on television. oh, there's my son, you know. but i asked him to run my organization and after a while he came to me and he said rob, i have to tell you something. i'm gay. what else is new? we knew. and as time goes by, one of the reasons we took on proposition 8, aside from the obvious reasons of marriage equality and we should all be treated equal under the law, and it's a bad -- it was a bad initiative and, you know, courts have already overturned it. we hope the supreme court will uphold those rulings, but it was partly an education process. we discover as we go along that, first of all, there's no one person in this audience or anywhere that doesn'

his name is chad walton, and you can hear in the call just how scared he was. >> 911. do you have an emergency. >> i am on the interstate being chased by a sheriff's deputy from north carolina. i am scared for my life. >> we have chad walton, the driver who filmed this incident, joining us via skype. walk us through this incident on the highway. >> the officer is doing 50 miles an hour. he was under the speed limit in the left-hand lane. i let him get ahead, gave him an opportunity to get over and i flashed the highlights at him and he did an initial brake check and i turned the camera on. >> after you hit him, did you pull over or exchange information? did you talk to this deputy? >> no, no. got into the right lanes as i went by and he got behind me, followed me and i was on with 911 discussing what happened and i was going to go to a safe location and i ended up going to one of the local malls in the area. >> did he end up following you to the mall? did he go into the parking lot with you? >> he followed and stopped right behind me when we stopped. the other cops wen

a today, the head of chad's armys said the man known as one eye as o was dead, killed in a raid in thetains of north mali thisai afternoon. mali the leader of al qaeda in north africa claims to be the mastermind behind the january janua attack on the amenas gas plant in algeria which left at least 37 foreign workers dead. 32 al qaeda fighters stormed theqaeda plant before dawn january 16

chad griffin showed me around. he took me all throughout the white house. i became friends with him. he wound up running my foundation for early childhood education. chad oddly enough -- and make this joke -- i knew he was gay before he knew it. he came from arkansas. a very conservative state. he suppressed all of those feelings for a very long time. at one point, he came to me, and i feel like a father to him, he was 19, i was older, and i am very close to the sky -- and now he is the head of the human rights campaign. he is a big deal. i am so proud everytime i see him on television, i say, oh, there is my son. i asked him to run my organization. he came to me and he said, i have to tell you something, i am gay. i said, what else is new? [laughter] we knew it. as time goes by -- one of the reasons we took on proposition 8, aside from the obvious reasons of marriage equality, and we should all be treated equal under the law, and it was a bad initiative, and we hope of the supreme court will uphold the rulings -- it was partly an educational process. we di

. >> want to bring in chad meyers.ms work and how dangerous this potentially. >> is a closed system, water pumps in and out of a reactor, the core here is not acting at all but talking about the pool that's use rods go in, 13 foot long, the pool is 40 feet deep. water's pumped out, cooled down, pumps back in but no radiation goes anywhere. they've lost power to the pump and that water is heating up. the only risk is if the water gets above 212 it stars to boil away. if it boils away, rods get dry, fission occurs and that's a very, very bad thing. even so, that's four days away. if they don't do anything at all. certainly they're working to get this back up. but this is what the reactor plant looks like. so that graphic i showed you was a nicerepresentation. look at just the destruction that's happened here because of the explosions, because 9.0 earthquake, one, two, three, four, reactors here, really bad shape still. one more thing to worry about, shawn, go ahead and move it we've had five earthquakes in the japan area

chad, have you ever done this? >> no.led you last week, when you landed in dirt. i'm the one you talked to. but this is a completely different situation here. there was a malfunction of the automatic activation device or must have been because it didn't deploy the reserve shoot automatically soon enough. the reserve shoot was open and out, but not open and catching air. what could have caused something like that? >> and as you explain, can you show us what that is on your backpa backpack? >> right. this is the automatic activation device, a small computer that measures your speed and altitude. many things can interfere with the reading of this. if you're inverted, if your head down, if you're not in a belly to earth position, this may not read correctly. so the -- it can be fooled by body position. also, if a student, a low timer has not got a lot of jumps, they can become panicky at pull altitude and turn upside down and the instructor may be trying to right them and both focused on getting to the right position and they

constitutional history and so i think you know often you read in the media that you know costs chad has created this constitution that he forced this constitution on the venezuelan people and nothing could be further further from the truth. i was like it was a democrat and i think it worked well well. there's there's there's a few there's a few issues here no one can deny the charge is one democratic elections in one thousand nine hundred eight on the back of huge discontent in our country about the duopoly of the on the more kartika and compay for the previous forty years who had basically squandered a hell of a lot of money but then chavis came on one thousand nine hundred ninety eight with the process with the promise of reforming re founding the state that was not. established in any of our legislation in any of our constitutional precepts so he said basically or he or he came to with the promise that in order for him to carry out the changes that he needed he had to change the constitution which effectively ended up with a national constituent assembly and a further referendum that

