malcolm webb, al jazeera. >>> turkish prime minister is threatening to ban facebook and youtube.es first posted on youtube were said to expose corruption in his administration. >>> i'm kimberley in bayfield, wisconsin, coming up, i'll tell you why record-cold temperatures have transformed this small town into a booming western destination. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines at this hour. a ukrainian intelligence official telling al jazeera that russia now stepping up its military presence with 30,000 socialeds on the ground in crimea. and a russian energy company is now tlenting to cut off the tap to ukraine. cpac now in full swing in maryland. rand paul is the featured speaker this afternoon. >>> a bit of good news on the employment front, the labor department saying more than 175,000 jobs were created in february. >>> the great lakes have frozen over, meaning that thousands of visitors can walk on water, or ice as may be the case, to some stunning ice caves. >> reporter: it's a trek more than a mile long through deep snow across a n

malcolm webb reports. >> reporter: it's been called one of the toughest anti-gay laws in the world.able with life imprisonment. wants to make sure its development objectives are not affected by the new law. >> this is a very big move by them to say this is not social, nondiscrimination, i think it is courageous by the bank, they're learning about the mistakes they have had in the past by having too extreme a view of what the consequences will be. >> the loan is about $90 million, only a small portion of the projects the world bank has in uganda, worth in total about $1.5 billion but uganda relies on foreign aid for about 20% of its foreign budget. >>> sweden is also reconsidering its aid package. the netherlands an norway have each frozen about $9 million in aid and denmark is moving its aid from government to ngos. many people are slightly baffled by the reaction. the donor countries never made much now about widespread corruption or other human rights issues which are common. gay rights plays into the hands of the proponents of the new law. they claim that the west has an agenda t

malcolm webb, al jazeera in the eastern democratic republic of congo. >> mexico confirmed the death of of the country's violent drug cartels. the government declared nazaria smz moreno gonzalez dead in 2010. >> that pays tribute to nazario moreno. he was presumed dead in 120. he lived on to lead the knights templar. his reign ended on sunday. >> translation: he was intercepted by the marines and the army. when they asked him to surrender, he opened fire. >> many can't believe he was alive. many of those who didn't, prayed to him as a saint. the knights templar surrounds itself in mysticism and is a main trafficker of methamphetamine. in recent years millions have been made through extortion, preying on the people they said they protected. with the federal government largely absent, vigilante groups went into battle against the cartels. this year it launched an offensive and arrested several top leaders. they worked in an uneasy alliance with the vigilantes. the death comes two weeks after the government arrested one of the world's most wanted drug lords. joaquin guzman, known as el cha

malcolm webb, al jazeera, republic of congo. >> we have more on the la liga title, and you have birdieshave eagles, now you have lizards in golf. details with jo. >> researchers in the united states say they found a blood test which can predict if a healthy person will develop alzheimer's or not. 44 million people suffer at the moment. >> well, the symptoms of dementia are well-known. short term memory loss. difficulty in problem solving and learning, confusion. what is unclear is why and when the deterioration begins. it's believed that damage to the brain begins 10 years before the symptoms emerge. this makes finding the decide an appealing prospect. searchers analyzed blood and identified 10 lipids, and the bio markers are believe to reveal the break down of brain and they're able to predict whether a person would develop alzheimer's disease within three years. >> in this study we sought to find a set of circulating molecules in the blood of individuals who were cognitively normal, that would allow us to predict who in the next several years would develop alzheimer's disease. that's

malcolm webb, al jazeera, in the democratic republic of congo. >> officials say a gas leak caused an explosion that platenned buildings 1234 at least a dozen people are still unaccounted for after the explosion. two people were killed, and 24 more were injured in the east harlem neighborhood. new york mayor bill de blasio said the blast may have been caused by a gas leak. residents noticed the smell of gas last night when the explosion happened this morning some new yorkers raced to help. >> there was a little girl. she was just saying help, and she was full of blood. we grabbed her in a blanket and took her out. >> reporter: she was full of blood. where was she? >> she was outside of the body. when it blew up, she flew out of the building. >> reporter: you think she flew out of the building. >> yes, we wrapped her in a blanket and everything. >> residents say they could feel the boom of the explosion from several blocks away. >>> in louisiana an innocent man who spent 26 years on death row is now free. glenn ford was convicted of the 1983 murder of a jeweler from louisiana. he was r

al jazeera's malcolm webb visited a refugee camp there. >> everyone in the refugee camp left their home in the central african republic, because it was too dangerous. every time a truck comes, there's excitement. even here people can joke. they mock each other for a bit of fun. back home things have got worse. thousands have been killed and many missing. this woman managed to hold out until now. >> my mother and father left on 5 december. i don't know if they are still alive. >> she is one of 3,000 central africans fleeing to neighbouring countries. 60,000 registered in the democratic republic of congo. meanwhile people living here wait for food and they depend on what they are given to survive. it gets heated. >> translation: we have been suffering in the refugee camps for a month. >> the amount of food we get is small, it's not enough. >> everyone is given two small bars of soap and a bag of salt. there's cooking aisle in a plastic bag. and beans. and here they are given a bucket of rice. it's not much food, but the u.n. says it's enough for each pesh to survive for two weeks. >> the

