paul brennan, al jazeera. >> it's the final day of campaigning ahead of elections in iran. the first election since the deal over the country's nuclear program. there are two elections. one for parliament and in the parliamentary election. the remain reformest group is led by th by on the other side a speaker whose daughter is married to one of the supreme leaders son. the assembly is seen as more important as they will choose the next leader. >> basically described as a breakthrough for iran because of the sanctions left, but we haven't seen the effects of the lifting of sanctions yet. so whether or not people would sway to the reformists or not isn't clear. but one thing is clear, all the campaigners are desperately trying to get people out to vote. because these are the parliament try and the assembly of expert elections not the presidential elections the 72% turn out when president rouhani was elected. of course, this is a litmus test of his popularity. >> to qatar, the latest country to ban their citizens from lebanon. it's all part of an escalating row between saudi a

brennan with the latest from london and paul thank you. israel's supreme court has suspended detention of a palestinian journalist who has been hunger strike for more than two months and mohamed is understood to have held a strike for 72 days in protest against the law that allows israel to hold suspects without trial. the court says the detention order was suspended due to his poor health. two israeli teens found guilty of murdering a palestinian teenager have been sentenced and mohamed was kidnapped, beaten and burned to death in 2014. one of the convicted teens received a life sentence, the other was sentenced to 21 years in prison. and west jerusalem has this update. >> reporter: the family of mohamed have reacted angry to the sentencing and at one point his mother stood up and started shouting at the courts saying that the sentences are too lenient that one of the sentencing rather one of the minors who was sentenced to 21 years in prison will likely be out in just a few years time because of israel's appeal process saying that her so

paul brennan reports. >> reporter: this is the greek macedonian border. it was set up as a transit camp intended for 1,000 people, maximum. now, 7,000 desperate refugees are stuck here in squalid conditions, many for more than a week now. >> there are thousands of people here. >> children jostel for a bottle of water, an orange and perhaps a sandwich, queueing for everything is a daily grind. the queue to be let through the border crossing is longer. tempers sometimes flare. >> i have to wait, to take food, i have to wait two hours. it's a very bad life. >> at night, the child is very cold, you know. it's not really life here refugeesed blocked the rail line chanting their demands to be allowed to pass. riot police were unmoved. athens says unless these people are allowed to travel onward, the number trapped in greece could rise to 70,000 next month. efforts by turkey and nato are expected to significantly stem the flow of arrivals across the agean in the next few weeks. the plight of those already in europe is becoming a grave concern. paul brennan, al j

paul brennan has more now. >> reporter: syria's complex civil war has become even more complicated by the presence of isil both in syria and iraq, leaving combatants and their international backers fighting on multiple fronts. the british foreign secretary has been briefing the u.k. parliament. there was praise for the resilience of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq, but syria, he says, is different. >> what we have seen is disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime, and the russian air force, which is making us distinctly uneasy about the syrian kurd's role in this. >> reporter: the pkk is regarded by turkey and britain as a terrorist group. the united states military support for the group is problematic. >> they are for years now fighting not just against isis, but also against al-nusra. because they besieged many kurdish places. >> reporter: one analyst says cooperation between assad's forces at the ypg occurs only where both sides happen to be fighting their common enemy, which is isil. but the relationship emphasizes the complex proxy wa

regulators looking keenly at the trans genetic mosquito in florida, paul brennan. >>> french and belgium will have a antiterrorism talk and improve security measures but will not address the under lying social causes and lee barker reports now from brussels. >> reporter: on the surface life in brussels is deceptively normal and this popular market draws tourists and locals like it always has done but patrols are never far away, reminder of suspects linked to the paris attacks and security is relaxed but officially an attack is still possible and probable and for many belgiums life goes on. >> if anything is going to happen it will. we see a little bit more police but that is about it. i don't really think a lot of people that it stops them from doing their daily business. >> reporter: when they meet on monday it's to find solutions to more violence and it exposed major flaws in policing and gaps in intelligence and both countries are eager to close and two of the known men in the attacks were from belgium or french and they are still looking for the two and one managed to escape paris pa

