but i didn't know those people were coming after me even to kabul city. when i came to kabul city i was interpreter manager. i was managing like 250 interpreters. started getting phone calls in afghanistan. they said hey, we are here. we know where you work. we know where you live and we will kill you or your son, anybody from your family. i was a couple miles away from my home, but like most that time, i stayed at the military base because i was safe there. and in the meantime, i talked to my brother and said, brother, now i am in a high risk, what should i do? he sent me a letter and said, submit this. send it to the s.i.v., apply for a visa. i sent everything to the s.i.v. that was in 2010. but i never heard anything back. in 2013 i did my interview but still they told me to wait for your visa. in this time i received the worst news in my life. one of the u.s. commanders said, this base is going to be shut down at the end of the year. not end of year but in september. and because we didn't get any replacement, you guys should go home because we don't h

but i didn't know those people were coming after me even to kabul city. when i came to kabul city i was interpreter manager. i was managing like 250 interpreters. started getting phone calls in afghanistan. they said hey, we are here. we know where you work. we know where you live and we will kill you or your son, anybody from your family. i was a couple miles away from my home, but like most that time, i stayed at the military base because i was safe there. and in the meantime, i talked to my brother and said, brother, now i am in a high risk, what should i do? he sent me a letter and said, submit this. send it to the s.i.v., apply for a visa. i sent everything to the s.i.v. that was in 2010. but i never heard anything back. in 2013 i did my interview but still they told me to wait for your visa. in this time i received the worst news in my life. one of the u.s. commanders said, this base is going to be shut down at the end of the year. not end of year but in september. and because we didn't get any replacement, you guys should go home because we don't h

least 20 people are dead after a suicide bomber attacked the supreme court building in kabul, that's the capital cityghanistan. and reports show at least 45 people are hurt. some of those critically. so we do expect the death toll to go up. there's no immediate claim on the attack, we don't know exactly who's responsible. still very little information coming into our live desk. the attack just happened. i'll keep an eye on developments. >>> happening today, alameda county supervisors expected to vote on whether to grand $750,000 to help its refugee communities. that money would go to a legal fund for immigrants. supervisors are hoping to access another $750,000 from an anonymous donor. 30% of alameda county's population was born outside the u.s. >>> california republicans are hoping that by blocking funding for caltrain they will also delay or kill governor brown's high speed rail project. according to "the chronicle," cal terrain needs roughly $650 million in order to electrify a line between san jose and san francisco. it is part of the system's modernization program. future high speed bullet train

outside the supreme court in the capitol city of kabul. nearly 50 others injured. no immediate claim of responsibility for that attack but taliban insurgence have targeted the court and its workers in the past. >> bill: another alert in capitol hill behind me we await a hearing by testimony from the homeland security secretary john kelly. border security, immigration and certainly the president's travel ban certain to be hot topics there. the chairman of that committee is mike mccaul. i talked to him earlier this morning about all of that. >> thank you, nice to see you in person here in washington, d.c. this travel ban, can you win on it? >> i think that's going to be the big issue. at the hearing today we have secretary kelly testifying for the first time before congress. he will be questioned on the executive order itself. i personally think as a policy matter it mirrors a lot of what we had done and pursued in the congress previously in terms of the visa security bill which laid out the seven countries that president obama signed into law to the syrian refugee b

transportation routes between main cities have been shut down. 0n major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of vehicles trapped by the storm. in the capital, kabulhe rapid snow fall has also caused rooves to collapse. on sunday, a normal working day in afghanistan, the government declared a public holiday to ensure schools were closed. the death toll has been steadily rising over the past few days and officials are warning of more over avalanches to come, as the snow storms continue. catharina moh, bbc news. southern india‘s biggest state, tamil nadu, is to have another female chief minister two months after the death of the film—star—turned—politician jayalalithaa. she‘s sasikala nata rajan, who was described as jayalalitha‘s confidante. with me is the bbc world service‘s south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan. good to see you. what do we know about this woman? she was a very good friend of jayalalitha, about this woman? she was a very good friend ofjayalalitha, who about this woman? she was a very good friend of jayalalitha, who died a couple of months ago, her beginning is very interesting, she comes from a rural area and was the wife of a go

transportation routes between main cities have been shut down. 0n major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of vehicles trapped by the storm. in the capital, kabul down. the rapid snow fall has also caused rooves to collapse. on sunday, a normal working day in afghanistan, the government declared a public holiday to ensure schools were closed. the death toll has been steadily rising over the past few days and officials are warning of more over avalanches to come, and officials are warning of more avalanches to come, as the snow storms continue. catharina moh, bbc news. france's nationalist leader marine le pen, has laid out her vision for the country, if she wins the upcoming presidential election. she's promising to renegotiate membership of the european union, and pledged to help communities under threat from globalisation, as well as tackle islamic fundamentalism. france goes to the polls in april, in one of the most open contests of recent times. lucy williamson reports from lyon. she hugs kittens, shares memories of pregnancy, and has dropped her controversial surname from the party brand. this is marine, a new, softer image for france's ha

