>> from northern arizona university in flagstaff, this is democracy now! wherever there is never mental crisis, there's a culture and social crisis because we are people of the earth. indigenous communities are under attack everywhere. mother earth is under attack. these are the issues that we face that we live in the struggle here in northern arizona. >> uranium mining is resuming of the grand canyon, and you have heard of tar sands in alberta, canada. utah is pushing to expand tar sands mining right here in the united states. today we look at the winners and losers behind the latest push to extract natural resources from the west. then we remember british parliamentarian and antiwar activist tony benn. he died at the age of 88. >> you have got to judge a country by whether its needs are met, not just by whether some people make a profit. i never met mr. dow jones and i'm sure he works very, very hard with his averages which you get every hour, but i don't think the happiness of civilization is decided by wall street. >> all of that and more coming up. th

flagstaffe will be at at northern arizona university. march 14 in santa fe.day come a in denver, colorado. check our website at democracynow.org. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to mail them to mail them to (narrator) toward the end of the first millennium b.c., a complex society sprang to life in mesoamerica-- imaginative, literate, philosophically-inclined tholvi cture and sophisticated. out of the primordial forest and sunk its roots into the soil. today, we know the region by its countries-- mexico, honduras, el salvador, belize, and guatemala.

northern coast of arizona is getting after shocks that struck last night, centered about 50 miles off the coast of eureka. people reported feeling the shaking in several cities. all the way down it was to the south. there have been duz kwens of after shocks expected to continue for the next few days. >> this is a good time california emergency management reminds us to be ready for disaster. >> we are encouraged to be stocked with things. >> a three-day supply of food and water as well as a can opener. >> as carolyn said now is a good time to do that. >> good reminder for all of us. >> spring like today. >> fantastic outside. it's spring like. spring officially begins in ten days. it unofficially began on we go to mainly blue skies over the bay. upper # 0s in oakland and redwood city. and a cooler 59 in half moon bay. how about this view from sutro tower? readings in the upper # 0s in all of the lobings. santa rosa, novato and livermore, here is the first forecast. we look up from the east bay hills camera. clear, mild this evening. turning cooler overnight and last night. under clear

northern california, also. >> march madness became march mayhem in tucson last night. ten people were arrested in a near riot after the university of arizona failed to make the final four. police used pepper spray and rubber bull lets to disperse the crowd, but the group of students chanted police brutality. that was after this happened, a man was taken down and arrested. thousands pulled out of bars and restaurants after arizona lost in overtime. pleas say the crowds threw beer bottles. >> thank you for watching aljazeera america. you can always check our website at aljazeera.com. to explain how helping others makes you more successful. looking for a job? you aren't alone. there are roughly three op

arizona. we talked about the two arks and the northern and southern arks.ay from the west coast of australia. this is a moving target. they adjust it with the hours and this is based on mathematics that is saying as all of the parameters change hour to hour and day to day in a search, you adjust the possibility of where you will find it. now that equation led them to focus most low on this area. one of the reasons they are focusing on it so far, this airplane is the poseidon made by the navy. this is the result of a program that each cost about a quarter of a billion dollars. many consider this one of the most effective subhunting plane in the world because when it looks down at all this water which you and i would look at with our eyes, we would see sun light making it hard for us to see things. things that make it visually hard to see things. it takes thousands of hours to spot tiny items. the fact that this plane had been moved down to search that specific area and shows you that there is a sense of possibility and it's one of the more important search a

he is chairman of the northern virginia transportation commission, and president of the virginia transit authority. steve fawley was elected to the arizona state legislature in 2006. he served as house assistant minority leader from 2011 to 2012. he was elected to the arizona in 2013 where he serves on the senate transportation and finance committee. his focus and legislative priorities have been transfers -- have entranced partition infrastructure, liberal communities, and establishing passenger rail services between tucson and phoenix. senator frawley has been recognized as a legislative hero by the arizona league of cities and towns. they told fellow by the council state of governments. a friend of economic development by the arizona economic development petitioners. senator frawley is an avid lover of the arts and has been recognized by countless organizations for his work in arts and culture. i will say, you have a great ceo out in phoenix. he paid me to say that right before i came up your. lastly, hans reamer was elected on the montgomery county council in 2010. he represents more than one million residents in a thriving and diver

arizona. we'll see that rain taper off by tonight, but we'll still see the action across northern california andguys. back to you inside. >> thank you, rick. >>> we have some other stories making headlines this sunday. we'll begin with a fox news alert. we are learning hundreds of unidentified gunman are surrounding a military base in ukraine's crimea region. this comes as the country's new prime minister is now saying the country is on the brink of disaster, urging russian president vladimir bputin to pul back his troops. on a 90-minute phone call, p president obama asked him to de-escalate tensions in ukraine. >>> at least 130 people are dead and 130 are injured at a mass stabbing at a train station in yunnan, china. they were attacking people with knives and machetes. terrible. state media called the stabbing a planned terrorist attack. police shot and killed four of the assailants and are hunting down the others. knife attacks are not uncommon in china, as the country has some of the strictest gun restrictions in the world. >>> and typically, no one hears their own eulogy, but one seattle of

arizona, got 83 degrees, 81 in miami. then for tomorrow, some snow continues in the western plains, icy conditions in northern new england,th nice, warm weather through the gulf coast. that's what's going >>> good morning to you. time now 8:33. a beautiful day shaping up. mostly clear, a little breezy, but it's that dry north wind that will bring our temperatured about 15 degrees above average as offshore flow increases for the next few days and this is the last day of winter. the sun will set tonight about 7:20. temperatures just a touch warmer than what we're expecting today. 77 in the tri-valley, and 73 in the east bay. well, now to history made in sochi, this time at the paralympic games. evan strong led a u.s. medal streak in the debut of the men's paralympic snowboard cross, and after losing to russia earlier in the week, rico roman and the u.s. sled hockey team redeemed themselves to the 1-0 win in the gold medal game. evan, rico, good to see you guys. congratulations. >> good morning. it's good to be here. >> thank you for having us. >> rico, let me start with you. >> yes. >> you eventually lost your leg after an