being corrected in the latest attempt to bring down one of the highest inflation rates in the world as virginia lopez reports from caracus and the price only boosted illegal trade. >> reporter: from this street corner he controls his turf and strikes deals. his business is illegal. but with venezuela chronic shortages under ground food trading can also be seen as a solution, on any given day reselling sugar or diapers that he has bought directly from grocery stores or even from shop owners desperate to make a profit he says he can make as much as ten times the minimum wage. >> translator: we work directly with the chinese shop owners and sell us the subsidized goods for a profit and turn around and resell them for more. unfortunately the only loser is the consumer. >> reporter: government subsidies in place for more than a decade have created the perfect breeding ground for a black market. and with inflation and values from salaries more and more are joining his illegal line of business, so much so a new word has even been coined for this new breed of entrepreneurs after a native aunt and like

. >> preparations underway for his funeral and his body is back in virginia after his death in texas and sparked a partisan battle on who may take his place on the supreme court and vowing to block the nomination and vibing vikara begins the coverage. >> reporter: took america and congress by surprise the death of justice scalia after being on the bench since 1996 appointed by ronald regan and hot button of the cultural war the battles fought for decades now handled by the supreme court that this has already become such a volatile issue and consider the docket for the balance of the supreme court term, cases involving affirmative action, involving abortion, involving po's executive actions on immigration and whether or not they are going to be legal. these are vital issues not only to americans in general but in an election year to the base of both parties both conservatives and liberals we are talking about voters, we are talking about donors and talking about the type of grass roots advocates who go door to door and get out the vote and after the news broke have been insisting ever

>> president obama invited 106-year-old virginia mclauren to the white house for black history month. she talked, laughed, even danced with the president and first lady. michelle obama told mclauren she wants to be just like her when she grows up. you wonder if that energy is what has kept her going for 106 years. thanks for watching with that i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next live from doha. have a great day. >> hello and welcome to the news hour. here's what is coming up in the next 60 minutes. afghan forces pull out of another district in hellman province conceding control to the taliban. >>> deal is done in violent protests in northern india which disrupts water supplies to the capital. >>> uganda's opposition leader is taken away as supporters plan protests. >>> fijians w

. >> another independent evaluation by virginia tech researchers found lead at levels they considered to be hazardous waste. >> i was hysterical. i mean inconsolable. oh my god, i'm poisoning my kids. if he has behavioral issues, the question would always be, would he have had these issues had he not had lead poisoning? >> they are telling me i'm liar, they said i'm stupid. >> before the water was tested, city and state officials dismissher claims. >> no i'm not stupid. i decided the only way to prove that was to get the science. >> reporter: lee ann set identity to prove them wrong, and uncovered a much more serious circumstance in the pipes. >> they thought because it was flint they could get away with it, that nobody was going to care, they were wrong. >> there needs to be a full independent investigation, people need to be put under oath to answer questions because they have not told the truth multiple times. >> reporter: kurt guyette is with the american civil liberties union. they have announced a lawsuit against the city and the state for failing to protect the city's citizens.

it dropped down. >> virginia's government declared a state of emergency. took a direct hit. two adults and a toddler were among those killed. >> around 4 dozen tornados wreaked having since tuesday. from louisiana, where a water scout skirted the airscout to a twister that destroyed an r scr. park. >> there are family members calling in that have not made contact with loved ones, and they know were in the area. >> then to the florida panhandling where an ef3 tornado hit. winds from strong enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer on the busy george washington bridge. in the midwest there were white-out blizzard conditions. in indiana fire-fighters had to come to the rescue. >> we found 30 cars stuck in the snow with people in them. >> i have been stuck here for about 2 hours. >> hundreds of thousands lost power, half in new york and new jersey >>> and we are not out of the woods yet. nicole mitchell, we were talking - this is early for tornados season. >> yes, when we look at that tornado country period, it's april and may. it's not that unusual to get stuff thro

