he has doubled the establishment can't dates. casic has spent money in new hampshire. he has put everything into that state. he has the support of the former senator and governor. the former governor, his dad, is supporting jeb bush. you see a change there too. a lot of people aren't taking casic seriously. i think that he has had a solid campaign in that he strat jisd to go-- strategised to go to new hampshire. casic has been running strong >>> so far as the battle between trump and cruz, we see donald trump trying to make an issue out of ted cruz and whether he is eligible to be president. he has suggested that ted cruz doesn't have the temperam ent. these kind of attacks by trump are they working in iowa? >> it is too early to say whether or not they're working. having been born in canada. nothing is going to be changed in the next couple of weeks before iowa, but what is going to be in the back of people's minds is can we send a candidate, and this is what donald trump wants to do, who has question marks after his name. they're clearly not putting one who has annex

the area has been hit hard by disease. rubbish and debris has been removed. fumigation trucks have also been spraying the streets. more than a third of people living in the capital of india have trouble breathing. thousands of people have been tested as new delhi's pollution levels reach historic highs. children and the elderly are at risk, but even healthy men and women are affected. >> reporter: this is how this man stays fit in new delhi. he used to exercise here in the park every day until this winter when it started making him sick >> i get minor koldz, headaches, i feel my lungs are extremely heavy and these are the problems that i never really noticed in the previous years when i was living here. >> reporter: a government survey shows that one third of people in the city now have reduced lung function mainly because of air pollution. while he doesn't know how badly he has been affected, his doctor tore has advised him to spend less time outdoors >> i used to go running every evening and now i don't do that any more because i feel like my lungs feel so

has there been a human error? i don't believe in coincidence in circumstances >> reporter: dozens more people got smaller dozes of the substance they're going to understand go a brain scan to make sure they have not been harmed >>> women in brazil are being urged to postpone pregnancy as a mosquito-born virus spreads through the africa and brazil. >> reporter: the corridors of this public hospital in north-eastern brazil are full of distraught mothers holding babies with one thing in common. they were born with notably smaller than normal heads. it is a condition that severely limits a child's intellectual and physical development and which in less than four months has reached epidemic proportions in brazil. researchers say they believe the cause is a virus new to brazil called zika spread by the same mosquito that carries dengue fever. >> translation: i was shocked when i found out. she is my first baby and this illness wasn't heard of in brazil until now. >> reporter: doctors here believe the virus is causing se

he has not shown evidence of frustration. he has not gone off message so far.ut after a while, trump has proven be remarkably persistent before the person falls apart. i know it is their strategy to not hit back. would exhibit extraordinary discipline not to impact it. mark: all year, donald trump is in rewriting the rulebook of presidential campaigns, but some might say the latest in new hampshire are bordering on sacrilegious. first of all, trump is waging an open fight with the publisher of "the new hampshire union leader," the conservative newspaper that endorsed chris christie. was just booted as the cosponsor of an upcoming republican debate, after trump complained that the paper is biased against him. now trump is targeting yet another respected new hampshire institution, johnson knew. here's what trump said at his rally today. wrotere is a guy who an article in this phony paper, and it was so bad -- i don't even know the guy. known that sheen was fired by bush. he was fired. he was fired like a dog, viciously. he's such a dumb guy that he doesn't even k

john kerry has pressed hard for this. the u.n. has pressed hard.f there's any possibility at all of reducing the intensity of fighting, or de-escalating this war, it may prove worthwhile to pursue it at these talks, but there is absolutely no guarantee of success, and good deal of reason to believe there will be a failure. >> as we have seen advances on behalf of the regime, helped by russian air strikes and russian supports, do you think it's perhaps in the regimes interest right now to have frozen talks, because ultimately things on the ground are going their way. >> i think there's no question about that, that the regime is feeling strong at the moment and when it is feeling strong, it has no interest in talking. >> sir, thank you very much. >>> the french justice minister has resigned. she had expressed concerns over controversial government proposals to strip french citizenship from people convicted of terrorism. the plan would apply to those with dual nationality. it was proposed after the attacks in november which left 130 people dead. >> tr

