the general national congress controls western libya. the influence that stretches from tripoli, all the way west to zul tan. the rivals, the united nations-backed government in tobruk control the east. an area that stretches from the coastal town of barda to ourselves. and it's also huge areas in benghazi, libya's second largest city. there are districts held and armed groups that call for implementation of islamic law. it's i.s.i.l. that made gains. it controls a total area stretching from the city of cert. they search for communities looking into ways to stem the rise of i.s.i.l. including the areas fought. europe has recently been struggling with a growing numbers. the company's warring factions great to form a national unity government. it's a crucial step that many hope will put an end to months of fighting. and stop militias that have grn in size and influence. but a final deal awaits a major decision of the role of the powerful army general jackson hastings -- hafta. he is hated on the government of tripoli, insisting on his departure. >> the u.n. secretary-general prayed for his leadership after the announcement of his death, aged 93. t

the united nations backed peace talks are on hold once again. the u.n. envoy has suspended the talks for three weeks. until the syrian government and russia halt their recent military exploits. heavy bombardment from russian airplanes and combat troops from hezbollah and iranian backed shia politica militia. secretary of state john kerry, diplomatic editor james bays is in geneva with more from the postponed talks. >> the u.n. special envoy came out to announce after only two days, the syrian talks are over. >> i'm making the decision to make a temporary pause, temporary pause, they did not end, it is not failure of the talks, they came and said, both sides insisted in the fact that they are interested in having the political process started. >> reporter: you said nothing about the military escalation by the syrian government and the russian bombardment. haven't they basically bombed your talks? >> i.am not refraining to military activities. >> so he gave me no direct answer to my question. there is no doubt what ended these talks, this onslaught. the ma

the usually ingredients. we'll be right back. >> hello again the top stories here on al jazeera. a cessation of hostilities has come into effect in syria. the united nations security council voted unanimously to back the conditional ceasefire. about 14 people have been killed in an al shabaab attack on a somali capital. syl hotel after setting off a cam bomb at the entrance. fighters were stopped at a checkpoint. and chris christie has endorsed donald trump as a candidate for u.s. presidential election. the new jersey governor dropped out of the race a couple of weeks ago. >>> people in besieged towns are struggle ethnic find relief, many have them have tried ofind food and relief, in azaz, rob mathison reports. >> food for thousands, prepared by exhausted volunteers. they buy what they can and rely on donations including money food and heating oil but they're struggling to compensate. >> we are preparing between 4,000 and 5,000 meals every day. for example yesterday alone we cooked 500 kilograms of food. >> azaz close to northern border with turkey. and syrian kurdish forces lie to the west. yet tens of thousands have sought safety here as pounding alepp

. >> spokesman for the united nations, thank you david, back to you. >> okay, hopefully some hope for tomorrow. at that conference, barnabie phillips and everybody else thank you very much. you are watching the al jazeera news hour, we have these stories in just a moment, an israeli court handing down a sentence, or sentencing to two teenagers found guilty of murdering a palestinian teenager. we are all to scotland where the dramatic price of oil has put tens of thousands out of work. >> six months after winning the world cup, the football team find themselves in a legal battle with their own federation. given way the sides are aligned is certainly different factions are aligned in that war with iran, perhaps backing the regime of saudi arabia, perhaps backing a great many of the difference fractions taking on the government, interesting to see that in london we have iran's foreign minister and i believe he has been on that topic in that relationship between iran and saudi arabia, let's hear from him. >> at though people may differ, we can resolve issues and we did. for 37 years of ba

. >> to the gentlemen from the tennessee talked about the disappointment with the united nations and i want to go back over the points we talked about. our colleague from maryland mentioned the fact the united nations -- or the united states has a similar approach to the sanctions that brought iran to the negotiation table. the sanctions levied against iran brought them to the negotiating table. and the fact the united states has levied almost eight times more sanctions against iran than we have a regime that does poses a nuclear weapon. yng we have more work to -- i think -- but the disappointment with the united nations is well-stated. >> yeah, i think it is good that you bring up the fact that when we began putting these sanctions in place there was a lot of push back because in essence, for those things to work properly, or have make the biggest difference in outcomes is you need to have an international effort that takes place. when we began the iran sanctions process it was unilateral. and i know we passed an amendment in the banking committee with that originated things to put in place to make

