there is no possibility of the trial starting at this point before 2015. >> and rosalyn jordan there at guantanamo bay. >> in iran authorities hang 16 accused rebels today, earlier attack killed 14 iranian guards near the border. iranians have been fighting rebel groups along its border with afghanistan and pakistan. killed guards and kidnapped three others last night in southeast iran. >> most of our very active weather is now pushing off to the east with the alone of heavy showers and some intense thunderstorms tracking towards dallas, texas right now. otherwise it is just some cold rain that's falling across parts of northeast. we've been getting some snow showers off and on around the great lakes and are report of hail and gropple, and we could get a little bit of snow flurries going off and on through maine. otherwise our big story we're talking about is snow. in fact colorado has a couple of maces that have already opened for early season skiing, and some spots open early planning on this because we have snow, the bulk of that known has fallen into the rockies of colorado but a

national security. >> rosalyn jordan reporting.several former blackwater security guards are facing new charges in the case of a shooting in iraq. the four men are accused of killing more than a dozen unarmed civilians in baghdad in 2007, today the university department filed -- justice department filed new charges against the four men. >>> well, ross shimabuku is back with sports and he's got a little sports drama for us. >> yes, following the bounce being ball, because carmel anthony is causing mello medical medicalo drama and this season only, more drama in texas because nolan ryan has resigned as the ranger rangers ceo. ever since becoming ceo in 2008, they posed winning seasons for five straight seasons. the five weeks they've had three head coaching changes on tuesday, the players walked out of a meeting with the president of the school and in the past two days the players didn't even show up to practice. the frustration stems from the fact that gram bling state head coach doug williams was fired the first two weeks in the se

rosalyn jordan, al jazeera, guantanamo bay, cuba. >> still ahead on al jazeera america. >> bart emergency, bart emergency. >> two workers are killed, transportation officials want to see what happened. >> one of china's largest cities have been entirety shut down because of thick fog. that's about the size of new york and chicago combined. the visibility in some areas is as low as ten yards. craig gleason has word from hong kong. >> we are thousands of miles from harbin and we couldn't see far across the harbor. the particulate matter was at 1,000. to give you some depth of that, 300 is considered hazardous, you can imagine at 1,000 the air was considered not only toxic but deadly in harbin today. most of china is fueled in terms of energy by coal-thermal power stations. people use coal to cook in stoves and ovens which causes very heavy particulate matter and causes a great deal of respiratory issues. it's become an increasing problem which china will have to tackle because this sort of issue also creates a great deal of social unrest. >> the housing market could have been cooling off a

rosalyn jordan, al jazeera the state department. >> okay, so how reliant is egypt on the u.s. aid? that makes it egypt's main donor but the eu also provides a substantial amount. in 2011 it gave more than $400 million worth. and lately, saudi arabia has emerged as the main doa doneoror thanks for being with us sha sh. surely many will ask the question why they didn't cut the aid during hosnne mobarak's rul. >> he was coming under increasing pressure domestically and internationally, he had to do something to show the egyptian authorities that he was not happy in the direction the state was heading in. but he has to did with without severally touching because of that is will be largely ineffectual. so in a way he's tried oplease both sides but may have pleased neither. >> basically you think it's more symbolic than real. but descreal israelis are sayins treaty do you think actually under threat right now? >> no. it's never been under threat. even when morsi became are president of the egypt, it certainly won't happen now. there is this misconception that if it wasn't for u.s. aid, t

rosalyn jordan reports from washington on what is at steak. >> reporter: it has been six months sinceran and the p-5 plus one nations last met to discuss iran's suspected nuclear program. this time the obama administration heads to geneva. >> i think if there is an actual deal that diminished iran's steps toward nuclear weapons, i think this is a important step forward. >> reporter: the new president says this issue can be solved within six months. >> we have made it clear to iran that they can have a peaceful nuclear program as they meet the requirements of the international community. >> reporter: for starters, the u.s. and other members of the p-5 plus one want iran to do the following . . . in exchange the p5 plus 1 has promised to impose no new sanctions and ease restrictions on iran's oil industry. >> they have to deliver something for the iranians, because on the iranian's side there are huge expectations. >> reporter: is there a long-term benefit to the u.s.'s efforts? >> if we are able to establish some area of trust, there are a number of areas, syria being one of them, wher

rosalyn jordan reports. >> one of the issues at the pretrial hearing at guantanamo was a matter of torture defense wants to be able to bring into the cushion the u.n.'s convention against torture which would allow their clients, the five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks, the torture they suffered in u.s. custody from 2003 and 2006. one part of the strategy was for one of the defense lawyers to bring in an outlook outside counsel who specializes in international war crimes including the matter of torture however cheryl boardman was not allowed to bring in toby catman. here is what mr. cadman had to say to reporters. >> if you don't deal with this now, this is a defining moment, i think everyone believes the u.s. is a beacon of diplomacy and this is setting the u.s. back into almost the dark ages. >> trying to get more etched about the cia's rendition program entered as evidence in this trial they have also taken the step of writing directly to u.s. president barack obama, asking him to declassify the rendition program because without that information there are people in the united s

. >> that is our rosalyn jordan in guantanamo bay. >>> the u.s.y has changed its honor academy for the cadets. they have the option of saying the last part of the oath, "so help me god." the god reference violates the constitutional concept of religious freedom and the academy agrees saying the academy respects all cadets including those who are not religious. a 2009 law set to expire, a family of 4 receiving full benefits will now get $36 less while single households will get about $11 less. nationally the reduction amounts to $5 billion next year. it's the first month to month food stamp benefit drop whatever. >>> armed with the mission that no one goes hungry, a new program is underway in india, brings military style training to planting and rice paddies. food security army. >> these cadets are getting ready to plow the fallow fields of karala. they'll soon join their comrades in helping to provide the local agricultural industry. this is the new front line in karala's push to become more self-sufficient. >> we need expansion, very good expansi

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rosalyn jordan, from the pretry overhearings taking place >> reporter: one of the major decisions that dominated at guantanamo was the matter of torture. the defense wants to be able to bring into the discussion the u.n.'s convention against torture, which would allow their clien clients, the five men accuse did of planning the september 11th attack, to game some sort of redress for the torture they say they suffered when they were in cia custody between 2003 and 2006. one part of the strategy was for one of the defense lawyers to bring in an outside counsel who specializes in international war crimes including the matter of torture. however, cheryl boreman was not allowed to bring in toby cadman to talk about what he saw and what he could bring to the local proceedings. here is some of what mr. cadman had to say to reporters. >> if you don't deal with these issues now, it's going to cloud the entire judicial process. and i think this is a very defining moment for the u.s. i think everybody looks at the u.s. as the beacon of human rights and democracy and this is really setting the u.s