city, and up through could get six inches of know. >> thank you, ginger. >>> in afghanistan, a suicide bombing outside the supreme court in kabul. authorities pointing to this disturbing video tonight. workers leaving the building. at least 19 people were killed. dozens injured. no claim of responsibility yet, and the taliban has targeted court officials in the past. >>> in russia tonight, the president vladimir putin, shortening punishment for domestic punishment. making it a civil fechoffense a not a. >> caller: one if it results in pain and not bodily harm. i protects familis' privacy. human rights say it's a dangerous step backward. >>> the penn state mystery. timothy piazza found at the foot of a staircase 12 hours after he was thought to have fallen. abc's eva pilgrim in pennsylvania tonight. >> reporter: tonight police are investigating the death of a penn state student at a campus fraternity house. ems responding to a 911 call from the beta theta pi just before 11:00 friday morning. 19-year-old timothy piazza found unconscious, he was rushed to the hospital but died a day later. fraternity members told police the sophomo

transportation routes between main cities have been shut down. 0n major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of vehicles trapped by the storm. in the capital, kabuld snow fall has also caused rooves to collapse. on sunday, a normal working day in afghanistan, the government declared a public holiday to ensure schools were closed. the death toll has been steadily rising over the past few days and officials are warning of more over avalanches to come as the snow storms continue. catharina moh, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a reign of terror on the poor — condemnation from the catholic church of the philippines president's war on drugs. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on iranian soil. south africa's white government has offered its black opponents concessions unparalleled in the history of apartheid. the ban on the african national congress is lifted immediately, and the anc leader, nelson mandela, after 27 years injail, is to be set free unconditionally. the aircraft was returning from belgrade, where manchester united h

transportation routes between main cities have been shut down. 0n major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of vehicles trapped by the storm. in the capital, kabulrooves to collapse. on sunday, a normal working day in afghanistan, the government declared a public holiday to ensure schools were closed. the death toll has been steadily rising over the past few days and officials are warning of more over avalanches to come as the snow storms continue. catharina moh, bbc news. in other news: investigators in france have begun questioning the man suspected of carrying out a machete attack at the louvre museum in paris. so far, he's refusing to speak. a soldier shot egyptian national abdullah hamamy in the stomach on friday. hamamy is accused of attacking a group of soldiers near the museum entrance. a teenage girl has died after being flung from a ride at an amusement park in central china. she was thrown on to metal railings and later died in hospital. an initial investigation showed her seatbelt had broken and a passenger safety bar did not fit securely. in australia, six archbishops are to appear before a royal commission into child abuse. they'll

cities have been shut down. on the major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of vehicles trapped by the storm and in the capital, kabulshut down. the rapid snowfall has also caused roofs to collapse. on sunday, a normal working day in afghanistan, the government declared a public holiday to ensure schools were closed. the death toll has been steadily rising over past few days and officials are warning of more avalanches to come as the snowstorms continue. in other news: the ukrainian military says fighting with separatist rebels in the town of avdiivka has subsided after a week of clashes. work has begun on restoring power supplies to thousands of residents of the government—held town, who've been without electricity for days in freezing temperatures. investigators in france have begun questioning the man suspected of carrying out a machete attack at the louvre museum in paris — but so far, he's refusing to speak. egyptian national abdullah hamamy was shot in the stomach and seriously wounded on friday, after he attacked a group of soldiers near the museum entrance. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: can cameroo

kabul. at least 40 more people were wounded. the death toll may rise. no one has come responsibility for the attacks so far. and here in new york city, high school and college students are planning a walk out today to protest president trump and his executive order seeking to ban people from seven majority muslim nations from entering the united states. it's the latest in a series of student walkouts and protests nationwide to oppose trump's immigration crackdown. in recent weeks, students have also held mass demonstrations demanding their universities become sanctuary campuses, calling on the administration to refuse to cooperate with t tru's plans to speed up deportations. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all l of our listenes and d viewers from around the country and around the world. the senate is scheduleled to hod a full vote today on the confirmation of donald trump's nominee for education secretary, billionaire betsy devos. devos is perhaps trump's most contested pick among a group of controversial

cities have been shut down. on the major roads and highways, soldiers have rescued hundreds of beer calls trapped by the storm. and in the capital, kabulng of more avalanches. —— the death toll. shannon matthews went missing on her way home from a swimming lesson in 2008. the search for her lasted 24 days, cost police over £3 million and involved hundreds of neighbours. but in a twist that shocked the nation, the west yorkshire schoolgirl‘s disappearance turned out to be an elaborate hoax involving her mother. ahead of a new drama based on the case, danny savage has returned to dewsbury to look at the impact on the community that helped look for her. police, emergency. my daughter is missing, please. how old is she? nine. an emergency call to report a missing child. the woman making it is karen matthews, mum of a little girl called shannon. hours later, the seemingly distraught mother goes on to make an emotional on—camera appeal. shannon, please come home. please, i'm begging you, baby. come home, please. have you heard anything at all from her, karen? no. but this is a hoax. karen matthews knows exactly where her daughter is. she's f