carly fiorina, and virginia governor, jim gilmore. they are being excluded from the debate. abc say just did not qualify. but we talked to several voters over the past couple of days who are very upset about this, saying that abc is really doing a disservice to voters by not allowing them on the stage. >> i have seen carly, and i think she's absolutely wonderful. i don't agree with her entire platform, but i think she would do a really good job, and abc just left her out in the cold for the next debate, and we have had a lot of republican candidates drop out, and seven out of eight are going to be there, and carly right now is hanging in limbo. maybe a petition will get that fixed, but, you know, that -- that really bathers me that the media has such an impact. and when i listen to the commentators in the last month. it's like they have totally forgotten about her. >> reporter: voters are particularly upset that carly fiorina is being excluded. meanwhile she is putting pressure on her supporters to put pressure on abc to include her in the debate. >>> there has been a new di

airports and crashed fully loaded jets in new york, virginia and pennsylvania. networks of men prepare to attack americans and america's allies, new alliances, new enemies for a new kind of wars. the u.s. and it's allies invaded afghanistan and iraq and began to pick up prisoners who weren't soldiers necessarily, not like german prisoners who end you want in camps on u.s. soil who went home after it was all over. what the bush administration calls the global war on terror didn't have objectives as clear as the unconditional surrender of japan, or protecting the nation of south vietnam. it had no specific ending, the war wasn't fought against standing armies, and by opening up a prison camp away from american soil, the u.s. moved people they picked up as prisoners into a legal vacuum. but if they were tried by the u.s. did they get the same protections as u.s. citizens in u.s. courts? when the fighting was over and they were taken prisoner, could they go home? if the people testifying against them in court were tortured, could that information be used in court? a

. >> reporter: in the battle ground state of virginia, it doesn't take long to find someone with strong opinions about the presidential election. >> american voters are angry. >> reporter: this woman is a retired lawyer using a cafe as an offer. at 62 she's voted in a lot of elections. she doesn't remember anything like this, mostly because donald trump is winning. >> he's a madman. >> reporter: businessman donald trump is leading the primary despite or possibly because of statements likes that. on mexicans... >> they are bringing drugs, crime, they are rapists... >> on john mccain. >> a war hero. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people not captured. >> reporter: and on his own campaign. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and not lose voters. >> reporter: not many predicted the rise of donald trump, the capital was not impacted by the great recession. >> if you are from a community of colour, if you have a high school education, if you come from a wheat belt region, things have been tough and have not gotten better. >> reporter: at this cafe

al jazeera virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: this young man's final gasp is the most piercing memory that this photo journal i was keeps from february 27th, 1989. on that day, thousands of venezuelans took to the streets to protest a hike in the rise of petrol. three days of riots, brutal police repression, and looting engulfed a country accustomed to street violence by surprise. those days' events were so definitive for venezuela that a few years later they helped ash-har hugo chaff necessary to power and would for decades fuel anti-market sentiment in the whole region. >> translator: i work like crazy and then i got to the office and i cried. i cried for the people i have seen die. for their abuse of power and for a break in the country we haven't recovered from yet. >> reporter: 27 years later, the country is again in a crisis. faced with more than a decade of crippling economic controls, the government recently took the very same measures that led to those daze' events. it was in this bus terminal where in 1989 riots first erupted, rocking what huh been until then the longest sta

we can have a broader decision >>> along with those real impacts are impact in places like western virginia, along the cold belt, down state areas where even their depressed and suboptimal economies depend heavily on the continued extraction of gold >> let's look at a place like kentucky where there are efforts to move the economy off coal. they recognise that the air of coal is over. we're seeing a shift to other forms of energy, not just because of the price. the prices are certainly a key factor, but it is harder to get our hands on that coal in any way that is environmentally responsible, that doesn't affect people, have their health affected. there are communities saying how do they make a transition. they know they have to make a transition away from coal, to solar and wind and other economic drivers and how they do so, so their communities aren't left behind >>> it's challenging, even exciting if you're 18. if you're 48 it is a little frightening as well >> not as true as it used to be. a new study came out saying that the solar jobs growing in this country are growing at a bigger pl

