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erica pitzi, al jazeera. >> rob blagojevich wants the high court to throw out the rest of his convictions. attempted to sell barack obama's vacant senate seat is currently serving a 14 year prison sentence. >> it's been a month long search for chicago's next police chief, and just who the top cop will be is a lot of speculation. hermela ague ars aragawi has mo. >> fired by emanuel amid controversial how the city hoonld series ohandsahenlda sei. >>> form he spokane, washington police chief, cedric alexander, a public safety director in suburban atlanta and bureau of support services. pressures to have be the hiring within the department, and eugene williams is the only that fit that criteria. but mayor emanuel had someone else in mind, eddie johnson. a spokesman for mayor confirmed those saying: it's unclear whether the mayor is looking to ultimately give the job to johnson or if the move was to force the police to come up with a second round of candidates. under the city code, the mayor is, resets that process. if the mayor's pick gets the job it would be the first time in more than a dec

be erica pitzi al jazeera. >> joining me is andrew cologne, and from stanford, dr. anna lemke, dr. colodne to you in the studio sir, secluding cancer patients and palliative care who should receive opioids and for how long? >> opioids are medicines that are essential for end much life care and a few days after major surgery, for example. the reason the cdc is issuing this strong recommendation is because they are concerned that doctors in the united states are overprescribing opioids for common conditions. the practice of treating low back pain and chronic headache, fibromyalgia, with long term opioids, has become widespread. and what the cdc is saying is we are harming far more patients than we're helping and we're fueling epidemic of addiction and overdose death. >> to you dr. lemke, opioids have been around for years. what triggered the explosion in use and the resultant addiction? >> well, starting in about 1980, there was a huge push to use opioids more liberally in the treatment of pain and it came out of a well-intentioned place. there were a lot of people struggling with se

i'm erica pitzi. here are today's top stories. history in havana. president obama becomes the only president since calvin koolidge in 1928 to visit the island nation as they continue to work toward a diplomatic relationship. the turkish government says a man with ties to isil was the suicide bomber that killed for in istanbul. >> more violence at a trump rally as the front-runner's campaign manager is accused of getting physical with a protestor, and the syrian refugee crisis through the eyes of the family struggling to survive outside of their homeland >>> right now president obama and his family are of cuba, making president obama the first sitting u.s. president to visit the island nation in 90 years. he'll spend three days in cuba touring old havana and taking in a baseball game and helle confront the irish relations between the two countries that lasted for two decades. mike viqueira joins us from havana. good evening to you. how has the president spent his first hours on the island? >> well good evening to you. the president going to the u.s.

erica pitzi reports. >> reporter: it's daybreak in queens, morning new york. day laborers gather here at work like in hundreds of other sites in the united states. >> we're looking at one of the largest in the country. >> reporter: manuel castro is the director of knife, the new immigrant center, that serves this worker population here. >> many of them are undocumented immigrants that move to the city. they have a lot of barriers, land, which is one of them. >> reporter: even when there's work, says castro, there may not be a wage. >> it involves a worker going to a job, and working a couple of hours, and not getting the wages or not getting paid at all. >> reporter: it's a risk that they take on a daily basis. >> they say they will pay you, and they say come tomorrow. and then they change their telephone numbers, and change everything, and disappear, and we don't get our money. >> reporter: but now he's starting up a projects to stop wage theft with a virtual way for workers to fight back. >> they can identify the model of the car. >> reporter: a smart phone

i'm erica pitzi. here are today's top stories. history in havana.resident obama becomes the only president since calvin koolidge in 1928 to visit the island nation as they continue to work toward a diplomatic relationship. the turkish government says a man with ties

i'm erica pitzi. here are today's stop stories - a section of the pakistan taliban claiming responsibility for an attack targetting christians. 65 at least are dead, hundreds wounded. most are women and children. [ sirens ] >>> in brussels anti-immigrant prte

i'm erica pitzi. and here are the top stories - a car bomb explodes in turkey's capital. at least 34 are dead, and dozens more injured >>> a mass shooting in the ivory coast, gunmen storm three beach front hotels opening fire on guests. >> i came to this country when i was five years old. my dad went through hell to get citizenship. we did it by the book ... >>> one day after a security scare, a thumbs up moment for donald trump, when a man comes on stage to support his policy on immigration >>> governor john kasich leading the latest poll in his home state of ohio, before tuesday's g.o.p. primaries, but the news is not so great for senator marco rubio in florida. tough talk from the u.s. and france as the nation's claim the syrian government is purposely trying to sabotage peace talks. >>> and we begin with chaos on the streets of turkey's capital ankara, 34 people are dead, and 125 are wounded after a car bomb exploded at a clouded transportation hub. turkish police are blaming turkish militants for the blast. al jazeera's paul brennan has more. >> reporter: the bombers

i'm erica pitzi. here are today's stop stories - a section of the pakistan taliban claiming responsibility for an attack targetting christians. 65 at least are dead, hundreds wounded. most are women and children. [ sirens ] >>> in brussels anti-immigrant protesters angry about last week's attacks - clashing with police >>> christians around the world celebrating easter sunday. though at the vatican the fear of terrorism keeping many of the faithful away >>> and three is a charm for bant, what it beans -- bernie sanders, what it means for the presidential bid after winning caucuses in washington, alaska and hawaii >>> the aftermath of a bombing attack in the pakistani city of lahore. a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a park crowded with christian families celebrating easter. at least 65 died in the explosion. more than 250 were wounded. a pakistani faction of the taliban claimed responsibility. a spokesman for the militant group says the christian community was deliberately started. we have this

erica pitzi, al jazeera. >> she's great. >>> the nba's golden state warriors keep winning.y beat the washington wizards last night. they have tied the franchise records. the bulls hold the nba record for 72. there are still eight games left in the regular season. >> that's it for us here in new york. >> your world this morning back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. until then, have a great day. >>> welcome to the al jazeera news hour. libya's new unity government denies threats of violence. we'll be live there with the latest. >>> iran's supreme leader said ballistic missiles are part of the country's future as the u.s. expresses concern. >>> a new dawn in myanmar, the countries first elected government in 50 years is sworn