this weekend, much of washington turned out for scalia's funeral. president obama could name his replacement as army as today. senate republicans vowed to block any nomination. mark sacks who writes about congress said the president runs a big risk with any nominee he puts forward. >> does the president want to risk an up or down vote to reject someone making that person painted good for the next president. obama faces many, many choices. that's the reason he had that combined binder walking through the rhodes garden friday. he has many robes to choose from now. the biggest scariest question is who will likely be the sacrificial lamb. >> is blocking the mom newspaper the equivalent of shutting down the government as the democrats have tried to paint snit. >> i don't believe so, no. the court has eight members. the court once had seven members, going back to five members. this is not the shutdown of another branch of government. it means cases that could end up 4-4 will result in a precedent nationwide. there will be another justice within the next y

it's hard. >> al jazeera's mike viqueira joins us now from washington. the president went on to referring to having his hands on the nuclear codes. have you ever heard the president talk in those terms? >> no, i haven't, and i did think that was interesting, as well. he mentioned the nuclear codes, sending a 21-year-old into a firefight, a couple of other, making sure the banking system doesn't collapse. the president doesn't usually allude to all the pressures of the presidency and big job he has, partly probably because he doesn't want to inflate himself or appear somehow conceited in going about his daily duties. i thought that was rare and very interesting. it's interesting to hear the president reformulate his answer when it comes to donald trump and having a democratic successor in the white house. not long ago, he was asked if he thought a democratic would succeed him and being able to carry on policies and executive orders, as well as the statutes passed. he said he had confidence in the american people to make the right choice and choose a democ

al jazeera, washington. >>> chicago police calm it unacceptable. spiraling violence has many worried, but not everyone agrees on the reasons behind it. >> i am baffled why our officials or agencies into not listen to what is happening to the people. >> in the wake of the flint crisis, erin brock kitchen with a warning about the water in stockton, california. >>> the f.b.i. is joining the federal investigation into the water crisis in flint, michigan. state officials say high levels of lead remain in some areas. it's been more than a month since flint started adding a chemical to the water fly that is supposed to stop lead leeching out of old pipes. officials are warning pregnant women and children not to drink tap water that has not been tested. there are concerns about the water in california. activist erin brokovich said the city of stockton has been adding a chemical to the water supply that could have serious consequences. >>> a town hall meeting in a small city in central california, but this time, with a high profile attendee, erin brokovich,

. >> joining me now is andrew tabla, expert in middle east affairs at the washington institute. thank you for speaking to us. for the past three years, opposition forces have managed to maintain a significant balance in aleppo. how serious a blow with the -- would the loss for aleppo be for the fight against assad. >> it would be a extremely important blow to the opposition, especially its morale. large parts of aleppo have been destroyed mostly by government bombardment anyway, but symbolically, it would certainly cause the opposition to lose support especially in the northwestern part of the country. >> what would the in circlement of aleppo mean for opposition fighters on a practice alex? >> we have 21 century means to carry out a mid evil type siege. most of the sieges that have occurred in syria and you've suffered on this network very well involve starvation, denial of water, and other basic necessities to the people that live inside of those areas. i expect in the case of aleppo, we are going to see more of the same if that indeed happens. >> how have opposition fighters

roslind jordan is in washington, d.c. she has the latest. >> the obama administration is facing criticism from many quarters about what it is doing or not doing to try to end the civil war inside syria. the u.s. argues what it is trying to do is expand the work against isil to help eliminate the health of isil, and it is using all diplomatic means to resolve the civil war inside syria. in particular the u.s. is very reluctant to do what such as the turkish president, and the outgoing foreign minister have been suggesting which is a morrow bust military engagement. inside syria. the obama administration has been very reluctant to do that because it is conscious of starting another war in the middle east. now at one point the presidential envoy dealing with the coalition is that the u.s. is very much looking to support other members of the coalition particularly those from airplane countries who want to do more to defeat isil and who want to find a diplomatic solution to the civil war. he was very diplomatic on wednesday th

>> reporter: governor snyder has again declined an invitation to testify in washington, while the fbi investigates who went wrong, and who is responsible. and a spokesperson for the government's office says that he will not be able to testify before lawmakers because he is presenting the budget here on wednesday. u.s. rep says he is very disappointed in the governor's refusal to attend. >> bisi and the lawsuits continue to pile up, there is another federal lawsuit filed today against state and city officials. who is behind this one? >> reporter: yes, we just learned this afternoon that a couple here out of flint, their two-year-old daughter they claim became ill after ingesting that water. this is one of many lawsuits, and i'm told there will be many more to come. richelle? >> bisi onile-ere live in flint. thank you. >>> voters in new hampshire are getting hit by a snow storm. there are two separate storms pummelling the east coast and the west right now. the storm dumped so much snow on new england. kevin corriveau has the latest. >> that's right. we had it so well in december that a