you notice that her water was contaminated, got academics from virginia tech to test the water. she will be appearing, so with him the academics who did that testing. other local officials and federal officials will appear. there are some concerns that this republican dominated committee will now turn the hearing into a stage to go against the e.p.a., the federal organization that oversees the environment in the u.s., because the republicans hate the e.p.a. they always feel they are muscling into the free market by imposing restrictions on how much pollution can be released and so on. there are definitely questions for the e.p.a., why it too them so long tonight the public that there were concerns about the water. we have to make sure, examine the hearings carefully that the issues surrounding the decision making aren't an excuse to go after the federal government and e.p.a., which is what republicans like to do quite a bit. >> thank you so much. >>> staying in the u.s., president barack obama will visit a mosque in the united states. critics say it should have been done a long

minorities across the south, they are an enormous factor in democrats-only contest in places like georgia, virginia and of course in the coming few days, south carolina. so the stakes are high. for hillary to maintain the advantage, measured in the polls, for bernie, to make a strong pitch to black and brown voters as the weeks wear on to chip away at that gap. contested terrain, this time on the program joining me on "inside story," author, radio host erly rlo farley hutchinson. return to an economic argument. was he giving enough of a view of the waterfront of what ails black america? >> i think so. i mean obviously when you really looked, bernie sanders ticked it off, hillary clinton did it too, but focusing on bernie sanders for a moment, jobs, me economy and especially, big question is black youth, young black african american males especially. he went over and over again, citing the almost 50% unemployment rate on young african american males. when you zero in on that and throw in the other issues, incarceration, economic issues, vis-a-vis housing, health care, so forth, you're paint ook grim

the managing editor at university of virginia -- center for politics joins us from washington, d.c. this morning. thanks for being with us. cruz wins iowa, donald trump barely beating marco rubio. how divided is the republican party and how long will this ideological fight go on? >> i think the gop is quite divided, but the thing is that cruz looks very much like past iowa winners, rick santorum and mike huckabee won the last couple times in iowa. ted cruz is that kind of candidate, someone who appeals to very conservative voters and religiousous voters. new hampshire you couldn't expect cruz to do that well. i think cruz will make a show of trying to do well in new hampshire, but i think effectively moves on to south carolina, which is the state after new hampshire and looks like iowa in terms of its ideological and reege makeup. >> the democrats are more concerned about marco rubio than anyone on the republican side. do you see the party coalescing behind him? >> i think so, although he has another hurdle in new hampshire. there are a number of establishment oriented candidates wh

we have seen a lot of rain and that rain has led to flooding across virginia, north into south carolina. but as that system moves to the north things will begin to clear out for many parts of that area. but unfortunately up here to the northeast, it will be a combination of rain. that rain this evening is going to turn to snow. we want to show you how much snow we'll get with this particular storm. how far away from the area of low pressure you are going to be. the areas of white in parts of new jersey over here towards the valley of new york we're going to be seeing about one to three inches of snow. as you get off long island and new england, that snow total does go up. parts of connecticut, three to five inches, then towards the east, five to seven to eight inches then over here towards parts of the rhode island as well as the cape, it is going to be more like 12 to 16 inches. and because that area is so close to the area of low pressure we are going to be seeing blizzard conditions across that region. what that means is the winds are going to pick up, drop the visibility to less tha

some parts of virginia not nearly a foot of snow and the traffic problems that go with it. >> i hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. the posted speed limit is 60. i was doing 55. >> the loaded iced over. >> reporter: and this massive pileup in indiana. the storm also brought tornados across four gulf states, twisters in mississippi, and the florida panhandle destroyed a dozen homes and damaged a high school full of students. in louisiana, the winds ripped apart businesses. >> i seen it like coming at me. it was scary. >> reporter: and now comes a major warmup, that could mean flooding as the snow and ice melt. >>> that planned parenthood clinic in colorado springs is back over after the deadly attack in november when a gunmen stormed the center killing three people and injuring nine others. the clinic will offer all of its services, including abortions. >>> when we come back, honoring the best in music. some big names picking up grammy awards, but it was a racially charged performance that grabbed the headlines. al jazeera america. ♪ >> adele saying it was not her best p