the supreme court has referred a case of kumar back >>> the united nations says fighting in one camp in south sudan may constitute a war crime. 18 people were killed including two members from doctors without borders. the camp is offering shelter to civilians in a north-eastern town. >> reporter: this is one of eight u.n. bases in south sudan meant to provide a safe haven for displaced people since the conflict began in 2013. an outbreak of violence between rival groups has left at least 18 people dead and more than 40 people injured, including two staff members of doctors without borders. >> it started between the youth groups fighting each other. >> reporter: fighting broke out in the base in the north-east upper region with clashes continuing into thursday. >> the violence did involve machetes, small arms and was controlled. however the situation remained tense and volatile. >> reporter: over 47,000 people live inside this base with 6,000 u.n. peacekeepers deployed solely to protect the civilians >> i had to remind all the warring parties that the u.n. installations are to be resp

the other nations say they are preparing to put a nuclear weapon on a war head. in last night's debates the candidates insist the u.s. has to do more? >> going to have to get the united states back in the game. if a preemptive strike is necessary to get us back in the game, we should do it. >> what do we do? john bolton is a former ambassador to the united nations and a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. what is jim jong ill up to by launching his missiles? >> this is very serious. it comes just one month after north korea's fourth nuclear test. it is a demonstration, i think, of the concern that the commander of american sources in south korea expressed a few months ago when he said he believed, and the south korean military agreed that north korea was making real progress in miniaturizing their nuclear devices to get them to the size where they could be put under the nose cone of an icbm and they were increasing the capability of their ballistic missiles such that in a very short time they could hit targets on the west coast of the united states, alaska and hawaii more vulnerable. and before then, our allies japan and south korea vulnerable now. this is a majo

. >>> wikileaks demanded the arrest warrant against their founder be dropped. he won the backing of a united nations panel. he's been in hiding in london for more than three years to because swedish prosecutors want allegations. now the group from the u.n. say he's a victim of arbitrary detention and should be set free and compensated. >>> file away. the internal revenue service says it fixed the recent problems, and a big eruption. the latest on activity in the ring of fire coming up on local >>> the internal revenue service is back in business now. the agency says it resumed processing tax returns last night after a computer issue wednesday. the irs said taxpayers should see little if any impact on tax rushes or refunds. >>> president obama is calling for a $10 per barrel tax on oil paid for by oil companies to be investments. it would be applied to imported oil. crude pumped in the u.s. would not be taxed. the proposal is unlike lie to get a republican-controlled congress. they imported 7.4 million bears of oil per day. >>> the dow jones is down 193 117 points. while the s&p 500 is down 31 points

back to afghanistan if i'd any chance of finding out the truth. in 2009, eight years into the war in afghanistan, the united nations started trying to systematically document civilian casualties. 2014 marked the deadliest year on record. i was back in afghanistan to piece together what i could about the fifteen civilians who were killed on august 3rd 2014. i'd been given photographs of some of the people who died. one of those is farid mohammad, a driver with four children. his mother had been with him on the morning of the operation. it was still too dangerous for me to go to charkh, so she came to meet me on the outskirts of kabul. it is extremely rare for a rural pashtun woman to meet with a man she's not related to. she told me that on the morning of august 3rd, she and her son were driving to visit her sister in a village in charkh district for the eid holiday. she saw some soldiers on the roads, but says it was peaceful out. >> amana spent a month in hospital recovering from the loss of her finger and wounds to her abdomen. her son farid mohammad died leaving behind his widow and four children. >> i learned from the un that of the fifteen ci

the fenger back at the opposition. they claim deadly shelling in residential areas of the center came from opposition-controlled territories and it says syrian government forces did not strike back. united nations is stepping up monitoring to try to prevent a recurrence of all-out hostilities. and officials are planning to use the pause in violence to deliver life-saving aid to more than 150,000 besieged syrians. but the extremist groups like the islamic state militants are also complicating the efforts to bring an end to the fighting. they are not part of the agreement and are located in some of the same areas as the opposition. while the truce has reduced the fighting greatly, the bigger issue is finding a lasting peace through u.n.-backed negotiations. the reports of some continued attacks are raising concerns over the resumption, which the united nations is hoping can take place in a week's time if the truce can hold. takafumi terui, nhk world. >>> china's effort to cut excess industrial capacity could result in huge job losses. gene otani has the latest on that and other business items. >>> chinese government officials are projecting 1.8 million people in the coal and steel sectors could l

