some of the bullet points from john henry's address, more than 25 minutes with the media. he said if they could sign jon lester last year it wouldn't have made any difference. he was very shocked at how bad the red sox played last year. >> what pushed them over the edge last year was the red sox this was kind of a surprising statement. he said the red sox rely less on analytics. he's made his fortune through an it will an analytics. >> they have got play and produce. it's important to get off to a good start because we have one goal and that's to win the division. that's not an easy thing to do, we can't afford to get into a hole at the beginning of the season. >> coming up at 5:00, john henry addresses the physical condition of pablo sandoval. all i can say is, don't miss it, brace yourself. >> look forward to it. >> new claims that the coast guard was not prepared to help ill-fated ship. >> on the ship's sinking officers testify their initial calls for help were complicated by a lack of available resources, and a classification of the circumstance as an alert rather than

performance and that obviously has not worked in three out of the last four years. >> reporter: you know john henry chimed in on pablo tell you lisa and david, those comments he just made he went on to talk more about no longer relying as heavily on numbers. those comments by henry a driving force in the industry will send shock waves through baseball all the analytics stats people will be like whoa and think of money ball and john henry saying we should backtrack on those numbers so stay tuned as that story unfolds as well. more at 6 but now back to you guys. >> could be ripple efients. -- effect. thank you. >>> prosecutors fighting to put a kennedy cousin behind bars. >> why they say a supreme court should reinstate michael scabbingel's murder con-- skakel's murder conviction. >> storms in the south and winds in the west and that damaging system is on our doorstep. >> did baby powder cause a woman's ovarian cancer a doctor and jury say yes. dr. mallika marshall on what we the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven sh

here's the latest offering from john henry. >> i'm not going to talk about his weight. i'm not, you know, i understand you're focused on that, but i'm more focused on his ability to be able to play third base. >> the main thrust of his offseason program was about agility and conditioning, and the only thing i will say, he came in with a body fat ratio of 17%, substantially down from last year. that's what we were looking for. i don't think you will ever see a thin pablo, and i know the focus is focus was on his ability to field the ball and throw the ball, hit the ball. i watched him play third today. he looked good playing third. he carries a lot of weight. that's hopefully, that will be addressed dur spring training. >> as for two straight last place finishes -- >> the push was being in last place. >> that's red sox owner john henry. last year at this time i asked him about the state of the red sox. he said they had never been better. they finished in last. i asked him the same question today, his answer coming up at 6:00. >> we'll take you outside because you know wh

and john henry smith reports, some of america's most famous structures are on that list. >> reporter:conic brooklyn bridge and other famous spans, like missouri's popular state bridge, and the memorial bridge in washington, d.c., are among the 250 most traveled in the united states, and they are three of 59,000 that are structurally deficient. they analyzed government data and found nearly 10% of american bridges are structurally deficient. lined up they would stretch more than 1300 miles, roughly the distance between miami and new york city. they aren't necessarily unsafe right now, but could become dangerous if deteriorating parts aren't repaired soon. the i-35w bridge in minneapolis was deemed structurally deficient 17 years before it collapsed. 13 people died when that bridge came down during rush hour in 2007. the collapse injured 155, including lindsay. >> my car was in an immediate free fall. my car just went straight to the bottom. >> reporter: last july, adam may asked an engineer why so many bridges are in such bad shape. >> like many categories of infrastructure, we have te

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> the danger isn't over yet.ole mitchell has more. >> this has been a very potent system over the last couple of days. this is going back in time a little bit. all of these pinnings, especially the orange ones, the oranges are different areas with wind reports. we had over 300 wind reports of high and damaging winds, a lot of trees and power lines down, and of course a little bit on the southern edge of this, there were also those tornado reports. the severe weather has continued to clear out through the morning. today, though, we still have areas that have seen anywhere from michigan into ohio, down the appalachians, still picking up some snow. most is light and winding down, but because of that and the wind it is still going to cause us concerns. so today is still a little rough, by the time we get into tomorrow, though, we actually clear out the region pretty nicely. this tomorrow system has been plaguing us for a few days now, really since it got started in the south on tuesday and then trekked its way up the