we understand or given to understand that he will be returned home to virginia. he is a roman catholic and we can expect a full catholic roman right and ceremony and internment. >> mike, thank you so much. >>> pope francis continued his first trip to mexico as pontiff today. he talked about the rampant corruption and testimony stepses to wealth. to a quiet of million people in a poor suburb the mexico city. the pontiff called mexico a land of opportunity and said that people do not have to immigrate to dream or in his wards, quote, end up destroyed in the hands of death traffickers. more on his message in mexico from al jazeera's adam raney. >> reporter: hundreds of that's of people came out to celebrate mass with pope francis on sunday in his community on the edge of mexico city. many sleeping here, camping out in freezing temperatures they said they didn't care because they wanted to share with him his messaging of peace and love when he spoke during mass he spoke of a mexico of opportunities, a mexico that people don't need to immigrate to other countries to f

. >> in virginia an army staff sergeant is under arrest for the murder of a roo rookie police officer. when police arrived to investigate reports of gun shots, ashley quindon was shot. intern for the department had a master's degree in forensic science. it seems as if no industry is safe from hackers and that even includes hospitals. while hackers have realized breaking into the health care industry could be profitable, it can also be deadly. as al jazeera's lisa fletcher explains, such attacks can be the sign of the times. >> once something only a thing of the movies. >> all the signs said, do not use the computers. i said what's going on? they said we got hacked. >> the presbyterian system was attacked by what's called ransoransomware. >> a series of key strokes the hospital would receive only paying a $17,000 bitcoin ransom. they paid to get control back. but as "america tonight" learned, hospital hacks don't just compromise your data. they can cause your death. >> every gaming console that can you buy at the toy store, the 910 zoe wii, the play station, the x box those have all go

in virginia at least four people died, the result of tornados. virginia's governor declared a state of emergency after this town took a direct hit. three of timothy williams neighbors two adults and a toddler were among those killed. from louisiana where a water spout skirted the airport in new orleans, to a twister that destroyed an rv park. >> there are family members calling in that has not made contact with loved ones, and that they know were in this area. >> reporter: and then to the florida panhandle with a tornado hit pensacola. winds are strong enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer. and in the midwest there were white-out blizzard conditions in crown point, indiana firefighters had to come to the rescue of drivers stuck when the snow became too deep to continue. hundreds of thousands of customers lost power throughout the u.s., half of those in new york and new jersey. john henry smith, al jazeera. >>> the danger isn't over yet. nicole mitchell has more. >> this has been a very potent system over the last couple of days. t

. >> states with large communities, arkansaw, georgia and virginia, again he has to find some way to break into that in order no have a chance to get the nomination. >> reporter: some people have said that maybe there was an enthusiasm [indistinct] gap. >> i don't get into that gap. this was a different race from 2008. perfect example, april of 2007 we are [indistinct] i worry about the gaps when we're facing donald trump in the fall. >> reporter: thank you for tha . >>> did you pick up on that? he said that they face donald trump in the fall. let's bring in ali velshi to talk about this. it's interesting after hillary clinton won nevada she was speaking directly to south carolina voters. i'm sure you heard what i did. she said tomorrow the campaign goes national and so many of the bullet points she made there in the speech were directly to different voters in those scc states. >> yes. that's absolutely right. the concept of the setback that new hampshire was for her, the idea in new hampshire that night. she said i still love you, new hampshire, but she set her sites squarely on sou

guns coming from philly... the state of pennsylvania, through virginia. further south in georgia. so you can have a very, very tight... you still have... could be tight, but if your neighborin' states, if their thing is lax, it still affects you. but i will say this, is that we go around the world sayin' we're the beacon of democracy, of the most civilized country on this earth. but i know for sure... 'cause i travel a lot. people look at us like we're barbarians. (laughter) if you travel the world, and- >> they find out where you're from... >> and they say... and the guns... i mean it's amazin'. and it really... how long will we bow down before the tyranny of the nra, the gun manufacturers and the politicians, you know, which are in their pocket? you know, that... that we have to have a greater love of human beings than money. we cannot kneel down on... on all fours and pray at the altar of the almighty dollar. i'm sorry. money does not rule over human life. and... and... this stuff, it's the nra and the gun manufacturers that... that are keepin' this thing goin' because they're.

