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. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm del walters.moments ago, the president laying out his plans to close the guantanamo bay prison. >> for many years it has been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. this is not just my opinion. this is the opinion of experts. this is the opinion of many in our military. it's counterproductive to our fight against terrorists. >> reporter: president obama made that campaign promise to close guantanamo bay when he was campaigning back in 2007 and before taking office, pointing out that both sides agreed on closing the prison when he took office, but said the issue has since become highly politicized. jamie mcintyre has more. >> reporter: three of the points, i think are fairly non-controversial. one is to continue the transfers of -- of prisoners, and there are 35 detainees at guantanamo who have already been cleared for transfer, and they may be gone by the end of the year, the other is to continue and even accelerate the review

al jazeera america this weekend debuts a documentary about tragedy, technology and truth in the film, help us find sunil tripathi. >> the first 48 hours of the search were frantic. the emotion was just incede bli tense and the adrenalin wasth credibly flowing. >> this case was a little bit new, we knew it wasn't a run away, it was a local kid, we quickly learned from the family he had had some struggles. >> he had been getting pressure to get help which he did not want to do. so there was athe feeling that the feeling that maybe, just maybe he took off because he just needed a break. >> if someone does not want to be found then it makes it very difficult for us to go find him. >> after several days, the police started to say to us, it's going to be a waiting game. we weren't going anywhere. we couldn't. nothing else was important. >> brown university opt up the gardner house to our entire family and anyone else who was there to help. quickly it just became kind of home base. >> anyone walking through this door sends a card in the house and seeing ground zero and seeing this operation

. >> only on al jazeera america. ♪ ♪ >>> we have more on this breaking news out of texas.eral officials say antonin scalia, the u.s. supreme court justice is dead. joining me now on the phone is garrett abs at the university of baltimore. garrett, tell us more about the legacy of antonin scalia. >> i made his mark both in the constitution and the way we see statutes. he was the force behind the moment of originalism on the bench, his argument being that we could interpret the constitution according to the way it was understood at the time it was a do not, that it was -- adopted, possible to figure that out and that's the way we should apply it. he always said: i don't want a living constitution. i want a dead constitution, meaning it should be fixed in its meaning because otherwise, judges, he said, are just sort of reading in to it their preferences. but with statutes, he almost went the other way because he refused to consider any evidence outside of the statute of what congress intended. he wouldn't read committee reports, didn't pay attention to the statements by the s

al jazeera america. with a wit bitter chill in the east this weekend, many of us are looking for a place to stay warm. but out where winter cold is a way of life, they say why not enjoy it. adam may gets the drift of lake minnetonka's pastime. >> sit an stair into a hole. in subzero weather waiting for the big one. lake minnetonka, issues more than a million fishing permits each year. >> what is its about ice fishing in minnesota? why are people so into it here? >> it's something to do in the winter. trust me, we would be fishing year round open water if we could. but it freezes and people love fishing in minnesota so we keep doing it. >> dan jasper has turned minnesota's favorite winter pastime into a successful business. the ice fishing tour guide drove us around the lake covered in 26 inches of ice. the frigid freeway, enough to hold our heavy inturn. suburban. >> you plow the roads and everybody uses them? >> yeah. >> that's pretty nice of you. >> the roads live to villages of ice houses. >> most of

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al jazeera america. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> state media reported today that north korea launched a long range rocket. the rocket was carrying a satellite for non-military purposes. critics say it was a destabilizing action. it comes a month after north korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb. south korea is planning on holding a meeting to discuss north korea's actions. going back to our national security correspondent in washington. what more do we know about today's launch by north korea? >> what the u has been able to confirm is that just over four hours ago north korea did, in fact, launch three stage rocket apparently successfully put an object into space ostensibly that earth observation satellite. this was in defiance o

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. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm del walters.ourt order is sparking an intense debate over privacy, security and federal government overreach. the fbi has asked apple to hack into a phone that was used by one of the san bernardino shooters. but apple says no. jake ward is live for us in san francisco. and what exactly is it that the fbi wants apple to do? >> reporter: well, del, this seems like a very small deal on the one hand. it just really is trying to get into a single phone. but it has huge privacy implications. the technical implications are fairly straightforward. the fbi is trying to circumvent the pass code lock on every iphone. you try a combo it wasn't work, and if you do it ten times, the phone simply erases itself. the fbi wants to be able to look at the phone and try as many combinations as it wants as fast as it wants without there being any chance of the phone being bricked in the process. they want apple to essentially build a back door that would live on the phone and enable them to use a piece of software to d