here is kimberly halkett in washington. >> reporter: hours before the democratic debate, bernie sanders released this television ad. it features the daughter of eric garner, killed by police during an arrest for selling cigarettes. now an activist, she says she is endorsing bernie sanders for president. >> i'm behind anyone who is going to listen and speak up for us. >> reporter: but hours earlier, the political action committee of the prominent congressional black caucus endorsed hillary clinton. african american and latino voters were the focus of the latest debate. at issue, who was more supportive of illegal immigrants being able to stay. >> when we saw children coming from these horrendously violent areas of honduras, and neighboring countries, people who are fleeing drug and cartel violence, i thought it was a good idea to allow those children to stay in this country. that was not as i understand it, the secretary's position. >> reporter: they also argued of the causes of similaric racism in the u.s. clinton arguing the causes are institutional. and when it comes to supporting ame

that is his call to start regulating wall street more strictly, and to get washington to raise the taxes on those people with higher incomes, particularly the income managers. this is a big deal for bernie sanders, he'll walk out, go to new hampshire where he is leading in the polls. the crowd was not happy, hillary clinton declares something like victory before et votes were all in. the candidates are on their way to new hampshire, and then to south carolina. >> bernie sanders, in any case, whatever the final vote, whether he's number one or two, is declaring victory >>> john hendren, the star man live in des moines iowa >>> now, the world health organisation has declared the mosquito born zico virus a public health matter of international concern. they warned that the disease which is linked to birth defects is spreading across the americas at a larging wait. lucia newman reports from rio. hundreds, if not thousands of babies born with irreparable birth defects. all of this suspected to be caused by a mosquito-born virus, that has spread explosively throughout the americas, prompting t

we are seeing voters angry at washington, at the establishment. bernie sanders has been a politician for 40 years but doesn't look like one, sound like one, smell like one. that's why he has energized the left. just in a way donald trump and ted cruz energized the right. hillary clinton is the establishment. saying basically that she'll be another four years of barack obama. a lot of democratic voters maybe don't want that. >> clinton denies reports that she is planning to shake up her campaign staff, politico saying clinton is unhappy with her campaign messages and digital operations. clinton dismissed that as gossip and said she is committed to her current team. clinton said it would be malpractice oh not to talk about what's working and not working during the campaign. we'll have covering today and tonight starting at 7:00 eastern. >>> investigators on the scene of a deadly train collision in germany say two commuter trains crashed head on. nine died in the accident which happened southeast of mine nick during the morning rush hour. the survivo

with those three things in mind, he backed off. >> john terrett for us at the supreme court in washington. up next, a free man after four decades behind bars for a crime he claims he did not commit. the last of the angola three walks out of prison. and keeping on the pressure. hundreds take to the streets of flint, michigan, to bring awareness to the city's water crisis. >> so another development in apple's fight against the government today the justice department filed a motion to force the tech giant to unlock the encrypted iphone belonging to san bernardino shooter. apple is refusing saying that it threatens the security of its customers. and the government said that is a marketing ploy. >>> it is the 69th birthday that albert wood fox is not going to perfect. he spent four decades in sol stare confinement. he's the last of the so-called angola 3 being held at the for another yes anotherfor--at the notorious louisiana prison. >> albert woodfox has always maintained that he was an innocent man. after a 40-year legal battle he was finally able to walk free. [applause] >> on his 69th birt

the "washington post" says the company's engineers are working on enhancements that would make the phones unhackable without the owner's help. it would require pass word before anyone could get around security. that would create a barrier for law enforcement. >> safety of our kids, safety of our families very important. the protection of people's data is incredibly important. >> reporter: this is happening as apple fights a court order to help the government unlock the phone belonging to one of the san bernardino attackers. in an interview with abc news, apple's ceo explained his reasoning. >> the only way we know would be to write a piece of software that we view as the software equivalent of cancer. we would never write it. we have never written it. and that is what is at stake here. >> reporter: while the government insists this would not apply to any other phones. apple says that is not the case. the issue has taken center stage with supporters on either side of the debate. the attorney general is urging apple to comply. >> judges all over the country and on the supreme court have sai

i think the republican power holders, the insiders in washington, are fearful about ted cruz taking the nomination because they don't think he can get elected, to win. you will see pots and pots of money from washington, from rich conservatives being thrown at marco rubio because he looks like a win. there have been a race between chris christie, jeb bush, marco rubio and john kasich. marco rubio looks like he stands out, but he has to do good in new hampshire. the question is what is going to happen when the democrats go to the south and the west where there are a lot of minority voters, african-manner voters and latinos who don't know much about bernie sanders and likely to be loyal to hillary clinton >>> representatives from 23 nations are meeting in rome and taking part in a day-long meeting discussing how to cut off i.s.i.l.'s funding as well as the success of the air strikes. our correspondent gives me. take us through what we can expect from the meetings today. >> reporter: this is an attempt by the international coalition of international key players to have a coalition against