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meeting to honor the politician and diplomat, the 6th secretary general of the united nations from 1992 to 1996. >>> craig setzer is back, and i know my family and i'm sure getting the kids off to school. >>> i know. it's right during school, and i woke up thinking that doesn't sound good. a few storms, yes, but that noise in that shouldn't be here, and here is the picture from the holladay parkcam where it's a pleasant evening after a raucous start to the day with a lot of clouds covering the sky. it's actually quite nice. 80 and coastal highs near 79. rainfall, we were cold a weeking -- a week ago, and now, another cold front will come back, two cold fronts coming through. winds light out of the west and temperatures comfortable, mid to upper 70s. the cloud cover, the satellite is showing a line of thunderstorms marching out with a lot of high cirrus clouds bigger storm system, deep low pressure in the northeast and you can see the dip in the jet stream outlined there and the next cold front cool us off a bit thursday and friday. 50s and 60s in the northeast and it's warm rain, unusual in february that's falling. 54 i

the next 60 minutes. no turning back and no way out. the united nationsalls on turkey to open its boarder to tens of thousands of desperate syrian refugees. >>> nine dead, more than a hundred injured in germany's worst rail crash in years. >>> i'm in new hampshire. i have been asking first-time voters, what do

the radical islamic terrorists of isis has been escalating into some new territory. there were back-to-back u.s. air strikes in libya. the administration meanwhile is also backing united nationstiative to end the division among the libyan factions and form a united government there. will all this work or will isis continue to expand? retired u.s. navy captain bob welsh joins us. captain, always good to see you. >> great to see you, eric. >> what is so disturbing about this, is icsis, they're pouring thousands of fighters because they see this as a new part of the caliphate. do you think air strikes will work? >> it will have to work in the near term. i think the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff previewed this particular importance of the new area of libya to isis. as we continue to squeeze down on isis in syria and iraq, they're coming to libya, and it's been like this now for the past year and a half in particular. you mentioned the two air strikes that just occurred. they're just the start. we're looking at on the military side making sure we have better reconnaissance, surveillance. we have special forces that are looking at possible areas of interest and targets and

grandparents came from the syrian territory and immigrated to the united states back at the early part of the 1900s, but, so we're a nation that was built on immigrants, vast majority of us are, you know, our ancestors were immigrants, and i think in order to be a strong nation we need to continue to support the new americans that come to our nation. >> thank you, mayor, and thanks so much for your support. this program just would not work without support from mayors such as yourself. it's the strongest element of the program. let me say as an aside my family came to the u.s. when i was 5 years old so i'm an immigrant as well. much appreciate what this country has to offer those that decide to move here. for your question, our goal is to bring in more than 10,000 syrian refugees this fiscal year. we have a plan to achieve that. we think we can make that number, and to significantly increase it next year, but we don't have a specific number for next fiscal year yet. >> we want to help. so thank you. >> i would just say also, thanks to you, mayor. i know you have worked with the small business administration as a part of ou

gardner: the gentleman from tennessee has talked a little bit about the united nations disappointment with the united nations. i wanted to go back over some of the points we talked about earlier today. senator cardin, my colleague from maryland, mentioned the fact that the united nations has very similar -- pro-united states very similar approaches to our sanctions that were brought around to the table in the first place, the negotiation table. the sanctions that we levied against iran brought them to the negotiating table, and the fact that the united states has levied almost eight times more sanctions against iran than we have a regime that does possess a nuclear weapon. i think we have more work to do in the united states. this bill is a great step, but also the united nations and your expression of disappointment with the united nations i think is well stated. mr. corker: i think it's good that you bring up the fact that when we began putting these sanctions in place, there was a lot of pushback because in essence for these things to work properly or have the biggest -- make the biggest difference in outcomes is you didn't h

the islands. mike wankum back with a timeline in a few moments. reid: the united nations called an emergency meeting after north korea' s launch of a long-range rocket. their statement released today strongly condemns north korea' s decision to launch last night. saying it contributes to the ' north' s development of nuclear weapons. j.c.: chipotle is closing all of its chains for a few hours toronto talk about food safety. says they will thank employees for their efforts and talk about more changes to improve safety. the company put in place new steps after an e. coli outbreak in 14 states. in massachusetts, the chain had a separate noah outbreak -- norovirus outbreak. reid: we are in our way to the final kick off -- the kickoff of super bowl 50. at home, people are setting up snacks. but in california, the focus is not just football on the field but security outside the stadium. brandy hits at levi stadium with a preview. brandy: super bowl 50 is finally here. excitement building for the ultimate football showdown between the denver broncos and carolina panthers. at 39,