it was the ultimate and beautiful liberating story telling. >> chad griffin for those of us not in the courtroom with that honor today, it was quite striking to see your lawyers come out and tell us that there really was no defense offered that they heard on the notion of f forbidding them from marrying. >> there never has been. from the day we followed that case nearly four years ago, we set out to prove those three things. marriage is a mumt constitutional right that the court found on 14 occasions, that there's grave harm done to our plaintiffs and those like them and their families in the state of california, and third, and perhaps most important and something that's counsel for our opposition had a hard time with today, there's absolutely no harm done by allowing same sex couples the right to marry. it doesn't hurt anyone down the street, doesn't hurt a neighbor or another straight couple, and that's exactly what we heard once again in court today, and they continued to struggle, countering those three points. >> julian epstein, what do you think was the legal linchpin today? >> i

word this morning that an al qaeda terrorist was killed in chad. jim is with us. >> they still haven't concerned it but chad military says they have killed mokhtar. known as one eye, he was reportedly killed by chad military forces during a raid in northern mali. he was the self proclaimed mastermind on a gas attack in nigeria. 37 months tannings were killed, including two americans. he has been tied to a number of al qaeda groups gaining power and ground across north africa which u.s. intelligence officials consider one of the most serious troft threats in the entire world. even if mokhtar is dead it will have little impact on al qaeda operations which is why the u.s. and french have been stepping up their efforts across north africa. jenna? >> jim, thank you very much. in other news,ed catholic church is opening the first sunday mass without a leader. tomorrow at the vatican the process begins to elect a new pope. the cardinals will come together twice on monday for the official preconcave meetings. they must decide when to go into the concave bu

the 1996 s we awrestling match the last time that chad hildebrand will have a run-in with the law. in 1997, he is charge and later convicted of vehicular assault. west who works in law enforce tries to visit hildebrand in jail. >> i tried to contact him, and he refused to see me. >> 12 years later in april of 2008, hilderbrant makes news again charged with domestic violence against his wife. he pleads guilty and serves 27 months in prison. meanwhile, west says he will never forget that day in 1996 when chad hilderbrant changed his life. >> to date, i have had two neck sur surgeries and still have headaches and a lot of bad memories. >> west hopes that no other referee will ever have to endure this kind of occupational hazard. >> for most part most officials are out there for the love of the game, and the last thing that they would expect is to be assaulted. >>> an implosion turns to disaster, and it is one huge occupational hazard for a photographer. >> your life was flashing before your eyes, and it is november 2010, and the countdown begins. >> nine, eight -- >> a smokestack is s

chad myers gathering the details. chad, what do we know about this? >> between l.a.nd the salten sea pretty good shake. first report was 5.1 and then 5.2 and another 4.7 report. this is just settling down. it's just happening as we speak. but we're seeing buildings rocking in glendale. 5.-anything is a good shake bhen when you get that many fepeople involved. it's east of l.a. we'll give you more information as soon as we get it. >> chad, thank you. we'll get back to you in just a moment. we have dramatic video explosive back draft out of harrison, new jersey. firefighters were called to a fire in an apartment building when this explosion happens. now, the five firefighters they were reportedly injured, thankfully none of them seriously. one had extensive cuts from the flying glass. but you can see what kind of damage that did. and rice may be the next national security advisor. she is the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. right now and a favorite of the president's and was rumored to be his first choice to replace hillary clinton at the state department before a run-in wi

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has stepped up in recent days its intelligence sharing with the forces of chad, with the french, but chad forces went in on the ground, conducted this attack on what they said was a jihadist base in northern mali, the question is, is there evidence, is there intelligence that belmoktar was even there when the attack happened. is there confirming information? is there imagery, cell phone intercepts, internet traffic, signs of a funeral planned for an al qaeda leader? all the things that the u.s. is still looking for that signals to them, would confirm to them that it's likely belmoktar was killed in the attack. so far, they don't see those signals. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. the question is who exactly is moktar belmoktar? we know he's a veteran jihadist, 40 years old, an algerian, and at least up until now, he has eluded counterterrorism forces for years. we first heard about this man while traveling on the mali border last summer. a tribesman we were with received a warning call telling him this man was in the area. what's his name? >> bell mock tar, born in algeria, he'

