there have been sporadic fighting between two countries, explain what is behind this recent escalationn fighting. >> well, it is really hard to point to a specific reason as to what happened and why the escalation of this scope took place. it could be that it's the time of the year, usually there is a more violent escalation during the spring and summertime. it could be in the absence of the presidents while the two were visiting nuclear summit here in washington, d.c., moscow had a hand in pushing some of the military forces on the armenian side, which resonated in azerbaijan and azerbaijan has responded. it's really hard to say what caused this, but nevertheless, whatever the cause is, this has been the most violent escalation since the last 20 years. >> now a particular analyst that we spoke to a little earlier had said that azerbaijan could have started the escalation as a distraction from domestic problems. how much truth is there to such claims. >> well, there's... yes, there is some validation to this argument precisely because of what is happening in azerbaijan. the country has

. >> well, indeed, this particular escalation. we have seen a pattern of escalations, especially aggravating starting from around 2014. now, it's,primary reason is that azerbajain more specifically has been growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of protest. the peace process and by escalating the situation further on. i believe baku has been trying to attract more of the international community's attention into the conflict resolution efforts where, at the same time, this escalation coincides with over the period of time when armenia decided to enter the russian eurasian union citing security reasons. i would say statement given that russia remains a peace broker but at the same time, an important arms dealer. >> exactly because both are buying weapons from russia. >> indeed. i would say when there is more, when there are more weapons, westminster, there will be more escalation. >> or the threat of escalation always hage over the situation. >> yes. >> so we have these two countries, armenia and azerbajain after the break-up

shortly before the current escalation. also, the conflict has served as a very useful distraction from domestic problems. azerbaijan is known for its human rights issues, but lately, and more worryingly, there have been lots of social protests because of the worsening economic situation, and just to remind you, azerbaijan economy is largely reliant on oil and gas exports and the country is experiencing significant economic problems in the last 12 months. >> that is the theory, that links to the more powerful regional powers, turkey and russia both influence these two smaller countries. how much does the tension between ankara and moscow have to do with this recent escalation of tension? >> well, exactly, the theory of a proxy war, a conflict turning into a proxy war is another one floating around and there are real fears that it could turn into such war. as you mentioned, the turkey side would obviously be quite interested to see that the russian interests are being challenged in south caucuses. azerbaijan has been always

. >>> also today, metro begins a final phase of escalator e replacement at the columbia cola heightson. they'll be installing two new entrance escalators on thealato east side much the entrance on c the northeast corner of 14th and irving streets will betr w closed during the nine month project.proj customers will need to use escalators on the southwestn th corner. metro is investing ies $151 million to replace more than 13 escalators by 2020.02 >> people living in one annapolis neighborhood woke upne to the sounds of gunfire earigle sunday morning.orng. no one was hurt but two homeses and seven cars were struck byk bullets in the area ofs in a president street and parkk avenue. tonight police will discus the shootings at a community cou meeting in east port.in eas >>> a family of homelessf homels people this morning after -- a family is homeless this morning at a fire sweptire swept through their house inroug bethesda around 8:00 last0 last night on sonoma road.oad. firefighters tell us when theyhe arrived they saw flamesaw shooting from the second floorcd of the home and the roof.d

one of the word i haven't heard discussed today is escalation and the nature of escalation, which is the more you do, the more i will do. a more i do, the more you will do. that's called escalation. it's a form of addiction. they key concept of addiction is a next bill is not like the last one because you need more. and then the nuclear escalation, you have to keep rising, yet to keep upping the ante. by the time you have moved up to escalation ladder of the world is a much more dangerous place, the complexity, the room for error is much higher. this is what robert oppenheimer said about the world was had and the direction of hell out of high rate of speed with a positive rate of acceleration. and he was thinking of this notion of escalation, i think. reason i've heard all these bad ideas a long time, and i've been led to think a lot about this notion of deterrence. because deterrence is kind of the notion that justifies all response activity. deterrence, robust deterrence can effective deterrent, extended deterrence. all kinds of brands of deterrence, so what is deterrence? what is

