those are the headlines, i'm tony harris, inside story is next on al jazeera mentioner. america. >> post soviet russia has been fighting separatists and religious extremists for decades. now the winter olympic games are just weeks away, and terrorist threats are the "inside story." >> hello, i'm ray suarez. the olympic games gather athletes, heads of states from all around the world. and it is a tempting target for killers who want to create maximum damage, get the world's attention and make a political point. in the modern age every host city has had to worry as much about security as weather, tv rights, accommodations and traffic. with the winter games in sochi just a few weeks ago and the recent bloody terror attacks just a few weeks ago, president vladimir putin know the threats are high and real and there are a number of groups who would like to put putin's pride and joy in a world humiliation. >>> russian security forces killed islamist leader, a senior insurgent suspected in leading numerous attacks on russian target. >> what has happened in the run up olympics is

those are the headlines, i'm tony harris, inside story is next on al jazeera mentioner.merica. >> post soviet russia has been fighting separatists and religious extremists for decades. now the winter olympic games are just weeks away, and terrorist threats are the "inside story." >> hello, r

jazeera america. >> nick you mentioned the so-called humanitarian corridors, why is home the focus of that effort to create a corridor of aid? >> reporter: it is a city of a million or it was before the war. there are now some thousand families in homes. it is a city that has been absolutely ravaged by this war for the last year and a half. those thousand families have been besieged. many of them don't have food. many of them don't have water. the opposition wants to get some of those basic necessities in there. it hands to highlight to the world that the regime needs to allow food and water in to these people, in these people's homes. they simply have not had what they needed to survive. the opposition is also using homes for two other reasons. it's losing in homes. it benefits from this kind of local cease-fire or humanitarian corridor. also the opposition does not have control over its own fighters. homes is one of those places where they can control the fighters and guarantee a local cease-fire. >> earlier a diplomat said they wanted to focus on the smaller issues first and not tackle this overa

jazeera. >> reporter: as we mentioned, two other al jazeera english employees are held without charge in egypt producers may home and baher saying they lied and also two colleagues from sister channels and camera man mohamed. thousands of people in indonesia have been forced to leave their homes due to flooding and heavy rain has been bashing parts of the country for a week and hardest hit with waters and deaths of more than one meter. what is the latest on that flooding in indonesia. >> more flooding to m co. we have seen a huge amount of rainfall over the last couple of days or so. 663 millimeters of rain here in the last 14 days. so that is why we have seen that extensive flooding coming in across the region. look at the satellite picture and you see how the cloud stretches across the similar area and all the way across the good part of jaba and more of that through the next couple days. simpler set up further north go the philippines, 119 millimeters of rain here in the last 24 hours. so this area of cloud, that has been stuck over similar area, hence the widespread flooding we have seen h

with more on that, now as you mentioned al jazeera america did hire an independent environment team consultingirm to test the water and a couple of locations. before this spill happened but we also had them test the water at a pregnant woman's home, you may remember the cdc issue as recommendation that pregnant women not drink the water although they said the water was safe for other people. so these tests where are sent to a lab. the chemical improved that everybody here has been really so concerned about is not detectable in the water. the standard they feel is safe to drink, is one part per million. nondetectable, as soon as we got these, we went out into the community to share the news with some of these people, and overwhelmingly we found that most people despite the results they have been getting they believe it still isn't safe to drink beverage not exactly because it still smells. i still haven't dispatch it wash dishes things of that nature. i still drink bottled water. >> i don't believe it. you can still smell it. you can smell the licorice. >> john, that's what you hear from a lot

al jazeera, east rutherford, new jersey. >>> as alan mentioned with the super bowl just ahead, we're going to tell you about a severe blizzard bringing in some of the coldest air of the season. >> that's right, morgan. it's making its way across the dakotas right now pushing into minnesota and down into iowa. very cold day to say the least. we have a bit of snow about 2 to 4 inches of snow on the way to those areas. that's not the problem, though. the problem is the wind. we're going to see winds gusting up to 50, 60 miles per hour across some areas. so folks on the roadways particularly across i-94 and i-90, want to take it easy other there. the cold air pushes into chicago. tomorrow we see the cold air push in, and we have a 32 degree temperature drop. minus 6 for the high on monday. that prompted on officials in charge of schools in chicago to cancel classes to about 400,000 students tomorrow. which is a very wise decision. very dangerous cold coming in, and that can instigate frostbite and hypothermia. you want to be careful on the roadways, but keep in mind that cars sometimes d

i mentioned the other two al jazeera english reporters are being held -- journalists are being held as maximum-security wing. mohamed fahmy had a broken shoulder when he was arrested from a previous injury and it was aggravated during his arrest. he has been denied medical treatment. his family who recently visited he a few days ago said looked like his spirit had been broken. we discussed the effects solitary confinement can have. they up and held in 24-hour solitary confinement for a month now and allowed out only for interrogation. as far as protesters being held, it is difficult to get an accurate number. egypt's jails are bursting with prisoners. , they put it at 21,000 people have been arrested since the ouster of morsi. every day we hear of people being rounded up on the streets. the primary target of these arrest have been the muslim brotherhood. muslim brotherhood members in cairo, across the delta, and in the south. the crackdown has widened beyond that and is now targeting anyone who voices any kind of opposition or dissent to the current military-backed government. it has t

