all right, we want to go to our correspondent in washington, richard walker. good evening to you, richard. what can the u.s. do to persuade china to put pressure on north korea concerning its nuclear program? richard: the americans and chinese are working more closely than they ever have done on the north korean issue. the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the human security council were the product of close consultation with the chinese, and the chinese are increasingly exasperated by their north korean peninsula. -- their north korean neighbors. they do not want the regime to collapse. it could cause chahaos, a huge wave of refugees trying to enter chinese territory, and it could remove this buffer state between china and south korea, which american allies and there are thousands of american troops there. that is a fine line the chinese are trying to walk. is an indication of the corporation they are getting at the moment. brent: how big is the fear that terrorist groups like the islamic state will be able to e a dirty bomb? ririchard: that is definitel

phil: let's get more on this from our washington correspondent richard walker. richard, did secretary carter offer any proof they kill this man? in the past they have made the sorts of claims which the islamic state has disputed. richard: well, no, he did not offer proof, and actually he did not express 100% cast-iron certainty that this man was dead it all. the way that he put it was "we believe that haji iman has been killed." he would not say whether it was a drone strike or a manned aircraft. no specifics on how this happened. phil: let's presume it is true. if these claims are true, how likely damaging is this to be for i.s.? richard: as we've heard, the u.s. has been describing him as the second in command of the islamic state, and ash carter saying this would hurt their ability to pay and recruit people, but being careful to stress that this could not be any kind of fatal blow. leaders can be replaced. but they are stressing the wider context and really quite an upbeat assessment, saying "the momentum is on our side," even as we see the momentum may be com

we asked our washington correspondent richard walker, if that is a fair comment. richard: there have been some examples were donald trump has appeared to take on violence. there has been a lot of controversy about the kind of atmosphere at his rallies, some of his comments, saying he would like to punch a protester in the face, and now in this case, standing by cory ledowski, trying to play that down. i think it will be an interesting case, a test case for donald trump's strategy dealing with controversies. the last few months, it has become very intrinsic to his brand that you never apologize. you keep on the attack. if necessary, you change the subject with a new controversy, but absolutely never back down. i think it will be interesting to see. now that we are inamed legal process with a momentum of its own -- there will be a court date in may -- potentially conviction, can you really stick to a never back down policy, or will it become easier to throw this man under the bus at some point? it will be an interesting test case of his strategy in the weeks ahead. b

. >> let's bring in richard walker, who has been tracking this story for us. so, richard, it's another dramatic twist in volkswagen's dirty diesels scandal. but this gives them more breathing space, doesn't it? richard: yes, another four weeks to come up with a technical fix, a buyback scheme, or some combination of the two. and when you consider what a roky few months. i can had, that is a pretty good day in court. the judge even with positive language. volkswagen insisting it can get on top of this. they have been working around the clock and they will sleep when they are fixed. we will have to see how good they look in four weeks when they do come up with that plan finally. >> all right, they are doing all they can, they say, but what happens if they miss this new deadline? richard: well, the judge would then have to go ahead with the full trial in july area that would -- in july or co-that would leave vw exposed to an enormous bill. but the w is being bombarded from all sides. you have hundreds of these individual lawsuits brought by customers and dozens of

richard walker is in florida. he joins us from miami. hello, richard. let's talk about marco rubio. he is trailing in the polls, the opinion olls. he is behind donald trump. is there a chance marco rubio pull off a surprise? richard: it's not looking like a great chance for marco rubio at this point. we've been speaking to some of his volunteers. they are trying to put on a brave face, insisting the polls are underestimating his support, that his supporters have been coming out to cast ballots, and also, this issues early voting and you never know what is going on there. but the poll numbers that marco rubio would have to overcome are really daunting double-digit leads. and you get a sense from the candidate himself, if you watch what marco rubio has been's rating in his appearances -- has been saying in his appearances, he has seemed increasingly dispirited. he has been making very sharp attacks on donald trump. you will remember there was violence at some of his rallies over the last few days. but rubio himself no longer has that optimistic impression he has tried to push over the

richard walker is there. i asked how ted cruz is coping with a neck and neck battle with firebrand donald trump on his home turf. richard: that's absolutely right. ted cruz voted at the polling place a little while ago in he was asked for his attitude on exactly that question and he implicitly said if he did not win texas, he would probably be on the way out. the way he put it was any candidate who fails to win their home state has big problems. he can probably be reasonably confident he will not face that dilemma because the polls in the last few weeks of put him pretty solidly ahead of donald trump, but you underestimate donald trump at your peril. one or two that of the last polls did put him very close on ted cruz's heels here. it will be very interesting to see the results in texas as they come in in a few hours time. brent: let's talk about the democratic side. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, most of the polls saying that clinton will definitely win texas. are we saying that it our own peril? -- at our