john: one has superior hair. >> one has almost no hair.olitical strategists who live in california but spend time all over the country. we are glad you could join us. bob, you watched the clintons for a long time. including chelsea. what is your reaction to this huge development in the race and clintons,an of the chelsea clinton hitting bernie sanders on health care? >> i wonder if it is intentional. i do not think it is smart. i think it is a real mistake to use her as an attack dog. it is not a role that fits her. i think she is much better testifying for her mother. i do not know that these charges are going to hold up very well over time. bernie sanders has been saying, abolish medicare, abolish obamacare. he has been saying use the model and create medicare for all. it is kind of a distortion. people work for hillary clinton. very smart people. we all agree with what bob said. how in a campaign does something like that happen? did someone say, you know what? let's try chelsea out? >> it is almost a scripted attack. mark: how did that

but how he has done it.andy gallagher, al jazeera, florida. >> the hot air balloons might appear to drift along effortlessly, but it takes hundreds of liters of fuel to keep them a lot of. now there are ways to make ballooning more ecofriendly. >> in the hills near barcelona in the still morning air a newly completed hot air balloon is inflated for the first time. the team inspects the rigging and stitching on all the seams. it's a standard check before new balloons are shipped to customers. the spanish account is the world's largest maker of hot air balloons producing 200 each year. the branding of each balloon is customized and stitched together by hand from thousands of pieces of lightweight fabric. >> ouwe always check it. >> hot air balloons use propane gas to heat the air that lifts them. they can carry 100 liters. that means hot air balloon is a gas-guzzling sport. that's why this company has developed an ecofriendly model that is more efficient. >> it's better insulated which means it's cheap for fly

the biggest trouble that was his name has right now is -- that ted has is goldman sachs.ig time trouble with a goldman sachs issue, who just pay this tremendous fine. there's a movie out now called "the big short," a big movie and his wife worked for goldman sachs. his involvement there, you know, with goldman sachs, is really substantial. issue, it is a big, big that he is not going to be able to get away from. -- you know,hat he he is just not -- so to speak. or anything close to it. he is tied in with it, big-money folks. a bigger part? >> i was going to say mr. turnipseed is right on because i think a lot of what donald trump is playing on is legitimate economic society, then you get the racial grievances. but i think there's a lot of us versus them, not left versus right in this country. and goldman sachs we just reported paid a $5 billion fine today is at the heart of the financial crisis, which is ravaged pupils pensions and home equity in their lives. it is a sweetheart deal. it is diplomatic of a very rigged system that bernie sanders rails against and that when

he has 10 children. he's received two government food handouts over recent months but says it's not enough. he says he's never experienced a drought like this before. >> i'm afraid for the people now and for the children, because there is no rain, and if there is no rain, people die. there is no food and there is no milk. the drought is blamed on el niÑo, the effect of switch scientists believed are made worst by global warming. this year's harvest is destroyed. in some areas, men have been forced to leave their villages to find work and earn money elsewhere. with no rains expected for months, and little food, aid agencies say the situation could deteriorate. >> united nationses told the word last year that 2.9 million people needed emergency food aid in ethiopia. that number jumped to 8.2 million and then 10.2 million people. we were in this area around october. it's very obvious that in coming back, the situation for these people has got a lot worse. >> the u.n. said 400,000 people suffer severe acute

moving on now -- has the iphone. ? apple signaled for the first time ever, sales of the device will drop. facing its first job in revenue in 13 years. catherine viette has more. >> it seems even iphone sales may have their limits. in the latest quarterly report, apple reported that iphone sales rose less than 1% from a year earlier. slowed year over year growth rate could signal trouble ahead as the device accounts for about 2/3 of the company's revenue. >> it is unclear what is causing this slowdown in growth for iphone sales. some people believe it is saturation, that many people who would buy iphones have bought them. there is also the belief that the iphones themselves are less interesting than they were last year at the same time. >> wall street is worried that the company may not have another blockbuster product to replace the iphone, and there are growing concerns about increased competition from chinese made smartphones. >> the chinese vendors have come up in the last few years with formidable designs, with pri

spain has no reason to wait or have an acting government that has had a bad result in the polls and hasrated its failure. >>> there is plenty more ahead on this news hour, including we're going to live in washington, d.c. as the east coast braces for a huge snow blizzard. >>> i'm andy gallagher, where a long postponed election is due to take place on sunday. we'll show you why many have lost faith in the electoral process. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, well woman back and a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. a nationwide curfew has been imposed in tunisia where there have been wide-spread protests over a lack of jobs. >>> and how to stem the refugees crisis was the main reason for the meeting between the turkish prime minister, and the german chancellor. >>> let's get more now on tunisia, with us in the studio is a leker to -- lecturer. we know these protests are about the widespread unemployment in various parts of tunisia. why is there so much joblessness. >> this is what inspired the arab spring four years ago, and the situation has not improved in tunisia, in fact, it was an opportun