. >> reporter: in fact the water has angered so many, the mayor has gone to washington looking for help. >> reporter: what do you want the corps of engineers to do then? >> firm the dike. it sounds -- fix the dike. it seems simple but the cost is extremely high. >> fast track projects this would strengthen the lake and protect the projects. the corps has already spend millions on improvements. >> the river here has brought joy and happiness to my life. i don't want it to end. that's what we're fighting for. >> a fight upstream to clear these troubled waters. jonathan betz, fort meyers, florida. >> anyone next how amateur film americas are catching up with the pros. and someone called the officials reporting a unicorn running down the highway. highway. >> state lawmakers in alabama are stopping local governments there offering their own minimum wage. just recently, the city of birmingham raised their minimum wage of $10 per hour. >>> hollywood is gearing up for its biggest day of the year, the oskoscars, remaking and gettingo good at it some studios are taking legal action. al jazeera's

. >>> 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 show their faces. >> it was like a bad dream, like it didn't stay in my mind that i was actually in mexico. i just knew that i couldn't cross and couldn't get ahold of nobody, and i just cried all the time. >> sofia is one of thousands of single parents who have been separated from thei

reaction now and speak to ross lynn jordan in washington, d.c. the u.s. wanted of course an immediate end to the hostilities, a ceasefire immediately, so how satisfied are they with what was agreed in munich? >> well, basically, they were able to achieve what they did not want to give to the russians, which was until the end of february, the beginning of march before a ceasefire could take effect. while the u.s. eye deli would want the hostilities to stop at this moment, at least having a week is much better than letting the russian military carry out airstrikes on behalf of bashar al assad's government and go after opposition fighters for three weeks. so it's not perfect, but it is something that the u.s. can at least live with, according to officials. what's also worth stressing is that the fact that this does seem to be bringing new life to u.n. security council resolution 2254, which allows for human aid, which allows for this ceasefire, too, which does allow for the efforts of the syrian government and the syrian opposition to try to talk about a way

libby casey is in washington again. tell us what we have seen so far this morning and what we will be expecting later today. >> stephanie, the body of justice scalia is now in the great hall of the supreme court. it's resting on the same pedestal that held the body of president abraham lincoln. in just a little while, the public will be allowed to come through and pay their respects, seeing bolt the casket as well as a portrait of justice scalia. we just so you one of his sons, he has nine children, one son who is a priest just shared prayers, including the lord's prayer. we saw the supreme court justice, those sitting as well as retired justice there paying respects as well as family members of justice scalia. the funeral takes place tomorrow. that will be private. president obama does not plan to attend tomorrow's funeral, but vice president biden will be there representing the administration. the penalty and the first lady do plan to come to the court today to pay their respects along with americans. there's already

al jazeera is live for us in washington. john, tell us a little bit about what is going on in this plan. >> hello. >> hello. >> well, first of all, you have to say this is a little bit of political theater. we go through this every february, and it is the same. people get tesh bly excited the budget is coming and we have pictures of the budget arriving here in the congress. can't wait to see the budget, there it is. look at all of that, facts full of facts and figures and then it disappears the everybody goes well that's it, then, jolly good. now this is fiscal 2017 being delivered just a few hours ago, all those books you will see them will be poured over by members of congress. the president says that book there contained a lot of things that are very dear to him, like education, criminal justice reform, and job creation a little bit more than five call 2015 was. that's the big one, the president wants to slap $10 per barrel of oil, as a tax, in order to get a clean transportation system. raising $320 billion. well, i am t

lavrov said that washington was studying that proposal. let's get more on this developing story, joining us live from washington, d.c. is al jazeera's rosiland jordan, we have been hearing in the last hour the secretary of state has been talking about the issue of syria, ros. what did he have to say? >> well, what the secretary of state john kerry was meeting with the egyptian foreign minister at the u.s. state department in the past hour on tuesday, and he was asked about the ongoing situation to end the syrian civil war, and the fact that peace talks have been suspended until february 25th, and basically the secretary repeated his criticism of moscow, one that he has been making in several days. let's listen to what john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state had to say about the russian role in the syrian civil war. >> well, there's no question, and i have said this before publicly, that russia's activities in aleppo and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious

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. >> there is something very wrong when african americans around the country get nervous about walking down the street or going into their car and being stopped by a police officer. that should not be happening in america. >> reporter: secretary clinton is far ahead in the polls right now including with african americans. sanders need their vote if he is to win. >> my dad as i mentioned came from poland. i'm running for president. >> and guess what, nobody has asked for my birth certificate. >> why is there one standard for me, and not for everybody else? [ cheers and applause ] >> i have a record. it certainly is far different than the republicans, because they think, actually, and have said that the cause of the great recession w