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> today space xtakes another shot at returning a rocket to earth.y are attempt to launch a satellite from cape canaveral, and try again to land the rocket on a floating platform in the landic ocean. it hopes to eventually use its rocket boosters multiple times, reducing costs. >>> it is painting come to life. the art institute of chicago are offering an air b&b rental modeled after the home of van gogh. it will be available through may. keep it here, i'm richelle carey, the news continues from london. ♪ >>> the u.n. delivers the first aid by air drop to the besieged syrian city of daraa zor. >>> i'm laur -- lauren taylor live interest london. >>> people get ready to go to the polls in iran in two elections. >>> plus -- >> i'm phil lavelle in los angeles where we are now days away from the oscars, but it is who and what isn't nominated this ye

. >> john henry smith has more. >> reporter: police say it was late afternoon when the 38 year old begandomly shooting other drivers from his car, leaving two people wounded. hours after he was served with an order of protection, he began randomly shooting other drivers from his car, leaving two people wounded, then they say the painter at excel industries headed to his job. 150 employees were on duty at the lawn mower plant. >> the gun was strapped to him. he was ready to go. >> there was a report of a shooting in the parking lot of excel, and then the report came out about an active shooter inside excel. >> we heard a pop pop, and we thought it was metal falling on the ground, and then doors open and people started screaming coming out saying go to the front, go to the front. >> there was a particular law enforcement here in heston that responded right away, and even though he took fire, he went inside of that place and saved multiple lives. >> reporter: that officer acting alone reported bishot and killed ford. later police surrounded ford's home but found no one else inside. >> i jus

john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: this family are among the 13,000 people who have had tove their poems in porter ranch to escape a methane gas leak. it has spewed 80,000 metric tons of methane into the year since late october. >> our 13-year-old daughter has been sick as well, and missed school. >> reporter: now l.a. county district attorney has filed four misdemeanor charges against the gas company. this move came on the same day california attorney general filed a lawsuit against the company. in a statement she said: the gas has been leaking from a decade's old pipe with no safety valve to turn it off. >> the people who put that well down were not intending that that casing would be used to inject natural gas or to withdrew it. they were trying to extract oil in the 1950s. >> reporter: the spokesman has repeatedly insisted that his company complied with state and federal regulations in the time leading up to the leak. >> we operate with safety and we see to all of the regulations, and we are in total compliance. >> reporter: they have promised that a relief well its is

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> the ntsb is investigating a helicopter crash that has left a teenageoy in critical condition. the crash was caught on camera. this is a tourist that caught this. four other people were on board. two are okay. the status of the other two, non-known. once that helicopter crashed, bystanders jumped into the water to help pull the passenger's out. >>> pulitzer prize winning author harper lee has died. she is best known for her awarding-winning novel "to kill a mocking bird." the film adaptation was also a huge success. in 2007 she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. she released a surprise sequel just last year. she was 89 years old. >>> up next on al jazeera america, washington is now stepping in as apple refuses to help the fbi unlock the san bernardino shooter's iphone. the conference call. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they have to end. unless you have the comcast business voice mobile app. it lets you switch seamle

but after the workout, john henry settled in for his annual address. and among the points that he strongly emphasized, number one, even if the red sox had signed jon lester to a free agent contract it would have made no difference. the red sox still would have finished in last place the thing that put henry over the edge was the performance of the starting pitchers and he admitted they had been relying analytics. pablo sandoval. >> the main thrust of his offseason program was about agility and conditioning, and, the only thing i'll say, he came in with a body fat ratio of 17%. substantially down from last year. that's what we were looking for, i don't think you will ever see a thin pablo and i know the focus is on his weight, but our focus was on his ability to field the ball and throw the ball. hit the ball. >> i watched him play third today. he looked good. playing third. he doesn't -- he carries a lot of weight. so that's hopefully that will be addressed dur spring training. >> now, a year ago at this time, i asked john henry if he would give us the

john henry smith joins us.he most famous bridges are on that list. >> the famous brooklyn bridge in new york city, built in 1883, that speaks to the problem. age of the 250 most heavily traveled bridges, 85% were built before 1970. not all those bridges are in trouble but a great many of them are. >> iconic brooklyn bridge and other famous spans like missouri's popular bridgmissoure of more than 59,000 american bridges that an industry group says are structurally deficient. the american road and transportation builders association analyzed government data and found nearly 10% of american bridges are structurally deficient. lined up, they would stretch more than 1300 miles, roughly the distance between miami and new york city. those bridges aren't necessarily unsafe right now. but could become dangerous if deteriorating parts aren't fixed soon. >> the whole bridge over the river fell down. >> the i-35w bridge was deemed structurally deficient 17 years before it collapsed but engineers said it was safe to stay op