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back, we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. >> sex violence and disease. it's the seedy underbelly of the united nations effort in haiti. tonight six years after a massive earthquake rocked the haitian capital we'll expose the dark side of international aid work. i'm ali velshi. welcome to part 2 of a special edition of "on target," haiti on shaky ground. the united nations can be a blessing and a curse. but for haiti the western hemisphere's poorest country it's been both. six years ago haiti was devastated by a massive earthquake. its worst natural disaster in more than two centuries. millions of haitians looked to the u.n. for help because the u.n. already had a large presence in haiti and the help did come. governments and private donors pledged more than $13 billion to the relief effort. the u.n. set up temporary housing for thousands of residents. it built schools, hospitals and sanitation systems and the u.n. currently maintains a 380 million dollar annual budget to pay for its peace keeping force in haiti. that pays for the more than 6,000 u.n. soldiers tasked with upholding public security. but the u.n. effort

it is not clear if the man will be extradited back to ohio. >> the united nations says wikileaks founder julian assange should be freed and compensated. the u.n. human rights panel says assange has been arbitrarily detained by britain and sweden since december of 2010. swedish prosecutors want to question assange in connection to a rape. assange sought refuge in london where he's lived since 2012. he has denied the rape allegations. michelle: turning to commitment 2016, the democratic presidential candidates return to the campaign trail after trading jabs in a one on one debate. hillary clinton and bernie sanders faced off in new hampshire last night just primary election. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders turned up the heat in their sharpest exchange yet on msnbc. straight out of the gate a democratic duel. >> let's talk about the issues that divide us. >> clinton, sanders one on wub. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. >> days to go before the new hampshire primary. >> people support me because they nope me, know my life's work. >> climaxing over wall street. >>

the united nations. nbc's dan scheneman has this look back at his life and his legacy. a distinguished lawyer and international diplomat... boutros boutros-ghali became the first arab and the first african to be appointed u-n secretary general in 1992. he was born into a wealthy family in egypt's coptic-christian community in 1922. he served as egypt's foreign minister and deputy prime minister after he entered politics. but his real fame came as the secretary general of the united nations. during his five-year term in office, he oversaw peace-keeping operations in bosnia, somalia and rwanda. "unless we will receive a massive support from the donor countries, we will not be able to solve the problems of rwanda." he pushed for u-n mediation in "we are the custodians of the dream of global cooperation." but he was criticized for the u-n's lack of response in its peace-keeping role, and he often disagreed with the u-s on policy decisions. in 1996, the u-s vetoed his bid for a second term, and kofi annan was appointed to succeed him. after he left the u-n, he continued publi

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the engineer. >>> welcome back. and a reminder of the stop stories. the united nationsade a desperate plea to turkey to open its boarder with syria to let refugees across. at least nine people have been killed in a high-speed collision between two trains in germany. both drivers are reported to have died. and more than a hundred people have been injured. >>> and voting has begun in new hampshire in the first primary to elect a republican and democratic nominee to run for president. >>> south africa's president is facing a legal battle that could force him to repay millions in state funds that he used to renovate his home. the case was brought against opposition parties to combat what they are calling corruption and coneyism. they are outraged the taxpayer has to foot the bill for the renovations. >> reporter: thousands of opposition supporters, push, shove, and march through the city center. they are going to south africa's constitutional court where judges are hearing a case on whether the president should repay the bill for improvements to his homes. >> we want to wit