. >> mike viqueira in washington >>> a deal to stablilize oil markets may be dead before it's finished. how saudi arabia is trying to keep prices sliding further. and what it could mean for the economy. >> and in the days leading up to a planned pause in the fighting in syria. the u.s. calls russian actions there horrific. >> mdma helps with the therapeutic connection. >> exclusive access to the... >> our fears are dancing between us. >> techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is what innovation looks like. >>...can affect and surprise us. >> i feel like we're making an impact. >> awesome. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. >> only on al jazeera america. >>> [ ♪ ] the band eagles of death metal headlined a show in paris for the first time since the attack. the attackers killed many watching the ban. survivors attended the conference at the olympiad theatre, the bataclan is closed >>> today the u.s. told moscow it is time to put up or shut up in regards to the ceasefire set to begin on friday. jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. the l

>> libby casey for us in washington, and thank you. and we're just learning that the lawyer for darnel early said that the committee for subpoenas testify again, he will accept. >>> polices can argue in washington, but the people in flint have to live with this reality every day. and the epa is looking into another problem in the water. aljazeera's andy rosein joins us now with more on this >> reporter: tony, for the last couple of days, the members of the environmental protection agency have not looking for not just lead, but low levels of chlorine, and if there's not enough chlorine in the water, that can lead to bacteria. if there's not enough chlorine, it can be especially dangerous for kids and adults, but if there's too much bacteria in water, that's dangerous for everybody. >> the people that have eye infects, but any cavity where you can allow the water to enter where there's bacteria, that can develop an infection. >> interpreter: and the department of health is looking at rashes. they have been causing rashes, and that's goin

. >> let me bring in jack kingston in washington. what do you think of what you are seeing tonight? >> i think it's going to be a long night. i think it's going to be exciting. i think that -- whoever is number one -- of course that's the first thing you ask, who is going to win it? but the second question is just as important, and that is who is going to be second, third, and fourth? and are those candidates going to be in a cluster, or is there going to be a long distance between the two of them. and the final question you ask yourself is who drops out. granted many or most have paid their qualifying fees for new hampshire and south carolina, but in all reality they are going to broke tomorrow if they don't have a decent showing, and out of 12 candidates, i think we can watch for probably four to six to really be on life support at best. >> there only 3% in right now. but ted cruz has popped back up. and there we have donald trump at one of the caucuses tonight in clive, iowa. but there was a lot of talk about evangelical vote in iowa, and whether or not because ted cruz had taken

she was born in 1809 and lived in washington d.c. since 1901. 106 look at the moves. hope we can all be so lucky. i'm adam may, thank you for batching. for the latest news head to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is next with "inside story". have a great night and a good week. [ technical difficulties ] >> big racial and ethnic minorities. after mitt romney was thrashed among minorities by barack obama in 2012, losing latinos nearly 3-1, this was going to be the year to change those numbers. but until any republican can really begin a general election conversation with voters

amtrak 188 was traveling between washington and new york when it veered off the tracks in may of last year, killing eight people and injuring 200 more. monday thousands of pages of documents were released. the train's engineer who suffered a concussion, shedding little light into the cause. some of the victims criticized the engineer for changing his story many times. >> was no memory of the he person in this tragedy. afters after the event. and then there is an elaborate description of what he remembers and doesn't remember, and mainly we focused on what he says he recalls. and what he recalls is he was operating the train, knowing where he was. >> reporter: he told the ntsb he remembered very little in the moments before the crash, but in a second interview, he said he remembered having a dream-like memory that the train was going too fast. telling investigators he thought, quote, this is it, i'm going over. >> we do not believe he had a medical condition which allowed memory to seep back into his head. we believe that his inconsistent story speaks volumes about him and his credibil

and an unusual high number of babies in washington state. apple is officially fighting back, the tech giant went to court to fight the request to hack into a phone that belonged to one of the san bernardino shooters. jacob ward is in san francisco, and it seems that the stakes are high for all involved and for the country. >> reporter: that's right, richelle. absolutely. this is not just a case of being a war of words, but truly, a war in the courtroom. apple finally filing a motion that makes the argument because no one has ever been asked to do this before, their constitutional rights as a company have been violated. in a motion filed a day ahead of the deadline, apple magistrates are asking to reverse the order of the order to hack into the i-phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. they are being asked to build something new, a government ao as much, as well as a forensic facility that could be used to unlock phones in hundreds of other cases. apple executives told reporters that the order violates the company's rights, compelling a