john hr henry sat down for the annual spring training address. some points he emphasized jon lester for the red sox signed him it wouldn't have made a difference and still would have finished in last place. he said he is relying touch on analytic and raised eyebrows when asked about the physical condition and appearance of maybe blow sandoval. the main thrust of the agility and conditioning. and the only thing i will say is that, he came in with a body fat ra ty o of 17% that is actually down from last year. that is what we are looking for. i don't think you will receive a ten. i know the focus is on the weight but our focus was on the ability and to field the ball, throw the ball, hit the ball. >> i watched him play today. he looked good playing third. he looked good. he carries a lot of weight. that is hopefully that will be addressed during spring training. >> a year ago during the same session, i asked john henry if he could aces the state of the boston red sox. without hesitation. he said never been better. of course we know the red sox went

john henry spoke with a real focus today besides his address was a first day of the official first team. workout. first if spring training is always may be the best day of the year unless you end of the podium at the end of the year. on wednesday. dave dombrowski patrolling the field a welcome sight. he's our boss he can do whatever he wants. john phil began the stay with a unique and personal message that hit home with his players. >> when you hear john talking you bang your head down and think about it. to come across struggles that were all going to have to contend with and deal with and how we can set that aside that is going to set a very talented group of part from the rest of the pack. loved it. i mean he understood that we have in fact he has our back as a team going out there having each other's back it's a good start. on wednesday in fort myers was on the red sox. together. and with that the is on the regular season has begun. purpose. hopefully the first time that championship team is got together on the same field. >> john henry spoke in a media for more than 20 mitts today

. >> john henry making some waves with that 17% comment that's going to be one of the most infamous numbers in new england right next to 12.5 if you know what i'm saying i'm sure there was some thought around the sports talk radio today. first full squad workout for the red sox an exercise in optimism. >> reporter:. >> first day of spring training is always maybe the best day of the year unless you end on the podium at the end of the year. >> reporter: red sox brass at spring training on wednesday. dave dombrowski patrolling the field a welcome sight? >> he's our boss he can do whatever he wants. >> reporter: john farrell began this day with a unique and personal message that hit home with his players. >> whenever john is talking, you know, thinking about it and everything he's saying makes sense. it gets you going right away. >> we'll come across struggles that we're all going to have to contend with and deal with. how we can set that aside that's what's going to set a very talented group apart from the rest of the pack. >> loved it. loved it. he understood that we have his back we know he

@john henry was there as well and @talked about his wanting the @team to win the a.l. east @division in year and the key to @getting that done. @p>> the team has got to go out @and play and produce, and it's @very important to get off to a @good start because we have one @goal and that is to win the @division. @and that's not an easy thing to @do, especially if you, what is @it, like 16 of the first 19 @games against the american @league east, can't afford to get @into a hole at the beginning of @the season. @p>> dartmouth hockey practice, @they have two road games left to @finish their regular season and @they have a lot to play for. @st. lawrence in fourth place. @the top four teams get a buy in @the fours round and dartmouth @plays at st. lawrence friday and @clarkson saturday. @p>> it's a great time for us, @it's a fun time to be playing @hockey with meaningful games @coming up, and that's what we @like this time of year. @now it's just a chance to go up @and play the best hockey we can. @p>> final weeks always the best @week even after playoffs, gives @the guys a

and tomorrow, john henry will give his annual state of the red sox. heather: playing on the same team. it goes a long way. ed: price was honest. heather: at 7:00, one week away from super tuesday, and massachusetts, a battleground, and then on newscenter 5 at 11:00, check out this video. a plane crashing on the road. witnesses just feet away, and why the violet is being called a harvey: light, wet snow has broken out, and the potential is there for one to three inches. and then warmth eventually in the storm. the world a president has to grapple with. sometimes you can't even imagine. that's the job. and she's the one who's proven she can get it done. ...securing a massive reduction ...standing up against the abuse of women... ...protecting social security... ...expanding benefits for the national guard... ...and winning health care for 8 million children... the presidency is the toughest job in the world and she's the one who'll make a real difference for you. ? >>> breaking news tonight. the state of emergency this hour. multiple tornadoes reported