. >> what we have witnessed in the last week or so is a escalation of battles, particularly in alepporaa, homs, and the -- damascus suburbs. they have taken the hills in the north, and the government is recapturing these territories. there is also major fighting between the free syrian army and the kurds in aleppo as well. so there is a great deal of escalation, my take on it is as the geneva talks get closer, both sides are trying to maximize their interests. both sides are trying to basically have the upper hand in the diplomatic talks in the next few days. >> meanwhile the syrian network for human rights says six medical staff were killed in the month of march. the civil defense units are making a difference despite the daily danger. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: ahmad works for the syrian civil defense. he is not just a driver. he is also a rescue worker. and when there are no air raids, he helps clean up the city. >> translator: we're trying to help the people in more than one way, not only recovering people from under the rubble, but we also clean the streets, the debr

the opposition refusing to attend, as the fighting escalates. more on this u.s.itary deployment. a supreme did allied commander for nato was there since 2013. in a war is intractable as this one, these extra 250 troops will make a difference? correspondent: i think they will make a marginal difference. a 500% increase. on the other hand, in a big, distributed battle space, it is not going to have huge, immediate impact. think of this leverage. these are troops were highly skilled and training indigenous forces. the best bet is that they will be able to have a multiplier effect on the battlefield. but i don't see a sudden twist in the story. if you are advising the white house, would you recommend an incremental approach in the administration? i would not.: and i have been saying for two years now, that i think we need to a troopediately deployment. and let me define that and put it in perspective. inhad 150 thousand troops iraq at one time, 140,000 troops in afghanistan. we don't have that here. to 50,000need 10,000 based out of iraq to deal with of the iraq sigh

wait until you see this escalator that malfunctioned. >>> plus i'm sam brock.follow-up on the olympics and doping. how easy is it to cheat? we talked to an insider that describes it as taking candy from a baby. do the facts stack up? reality check coming up next. of t suer ymps--thwor an-dong et >>> the world's anti-doping agency claims recent scandals. >> some claim it's easy to beat the system. sack brock examines claims the window cheat is wide open. >> i said this before it's a fraud. >> harsh words coming from a man you might recognize, victor c t conte once synonymous, involving barry bonds and a slew of olympic athletes now, after spending time behind bars, conte has a new company and a new crusade, cracking down an an anti-doping system he sayswed engineered for peabuse. >> put it this way, foreyears i was tapping on forehead of u.s. ada and wada. >> u.s. anti-doping agency and world anti-doping agency and tasked with flushing out cheating. >> drug testing in sports. we've been around for about 17 years now. >> wada spokesperson ben nichols says the or

there is also major fighting between the curds as well, so there is a great deal of escalation, mighte on it is that as the geneva talks basically those sides are trying to maximize their interests, those sides are trying to basic clay have the upper hand in the diplomatic talks in the next few days. the new tactics are revealed in the a member by the groups former military leader, jennifer glass has the latest. this should represent a significant shift for the taliban that said it would mott negotiate, would not come to the table unless all western forces have left afghanistan. they also have said it would not negotiate with what they call a puppet government, this letter contradicts that, it says that it represents a new shift, a new strategy by the taliban, it says that any divide in leadership, was because of miss understandings over the last few months. and poor ports to put forward this whole new system. we don't know if this is a guidance moving forward not only talking about negotiating with the united states, and also the afghan government but also reinstating it's military r

>> well, it risks a very dangerous and very deadly escalation.ook, america is stepping up its commitment to nato, stepping up its posturing against the russians because the russians have shown themselves to be untrustworthy in europe as they continue to infiltrate their neighbors and occupy some of their neighbors between ukraine and georgia. these are the kind of things that could lead to an accidental shooting war which could broadly escalate. our navy sailors have to defend themselves. if at any point they feel that this poses a real threat, you may have a situation where we shoot a russian plane out of the sky and you have an escalation. this is very danger game vladimir putin is playing. he's trying to flex what relatively little muscle he really does have, and i think he's playing with fire. >> congressman kinzinger, thanks very much for joining us. >> you bet, wolf, see ya. >> we'll have more on this developing story. also coming up on the race for the white house. lots going on. new information coming into the situation room right now. we

