. >> that is al jazeera's james bays for us in geneva. >>> 17 dead following the suicide bombing in afghanistan, officials saying that a man got in line with police recruits in kabul and set off his explosives near the gate of the building there. 25 others have been injured. the taliban claims responsibility for this attack. >>> when we come back, back behind bars, police catch three escaped california inmates. they are still looking for clues how they managed to escape in the first place. >> as the caucuses begin in iowa, hillary clinton back on the defense over her emails. >> a live look at des moines, iowa, the center at least for now of the political universe. they are getting ready for the caucuses tonight. americans will get their say in the elections, the candidates is yourying for support. our reporter ran into hillary clinton at a coffee shop. poles show donald trump is leading. that is a picture of the meeting in the coffee shop. hillary clinton with a slim lead over her closest rival, bernie sanders. >>> clinton defending the latest controversy over her emails, dismissing concerns ov

. >> that is al jazeera's james bays for us in geneva. >>> 17 people are dead following a suicide bombing in afghanistan. officials say a man got in line with police recruits in kabul. he then set off his explosives near the gate of a police building. twenty others have been injured. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. >>> new details emerging this morning in a series of deadly attacks in nigeria. witnesses say gunmen fire bombed huts and opened fire on civilians in a northeastern village saturday. at least 86 people were killed and dozens more badly burned. the attackers are believed to be members of boko haram and also tried to storm a refugee camp but were fought off by troops. >>> a diverse cast of characters. >> change is inevitable, so might as well wrap your mind around it and let's go. >> the screen actors guild celebrates diversity on the heels of actors so white controversy. >>> federal investigators are expect to release more details today about a fatal train crash that happened last year. it was on may 12 when an amtrak train derailed near philadelphia kill

. >> mohammed jamjoom for us in geneva. mohamed as always, thank you very much.hen he come back, bill cosby back in court today. the latest attempt to have those sexual assault charges against him dismissed. >>> and president obama going to a mosque today. >>> house republicans are vowing to press on even after their latest effort to end obamacare failed. they couldn't muster the votes to override the president's veto. the house needed a two-thirds majority to do so. it failed on a final vote of 241-186. >>> a bill undermining the iranian deal has now cleared the senate that measure restricts the president's ability to lift sanctions against iran. even if it passes the senate, the president says he will veto it. in just about an hour the president will make his first visit to a mosque in the united states. the white house says the president will focus on the need to speak out against bigotry and promote religious freedom. the number of hate crimes against american muslims spiking in recent months after those attacks in paris and san bernardino, california. mike v

our correspondent is live for us in geneva. yesterday we saw both sides talking to the media. what can we expect today? >> reporter: i will try to breakdown the schedule as we've been told it will go today. right now behind this hotel there are supposed to be meetings going on this morning, delegates, members of the opposition, the high negotiation council, they can agree on how to go forward. they're also expected to meet later today with staffan de mistura, the u.n. envoy staffan de mistura for syria, although the opposition here has stressed on many occasions that just because they may meet at the u.n. with staffan de mistura does not mean they are actually taking part in these talks, whether you want to call them negotiations or proximity talks as we've heard. in the next couple of hour we are expecting there be a meeting at the u.n. between the delegation and staffan de mistura to try to get that going forward. it has been quite chaotic on the ground here. schedules that may be agreed in the morning are not adhered to. things change, sometimes minute by minute, sometimes

so let's get the latest from our correspondent who is live for us in geneva. yesterday we saw both sides talking to the media but not to each other. what can we expect today? >> reporter: that's right. yesterday was a pretty chaotic day. today what we've heard so far as the schedule so far would go like this. at some point in the next couple of hours at this hotel behind us we're expecting that members of the syrian opposition and the high negotiations committee will be meeting to iron out how exactly they go forward so that they can agree on several points today. before they meet later in the day, possibly in the afternoon, possibly in the evening, with the u.n. for syria staffan de mistura. aside from that staffan de mistura will be meeting, as expected, with members of the syrian regime delegation. so there will be talks as we've heard so far with members of the opposition and members of the regime with staffan de mistura. besides that we don't know much yet. we don't know beyond if there will be any more talks, if there will be talks throughout the evening

they talked to us in geneva. >> discussions are going on. making some is progress.see what happens the next weeks and months. mark: they won't say whether they will come up with a solution by march 24. that is the deadline set by a federal judge. citigroup will buy american expresses hope for leo credit card loans. gain $1 expected to billion from the sale. goes --rompted by cost cosco's changing. buyers may be turned off by turmoil in the financial markets. knightsbridge, prices fell 7%. that's the latest business flash. rock last night, chris address the elephant in the room. >> i'm here at the academy awards, also known as the white people's choice awards. if they nominated hosts, i would not get this job. this is the 88 academy awards. that means this black nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times. all of the controversy did not do much to boost ratings. early estimates show the ratings hit an eight year low. let's get more on the shock and from our entertainment reporter. what do you think? he was very funny. there is a little bit of truth to what he