in washington, d.c., a rare winter lightning show, on the backside, snow, lots of it, indiana residents are still digging out, and at o'hare airport in chicago, once again this winter, plenty of cancellations. >> it was on time and then got delayed twice. >> winter is still very much here. paul beban, al jazeera. >> let's bring in meteorologist kevin corriveau. he said been monitoring the snow. >> the risk of tornadoes is coming down, but for thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms, that risk is going to continue as we go into the morning hours. i'm going to show you the big picture. first of all, you can see the storm system moving towards the northeast. the backside is the winter part. we'll deal with that in just a moment. i want to take you over here to the eastern seaboard and show you what we saw today. notice these lines of thunderstorms that passed through. they came in several waves of lines which caused a lot of problems here. not only tornadoes across this region, but we also saw all these yellow dots, that is the wind damage from these storms. at times, these storms are movin

what many people hilliary clinton represents, a political elite and establishment type politics in washington. something in a they're tired of, and that's why so many gravitated to bernie sanders, and that's her challenge as she moves to the new hampshire primary to try to overcome that, but he's trailing him right now, significantly. >> what do you think is going to be the difference between that and what you see in iowa? >> well, in terms of the voter design amics, if you will, iowa is a rural state. and it has a very large christian population, and you don't see that large evangelical vote that came out very strong for republican, ted cruz, giving him a victory here in iowa, but he may not see the results translate into new hampshire. and it's quite often that we see a completely different result in new hampshire. many say that they can push the so-called reset button in new hampshire and reenergize their campaign. that's what hilliary clinton is going to try to do, but we could see very different results. right now, donald trump is leading in very high numbers in new hampshire, but he may

let's go to dave leventhal, the senior reporter for the center of public integrity joining us from washington, d.c. dave, thanks for being with us. if anything can be said about campaign 2016, the rule books have been thrown out. hillary clinton i guess leading now by a razor's edge object donald trump by on the republican side. >> here's the big difference between polls and caucuses, polls, you get to do in the privacy of your own phone, on the internet. caucuses aren't like primaries or going into the polls. it's a public pronouncement of a candidate. that could change things for people on the fence, maybe supporting donald trump or ted cruz but could be convinced by friends and family who are going to be in that middle school jam or fire haul as saying no, no, vote for marco rubio or chris christie or somebody else. on the democratic side, you've got hillary and bernie running neck and neck and that can be a fight from city to city, town to town. >> will any of these candidates be made or broke in iowa. if they had cruz fails to win in iowa, will that mean the end of the cruz campaign? >>

kimberly with al jazeera, washington. >>> a standoff between armed men and police in the u.s. state of oregon ended, the last remaining four protesters left the national wildlife refuge, there for a month and angry about ownership of land and it will remain close for several weeks as authorities inspect the area and gather evidence. coming up, on al jazeera the head of the catholic church heads to mexico and cuba for a meeting a thousand years in the making plus hollywood glamour meets political awareness at the berlin film festival and in sport local wildlife steals the show as they come out to play with golf figures names. ♪ ♪ welcome back to the news hour, these are our top stories russian air strikes reportedly killed 18 people in syria just hours before a u.n. task force meeting on humanitarian aid. world powers have pledged to end hostilities within a week. greece fired tear gas at farmers holding an antiausterity protest in athens and hundreds in the city streets and angry at government's plans to bring new austerity measures as demanded by the lenders in greece's b

alan fisher is live for news washington, d.c. what more do we know about this case? >> the confirmation of this case coming from the last few hours in dallas. they say that the patient contracted the zika virus after having sexual inter course with someone who had been in the country in this case we're told it was venezuela. this has happened before in 2008. a colorado researcher passed on the virus to his wife after he returned from a trip where again the zika virus was known to exist. the authorities say this will obviously change the mention that they're putting out to people. not only do they need to take protection against areas where there is a risk, wearing long sleeves, spraying themselves with deet and avoid areas late at night and early in the morning when mosquitoes are most active. now they're saying if you have a partner who has been to an area where this is prevalent you have to use a con dome to protect yourself and them as well. the authorities in dallas are saying this was not transferred by a mosquito. as you see, it comes just a day after the "worl

. >> reporter: the washington post reports before this documentary aired source in the documentary who is recorded saying he helped give drugs. >> there is a bunch of baseball players taking them too. >> reporter: apparently the visits rattled his parents and asked the daughter to call 911. >> there is somebody at the door. they said they're from law enforcement. >> are your parents there? >> it sounds like he is a private investigator. >> reporter: two days later sly. >> there is no truth in the statement made. >> reporter: manning did not respond. they told they were looking for more information and did not influence sly. he has not denied the claim that the drug was shipped to his wife. he denied he used it. >> it's fabricated. >> reporter: the commissioner on friday said there will be a full investigation. >> we will work on law enforcement and we continue the investigations. we will be cooperative with everyone. in taking this seriously, we will find the conclusion and we will find our findings. >> reporter: all the athletes have denied. two baseball stars were named, but it was m

