dana lewis has more from iraned. >> a lot of people here, especially members of parliament, said they shouldn't bother with a debate, a ban an donald trump, because he thrives on scandal and publicity. the best thing he could do is ignore him. m.p.s were forced to hold the discussion because of the size of the public petition. >> british parliament airians couldn't agree on whether to ban trump are from the u.k. one by one they thrashed him. >> i heard of a number of cases where people are excluded for insight: hatred. not for stupidity. >> several muslim m.p.s said trump should be banned like extremists, not treated differently because he's rich. you. >> this is a man, high profile, involved in the american show business industry. for years and years, a man interviewing for the most important job in the world. his words are not comical. his words are not funny. his words are poisonous. >> the petition to ban was signed by more than 570,000 people, the largest to spark a debate in parliament. anger driven by a suggestion that there are no go zones in the u.k., where police fear muslim

. >> dana lewis joins us from london. obviously there is vigorous debate about the controversial remarks that donald trump that made. why have they become a big deal in the u.k. and why are the petition organizers so in tent on keeping him out of the u.k.? >> for very much the same reasons. people are simply offended at the core of what he has said about mexicans, about women, about banning muslims from entering the united kingdom. he went further than that, suggesting that there are no go areas in london because police fear for their lives, which politicians say is absolutely false. suzanne kelly, the lady who put together this petition, i visited her in aberdeen scotland on thursday and friday, by the way, she is american, a new yorker originally. she said what really got this going for her and why she came up with the idea is they've fought with frump for years over the establishment of a golf course area. she accuses him of bum dozing through the environmental process, of intimidating neighbors who wouldn't tell to hi

al jazeera's dana lewis reports. >> british parliament couldn't agree on whether to ban donald trumpited kingdom but seemed united in condemning his rhetoric. one by one, they thrashed him. >> i've heard of a number of cases where people have been mistreated for incitement, hatred, i've never heard of one called stupidity. i'm not sure that we should be starting now. >> several muslim m.p.'s said trump should be banned like any extremist, not treated differently because he's privileged and rich. the u.k. has banned 80 individuals for inciting violence. trump they say that incited muslims, mexicans and women. >> he is involved in the american show business industry for years and years, a man who is interviewing for the most important job in the world, his words are not comical. his words are newt funny. his words are poisonous. >> the petition to ban was signed by more than 570,000 people, the large evident ever to spark a debate in parliament. anger partially driven by trump's suggestions there are no-go zones in the u.k. where police fear muslim areas. >> i would be delighted if he

. >> dana lewis live from london, thank you very much. >>> in this country the democratic presidential candidates are back on the campaign trail. they attacked each other instead of their republican current parts. bernie sander and hillary clinton getting most of the air time arguing over issues like healthcare, wall street, and gun control. al jazeera's political correspondent michael shure was there. >> hillary clinton spent a lot of time aligning herself with president obama during the debates here in charleston, south carolina, a state then senator obama won decisively in 2008. >> the fact is we have the affordable care act. that is one of the greatest accomplishments of president obama. >> just before the candidates took the stage bernie sanders released his long anticipated healthcare plan. but it adds a healthcare premium and raises taxes. >> my proposal provide healthcare to all people get private insurance out of health insurance, lower the cost of healthcare for middle class families by $5,000. >> the setting of this debate two blocks from the mother emmanuel ame church where

. >> dana lewis, thank you very much. >>> there is an ongoing search for several missing americans in iraq. iraqi officials say that armed fighters kidnapped three men at an private apartment complex on friday. two of the americans are of iraqi origin. the other is an egyptian. a senior spokesman said they're aware of reports that american citizens are missing in iraq, and are working with the full cooperation of the iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals. >>> in neighboring syria isil fighters are taking 400 civilians as hostages there. dozens are said to have been killed, including women and children. international observers say among the captives are families of fighters who supported bashar al-assad. officials are worried they'll be executed by isil. >>> those ten u.s. sailors who iran seized at gunpoint according to the u.s. military which realized it's first official account of the incident today, the reports said that the officers were not harmed while in iranian custody. it shows iranian officials took nothing from the ships but two sim cards but it does not a

al jazeera's dana lewis explain why. >> hi jonathan, people here especially members of parliament said they should not vote on banning donald trump because he thrives on scandal, the best thing should be to ignore him but mps were forced to have this discussion because of the size of the outcry from the public. seemed united in condemning his rhetoric and one by one they thrashed him. >> i've heard of a number of cases where people have been excluded for incitement and hatred but i've never heard of one of stupidity. i'm not sure we should begin now. >> not to be treated because he is privileged and rich. >> a man extremely high profile, involved in the show business industry for years and years, the man who is interviewing for most important job in the world. his words are not comical, his words are not funny. his words are poisonous. >> the petition to ban was signed by over 570,000 people, the largest ever to be presented to parliament. there are no go-zones where people fear muslim areas. >> i'd be delighted to have him show us where the no-go areas are for police, i'd be leap to f

. >> dana lewis reporting live, thank you very much.ng to be talking with a member of parliament who is leading the charge to ban donald trump from coming to london. >>> u.s. officials this morning are reacting to reports that several americans disappeared in iraq. there is no official word on who is missing or what happened to them. early reports said armed fighters kidnapped the three americans. a senior state department spokesperson said officials are aware of reports that american citizens are missing in iraq and are working with the full cooperation of the iraqi authorities to locate and recover the individuals. >>> in neighboring syria, isil fighters have taken at least 400 civilians hostage after attacking the eastern town. dozens were reportedly killed, including women and children. international observers say among the captives of families of fighters who support syrian president bashar al assad. officials are worried isil will execute the hostages. >> this morning, president obama is hailing what he is calling smart diplomacy