. >> reporter: full coverage in geneva with our diplomatic ed tore james base and zaina covering turkey and let's go to james base who is in geneva for us mentioned and james we know the syrian regime has held several towns in siege, stopping food and medicine from entering, will this latest declaration from the u.n. human rights chief have any impact on the syrian government's participation in the talks? >> i don't think it will affect the government side but i think the reason you are hearing this right now and we also heard statements not just from the human rights office but in resent days from humanitarian officials last week a big news conference from them and yes they are serious officials dealing with the subject area, they are independent from the human rights office and says what it needs to say about human rights but they are part of the united nations and i think the fact they are speaking now is deliberate and we saw u.s. secretary of state john kerry speak and hoping the opposition are hearing all these messages, the opposition are hearing that other people are raising the same issues that they are making because there is

going to stay and negotiate or whether they're leaving. >> that is al jazeera's james bays for us in genevacide bombings in damascus threaten peace talks. more than 70 people were killed in this heavily guarded area near a shia shrine. isil claimed responsibility for the blast. secretary john kerry said it underscores why peace talks must succeed. >> while battlefield dynamics affect negotiating leverage, in the end, there is no military solution to the conflict. without negotiations the bloodshed will drag on until every form of infrastructure and every semblance of civilization i guess destroyed. >> our covering is continued from turkey. >> it is described as one of the worst attacks in government controlled damascus. dozens of people killed, the target is a shia district in the capital. it's clearly an attack which has a sectarian nature, isil claiming responsibility and really, this his in line with its policy. attacks like this only increase sectarian tensions and isil cannot thrive unless there is political instability, a security vacuum, so like i mentioned, the shia district, we als

talks in geneva condemned the offensive and proving that the groups are not seeking peace. >> reporter: as the talks are taking place in geneva, tell us what is happening on the ground in syria. >> reporter: no let up in the fighting, no easing of the conflict on the ground. the army, as well as its allies in the northern countryside of aleppo, a strategic corner of syria. the army is trying to advance north and two towns. we understand they're only 6 kilometers away from those towns and once they reach those towns they will be able to cut the road, the only rebel supply line from the turkish border to rebel controlled areas inside the city of aleppo. so, basically, they will cut the links between rebel-controlled areas in the city of aleppo to the northern countryside. many of the opposition fear that there are tens of thousands of people inside the city who live in rebel-controlled areas and they will be under siege. this offensive is take ignore place while efforts to bring about peace are happening in geneva. what the government has been trying to do is cut the rebel supply lines to turkey because turkey has been their lifelong. t

. >> james bays is live for us once again in geneva. what are they hoping the two sides are going to achieve during this three-week break? >> felicity, i don't know its anything to do in some ways with what the two sides could do here. it's about what is going on in syria. let me take you back to how the opposition came here. they were told that some of their concerns about the humanitarian situations about detainees were going to be made. they were given assurances that you come here to geneva and something will happen. the government will give a gesture pretty much on day one. that didn't happen. what happened was the reverse. what happened was the increase in the violence. a new initiative around aleppo about the syrian government, back by russian bombardment. when they came here this morning, he came here to this hotel, i was in the hospital all afternoon because the opposition wouldn't go to the u.n. i was just outside of the room, i was told it was an intense and emotional meeting that they had with the special envoy. the special

in geneva collapse. the world news from al jazeera. also coming up, britain's prime minister calls for billions more in aid for syria's refugees as donors meet in london. obama uses a visit to a mosque to take a stand against bigotry and an attack on islam is an attack on all faith. the u.n. mass suspended talks at ending syria's five year war. the government and opposition blame each other after the collapse after just two days. on the ground the war rages on. it appears that the regime is winning. they are claiming a major victim in aleppo with the support of russian air power. in a moment we will have the latest on the frighting, firstly get's get more on the stalled talks from our correspondent who is in geneva. >> reporter: just give us an jaup date of what has happened-- an update on what has happened >> reporter: today we are just expecting members of the main opposition negotiating the delegation here, they're going to be departing. it is really a pessimistic mood here. it has been progressively more and more pessimistic the last two days. it was pretty apparent early in the day yesterday that the talks were really close to collapse. even though staffan d