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. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey.ia's president just broke his silence over the u.s. russia deal to temporarily end the fighting in syria. he says he will not stop combat operations until he controls the entire country. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations and in political action since the beginning of the crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean that we stop fighting terrorism. the two tracks are inevitable in syria. first through negotiations and second in fighting terrorism. >> russia also said this morning, it will continue to, quote, fight terrorism during the pause of fighting. and there are already reports of more russian air strikes today. jamie mcintyre is live at the pentagon. syria and russia are essentially saying they will continue fighting when there is supposed to be this cause that seems so promising. is the pentagon concerned that this entire thing is going to fall apart? >> reporter: well, i think the real key gets back to the old saying, one man's terrorism is another man'

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. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey.ia's president broke his silence over the u.s. russia deal to temporarily end fighting in syria. bashar al-assad says he will not stop combat operations until he controls the whole country. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations and political action since the beginning of the crisis. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting. >> russia also said this morning, it will continue, quote, fighting terrorism during the pause in fighting, and there are already reports today of more russian air strikes. jamie mcintyre is live from the pentagon. it's clear nobody is on the same page right now. syria and russia saying they will continue fighting, when there is supposed to be this full pause. so is this deal really not a deal? >> reporter: there's going to be this period, where they are going to have to work out what the terms of this cessation of hostilities is. a ceasefire has a more technical definition and denotes something more permanent. russia has said it i

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al jazeera america. >>> you're watching talk to al jazeera.'m speaking this week with jazz diva cassandra wilson. if you ever write a book or someone asks you what is your legacy as a musician, how would you describe cassandra wilson's legacy to music? >> i love what you said earlier about being a peace maker. i think that's a very important part of who i am and what i do is bringing disparate elements together and realising common ground. i think it's important to do that musically and i think it's important for us to do that in the world. so i want to be remembered for doing that and i also want to be remembered for the spirituality, tapping into spirituality inside of the music. that's very important >>> i understand you're teaching workshops. >> we have begun to do workshops at the yellow scarf in jackson mississippi. we take on young children who are interested in music, try to teach them about the industry and music. it's not just learning about working with the notes and tones, it is also about how to carry yourself in the marketplace.

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al jazeera america. >> >>> this is "talk to al jazeera" with me, stephanie sy. speaking this week with natalie merchant. you are also sort of really involved in community activism. i know that you've been involved in the new york state anti fracking movement. that? >> i was asked to come to binghamton to perform a benefit for an ithaca-based organization because the counties around ithaca, about 80% of four of those counties had been leased over a 20-year period to the gas industry. people woke up realising that if fracking is allowed in new york state we might be looking at 40 to 80,000 fracking wells. we were also waking up to the nightmare in pennsylvania of water contamination. i went to binghamton. i had been reading about fracking, didn't understand it, didn't understand the potential impacts at the time and my eyes were opened. i met this family from pennsylvania who had a jug of contaminated water from their well and between the methane migration and the introduction of the chemicals in the fracking process, they were saying the water in our town has bee

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thanks for having me on. >> that's the show today, i'm ali velshi, the news continues on al jazeera america. thanks for joining us on "america tonight." i'm joie chen. this is the season that many californians were counting on to make a difference. we have reported on the golden state's seemingly unending sunshine and its unending drought, a kind of situation that faces many of our communities throughout the country. el nino has brought some relief, unheard of rains and flooding in some areas. but will it be enough to stave off california's

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. >> that's the show today, i'm ali velshi, the news continues on al jazeera america. >> we've arrived in puerto rico, a us island territory, more than $70 billion in debt. residents are american citizens, but the poverty rate here is 3 times the national average. now, with the economy facing collapse, record numbers are using their american passports to get out. >> i have never been away from home, like this is the first time for a long time. >> why did he choose to go? >> he wanted to go. his choice. >> so, the family is incredibly sad, the son is going away for the very first time, he's 21-year old. he's got a job in orlando, florida, and he thought it was a better opportunity. he's taking a flight right now. >> yeah, i mean all my friends are leaving. a lot of people i know, that i talk to, yeah i'm leaving soon, and maybe might not come back. so, they're like yeah i want to do that too, 'cause it will be a better like life there, and i don't know, you know the economy... it's like, it'll be better over there. >> does it make you sad to leave puerto rico? >> it does. this is my hom

shadow city only on al jazeera america ca. york new york ca. 8.4 million people call the city home. >> it's snowing hard in central park and 20 in midtown and snowfall one to two feet and saying we could have snow hour. >> the coldest winter in 81