. >> hi, al jazeera english. you mentioned that foreign areuages -- foreign nations working with indian. a turkey, for example, delegate for my nation had the opportunity to travel to turkey to explore the possibility of creating a trade relationship with foreign countries, so that is probably the best example. in turkey is continuing to reach out. they have in the past been part of our ncai organization, where they will put up a booth to let people become aware that turkey is and wants to be involved in trade with tribes, so that is a great example right there. >> i want to expand slightly on that. as we look this year toward the world conference of indigenous people, it is hosted by the united states in september of this year, it is another opportunity for indigenous tribes across the country, tribal nations within this country, to be able to come together and to collaborate, and this is one of the areas where we would like to expand more relationships in economic development and trade. other it is not only with governments.

mentioned. i'm on my way to be part of al jazeera's special coverage. we'll be in the studio joined by libby casey on capitol hill. ali velshi in new york, and al jazeera reporters around the country and around the world as we wait for the president's state of the union speech at 9:00 p.m. we'll have public response shortly after. thank you for joining us today. i'm ray suarez. >> had it not sparked fire, this story would be like that of many other low-intensity conflicts over resources waiting to erupt across this oil, gas and fresh-water rich country. back in 2010, the canadian province of new brunswick granted a texas-based company, southwestern energy, licenses to explore for shale gas - in exchange for investment worth 47 million dollars.

mentioned. i'm on my way to be part of al jazeera's special coverage. we'll be in the studio joined by libby casey on capitol hill. ali velshi in new york, and al jazeera reporters around the country and around the world as we wait for the president's >> hello, and welcome to aljazeera america. i'm de la fuente de la del walte the stories we're following for you. president obama taking his state of the union address for a spin. and both sides agreeing to work off of the same page.

mention. overall, even the white house admits progress was modest. >> al jazeera jonathan best, and al jazeeramerica will have continuing coverage of the state of the union address, that coverage begins tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. ukraine ensure a stable government, this morning par limit repealing those unpopular protests laws the opposition says that's not enough. they are urging felon stray tor to stand firm. jennifer glass is in kiev, and those protest are now spreading across the country, is there a sense that all of their dend mas will be met? >> well, dell that's what they are hoping. certainly the government has made a big about face in the last week or so, but the protestors are staying put until they get what they have. tomorrow, parliament are talk about amnesty b about getting all of those people out of jail that were arrested for the past two months because of demonstrations. but the opposition and the government is far apart on this. the government and members of parliament say that amnesty should include the police and security forces and that's a problem for the oppositi

>> al jazeera dragged everybody, drag raced everybody to the high road by mentioning bieber's name juston thursday. to me this is all about proportion and tone. so who got it right? who got it wrong? joining me in new york, james poniewozik of "time" magazine and here in new york, dorsey shaw of buzzfeed. dorsey, who did get it right? who had the right proportion and tone in this coverage the last few days? >> well, from a cable news standpoint, i cover cable news, so the way i looked at it it seemed like fox news kind of covered it's right amount of proportion. you know, they covered it with minute little hits like kind of teasing segments that seemed to never come. and you know, cnn definitely led the charge. it's expected because you know, there's a very public push for entertainment coverage with cnn. so i was actually expecting more coverage from cnn. you know, when you look at -- >> you mean more than there actually was? >> yeah. >> so you think there was some restraint on the part of the press. >> i thought there was some restraint on cnn's part and on cable news's part. but it's

jazeera america presents... >> welcome back. we have been talking about the public's endless fascination with political sex scandals. and before the break, i mentioned how europe is more accepting of infamous politicians, and nothing shows that more than the wife of dominic strauss-kahn. when asked about her husband's reputation as a producer, she said, if anything i'm proud. as a political man, i'm proud. it's important to seduce, and as long as he seduces me, that's enough. >> it's interesting, when you go overseas people in europe don't seem to care as much about sex scandals in politics. >> i don't think that's quite right. it's big news here, and when clinton was in the news, it was big news in germany. i have to say about clinton, it was a political power play. they used in minor sex scandal to get rid of a president that was considered quite good in europe, and that was the angle. >> when europeans have scandals with european politicians, they're not publicly grilled like the ones in the united states are. >> no. our chancellor was married five times and got divorced four times, and i think if you get a divorce, you marry another wife, that's