in geneva. mohammed jamjoom is in geneva for us. where do things stand as far as these talks? eporter: we have new developments to report this hour, foley, the head of the hnc, the main opposition negotiating body here in geneva he has arrived, got here in the last hour, went directly to the president wilson hotel where the rest of his delegation is staying. also we just got word that staffan de mistura, that he has also gone to the wilson hotel to meet with him and other members of the hnc. clearly this is a way to try to save these talks from collapsing. everything has been at a stand still all day today. now you have these meetings happening. we have been told in the last couple of hours that perhaps the hnc, after he arrived here, that perhaps they would come to the u.n. today around 5:00 pm local time to lodge a formal protest over what is going on in aleppo now. but that didn't happen. now they are having those meetings, so we're eager to find out what is going to happen. a lot of speculation about whether these talks can actually be saved, because they do seem to be clos

. >>> while the fighting rages in the epo, the government opposition are in geneva for talks. joining us from geneva, mohamed, how much of an impact are the on the ground in syria having on the ground in syria? >> reporter: it's having a very big impact today, barbara. throughout the day, we heard many times from the agency that's behind the negotiations committee, the main opposition negotiating body here in geneva, complaining about the fact that this bombardment was still going on, and that russia was still very much aiding the regime of bashar al-assad in their quest to take over more and more territory. in advance as they have been in the last few days in aleppo. it's a great concern in aleppo and others in the talks. in fact, last night, you had the uk's foreign secretary, phillip hammond, very critical of what the russians are doing in sir ja, and questioning how they can be part of the peace talks when they're in fact aiding the remim of bashar al-assad in syria, and bombarding so much of the country there. so it really is casting a pall on these talks. one of the things today th

in syria, the turkish spokesman expressed his skepticism the cease-fire would work. >> so far, the syrian regime has used these negotiations, such as the talks in vienna and geneva, as the pretext to gain time. we hope this time the outcome will be different. but the worsening conditions on the ground to not help us to be hopeful. reporter: the temporary truce well include international forces, but international power's will be able to strike extremist groups such as the islamic state and the all nusra front. after five years of fighting, this brings at least a little hope, but it remains to be seen what impact it will have on the conflict in syria. brent: some things are already lost forever. one of the most important cultural centers of the ancient world is a unesco world heritage site or it would be if the syrian city of palmira were not under the control of the islamic state. the islamic state has destroyed and looted much of the site. reporter: when the world learned that islamist extremists had destroyed palmira, many feared that history would be lost. but they found a surprising piece of its heritage -- 40 drawings by the french archaeologist and artist who v

in geneva in early march. it has been the russian strategy to use muscle to force -- to the negotiation table. russia has backed the syrian regime. the opposition can no longer win the war. for carving of the spoils. >> french authorities have begun dismantling the giant refugee camp known as the jungle. a french court confirmed all structures in the southern part of the camp would be knocked it down except those marked as living spaces. overs led to confusion whether that means homes or communal spaces. authorities are trying to the camp,efugees in but many of them are desperate to do everything they can to stay put. have fired tear gas to break up hundreds of migrants and refugees trying to break through. some stormed a gate to get through restrictions keeping them in place. natalie, we see the pictures of these desperate people trying to break through the gates. what is the latest you are hearing? and we try to tear down the fence, which prompted the macedonian police to fire several rounds of tear gas. hundreds participated in this. placards, chanting open the borders. many families assemb

in the remote pacific islands. they say conditions there are inhumane. i am brent goff. it is good to have you with us. tonight, another roadblock to peace in syria. the latest talks in genevaappened put on hold. the u.s. special envoy on syria has temporarily paused the negotiations. officials say the talks just have not failed by that humanitarian conditions must improve before the process moves forward. now, that envoy, who you just saw there, called for support for the process of the international/syria support group, made up of regional powers as well as russia and the united states. >> i am not prepared for the talks, and the secretary-general is saying the same. and therefore, we will be asking to convene as soon as possible, hopefully already in munich. for the security council to meet , and we will meet on geneva again on february 25. brent: joining us is simon, an international researcher at lancaster university. simon, good to see you. so where these talks basically dead on arrival? simon: i feel this is a conclusion that many will reach. it is a conflict that has been five years ongoing. we have got hundreds of thousands of people. we have got millions of people

