. >>> pakistan anti-government protesters shut down major roads in the city of lahore. the supporters of the opposition pakistan party is staging sit-ins in 18 different locations. it's a party led by former cricketer imran khan, and demands on independent audit of the general election held last year. to our correspondent scott heidler live in lahore. has the city effectively been closed down? >> well, it's a good question. this is a city of almost a million people, the second largest city of pakistan, the most powerful as far as the punjab province is concerned. what they have done is they took the city at 18 different points, even though the administration is saying it is more than that, two dozen, two points have been blocked. i'm standing at liberty square, the center of town. this is a place which is jam-packed with traffic on a monday. as you can see. every day at a standstill, a population of almost 10 million, as i mentioned, is not able to come out. people are not able to go to schools, shops are closed and imran who arrived in the city will address a large cro

scott heidler is in lahore with more. >> pakistan's second largest city is at a stand still. after imran khan announced he'd bridge the city to a halt. he will be holding a protest in islamabad, and is demanding nor the setting you have of a judicial commission to probe allegations of massive rigging. he wanted the prime minister to resign earlier, but says that he is willing to call off his nationwide process of shutting down the country if the government agrees to the formation of a judicial commission. the government has shown determination not to buck under demand of p g.i. imran khan has krl support in lahore >>> police in hong kong arrested more than sa dozen people as they cleared the last remaining protest site for monday. the camps blocked the streets for two months. protests are calling for free leadership elections. >> al jazeera continues to demand the release of our three journalists who have been imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed were gaoled on false charges of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing aga

imran khan has considerable support in the city of lahore. workers are out in large numbers, and in order to ensure that the strike and the protest is successful. >> it is that point in the news when we join richard angwin and it would appear winter arrived across asia. >> that's right. looking on the satellite you see the weather system stretching out the way from tokyo in the east towards new delhi in the west, bringing about the arrival of winter in many parts of the region. if we move to the nearby parts, we'll see heavy snowfall developing over the next few days, this area across the far east of russia, as it begins to develop. it will give 25 sent needs, not that amount. certainly on the western side and over into the mountains, significant snow fall. you notice, obviously, for wednesday, tokyo is at 7 degrees. we are expecting rain. cold conditions across the caribian. we see snow fall developing. further towards the west, we are seeing winter arriving across parts of india. and we have seen snowfall, not particularly heavy, but it bri

the fire broke out yesterday at the shopping center in lahore. to ambulances as firefighters battled the flames. a local official said the fire was caused by an electrical short circuit in one of the shops near the entrance. >>> former president george h.w. bush might be released from a houston hospital as early as today, a spokesman for the 41st president said his breathing has returned to normal but has said that he would stay in the hospital pending his doctor's decision. >>> president obama apologized for disrupting a wedding in hawaii. the president called the couple after a round of golf caused them to move their wedding to another part of the course on a military base. the president told the two army captains that he felt terrible because no one told him. the bride and groom said they were happy to make the change. >>> and in florida, a blind man and his dog, his guide dog, are back together this morning. the german shepherd named ronaldo went missing sunday. her owner issued a reward because she couldn't get around without her. a neighbor

and any child -- any parent who's sending their kid to school, whether it's in karachi, lahore or islamabad, there's a fear factor there. but peshawar is -- you remember the sort of crucible in which modern islamist militancy was created. this is where the cia, the pakistani military recruited young men to go across the border of afghanistan and fight against the soviet union. that frankenstein's monster, once it was released, has never brought back into control again. and peshawar has become unfortunately used to this kind of violence. only a year ago, there were a couple of suicide attacks on a single church. nearly 130 christians were killed. this number today breaks that horrific record. >> and, fran, i know there have been ups and downs in the u.s./pakistani relationship, the cooperation in terms of fighting terror. what is it like right now? how good or not so good is that relationship? >> well, the pakistani government has had its own sort of domestic political problems. and they're being attacked from their right flank, from extremists within pakistan. there has been an uptick in th

