he criticized american politics saying some candidates are stoking islamaphobia. >> reporter: turkey's president ended his u.s. tour surrounded by pro-turkish throngs. opening a new cultural center, he lam ented the rise of islamaphobia >> translation: it is unacceptable for the muslims of the world to be forced to pay the price of the horror of the pain and suffering caused by those here. >> reporter: then he weighed in on the presidential campaign. >> translation: it is very interesting and shocking for me to observe some of the presidential candidates here in the u.s. using these allegations and using these labels against the muslims on a continuous basis and openly. >> reporter: despite the supportive ending to his american trip, the road through washington has provoked controversy >> it is a very strong marriage of convenience. he is disappointed at obama's reaction to the issues in east, and in a region that is very unstable, but on the other hand we need turkey to do almost anything that we are required to do in the region. >> reporter: outside his speech at the institution, erd

they were denouncing islamaphobia. in a north-eastern city protesters clashed with youths.water cannon was used to break up the crowd. 32 people died in the airport last month. the airport will reopen for a limited number of passenger flights on sunday. the bombings tore through the departure hall destroying much of it. the opening was delayed over security measures. >> translation: before entering the airport building an initial check will be carried out. we're going to check their travel documents, their id and make a comparison between between the two. we're going to give them a security check and baggage check >>> in eastern libya two security guards have been killed in an oil refinery in a suspected i.s.i.l. attack. it happened 250 south of two other major terminals. there has been no claim of responsibility for the attack, but i.s.i.l. fighters have been active in the area recently >>> sunday marks a week sincement lahore suicide bombings. pakistanis for different faiths held a vigil for those who were killed. a pakistani taliban faction affiliated to i.s.i.l. claimed

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 it calls a new-type of anti-air guided weapon system. it showed kim watching missiles blow up aerial targets. south korea said north korea faired a missile on friday, hours after they were urged not to >>> minors were abducted. military operations to recover them is under way. and tribal elders tried negotiating their release. >> four days of rain with a lack of drainage led to the capital being submerged under up to 50 c

today anti-islamaphobia protesters were arrested at a memorial site. and in the mostly muslim neighbourhood right wingers clashed with antiracist groups. molenbeek was the base for some of the attackers. >> belgium prosecutors charged a man connected to a thwarted plot in paris. he is tied to the case of a frenchman arrested last week, french authorities charged that suspect with terrorism related offenses, after finding explosives, chemicals and weapons at the apartment. >> brussels international airport will be open for a limited number of night. the main haul was damaged. full service is not expected to resume until june, july. and delta airlines announced it will respond flights between atlanta and brussels until march of next year. >> turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan is in the u.s., and used his visit to criticize the presidential race saying it is stoking islamaphobia in america. john hendry has that story. >> turkey's president ended his u.s. tour surrounded by pro-turkish throngs. inaugurating a new turkish american cultural center. they

turkey's president says he is concerned about rising islamaphobia in the u.s.resident erdogan made the comment while opening a new islamic center. >> reporter: turkey's president ended his u.s. tour surrounded by p roshgs-turkish throngs-- pro. he lamb entitied-- lam ened the rise. >> translation: it is unacceptable that muslims have to pay the price of the suffering created by terrorists here in the aftermath of 9/11 >> reporter: he weighed in on the presidential campaign >> translation: it is very interesting and shocking for me to observe some of the presidential candidates here in the u.s. using these allegations and using these labels against the muslims on a continuous basis and openly. >> reporter: despite the support ich ending to his american trip, the road through washington has provoked controversy >> it is a very strong marriage of convenience. he is disappointed at president obama's actions in the middle east. the u.s. is concerned about democracy and the future of turkey in a region that is very unstable, but on the other hand we need turkey to do

inaugust rating a new-- a center was opened while erdogan lam eted the rise of islamaphobia. >> it is a pain and suffering created by a handful of terrorists here in the aftermath of 9/11 >> reporter: he weighed in on the presidential campaign. >> translation: it is very interesting and shocking for me to observe some of the presidential candidates here in the u.s. using these allegations and using these lablts against the muslims on a continuous basis and openly-- labels. >> reporter: the road through washington has proceed second controversy >> it is a very strong marriage of convenience. he is disappointed at president obama's actions in the middle east. the u.s. is concerned about frankly democracy and the future of turkey in a region that is very unstable, but on the other hand we need turkey to do almost anything that we are required to do in the region. >> reporter: outside his speech at the institution, security forces tried to block critical journalists from entering and clashed with protesters who dogged his every stop. even as president erdogan toured washington, washington

police arrested two dozen people demonstrating against islamaphobia.t least one person was taken into custody in a brussels suburb where a separate protest was about to start. authorities banned demonstrations in the belgian capital to begin violence after terror attacks there. >>> let's go to violetta. >>> it's been a nice day we've got big changes in the forecast for tonight with potentially damaging winds and much colder temperatures. i'll give you the specifics coming up in my first alert seven-day forecast. >>> now, to decision 2016. where today, the focus is on wisconsin. presidential candidates from both parties are looking for votes ahead of the wisconsin primary on tuesday. now, in the democratic race, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are set to attend dinners there. the rivals continue to bicker over the date of possible debates before the new york primary april 19th. the democrats last debated in march. republicans donald trump ted cruz and john kasich all have events in wisconsin today. trump took some shots at cruz. two recent opinion po

