. >>> now an all female peace keeping force is now on the ground in south sudan's capitol duba and patrolre people are sheltering keeping an eye out for trouble and making sure everyone gets a fair share of food and water and from duba, anna has the story. >>> meet mary she is the leader of a team of female peace keepers protecting families at the idp camp in south sudan and wants to give a message of peace to her community. >> translator: we don't want people fighting each other. >> reporter: she and her colleagues are trying to reduce the violence that happens often in these cramped conditions. people around here for safety when the war started more than two years ago and most are afraid to live and the people who live here are from the tribe which is generally associated with the opposition. because the town outside the gate is controlled by government, people here say it's not safe to venture out. the women peace keepers come from the community. it's easy for them to hear about what is going on they stop people in the street, catch up on the news and look out for any potential problem

anna, al jazeera, duba, south sudan. >>> plenty more news on line on al jazeera.com, not just the headlines and the feature reports but down the left hand side are social media to keep up with the news from the on line team all on al jazeera.com. it's the new high you can buy at the corner store. america's heroin epidemic is not this country's only drug problem despite the impression you might get listening to presidential candidates. there is another newer drug plaguing america that goes by street names of k 2, spice, skooby snacks and green giant. they are synthetic can canabinoids. there are important differences k-2 is a fraction of the cost of marijuana, it's often sold illegal in stores as ininsense. in incense. while k-2 overdoses don't often kill users like heroin does, smoking the drug can definitely turn people into what law enforcement officials call people zombies, it makes some people very sick. since 2015 there have been more than 6,000 k 2 emergency room visits, in new york city. people using k 2 have been brought in for everything from seizures to psychosis. homeless people

sudan's government threatened to shut the recently reopened border with neighbor and accused duba ofg the government of bashar and despite intentions the people along the border hopes it normalized and trade can consume and we report from the white nile state in sudan. >> reporter: just a row of rocks and tires serves as a roadblock along the border of sudan and south sudan and people walk back and forth to take a sick child to the hospital. despite tensions between the government there appears to be a welcoming feeling, a reminder that until 2011 the two countries were one. >> translator: our brothers from south sudan and here in sudan are completely integrated and have common tribes and friendships. >> reporter: since south sudan succeeded from sudan the border has been effectively closed and when a civil war began in south sudan in 2013 the border was a one way humanitarian corridor allowing people to seek refuge in sedan and then they reached a truce and in january the president bashar had a push to normalize relations to the south and the first step to reopen the border. right n

tonight, friends and family are mourning the loss of victoria mcgrath, who died in a car crash in dubacture following the bombings on april 15, 2013. she was a student at northwestern university, set to graduate this year. another student was killed in the crash, as well, getting ready to receive her diploma. >>> breaking news out of nashville, tennessee. the jury in the erin andrews hotel peeping civil suit has just ruled in andrew's favor. the jury has awarded her $55 million. this was after she was recorded naked inside the nashville marriott hotel in 2009. andrews was seeking $75 million and she argued the man who recorded her through a people should not of been allowed to get a room next to hers. >>> jury selection went under way two alleged accomplices in the murder of an employee at a prince george's county hotel. they are charged in the october 2013 killing at the clarion hotel in the oxon hill. prosecutors said the men robbed the hotel d employee was shot and killed. >>> 35 college students camped out in the department of environmental quality headquarters, fighting dominions

let's take you live now to duba and al jazeera and hiba morgan and over to you. >> reporter: we haveken to the government here about the report and they have admitted that it may have happened on an individual basis but say it's not the government policy. now with me here is the presidential spokesperson and what are you doing with these reports or for these people or who held the reports are held responsible. >> take the report seriously and when the report is about human right violations. however, our forces are under strict command to ob -- observe human rights and if there are individuals and soldiers that comes out to violate human rights then they are doing it at their own because the government doesn't authorize anybody to kill civilians. we tell them to minimize when they are on self-defense to minimize civilian casualties when they are actually forced to fight. and august 27 one president declares a ceasefire and not under defensive and depend olding ourselves on a number of occasions but have not been on offensive so in this particular case our forces have not committed vio

the deadly crash happened two hours after the flight from duba ai was set to arrive in russia, 600 miles outside moscow. based on flight path data a it appears that the plane made an unsuccessful chance to land before making a second attempt. mayor of the region told russian reporters that the plane ended up 800 feet short of the runway in bad weather, that included rain and strong wind gusts. an american team from the national transportation safety board and boeing are joining the investigation. chris van cleve, channel three "eyewitness news". >>> thursday will mark a year since the germanwings plane crash that killed 150 people, including a drexel will graduate. on saturday, friend and family honored her memory. >> ♪ >> "eyewitness news" at world cafe in university city for the third planet festival, it was held in honor of emily selke and her mother yvonne who also died in the crash. emily studied music at drexel will and all of the pro eat went to the event started after her death, which will provide financial assistant to drexel music students looking to study abroad. >>> germanwin