paul brennan reports from brussels. >> reporter: in defiance of tougher border controls and in spite of winter storms and dangerous seas refugees and migrants continue to attempt the aegean crossing from turkey to greece and the group was rescued on today and this year 1500 people a day are making the dangerous crossing. turkey has taken in some two million refugees from the syrian conflict and now wants help. turkish president in a critical speech on thursday warned that without more support he could simply open the borders and let the refugees leave. >> translator: in the border town we put them on a bus and turned them back but we can only do this once or twice then i'm sorry but we can open the doors and tell them have a good journey. >> reporter: nato defense ministers have been meeting in brussels but the german turkish greek proposal to sent ships to the eastern aegean was floated on monday this week and seemed to take nato by surprise, nonetheless the ships are being sent. >> our military authorities will workout all the other details as soon as possible. allies will be looki

paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> israeli troops shot dead a 18-year-old palestinian man in the occupied west bank after an alleged stabbing. this is a day after another palestinian man was killed after wounding three israeli soldiers when he allegedly fired at a check point outside the city of ramallah and blocked nonresidents entering the city while it carries out security checks and 167 palestinians and 25 israelis died in the latest unrest which began in october. uk approved a scientist's request to edit human genetic code. the controversial technique was pioneered in an effort to understand how embryos develop and it crosses too many ethical boundaries and could lead to one day designer babies and hope gene editing could treat conditions such as hiv or inherit diseases such as muscular dystrophy. chinese police arrested 21 people connected to an investment scheme that allegedly defrauded investors of $7.6 billion. executives from china's largest peer to peer money lending company are accused of stealing from about 900,000 people. according to state media the suspects scammed people

paul brennan, al jazeera. >> five u.n. peace keepers have been killed as another 30 in northern mali. the u.n. spokesperson said that shelling hit on friday and people recorded seeing helicopters in the sky. hearing an exchange of gunfire. >> facing crimes against humanity charge at the hague, but five witnesses have asked for their testimonies to be withdrawn. the evidence linked to violence around the 2007 presidential election in which 1200 people died. with more on what that means, we have this update from the kenyan capital of nairobi. >> they said it would be unfair because the witnesses were not cross-examined. this is a big blow to the prosecution, chief prosecutor. the case is greatly weakened. they directly link the crimes that they're accused of. they say the witnesses were bribed by people who are said to be associated to the defense. what happens next. the prosecution drops the charges, something that many people who follow these cases say might not happen. or the trial judge would rule in favor of another cas

paul brennan is following the events. let's speak to him now. what are they proposing? >> the defense ministers are in a working dinner right now. they spent the day talking about many different things. oil prices, the common denominator through all of them, frankly, is russia and the concerns that nato has in russia's concertedness. we have grade on this day one of the two-day meeting of defense ministers is in principle to have an enhanced forward presence. that means more military personnel. more military hardware. three positions in balkan states who are concerned about their close proximity to russian military forces. also there has been an agreement to share intelligence more productively in a more treatment lined way. the concerns that russia has showed a willingness to use military force to, change borders and intimidate its neighbors. >> we will have we have increased our presence. we're faced with a more challenging and demanding security. we are using military force at borders and intimidate neighbors. >> russia has seen provocation. what is the reaction to t

paul brennan reports. >> reporter: syria's complex civil war has become even more complicated by the presence of isil, both in syria and iraq, leaving combatants and their international backers fighting on multiple fronts. the british foreign secretary has been briefing the parliament. there was praise for the extraordinary resellence of kurdish peshmerga fighters in iraq, but syria is different. >> what we have seen is very disturbing evidence of coordination between syrian kurdish forces, the syrian regime, and the russian air force, which are making us distintly uneasy about the kurds role in all of this. >> reporter: for syrian kurds, read the ypg, the military wing of the pkk, which turkey and britain regard as a terrorist group. the united states military support for the ypg is therefore deeply problematic. but a former kurdish leader says the syrian's kurdess loyalty to the west is consistent. >> they are for years fights not just isil but also against al-nusra, because they besieged several kurdish places. >> reporter: one analyst says cooperation between assad's forces and t