john henry smith, al jazeera. >> mid atlantic got a few more tornado reports, but the orange you see, those were wind damage reports and really extended all the way up into the northeast. this radar is going back in time clearly, but a lot of different reports, over 300 reports as all of this moved through. what we have left behind this, yes, not as troublesome as what we've seen over the last days. michigan, indiana, ohio, a little bit of that extends down into the appalachians today, this is lighter snow, not the heavy stuff from yesterday. a couple inches, but on top of everything, some places will go over a foot and then the rain that we had, this line of storms, you can see that clearing the coastline. that is also the front we're dealing with, so now the temperatures will be dropping behind all of this. the spots of rain much less impressive. we still do have the wind, not as strong as yesterday but still gusty winds. part of our concern is that a little bit of new snow plus the old snow blowing around will moose visibilities. with the cooler air and front coming through, temper

. >> john henry pulled in support today with a 25 minute question-and-answer session. this most darling comments came in response to inquiries about the physical condition and appearance of pablo sandoval. >> the main thread of his off-season program was about agility conditioning. the only thing i will say is a body fat ratio 17%, down from last year. that' s what we were looking for. i don' t think we' ll ever see -- weight, but our focus was on stability, to throw the ball, hit the ball. >> he also told us he was shocked at the caliber of prey last summer -- the caliber of play last summer. i' m mike lynch, that' s the one minute drill. maria: a little talk coming up next. ed: if you are fascinating by science and technology, wait until you see what one company has developed. that thing is walking right toward you. we're about to show you an incredibly low fare. free bags and zero change fees. because what's the point of an incredibly low fare if you're just going to stack fees on top of it? our sale fares have nothing up their sleeves. book them now at southwest.co

john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: all 16 coaches together, defending their program againstims that the school mishandles sexual harassment cases. the athletic program's reputation, tarnished by a lawsuit filed by six women who claim the university created a hostile environment, and didn't properly investigate claims against male student athletes, specifically in football and basketball. but ut coaches say women on their teams don't feel any hostility. >> i can say i have been here for 18 years, and women have never been treated better than they are now. the female student athlete has never had more resources and support. >> i think they are problem fwli surprised at what is being said by tennessee in the national media. that's not the tennessee that they live. >> reporter: the head football coach was apologetic. >> everything is about the alleged victims, and we take that very, very seriously. >> reporter: he also got defensive. >> it's easy to sit out there and judge when you don't live our day every day. >> reporter: the university has now gone on its own offensive, filin

. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> closing arguments beginning this morning in the trial of a newcity police, who is facing murder charges after shooting a young man in a stairwell. he said he fired his gun accidentally after a noise startled him, insisting he had no idea he hit anyone until he heard a woman crying. >>> a state board has approved the first steps towards a recall in michigan. >> reporter: michigan's governor is now facing a recall, but not over the flint water crisis. >> it's time for governor snyder to man up and resign or take massive action to rectify this man made disaster. >> my husband and i george came to support the people of flint in all of the disaster that they have had to endure for this past year. >> reporter: most of the petitions many related to the water crisis were tossed out because of spelling or grau mattic call errors. the petition is very clear. it just only has very few words pronunciations that is wrong. >> reporter: but one of the petitions was approved. it questions snyder's decision to take control of the state office that reforms school.

. >> john henry smith, aljazeera. >> and finally for this half hour, one of the world's biggest automakers is taking a hit from the zika virus. the seca spelled with a c and not a k. the new name and the new car will be announced in a few weeks, and they have concerns of those who have suffered in the outbreak. i'm del walters in new york, and wanted news continues live from london, and as a reminder, find us 24 hours a day by going to the website, aljazeera.com. where the news never stops. this is al jazeera. >> hello, i am lauren taylor, live from london. coming up, syrian troops backed by russian air strikes close many on aleppo. the opposition says they are undermining talks in phone have. cruise control, a front runner emerges in race to the republican candidate. and it's not donald trump. david cameron says ahead of a referendum on britain's miner ship.