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mmmbop, ba duba dop >> i was spot on. >> you have to get all the nuance there. >> that's your pop start today. >> thank you. i was too old for it originally, so plus 20 years, i don't know >>> just ahead, allison williams is here. she'll talk "girls," weddings and making her first movie. hi, allison. first, a check of your local announcer: local, live, late breaking. jazmin: good wednesday morning, i' m jazmin walker. brett: i' m brett connolly. major issues on the roadways this morning if you' re about to head out. ted noah has the details on the biggest problems. ted: first talking about i-4 getting into volusia county via seminole. the 1792 offramp is completely closed. there' s a jackknifed semi. this is a mess they are up. this is at the 1792 offramp from i-4 just as you come around the corner by lake monroe. if you travel on i-4 from seminole county into volusia, you can' t use 1792, you stay road 46. a big deland the turnpike northbound approaching 417. newly six mile backup do it right lane blocked. amy: we are in the lower 40' s off to the north. lower 50' the i-4 corridor. 53

mmmbop, ba duba dop >> i was spot on. >> you have to get all the nuance there. >> that's your pop start today. >> thank you. i was too old for it originally, so plus 20 years, i don't know what to say about that. >>> just ahead, allison williams is here. and making her first movie. hi, allison. news and weather.bruck. i'm ben thompson. new video just into the newsroom from one of two charlotte gun stores, burglarized overnight. c-m-p-d says the "gun outlet and targeted last night, on north tryon street near lambeth drive in east charlotte. police believe those suspects then moved to the "hyatt coin and gun" in west charlotte around two this morning. that's on wilkinson boulevard near westerly hills drive. investigators say the thieves tried to ram a car through the back door, but nothing was taken. right now, officers are looking for a chrysler sebring that left the scene. today...sunny. highs in the upper 70s. thursday...partly sunny. highs in the mid 70s. friday...partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning... then sunny in the afternoon. highs in the lower 70s. chance of rai

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mmmbop, ba duba dop >> i was spot on. >> you have to get all the nuance there. >> that's your pop start today. >> thank you. i was too old for it originally, so plus 20 years, i don't know >>> just ahead, allison williams is here. she'll talk "girls," weddings and making her first movie. hi, allison. first, a check of your local >>> live look there waiting to get on the george washington bridge. it's 8:26 on this wednesday, march 23rd. good morning. i'm michael gargiulo. >>> police are trying to track down a hit-and-run driver who killed a man in manhattan. police say the victim was hit just before 10:00, 115th street and madison avenue in east harlem. he was identified as 36-year-old christopher costa. investigators say he may have been hit by a gray suv last seen heading north on madison avenue. >>> right now we want to look at the commute. here's emily west with that. >> we have delays in southampton, accident involving a tractor-trailer closing sunrise highway eastbound near tuckahoe road. the backup through hampton base. two accidents, westbound 110, one on the southern eastbound.

. ♪ ♪ mmmbop, ba duba >> i was spot on. >> you've got to get all the nuance there." >> i was too old for it originally. now i don't know what to say about that. thank you so much. >>> just ahead, allison williams is here, going to talk girls, weddings and is making her first movie. but first -- hi, allison! >> hi! >> aren't you looking gorgeous? first a check of your local news and weather. >>> a very good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. eye look at the international terminal at sfo this morning lit up in the colors of the belgian flag showing support for brussels after the deadly attack. brussels airport will be closed at least through tomorrow. >>> happening today, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton will deliver an address at stanford. the topic, u.s. counterterrorism efforts. clinton had been scheduled to appear in the bay area but stanford was last minute in the wake of yesterday's attack. let's check the morning commute. >>> we're looking at oakland. we had an earlier crash around high street. it was cleared quickly, but a li

. ♪ mmmbop, ba duba dop >> i was spot on. >> you have to get all the nuance there. >> that's your pop it originally, so plus 20 years, i don't know what to say about that. >>> just ahead, allison williams is here. she'll talk "girls," weddings and making her first movie. hi,is first, a check of your local news and weather. >>> good morning, it's 8:26 on this wednesday march 23rd. i'm aaron gilchrist. we'll start with the commute. >> right now northbound 9th street northwest mount olive we have an overturned truck and the northbound lanes blocked. outer look at the beltway top of the beltway we're slow. inbound 395 slow. and d.c. 295 as you're headed into the city. 66, 95 no major issues there. >thank you. > check out the fresh new look on mcdonald's mcpick 2 menu! try a flaky filet-o-fish made with sustainably sourced fish, a big mac made with 100% beef, or a quarter pounder with cheese seared on the grill. pick any 2 for $5 bucks. ♪ bada ba ba ba i'll see you at home. the egg mcmuffin. made with a fresh cracked egg and real butter. only at mcdonald's. i'm lovin it. >>> great day for