so there is a great deal of escalation.geneva talks get closer, both sides are trying to maximize their interests. both sides are trying to basically have the upper hand in the diplomatic talks in the next few days. ♪ >>> the taliban in afghanistan has revealed a new strategy which includes plans to negotiate with the u.s. and other western countries. new tactics were re vealed in a letter. let's go live to jennifer glass in kabul for us. how different this strategy from what they were doing before? >> reporter: well, lauren, if this letter is authentic, and if the taliban leadership has endorsed it, it is a significant shift for the taliban who have always said they would never negotiate while there were foreign forces here in afghanistan, and they would not negotiate with what they call the puppet government in kabul. this letter says that it is a strategy to quote end the occupation and establish the islamic -- islamic system here in afghanistan, and that it would include talking with the united states and other western

the routine traffic accident quickly escalated into deadly violence. smith allegedly exchanged words with the driver of that hummer, 28-year-old cardell hayes, before hayes allegedly drew his handgun and shots were fired. police arrived to find smith hit in the torso and back, dead at the scene. >> while this was an isolated incident, it is certainly tragic at every level and on all sides. >> reporter: but was this an isolated incident of road rage? details quickly emerge of a bizarre twist. turns out hayes, the alleged shooter, once received a settlement from the city for the his father, anthony hayes. in an eerie coincidence, smith had been enjoying dinner that very evening with one of the police officers named in that lawsuit. and the street where hayes allegedly shot smith, only about 500 yards from where his father was killed by police. all of this raising the question, was it road rage? revenge? or just a remarkable set of coincidences? >> mr. smith and mr. hayes were complete strangers in all of this before that incident? >> to put these rumors

. >>> up next, the terrifying moments as an escalator goes faster and faster. >>> a scary moment for hockey fans leaving a game in philadelphia. cell phone video from yesterday shows an escalator crammed with fans suddenly accelerating, sending people crashing into that pileup below. the company that owns the stadium says no injuries were reported. the escalator was shut down, and the operator is investigating what happened. >>> today is something of a holiday for major league baseball fans. opening day, but there's a little twist this year. 24 of the 30 teams were not even playing today. they'll all start tomorrow. in the meantime, this afternoon, pittsburgh beat st. louis in a matchup of last year's two most winning teams. tonight, a rematch of last year's world series as the mets take on the royals. >>> and then there were two. college basketball's championship is set. the university of north carolina will play villanova for the title tomorrow night. neither of them got into much trouble in the final four. if you missed it, villanova dominated oklahoma, winning by 44 points. in th

something happened to the escalate or as they were riding on it. what officials are saying went wrong. >> it sped way up, how scary is that. >> good day it is monday april . number one scared of elevators in the world is next up on "good day philadelphia". >> that is me. i was just trying to push through fear and maybe try escalate or once in a while. not anymore, no thanks. so upon demand we have added villanova v to bus stop buddy's ensemble today, also the phillies, because they start their season in cincinnati today, temperatures are chilly in the 30's and 40's to start. we have showers around to the north and west of the city and some clouds, and even some snow showers up in the poconos but for most of us, temperatures are too mild for anything but rain or 42 degrees, sunrise official at 6:40, or may see tiny bit of sunshine here or mostly cloudy day with showers on and off, chilly in the poconos mountains, 28 degrees, 38 in allentown, pottstown, feels more like february then april. forty-nine in dover. fifty-two in april. so for your morning

the spokesperson called the escalator problem a malfunction.aid it was back in service and running normally during the rihanna concert last night. >>> in pittsburgh, the flyers missed a chance to pad their lead for a final playoff spot. the penguins blasted the flyers, 6-2. the flyers visit detroit on wednesday. >>> and today is opening day for the phillies. the team will begin the season in cincinnati later today. manager pete mccannen told comcast sports net the fans should get on board with these phils. >> the fans want to see us win. i hope that they have that same enthusiasm when we're going through a little stretch where we're not winning games, they'll be able to tell that we're really playing hard. i'd like to be the type of fan that when we get back to where we are supposed to be and we know we're going to be, that they said, i knew it, i could have told you that when they weren't playing well. >> jeremy hellickson is your opening day starting pitcher. comcast sports net will broadcast the game this afternoon at 4:05. >>> one week from