. ♪ >>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm richelle carey.is a somber day at the supreme court. the cassette of antonin scalia is now in the great hall. the public is allowed in today to pay their respects. and this morning the fellow justices joined his family for a private ceremony. lead my justice scalia's son, father paul scalia. libby casey is in washington. libby tell us more about the ceremony today. >> reporter: it was lead by one of justice scalia's children, his son, one of nine who is a catholic priest, his catholic faith was very important to the justice. the current justices as well as a couple of retired justices were on hand, and the public now gets to show their respects, as the casket lies in the great hall. there is also a portrait of justice scalia on display. the casket is lying on the pedestal that held president lincoln after his death. as you mentioned the president and first lady are expected to visit at some time this afternoon, richelle. >> okay. so the president is going to come to the casket, but he is not going to

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only on al jazeera america. >> puerto rico's diaspora in the us is 5 million strong and growing every day. but those who've left are well placed to have an impact on the island's future. >> these puerto rican activists have arrived on the doorstep of a manhattan-based hedge fund, blue mountain capital. hedge funds often invest in debt-ridden economies, buying up bonds at low prices, and looking to flip them for quick profits. and puerto rico is their latest target. the strategy has earned them a reputation among critics as so-called "vulture funds." >> a group of hedge funds that own puerto rican debt hired claudio loser to find ways for puerto rico to solve its debt crisis. among the former imf economist's recommendations - even more cuts to education. >> but it shows the expenditure and school enrollment, how it has declined, school enrollment and how education expenditure has increased enormously. we have been very careful to say that we believe that this is a decision that has to be taken by the authorities of the island. education is too important to be played with and be cut in

. >> only on al jazeera america. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. . >> heroin use is suffraging in rural and suburban areas in america, states including indiana, kentucky and west virginia have now launched pilot programs that give addicts access to clean syringes. early results show progress in stopping the spread of the disease among drug users. but david evans, a special advisory to drug free america says, misguided at best. abstinence he says should always be the goal. he joins me now from washington, d.c. david good to see you, thank you so much. you say abstinence should always be the goal. i guess we're not talk talking about the goal as much as methodology to achieve that goal at the moment. on the road to abstinence maybe we can stop people from dying of heroin overdoses or contracting and spreading hepatitis c and hiv. in 2016 when we've seen usage to epidemic levels, isn't it unrealistic to say abstinence is the nearest step? >> well ali the question you should be asking is how come we're having

only on al jazeera america. >>> for years the blood of babies born in california has been collected and screened nor genetic disorders. they can be sold to private companies to use for research. that has some concerned about prif sis. al jazeera's technology correspondent jake ward has the story. >> reporter: as any parent can tell you, the bird of a child is full of signing of forms. when our child was born we were asked to sign a form to allow the doctors to do some genetic screening. to take a pin prick of blood, using it to screen for more than 30 potential afflictions, it's possible in the last decade to use it to sequence is baby's d.n.a. revealing all information for a doctor or scientist. >> they are stored here at a facility maintained by the department of public health. information. the average scientific database offers up genetic information of a few thousand at most. this place has the information of everyone born in california in 1983. that is millions of people's worth of genetic information. >> the samples are available to more than just health workers. every state had a

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only on al jazeera america. >>> u.s. oil prices dipped below $30 a barrel for the first time since 2003. 12 years, great news for drivers and consumers who are enjoying gas prices below $2 a gallon. cheap oil means pain for americans with jobs in the energy industry, and there are many of those. worldwide an estimated 250,000 jobs have been lost since oil prices started falling from the 2014 high of $107 a barrel. the steep drop means losses for millions of americans who own oil company stocks in the retirement plans. many invest. port follows are suffering because the stock market had a brutal beginning. to discuss all of these things, steven looeb is here. he says low oil prices is not sustainable. he predicts oil will go up dramatically, and could do at any time. why is it not sustainable. a lot of people are happy with the oil in the $30 range or lower. my gas prices are cheaper than a long time. what is wrong with keeping it like this? >> you are basically producing oil below cost. all the excess oil that you may ha