it has been going well. that's probably what he meant by the opportunities, but the challenges could be said of what has been going on with china aterritorial disputes in the south china sea. he is essentially the leader of the nation, the leader of the communist party. there are still blankss to be filled in. that will come when they announce that in may >>> myanmar's parliament is hoeding its last session with the outgoing government. the law makers made up mostly of the members of military and many handover power to aung san suu kyi's party. they swept to victory. the leader of an armed group occupying a wildlife refuge in the u.s. state of oregon has asked his supporters to stand down. ammon bundy and eight others were arrested during a shoot out with police on tuesday. another protester was killed. the government accusing the government from illegally taking land from ranchers. >> reporter: a very interesting change for three and a half weeks now we've heard the governor of oregon, the f.b.i., local she

>> reporter: if me has done and the-- he has done, and the emphasis is on if, then north korea shows it has improved its strike possibility. this could bring the north a step closer to developing a nuclear war head small enough to be mounted on a long-range missile that could potentially reach the united states. as i say, it's going to take weeks, months, possibly years, to know whether this was an h bomb test. north korea has carried out three tests in the past. in 2006, which involved plutonium, and the same in 2009, and in 2013 which possibly used uranium, but again that hasn't been verified >>> thank you very much for that. the obama administration doesn't see bashar al-assad stepping down as syria's president before 2017. that's according to a new report. information obtained by the associated press news agency details how bashar al-assad is unlikely to relinquish his pgs as president before march 2017. the revolt was prepared for u.s. financials dealing with strategy to bring about an end to the of conflict. latakia has been covered with snow. storms forced thousands of people

and it has some support from its electorate. oliver farry has more. it is the latest charges of the polish government, the country last public television service in the crosshairs. upon being appointed to government in november, the culture minister set the tone. >> the station has been turning out propaganda for years. that is over now. : parliament soon followed. the head of the country's right was consideredam to bank critical. it has already been canceled. too critical. it has already been canceled. democracy is in danger, say critics of the government. protesters have taken to the streets on several locations in protest. in his homeeaking near warsaw, he can count on support online but is nonetheless concerned for the future. there are serious threats to democracy. it is like loosening the wheels on a car. , butar can still drive there is no protection and something serious can happen at any time. oliver: but not all polls agree. >> i think we are going in the right direction. >> the government was democratically elected and has the right to intr

daylight shows how devastated the damage has been. this is what remains of the police complex targeted by a pickup truck full of explosives. one officer was killed the wife of another policeman in a residential part of the building died along with her five-month-old baby. the authorities blame the workers party, the p.k.k., the turkish government with a group fell apart last july. now strict curfews are in place, in selected districts of towns and cities across the southeast of turkey. >> i strongly condemn the attack on a police station in our town, five civilians were killed and a police officer was martyred in the attack. 39 citizens were wounded including six police officers. >> the prime minister says the commitment to what he called counterterrorism remains steadfast. >> this latest devastation, in which 40,000 people have died in the past three decades shows what turkey is still up against. and it comes less than 48 hours after the isil attack right at the heart of the old city. in turkey right now, no one really feels easy. an

he has taken out his bible, he has talked how they love him. he says that about a lot of people, but that's the ploy here, getting that he can also be someone to represent the evangelical vote. they're trying to tap into those who favored the outsiders from the beginning of this campaign >>> going to the democrats here, martin o'malley, a doesn't third, and today what literal might be his last roll here. let's listen to one of his tactics. >> come see, come dance with me to the beautiful iowa waltz >>> that is a real song. he actually has a nils voice there, but honestly is this war song? >> reporter: right. it isn't over until the candidate sings, right. it is going to be his swan song. he was hoping that somehow - we still have time and i want to be fair to o'malley and his supporters, but the truth is he is 3% in this poll. a lot of people have to go one way or the other. the people that caucused to him have to make a decision to support either sanders or clinton. it is going to be tough going for o'malley >>> thank you so much. tomorrow nig

toshiba has announced it has yet to make a decision. 4%.es fell takata has shares tumbling the most in three months, because of another death now linked to the faulty airbags. the recall will include millions more cars. we have bloomberg news auto goodell joining us now. it seems like the pain is only intensifying for takata. greg: this latest of element involves millions more vehicles being recalled, involving takata your back and fighters. this death that occurred in december in the 2006 ford ranger will continue contributing to this perception that every time there is an accident in the katacle in which ta airbags are installed, there is anrisk, and unacceptable-- unacceptable risk of serious injury or death. this is going to lead to millions more recalls. what you are seeing here is more drastic reaction to an all-too lopment involving a desk. enthnnessee death-- a t death in the u.s. alone. 5 million more airbags will be recalled from several manufacturers. rishaad: also, making headlines, in japan, takata's future. what can you tell us? greg: there were a couple of reports over t