jazeera's hoda abdel-hamid is monitoring the groups. bring us up to speed with the changing allegiances on the syrian opposition battlefield. >> really, like you mentioned protests are growing and they are becoming more widespread. people are taking to the streets. they are chanting against the islamic state and al-qaeda-linked group telling them to leave the country. it's not just protests. rebel forces on the ground, the opposition, are turning their guns against the isil. this is not the first time we have seen clashes between syrian armed groups and the al qaeda link's force. in the past they were localized and contained. now they are widespread and we understand that the main group in northern syria, the islamic front, the powerful rebel force, grouping tens of thousands, threw their weight behind, if we can call, this protest movement. the isil, coming under a lot of criticism, especially from the people, but we do understand that this protest action really followed the killing of a commander. he was killed, tortured and killed by the isil and this has enraged the people of syria as well as the rebels. >> we have seen demonstrations, as you mentio

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mentioned the journalists in detention. we have to point out that five journalists from al jazeera are being detained in egypt. when we think about the freedoms denied to journalists in egypt, and there's not a lot of room for descent, does it look grim in the future. do you think egypt may start, once the elections are behind them, that they may soften the stance on their issues. >> i think the important thing for the government, for the incoming government and for the country is economic, to try to get the country working again. if they do that, then it's going to make a lot of protesters seem irrelevant. i don't quite know how they are going to do it, except they have been given $12 billion by saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. they have a huge pool of money to work with. >> and a pool of money. >> i want to talk about egypt's current leader. i want to talk about the army chief. abdul fatah al-sisi is a career military officer and has been commander in chief and minister of the defense. mohamed morsi appointed him, believing abdul fatah al-sisi was more sympathetic to the muslim brotherhood than his

jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's stop stories. millions of americans are dealing with bitter cold conference as dave just mentioned. 11 people have died and the weather is reaching well into the deep south. >>> the procedural vote is just the beginning, the current proposal is not enough. >>> tougher security measures are in place for the month leading up to the olympics in sochi. russia issuing lockdown on the city. visitors and drivers are required to have special passes to get around the city. talks aimed at ending the lie venezuelviolence in south sudant least 1,000 people have died from the violence that erupted three weeks ago. >>> and the stand off over fallujah is intensifying. officials report that 25 rebels were killed. the u.s. offered missile report but declined to put any troops on the ground in that country, i'm tony harris for new new york. more news for you in the next hour. >> unveiling his proposal for the great society, president johnson asked americans to join him in a battle to give every citizen an escape from the crushing weight of poverty. did it work? and is this country still willing to p

jazeera say are fabricated. earlier this week senator john mccain tweeted this, his support for those journalists. now tonight, mention that we appreciate your support for the detained colleagues in ybor city. and i want in jeebility. ybor city. egypt. is this vote a sham? >> it's not so much a sham as it is a throw back to the mobarak government, an autonomous government within egypt. that is not a real democracy as you know. second, there is still significant following for the muslim brotherhood, if you are going to a reconciliation between the government and those who are in disagreement, many of the leaders of the tahrir square are now in jail. many of the liberals who wanted a more liberal society have now been in prison. thousands have been in prison. that's not way the path forward to democracy and in this day and age you can't do that and get away with it. they're facing another algeria if they're not careful. >> you've been to syria, you've seen what's going on there and there's a lot of talk about the rebel movement there and the impact of al qaeda. is this the beginning of al qaeda, the resurgence of al qae

jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at tonight's top stories. millions in the northeast are preparing for a brutal winter storm as kevin just mentioned. more than a foot of snow in the for cast for some areas. then there are the temperatures. dropping to single digits, or even colder in some areas. new york city officials are trying to make sure all of the city's homeless have shelter. >>> secretary of state john kerry arrived in the middle east again today trying to broker a deal between israel and palestine. >>> at least six people are dead and dozens more wounded after a blast in a hezbollah strong hold in an area where former lebanese foreign finance minister died in a car bombing last week. >>> and the violence in south sudan has beene -- escalating with more than a thousand people dying in the last ten days. "real money" is up next. and for news and updates from around the world, it's always aljazeera.com. ♪ ♪ >>> bracing for higher from rates in 2014, sure you'll pay more to borrow money, but there may be ways to earn more as well. we will explain. also selling pot in the mile-high city, you'll meet an denver entrepreneur. >>>