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bean-bag round and taken into it then shifts as the incident escalates. gabrielle trust walk away from the scene, the deputy follows an arrest her. it's every upper scrape and a schwaiger, represents the holton used excessive force. deputy holton comes up behind her, takes his left hand and places it behind her head and ground. excellent job, that the officer did their duty. the sheriff's departments says they have reviewed the video. they believe that gabrielle lemos interfered with holton's investigation and that he was justified in arresting her. sot he had made the decision to arrest her so he followed her. said stop stop and that's when the ensuing altercation occurred and she fell to the ground. this incident is far from resolved. the lemos family filed a federal lawsuit against the sheriff's department back in the sonoma county district attorney's office charged and battery on a peace officer. clifford kron 4 news. grant is here with a new development in last year's deadly balcony collapse. >> reporter: i'm going back to doing what i love coaching

i didn't want to escalate it. i wanted to keep it simple and be calm about it. ... >> so, you were struck by that comment. and i'm sure that the president of the united states had some things people have said that may be interpreted as racially motivated or -- >> guest: yeah, and i don't know, i mean i could have interpreted differently but again i was trying to not update this thing or escalate it. we left and my wife says you need to say something to somebody. she encourages me to so i went back and saw one of the employees and she says i saw that whole thing. i'm amazed at what just happened. is your store manager here? the general manager had just left for the evening but the manager of that particular department came out and i told her what had happened. she said i'm sorry. we know you and your wife and you in here all the time. so i was leaving but then something told me go back and confront the officer again and in a gentlemanly way, not hostile. i went back into the manager i talked to, she was talking to

escalators at the station's other entrances will be up and running.once it's done, all seven of the escals replaced. >>> still no suspect in a double shooting that left one man dead and another in critical condition in prince george's county. it happened around 3:00 a.m. sunday more than. police were called to the newbury square apartments. one of victims died. >>> a family is left picking up the pieces after this car slammed into their apartment. this was the scene on smooth stone way montgomery village. you can see from the pictures inside here the suv slammed right into the family's bedroom. police say that two people had minor injuries. and the outside wall of the building is badly damaged. still not quite sure what caused the driver to hit the building. >>> virginia state lawmakers are set to vote this week on a plan that would hide the identities of pharmacies that supply execution drugs. a group of religious leaders are now rallying against the plan in richmond today. when virginia lawmakers return wednesday, they will also talk about a plan to

and what is at stake if it is not contained. >> we have often semd that these kinds of escalations can lead to an accidental working and have a greater impact on the entire region. for the past 20 months it has been continually escalating the tensions in terms of truce violations and military offensive against the others. we know that it was just recently in washington. we have seen this large scale offensive, the worst since 1994 >>> is this the ends of the ceasefire effectively? >> the ceasefire has been in blast for the past 22 years has been violated continuously. it has been self maintained. the group has been trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement. the country has been trying to derail that peace process. by launching such an offensive it only contributes to creating a more tenuous situation with the loss of innocent lives and casualties on both sides >>> what's the role of the international community here, specifically i'm asking about russia because russia is saying that it is studying reports of the escalation but it hasn't provided any details and as you know russia was th

so again i didn't want to escalate it. i was trying to keep it simple and be calm about it and so i went and caught up with my wife and told her what was happening so i went back again and i said sir, people know me in the store. my wife are in this store all the time, people know me here and i said to basically trying to walk in off the cliff and he said i don't care if you're the president, and i don't know if he meant the president of the united before the store. >> host: i am sure that the president of the united states there've been some things people have said that may be interpreted as racially motivated or -- >> guest: yeah and i don't know. i could have interpreted in different ways but i was trying not to elevate this thing were escalate it. let's just be cool and go on. so we left and my wife said you need to say something to somebody. i was feeling as well and she encouraged me to so i went back and i saw one of the employees and she said i saw the whole thing. i am amazed at what just happened. i said it's you

an escalator emergency caught on camera. sports fans sent tumbling to the ground because of a problem they couldn't control. >> then later, a new jersey animal shelter goes up in flames. now people in the community are being called heroes for stepping up to help the pets. >> and don't forget to follow facebook.com/cbsnewyork. (vo) with thousands of quality pre-owned vehicles... and exceptional customer service, head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... flip your thinking about buying your next one. with the help of comfort keepers, i'm keeping my mom healthy! i'm keeping dad on schedule. comfort keepers in-home professional caregivers can provide meal planning and preparation, health and wellness services and personal care services through custom care plans that can change as needs change, so your aging loved ones can . >>> terrifying moments when an escalator suddenly malfunctioned after a flyers game in philadelphia. this cell phone video shows the escalator spee