they insist that this crisis has been brought about by an economic system or economic model that hasroven to fail, and that the sooner that corrections are made the larger the chances of the country recovering. >> what measures could be announced as part of this state of emergency. >> it is unclear what this means, last week president maduro said that he would be focusing a lot of the attention on reactivating the agriculture of the country to insure food supply. they have been suffering from chronic food shortages and you can see people lined up at shops for hours. but what other measures might be taken is unclear. there has been talk about hiking taxes but the bigger question here and one that is on everyone's mind is whether the government will dare raise the price of petrol, and hiking petrol at a time when poor people is suffering the most is going to be a contentious issue. this has been a taboo suspect but one that everyone here insists must be addressed. >> virginia lopez withhe latest from the capital of caracas, thank you. >>> and global markets have taken a beating as thos

a federal emergency has been declared in flint michigan.uch plied were poisons with led the national card is been called in to help handout drinking water and water testing kits. every single day, thousands are going out to the residents in the city of 100,000 people of flint thanks to michigan state police and the red cross and the national guard just this morning we saw another convey of trucks leave, now part of the goal here is to get every single household at least one clean water fitter, so that at least one spick is dolling out clean water. but nobody knows when the pipes there will be clean enough to allow the water to start operating normally, a lot of people of course, blame the governor, tonight he is delivering by coincidence his state of the state address where he will certainly we expect him to apologize again, for this water mess, he has apologized already, but that is not satisfy it is critics for demanding that he resign. we will find out later on tonight. >> ten people have been killed and at least 20 injuries in a suicide

cologne has provided extra security, but there has -- there has been outraged at the suggestion thaten should stay arm's-length. >> in a group for people where you cannot move? jenny: in 2016, angela merkel must prove to germany that they massivee with immigration. it has not started well. laura: the turkish authorities have confiscated more than 1000 life jackets made for migrants wanting to cross the aegean sea. they found lifejackets stuffed with packaging rather than buoyancy aids. marquez, who is accused of buying a gun in the san bernardino attacks, pleads not guilty in the five charges he faces. after months of campaigning, one republican front-runner may not be eligible to be president, according to donald trump. he is called into question whether texas senator take cruise, who was born in canada, is allowed to be the leader of the united states. the republican side of the election cycle is detailed in a new book "the wilderness: inside the republican party's contentious quest to take back the white house." i spoke to the author. your book opens on election night 2012 and rep

what a ride it has been.re reporting that nasdaq lows today,at its but now it is in the green. all the big tech giants had big, big declines, some of them moving below their 200-day moving average. one unusual winner was twitter. at one point, this talk was up nearly 10% -- at one point, the stock was up nearly 10%. what gives? let's talk to an equity research analyst at sgm capital and also ,ur bloomberg editor at large cory johnson. i think there were rumors about twitter being bought, and news corp. came out with a few comments that they were not interested, but it sounds like some people are thinking twitter is in play. victor: i'm surprised it took this long for the rumors to start to circulate, but i think twitter is attractive at these levels. i think it is a unique asset. on a monthly basis, it touches all that 800 million users around the globe -- it touches 800 million users around the globe. at this level, it is definitely attractive. what kind of company would be most attractive acquiring twitter?

this girl has been around violence since a young child. the mobile classrooms are offering her a chance to chase her dream, something thousands of other children are not able to do >>> venezuela's supreme court has ordered the opposition congressional assembly to remove three politicians. it ruled any act passed by the assembly will be void. that's until an investigation is carried out. it has been accused of irrelevants during last month's election. >> reporter: we have just seen the supreme court rule that any decision that the national assembly takes or has taken in the past will be considered null. the supreme court considers the national assembly to be in contempt of court after the assembly decided to go ahead and swear in three of the legislators that the court had decided that they needed to investigate further following allegations that there had been fraud during their election in the december polls. the national assembly had insisted in swearing in these three legislators because it is thanks to them that they occupied two-third