defending signing a bill to block funds for planned parenthood in the state and during a campaign stop in virginia he insisted ohio will fund women's health programs and apologized for saying he first got elected with women who left their kitchens to campaign for him. he said the comments were not artfully made. >>> for both sides the path to nomination comes down to delegates and this morning hillary clinton has gotten a small bump in her lead after a technical issue she got a delegate from the primary last night and won 5% and tops bernie 52-51 and does not include super dell egypts like members of congress who do not vote on primary results and clinton leads 451 to 19. there are 59 total delegates up for grabs in south carolina and four days left until that primary and most polls clinton has a substantial lead there roughly 20 percentage points and both camps are still campaigning hard especially for the african/american vote and sanders suggested last night clinton may not be genuine about her commitment to that community. >> the people of the united states need to know the difference between

. >> virginia mclaurin. this is great. >> do you want to say hello to michelle? >> yes. yes. [ laughter ] >>> that's virginia mclaurin after a lengthy social media campaign she finally got her wish to meet the measure's first black president. keep moving, she says. that's the secret to a long lif >>> now you know. a reminder that you can keep right up-to-date with all our stories at aljazeera.com. you can talk to everyone here at our headquarters in doha. there are various links and icons. you can talk to us on facebook and twitter as well. the headlines are next. firefighters in the u.s. are more liabilities to die by suicide than by fighting fires. in 2015 alone more than 80 firefighters killed themselves. but the numbers could be higher because most fire departments to not track suicides. it is a subject that's rarely talked about in the fire service.

. >> virginia, 106, sharing a moment with the president and the first lady at the white house. she finally got her wish to meet the first african-american u.s. president. she said secret to a happy life is just to keep on moving. >> www.aljazeera.com. keep up-to-date. www.aljazeera.com. >> breaking news at this hour. u.s. officials saying that russia has now agreed to a truce in syria. >> when a random individual decides to be evil, i don't know how you stop that. >> the uber driver accused of going on a killing spree in kalamazoo, michigan, now guess before a judge. >> republicans prepare for tomorrow's caucuses while democrats set their sights on the south carolina primary. and appl

. >>> the former owner of a company involved in a big chemical spill in west virginia will be sentenced today. the spill two years ago tainted the water supply for 300,000 people. former freedom industries owner faces one year in prison. he is one of six men who pleaded guilty for the spill. >>> washington has long debated how to fix what many call america's broken immigration system. for many, the issue is much more personal. jennifer london talked to some people deported and now separated from their families. >> i hope you are doing good. i just want you to know that i love you very much as i have always said to you. >> for years, sofia wrote letters to her daughter. >> you are my pride and joy and it really hurts me to see that you are there. >> her written words the only way to keep in touch with samantha. >> i will give my life for you. i will do whatever it takes so that you can be ok. >> after living in the u.s. for 25 years, sofia was deported to her home country of mexico, but her only child, samantha, was forced to stay in the u.s. both asked we not use their real names or sho

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. >> this is the funeral home in fairfax, virginia where antonin scalia's body is in repose. there is trove that is brewing over schea' scalia's funeral, ly casey is live, the great hall is going to be open in an hour. who is going to be there, who is not? >> del, the casket of supreme court justice antonin scalia will arrive at the court a little before 9:30 and will be met by family members, law clerks and court staff. at a casket will be brought in and then ceremony, prayer and reading that will be private. justice scalia has a huge family, nine children, 30 grandchildren. be the public will be allowed in around 10:00. the public will be queuing up to pay their respect. they can file past the casket as well as a portrait of the plate justice scalia. president obama does plan to go to the court and pay his respects along with the first lady. although congress is not in session this week, you can bet that members of congress will pay their respects. vp biden will be on hand. the white house says the vice president had a relationship with justice scalia. it is certainly getti