president and the former interior minister has the president's party, the united national alliance as a support base but will voters back on polling day? there were two women candidates. one is running for president for the third time, a respected politician with a track record for good governanceance and anti-corruption policies. >> po is the adopted daughter of a famous philippine actor, a popular senator, popular with young voters. >> another is mayor of the southern city of darvo. prompting to clean up criminality as he did in his home city. each candidate has a larger than live pers live personalty which has been seen in the past as an advantage at election time. >> philippine elections have always been conducted through the lens of popularity. it is something to do with the lack of strong political institutions, notably pro-democratic parties that could present a plan of action or vision for the country. >> reporter: the issues the next pets have, many working abroad send money home. the global slow down may be more return home to the philippines. will the economy be able to absorb them? the next president will ha

suddenly arrested last october, and weeks later despite objections from the united nations, he and another chinese exile were extradited backhina where they appeared in this confession broadcast on chinese state tv. gushu was left in shock. >> translator: the chinese government pressured him for so long that he ran away. why did they still need to chase us? >> reporter: for decades critics have -- seeking refuge here in thailand. now chinese dissidents in bangkok tell me they live in constant fear of being snatched and dragged back home by chinese security services. >> reporter: this is another chinese pro-democracy activist who ran away to thailand. she hasn't been back to her bangkok apartment in days. too frightened, she says, after at least four chinese dissidents disappeared from thailand in less than four months. >> these are your documents. >> yeah. >> she and a fellow chinese dissident have applied for asylum as political refugees with the u.n. in an effort to escape the long arm of the chinese law. >> the decision to run away from your country, that's a very difficult and very big decision to make. >> translator: i

the first year. we will have to look for this establishing of this nation. >> reporter: last year a united nations-backed commission led an investigation that took down dozens of politicians, including the country's president. >> experience shows that international missions can succeed. with a term of four years. they may have a similar opportunity for change. >>> thousands of refugees are stranded in northern greece near the border with macedonia, hundreds of refugees decided to block the entry as macedonia stopped letting them through. the greek government rejected a number of people. we go to the border for the latest. >> translation: there's just a few people inside the official stop. i'll move out against here. what happened is that the border has been closing down for internationals. but also the border between macedonia and serbia. >> we were in macedonia earlier in the day, and macedonian officials said it's not our fault. now, this caused panic everyone left the reception center and walked all the way here. pictures were reminiscent of the summer. now they are stranded here, and the afghans maki

most of the fighting was going back and forth in the first year between the north korean army, and south korea, supported by the united nations. the clash between communism and capitalism, the struggle throughout the cold war between the east and the west. the korean war is the manifestation of this. this is the first conflict of the cold war, the first real military action taken by the united nation, which had verily, to existence. and truman's first real foray into the policy of containment, make sure that communism does not spread elsewhere. this is the struggle between ending the war as quickly as possible, and in the meantime, macarthur has been relieved of his duties, due to insubordination. one of the people is this man, the vice admiral. this is colored pencil, highlighting how talented the artist is. the chinese cannot fight without the soviets, so they decide to finally make progress towards the cease-fire. this is the painting depicting the signing of the armistice. the korean war does not actually and with a peace agreement, and ends with an armistice being signed. a continual cease-fire. the thing that has held u

president you spoke about bringing back a real sense of sovereignty to haiti, bringing back the national military. today, the united nations still takes care of much of the security in the country. that vision of yours for haiti run by its own military and its own civilian government going to come to pass? >> as a matter of fact, we have made tremendous advancement in that sense. keep in mind that for us to be men today, we were some days we were babies. we grew up or became men. same thing for a government, same thing for a country to be developed. >> mr. president your country has relied heavily on foreign aid groups. how have the foreign aid groups affected haiti from the way the aid is delivered to the conduct of u.n. peace keepers, the cholera outbrak what's the mood in haiti about he's foreign aid organizations? >> i must tell you ali that aid has been probably bigger disaster than earthquake itself for not being organized. of course today most of the ngos, most of them are either out of haiti or aliernd wit alir views. today we oar government that are sitting down with our partners, to define our priorities.