from technology and defense, patrick joins me from washington d.c. and director comey says, we don't want to break anyone's encryption or set a master key loose on the land. i hope that thoughtful people will take the title to understand that. you look like a pretty thoughtful person to me, and what does dr. comey want us to believe about this request, and what do you believe a fallout will be with apple? >> on his face, a lot of reasonable things in it that the fbi has said, and apple could in fact keep the operating system that they install on this phone, that bypasses this key security feature, that wipes the data off the phone after sen unsuccessful attempts have been made. so on its face, it's reasonable. but there's something else going on here. >> tell me the something else. >> on the face, it's about the phones, but the fbi has about 12 other phones that it has that it would like access to. the district attorneys for manhattan has 174 phones, and the potential that it has created, a precedent is set. where a technology company is forced to cr

the proposal is now being studied by washington, but the secretary of state has said that the air strikes on aleppo and the surrounding region are making it harder to hold talks. >> well, there is no question, and i have said this before publicly, that russia's activities in the aleppo, and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to have a serious conversation. we have called on russia again, to join in the effort to bring about an immediate cease fire and to bring about full humanitarian access. that is what this meet willing be about, and this meet willing tell a lot about the road ahead, we are not behind to what is happening. we are all very very aware of how critical this moment is and russia needs to contribute in significant ways to sustaining the ability of the opposition and others to come to the table let's go p to washington, d.c., my colleague is there, so we know what john kerry thinks about the bombing, by the russians but what does he and what do his team at the state department think about this idea of a peace plan, do th

john terrett is in washington tonight. john? >> reporter: that's right, good evening, john. potentially a huge help indeed, as the democratic 2016 campaigns roll south, and with the race all but tied up, who comes out on top may well be determined by african american voters. a major tip of the hat from the congressional black caucus, in favor of hillary clinton. >> when we need some to rally for democrats and especially the african americans, and at the request of the cbc pact, hilary has been there. when the issues that are important to our constituents, hillary clinton has been there. >> reporter: as the 2016 race heads to south carolina and on, african americans and latino voters are increasingly important. i was no quince identify that the morning after scoring big this week, bernie sanders was having breakfast with the reverend al sharpton. meanwhile hillary clinton is married to the man that many call the first black president. but it's not all clinton, all the way. african americans and latinos are divided on who should be the 2016 democratic nominee, clinton or sande

the storms brought flash flooding to the washington, d.c. area. the winds, were strong enough in new york city to every turn a tractor trailer. and in the midwest there were white-out blizzard conditions. in indiana firefighters had to come to the rescue of drivers stuck when the snow became too deep to continue. >> we found about 30 cars stuck in the snow. >> reporter: hundreds of thousands of customers lost power throughout the u.s. half of those in new york and new jersey. >>> and the danger isn't over yet, nickel mitchell has more. >> yes, this has been a very potent system. this is the radar going back in time to yesterday evening when the storms were coming through, and all of these pings, especially the orange ones, but they are all reports of bad weather. we had over 300 wind records of high and damaging winds. and of course a little bit on the southern edge, there were also those tornado reports. the severe weather has continued to clear out through the morning. today, though, we still have areas that have seen anywhere from michigan into

while the washington post broke the news today is one individual considered is the governor of nevada, brian sandoval, considered to be a centrist, here is the really important thing, paul, he's a republican. just the fact that the white house is considering sandoval is significant even if he doesn't make the final cut. the white house leaking out word that president obama is look at him, is in one sense designed to put republicans in an even tighter corner. would they really push back on a member of their own party being offered such a prestigious post? >> floating a tactical trial balloon there, libby casey thank you. >>> the pentagon floated an idea to transfer being guantanamo detainees. under current law, it is felt that would be illegal. testifying before a house subcommittee attorney general loretta lynch was asked about closing the controversial detention camp. >> certainly as it respects the department's appropriations we also do not participate in any efforts to do so. i would note that the administration is committed to working with congress to make that happen. and certain

you live in washington, what many people refer to as the bubble. what do you say to people who say that donald trump is simply the mirror, and america doesn't like its own reflection? >> i would say a lot of people feel that way, and here in washington, d.c., it's very, very easy for anyone to scratch their head and say what the heck is going on in the rest of america. and the rest of america says a lot is going on out here, and that's why donald trump is winning, because washington isn't listening to us. the anti-establishment rhetoric you are hearing is playing very well for not only donald trump but a candidate like bernie sanders who is holding hillary clinton up as the ultimate washington insider, and somebody who isn't reflective of values of people in middle america, that is something that has resinated in this campaign on both ends for months and months right now, and it is really coming home to roost, as you see those candidates not only doing well, but winning a lot of states. >> dave as always thank you very much. >>> when we come back,