in lake geneva. also includes the us national snow sculpting competition, in many were winter activities, but it's not clear what happened of all. bernie sanders his the latest presidential candidate to appear on saturday night live. 1 percent getting preferential treatment. enough is enough. we need to unite and work together if are all going to get through this. this gets had viewers seeing double. sanders appeared along sanders who plays sanders on the show. clinton was on the seasons first show and donald trump posted back in november. it is a viral photo of who is who commit picture of a mother and 20 doctors causing a firestorm on twitter. now learning her secret to keeping calm with 216 -year-olds. -- 2, 16 -year-olds, wondering who was the mom and the picture, the trio put speculation to rest by revealing the twins mother appears to the far left in the photo. now she is sharing her secret to maintaining a youthful look. just trying to use different scenes to help me, you know stay cool, calm and collected. it is never easy when we have 16-year-old girls when something like this happens, but i

mutual distrust >>> james, obviously, very slow steps being taken in geneva to build that confidence talked about in that report. talk us through the agenda today. >> reporter: they continue, the u.n., this difficult and delicate task of trying to keep this show on the road. where i am now is outside the hotel where the syrian government delegation are staying because the next focus is on them, the next meeting is another meeting between the government delegation, which is going to be led as before by the syrian ambassadors of the u.n. they're having a meeting with mr staffan de mistura, and then we're told he has invited the opposition for another meeting later. they're not discussing the big issues of the future of syria at this stage; they're talking about important issues, though, to try and alleviate the situation on the ground to show the opposition that it is worth staying in this process. you heard mentioned in the report issues like a list of detainees that could, perhaps, be released from jails controlled by the damascus regime, particularly women and children who are being held in their prisons. they're talki

in vietnam and its refusal to sign the geneva protocol the u.n. refined its definition in 1967 i believe it was to include any chemical agent used during warfare that may be toxic to man, animals or plants. this is where we get the idea of ecoside. so inventing ecocide. scientists in the united states and elsewhere began radicalizing themselves and organizing themselves and other sympathetic people to their view of the use of chemical agents in war as ecocide so it's the destruction, the murder of ecosystems which they rightly claim have larger human impacts. arthur gal ston coined the term, compared it to genocide basically saying that if you destroy the means by which a community can support itself from the natural world, then you are essentially killing them and come police part of their death. so they rallied to protest the war on the grounds that environmental destruction was problematic ecologically and from a humanistic point of view. he argued that sooins had been corrupted by the government and the defense department for too long and that it was too long for science to work for good. not to create things like agent orange but to create thi

in geneva. one member telling us earlier today the russians aren't just bombing aleppo, they are also bombing theseeace talks. they feel that their negotiating position here has substantially weakened. they feel if they stay here, it will just look bad. they also feel they can't enter into any negotiations unless there is some good-faith effort put forth by the syrian regime, unless the bombardment stops, unless prisoners are released. when it comes to the syrian regime, they continue to say they don't trust the opposition. they continue to say that very specific procedural matters have not been accomplished, and because of that, they can't really enter into these negotiations in earnest. the talks like i said before have really come to a stand still and nobody knows what is going to happen in the day ahead. >>> a bill thaungd mines the iranian nuclear deal is headed to the senate. legislation cleared the house tuesday after a vote almost entirely along party lines. the measure would restrict president obama's ability to lift sanctions against iran. even if it passes the senate, president obama has

complications as we have seen in the last few days and we will wait for the day and see how it unfolds. >> that is the game wait and see within speaking to us from genevaet's go now live to zaina who is there on the turkish side of the border with syria. zaina we know there have been some bombings overnight in damascus near a holy shia shrine and of course the syrian delegation suggested the timing of these bombs have links to the opposition as well as terrorism. the question is will the syrian government feel pressured to make some sort of compromise in geneva in order to stop bombings in their own safe hold of damascus? >> well, it is being described as one of the worst attacks in the capitol and it is heavily guarded and secure area so definitely a blow to the government and a reminder that controlling territory is not enough. the government may control the territory but opponents can infiltrate and can attack and cause instability. now i.s.i.l. claimed responsibility for this attack, an attack really had a sectarian nature targeting shia area. now whether or not the government is willing to compromise, if you talk to anyone in the opposition they d