brian and chad.. >>> seven years ago today twitter co-founder jack dorsey sent the first tweet writing just setting up my twitter. since then the media giant has become a staple for millions. it has transformed the way people communicate so what could twitter do in the next seven years? tweet us @squawkstreet. >>> the market is accelerating downward, now down 67 points. let's get a "market flash" from josh back at hq. >> juniper networks is under pressure this morning. analysts at fbr not fans saying we are the end of an era as routers and switches are set to decline. fbr downgrades juniper and cisco toeon perform. the company's fbr says will become increasingly more challenged here to offset weaker than expecting routing and demand. in the options market, different story. bulls like juniper, calls outnumbering puts by 18-1. >> josh lipton, thanks so much. >>> still ahead, what a hot sauce on your ncaa brackets have in common. the ceo of buffalo wild wings knows and she'll join us live as march madne

death of belmoktar comes a day after chad's president said their troops killed another main al-qaida commander in the region the u.s.-led coalition says its forces accidentally killed two afghan boys during an operation in southern afghanistan. marine gen. joseph dunford, the commander of u.s. and allied forces in afghanistan, offered his condolences to the family of the boys who were killed" and said the coalition takes deaths. a statement issued by the killed thursday when coalition forces fired at what they thought were insurgent forces in the uruzgan province. it says a investigation team visited the killing of civilians by foreign forces has been a the afghan government throughout the nearly 12- year-old war. >> vicki: dramatic video out of iowa. after a semi-truck driver escapes from his vehicle just seconds before it explodes into flames. the truck driver lost control of his truck on the icy overpass. launching the cab and the first of two trailers over the railing. no one was hurt in the accident. but the driver is being cited for failing to maintain control of his vehicle. >

chad, will it happen and does it matter? >> well, in the short run we could run a little bit further. our s&p target for the time being is about 1,575 based off a liquidity drive and economic numbers that have been coming out that have been somewhat better than expected. >> it's interesting that you are actually cautious here. you say there's $113 per share built in for this year and not necessarily achievable and that market have overrun and you mentioned the dan greenhouse point that we're well above moving averages on all of the indexes ripe for a pullback. >> right. i mean, look, we've had a very nice run within the financial markets. the problem is that the baton has to be passed from the liquidity run rally to an economic and earnings story. s&p earnings expectations are 105 which is well below s&p earnings estimates for the street of about 113. now, we are seeing the global growth story that is hampered by the european slowdown with our expectations for gdp to actually contract in europe by a half percent or even more

chad meyers tells us it took the crew two days. it used to take them two days to get to the space station. now, we are talking a little bit of time. >> the space station isn't that high above earth. it shouldn't take that long. they got it right. they put the iss right over the launch site. as the launch came up, the i.s.s. grabbed it. you have to catch up to it, because you are moving really fast. we haven't been able to do that in the past. it takes a couple days to catch up to this thing, because it is moving so fast. today with this launch, it went up, it was there and it was already moving and they captured it within six hours and moved that. >> how are they able to do that again? >> if you think about taking a ball, a football and you are throwing it downfield to a receiver, if he is running across the field and it gets to him at the exact right time, it is a better pass. if the receiver has to go one way or the pass is going the other way. they perfectly timed this out so when they took the i.s.s., they raised it to get the

now, the chad military says they have finally caught up with the -directed qaeda terrorist. >> we have said that a number of terrorists were killed in the operations including him. news comes just after one day after the president announced his troops had killed another leader in the islamic mugrab. he is believed to outbid a key to minder -- a key commander of those fighting in mali. >> for the first time, our soldiers are being successful and have killed the main jihaddist leaders. >> is the news is confirmed, this will be a major boost for french and african troops fighting rebels, but the success of the aisle qaeda-linked groups in north, west and central africa will not based aren't these celebrities. they may be able to bring in new leaders even as they lose veteran commanders. al-jazeera, bchad. >> secretary of state john kerry will be meeting with mohamed morsi. anita alive elie cairo. what is at the top of the agenda for the meeting between the two? >> they are fairly clearly marked out. askingrry is going to be him to renew and strengthen his democracy.to they're refusing for