a big topic here in washington. very predictable. and a clear indication that president obama wants to shape the conversation about naming a supreme court justice. republicans drew a line in the sand this week, promising to shut down the process of replacing juice scalley a. >> ha remember, on the republn side have unanimously agreed and wrote a letter to senator mcconnell saying we are of the view that there should not be a hearing in the committee for anyone that the president no more mates >> reporter: the president responding to the hearing. >> i recognize that the politics are hard for them, because the easier thing to do is to give into the most extreme voices within their party and stand pat and do nothing. but that's not our job. our job is to fulfill our constitutional duties. >> reporter: republicans say any decision should wait until after the 2016 presidential election. >> we are very comfortable letting the american people speak on this issue. the american people will choose a president in november, and they will get a c

do we have the guts to take on the pharmaceutical industry who has 1300 paid lobbyists in washington? i believe when the american people stand up and they say, you know what, health care is a right of all people, not a privilege, i believe we can do that. >> reporter: justice reform another key sanders pledge. >> there is something very wrong when african americans in south carolina and around the country get nervous about walking down the street or going into their car, and being stopped by a police officer. that should not be happening in america. >> reporter: secretary clinton is far ahead in the polling right now. sanders needs the african american vote to win. >> my dad, as i mentioned came from poland. i'm running for president. and nobody has asked for my birth certificate. maybe it's the color of my skin, i don't know. >> reporter: clinton was forced to defend herself in the opening minutes of her turn. is she too close to wall street banks like goldman sachs. >> why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else. i have a record. it certainly is far different from th

whatever washington says, they cannot keep the people down. and tonight is a testament to the people commitments to their yearnings to get back to our core commitment, free market principles, constitutional liberties, and the judeo christian values that built this great nation. when the washington lobbyist settled on other candidates in this race, when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over-800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said "yes, we can." 800,000 contributions to tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign, people have asked heidi and me "are you tired?" and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, six, seven days a week. [ laughs ] >> we are not tired at all. [ cheering and applause ] to the contrary, we are inspired by each and every won of you. i leap o

i think we're seeing the washington power players lining up behind rob aee. there was a secondary contest best trump and cruz, a contest between kasich, to see who would carry the flag for the party insiders. it very much looks like rubio will be the one to do that. i think there might be a bandwagon in new hampshire for rubio now that he has done well in iowa. >>> the f.b.i. is now joining the investigation into the flint water crisis. state officials there say high levels of lead are still in place in some areas. it's been more than a month since flint started adding a chemical to the water supply. that chemical is supposed to stop lead from leeching out of the pipes. pregnant women and children are warned not to drink the tap water. rick snyder announcing that the public school emergency manager has been asked to step down and has resigned. barn necessarily early is bog to step down at the end of the month. he once served as the emergency manager in flint. early is said to be refusing to testify before congress friday rewarding the flint water crisis. >> b

. >> thank you, john terrett in washington. >> north korea has shown that it can put missiles into space. that has the united states ramping up defense capabilities around the country. the response of the pentagon next. >> rescuers working in the rubble of buildings taken down by an earthquake in taiwan, finds more survivors. >> the nation's first primary, and a critical next step on the road to the white house. >> republicans, democrats... >> stay with al jazeera america for comprehensive coverage that's... >>> in taiwan more than 100 people are missing after the quakar on saturday. an 8-year-old girl was found alive after spending 60 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapse said apartment building in the city of taiwan >>> north korea launched a satellite into space. the united nations condemned the mood and is considering sanctions. the u.s. says it's ready to bolster defenses in the region. jamie mcintyre reports from the pentagon. with north korea defying u.n. resolutions and ignoring crippling sanctions, the u.s. is making prudent military moves to counter the threat that north ko

. >> the election will not be decided by the lobbyist and the washington cartel. this is going to be decided by the grassroots. >> for u.s. republican senator marco rubio, a close third-place finish in iowa means momentum. >> we need to unify the movement and the republican party, i can do that. >> reporter: iowa narrowed down the group, it's not clear how long kassig and bush can go on. with bernie sanders enjoying a comfortable lead over hillary clinton in new amp shire, the democratic race is a 2-candidate race. florida governor jed bush tried to move past a weak showing in iowa. >> i depend ted cruz, he deserves prays for his victory. if you look at their records. they are gifted in how they speak. wlalent life experience. new hampshire offers a chance to change the stakes. >>> the economist has weed in on the primaries calling it a brawl and a jaw-dropping spect call. the lead editorial says it's supposed to be a battle to extend the dynasty. it's been up-ended by outsiders more than any other election. our global news seg the. the hindu says the u.s. dehli p