scott heidler is in lahore, and this is what he sent us. >> importantly what they have done is they choked the city at 18 points. even though the administration of the city is now saying that it is more than that, at least two dozen choke points have been blocked. i'm now standing at liberty square, which is the center of town, normally a place jam-packed with traffic on a moipd. as you can see. everything is at a stand still. a population of almost 10 million. people are not able to come out, go to schools, and imran khan will be addressing a large crowd. this is a city in which they say there was massive rigging. they wanted a recount in all constituenci constituencies. imran wants a larger audit. >> scott heidler there in pakistan. now to egypt. where state media is reporting that security forces raided a university to break up anti-government protests. these are picture taken by some, interest their mobile phones, said to show demonstrators marking through the university. at least seven students, it is claimed, were reportedly arrested >>> falling oil prices have dealt a blow to egypt'

promised to launch a boxing academy in lah lahor. >> the children who died all we can do is lope fortop terrorism and with the help of the army and the people in pakistan we can stop it. >> is sundaysunlsunday you saw the final play of the infinitesimal. win against cleveland and lope that the san diego team lost to kansas city ensuring a 20-10 victory for the ravens. with san diego losing, baltimore reached the postseason for the sixth time in seven seasons. the current super bowl champions, the seattle seahawks, off things six straight victories. let's have a look at the complete playoff picture in the afc, the qualified teams in order of seedings are new england, denver, led by peyton manning, pittsburgh and indianapolis cincinnati and baltimore are the wields wild cards, green bay dallas and carolina, arizona and detroit and wild card teams. next up wild card weekend. nfc south winners carolina that is followed by the afc game wild cards, baltimore and pittsburgh, the next is the afc wild cards to indianapolis, while the nfc detroit takes on dallas. >>> the washington redskins we

he's also promised to launch a is boxing academy in lahor. >> parents whose children died, all we can do is pray for them and lope things happen to stop terrorism. and with the help of the army and the people in pakistan we can stop it. >> sunday saw the final round of the games in the nfl regular season with several playoff places still to be decided. 2013 super bowl win players baltimore ravens. the baltimore ravens reached the postseason for the six time in seven seasons. the current super bowl champions champions, seattle seahawks, ended the regular season off the back of six straight wins, the latest at 20 points to 6 victory over the st. louis rams. to secure the nfc west regional title. let's look at the complete playoff picture. in the afc the qualified teams in order of seedings are new england, denver, pittsburgh, cincinnati and denver are the wildwild cards. green bay dallas and carolina, so next up is wild card weekend. nfc wild card arizona go to carolina, that's followed by the afc game with wild card baltimore, afc north winners are washington redskins were thrashed by

. >> pakistan is holding an international tournament with the kenyan a team here in the city of lahorethis is happening after five years of suspension of international cricket here in pakistan after the deadly attack on the sri lanka team in 2009 that wounded seven players and killed eight people. the pakistanis are trying to reassure the international teams that this is a safe venue. extra security measures have been taken. the kenyan s team is housed in the b.c.b. compound. there are 14 gates that separate that team from the outside. helicopters are patrolling the area and prosecutor military forces ensuring that this match is held without incident. the kenyan team will be playing five monday matches all at the same venue. >> dave warner's scoring streak continues after 145 in the first innings, warner followed up with 102 on friday. it's his sixth century from 11 test innings. he paid attribute to phillip hughes, his friend who died after being hit in the head by a cricket ball. >> another person heavily affected by the death of phillip hughes has been making a remarkable return to

it happened in lahore. at least 13 people are confirmed dead. others are still being treated.ighters are still searching the buildings. the fire was touched off by a short circuit that quickly engulfed this three-story center. >>> we also have confirmation in the search for airasia 8501, they have now spotted debris in the water. a number of pieces of what appears to be the plane have been found in the search zone. we will have much more details on that at the top of the hour, and of course now we have a live report with our andrew stevens who is on the scene. this is the major breakthrough they've been looking for. once they find the debris they can work backwards. this is confirmation now that debris has been found in the waters of indonesia. and you are watching cnn. i'm john vause. ? and i'm robyn curnow. i'll be back with all of that information at the top of the hour, including the rest of the day's stories. but more importantly, a live report from indonesia on this latest breaking news. these ally bank ira cds really do sound like a sure thing, but i'm a bit skeptical o