is looking at the trans genetic mosquito in florida, paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> let's take a closer look at this issue and joined live from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine and thanks for being with us. w.h.o. is considering whether to issue a global emergency over this particular outbreak do you think it warrants such a warning? >> it's difficult to know that for several reasons. it is not another ebola. this is not a fatal disease. it is not spread human to human. it requires the mosquito vector specifically the species to transmit the disease and the areas of land which are vulnerable to epidemics is reducing that factor. it also needs to be stressed the overwhelming majority of infections are without symptoms and people who get symptoms they are mild with rash, fever headache and conjunctivitis and there is a link that was found between women who are infected during pregnancy and their babies being born with micro ensefly and 4,000 cases of micro ensefly in brazil last year. >> we know in previous zika outbreaks there have been no links to microencpphaly and co

paul brennan, al jazeera. >> five u.n. peace keepers have been killed and another 30 injured in an attack on the base in northern mali. an u.n. spokesman said that the shelling early on friday and people reported seeing u.n. helicopters in the sky and hearing an exchange of gunfire outside of the city. no group has has claimed responsibility for the attack. the additional court case has been weakened with key evidence ruled inadmissible. facing crimes against humanity charges at the hague. five witnesses have asked that their testimony to be withdrawn. prosecutors say there is evidence that links them to violence around the 2007 presidential election in which 1200 people died. for more on what this means, we have these updates from nairobi. >> the appeals bakley say that the evidence would be unfair to the accused because the witnesses were not cross examined. this is a big blow to the prosecutor. who have said without the them, the case is greatly weakened. the reasons link the defendants to some of the crimes they are ac

the doctors are now threatening to go on strike as paul brennan reports. >> reporter: this is a rare scene on the streets of cairo, thousands of doctors, who have had enough of what they say is abuse by the police. their accusations come after two doctors were reportedly beaten up by police while at work in a cairo hospital last month. the doctors who said in televised interviews that a policeman pulled a gun on them over the dispute of the medical treatment of an officer. doctors threatened to begin a gradual strike if the police are not held accountable. >> translator: the protest is to prefend emergency doctors across egyptian hospitals. we are not only faced with aggression from patient's relatives, but also from the police, who are supposed to be defending young doctors who are supposed to work in a safe environment. >> reporter: such demonstrations are rare. under president sisi large demonstrations are effectively banned in egypt. but the doctors say they will not be silenced. they say they are protecting their professional dignity. >>> five u.n. peace keepers have been killed

paul brennan reports. >> reporter: this is the greek-macedonian border. it was set up last september as a transit camp intended for 1,000 people maximum. now 7,000pratt refugees are stuck here in squalid conditions, many for more than a week now. >> patients, there are thousands of people here that are waiting to cross the board,, not only you. >> reporter: children, jostle for a bottle of water, an orange and perhaps a sandwich. queuing for everything is a daily grind here. inevitably tempers sometimes flare. >> if i want to go i have to wait for a minimum of 10 minutes, if i want food i have to wait two hours. it's very bad life. at night the child is very cold. you know, it's not life here really it's not life here. >> reporter: on sunday refugees blocked the rail line between greece and macedonia chanting their demanding to pass. macedonian riot police were unmoved. the bottleneck follows austria's decision to introduce a daily cap of 80 asylum applications and let own only 3,200 across a day. the balkan countries in to macedonia feared a backlog thei

paul brennan went along. >> reporter: the attention to detail is uncanny. compare the drapes behind the bed with old photographs of for the and i believe they are exact republicans the same guitar as hendrix here, is strung just as the left-hander would play it. it's as if hendrix still lives here and has simply stepped out for a while. this rare and sadly silent footage shows hendrix entertaining friends back at the grabbing street apartment after a gig one night. in january 1969, photographer barry took these photographs of hendrix at home. >> we knocked, there was no answer, he walked up the stairs and jimi hendrix was here, sitting in a car, kathy made us a couple of tea and we just got in to a conversation. >> reporter: performance footage shows the on stage persona of the man alongside the private minutiae of hendrix's life. hendrick was born in seattle. and brought in america. but he himself described the apartment at 23 brook street as my first real home of my own. one of the nicest aspects about this exhibition is that this flat is where jimi hendr