the former iraqi refugee blames islamaphobia for being taken off the los angeles-to-oakland flight earlier this month and questioned by the fbi. southwest says it regrets his less-than-positive experience. >>> the "washington post" report the deadly shooting of a maryland firefighter may have been a tragic mistake. the accused shooter's sister says that he was trying to defend himself when firefighters unexpectedly tried to break through his front door. they thought they were responding to a medical emergency. the man has not been charged. tiger killed its handler will reopen this morning, according to the "palm beach post." a 13-year-old male tiger killed veteran zookeeper stacey conweiser friday night at the zoo. according to the zoo, the 300-pound tiger is healthy and does not pose any additional threat. it will not be euthanized. >>> "variety" reports the ceo for amc theaters has reneged on a controversial suggestion that he might green light texting in movie theaters. the backlash was swift last week when adam aaron hinted that he'd be open to texting during movies. the company tweete

we are not about islamaphobia or building a wall between us and mexico. justice. we're all human beings. alison: the democratic presidential hopefuls go head to head tonight days before the new york primary. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will take part in a live debate at the brooklyn navy yard. that's starting at 9:00. >>> in other news, a crucial ruling in the manslaughter trial he will be sentenced next week. arthur chi'en is in downtown brooklyn to explain the decision. >> reporter: the conviction stands in this case. all it centers around a question that was asked during jury deliberation, has anyone close to you been convicted of a crime? juror no. 9 answered no. but his father was serving time. with barely a pause, the judge ruled defense claims that marco vargas' -- the reaction immediate. >> it was a simple yes or no question. it wasn't really open to personal interpretation of what your family relations are. >> the omission came up after the verdict this year. defense attorneys presented antipolice posts by the 62-year-old carpenter on his facebook

they were protesting islamaphobia. the city banned all forms of last weekend where a group of protesters disrupted a peaceful gathering. >>> a rare showing of regret from donald trump in an interview with the new york times says he made a mistake tweeting an unflattering picture of ted cruz's wife. it is just 3 day before the wisconsin primary. >> reporter: candidates are all over wisconsin ahead of tuesday's primary, and for the republican front runner, donald trump, losing in the badger state would make it harder to clinch the party's nomination. he took on criticism this week for comments about abortion in an interview for tomorrow on face the nation, trump says he's not ready to change the abortion laws. >> the laws are set, and i think we have to lead it that way. >> reporter: ted cruz is leading with a 10-point margin. >> nominating donald trump could be a train wreck. >> reporter: wisconsin has 42 even if cruz were to win the primary, it's not enough to keep the open convention from happening. >> i can't win eno

they were renouncing islamaphobia. riot police used water cannon to try and break up the crowd. it has been a week since the lahore suicide bombing that killed 72 people. pakistanis from different faiths have come together to hold a vigil for those who lost their lives. it happened at a busy public park. a faction has pledged loyalty to i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility. the group says it targeted christians. 29 children were among those people who were killed. thousands of supporters of the former colombian president have been protesting against the government. they owe pose ongoing peace talk with farc rebels and believe they will not result in justice. our correspondent has more now-- oppose. >> reporter: venting anger and frustration at a president they see as a traitor. thousands of supporters of the right wing party of former president took to the streets in over a dozen citizen towns across colombia. the are protesting against the policy, trying to reach a negotiated peace with the biggest rebel group in the country, the farc, to whom they feel he has given to many concessi

and islamaphobia, i refuse to use that term. if anyone deserves to have a fear of islamist behavior it is the editorial board of charlie hebdow. this whole thing of when people say let's have a dialogue of the conversation, but you are not allowed to criticize. that's nonsense. if you look at what happened in cologne and the grooming of the young women by immigrant gangs, and what is happening in all of these other countries, the police are actually covering them up. this is proven. this happened because they are afraid of being called racist. >> and they see it. >> they see it and they booy tray their -- and they betray their own people. we don't want to come off the wrong way. they allow criminal behavior to happen. >> greg, moynihan agrees with the article. he can't write about it because he know he will get backlash. isn't that what they want? >> i don't know. i feel like -- say what you believe. if that's what you believe, say what you believe. don't back away because you are afraid of being called something. do i think mus

there is this study that freedom house puts out that says islamaphobia is the thing that's weakeningemocratic values in europe, the argument being you have the migrant crisis and a lot of right-wing nationalist politicians taking advantage of it and essentially scuffling a lot of protections of rights, minority rights, rule of law, things like that. do you think the situation is as severe as the report points out? >> i wouldn't say it's weakening democracy. i would say it's weakening constitutional liberalism, whether you look at hungary or poland. poland is the new government there which is a right wing catholic government which is attempting to gut the constitutional core there. democracy, i don't think -- >> because they're all popular? >> hungary is another example. >> i think it raises larger issues, underlying issues about europe and what it means to be a german, frenchman or woman, b t brit. i spent time in germany and with migrants and refugees, and talking with germans around the camps and they said 20 years from now when these people get papers they'll never be germans and