consulate in lahore, pakistan let's go to ian lee who's in cairo. what kind of security presence are you seeing there now? >> reporter: there's a heavy security presence outside the u.s. embassy. i talked with one of the officials earlier today. they said they weren't going to comment on it. but there are cement barriers protecting it, as well as a heavy police presence and the military close by in case anything were to happen. this report had the potential to be very embarrassing for the egyptians. they had been a longtime partner of the cia in their rendition program where they take suspects from around the world, bring them here to egypt to interrogate them. the egyptians wouldn't want their dirty laundry aired out in the public. and we scoured this report for any mention of the egyptians' involvement. and when we were looking, it seemed like all countries that were involved in the rendition program, their names were redacted. that's something the egyptians are going to be very happy about. but also there is quite a famous case of this renditioni

march 13th, two suicide bombers targeting pakistani army vehicles killed 55 people in lahore. july 2nd, suicide bombers killed 47 people near a shrine. july 9, two suicide bombers killed 102 people in the tribal areas. september 1st, a triple taliban suicide attack on a shiite procession, killed 65 people. sdmroof there was the 2008 attack that nearly killed some of the key cia personnel who eventually tracked down osama bin laden. 54 people killed in that attack. on june 15th of this year, as we mentioned, after hundreds of suicide bombings, 30,000 pakistani troops finally entered north waziristan where they are currently fighting the taliban. these high profile attacks are in response to that and to the u.s.'s decision to draw down in afghanistan. gretchen. >> wow. okay. so much violence there. jennifer griffin. thank you so much. >>> well, we are learning more about the man behind the deadly hostage situation in australia. iran's police chief now claiming they wanted to extradite man harone in 2000. in an interview with iranian state tv, he says he escaped while facing frau

funeral services under way after a fire tore through a shopping mall in pakistan's eastern city of lahore. at least 13 people died. police say shoppers and workers could not get out quickly enough because the building had only one exit. a government official says a short circuit sparked the fire. >>> at least four people died after a bus slammed into a car, then ran off a highway before smashing into some trees. that's according to police in central germany. they say almost 40 people were hurt and that many of the passengers were senior citizens. no word yet on what caused the crash. >>> in california four hikers spent a long and cold night in the woods before rescuers found them and air lifted them to safety. it happened north of los angeles where temperatures dropped into the 30s overnight. they're all reportedly doing okay. >>> the news continues right after this. you're driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pick-up truck slams into your brand new car. one second it wasn't there and the next second... boom! you've had your first accident. now you have to mak

al jazeera, lahor. >> still to come on this will news hour, the chinese charities creating a home forhe children of criminal parents. we wi we will meet a family struggle to go come to terms with one of the twin tragedies that hit malaysian airlines this year. at a time captain has broken yet more records. >>> an egyptian judge sentenced the head of the muslim brotherhood for six years in prison for insulting the judiciary. mohammed elbashi was fined about $2,800. it was heard at the cairo criminal court, also hearing the trial of former police department mohammed more situate. >>> now 364 some days, almost a year, since three access journalists were detained in egypt. they were jailed over false allegations they helped the outlawed muslim brotherhood. they are appealing against their convictions and sentences. >>> thousands of people have taken part in an anti-government rally in bahrain. dmonlstrators calling for democracy and political reform. they want political prisoners to be released. >>> forecasters are warning of more severe weather in parts of southeast asia already hit by f

. >>> a fire at a shopping center in lahore, pakistan, monday killed at least 13 people. short circuit sparked the fire and people were forced to flee through a single door. most of the victims are said to have suffocated. >>> a small plane crashed in the front yard of a home in southeastern denver, colorado, this morning, killing the pilot, the only casualty in the accident. the plane crashed moments after taking off from centennial airport. >>> just days from now, the gop will take complete control of capitol hill with the largest house majority since the election of 1928. but the banner year for the house republicans, well, it's not starting out the way they had hoped. the third highest ranking house republican, steve scalise, from louisiana, is under pressure, calling other house members right now to do damage control. scalise admitted to having given a speech in 2002 when he was a state representative to a white supremacist group, one founded by a farmer ku klux klan leader named david duke. also new york republican congressman michael grimm resigning on monday after