paul brennan, al jazeera. >> al jazeera is in a greek village close to the border with macedonia. hodor, can you tell us more about conditions there and what you've been seeing? >> conditions are becoming more and more difficult. you can see people have just grabbed a tent and set up in the field all around the border crossing. some tried to put pressure on the national community to make their voice heard. the number of people arriving here is increasing by the hour. all we've seen is the scenes reminiscent of at the time back in 2015 before the border were opening, people walking around the railway track, entire families on the move, also on the road, just they're all coming here. now when you tell them you know that the border is closed, some do know, others say well, we want to be here to make sure when they open, we go through, because there is anxiety and uncertainty in the air that maybe the borders will be importantly closed and that's what they're really worried about. aid workers are overwhelmed. we were talking to n.g.o.'s operating underground and they said we don't hav

paul brennan, al jazeera, oxford shier. oxfordshire. >> tell us a little bit about the reaction there because now we're hearing that it could be even worse than we had already thought. >> absolutely. and we've heard this from the world health organization. which is precisel precisely whye discussing the possibility of a worldwide emergency because of this. it has spread very, very quickly. back in october most people had never even heard of it. the brazilian health minister says it's far worse than he had imagined, caught completely off guard, could have done more to prevent it from spreading so quickly. but you have to remember also that brazil is right now in the middle of a recession, an economic crisis. many states in fact have declared a public health state of emergency. so simply they are not very well prepared for sites now to deal with this kind of a health challenge. normal people are panicking in many places, they don't know what's going to happen to their children or unborn children, even though it has not been p

paul brennan, al jazeera. >> let's go to iran wednesday is the final day of campaigning ahead of elections in the country. on friday there are two elections. one is for parliament. the other for the assembly of experts. in the parliamentary election, the main r reformist group. the election of the assembly of experts is seen by many as more important this election because they will choose the next scream leader in the event of the death of the current leader ayatollah khamenei. we have reports now from iran. >> campaigning is now over. and the iranians preparing to vote the main issue is the ailing economy, and how much it could be transformed in the lifting of sanctions. the impact they've had could be seen by anyone landing in tehran. runways can resemble an aircraft museum with some airliners more than 30 years old. straight after the nuclear deal was an order for 113 airbus planes including a dozen double decker aircraft. but this millionaire investment banker said the scope is massive. >> totally divers diversified in natural resources and markets and consumers. the market has been un

paul brennan, al jazeera. >>> the iranian president hassan rhouhani has won a strong vote of confidence in the country's elections. while the official numbers are yet to be released, moderates and reformists have done very well in the capitol. from tehran, jonah hull reports. >> reporter: friday's election was considered by many to be a test of support for iran's path out of international isolation and economic decay. as such, the policies of the hassan rhouhani including the nuclear deal with world powers that led to the lifting of sanctions have passed that test. his moderate and reformist alleys have made their biggest gains in the country's key institutions in over a decade. but analysts are quick to point out that neither immediate nor lasting change is inevitable. >> if it doesn't pick up, perhaps in four years, you will see the losers coming back to power. president rhouhani, you know, since i has been able to achieve an agreement with the p 5 plus 1, he has an advantage. he has two major problems. >> that's the fall of the price of oil as well as the global economy that's not do

paul brennan >>> vote counting is underway in iran following friday's elections. voting was for members of parliament and the assembly of experts. that's a body which appoints the supreme leader. it is being seen as a test for reformist president who helped secure iran's new deal last year. >> reporter: the queue of voters stretched around the block. turn out at this election has been high and in the capital it should favor the list of moderates and reformists. a former kon conservative is on that list among a vastly reduced number after thousands were disqualified from taking part. >> translation: definitely the next parliament should reform the law on foreign investment, banking, social security as well as the labor laws. in my opinion, these major laws need to be modified very fast. >> reporter: this mosque serves as a polling station. no ordinary mosque, it was hear that the revolutionary spread their message of theocracy over monarchy over 35 years ago. get to the back of the queue these people cry. reformist and moderatists expected to hold way. >> i would l