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in geneva. >> the new faces of politics in myanmar, taking their seats after decades of military rule. >>> stepping up the fight against zika. modified mosquitoes being used to slow the spread of the virus. >>> at least 17 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's capitol. several others were injured in cap bull near the police headquarters. new police recruits are among the dead. the afghan taliban has claimed responsibility. live to our correspondent jennifer glass in kabul for us. a pretty bold and blazen attack by the taliban. what happened in this one? >> it was a bold attack that happened in the early hours of the afternoon here in broad daylight. the suicide bomber, this taliban suicide bomber joined a line of new recruits and others trying to order the afghan civil police headquarters in the center of town and blew himself up, as you said. a senior official tells us 17 have died and dozens injured in that attack in the center of town. this is not far from the kabul zoo on one of the main roads in kabul closed for much of the afternoon as police tried to clear the debris. the taliban that tried to claim responsibility. this is the la

us live, is syrian analyst, thank you indict for coming in. what do you make of the progress that if there is we can describe it as such in the talks of geneva or the lack thereof? >> well, slow, clearly, is world to use, we have a peace plan, a ambitious one that the u.n. set out with all the partners last year, of course the syrians weren't there, nor the regime or the opposition, at the moment we are going through that very softly softly lack of trust, who is going to be there, how are they going to interact with each other, this whole proximity talk process, that the minister has set up. so it is early to tell. is what we are hearing on the ground, and around aleppo, will prove very early obstacle to overcome. >> you mentioned that, what do you think is happening on the ground? is it significant at this point? it it a game changing? >> we are heard of reports about aleppo to force the regime, of course what is different this time, is russian air power over four months worth does seem to be sort of giving the regime a cutting edge if you will. and it has gained i think 2% worth of territory since that time. and now to capture syria's biggest

us go and start this initiative. >> reporter: staffan de mistura speaking in geneva, he, like me has made his way in the last couplef hours from geneva to here in london. i saw him here, and he told me he was going straight away to brief ban ki-moon to give him his candid and frank assessment of the situation. i can also tell you that i have been speaking to another u.n. insider who is involved with the de mistura team, and this insider told me that they felt the situation was very difficult now. it is going to be very hard to put this process back together. yes, they have announced a delay, but what they fear is the russian bombardment, and the syrian military advance will continue, and if that happens it is going to be very 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 nations now 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

us on twitter or facebook and come back. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >>> syria's government and opposition trade blame as talks in geneva collapse. the world news from al jazeera. britain's prime minister called for billions of dollars more for aid for syrians with donors meeting. obama uses a visit to a mosque to take a stand against bigotry,

us from geneva. the inter syrian peace --ks under the you are in the u.n. special envoy got derailed because of the differences between the government and the syrian opposition and differences between the great house that had been sponsoring the talks. the cessation of bombing of civilian facilities. disagreement on cease-fire terms for the whole of syria. the envoy has postponed talks until the 25th. theetween, he is aiming for syria talks to be discussed on the sidelines of the security conference in munich, where mr. and his american counterpart, mr. kerry, will be discussing the issue. but for the time being, the talks have tanked. syria itself,ide meanwhile, the u.n. is reporting the 38 workers have been killed amid a major -- reporting that three eight workers have been killed. families have been forced to flee their homes in nearby towns. there have been unprecedented frequency of airstrikes in the area the last few days. the syrian army is reporting that it has broken sieges on two opposition-held villages in the area. now, a grenade attack in the c

in syria don't have anything to eat or drink. all of us, a statesman of this century, we are responsible for this. now geneva talks unfortunately, despite our efforts, the first phase was not hopeful. why? because when the regime was going to geneva, the aid bombardment was continuing in aleppo, in latakia, against civilians. schools, hospitals. we have to be honest with each other. for the last five years, all the refugees escaped from aid bombard. by the gix regime forces. and dash, a terrorist organization emerged. we had two enemies of humanity. regime and terrorism - we have to be shoulder to shoulder, working against these - those who are committing war crimes. who can explain to me or the people of syria the mentality of madaya siege, which is a study from the centuries, we have to talk for the future of refugees, and the root cause of syrian crisis. we should not ignore this. now, this morning, when i was coming 5 o'clock. i depart from turkey, now t 10,000 new refugees are waiting in front of the door of chile because of aid bombardment and attacks against aleppo. 60,000-are moving to turkey. my min