however, when donald has gone up against ted cruz he has held his own. doubled loves a show. he loves high ratings. anything is possible. and i think its possible--unlikely at this point, but it is possible that he will still show up to the fox debate tomorrow night. it will push the ratings through the roof. and this will be an attention getting because he loves attention above all else. >> how much difference does it make for the candidate's standings or how people react to the candidate? >> this is the other reason why donald my be shying away from this debate. one thing is clear throughout history. you don't get much for winning a debate. but debates are places where people implode. that's--that's where campaigns go to die. you make a huge error, and you see your pole numbers item h tumble afterwards. however, he has made many errors over the previous debates, and he still comes out ahead. none of the normal rules appear to apply to him. but in some ways not debating is a safer path, although it does make him look weak. although as i said, this entire thing is strange and

a journey he has made many times.possible to leave legally with the correct documents, or illegally without for the right amount of money. >> translator: i found a good smuggler who always helps me for the right amount money. >> reporter: al jazeera spoke to a man at one border crossing who said he is a smuggler. >> translator: if you want to go the illegal way it will be 75 to 100 turkish lira, from here we take 150. it's just jump over the fence and it will be next to the border. with the border closed every day it's open. >> reporter: the turkish police say think istanbul bomber crossed illegally. this man says he is a former isil smuggler who provided weapons for fighters. he says the turkish border into isil-held territory is the only way in and out for fighters. >> translator: it's like daesh is sitting in a room with no windows but one door. even if turkey closes the door a little, daesh won't break down that war, because they still hope they will reopen the door fully in the coming days. >> reporter: the house

there has been problems with that. kerry has also been talking to lavrov. it will be up to them to decide they will attend on the list agreed by the international community. they will come under a great deal of pressure because i think they will be told that if the syrian government is there and you're not there, it will look like the opposition is the one that doesn't want peace. so i think it's more likely than not that some sort of talks will take place later in the week. i'm told initially those will be so-called proximity talks, the opposition in one room and the syrian government in the other with the u.n. envoy shuffling between the two. i'm told initially they will be looking at possible ceasefires in syria and trying to alleviate the humanitarian situation and particularly those areas of syria under siege >>> joining us now is joshua-- joshua landers. how disappointing it that these talks which were due to take place on monday, we have been waiting for them for a while, won't be starting? >> it's very disappointing to many who were hoping to see so

it has been classified as a man made disaster. governor rick snyder has called it his katrina. he accepted responsibility and vowed to set things right. sni snyder denied that in recent weeks it has attracted headlines. it can be tracked back to april 2014. that is when in an effort to say money the city left the detroit water system and drew water from the flint river. complaints about its quality began almost immediately. our correspondent has been following this story for us and she joins us from flint. >> reporter: there really is no easy fix to improving flint's water crisis. the city's ageing infrastructure flas a huge role in-- plays a huge role in where the city is today. poor monitoring by the state is also to blame. what does it taste like to you? >> chlorine. that's exactly what it tastes like. it's pretty much takes like you're drinking out of a pool >> reporter: al jazeera america first reported complaints over the quality of flint's tap water on january 22 2015. our first interview was with jimmy stuart, a mother of three. >> reporter: what do you mean it separate

reconstruction has been slow.ondent reports. >> reporter: this man has come from the united kingdom to repair his house here in the foothills of the himalayas. he is a soldier from the british army, and has been living in britain for almost two decades. >> my house this one is built by my father. it's complain of it [ inaudible ] time to come around to [ inaudible ] all of the rubble and everything down here. >> reporter: like most people here, he does not want to do too much right now. >> the government planning to plant proper building houses and everything here. so i'm waiting until that come out, i am not going to do anything. >> reporter: waiting is not something villagers usually like to do. for generations locals have joined the british army. they say they don't need the government to rebuild their homes, but what they do want is earthquake resistant designs. back in october the national planning commission said it has drawn up plans for earthquake resistant homes. but they are still waiting for the details

>> it has to be.t's the state of the union people they want to know how the country has been defended. looking over the horizon, the threats we have in the world right now. you can argue that we haven't had the president has got to address national security. >> mike viqueira is inside the room. mike, tell us what you're seeing. >> i'm seeing a ritual that has been played out countless times. members of congress who see each other, i won't say every day monday through friday because they're not here that often, but often enough that they greet each other as old friends and you can see the senate make its way into the house chamber. this is a ritualistic event. bernie sanders entering the ca from the back of the room. and there are ritualistic aspects to it, no question about it. when white house officials told us over the holidays that this was going to be a non-traditional speech. all our ears picked up. everyone who covers washington certainly likes to be in this environment. i think the people look