in washington. do we know if this is sustainable? >> we don't know if it's going to be implemented yet let alone sustainable. this is coming together in a week, we're not to that point. to your question this is a very, very shaky deal. on the other hand, it is a deal that i don't think any outside observer really thought we were going to get. so just the fact that there is this deal is exceeding most observers' wildest expectations. that said, there are many devils in the details still to be worked out. >> let's look forward. if this deal begins, what if the seafs is broken? ceasefire is broken? >> if the ceasefire is broken then the deal is off. there would be five or six different ways at least that we can think about how this ceasefire could be broken. notably only the outside powers have agreed to this. the syrian rebels on the ground have nod agreed t not agreed to. the shia militias has not agreed to this. hezbollah has not agreed to this. there are all kinds of substate actors inside syria who are not a party to these talks an

the funeral will be held saturday at the national shrine of the immaculate conception in washington. it is the largest catholic church in north america. almost from the moments thinks death was announce the battle to name his replacement began. president obama intends to nominate a well-qualified candidate. republicans want the next president to fill the vacancy. mike viqueira reports from washington. >> president obama was asked about the controversy of the sunday death of justice angers ntonin scalia. he prayed justice scalia, and then quickly made it clear that he has the right to nominate someone to succeed him and will exercise that right. he was some how suggesting that the president in a second term in office should in the have a right and defer to the next president before appointing someone. as for who the president is thinking of or what type of candidate he's thinking of nominating to be the next associate justice, the president would not tip his hand. >> there is not going to be a particular position on a particular issue that determines whether or not i nominate them, bu

in the nba, the new york knicks host the washington wizards they will do it without the coach derek fisher, he was fired after less than two years. after the nba most valuable team lost their fifth straight game, they have now lost nine of the last ten, and five games back of the playoff spot. fish ear five time nba player, with no coaching experience when he was hired back in 2014. kurt rambis has been promoted to interim coach until the end of the season. >> we have to do the things that i feel will be right for this team, in this particular juncture, and i have to feel comfortable in doing it the way that i want to do it. a lot of that is just challenging players, holding them accountable, and had a player meeting just to address the situation, and to let them know where i stand. and what i expect of them. >> if the nicks needed some inspiration, they certainly got it from this game. 20/20/04-meter shot against the toronto raptors but oughtly enough, it wasn't enough for the win. with a 14 out of 15 games. >> 150 baseball players defected from cuba to the united states in 2015, the new

he believes that he will be handed over to washington if he's sent to sweden. and he faces questioning, only by the embassy and by ecuadorian prosecutors. thousands of secret documents on it, exposing classified and often embarrassing details about the world governments. assange always said that he would leave the embassy if he lost appeal. and now he's trying to go to ecuador, where he's granted asylum. but the police say that they will make everiest to arrest him. aljazeera, the ecuadorian embassy, london. >> hilliary clinton and bernie sanders will debate in new hampshire tonight, ahead of tuesday's primary. and aljazeera's lisa stark joins us at the university of new hampshire, and lisa, how would you describe it at this point? i heard the word combative used. >> reporter: i would say increasingly contentious, and you know, tony, this is the 5th democratic debate, but it's the first with just hilliary clinton and bernie sanders onstage. martin o'malley dropped out after iowa, and it will be just the two, and we'll see how that changes the dynamics, and as t

that's why the rage is a bloodbath. >> roslind jordan is in washington, d.c. strong words there accusing the u.s. not having a grasp of who is who in the conflict. what reaction has there been in the ou outburst. >> well, the reaction from the envoy to coalition to counter isil, they were here on capitol hill wednesday testifying by the boom administration policy inside syria both dealing with the civil war and with the ongoing campaign to defeat isil. he told legislators on the hill that they're reassured in trying to overthrow the kurdish government. they're trying to drive out isil and restore syria to a country where all can live in a multi sectarian community. he was very, very adamant also that the turkish claims that the u.s. is aiding and abetting some sort of ethnic cleansing by encouraging turkey to take in refugees that it was a misguided criticism. he said that the real problem is getting the russian military to stop targeting opposition fighters and stop shelling parts of aleppo and other parts of syria. that is what is creating the humanitarian c

. >> in an interview with "the washington post." clinton apologised for those wards saying i shouldn't have used those words and i wouldn't use them again today. >> john terrett in north charleston >>> president obama says he'll do all he can do make sure the cessation in syria holds. >> none of us are under illusion. we are aware of the pitfalls, there's plenty of reason forrefor skepticism. people judge us if we do not do our part in trying to end this with diplomacy. if implemented, the cessation could reduce the violence and get food and aid to syrians that are suffering and need it. >> the president spoke after meeting with the national security team at the state departme department. they discussed major issues at the campaign. >> the fight against i.s.i.l. will be difficult. we'll draw on all elements of the national power. military, intelligence, diplomacy, homeland security, law enforcement and the strength of our communities, i'm confident we will prevail. we are in a better position now than we were last month and a better