[laughter] but for some reason arizona democrat chad campbell called using seagal as an instructor "ludicrous adding, "why don't we also have clint eastwood and chuck norris and bruce willis come out and train them too while we're at it?" [cheers and applause] well, come on! [cheers and applause] that is stupid. you can't have those guys. they still get work. [laughter] besides, none of these guys have lama seagal's mastery of tactical ops. >> i've put hundreds of thousands if not millions of hours into my weapons training. >> stephen: that's right, millions of hours! [laughter] now a million hours is about 115 years, which sounds crazy, but so does asking steven segal to train your posse. so it works out. [laughter] the seagal posse is such a pre-success that arapaio's already signed on additional star power-- 1970's "the incredible hulk" star lou ferrigno and actor peter lupus of the 1960s tv series "mission: impossible. [laughter] of course, lupus is 80 now. so mission impossible is opening the lunchroom milk. [laughter] but folks, many of arpaio's posse members don't even need training. h

let's bring in chad myers for more on this. chad, these pictures are just astonishing.ed? >> you know, it's been a wet winter. but the past couple weeks have not been all that wet. we're talking about an island north of seattle. whidbey island. this island has a lot of cliffs on all sides. 100 feet down from the top is where all this land let go. a couple football field size worth of land has slid down. if you notice on my picture here, it's a straight shot. it's a very straight shore. if you look at the pictures there. there's a peninsula sticking out. that peninsula is the dirt that came off the side of the hill, down across a roadway, over a few homes, and then out into puget sound itself. that home used to have about an 80-foot backyard. now it's hard to see any backyard at all. people say some of the ground is still moving. >> i mean, if the ground's still moving, any idea of what to expect, when it will end or how to make it stop? >> you know, there is a fault under this island. an earthquake fault, a seismic fault. it's only, they think, has shifted seven times i

chad myers is standing by, but first to martin savidge in snowy pittsburgh.orter: yeah, that's what a lot of people are wondering. we have rain falling now, but the temperature is going to drop, so this will turn back into snow. snow is in the forecast here the next three days, which is why people are wondering whatever happened to that thing called spring? from denver to d.c., if you're looking for signs of spring, you'll need a shovel. a late winter storm that marched across the midwest over the weekend, pushed eastward monday, weakening as it went, but still bringing misery to many. in most area the snows were measured in inches but some saw a foot or more. st. louis has its snowiest march day ever. in colorado, the going wasn't just tough, it was terrifying, as this wreck involving a semi and several cars on i-25 shows. farther east in dayton, ohio, the morning rush was more like the morning mush, as the snow made monday's commute even more of a downer. in pittsburgh, they forecasted up to half a foot, but rain kept the snow to about 1 to 3 inches of slus

chad? >> thank you. all i can do is thank ted and david to enable us to lift the partisan fail from which this issue has so often times been discussed at for the first time shine the spotlight on the human faces, the human faces of suffering. and chris and cyndi and paul and jeff and the boys will be able to look them in the face and tell them that they and their family deserve anything other than the quality of the law is something that i challenge anyone to do. we are honored that our court system has worked and we have gone from the district court in northern california over these four years all the way here to washington today before the united states supreme court, and we're all cautiously optimistic to wait and see what this court will do. that you all very much. >> if you have any questions about -- other than how the court is going to decide the case -- [laughter] >> if the court were to rule that the petitioner does not have a standing, that would be a winner for you? >> i will mention briefly a

no hang chad. >> no hanging chad. >> they will be burned after every vote. the world will look to this chimney to look for a new pope to be elected. >> black smoke if they haven't decided and white smoke if they have one. >> what happens if we see white smoke. >> it will be pandemonium. >> many of them american tourists who never imagined their itinerary would include a daylight with history. >> i'm so privileged to be here at this time. >> we're catholic, so we're pretty up to date on what's happening in the church. so when he decided that he would be resigning, we thought, oh, no. but then we thought, great, we'll be here. hopefully they will vote somebody in by the time we're here. >> so what can we expect the next couple of days? father robert barren is nbc news contributor. father, good morning. great to have you on. >> lester, thanks. >> it's so easy to look at this in political terms. so i hear the term front-runner. i pause for a moment. but are some some names talked about more than others? >> sure. listen to the vatican here and back home and 10 or

one person we have seen with a flag that we think is from chad, there is no cardinal from chad, who'scold and rain all day long. literally thousands of people staring as a smokestack waiting to see whether it will be plaque or white. i think they're probably in the process of the first afternoon vote. if we don't see anything soon, they may be moving interest the second vote. if it's inconclusive the first time, we won't see smoke until after two votes, and then they will burn the ballots. >>> nbc's chris jansing, who has her eyes trained on black smoke, white smoke, and apparently for some part of this morning dennis rodman. i never thought i would add that to the list of things you're doing over there. we may come back to you. thank you for the update, as always. >> thank you. >>> what does it mean for a country when the middle class becomes an endangered species? we'll talk with joe and harry gan about their new documentary on poverty and the vanishing american dream. that's next on "now." [ jackie ] it's just so frustrating... ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run