. >> well, that's virginia m mcloren. she finally got her wish to meet america's first black president. she said she keeps moving. that's her secret to a long life. >> well, that's it from myself and our colleagues in london will take over in just a moment with more of today's news. just stay with al jazeera. >> the only live national news show at 11:00 eastern. >> we start with breaking news. >> let's take a closer look. >> meet the unsung hero of social change. >> i feel like i'm suppose to do something, >> breaking down barriers. >> sometimes i have to speak when other people say be quiet. >> shaping our future. >> i actually am committed to a different, better, stronger, healthier america. >> i lived that character. >> we will be able to see change. >> hunted to the brink of extinction. >> we need an urgent method that stops the killing. >> now fighting back with a revolutionary new science. >> this radiocarbon dating method can tell us if trade of ivory is legal. >> it could save a species. >> i feel like we're makin

president obama invited 106-year-old virginia mclauren to the white house for black history month. she laughed, she talked and danced with the president and the first lady. michelle told mclauren that she wants to be like her when she grows up. she sent a video on youtube asking for the invitation. >> she remembers when blacks couldn't vote. her big goal in life is to be there and sing for the president. >> what a big day for her. very sweet. >> when we come back we'll talk about the supreme court, the highest court in the nation, back to work today. that can be rotten to the core. >> anas risked his life to report the truth. >> to save his people. >> doesn't matter who you are, i come with my cameras. >> only on al jazeera america. >> this is your worst nightmare where you have someone driving around, ram donnelly killing people. >> kalamazoo killings, the uber driver accused of killing six people in michigan going before a judge this morning. [ protesting ] >> ready for nevada, donald trump runs high after a big win in south carolina. >> isil launching dea deadly bombings in dama

trump is in virginia today. he won nevada with close to 46% of caucus goers. al jazeera's melissa chan is live in las vegas. so trump won big, winning, winning, winning, he said -- it looks like we just lost our signal with melissa, so we will get back to her in just a moment. let's talk about the democrats. they are gearing up for the south carolina primary this saturday. and last night, hillary clinton, and bernie sanders made their pitch to voters there at a townhall meeting. >> reporter: bernie sanders was up first, his main task to convince voters he is not only a progressive, but can also get things done in washington. >> do we have the guts to take on the power of the insurance companies? do we have on the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry, who has 1300 paid lobbyists in washington. i believe when the american people stand up and say healthcare is a right of all people, not a privilege, yeah, i believe we can do that. >> reporter: and with vital african american votes in play in south carolina justice reform, another see sanders pledge. >> the

>>> a judge today will sentence one of the executives blamed for a disastrous chemical spill invest virginia in 2014. it poisoned the water supply for pun r. hundreds of thousand was people. gary southern who ran freedom industries faces three years in prison. robert ray has been covering the story. good morning. is mr. southern expected to get a lengthy prison sentence? >> good morning. the most he could get would be three years. as far as a fine, he'll definitely get some sort of monetary fine. last week, one of his colleagues, one of the six executives that had been sentenced in this chemical spill, that gentlemen received only 30 days of jail time. it's uncertain. clearly, gary southern being the top dog may receive a harsher sentence, but we'll see. it goes down at 2:00 today in federal court. >> was, criminal fraud is involved in his conviction. can we expect anymore legal ramifications from this toxic spill which affected so many people? >> thee hundred thousand people were unable to drink the water here and the surrounding area. freedom industries, which is now defunct, they went int

. >> in the battleground state of virginia it doesn't take long to find someone with pretty strong opinions about the presidential election. >> i think american voters are very angry about a lot of things. >> a retired lawyer, now using the cafe as an office, at 62 years old has voted in a lot of elections. she doesn't remember anything quite like this one, mostly because donald trump is winning. >> i think he's a madman. >> make america great again. >> businessman donald trump is leading the republican primary so far, despite or possibly because of statements like this. on mexicans. >> they're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime. they are rapists. >> on john mccain. >> he's not a war hero. he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> on his own campaign. >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose voters, ok? >> very few predicted the rise of trump. unlike the rest of the country, the capital region wasn't affected by the great recession. >> if you're from a community of color, if you only have a high school e