are now in custody after brussels police broke up a protest about -- against what's being called islamaphobia. they banned all marches in the city after a far right group announced its plans to hold an anti-muslim rally in the city. in the meantime, brussels' main airport is preparing to reopen tomorrow with only limited flights resuming while the departure hall is rebuilt from the damage of that attack. >>> syria's partial cease fire unraveling this weekend. fierce fighting erupting between government forces and opposition fighters outside the country's second largest city of aleppo. al-qaeda affiliate capturing a hill there overlooking a major highway, killing many government fighters. the full extents of damage is still being surveyed in the ancient city of palmyra after being taken back from isis control. now the story from our middle east bureau. >> reporter: syrian military forces made yet another grisly and gruesome discovery in the ancient city of palmyra. a mass grave loaded with the bodies of several dozen people. this as we continue to seat damage that isis has left behind. new foo

the group says it's denouncing islamaphobia which has grown. >> they're using terrorism as it pertains to implement this new regime and that it's totally illegal to do this, to protect the facists who came here just to protest. >> today's protest came on the same day several funerals were held for victims in the airport and subway attacks. >> med star health says computer systems at its ten hospitals are 90% back after a cyber attack. the hospital chain released a health care delivery was maintained at nearly normal volume during the attack. the attack which was discovered this past monday forced record systems offline prevented patients from booking appointments and left staff unable to check e-mail messages or look up phone numbers. med star operates 10 hospitals in maryland and the district. >> and no word yet if the washington monument will reopen tomorrow after it had to be shot down after a elevator malfunctioned. friday the elevator topped working as passengers exited on to the observation level. no one was trapped but all 86 visitors evacuated by walking down the stairs. the ca

least two dozen protesters are in custody today after brussels police broke up a protest against islamaphobia. authorities had planned all marches in the city were banned all marches in the city after a far right group announced it plans to hold an anti-muslim rally in the city. meantime, brussels, the airport there, remains -- is preparing to open tomorrow with only limited flights resuming for now while the departure haul is rebuilt from the damage of the attack. >>> the system responsible for severe weather in the south is moving offshore thankfully. but parts of the u.s. will see colder than average temps and a mix of rain and snow coming in behind it. we're getting reports that two people died when powerful storms barreled through the south last week in alabama. the storms downed hundreds of therese, damaging homes when they fell. >> we have trees in our living room, they came through our living room roof and into our bedroom and i'm -- part of the ceiling collapsed. this was the home we bought when our children were small and we raised our kids here. >> reporter: neighbors living in the

meanwhile turkey's president says he is concerned about rising islamaphobia in the united states. he made the comment while opening a new islamic center in the u.s. state of maryland. he also condemned u.s. president, candidates for saying muslims are terrorists. >> it is very interesting and shocking for me to observe some of the presidential candidates here in the united states using these allegations and using these labels against the muslims on a continuous basis and openly al jazeera john hendren has more from there. >> turkey's preponderate ended his trip to the united states with throngs of proceed turkish supporters surrounding him. he ended with a speech saying isl islamophobia was on the rise and said muslims should not pay the price for a handful of people committing violent acts in the name of islam. he is willing to say that the attacks in paris and brussels were awful for europe and asked people to remember that turkey has paid the highest price. that's, of course, after sueciled bombings in arrangeara and istanbul and elsewhere in that country. it was a controversia

and that, if we engage in islamaphobia, we are not only betraying what is essential to us, but engaging in a self-defeating behavior. so the language that we use, the tactics and approaches that we take, the respect that we show all people, those are security matters. it's not just feel good liberal political correctness. it's a matter of what is it that we're fighting for and how are we going to win this fight against people who are so blocked off from the reality of others who they don't agree with that they would be willing to blow themselves up and kill hundreds of people? it's the extreme of what i was just talking to this gentleman about, about the inability to compromise and recognize difference and feel comfortable with that. so, look, this is going to be a challenging issue for some time to come. but i'm confident that this is an issue that we can succeed at as long as young people like ou are committed to not just believing the right thing and feeling the right ways, but fighting for them and so long as you're engaged and active and speaking out. and listening. and if you do t

islamaphobia, we are not only for training -- only betraying what is essential to us, but engaging in a self-defeating behavior. the language that we use, the tactics and approaches that we take, the respect that we show all people -- those are security matters. goodnot just feel political correctness. it's a matter of what we are fighting for and how to win this fight against people who are so blocked off from the reality of others that they would be willing to to themselves up and kill hundreds of people. it's the extreme of what i was just talking to this gentleman about, the inability to compromise and recognize difference, and feel comfortable with that. this is going to be a challenging issue for sometime to come. i'm confident it is an issue that we can succeed in. as long as young people like you justommitted to not believing the right thing and feeling the right ways, but fighting for them. so long as you are engaged and active, and speaking out, and listening -- if you do that, i feel pretty good about our futures. i feel good about our chances. you guys inspire me. thank yo