their escalator malfunctioned september sending the fans flying down the escalator, landing a massivettom. the arena saying the escalator has been shut down for repairs. obviously now. no reports of injury, but witnesses say a few older fans were taken away in wheelchairs. >>> two amtrak workers killed after an amtrak train crashes into their backhoe that was on the tracks this weekend. investigators are looking into why if workers were on the tracks at the same time the train was coming. brian, what have you found out today? >> reporter: gretchen, well investigators have still not officially answered that central question, why was there a backhoe, construction women equipment, on a live track? was it simply miscommunication or human error. backhoes are generally used by amtrak for train maintenance typically on sundays when there is less traffic but generally they are not supposed to be on live tracks at all and there is a safety protocol in place to prevent this type of tragedy from happening. at 7:50 a.m. yesterday a.m. track train 89 with passengers on board headed from new york t

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the war of words between bernie sanders and hillary clinton has escalated. we're live with the details. >>> after deliberately turning the 76ers in into the worst tean nba history the gm calls it quits. >>> we've rain and david is tracking the latest. >> reporter: satellite shows you there's a lot of cloud cover around this morning, there are showers out to the west. they have moved out to pennsylvania. by the end of the rush hour and in the western suburbs you'll see the first rain drops. we have windy gusts in south jersey and delaware, windy gusts could go up to 45 miles per hour and 30 through the rest of the region. it will be windy and on the mild side right now. 56 degrees in philadelphia. 54 in wilmington. 55 in millville. we have slipped into the upper 40s in allentown. so mild this morning, but windy and cloudy and the rain on the way. on the bus stop we help it will stay dry in knows neighborhoods. 56 by 8:00 a.m. a sweatshirt or jacket important though, because it is breezy out there. the kids might want to have rain gear handy on the way home ju

the scene escalates. and craig tries to drive his truck out of the area. but a group of kids start throwing rocks at the car. >> and then i just see like a big object just flying towards my window so i just dodge. i hear like these two like bangs. and it was -- it was so loud. like the glass hit my face. hit everywhere, was in my hair. and then finally i looked, looked over, and there's tanner just bleeding everywhere. >> the rock has all but crushed tanner's face. he is in the hospital for months and doctors say a blow like that could have killed him. he is lucky. then as tanner struggles to recover, the police investigators find the tapes and the d.a. learns of the 311 boys. >> in ten years, since i have been a prosecutor, i have handled hate crimes, sexual assault cases, i've done the whole gamut. i have never seen a case where the people glorified in violence more than this case reflected in the tapes. they just lusted after it. such a fix for them. >> you just jump on me, [ bleep ] dude. >> he studies the teens' behavior in the tapes and is surprised

>>> the breach marks a major escalation in the country's political crisis. the parliament is not currently in session. a water main break is shutting down a route in marine county. chp says a water main broke. repairs are expected to last at least until tomorrow. this exit is busy on the weekend. a lot of drivers using it to access the coast and beach. chp is warning drivers to expect significant delays. >>> stolen guns found after a traffic stop. these rifles and unusual among the items recovered. this happened yesterday. police say the special enforcement team made a traffic stop and found a stolen hand gun in the car. >>> a final sub at a local deli. people flocked to the store for one last sandwich. it survived through several changes, but stayed in the family for generations. it remained a testament to the district's iltan routes. the popularity apparent today with a long line of customers. >> it's very sad. we had to come today to get our last sandwich before they closed the doors. >> they had to close the location because of rising rent prices. the na

the tensions have been escalating. and as we know, just recently until washington, those meetings have finished at the nuclear summit we have seen the offensive. it has been violated continuously. it's been mostly a self-maintained cease fire. the men's group has been trying to negotiate a peaceful settlement. but with the war rhetoric has been trying to derail that pizza process it only contributes to a more 10 would you say situation with the loss of innocent lives loss of innocent lives. and it is continuing to monitor the situation. this corner of the world has been long ignored and with the efforts of the group, i think it's time for the world to pay greater attention to the situation here because as i said, it will have a large influence on the greater region if this issue is not resolved peacefully. >> now, belgium police have arrested around 2 dozen left-wing protesters in the square. it was announced it was organized in defiance of a ban on demonstrations. far right protestors took to the streets last sunday.

