the child's god mother is argentina's president, christina fernandez. the president sent an aide as her official representative. four years ago, president fernandez signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage and adoption in the country. it came when pope francis was an argentine bishop. since his papacy, he has seen more tolerance to day and lesbian people. >> we want a wedding for the two of us. >> the couple are requesting a ceremony in the catholic church. kilmeny duchart, lrnlings. >> that's our show for tonight. tell us what you'd like to see in our nightly current affairs program. good night. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. snow >> hello, welcome to al jazeera ameri america. i'm richelle carey in new york. here are the top stories. search teams detected two signals in the hunt for the malaysia airlines. it could be from the black boxes. up to 14 planes and ships are taking part in the current operation. >> pro-russian protesters declared donetsk an independent republic. others say russia is instigating the situation. john kerry war

the child's god mother is argentina's president, christina fernandez.the president sent an aide as her official representative. four years ago, president fernandez signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage and adoption in the country. it came when pope francis was an argentine bishop. since his papacy, he has seen more tolerance to day and lesbian people. >> we want a wedding for the two of us. >> the couple are requesting a ceremony in the catholic church . kilmeny duchart, lrnlings. >> that's our show for tonight. tell us what you'd like to see in our program. good night. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> snoo >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey, with a look at the top stories at this hour. the crisis in ukraine is escalating in the east. pro-russian protesters declared the city of donetsk as an independent country. secretary of state john kerry warning more sanctions if russia invades. >> signals from what may be the black box flight recorder from the malaysia airlines flight have been detected. teams are searching

. >> the godmother is argentina's president christina fernandez.he president sent an aid as her official representative. >> four years ago president hernandez signed a bill legal liesing same-sex marriage and adoption. >> it came when the pope was leader. francis said all chin have the right -- children have the right to be baptised. >> translation: we hope to imagine this moment together now. more, we are awaiting a wedding. we want a wedding for the two of us. >> the couple are illegally married but are requesting an official ceremony in a catholic church. >> we have strong thunder storms popping up across the south-east, eastern texas, all the way into portions of louisia louisiana, and a storm watch, a line of storms along the frontal boundary, a lot of moist air seeping in off the coast of mexico. when you get the two air masses colliding you see the volatile thunder storms. you see the thunderstorm watch in effect. it will expire shortly. meanwhile, we have a tornado watch issued 12 minutes ago by the storm prediction center. the area in the

the child's god mother is argentina's president, christina fernandez.he president sent an aide as her official representative. four years ago, president fernandez signed a bill legalizing same sex marriage and adoption in the country. it came when pope francis was an argentine bishop. since his papacy, he has seen more tolerance to day and lesbian people. >> we want a wedding for the two of us. >> the couple are requesting a ceremony in the catholic church . kilmeny duchart, lrnlings. >> that's our show for tonight. tell us what you'd like to see in our program. good night. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> >> ukraine cracks down on pro-russian protesters. more than 70 people arrested in overnight raids. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. live from doha. also ahead - 50,000 people made homeless by the storms in the solomon islands. now aid workers warn of disease. >> going hungry - the u.n. cuts food rations to syria because donors haven't delivered on their promises.