his argument has been that the national rifle association has a grip on the politics and investments and on the manufacturers of firearms, that advancements in technology, which would make sense that some gun owners would appreciate, and president's argument. why wouldn't you appreciate this, as a gun owner? they have putat the -- you know, they have really put a blockade on all of that. thought it was interesting, as you say, that the technology is out there to develop. to invest in that. he's trying to encourage -- he said we're going to do it, of the private sector. in 12 months, we'll see how much he can really do. of theeard some republican candidates in the intro railing against the president's abuse of his authority. is there any chance this is an unconstitutional overreach? the administration made a lot of the three months it took to reexamine what they had and come upined with ideas in 2013. and it turned out that this was a pretty small bore. this is, the president has argued, and the national rifle seems to agree. this is pretty small stuff. and the argument has been on th

he has also ordered his security force to his capture those involves and he has urged calm. and offered his deepest condolences to the victims he release i said a statement saying this. we cannot be afraid and cannot be defeated by this. so this is what we do know that six explosions have taken place in jakarta's central business district in and around the united nations offices that many run street. gunmen have entered the jakarta theater. police have secured the area. this is an ongoing operation. at least seven people killed. four of them being a the tackers. also grenade was thrown at a police station as i said a police officer is among the dead. there have been explosions, gunfire all taking place and security forces are obviously involved in the ongoing operation, the area has been cordoned off. there are many buildings that are on lockdown. there is no indication of who is behind this attack. andreas is the indonesian consultant for human rights watch and joins us live via skype from jakarta. please forgive me i haven't talked to my producer, are you anywhere near whe

everyone has to work. ththe young and old. >> i collect the broken bits of the brick and put them together. my hands and feet hurt. >> this girl is 11. she says she wants to be at school. >> if we had an education it would be better than this. my head hurts a lot. >> their father tells me that he borrowed money from the brick factory own for cover the daily expenses of his family of 15. the family's entire income is less than $20 a day, which leaves them always needing to borrow more. he says that it hurts him to see his children suffer, but he has no other choice. you can find entire families working here making bricks, but the main working force are children. those who are under the age of ten get to work eight hours a day. those who are older than ten years a day, they have to work 13 hours a day. child labor in afghanistan is endemic. it's been illegal since 2003, but families are desperate to send their children to work in order to survive. the government says it's aware of the problem and is trying t

releasing prisoners has to be met, has to be respected before any negotiations can be undertaken. we cannot negotiate on the life of syrians if they can't be helped because of starvation, how can they impose a transition on the government, how can they be forced to release women and children. that is contradictory. this is why the syrians, they ask what many achieve in geneva if just taking pictures or give the bashar al-assad to speak against the syrian people, against the opposition or achieve something >>> on the ground in syria 15 people have been killed and dozens more injured in russian air strikes near the northern city of the aleppo. in the west fighters have taken control of several check points in and around h ashhaama. the palestinian liberation organization has welcomed a call for international involvement in ending the israeli occupation. france says it wants an international conference to revive talks between israelis and palestinians. they say they will recognise a palestinian state if final talks on two state solution fails. the discussions collapsed in 2014 over m

the months born disease which is native to after friday ka has been-- africa has been found in 21 countries. the w.h.o. says it is likely to reach all these other countries. the only exceptions are the chile and canada areas. the symptoms of the syrian refugees include mild fever, rashes and headaches, but scientists have noted a link with zika and babies born with small heads. women in affected countries are being advised not to get pregnant. >> spread of zika to new areas with little population immunity is another cause for concern. especially given the possible link between infection during pregnancy and babies born with small heads >>> our correspondent is mexico city has the latest on the threat >> reporter: this started may with brazil's first case of the zika virus. it quickly spread to around a million and a half people in that country but it was still thought to be a relatively minor disease that was, until sports discovered there had been a surge in the cases of microcephaly affecting the babies in that country. that is a serious condition which means that babies have smaller head

s special rapateur has resigned, who has been in the role since june 2014 says israel has continually failed to grant him access to the territories he was is smoedz to monitor. he said the efforts to help palestinians has been frustrated every step of the way. he said he is concerned with the human rights violations. is hours as identity checks from denmark, decide to reduce the asylum seekers. 91,000 refugees have passed through german and denmark. denmark's prime minister said his country's position is in response to the swedish move. >> it's pretty obvious we are in a situation you will see more and more countries force into introducing temporary internal border control. this is something we need to take very seriously because it will have a negative impact on prosperity. i am a true briefly in the freedom of movement. this is not a happy moment at all. >> dominic kane has this update from berlin. >> the news that the danish government and the swedish government have decided to impose possible controls at their borders can be seen as a threat to others. that's the view portrayed by