the of aviation unit started back in 1971. >> meanwhile, north carolina's air national guard base in charlotte said it is once closer to receiving 8 of these massive c17 aircrafts. if president obama's budgeted proposal passes, the military would swap the c17 for the airlift smaller c130s. the air national guard says the c17 is for heavy military cargo. to see them flying low. and today, a little windy for any flight. >> we're going to calm the winds down. and push the temperatures up the next few days. still chilly tomorrow. but as we head through the weekend and the early part of next week, we're going to start to run temperatures well into the 60s. so it's a welcome break from the winter chill. then those powerful storms. live warning doppler 9. nothing going on in the charlotte area. a few mountain snow showers. all that is left. down to 47 in charlotte and valentine. 46 now in belmont. readings in the low 40s, up toward hickory and statesville. at or below freezing all over the high country. future cast overnight tonight, quickly. but as i showed you a while die down. that's good

the next 60 minutes. no turning back and no way out. the united nationsalls on turkey to open its boarder to tens of thousands of desperate syrian refugees. >>> nine dead, more than a hundred injured in germany's worst rail crash in years. >>> i'm in new hampshire. i have been asking first-time voters, what do think they about the presidential candidates. >>> and angry protesters demand that south africa's president repay taxpayer's money he used for home improvements. ♪ >>> the united nations has called on turkey to open its borders to syrian refugees fleeing fighting in adepot. tens of thousands of people are stranded at the boarder. but turkey's foreign minister has warned that if the regime's military campaign continues the number of refugees could reach a million. let's take you live now to the turkish city near the syrian border. stephanie decker is there. stephanie why don't turkey allow these people to cross its border? >> reporter: well, what the officials here say is that at the moment they can handle them perfectly where they are. they say we c

the table. >>> welcome back. new this morning, united nations panel has ruled out that wicky leagues founder julian assange has been detained illegally. he's wanted for questioning in sweden. hen thes the allegations. the british and swedish governments say the ruling is not legally binding. it's not clear when he'll leave the embassy. >>> our time is 5:23. president obama honored the world's best basketball team. >> give it up for the nba championship golden state warriors. >> you knew who i was talking about. >> warriors were at the white house, and they presented the 44th president with a jersey with the number 44. turn it around, mr. president. he congratulated the team for play on the court and involvement off the court. and he threw in a couple of jokes. >> you accomplished big things and racked up a great record and don't get enough credit. [ applause and cheering ] >> i can't imagine how that feels. >> yeah. president obama said the steph curry was a pretty good shooter but clay thompson had the prettier shot. the warriors released video of the team touring the white house. and the coach joked that when pre

should have some dryer weather setting up for the weekend can get these creek streams rivers are going back down arrested by british police, if a united nations group decides that the three years he spent holed up in the ecuadorean embassy does not amount to illegal detention. writing on the wikileaks twitter account last night, assange said if the u- n finds he has lost his case against the u- k and sweden, he'll turn himself into police at noon tomorrow. assange took refuge in ecuador's british embassy to avoid extradition to accused him of sexual assault. democrats hillary clinton and bernie head-to-head tonight, in their fifth debate. debate since martin o'malley dropped out of the race. and as weijia jiang reports, the leading republicans in the campaign are still bickering over the results from iowa. (track 1) republican senator ted cruz met with voters in new thursday morning (quick sot) while he continues his war of words with donald trump (sot cruz last night) i don't think people temper (vo) in a series of trump accused during the iowa caucuses. the republican party disagreed...and made the results there official. (tweet) but overni

turkish hospitals, the turks may be tempted to intervene themselves, to defend both civilians and rebels and push back the kurds. >> sreenivasan: turkey also rebuked the united nationsay for insisting that it take in thousands of syrian refugees from aleppo. the turkish prime minister said that would amount to aiding in "ethnic cleansing". back in this country, the u.s. senate moved to impose new sanctions on north korea, after its recent nuclear test and satellite launch. the legislation targets the communist state's ability to access money for nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. a similar version already passed the house. and wall street struggled to a mixed finish after oil prices sank again. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 100 points to close at 15,914. the nasdaq rose almost 15 points but the s&p 500 slipped a fraction of a point. still to come on the newshour: how candidates hope to sway the south's more diverse electorate. where leaders of "the arab spring" are five years later. the c.i.a. deputy director warns of imminent terror threats. and much more. >> sreenivasan: we look ahead now to thursday's democratic presidential debate, and the

his son is accused of cooperating with the united states and was arrested back in together. he's the first american national arrested by iran since last month's prisoner spap wi swap. >>> a plane passes people when it loses cabin pressure. it was headed to san antonio texas from washington, d.c. when it lost pressure over east texas. it descended 10,000 feet before making an emergency landing at dallas fort worth around 8:00 last night. >>> we return to extreme weather. storms combatbattering the east. >> 15 tornados in florida, north carolina and virginia combined. this is a wide swath of area severe winds and flipping cars over and ripping roofs off of homes. white out conditions, stranding drivers and delaying flights there. >> we are tracking the storm. i was terrified a tree was going to come down. i didn't sleep all night. >> the lightning was like springtime. >> we had a severe thunderstorm watch in effect issued during the nighttime hours. the storms were battling the mid atlantic producing thunderstorms out there and brought severe weather across parts of the northeast. here's a look at the tornado