the pakistani taliban is not just in peshmerga but karachi, in lahore, it's in the punjab, all acrossountry and the target is the army. you simply -- the pakistani army cannot get off the main roads in north waziristan and attack targets and not expect a response. >> is a return -- a returning to the peace talks the only option left or is there a middle ground, something else that hasn't been tried yet? >> well, i know what's not going to happen is the pakistani military is not going to take control of north waziristan or the tribal areas. i don't see them doing it. they're going to have to go back -- as you said to the peace talks. there's no choice but on the other hand the pakistani taliban is becoming more and more like isis. uncompromising, and their demands may go way beyond islamabad's capacities to meet them. >> so as we all watch this as observers from the outside what's the maintainingaway. is it that they have in some ways been weakened by the taliban? >> i think they've been weakened. i think pakistan is on the edge as it's been for many years of a failed state. it certain

attacks in the past, against the equivalent of pakistan's pentagon, against the karachi airport and lahore, but never this kind of attack. some describe this as desperation from the taliban. when i lived there, the attacks were military targets, police targets, the attacks were soldiers. some 80 to 90% of the tribal areas along the of a fan border, and so therefore, the taliban aren't able to go after the high profile targets, so they hit a soft target and we've never seen this level of carnage and horror. >> the afghan has been at war with the afghani army. they oppose female education, these are the same guys that shot malala, right? >> yes, they are, the impact that her prize has had on pakistan, this is a girl who was shot point-blank by a taliban gunman and survived, not only survived, went to the u.n. and said i forgive my affecter and we need to rally around this idea, girl's education, that can change the world. that has changed pakistan and fundamentally challenged the pakistan notion that girls aren't worth being educated and girls aren't the same as boys or should not have the s

the crowds in lahore are holding sit-ins, upset over alleged voter fraud.he protests are led by a leading cricket ear. >> protestsings hong kong have been going on for two months and barricades have been removed by police. protestors are looking to other methods to protest. >> to protect our seas and territory as well as citizens happy lives, we need to create a new set of laws, including the right to collective self defense and that's what we will do at next year's parliamentary session. >> 52% of those eligible to vote did so, it was the lowest turnout in japan's post car history. >> police in alabama are trying to find a man they call a dangerous criminal. he escaped with two other inmates from a county jail, overpouring a guard. the two other inmates have been recaptured, but woodard is still on the run. >> the nfl players association expected to file suit on behalf of adrian peterson, days after an arbitrator upheld his season ending suspension. he pleaded not guilty to spanking his son with a tree he branch. he is expected to lose $4 million in salary

. >> this massive fire in pakistan mall took firefighters hours to put the blaze out in lahore. it followed another fire one day earlier. firefighters said they needed 10 hours to douse the flames that happened at a timber market. >> back here in the u.s., bitterly cold weather. it will hid traditionally warmer spots. >> tell me about it. we walked out the door and winter said hello again. >> absolutely. where we're talking about is las vegas, believe it or not snow in las vegas a very rare event. we had this little built of turn in the atmosphere right here through parts of nevada. with that, we also had this cold pool of air that's moving south. you could already see the snow in the northern part of nevada right now. let me show you the forecast map for tomorrow. you can see to southern nevada, areas of white even the blue. i think to the north of las vegas, we could be seeing two to three inches of snow. this is rare. from 1937, we've only had 15 major snow events in this area, so it is a rare event. towards thursday, it's not going to last, the snow is going to push towards

that was in lahore, opening to homeland. >> barack obama, george w.l tried to deal with pakistan. we gave pakistan billions of dollars a year after 9/11. and many american lawmakers think we got absolutely nothing back for it. what do we do moving forward to help pakistan? does pakistan even want america's help? >> well, you know, i think pakistan is a country and we see this in several countries that the u.s. engages with is a country that has a proud sovereign tradition. it prize itself on sovereignty. that was one of the stick points with the united states pakistan would try to project publicly to its own population and the region it was an independent sovereign country but then sometimes worked very closely with the united states and allowing things like either covert operations or drones. what we're seeing is it would appear then that the pakistanis would be speaking out of two sides of their mouth. on one hand we don't need american assistance or we need that kind of independent relationship but then allowing americans to carry out operations an