they're in violation of the geneva conventions and i believe that they're lying when they said they got usefult i know they're lying when they are saying that they didn't. they got a whole lot of information that was totally false, because when you torture somebody -- but major thing is, do we want to resort to doing things that our enemies do? do we want to be on the same plain as those people chopping off heads? andrea: i have to stay on this because it was a huge point, senator. you hear officials coming out in the bush administration, former attorney general michael mukasey specifically citing examples how it work. do you believe michael mukasey is liar. >> yes. i know he is. the point is whether he is a liar or not. the point is even if we had gotten useful information, the propaganda and image and the behavior of the greatest nation on earth by torturing people is not what we want and it helps the enemy. now, again, you want to believe general petraeus, general mattis, all of those military leaders or you want to believe mr. mukasey? i prefer to believe the military leaders who have the

done our part, by by the stakeholders who have been telling us the countries go and start this initiative. >> staffan de mistura speaking in geneva. i can tell you that he, like me, in fact has made his way in the last couple of hours from geneva to here in london. i saw him as he arrived here. he told me that he was going straight away to brief the u.n. secretary general, ban ki-moon to give him his candid and frank assessment of the situation. i can also tell you that i've been speaking to another u.n. insider, who is involved with the de mistura team and this insider told me that they felt the situation was very difficult now. it's going to be very hard to put this process back together. yes, they've announced delay, but they fear that the russian bombardment and the syrian military advance will continue. if that happens, it's going to be very hard to explain to the opposition block that they should come back to the negotiating table, because they feel that they were given assurances and they have been misled. >>> the u.n. is asking for $9 billion in aid from international donors. germany pledged $2.6 billion and the u.k. has

the upper hand and the syrian government has the upper hand even in geneva. >> incredibly complicated situation. thank you for joining us. >>> as we were saying the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been saying that the catastrophe has not been equaled since world war ii. he made the comments involving 23 nations taking part in the coalition part against isil. >> our advances are clear. they are undeniable. we have launched nearly 10,000 airstrikes. we have interrupted their finance mechanisms. they've had to cut the salaries of their fighters. we've erupted the capacity to get revenue by going after the oil sites. we're hammering their heavy weapons, their training camps, their infrastructures. we're closing in on full control of the syria-turkey border. >> after that meeting in rome john kerry addressed the need against the coalition against isil to set up support in libya. it comes after the group has expanded it's reach in the north african country. >> libya could become the second battleground in the fight against isil. for the international community this is a huge concern. they've seen isil expanding in a co

in wisconsin. more than a dozen parked cars broke through the ice saturday at lake geneva's winterfest. as rachel steibing shows us... it was quite the spectacle. --reporter pkg-as follows-- "it was kinda." jason st. germaine didn't walk, he ran to the lake, after a loud speaker on the ice were sinking. "there's probably four cars in front of us trying to get out and i'm actually nervous that there's so many cars close to each other on the edge there that we were gonna break through." with thousands in town for lake geneva's winter fest and the u.s. national snow sculpting competition, parking was difficult. so, drivers took advantage of the open space. "it was a great spot to go and park." but were you concerned because it hasn't been that cold yet?" "no, i wasn't really concerned because i seen all the people out there. i seen the cars on there. so, for me it was, 'okay, if there's multiple cars out there then i can put my car on there." julie rowe thought the same thing. "i just had angels, angels watching over me. i know it." rowe was especially glad she was able to rescue her own car. "my mom passed away abou

in three. let's get more on this issue, joining us live from geneva, is the spokesperson for the children as charity, thank you for joining us here on al jazeera. offing lu a upsetting topic. why are we seeing this rise. >> we started to see a steady increase, from mid year last year, when there were one in 10 of the refugees and migrants was a child and then on to september when you saw the tragic death of the world suddenly took notice that was a children's crisis, and towards the end of last year, it went way up above one third, and in the past few days, in fact, we are seeing now children accounting for 42 to 48% of those on the move. the reasons we understand as you can see in the past 24-48 hours continuing bombardment in syria the human rights violations in the countries where they are coming from. many, of course, are escaping because the schools are bombs health centers are bombed thousands are out of school. we know among the refugees and migrants that many of them are educated. 11% have university education. so education is something that the refugees hold dear, and they are coming to see