>>> no going back and no way out, the united nations calls on turkey to open its border to tens of thousands of desperate syrian refugees. hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead, nine dead and more than 100 injured in germany's worst rail crash in years. plus. >> i'm in new hampshire, i've been asking first time voters what do they think about the presidential candidates. >>> angry protestors demand south africa's president repay taxpayer money he used on home improvements. >>> the united nations called on turkey to open its border to syrian refugees fleeing fighting in aleppo. tens of thousands of people are currently stranded at the border, but turkey's foreign minister warns that if the regime's military campaign continues, the number of new refugees could reach a million. it's asking the international community for help. more now from al jazeera's zeina hodor on the turkey-syria border. >> there is a humanitarian crisis, tens of thousands of people are on the move displaced by the on going government offensive in the countryside of aleppo. the turkish government has not ope

back the government in tobruk. taking over oil fields, kidnapping and killing hostages, i.s.i.l. released video which appears to show the downing of a fighter jet. the united nations has been trying to get a plit agreement l agreement signed for years through bernadino leon. he was discredited after it was revealed he was backed by a high paying government, unity talks sponsored by morocco, libya's politicians are now urging the world oto support the newly formed unity government. >> translator: we call on all regional powers to support the libyan people's efforts by backing this unity government. we call on the international community to do the same. >> freedom as prosperity is hoped but now the hope is that political stability will help achieve those goals. jamal el shael, al jazeera. >>> form he president ehuud olmert is beginning aing prison term. from 2006 olmert is the first israeli premier to be imprisoned. released this statement hours before starting this sentence. >> translator: when i was prime minister i was granted the highest responsibility to protect the citizens of israel and today i'm the one who's going to be locked behind bars. this change is pa

the lanes. spots in my next report. back to gene and gayle. >>> while you were sleeping, a united nations panel ruled wiki leaks founder is being detained by britain and sweden. the panel believes the detention should end and he should be entitled to compensation. he has been holed up in london since 2012 when he claimed asylum. swedish prosecutors want to question him over accusations of rape. he denies the ab observations. >>> a doctor accused of raping a patient. police arrested a well known neurosurgeon at his home. melanie michael looks at the shocking accusations. >> good morning from clear. dr. john dragis is in big trouble right now. i want to show you where all of this happened. behind the closed doors this of clear water. it is the most sacred of places, where you're vulnerable. sharing your most private information with a person you trust completely, at least, that is what you think. dr. john dragis had a stellar reputation for being trust worthy. >> i had high reguards for him. i would recommend him to everybody. >> one by one, compliment after compliment, patients saying the praises of the doctor and his wo

the united nations. [applause] i argued this case twice in front of the u.s. supreme court and on the other side was the world court, was the united nations, was 90 foreign nations. my wife and i met backn the bush campaign. we were one of eight marriages that came out of that campaign. [laughter] so a lousy joke i have told many times, whatever anyone else says about george w. bush, in our house he will always be a uniter and not a divider. [laughter] [applause] but in this instance president bush received some poor advice and he signed a two paragraph order that ordered the state courts to obey the world court. i tell you, it was an interesting conversation i had with my boss at the time, attorney general greg abbott, now the governor of texas. it was an unusual thing for texas to be opposing the president of the united states for the supreme court, particularly when that president was a texan, was a republican, was our former governor, and was a friend. and yet i'm proud to tell you that twice i went before the u.s. supreme court and argued neither the world court nor the united nations had any jurisdictions in the united states of america. [applause] and number two, no president, d