malcolm webb, al jazeera, in the democratic republic of congo. >>> let's bring in the head of the centralepublic mission, and is joining us from the capitol of bangui, our reporter was reporting from the drc. what does this tell us about how bad the situation is in central african republic? >> the situation is horrible. first of all for the last year actually there has been tremendous amount of violence towards the population, and over the last few months this violence has increased tremendously with now populations not only fleeing from their villages and living out in the bush, and having a hope of returning back to their villages now we have total populations, 20, 250,000 people have now fled the country because they fear for their own lives. it's quite horrible. >> you have just returned, i understand from an area called cabo, what is the situation there in terms of humanitarian needs? >> well, it's quite difficult, this violence has been effecting the population for quite a long time as well as humanitarian agencies we have also been targeted with attacks or robberies on our compound

now around 62,000 refugees are currently receiving food aide in the democratic republic of congo malcolm webbrom the democratic republic of congo. >> reporter: almost everyone on this boat has had relatives killed or gone missing. they have been hiding in a church for weeks, fearing for their lives. now they have made it to safety. >> translator: there was a lot of gunfire. that's why we fled, i don't even know where my children are, or my parents. >> reporter: the un says nearly a million people have thread the violence in krar and for over 60 thousand their escape route has been here. >> on this side of the river is the central african republic, and on the other side is the democratic republic of congo. since december thousands of people have fled from the central african side to the congolese side to get away from the violence. the refugee settlements are in such remote locations that they can only be accessed using boats like this. this is a landing site on the congo side. the villages on the other bank were deserted weeks ago. they wait for un trucks to take them to a refugee camp. this

on board, the boat transporting refugees back home from the refugee camp in uganda and we have malcolm webb and anything more you now? >> they set off saturday morning from the other side of the lake and u.n. said it may have as many as 250 people on it at the time. police and survivors said it was chronically overloaded, refugees were all carrying possessions, mattresses and so on and about one kilometer from the lakeshore it capsized and talking to people from in land areas and as many of the refugees were and one of the reasons the casualty rate is so high. the police say the boat was overloaded and said they have since arrested the captain and one of the survivors and also they say at the time he was under the influence of alcohol and had been drinking and what some of the survivors said as well. >> reporter: the latest on the boat capsize and thank you. there is hope for a missing malaysia jet and they have confirmation from china it spotted white floating object in the southern indian ocean and search teams are in the area to see if it can bring answers to the relatives of the 239 peo

malcolm webb explains there's financial fallout too. >> reporter: it's been called a tough antigay lawnder's president signed the act saying many offenses are punishable with life imprisonment. international donors made it clear that they are not happy. the world bank delayed a health care loan, wanting to make sure developments are not affected by the new law. >> this is a move saying this is not a social norm, a discrimination. it's a courageous decision by the bank. it she is a decision, and they are learning about the mistakes in the past, having too extreme a view of what the economy should be. >> the loans for about 90 million, and a small proportion of the projects the world bank has in uganda, worth $1.5 billion. uganda relies on foreign aid for up to 20% of its budget. this week the swedish for instance said sweden is reconsidering its aid package, one of a number saying the new law is against their beliefs in human rights. the netherlands, and nor way froze about $9 million in aid. denmark is moving its aid from uganda to the ngos. many support the law and are baffled by the

malcolm webb reports from the democratic republic of congo, where many -- refugees sought shelter. >> every one here left their homes. every time a truck comes with new arrivals, there's excitement. here people can joke. "you fled." it's a way of mocking each other for a bit of fun. back home things are worse. thousands have been killed, many missing. >> they managed to hold out until now. >> translation: my mother and father left on 5 december. i don't know if they are still alive. >> she is one of 3,000 central africans that fled. >> people living here wait for food to be distributed and they depend on what they are given to survive. it gets heated. >> translation: we have been suffering in the camps for one month now. >> the amount of food we get was small. it's not enough. >> everyone is given two small bars of soap and a bag of salt. they get cooking oil in a plastic bag. next everyone gets 2 kilos of harico beans and a bucket of rice. it's enough for each person to survive for two weeks. >> the u.n. wants to avoid mass dependency on food aid. they arranged land for farming. it's

malcolm webb, al jazeera. >> more than 60,000 residents of the central african republic have fled to democratic republic of congo since april of last year. >> new video emerged explosion causing two new york city apartment buildings to collapse last week. it's believed a gas leak caused the blast, killing eight, injuring 70 others. the rescue operation is continuing in case others are buried in the rubble. taxes are nearly down clearing debris from the basement. >> honda is recalling nearly 900,000 minivans that could catch fire. the 2005 to 2010 oddiesies have could have a crack in the fuel pump. replacements won't be available until the summer but honda is offering a temporary fix. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist eboni deon. as we counselled down -- count down the spring, the winter not done. many areas put into the top 10 snowiest winter areas. we can see the snow flakes flying. spring arrives thursday, and that's when temperatures bounce back. winter will make its mark. we do have winter storm warnings and advisories in place across virginia and on into maryland. that's where