has been cancelled since friday. the train system remains closed until wednesday. >> i'm happy to report that there are to deaths in new jersey connected with this storm. >> reporter: but at least six people died from exposure to the cold or heart attacks as they shovelled snow. along the new jersey shore the blizzard whipped up tides that flooded neighborhoods. many have to rebuild once more. despite the inveinous some people were still able to make the most of it. big cities snow emergencies are fodder for complaints, even that the preparations were inadequate or that the authorities pushed the panic button unnecessarily, but in this case the feeling is that they rose well to the occasion >>> speaking to our correspondent who is on new york's snow covered streets, but the snow has largely melted. do you say things have reported largely to normal there? >> reporter: yes. from 33rd and 7th avenue in the heart of mid-town manhattan, we've been out here for nine hours now and just the change we've seen has really been

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how has what has happened on the ground there impacted on the peace talks there? >> reporter: it is absolutely certain what the russian foreign minister said was true, that what has happened on the ground in syria has changed dramatically and you saw it in gerald tan's report since last summer when the russians got involved. the bashar al-assad regime was in some trouble and the situation has changed a great deal since then. even the gains that we've seen by the syrian government, the syrian regime, in southern syria in deraa is in part because of them. they said they pushed back the terrorists. what the opposition will tell you is that they have pushed back rebel forces not necessarily i.s.i.l. and other groups that are considered by the united nations, i.s.i.l. and al-nusra, to be terrorist groups. i think it is important to see the fighting that has taken place in the lft last few hours and weeks in the context of imminent talks which are slated to take place on friday because on the top of the agenda of the talks is to get a ceasefire in place possibly across

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exactly the opposite has happened.e are as divide, maybe more divided than we were at the end of the bush administration. >> seven years later the economy is healthier. the same cannot be said for relationships in washington. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> the folks video gamen diesel emissions scandal--the volkswagen diesel emissions scandal saw the u.s. lawsuit filed last week. cars were fitted to turn on emissions controls when tested. john hedron, what new things are you seeing at the show there? >> this is preview week. if you see someone who is well dressed in a briefcase, they're auto industry people. the people without ties are mostly journalists. right now i'm in the german sector. you see bmw and behind them is mercedes bend. you can see porsche behind me and vw has been making a lot of news lately. what we have right here is a concept car. that's generated excitement because it's a long wheel-based car that may have a hybrid version. they're not sure about that yet. that is one of the things that

that has good uses. of the data being collected by private corporations. >> reporter: the auto industry is expected to support this regulation. early cost estimates have it at about $100 a vehicle. >>> leonardo decaprio was a big winner at the golden globes awards. >> reporter: the saga made months of punishing location shooting all worthwhile for the director and star. >> i was excited about going on this journey with this man right here, and this is a type of film that you won't see coming out of the hollywood studio system very off. it's a major -- it's an epic art film. >> you need a great partner to do journey like this. it's almost, you know, to climb a mountain this high, if you don't have the right partner, you will die. >> matt damon. "the martian" and matt damon. when he arrived, he had to tell security that he lost his original security. >> i love that you're carrying your ticket. >> i printed this out. they said where you're ticket? i said i must have left it in the car. so i'm holding on to

said a new europe in relations with iran has -- era in relations with iran has begun. >> relations between iran and iaea are entering into a new phase. we are committed to continue our work in an impartial, nonpolitical, impartial way. amy: more later after headlines. in burkina faso, gunmen killed at least 29 civilians from seven different countries during a nine-hour long attack in ouagadougou. the attackers opened fire on a restaurant, set fire to cars and motorcycles and then holed up in , the splendid hotel, firing on passersby. al qaeda in the islamic maghreb claimed responsibility for the attack. in iraq, security forces have been going door to door, searching homes in areas of the capital baghdad after three u.s. contractors went missing. the three u.s. citizens were reportedly kidnapped by militiamen from an apartment described by some iraqi authorities as a brothel. meanwhile a new u.n. tally , describes a "staggering civilian death toll" from violence in iraq, with nearly 19,000 civilians killed from the beginning of 2014 through october. a leading yemeni journalist has been kil