john henry smith has more. >> reporter: these are among the 13,000 people who have had to leave theiromes in porter ranch to escape a methane gas leak. it has spewed 80,000 tons of methane into the air since october. >> our 13-year-old daughter has been sick as well, and missed school, and has a horrible cough. >> reporter: now the district attorney has filed four misdemeanor criminal charges against the gas company. she accuses the company of releasing the gases and failing to report the leak for three days. this move came on the same day that this woman filed a lawsuit against so-cal gas. she said: the gas has been leaking from a decade's old pipe with no safety valve to turn it off. >> the people who put that well down were not intending that that casing would be used to infect natural gas or to withdraw it. they were trying to extract oil in the 1950s. >> reporter: the company's spokesperson has -- repeatedly insisted that they complied with regulations ] >> we are in total compliance. >> reporter: they have promised a relief well will stop the leak by the end of february. >>> the

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. >> john henry smith, al jazeera. >> closing arguments start this morning in the trial of a new york city police officer. he faced manslaughter charged after shootingty girly in a stairwell in a brooklyn housing project. he testified that he fired his gun accidentally after a noise startled him. he insisted he had no idea he had hit anyone until he heard a woman crying. now facing an effort to oust him from office. the board has approved the first steps to recall the recall. some many the state want him out over the water crisis in state. >> michigan's governor is now facing a recall, but not other the water crisis. >> it is time for the governor to man up, and resign, or take massive action to rectify this man made disaster. >> the state board of canvasserring heard a room full of angry citizens. >> my husband and i george came to support the people of flint. and the disaster they have had to endure for this past year. >> most of it many related to the water crisis were tossed out because of grammatical roars. >> the petition is very clear, it just only have very few words denouncua

and as we think about the fact, you know, john henry clark said that slavery ended and left intact were false images of black people. and so what misty copeland does and alvin ailey and all these incredible artists, is they affirm our beauty. that's what she's done throughout her entire career. >> tell us about the restoration center and what you do there in bed stuyvesant. the fedford stuyvesant restoration corporation, the first national corporation that is for community development in the nation. it was founded back in '67, and it is about insuring the quality of life for people in ped-stuy, central brooklyn and even beyond. it has tackled issues like housing and unemployment, but it also has this 40-plus-year history with the arts. the billie holliday theater, we've presented jacob lawrence, and then we have our youth arts academy where we have these incredible young dancers, aspiring dancers working with world class artists like ron k. brown and nathan tripe, so it's an extraordinary place for art making. >> you brought in some dancers -- [laughter] faith, sequoia, when did you kno

john henry smith has more about why he is so controversial. >> martin shkreli has been told by his lawyer to stop talking. >> these patients deserve a drug company that is turning a profit, fair profit and also developing a drug that is better for them. >> the former c.e.o. defends himself after raising the price of a drug to $750 a pill. people suffering aids, malaria and cancer depend on the medication to fight a parasitic infection. after word spread of the price hike, hillary clinton tweeted price gouging like this in the specialty drug market is outrageous. he did not relent until last fall when he was arrested on federal security fraud charges. he is accused of running a ponzi scheme and bilking investors out of $11 million. of the drug company and in recent months, he feuded with a member of the clan over shkreli's over he beship of the only copy of one of the group's albums. >>> the i.r.s. system used to accept he filed returns stopped working. the i.r.s. blames a computer hardware failure. the agency is making repairs and doesn't anticipate major disruptions. >>> a new warning fo

john henry smith has that story. >> reporter: the republican candidates, each had the stage to himselfuring townhalls on cnn, and msnbc, but they still took shots and defended against attacks from the others as if they were in a debate. there was trump versus cruz. >> he makes statement like -- like i'm pro-life, and he said he's not pro-life. you can't they. >> it is the most ridiculous theory i have ever heard that telling stloeters what donald trump's record is, is deceitful and lying. >> reporter: and cruz versus rubio. >> both donald trump and marco rubio are following this pattern that whenever anyone points to their actual record, to what they have said, to what they have voted on, to what they have done, they start screaming liar, liar, liar. >> reporter: but with the spotlight on only one candidate at a time, came more pointed questions. >> are you qualified to be commander in chief? and are you qualified to deal with these national security threats? >> i obviously think so, or i wouldn't be running for president. you know, it's -- it's the political class that has tried to co