all, the people running the program, the united nations and britain and the u.s., they control the embargo committee and they knew that. they were getting reports back. one of the most shocking documents i found, it was on the internet at some of the else had found, the intelligence agency did a study in 1990, after the bombings occurred and a leading up to the first gulf war. showing iraqidy water vulnerabilities. why were they studying the vulnerabilities of the waterproof occasion -- water and theyion system predicted that if it could not. -- and itre would be happened because the united states and england prevented iraq from importing things to rebuild the system. question about: the impact of this book. fundamentally, the american identity has a sense of virtue and self-righteousness, especially on international matters. in that sense, what you can see on display for the state of the union is fundamental to the way that americans think about themselves and it goes back into history. they are more than willing to incompetence, but never evil. , theytry and go there have little future in this country and it is no surprise that this stuff does not

national nurses united was the first nationwide union to endorse sanders back in august... and today its reno on a large bus to support sanders ahead of the democratic caucus. david welch/registered nurse: "he is the candidate who really matches our values and is talking about the same issues we've been talking about for years and years, we go back 25 years with working towards trying to promote single payer health care for example and he's really the one candidate that's taken that position on." welch says its union members gave overwhelming support to sanders during a poll of its nearly 185-thousand members. former florida governor and g- o-p presidential candidate jeb bush is returning to reno next week ahead of the republican caucus. bush will hold a town hall in reno monday starting at 6 p-m at huffaker elementary school in reno. doors open at 5 p-m. businessman donald trump is scheduled to make a campaign stop next tuesday at the nugget casino resort in sparks. doors open at 10 a.m., with the actual and texas senator ted cruz will also be campaigning in northern nevad

of the reasons why many nations who have receed billions from the united states and we are giving them, i think afghanistan needs 15 billion to rebuild. only us could blow up a nation and come back and say, now we are going to help you put it back together. i want to show you something here. this is very interesting. receive millions from us, hate us and despise us? why don't they change when we give them five billion? why does a nation change when you give them 500 million? you can't learn from someone you despise. parasites in your hand, proteges want what is in your heart. parasites want what you have learned. proteges want what you have learned. big difference. >> number three, what you make happen for others, god will make happen for you. >> oh, boy. >> that is the single greatest success key i've ever learn indeed my whole lifetime. singet greatest. god gave it at 2:30 a.m. on a five-day fast in hoton, texas. 2:30 a.m. in my garage. i thought, i know that, that is the golden rule. he said, no it's not. read it. i wrote it down, what you make happen. he says i will make happen for you. this is incredible. life if you treat somebody right they will treat you right. you ever

the man was shot and killed by police. >>> a landmark united nations- backed cease-fire is now in effect this is the first major truce in a five-year civil war in syria that has claimed more than 270,000 lives. the cease-fire has been in effect for about five hours now. the u.s. and russia helped broker the deal. both countries admit that enforcing this thing will be very difficult. already, this year tens of thousands of syrians have fled the country. >>> the tragedy hit home for an east bay man. our elizabeth cook on why he refused to sit by and do nothing. >> i was born and raised in syria and ended up here in the united states for the past 22 years. um, i have most of my family still back at home in syria [ non-english language ] has to keep his head in contracts and grants for his job at uc- berkeley but his heart is with the refugees streaming out of syria. >> recently in november last november, i lost a brother and his 22-year-old son so sort of that was my changing point. >> reporter: so he launched syrian united refugee fund, or surf. several of his friends jumped in to help and

his son is accused of cooperating with the united states and was arrested back in together. he's the first american national arrested by iran since last month's prisoner spap wi swap. >>> a plane passes people when it loses

hard to explain to the opposition block that they should come back to the negotiating table, because they feel they were given assurances and they have been mislead. >>> the united nationsow asking for $9 billion in aide. they topped that reaching $10 billion. >>> wick key leaks founder says he will turn himself in if the u.n. says he should. he is trying to avoid extradition to sweden where he is wanted in connection to a sex abuse scandal. >>> when we come a back, a new warning that has some furious. >>> authorities in wisconsin are investigating a bomb threat against the sheriff's office that was featured in that netflix series making a murder. the caller references justice for steven, in reference to convicted killer steven avery. the sheriff's office has received criticism for its handling of a murder investigation. >>> the sexual assault case against bill cosby is moving forward, the judge turning down a defense request. john terrett has the latest. >> reporter: at the end of two days of pretrial hearing in the cosby case, a bomb shell testimony from andrea's civil lawyer. the woman at the center of the case. pushing back at virtually everybody said on the stand b