mentioned the word geneva today. i don't know what went through their mind when they came. >> welcome to al jazeera america.'m del walters. these are the stories that we're following for. >> you there is no one who had a done more to syri make syria a magnate to terrorists than bashar al-assad. >>> west virginia giving freedom industries two hours to disclose all information about the chemical spill into the elk river. >>> and we take a look at homeschooling and h

that we think is very well worth mentioning more than 30 international media organizations have issued a statement calling for the immediate release of five al jazeera journalist whose are still being detained in egypt. they are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security, and joining a terrorist group. al jazeera says they are fabricated and demanding their release. the other too are from our sister channels. they have been in detention for five months now. thousands have filled the streets in the capitol to mark the 2011 uprising as the country is set to adopt a new post revolution constitution. for thousands of people on the main avenue like three years ago, when tens of thousands of people came out, helping to lead to the down fall of the previous president. when he left the country exactly three years ago. there were different voices this time around. some people supporting the government, which is the main ruling party in this country, and others from the opposition who feel that the ideals of the revolution have not been achieved yet. but we have seen a series of political compromising of the last few weeks which let to the appointmen

jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at tonight's top stories. millions in the northeast are preparing for a brutal winter storm as kevin just mentioned. more than a foot of snow in the for cast for some areas. then there are the temperatures. dropping to single digits, or even colder in some areas. new york city officials are trying to make sure all of the city's homeless have shelter. >>> secretary of state john kerry arrived in the middle east again today trying to broker a deal between israel

jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's stop stories. millions of americans are dealing with bitter cold conference as dave just mentioned 11 people have died and the weather is reaching well into the deep south. >>> the procedural vote is just the beginning, the current proposal is not enough. >>> tougher security measures are in place for the month leading up to the olympics in sochi. russia issuing lockdown on the city. visitors and drivers are required to have special passes to get around the

jazeera, tipping point, a new policy on gratuity for restaurant workers. >> apple, microsoft are getting ready to offer the latest devices to change your life - in the new year. >> earlier we mentioned a reason in the north-east. we are dealing with snow in the west - kansas, missouri, you can see the line, the line coming across the north-east, and expanding and bringing in snow. first of all, let's go in closer. for chicago, the snow is beginning to ease slightly on the band, on the edge of that band right there. that's going to move to the south. so overnight things will improve for you. we have a lot of warnings and advisories for many parts of the region, including lake effect snow warnings across lake michigan and lake uron. we are looking at winter storm warnings to parts of michigan. >> to the north, the area is windchill advisories, the temperatures are coming down, fargo with a low of minus 30. it will feel like minus 35 and minus 40. minneapolis you wake up to minus 30. cold weather in effect for chicago, 14 degrees, overnight low of minus 2 there. >> personal information belo belonging to millions was apparently leaked online. a photo sharing app snapchat what is broken

jazeera patty is in washington d.c. for us. first of all, patty, what actually happened on january 20th, take us through the process? >> well, sammy the work begins as you mentionedhe iranians agreed to stop enriching past the 5% and 20% of enriched stockpiles are dismantled and open themselves up to increased infection by iaea. in response some sanctions lifted on the oil industry in iran and precious metal and gold industry. there is relief for the sanctions that have been put on auto repair parts and also the aviation industry and some of the money that has been held in overseas banks account belonged to iran will be returned. obama administration says this will be $6-$7 billion of relief working out an agreement and while they commonly talk about it being six months, the agreement technically says they have until next november. >> that is supposed to happen, what is the possibility congress could disrupt some of these plans? >> this has been fascinating. there is a huge fight happening behind the scenes in washington. we have senators saying they have a vast majority of enough senators willing to vote on increased sanctions on iran that would go into effect i

jazeera. [laughter] >> i am wondering, can you describe what enclaves are and where are they? been that great question at the enclave effect. i mentione mosque is built and a lot of times people living in the neighborhood say we really don't like the call to prayer five times a day wafting through her windows. all these women in her case. i don't know if they feel comfortable living here anymore. very tolerant i know. people look at and say hey, that imam has links to mosques. people move out of muslims live in. is on this new thing. rather he takes the thin. all of the sudden, and your jewish neighborhood is an islamist enclave where brotherhood make a mosque is in the in their own words as the axis in the beehive. there's a lot of looking around. the enclaves that damon, for instance, london, russells, germany, paris. we have enclaves in sweden where police are free to go. no go zone. now this is europe. it's also the goal here. if you say come on, and this is america, we'll always restrung. the brace at the same thing 10 years ago. now british soldiers are being beheaded in the streets by islamic jihad if in one day. i've been in