. >> a little boy thousands of miles from his homeland learning life lessons on a unicycle, a programiving kids who need it a lift. >> a very cold air mass sitting over the north-east and the great lakes. icy pictures coming in from niagra falls. it's a beautiful shot. and we are seeing a lot of icy conditions. people practicing ice climbing in so many places across the canadian border and even into the u.s. especially midwest, all the way to nebraska, oklahoma, and ice on the ground and difficult travel conditions. starting out cold again this morning. teens for new york and washington. warmer than you were before when we had all-time records set in dover and atlantic city. you look at houston, barely above the freezing mark. you had icy conditions with freezing rain yesterday and now things are improving as the system moves out. now we are focussing on the west. a lot of rain coming down. big concerns from northern california, up in washington and oregon. avalanche danger, rock slides and flooding on rivers as temperatures are warming up. 65 in san francisco, 58 in seattle. a lot of

. >>> batman here set up a camera to catch his unicycle performance. >> i'm so glad he did these. >>tes it hard, doesn't he? >> see why there's nothing super about this stunt. >> oh! [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today. ♪ >>> another fantastic moment captured by a go pro camera. this is little carly hensen an adore automobile young girl ice skating on a frozen pond in nantucket, massachusetts, and this is a beautifully shot video both from carly's perspective and from the ice itself kind of showing carly's performance as she figure skates on this frozen pond. it's beautiful. >> and it looks so pristine, so majestic it's almost like a fairy tale. >> she is pulling some pretty spectacular moves. some spins, some turns. so graceful on t

. >>> batman here set up a camera to catch his unicycle performance. >> i'm so glad he did these. >>s it hard, doesn't he? >> see why there's nothing super about this stunt. >> oh! >>> another fantastic moment captured by a go pro camera. this is little carly hensen an adore automobile young girl ice skating on a frozen pond in nantucket, massachusetts, and this is a beautifully shot video both from carly's perspective and from the ice itself kind of showing carly's performance as she figure skates on this frozen pond. it's beautiful. >> and it looks so pristine, so majestic it's almost like a fairy tale. >> she is pulling some pretty spectacular moves. some spins, some turns. so graceful on the ice like a little princess. >> i could watch this all day. >> she is so darn cute. the white ice juxtaposed against the brush and the blue sky. it's beautiful. >> i love that angle she had when she was doing the spin and you could see her shadow spin around. >> i think she'll end up being an olympic medalist. go usa. >>> it is national pancake week according to bisquick. a reason to celebrate

they ride on unicycles and play basketball. >> wow. perfect for march madness. >> it is. >> you have a comedy troupe as well. >> it's alex and irene that. they're fabulous. there's one act that they do, they bring back old time vaudeville. they do a ski act. it includes acrobatics and tap dancing on skis. they have this one magic act-- >> acrobats on skis. >> it's fabulous. they also do a magic act that i have friends and family, they've come back to see the show just to watch the blowoff of their magic act. >> that's the magic act. but you're here to tell us about something even more special. your ticket for the only gets you into the circus but for young people, an amazing behind- the-scenes access built to amaze. tell us about that. >> yes. we have an all access preshow. if you have a ticket purchased, you're welcome to come on to the arena floor one hour before the show, and you can interact with our two-legged and four- legged friends. learn some acrobatics, some circuit tricks, clowning. >> you have something to teach us? >> i do

. >> the unicycle is zachariah modi's favourite, and the high wire the hardest. there's tutoring in between. it's free, but zachariah modi's sister knows it is invaluable. she knows first hand, because she had been there too. >> we are still affected by what is around us. it gives you two hours in a day in which you are not. >> zachariah modi's future - he is juggling that. >> i want to be a doctor. they can give me money, i can give it to charity. >> or a cameraman. >> and for zachariah modi, all the falls at "circesteem" helped him find the best in himself. >> coming up, the latest on the crisis in ukraine, including the report on the civilians caught in the middle. plus, cold coin caper. a surprising turn in this $10 million mystery. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm john seigenthaler in new york. we have a lot to cover this half hour, and among the stories we are covering, suing mum and dad. an 18-year-old goes to court trying to force her parents to pay for her education. >> the big chill - a rough winter puts small business in survivor mode. >> mar