three weeks later he used 217 million of john henry's dollars to lure david price to boston. price will open the season as the team's first bona fide ace since jon lester was traded away in the summer of 2014. price finished second in the balloting last season while pitching for the rays and the tigers. even though he knows he's the new guy he also leader. >> this is the first time i've had a new team and new spring everything to me right now is very new so just to get down here and meet the guys and get acquainted with fierce myers and get my feet wet. i'm an open guys. i feel like whenever, the four days that you're not pitching are the days that you can learn a lot. something that i've kind of taken, you know, taken by the horn for the past couple of always paying attention, just trying to get ready for the day when pitch. >> doing most of his pitching in the american league east. 28 games over .500 including a combined 29-9 record against the yankees and blue jays. he also has winning records against the orioles and the red sox. also arriving in fort myers early is jackie

john henry smith reports. >> reporter: there have only been a few dozen cases of zika diagnosed in the., but there are worries those numbers could climb in the spring and summer. >> we have the laboratory documented case of zika in a marylander. >> reporter: the centers for disease control says it has identified 52 zika infections since 2015. most of the cases were contracted overseas. however, nine of the ten cases identified in the u.s. virgin ayelands and puerto rico were acquired locally. cdc director said americans should take heed of those numbers. >> we have issued travel advice, not to travel if you are pregnant. we will likely see significant numbers of cases in puerto rico and other u.s. territories where there may be intensive spread of zika. >> reporter: because most people don't present symptoms the agency is not instructing border control agents to do any special screenings. president obama has asked congress for $1.8 billion to fight the virus. the largest portion of that $1.8 billion would go to the cdc. nearly $600 million would go to the hardest hit areas like puerto

john henry smith has more. >> a powerful 1200-mile storm will head off the coast today. it brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend. it began the work week with enough snow and wind to cause verge and north carolina to declare states of emergency. some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snowfall and the traffic problems that go with it. hundreds of accidents occurred. >> i hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. the posted speed limit is 60. i was doing 55. >> the roads are block ice, they're iced over. >> this massive pileup in indiana. >> when the weather starts changing, people need to reduce their speed and they just didn't do that today. >> the storm also brought tornadoes across four gulf states, twisters in mississippi and the florida panhandle destroyed a dozen homes and damaged high school full of students. in louisiana, the winds ripped apart businesses. >> i seen it like coming at me. woo it was scary. >> now comes a major warmup. >>> mamassive system is causing major headaches this morning. let's bring in nicole mitchell for more

. >> snow, sleet, strong winds and heavy rain and al jazeera's john henry smith has more. >> reporter mile long winter storm stretching from the south to the northeast will head off shore today. right on the heels of a storm that brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend, the winter storm began the workweek with enough snow and wind to cause virginia and north carolina to declare states of emergency. some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snow and the traffic problems that go with it, hundreds of accidents. >> i hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. the posted speed limit through her was 60 and i was doing 55. >> the roads look good but they are black ice and iced over. >> reporter: the massive pile up in indiana. >> when the weather is changing people need to reduce their speed and people just didn't do it today. >> reporter: the storm also brought tornados across four gulf states and twisters in mississippi and the florida panhandle destroyed a dozen homes and damaged a high school full of students and in louisiana the winds ripped apart businesses. >>

john henry smith has more details. >> the mod uls are among the people leaving because of a gas leak. it has spewed 80,000 metric tons of methane into the air since late october. >> our 13-year-old daughter, she's been sick, as well and missed school. she has a horrible, horrible cough. >> l.a. county district attorney jacki lacy fired four misdemeanor control charges against souther california gas company, accusing them of releasing the greenhouse gases and failing to report the leak for three days. this move came on the same day california attorney general filed a lawsuit against so cal gas. she said the impact of this unprecedented gas leak is devastating to families in our state, our environment, and our efforts to combat global warming. the gas has been leaking from a decades-old people with no safety valve to turn it off. >> the people who put that well down were not intending that that casing would be used to inject natural gas or to withdraw it. they were trying to extract oil in the 1950's. >> so cal gas spokesman has repeatedly insisted that his company complied with state a