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>> we need help now. >> you're watching al jazeera america. >>>this is al jazeera america, liver from new york city. i'm erica pitzi. here are today's top stories. new details about a deadly shooting spree in michigan. the suspect an uber driver who police say drove around in his car while firing at his victims. >> i have a big advantage, but a long way from being won >>> talking politics, the g.o.p. candidate hit the undertalk shows after donald trump's big win in

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next. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here's a look at your top stories. peace talks to end the war in syria. delegates have arrived in geneva but have not said they would take place in talks. >>> three rescue ships, picking up migrants, coast guard transported to a port in sicily. >>> whriens wil >>> iowans will make their choices tomorrow. most of the candidates spent their final weekend campaigning across the state. well, it's sunday night and time for our regular look at the week ahead. tomorrow, iowans will make their final selection for the president of the united states, economy, and immigration, will be a couple of the many topics discussed. despite recent pew research polls, found donald trump the least religious, on the democratic side, bernie sanders jewish religion has barely been mentioned. sanders says he is not involved in any organized religion, a remark few politicians would normally dare to make. being very public about one's religion has long been an unofficial requirement for anyone running for presidential campaign. but as courtney kea

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only on al jazeera america. >> you're watching "inside story." i'm ray suarez. resume, the outlook, the history. as hillary clinton and bernie sanders look for advantage among black voters, contested terrain this time on the program. bill fletcher jr, and earl are farley hutchinson is with me. bill fletcher what is going on and does it matter? >> it does matter. i think it's good, we need a debate. i was against a coronation. this is exciting because it really is encouraging people to think outside of the box. we have people that are excited about the idea of a more dramatic transformation of the united states. a discussion unlike anything we've had. not even in the obama first election was there this extensive discussion. so i think that there is good. i think that the problem -- >> not only good as a debate is always good -- >> right. >> -- but is it good to have two heavy hitters fighting over black votes? >> absolutely! because all too often we get taken for granted. latinos get taken for granted. this is basically saying no you can't take these groups for g

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>> only on al jazeera america. >> i was back in copenhagen, but i couldn't get what the doctor's son had told me out of my head. a man beaten to death by afghan soldiers with american special operations forces laughing in the background. finally there was a breakthrough. wali mohammad, the military investigator who had looked into mohammad razeq's death, agreed to talk to me on the phone. >> wali mohammad spent a month investigating the case. seven afghan commandos were tried and convicted for their involvement in mohammad razeq's murder, including a company commander who was sentenced to 18 years in prison. >> according to my sources the us forces on the ground that day were navy seals and an od-a unit of army special forces. the navy seals were deployed to the village where mohammad razeq was beaten to death. i wanted to find out why they hadn't intervened to stop the beating. and what they knew about the fate of the other fourteen civilians who were killed that day. fault lines contacted the us department of defense and the special operations joint task force in afghanistan. they

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good evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america's international news hour. we begin in syria where it appears the guns have mostly fallen silent for the first time in nearly five years. a monitor being group and the united nations are reporting only scattered fighting since a truce took effect five hours ago. the syrian government and nearly a hundred rebel groups agreed to abide by the ceasefir ceasefiree heavy fighting rained up until deadline. i.s.i.l. and the al qaed qaeda-affiliate el new nusra frt is not included. our diplomatic editor james bays has the story. >> boarambassadors said this waa critical attempt. >> we are ready for it we should not be impressed, we should fotd be overly concerned we should address it and realize this is part of any ceasefire and certainly a cessation of hostilities. >> reporter: in the hours before the cessation of hostilities came into effect there was an increase in violence including fresh bombardment by the air force of russia which, with the u.s. is supposed to be one of the main sponsors of this process. >> many o

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this is america tonight. >>> this is al jazeera. hello. i am marianne nemazi.the next 60 minutes, bomb blasts kill at least 76 people in hom may. s and dam afternoonus as the u.s. reports progress on a possible syrian cease-fire. india gloiz thousands of troops to comcast protests a major water crisis in new delhi. execute is

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