paul brennan, al jazeera, brussels. >>> the u.n. is warning of an impending humanitarian crisis in homs where an estimated 120,000 people have been cutoff from aid since the middle of january. meanwhile casualty figures for the duration of the five-year war have laid bear the devastating affect that it's had on syria's people. the syrian center for policy research says 11.5% of the population has either been killed or injured in the war. death toll of 470,000 people includes 70,000 who could have been saved if they had adequate healthcare, water or housing. a staggering 1.9 million syrians injured in the war. life expectancy in the country has fallen from 70 which it was in 2010 to 55. with me now in the studio is benedict europe policy director at the international development organization and thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. now, these figures from the syrian center for policy research, i don't expect you to know exactly if they are correct but do they sound right to you, do they echo the kind of what you have

paul brennan, al jazeera, brussels. >>> let's get more now on all of these developments joining us live in the studio is the chair of the contemporary middle eastern politics and international relations at the london school of economics. thanks for coming in. just going back to munich. the stumbling block is the issue of the ceasefire and when it might start. do you think they might agree to that this evening or do you think it's unlikelily? >> there is a big divide between the united states and russia. the united states wants an immediate ceasefire now, not tomorrow. while the russians are not in a hurry. they are not committal. they suggested the first of march. their dog is winning. assad and his allies. they are not in a hurry at all. they have tipped the scales in to the favor of assad. in two or three weeks the syrian army will be five or 10 miles away from the turkish borders, so the russians are trying to splay the process and the ceasefire as long as possible. >> we are lavrov, kerry and de mistura who will be appearing shortly. tell us about the other key regional players and

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house speaker paul ryan wasted against the law. margaret brennan has more. >> the politics of this are tough. tough politics because the president's proposal involves bringing nearly 60 guantanamo prisoners to the united states. bunch of dangerous terrorists here in the united states. because -- we threw the book at them. and there have been no incidents. >> reporter: of the 91 prisoners at guantanamo, 35 transferred to other countries. 46 held in the united states under military guard. and at least 10 would face trial in criminal or military courts. that includes so-called 9/11, mastermind khalid sheikh mohamed never convicted in 13 years in u.s. custody. pentagon looked at places to houtz the prisoners including, south carolina, super max prison in colorado and military prison in leavenworth, kansas. in 2011, congress made it illegal to transfer guantanamo inmates to the u.s. republicans in congress are almost universally opposed. kansas senator, pat roberts made his opinion clear today. president's plan to send terrorists to the

obstetrician greg brennan, larry holmquist, and retired judge, paul wright. there are four democrats in the race to replace them as well. kenneth griffin, ernest reeves, chris rey and deborah ross join us tomorrow for a half-hour starting at 7:00 on wral. >>> the way to learn whether federal judges will approve of an election map will be little bit longer. a new order gives people challenging and map dashing up a few more days to file objections. they do not say when the court will issue its decision. >>> so the big story today of course is the weather, and starting in a couple of hours, we could start seeing possibly severe weather moved through the area. >> elizabeth, how does this rank in terms of severity out there? >> well, it is definitely a scary situation for us as meteorologists are watching this. we just don't have this sort of elevated potential for severe weather very often. let's take a look at the satellite and radar picture and talk about what's happening right now. we do have warm air starting to spread across the region producing some patchy

obstetrician, eg brennan, palmquist command retired superior court judge, paul carolina's senate seat is march 15. democrats also running against burr, kevin griffin, ernest williams, chris ray and borah ross will take part in half- hour commercial debate hosted by wral. david crabtree will moderate the half-hour scussion. learn more about the candidates thursday night at 7:00 on wral. >>> orange county health department want to explore adding any cigarette to the smoking ban. before it directed the counties to draft policies that include smoking bans including taping. they hope to have a draft of the public road before april, it could take effect by paul. >>> u.s. chocolate maker, mars, is recalling candies and 55 countries. a spokesperson for the company says plastic was found in one of the products and could lead to choking. voluntary recall affects projects.products and earlier this year in the netherlands. affected foods were listed on the dutch food safety side including mars, milky way, >>> stocks are down, dow wn, the s&p close down 24 1/4. >>> a rescue operation was underway