in look at this. more than a dozen cars started sinking into the melting ice on lake geneva. the lake was used for overflow the winter fest in that city. several cars are damaged so badly that they're not going to be able to be driven out once at a mess, you know. you think it is safe to park on the ice.l sunday now, new technology helping to keep football players safe and during the game. good morning to you. good morning. when the players take to the at levi's stadium later today, they'll be wearing that will be invisible to all of're called rfid tags or radio frequency chips, and they're actually helping players train both harder and an think of it as big data meets the nfl. by now it is a familiar scene on sunday night stats popping up on the top of the screen, showing the location, distance traveled and speed. great for fan bragging rights. but that's not all.ogy making you a better coach? >> i hope so. >> reporter: that's new orleans saints coach sean payton who invited us down to the saints o see how this new technology works. it starts with these two little chips. each about the size a

in iowa to bring us the latest on the coverage there. >>> let's talk about the zika virus now. the world health organization is holding a crisis meeting today in geneva to talk about this. the leaders there are considering whether the explosive spread of a mosquito born virus should be declared a global health emergency. some have criticized world health organization leaders for not reacting more quickly as the virus spreads across central america. two dozen countries and territories have confirmed cases of the virus but many people who have it don't even know they are sick. zika could be connected to birth defects if a pregnant woman gets the virus. >>> there is a student at the college of william and mary in zika virus, and caught it while visiting central america during the winter break from school. the university says the centers for disease control has confirmed there's no health threat on campus. the student is expected to recover and is currently not experiencing any symptoms. >>> we are learning more about the investigation into the deadly fight between two motorcycle groups this weekend. investigators have released the name of the man who di

in geneva, switzerland. this has the disease is affecting international events. olympic organizers in rio de janeiro are working to combat the spread. kelly wright shows us the plan. >> reporter: the zika virus outbreak is taking center stage with olympic preparations underway in rio de janeiro. tested and for the summer games was supposed to be a time to get excited for the offense ahead. but, the virus is doing both under. with questions over health safety. >> actions are being taken with informing the community. so, this is work that has been done so far and we will continue on the way to the games. so, we are sure going to be safe. >> reporter: the south american country has been hit the hardest with more than 1 million cases of the virus. a zika virus -- in brazil sunday is informing many about the dangers. fox50 face the greatest risk if the contract the disease. but health officials say that should not scare away others from traveling to brazil to see the olympics. >> it's very important for pregnant women to understand that this is a difficult moment. but i don't see why the rest of the people from all over the world cannot come to brazil. americ

earlier in the day, one member of the opposition told us that russia isn't just bombing aleppo, they are also bombing the geneva. the opposition feel as though the russians and the regime of bashar al-assad have completely undermined these talks; that there can be no negotiations until there is some good-faith effort being shown by the syrian regime that they are serious about letting in aid, stopping sieges, stopping bombardment, releasing prisoners, and that really hasn't happened according to the opposition. so a lot remains to be seen as far as how these talks are going. the meetings that he has been holding for the last couple of hours with the opposition. we heard from the head of the syrian regime delegation here in geneva, and he spoke about what they want to see happen going forward. let's take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say. >> we will stay as long as it is required by the formalities and the organizational matters, because we are still dealing, mainly speaking with the organizational matters. we don't know yet the -- who would be our interlocktor. we don't know yet the agenda. we don'

they could have used queen elsa in wisconsin to work her icy magic on like geneva which swallowed carsle during the winterfest. people normally park on the ice during winterfest but the temps got warmer because offalgoer and physics. this guy witnessed the whole thing. >> we have seen cars here that have been parked out here success reply with no problems. but when you have 12 cars all in a row, it can be deadly. i'm celebrating him, and you know that. topic number 4. another cause for celebration. ben carson. an accomplished neurosurgeon with a movie based on his life called "gifted hands." what the movie of failed to address is his ungifted legs. look at his walkout during saturday night's gop debate. apparently big ben didn't hear his name being called. donald trump saddled up alongside his low-energy rival and the two stood together as every other candidate passed them by. the abc moderators blamed it on the loud crowd. >> had it not been for a belt bubble under their clothing they would have been killed or seriously injured. topic number 5. you saw him here first. on this very pro