on two new escalators there.eans the entrance on the northeast corner of 14th and irving streets will remain closed for nine months. escalators at the station's other entrance will be up and running once work is done on this current project all seven of the station's escalators will have been >>> just in to the live desk, an unusual situation at the judiciary square metro station. a person got their arm stuck in an elevator door. about a quarter to 11:00 this morning d.c. fire and ems was able to free this person after they were trapped there for some time. and this individual is being evaluated right now, barbara. >> thank you. >>> eight more weeks until former olympic track star oscar pistorius learns his fate. today a judge set june 13th for the sentencing in pistorius' murder conviction. the south african sprinter was found guilty of shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp who died in their home on valentine's day in 2013. the murder conviction came after a court overturned his initial manslaughter conviction

i didn't hear anything that would indicate de-escalation or put time and space. i think that is also one the concerns is that we are talking about ways to [inaudible] we talked about ways to change and it is a cit officer was present but we didn't see anything or hear anything in action because we can't see what is off the frame and that is a concern the public have and we have and sure it is a concern you have and don't know how you will address that because it isn't changing the policy. it is seeing it in action and we are not seeing it >> when i saw the video it unfolded very quickly. some of these things do unfold very quickly. that said, the conversation is robust and has been robust at all the station. the training itself is for 2 thousand people who over the course of their career are trained to move to threat. that is why we call it reengineering the officer involved in this incident haven't gone through the training. a lot of officers, more officers will. all officers will go through the it biannually but this is new and trying to move it in as fast we c

a frightening scene when an escalator went out of control, fans toppling on top of each other, amazingly, no serious injuries. >>> the final two, the ncaa basketball championship now set. villeneuanova crushing oklahoma 44 points. >> five seconds. >> can you believe? >> number one seed north carolina letting number ten syracuse know who's boss. >> the dribble. maybe they should do more of that. >> oh! >> from 64 teams down to just two and the excitement at a fevered pitch "today," sunday, april 3rd, 2016. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> and welcome to "today" on this sunday morning. i'm erica hill. >> glad to have you with us. i'm craig melvin with sheinelle jones, dylan dreyer here, lots of you probably sleepy because the games were fantastic. second game was fantastic. the first game not so much. >> a blowout. half my neighborhood went to villanova, they were very happy. >> you knew what happened with that without turning on the tv. >> you could hear it down the street. >> the north carolina game we're showing you there. north

the escalator started to speed up and that sent fans tumbling to the ground. some fans tried jumping off the side to get out of the way. fans were leaving the game after the flyers defeated the ottawa senators, no one though was seriously injured. player abby wambach, has one of her sponsors taking action. she was taken into custody over the weekend in portland after she ran a red light. wambach is apologizing for the whole thing, calling it a horrible mistake. a car company is withdrawing its ads that feature wambach. >>> ticket sales for the olympics in brazil is dismal. just five months ahead of the summer games only 50% of the tickets have sold. facing a string of challenges including the zika virus, political turmoil and security fears because of the crime rate. >>> the bidding war for virgin atlantic is over. official announcement is expected later today. alaska airlines beating out jetblue with its reported cash bid of about $2.5 billion. virgin began as a low-coast >>> and at the box office it was a steep fall-off for a couple of superheroes. batman ve

the down escalator malfunctioned, throwing people on top of one another. the escalator was immediately shut down and maizingly, no serious injuries reported. >> there was a much happier scene in boston last night. for the first time in ten years an american woman finally won a m medal as an international skating championship. ashley wagner pulled off an incredible performance, ending a long drought with a silver medal. russian skater won it all. american competitor gracie gold finished fourth. >> and a look at the rest of the country's forecast for us. >> now the pronunciation -- >> that was good. >> sounded natural. >> well done. so we've got some very unseasonal like temperatures in the forecast. in the northeast, about 10 to 20 below average. feeling more like february than april. and it was so warm not that long ago. as we go through the afternoon, buffalo will only hate high of 30 today. 16 below average. boston drops into mid 30s where snow is falling now. 2-4 inches possible. washington d.c. at 54 degrees but that is not even taking into account the