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> infectious disease doctor joined us earlier on your world this morningwe asked her if she believes the money is enough. >> almost half of the money is going to the cdc, so that will be used for surveillance to see what type of mosquito populations we have circulating, and are they infected. in addition the cdc is going to be developing better diagnostic tests, and also vaccines, diagnostics, money to the fda, and helping control mosquitos in latin america as well as cdc's efforts here in the united states, and, you know, one other area that we are funding is for pregnant women's health in puerto rico, because that's the one part of the u.s. where we are concerned about pregnant women getting zika virus. >> venezuela has now linked four deaths to the virus. >>> protests against pension cuts in greece are taking an ugly turn today. hundreds of farmer from crete clashed in front of the agricultural minister as well today. >>> some of the biggest names in surfing gathering for a legendary contest. a closer look at the event where athletes only get 48 hour's

john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> infectious disease doctor joined us earlier. i asked if she believes the money the president is asking for is enough. >> almost half the money is going to the c.d.c., so ma money will be used for surveillance to see what kind of mosquito populations we have circumstance lathe at different times of year and also are those mosquitoes infected with the zika virus. the c.d.c. will develop better diagnostic tests and you'll have funding going to the n.h. for vaccines, dying moss sticks, money to the f.d.a. to vet all these products, they're going to be helping control mosquitoes in latin america, as well as c.d.c. efforts in the united states. one other area we are funding is for pregnant women's health in puerto rico. that's the one part of the u.s. we are concerned about pregnant women getting zika virus. >>> venezuela has now linked three deaths there to the virus. hundreds in venezuela have been infected with zika. >>> pope francis is heading for cuba right now on his way to a historic meeting with the leader of the russian order

john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: while the city of flint is no longer getting its water from-- polluted river, they say replacing pipes is the next step. >> get those out of the ground and then move forward with lead pipe replacement. >> reporter: but the agreement ends there, when it comes to the process of removing those pipes. the flint mayor announced a research team had laid out the scope of the problem. >> what our research supports is an estimate of at least 8,000 homes and businesses in the city of flint, being fed with lead pipes. >> my goal has been for all of them to be removed, so i was glad to have somebody validate this information. >> reporter: she wants $25 million from the state to pay for replacing those pipes. but while the mayor was making her announcement, rick snyder was 65 miles away, touring the state's new emergency operation headquarters, and the governor said he is doing his own study. >> we have the infrastructure study going on, to determine where the lead pipes are, we're focused on a process to identify the high-risk ones. >> reporter: the gover

the city's justice system and if it says no the federal government promised to sue as al jazeera john henry either choice could cost the city millions of dollars it says it doesn't have. >> reporter: the city of ferguson says it is $3 million in dead over the unrest there 18 months ago. unrest that erupted after the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown by then officer darren wilson. the city's own numbers indicate the dead would more than double if the city council votes to approve a consent agreement with the department of justice and loretta lynch's office agreed with it to define a government found in questionable policing practices and the city is holding a series of meetings to discuss this and the po 2e7b -- potential costs and they sign it and it is done and we wanted to make sure the residents could actually see what the product was and weigh in before there was a signature. >> reporter: puts a cost of fulfilling the consent agreement at almost $4 million and the most costly is officers to be paid better than other officers in the st. louis area and mandate salary increases f

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year slump and it's dangerous for oil dependent economies in middle east and south america and john henryhouston. >> reporter: the storm clouds over houston are a fitting back drop from the brain trust gathered here and world oil leaders agree on one point there is no hope for a quick fix for oil prices and the international aid agency released a forecast that said they will not return until 80 until 2017. >> 2016 we will see the oil prices being weak and we are seeing a balancing starting in the markets and 2017 the prices. >> reporter: the price of crude plunged from 145 a barrel at its peak in 2008 to 30 range now leading to 300,000 layouts worldwide and something near panic in the industry. >> companies on the brink of bankruptcy in the united states, these are little companies in shell country, you are looking at venezuela government at 180% inflation and 6% contraction in the economy and you are looking at companies like chevron who never posted a loss and we are at a historical bad moment in history. >> reporter: low prices hit mexico's companies hard. >> translator: like the other

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he has since transferred to another school >>> john henry smith thank you >>> there is a growing crisis in the united states. child brides. the united nations estimating 39,000 girls under the age of 18 are married each and every day. and the problem is not just in developing countries. in the u.s. child marriage is legal in every state. al jazeera's erica pitzi reports one group is working to change that. >> posing for wedding photos, an older man with his bride. a girl who looks no older than 12. the scene is staged. they are actors. the people walking by are not aware. many disgusted by the skeptical. some stepped in to object and the groom responds. the video, which has gone viral is produced by an international advocacy organization, hoping to raise awareness where taking a child pride is legal. >> reporter: we watched the video with activist. >> this is in lebanon. this is a country far away. >> reporter: yet you are saying this is happening in the united states. >> this is legal in the united states and this is hatching in the united states. >> reporter: reece was 19 and living i