. >> probably 4 cars in front of us trying get out and i'm so nervous we'd break through. >> with thousands in town for lake geneva's winter fefe and the u.s. national snow sculpting competition driving was difficult so they took advantage of the open space. >> it was a great spot to go and park. >> reporter: were you concerned because it hasn't been that cold yet? >> no, i wasn't really concerned because i see all the people out there and the cars out there and if there are multiple cars out there, i can put my car. >> reporter: julie thght the same thing. >> it had angels watching over me. i know it. >> reporter: she was glad to rescue her car. >> my mom passed away about 6 months ago and it was her car. >> divers called in the tow company. a few hours in they already had half the vehicles out. >> the divers indicated most are resting on the ice they're on top of so they -- the weight down at certain angles. >> reporter: amidst the award winning snow sculptures the mess on the lake was the bigger spectacle. >> just glad no one was in the cars. >> reporter: despite the scene, no one was injured. >> roroin: still ah

reporter: dana there reporting and telling us the situation on the ground in syria but what about efforts to end the conflict? well for that we now go to geneva the latest on the talks that are happening there, mohamed is standing by torus, mohamed it seems that russia is softening its position on some of the groups that are attending the talks, what does this mean? >> yeah, these indications today seem to be pretty significant. you have russian foreign minister sergei fedorov putting up statements in which he is acknowledging the presence of groups here that in the past the russians had very bosiferously objected to and they are two armed rebel groups that russians from the get go labeled as terrorist and strenuously object they be part of the talks in geneva, now minister sergei fedorov saying they are here in a personal or individual capacity, they still done recognize them as being part of a negotiation committee and still see them as terrorist but this is definitely a softening of the tone and interesting the timing of it because yesterday we saw the arrival of mohamed, he is the chief negotiator for the agency, that is the main syrian o

in geneva. what can we expect today? >> reporter: pleat try and breakdown the latest. right now there are meetings going on in the hotel behind us, members of the opposition trying to figure out how to go forward today. there will be a meeting to be held later today with staffan de mistura and members of the opposition, or the opposition said just because they're going to the meet with him does not mean that they are actually participating in these proximity talks or negotiations, whichever you want to call them. also in the next couple of hours there's expected to be a meeting between the syrian regimes delegation and staffan de mistura held at the u.n. here. i want to get more perspective about what's going on exactly with the opposition. their viewpoint right now, how they're planning to go forward, so i have a guest who is with the negotiating committee here. i want to ask you first how is it going this morning so far and how do you picture that you will proceed throughout the day? >> i would like to talk about what happened yesterday. we had a very bloody attack on the neighborhood in damascus, away from damascus. this is a

for the first time in a matter of hours in geneva >> this is the list of the areas and the people who are in need, and the numbers of them. now, the ifg told us, told the u.n., you are in charge of launching this initiative with our support >> reporter: this was a very long and often difficult series of meetings. what they've achieved reads well on paper, but the big test now will be turning it into reality on the ground. james bays. al jazeera >>> let's go to an associate professor at the university of denver. he says this agreement isn't a break through >> if russia was serious it could announce a stop of the bombardment. they haven't done so. russia lamed that it was intervening in syria, but all the evidence suggests that it is not bombing i.s.i.s.'s positions but rebel held positions in the western part of syria. why should we take russia's word, its commitment, when it has a clear track record just in the conflict of syria of contradicting its stated claims. so i don't think that there's anything positive. it's interesting to note that they did not use the word "ceasefire". it is cessation of hostilities which is an ambiguous term which

in geneva. >>> w.h.o. says up to 4 million people in the americas could get the mosquito-born illness. the virus is linked to severe birth defects. a vaccine for widespread use is months or even years away. >>> excitement is building for the denver broncos and carolina panthers arrived yesterday in the san francisco bay area and fans are getting a head start on the football frenzy with a kickoff of a week full of events. jamie yuccas is in san francisco. jamie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. >>> it's more than 30 years since san francisco hosted a super bowl and the city wanted to make sure the party got started in a big way. the nfl experience. >> yea! >> reporter: and super bowl city. >> we just want to welcome you. we want to thank you and, most importantly, we want you to have fun. >> reporter: both got marching over the weekend. people from all around the san francisco area came to play. like jennifer waltz who is not shy about getting into the game. or who she is rooting for. >> it was awesome! i'm super excited! i did it for the broncos. that's what we are going to do is score a touchdown and spike that ball. >> reporter: the sec