tens of thousands of people in escalating violence in aleppo province. rebels areforces and fighting for control in the region. bernie sanders and hillary clinton face off in a heated debate just days before a crucial primary in new york state. molly: first, aftershocks have rattled japan this friday, following last night plus strong earthquake that killed at least nine people and injured 1000 others. rescuers are searching through collapsed buildings looking for any survivors. scores of people are now left without power and water. bring in richard smart, who joins us from tokyo. where do things stand with rescue efforts? the rescue efforts have not managed to find anyone in the last few hours, and it is looking more likely that most of the people who were in affected areas managed to escape from collapsed buildings, and there is not going to be anybody else found now. also, there were 44,000 people in evacuation shelters last night, and that now tonight, so wes down to 15,000, are probably winding down the major first phase of the disaster. what do we k

however, given that the escalation has been growing, it's increasingly difficult to achieve progress at a peace table when the weapons are firing in the background >>> turkey's newsagency says five soldiers have been killed. the assault has been blamed on kurdish p.k.k. rebels. they were carrying out a military operation when a bomb left by p.k.k. rebels was remotely detonated. >> belgium police arrested around two dozen left wing protesters. the protest denouncing islamaphobia was denounced in defines of demonstrations. riot police have been guarding the neighbourhood. far right groups blamed a demonstration, and antiracist supporters were planning to turn up. >> brussel's international airport will reopen on sunday. the departure hall was damaged when attacked by suicide bombers, the metro station was hit shortly afterwards. 32 people were killed in the attacks. the ring was delayed as the government tried to reach a deal over new security measures for passengers entering the airport terminals. >>> north korean state media released photographs of kim jong un watching a test of what

in previous years, the taliban have escalated their attacks during afghanistan's warmer months. but note this. commander-in-chief obama has increased the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. these new ground deployments, president obama says, are afghan security forces. question, will afghanistan ever find stability? pat buchanan? >> i don't think the afghan government can survive on its own, john. they've had tremendous numbers of american troops in there and couldn't defeat the taliban. now we've got about 9500 there. obama is supposed to bring it down to 5,000 by the end of the year. i don't think that's going to happen. i mean, the taliban are in helmand, active in konduz, blowing things up in kabul. i think what we got here is a situation where the united states is going to have to remain there indefinitely. if we don't, i think the taliban may not have the power to take over the whole country, but they've got the ability to knock down that government i think and create chaos and tak over parts of it for themselves. we've been there 15 years. the effort to build an indepe

i do not think it will escalate. that is an option that the president should give very serious consideration to. you are not talking about -- once you mind, no matter how many, insurance rates skyrocket. commerce screeches to a halt. i think it should be considered. it is for the president to make the determination. there is a highly classified body of information that on the a handful of people have access to. that is the president and his top people. if that decision is made, it would have my support. i do not believe there is a risk to be concerned about. the risk will be internally in iran when you are dealing with reckless people with no respect for international law. seizing our embassy. i would not worry about the soviets in this context. [applause] >> what about the option of doing nothing at all? the most important -- iran has not completed its revolution. there are probably more pro-united states people in iran than we realize. if a showdown inside iran -- which may have already begun -- might see our side

robin forester walker reports on the aftermath of four days of escalated conflict. >> reporter: the roadast armenian-controlled village in northern care back is littered with the site of war. military and civilian. >> reporter: this man said shells started rain on the ground his home. when the family started the family that lived here managed to escape before the house was destroyed. this is where the children excellent. families on both sides of the frontlines armenian and asker by janney have had for years to endure shootouts but it was never as bad as this. the technology of war has changed too. in asker by january truck this van with a rocket. its driver had a miraculous escape. >> translator: over there is where the bomb hit and over here is where the car ended up. >> reporter: this is another survivor, but the 80-year-old doesn't consider himself lucky. he says his home has been hit twice now back in the war in the 1990s and this past weekend. the guns point in the direction of azerbaijan. while we were there, they were silent. the forces are, we are told, under orders to hold fire