obstetrician greg brennan, larry holmquist, and retired superior court judge, paul wright. there are four democrats in the race to replace them as well. kenneth griffin, ernest reeves, chris rey and deborah ross join us tomorrow for a half-hour debate commercial free, starting at 7:00 on wral. >>> the way to learn whether federal judges will approve of an election map will be little bit longer. a new order gives people challenging and maps a few more days to file objections. they do not say when the court will issue its decision. >>> province police commission holds one more meeting about downtown sidewalk seating worlds. the final meeting was supposed to be last week but members decided they needed one more. ban on picnic tables as part of a recommendation to counsel. it will likely prevent -- present their suggestions in march. >>> meredith college is marking its 125th anniversary. there is a concation and reception beginning at 10:00 at jones auditorium on the campus in west raleigh. they will have the unveiling of meredith's new historical marker. a special anniversary

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earl warren, bill brennan, john paul stevens and david suitor and harry blackman, the author of roe versus wade. everyone of those was a republican republican republican appointee. why did that happen? it's not that republican presidents secretly want to put liberals on the court. that's not actually what is happening. what happens instead, if you look at the justices who honored their oath and remained faithful. scalia clarence thomas and chief justice william rehnquist. everyone of them had a long proven record of following the constitution and defending conservative principals and it being vilified and standing up in the face of criticism. but what happens is if you nominate a real conservative, a proven conservative, the democrats are going to fight you. they get the joke and fighting for the court. so over and over again we get republicans who don't really care about the court and their team goes and says, hey, we have got a stealth canada -- can dad. he's perfect. and no paper trail whatsoever. if you have lived 50 years your life and never written, said or done anything to prove you

house speaker paul ryan wasted no time pointing out that is against the law. margaret brennan has more. >> the politics of this are tough politics because the president's proposos involves bringing nearly 60 guantanamo prisoners to the united states. >> we are already holding a bunch of dangerous terrorists here in the unitit states. because -- we threw the book at them. and there have been no incidents. >> reporter: of the 91 prisoners at guantanamo, 35 transferred to other countries. 46 held in the united states der military guard. and at least 10 would face trial in criminal or military courts. that includes so-called 9/11, mastermind khalid sheikh mohamed nener convnvted in 13 years in u.s. custody. pentagon looked at places to houtz the prisoners including, south carolina, super max prison in colorado and military prison in leavenworth, kansas. in 2011, congress made it inmates to the u.s. republicans in congress are almost universally opposed. kansas senator, pat roberts made kis opinion clear today. >> this is what i think of the president's plan to sen

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coming up tomorrow morning, congressman paul tonko from new york talks to us live about the state of the nation's water supply system and water safety legislation. also michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice will talk with us live about his new book "the fight to vote." be sure to watch c-span's washington journal beginning live at 7:00 eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. >> american history tv on c-span 3 features programs that tell the american story. some of the highlights for this weekend include saturday night at 8:00 eastern on lectures in history. cornell university professor maria garcia on the united states refugee policy since world war ii. who qualifies as a refugee? and how that's changed over the years. at 10:00, on real america, our final program in our three-part series on senator jay william fullbright's hearings, investigating the united states policies in vietnam. secretary of state dean rusk testifies on behalf of the johnson administration's actions in vietnam. his opening statement is followed by committee members' questions. sund

ford gave us john paul stephens which disappointed conservatives. nixon gave us blackman which disappointed testimony. suiter was a big disappointment to herbert walker bush. they don't have a sterling record of pleading themselves. >> a.b., now word that the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is going to meet at the white house. word that the senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley also setting up a time to meet at the white house. is this moving that they are actually going to hold heargs? >> well, they should. it will surprise no one that i think that theypocrisy of vice president joe biden in 199 it, then senator obama in 2006 or 2007 is as a' in the senate now they wouldn't even begin the process. the senate is adjourning on july 18th. give the advise and consent procedure that they're bound to, they don't actually have to confirm a nomination. but they absolutely have to give this a hearing. and they have made a mistake. for different reasons that -- you bring up a higher, biggerni picture, but down to process i just find it appalling and