brent: a good report there from richard walker in the u.s. time for business news. the vw diesel gate disaster. daniel: they hope the smog would have cleared by now but no such luck. french authorities have opened an investigation into serious fraud and german prosecutors say i have widen their investigation into the scandal and are targeting 17. employees, up from six. that's not all. volkswagen may have two/jobs to pay fines for admissions test cheating. it's a bitter pill to swallow for employees who heard the news tuesday morning. the carmaker faces worldwide recall and compensation costs estimated at 85 ilion euros will stop -- 85 billion euros. reporter: 20,000 employees have come to the meeting. many are angry and worried about their jobs. >> if books wagon's future should be compromised by any kind of unprecedented fines, there would be dramatic social consequences, especially for the work forces. not only for our work plans but elsewhere. we hope u.s. regulators will bear this in mind. reporter: pujols volkswagen ceo agreed the admissions scandal could infl

but feel free to come down and cheer on the runners and walkers and have a bock beer. richard: a great day. 2,200 runners making their way through the streets of cincinnati. wonderful day. the race gets started at 10:00 this morning. of course, jonathan, i know you're already raising a glass. jonathan: well, i'm raising a glass to the former sausage i always toast jackie roew. thank you, richard. more than 20 years since the o.j. simpson trial. now another possible clue. what the los angeles police say they have found and why they are aren't jumping to any conclusions about it. and closing arguments for the andrews. when a jury will get her case and the hotel giant that could be paying up. request your live look yout outside. citycam 5 found lady liquid. the lights glowing. she is our city's finest cheerleader. jonathan: welcome back. it's been more than 020 years now a possible clue. a knife found on the estate could be tested for evidence. it could determine whether it was connected to the case. could it be the knife used to kill ron goldman and nicole brown. someone suppose

to noted activists and abolitionists of his time, like david walker and morris brown and frederick douglass described the debt they owed richard allen . he was a freedom fighter, but it was really how he combined that activism with his african ethic and the context of the methodist african, founding the applicable church that made him legendary. after he purchased his freedom, he became one of the preeminent methodist circuit preachers being drawn to the religion, in large part because methodists were the most anti-slavery organization in the country after quakers at that time. he was such an accomplished preacher of the gospel that church leaders asked him to expand the black congregation, and the great saint george's philadelphia church. within one year of coming to st. george, they had expanded the african congregation from four to 50. he became an influential part of that church. you know how the story goes. it is ok when you have a couple of you around, but when a critical mass of african-americans started to form, things started to change. the leadership of the church suddenly started to find fault with richard allen. th

representative walker: we need to continue to be -- to do better. i think of richard and jennifer in north carolina. they had a son who had no drugs in his system except one thing. he had played if a bug in the night before. he had taken one prescription pain pill from his mother's medicine cabinet and it killed him. message inaken that burlington, north carolina, and traveled through the state to bring that. i am overwhelmingly alarmed at the spike and i would like to see the 2015 numbers as soon as they are available on where we are going with this heroin epidemic. it is a problem for all of us and we need to do more. mica: let me recognize the gentlewoman from new york, ms. maloney. it isentative maloney: encouraging to hear your testimony and the efforts taken city, state, and federal governments across our country. come in congress, need to put money where our mouth is. in the short term, i urge my colleagues to approve the $600 million in emergency funding, which the professionals are asking for, to combat this epidemic. from what i am hearing from dr. wen and o

the right to vote, and was not an issue when richard nixon was elected, wasn't an issue when reagan was elected, wasn't an issue when george herbert walker bush was elected, it wasn't an issue when george w. bush was elected, notwithstanding the fact that i'm still not convinced he won the state of florida. t all of a sudden in the aftermath of the election of president barack obama, apparently there's been an outbreak of this fever that we've got to deal with so-called voter fraud. no evidence of the fraud. not a scintilla of evidence has been produced by a single proponent of this argument. when people were elected in 2010, in the immediate aftermath of that election, during president barack obama's first term, more than 180 different pieces of legislation in 41 states were introduced, all in the opinion of the many objective observers designed to suppress the right to vote. and at the same time this challenge was working its way through the supreme court. from, of all groups of people, shelby, alabama. now, the irony of that, john lewis almost lost his life, representative larson indicated, on the edmond pedestrians i -- pettis bridge