. >> the unicycle is zachariah's favorite. it's all free for zachariah, but his sister feels that what the circus does for him is invaluable. she knows firsthand because she used to be in this too. >> the gang bang members in the streets, we still get affected by what's around us, but i guess it gives you two hours in a day in which you're not. >> and zachariah's future? well, he's still juggling that. >> i would really like to work as a doctor, and i think my boss will give me money so i can give it to charity. idle really like to be a cameraman and do a circus theme. >> and for zachariah, all of those falls of circus themes have helped him find the best in himself. andy rosa, chicago. >> coming up, fighting banned same-sex marriages in kentucky. the governor has a new legal challenge. and plus this.... >> most holes in the midterm primaries have closed. and we're in a state that's red that democrats are trying to turn blue. >> meteorological winter is now over, that was why not and february, and we had all-time record lows r

i'm sure they'll have your unicycle and still parking available. more parking in the south bay today as well where the saratoga blossom festival will have you strolling amongst the antique cars parked there while listening to the tunes of the '30s and '40s in the saratoga heritage orchard in 19 hnle they started the celebration when the drought ended then. quite the opposite these days. nevertheless you enjoy the day out there told. whatever you drive we'll get you through that monday morning commute right here on "today in the bay." >>> and we have some breaking news for you now at 7:50 this morning. we're just getting reports from the san ta clara county sheriff's office that a deputy has fired on a suspect in the hills above morgan hill and san martine, the intersection of croix road and esther lake and there's a manhunt ongoing right now so if you live on croix road in that area the sheriff's office is urging you to stay inside, lock your doors and do not go outside until they locate a suspect. sheriff's deputies showed up to the scene on repor

akin to trying to juggle while you're on a unicycle blind. can pick up the craziest analogy possible. >> reporter: what would the passengers feel? >> very unstable, possibly unconscious. if you wanted to kill your passengers, this would be a good way to do it. >> reporter: there's no way to each simulate dropping 40,000 feet in a minute. but we're going to push the plane as steeply as we can and there's all sorts of things that go wrong. what is this telling us? >> that we're sinking close to -- this is 40,000 feet per minute, approaching 700 miles an hour. the plane would be breaking apart at this point. >> reporter: this is where stuff is falling off the aircraft at this point. it would make it almost impossible to fly, which then that brings us to the next thing, trying to level off to think that this airplane was then reported to level off at 23,000 feet, it's hard to believe it was still structurally in tact to do that. and then the g-forces alone on the passengers would be -- >> astronomical. >> reporter: almost to the point of lethal.

akin to trying to juggle while you're on a unicycle. you can think of the craziest analogy possible. >> what would thex[÷tÑ passenge feeling? >> very unstable. hard to breathe. close to being unconscious.ñ/÷r if you wanted to kill your passengers, this is a good way to do it. >> now let's push it down. there's no way to tryoquu even a minute.dropping 40,000 feeté it's just -- it can't be done, x2 we're his thing, but going to push the plane as steeply as we can and you'll begin to see there's all sorts of things that start to go wrong. you get the signaling. what is this telling us? >> this is telling us that we're sinking at close to -- this is 40,000 feet per minute approaching 700 miles an hour. i mean, this is -- the plane would be breaking apart at this point. >> this is where stuff is falling off the aircraft at this point, i mean, major stuff. there could be structural damage that would make it almost impossible to fly, which then that brings us to the next thing, trying to level off. to think that this airplane reported leve

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. >> a little boy learning some lessons in life from a unicycle. >> kenya is home to one of the great dynasties in all of sports. we'll look at how they intend to keep their dominance going for another generation. >> no doubt about it, innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america >> good morning, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. ahead in our next half hour, some of the possible reasons behind russian president vladimir putin's actions in ukraine. also, remembering hugo chavez one year after his death, how things have changed for the people of venezuela. >> in the next hour, dispel common myths about allergies. first, secretary of state john kerry is in paris for face-to-face talks with his russian counterpart. they will attempt to diffuse the ukraine crisis diplomatically. tuesday, kerry toured a memorial in kiev to victim