has there been an human error. i cannot believe in coincidence or circumstances. >> dozens more people got smaller dozes of the substance and now they're undergoing a brain scan to make sure they have not been harmed. >> you're watching al jazeera still to come on the program hours after the west africa ebola outbreak is declared over a new case is confirmed in sierra leone. >>> plus rebuilding relationships, how the head of the angl anglely can churchill to heal the resist over same-sex marriage. >> hello, welcome back to al jazeera. a gunman open fired i in in the capital of burkina faso. >>> the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the crisis after harrowing pictures emerged from the town of madaya where 32 people have died in the last month. >>> one man has been left brain dead and another five are critically ill after an experimental drug was given to 90 people in french clinical trials. >>> iraq's top shia cleric has urged the government to do more to stop the cycle of sectarian violence. it comes afte

that has presented. it is impossible to know even if a simple majority agreed on a single ra vater. >> an aggravator says the murder is particularly heinous. and it can be for a number of factors. so maybe three jurors find that or an officer was also killed or it was in commission with another felony. in a typical case, the finding that the murder was heinous. you have no idea whether the jury as a whole made that determination or if there were 12 different reasons. >> mr. chief justice, florida is the only death penalty state and therefore the only state that does not require or permit the jury to be told that it has to agree and in all other states, it's unanimous. but it cannot be told that a majority has to agree as to the existence of one of the specifying. >> even taken out of the death penalty context, that's true of every jury determination. you could have the jury determining that the person didn't commit the offense because an alibi was good or because somebody else did it or, you know, any nu

has singed divide -- has since denied that.verer has been falling since the ipo and is now trading at an all-time low, and right now, we can see this leg up as well as the leg down after the speculation of a takeover. also with twitter, let's go ahead and go to the general route that has been happening across the day and across the markets, in a want to head to the major banks. of course, earlier, we talked about how the financial sector was the most traded sector by volume, and we can see a lot of that trading is in the cell and citigroup is down by about 4%. the s&p financial sector for its part is also down by about 2.5%. pinch, goldmane sachs, morgan stanley, and schwab all down. all of these are on the order of their lows of 2014, and with morgan stanley, in particular, it is at a low not seen since july 2013, and in addition, the blood just keeps on letting, i guess. reits are not doing well. all of these, 3% to 4%, and you will remember yesterday, david. we were talking about how .ousing starts came in worse david: thank

the government has declared ate natural disaster zone. it's governor says he is willing to find ways to bring the water back, but at the same time, he is hoping that rain will come. >> in the meantime, we will implement breeding but in the long one we must find alternatives. the lake has dried up in the past, now it is different, they are partly blaming the el nino phenomenon. >> scientists say it happened every ten to 15 years now global warming has made it more recurrent now given the lake a chance to he new the water cycle. >> fisherman. >> now we have to migrate to the city now my wife has to beg in the streets. that's how we are surviving. >> but he is not ready to give up a life on the lake just yet. he is guarding his nets and boat, and hoping that somehow one day, the water returns. al jazeera bolivia. >> so called dooms day clock is staying three minutes to midnight, the closer scientists believe the world is a disaster. developments have been mixed since we moved the clock forward, in spite of positive knews and the climate acco

. ♪ the syrian opposition has released a list of demands ahead of u.n.red peace talks due later this month and they say they want to see confidence-building steps from damascus including the release of arbitrarily detained people and calling for immediate hold to the bombardment of towns and cities by heavy artillery and jacks and also want to ensure there is unhindered humanitarian access to those in desperate need of aid. and we have the founder of the group specializes in syria and the gulf region and he is questioning whether the talks can take place with fighting still going on. >> peace talks were pretty much intensive care anyway and i think they are probably flat lining now. the opposition can't go to the table with carnage and starvation they can place on the ground and by the way these are not new demands and making the demands the close of the political process through the last year and they have organized themselves and in riyadh conference last month shows it's possible for independence and faction and rebel leaders as well as the political

it will take some time to verify exactly who has been released and who has been left behind. we're seeing some of the emotions of the people who have been released. obviously, a lot of relief that they're finally free, but seeing some of the comments coming from them they are concerned that there are still prisoner that they have left behind and they are calling on the government to release all of the remaining political prisoner and that is something that we could see over the next few days. so far on friday it is believed there have been just over 30 political prisoner freed. they are part of a much wider prisoner amnesty announced by the government and it is hoped there could be more political prisoner released over the next few days >>> why is the outgoing government doing this now? >> reporter: well, it only has a few more days left before it leaves office and it hands over to a government that will be run by the opposition party, the national league for democracy lady by aung san suu kyi. they've really been doing this over the last few years. this came into power in 20