>> and this is 35 miles north of wichita and focused on the plant where the suspect worked and john henryth has details. >> reporter: says say it was late afternoon when 38-year-old ford began shooting drivers from his car leaving two people wounded then they say the painter at excel industries headed to his job. 150 employees were on duty at the lawnmower plant. >> the gun was strapped to him. he was ready to go. >> reporter: once he got into excel industries he shot a person in the parking lot and he entered into the building itself. >> we heard a pop pop and thought it was just meting falling on the ground and then the doors opened, people started screaming coming out saying to go to the front. >> reporter: a dozen were injured and people killed before police were able to stop him. >> particular law enforcement that responded right away and he took fire and went inside of that place and saved multiple lives. >> reporter: that unidentified officer reportedly shot and killed ford and later they surrounded ford's home and found no one else inside. >> i just can't believe the guy that shot

john henry smith, al jazeera. >> talking more about the u.s. response to zika.you look at how the money that may be allocated to zika will be spent, is itin it goingn the right place? will it help prevent the spread here? >> almost all of that money is going to the centers for disease control and prevention. are those mosquitos infected will zika virus, the cdc will be developing more dc diagnostic ts for the virus. the u.s. agency for international development, they are going to be helping control mosquitos in latin america as well as cdc's in the united states. puerto rico is the one part of the u.s. where we are concerned about pregnant women getting zika virus. >> there seems to be growing concern in this country as you hear the language coming out of the w.h.o, the possibility of millions of cases spreading, we have 52 cases here in the united states. we don't know in how many of those instances we are talking about pregnant women, in my opinion, zika virus for the average woman is not such a big deal. >> that's a point stephanie, for the average person, zi

john henry smith has more. >> u.s. and cuban officials were all smiles after signing an agreement that will make it possible for people in both countries to fly freely between them. >> today is an historic day in the relationship between cuba and the united states. >> the agreement allows for 20 round trip flights daily between the u.s. and havana and for 10 other daily round trips in and out of nine other cuban airports. those numbers are not for each airline. they are for all airlines combined. >> with this argument in effect, the airlines of both countries may in addition set up business agreements together, such as lease contracts from air crafts between them or with airlines from third countries. >> airlines have 15 days to apply for those limited routes, and air carriers aren't the only ones who hope to cash in. >> i hear often from u.s. businesses and consumers and i know that they are unquestionably excited about the new opportunities for exchange that today's agreement will facilitate. >> it represents a criti

john henry smith, al jazeera issues the danger is not completely over this morning. let's go straight to meteorologist nicole mitchell for what to expect today. >> a lot of the storminess, the severe weather, the wind damage, those tornadoes that we saw. that threat has moved out. can't rule entirely out something, but you can see that it went up the coastline, the red tornado, all the areas of orange. those were reports. we had over 300 reports of wind damage, so that was the much more profound conditions that we were dealing with, as it moved along especially in places like new jersey getting that. the wind was causing different problems through the day yesterday, the wind driving the snow. still a little bit lingering into portions of maine, but most of the storm. >> i side of that where the front was is clear. because the front cleared, the temperatures will start to drop. because we still have snow coming down in places like michigan, indiana, ohio in addition to what we had yesterday, today's will be a couple inches. adds it to yesterday's, we are looking at ov

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john henry saying that pablo sandoval checked in at 17% body fat down from 23% last year. henry also saying that the sox will rely less on and littics going forward. the "boston herald" reporting that the -- i'm joe amorosino, that's sports. have a great day. tom brady posting this picture on facebook as well. and he is all smiles riding around on a new snow bike. he wrote that he's preparing for the best buddies charity race which takes place coming up in june. >> he's getting an early jump on that. true new englander. >> that's a cool bike, by the way. we takeout out of this world. astronaut school kelly talking space. >> powerful wind gust earlier this morning. those storms now offshore. afternoon. we'll have a look at that 7-day forecast, ahead. they're one of the wall street banks that triggered the financial meltdown -- goldman sachs. just settled with authorities for their part in the crisis that put seven million out of work and millions out of their homes. how does wall street get away with it? millions in campaign contributions and speaking fees. our economy works