. >> reporter: but things escalated as mission leaders challenged the police version of what led up to the shooting. >> you are telling people this is what we think happened. how can you say that, chief, when the investigation is still ongoing? >> i'm not saying every single cop is a bad cop. but you are a bad cop if you let it continue. >> reporter: meanwhile, luis was quietly remembered across the street where he was shot by police six times outside his tent last thursday morning. >> i long to see what it means to be peace officers, to be able to de-escalate situations of potential violence. >> i think the investigation is six days old and it's ongoing. >> reporter: the names of the officers involved should be released later this week. [ gunfire ] in san francisco, i'm leslie brinkley, "abc7 news." >>> it turns out the fbi paid hackers to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino shooters. according to "the washington post," the hackers were paid a one-time flat fee. they discovered a software flaw, allowing the fbi to create a piece of hardware to get into the phone. the post a

you can see the escalator speeding up sending fans tumbling to the ground. some flipped over the side of the rail there. luckily, though, no injuries were reported. p the company that owns the escalator comcast spectator says that it was immediately closed and wasn't used for the rest of the day. comcast comcast corporation. >>> a new test can test explosion cities like the ones used in extremist attacks. it's sgined to sense vapors from explosives including tatp. homeland security says that they plan to start field testing this system this fall. >>> 10:10. let's get back to the breaking news out of philadelphia. two people dead in an amtrak accident. it happened after the train sfruk a piece struck a piece of equipment. we're showing and you live picture right now. this is the first image of what appears to be the train involved. this is happening just south of philadelphia. at least one other person is hurt will. so you may be wondering about train service along that corridor. we know along the wilmington newark line, it has been suspended until further no

i came down the escalator and i said, you know what, this is something i have to do.unning for president -- not easy, not easy. although, i'm enjoying it. we are having a good, good time. i love you, too. i love this guy. i love this guy whoever he is. so, i talked about trade, immigration, a lot of things. my focus was trade and illegal immigration. what happened is it took off. who would have thought this is happening now? we are leading in the polls by a lot. lyin'ted cruz has gone way down. whoa. he's gone down. kasich was in favor of nafta. nafta has killed connecticut. it has killed hartford. it has killed big parts of our country. you cannot have people and you cannot vote for people who voted in favor of nafta. it is no good. it is no good. so, i started off with illegal immigration and trade. let me tell you -- let's talk trade because connecticut more than anything else. boy, do you need jobs. we need jobs. we are going to bring jobs back in. we are not going to be the dummies that lose all of our jobs. we are going to be the smart ones. there is one of the

today its escalators which are prone to breaking down because they were built for indoor use, straino handle the morning crush of 28,000 passengers into the city. longtime b.a.r.t. board member says there are no easy solutions. >> you running trains in faster, you bring more people into the station. can they get up and exit the station. that vertical circulation, we call it, so the staircases, elevators, escalators in terms of getting folks down to the platform and getting them back up off of the platform. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. hopes putting in an elevator here will ease the burden. they want to put doors in along the platform edge allowing more passengers on the platform while preventing them from falling on to the tracks. operations manager says overcrowding is just one problem. another is that the design does not allow trains to be diverted once they get into the b.a.r.t. transbay two. >> there's a saying when b.a.r.t. goes down, it goes down big. the example of a ten-minute delay at embarcadero at the rush hour will cause 20 to 30 late trains. >> reporter: system glitches, crowdi

european command today warned the russian jets' actions could unnecessarily escalate tension and cause serious injury or death. just last october, two u.s. navy jets intercepted a pair of planes in the pacific ocean. four months earlier a russian jet buzzing a destroyer in the black sea. it's happened before. but never like this. peter alexander, nbc news, washington. >>> there's late word of another big stink in the trump campaign. a vet ron gop strategist said he steps up his attacks on his own party, calling the primary rules a disgrace. nbc's katy tur has new details on trump's war. >> reporter: the gop front-runner openly at war with the gop itself. >> the system, folks, is rigged. it's a rigged system. now, you have to understand, i'm not complaining about the states that i won, that's okay. >> reporter: trump angry that ted cruz was able to outnegotiate him in louisiana, and colorado. but convincing more unbound delegates to support cruz. trump focusing on party rules under which winning the most votes doesn't necessarily equal winning the most delegates. and now he's placing bl