ash har quaraishi for us in richmond, virginia, aside from the raw delegate count, why is virginia so important? >> well, over the last few years virginia has seen becoming a battle grown state for 40 years up until 2008 it was largely a red state. it has largely become a purple state, and it's something that a number of these candidates are taking very seriously. only three candidates at this point are supported by ad campaigns here in the state. marco rubio, donald trump and hillary clinton. all three of them are making final pushes in the state. marco rubio was here on sunday. hillary clinton was at several events, and donald trump is currently speaking to a crowd ated at radford university. he had more to talk about when it came to supporters here. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> i'll be campaigning in new york. i love new york, okay? i will be campaigning in new york. if we win new york, it's over, you understand because we pick up so many delegates. we're also doing really well in michigan. >> and del, one of the other reasons that virginia is important is that it

. >> ash har quaraishi live in richmond virginia. thank you very much. bernie sanders picking up a key endorsement, a rising star. a gabbert said as a veteran she wants the united states to avoid, in her words interventionist wars and regime change. end quote. the weather is going to be an issue for voters in some parts of the country. >> two systems we're watching right now. one pulling through the northeast pretty quickly. this is going to develop and cause us some problems as we get into super tuesday. so, as i said, the one clears out but behind that, already starting to develop today and especially once it picks up mostture into tomorrow becoming more widespread before hitting the east coast into the day on wednesday. so what that means in terms of the forecast, already today we could have enough instability for a slight risk of severe weather right around oklahoma. hail would be the biggest threat. by tomorrow it becomes much more widespread. that could keep some people if whyfy about going to the polls. in the meantime, temper

. >>> two virginia tech students face charges in the death of a 13-year-old girl, accused in the killing of nicole lovell who vanished. one is accused of killing her, the other of getting rid of her body. >>> federal investigators expected to release details about a fatal train crash last year near philadelphia. it left eight people dead, more than 200 hurt. at the time, the ntsb pointing to the train, saying it was going too fast as a factor. today's report may include black box data and vents of interviews with the train's engineer. >>> parts of southern california are under a severe weather warning. the rain was pummeled with heavy rains, at least one killed. winds topped 100 miles per hour in some areas. that storm uprooted dozens of trees, downed power lines and also prompted flash flood warnings. officials say thousands of people are still in the dark. meanwhile, interstate 80 in northern california reopened after snow caused a 29 vehicle crash. it happened in the westbound lanes sunday near the nevada state line. 25 vehicles and four semi trucks were involved in all of that. >> th

. >>> it was sentencing day for a former official in a west virginia chemical spill. today a former manager at freedom industries was sentenced to three years probation, and a $10,000 fine. he was convicted on pollution charges. five other company officials will be sentenced soon. >>> the ntsb released a report on the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. it took them 2,000 pages to say they still didn't know what caused the disaster. erika pitzi has more. >> reporter: amtrak 188 veered off the tracks in may of last year, killing eight people and injuring 200 more. monday the ntsb released thousands of documents. the train's engineer shedding little light into the cause. attorneys representing some of the victims criticized the engineer for changing his story numerous times. >> there was no memory of the he person in this whole tragedy. in may days after the event, and then there is an elaborate, description of what he remembers and doesn't remember, and mainly we have focused on what he says he recalls, and what he recalls that he was operating the train knowing

use is suffraging in rural and suburban areas in america, states including indiana, kentucky and west virginia have now launched pilot programs that give addicts access to clean syringes. early results show progress in stopping the spread of the disease among drug users. but david evans, a special advisory to drug free america says, misguided at best. abstinence he says should always be the goal. he joins me now from washington, d.c. david good to see you, thank you so much. you say abstinence should always be the goal. i guess we're not talk talking about the goal as much as methodology to achieve that goal at the moment. on the road to abstinence maybe we can stop people from dying of heroin overdoses or contracting and spreading hepatitis c and hiv. in 2016 when we've seen usage to epidemic levels, isn't it unrealistic to say abstinence is the nearest step? >> well ali the question you should be asking is how come we're having a heroin epidemic? this is something we predicted was going to happen years ago, when people started implementing harm reduction programs and needle exchange programs

virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: according to the state-run oil company, fuel subsidies can cost the country as much as $15 billion a year. the president said that at the current prices the state was paying to fill up people's tanks. >> translator: this national fund for missions will receive every extra resource needed generated by the new system on venezuelan gasoline prices. >> reporter: the magnitude of this price increase in a country that sees cheap petrol as a natural right, could be such that people didn't even wait for the president to finish his speech before rush k to petrol stations to fill up one last tank. while some say they want to take advantage of the last of cheap fuel, most feel the increase was long overdue. >> translator: i think it comes too late. and it should have been done slowly, not so suddenly, because the effect will be greater. >> reporter: the move comes as he faces increasing pressure from a strengthened political opposition. only two months ago, his ruling socialist party, suffered a major defeat in parliamentary elections, due to anger over the

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four people were killed in a tornado in the tiny town of waverley, virginia on wednesday, and paul said that he's lucky to be alive. >> i went to the kitchen and the window, and it was spinning there in the yard. this exploded backwards and all of this stuff came into the house, and i was standing right here. >> the powerful storm is still bringing snow and biting wind. hundreds of flights have been canceled. >>> up next, cleaning house. a french judge gives the go ahead to disband part of the jungle. the largest refugee encampment. and in syria, a cease-fire begins tomorrow, but the fighting intensifies. when you're on hold, your business is on hold. that's why comcast business doesn't leave you there. when you call, a small business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. no annoying hold music. just a real person, real fast. whenever you need them. so your business can get back to business. sounds like my ride's ready. don't get stuck on hold. reach an expert fast. comcast business. built for business. >> the refugee camp in calais, the jungle. the authorities want to move 1,000

trump campaigned in virginia where polls show it is a very close three way race. john kasich was in mississippi and louisiana. we found no scheduled appearances today for ben carson. more on the republicans now from michael shure. >> donald trump didn't just win the nevada republican caucuses, even if you add up the votes of marco rubio and 10 crud who finished second and third, together they couldn't have beaten him. it's trump's third straight victory, adding now to an air of in vincibility. >> we weren't expect to win too much and now we're winning, winning, winning the country, and soon the countries going to start winning, winning, winning. >> marco rubio said second place finish was anything but decisive leading cruz by only 2.5 personal points. >> the goal now is to get someone to defeat trump. the problem is that party elites have already coalesced around rubio, but voters this year aren't following the lead. >> danley is associate professor political science at the university of nevada las vegas. he sees the distant second place finish as having a small s

officers were shot, one of them fatally, when they were respond to go a domestic violence call in northern virginia. we're learning that they were called to a home in lake ridge which is about 15 miles out of washington dc. the officer who died, you see her here, it was her first day on the job after being sworn in just yesterday. the county police announced her death just before 11 pm eastern. is a picture of her. they just tweeted out yesterday when they welcomed her to the police officers. officials have not said how badly the other two officers were injured. the suspect in this case was arrested. we will have more tomorrow. let's just check in with a look at the weather. >> reporter: we are going to end the week much quieter than it started. over a dozen tornadoes, a lot of wind damage, hundreds of homes destroyed and a hundred deaths also with that-- handful of deaths along with that. the big threat this weekend is going to be the winds of the low humidity here across the central planes. not a lot of clouds here, but the winds had been fairly strong across this region. earlier today we were ta

virginia lopez reports. >> reporter: according to the state-run oil company, fuel subsidies can cost the company as much as $15 billion a year. >> translator: this national fund for missions will receive every extra resource needed generated by the new system on venezuela gasoline prices. gasoline is going to cost one [ inaudible ] and gasoline 95 is going to cost six [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: this country that sees petrol as a natural right, could be such that the president didn't even wait for him to finish his speech before rushing to petrol stations one last time to fill up their tank. most feel the increase was long overdue. >> translator: i think it comes too late. and it should have been done slowly, not so suddenly, because the impact will be greater. >> reporter: the move comes as ma dur are facing continued pressure. he suffered a major defeat in parliamentary elections due to anger over prices. in 1989 a similar increase in food and gasoline prices lead thousands to the streets to protest. so dramatic were the events of those days, that fears of a repeat had kept prices