lloyd blankfine seen here with rubio says his in 2016, one blankfine employee joe wall is also the washington, d.c. co-chair of marco rubio's campaign. wall is a senior vice president for government affairs, that's lobbying at goldman sachs. the firm's most recent disclosure forms show they spent $742,000 in the last quarter of 2014 lobbying congress on issues specifically including dodd frank which joe frank did every quarter since the law was signed five years ago. then there's rubio's national finance chairman, wayne berman, senior executive for the blackstone group, who paid millions in fines. blackstone ceo 7 schwartzman, blackstone has two lobbyists working for them, both, on the forms where they disclose their lobbying activity, blackstone's two lobbying firms don't say anything more specific than financial services. even though those same lobbying firms do disclose specifics including dodd frank on forms disclosing work they do for other clients and blackstone used to have lobbyists who disclosed those specifics. just last year, go other lobbying firms disclosed lobbying congress for

the battle over who replaces justice scalia heath up in washington this morning. republicans will refuse to act on any supreme court nomination that the president offers. the white house saying it will select a nominee within weeks. >>> north korea leader kim jong-un says he called the launch a telling blow to enemies. he ordered scientists to prepare a for more launches. the rocket with the satellite onboard is now in orbit. congress approved more sanctions after that launch. >>> doctors without borders calling an air strike that hit a hospital in syria a deliberate attack. it hit a children's hospital and a school, killing at least 14 civilians. while there is no confirmation who carried out those strikes, russia today is saying it's not going to stop bombing what it calls terrorists in syria. that's despite a discussion between president obama and president putin tin on sunday. they view to step up cooperation trying to end syria's civil war. president obama asking putin to stop bombing moderate rebels. a truce is set to gibb later this week. >>> a prominent am

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

after all of these years in washington, is bernie sanders really a socialist? >> that's a good question. what does socialism mean. to a lot of people my age, we drew up think socialism is the soef yat union-- soviet union. there are people who call themselves democratic socialists and they say they want the government to own the means of production and share everything equally. then there are people like those who run the scandanavian countries who want a lot of free stuff for people, health care education and that sort of thing. that's what bernie sanders is offering. if you look at his proposals, the criticism is not that they're pure socialism, is that they're completely unaffordable. he says he will make what you want free and somebody else will pay for it. that's what happened in greece >>> i want to turn to the supreme court. picking a new justice is too important to be left to a lame duck president it was said. do you agree with that? >> i think it is a matter of politics. the constitution says the president shall nominate and with the advice and consent

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

. >> that's what washington, d.c. does, the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and the memorized 25 second speech. >> marco, the thing is this: when you are president of the united states, when you are a governor of the state, the memorized 30 second speech where you talk about how great america is at the ends of it doesn't solve one problem for one person. >> from the iowa winner, concern at news of a north korea missile launch. >> we are seeing the launch from a nuclear north korea is the direct result of the failures of the first clinton administration. the clinton administration led the world in relaxing sanctions against north korea. billions of dollars flowed into north korea. in exchange for promises not to build nuclear weapons, so what we are seeing with north korea is foreshadowing of where we will be with iran. >> an attack from jeb bush brought this reaction from donald truck who provoked boos in the audience. >> tear down. >> let me talk. quiet. >> out of time. [boos)

already coming up later, live pictures here from the museum in washington dc where we have assembled a panel of millenial voters to talk about what is most important to them. stay with us, america votes 2016:. >>> hillary clinton declaring victory live in south carolina. >> in america when we stand together there is no barrier too big to break. [ applause ] >> we've now gone through four early states and i want to congratulate senator sanders on running a great race and tomorrow this campaign goes national. [ applause ] >> we are going to compete for every vote in every state. we are not taking anything and we're not taking anyone for granted. plaus plaus >> i want to thank all the local leaders, legislatolegislators, pastors, organisers who have worked their heart out for this campaign. i thank all of our great south carolina friends going back so many years. i especially want to think two of your former great democratic governors dick reil, y and jim hodges. i want to congratulakon g to co mayor. i am so looking forward to working with the congress man to make the changes and conti

the storms brought flash flooding to the washington, d.c. area. winds were 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 crown point, 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 with people still in them. >> 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 issues the danger is not completely over this morning. let's go straight to meteorologist nicole mitchell for what to expect today. >> a lot of the storminess, the severe weather, the wind damage, those tornadoes that we saw. that threat has moved out. can't rule entirely out something, but you can see that it went up the coastline, the red tornado, all the areas of orange. those were reports. we had over 300 reports of wind damage, so that was the much more profound conditions that we were

there was tension between the trump campaign and republican world in washington d.c. there's a large number of republicans that do not support donald trump and have issues are policy, position and rhetoric. i don't know how enthusiastic it will be and how it manifests and turns out? >> at this stage we are seeing client, trump, you know, ahead in the polls. what would a clinton and trump race look like? >> a clinton and trump presidential race would be so much closer than anyone in the world would be comfortable with. this would be a serious election, fought at the margins, and this is the reason, because the only person running for president less popular than hillary clinton is donald trump. if you have two candidates many don't like, trist or believe in, it will take effort to get people to turn out to vote. and we don't quite know who would win that election. >> jason johnson professor of political science speaking to us from atlanta >>> breaking news. it's just come in. reuters reports that several bomb attacks kill 17 in a muslim district of baghdad. this is acco

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

rolling the diagnosis, let's begin with washington's seniorer washington correspondent, mike viqueira. >> i don't believe that the president should appoint someone. >> almost from the moment of his passing, the fight has been a political stroke that could leave the supreme court with 8 justices for at least a year. republicans want to turn the november election into a referendum for who should sit on the court. and any nominee put forward by president obama should be blocked in the senate. ted cruz has blocked a filibuster. >> we're one away from a majority that would effectively write the second amendment out of the constitution. >> reporter: mr. obama has ignored that call and said that he will do his constitutional duty to fill the vacancy. who will he nominate? speculation around two classes of candidates. first, a jurist already on the bench. a stepping stone to the supreme court. he was analysisly confirmed by the senate three years ago. merritt garland is the chief judge of the dc court. widely respected, his name has come up on previous lists, and paul wall ford, elected to th

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

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

voters angry at washington and the establishment. bernie sanders has been a politician for 40 years but doesn't look like one, sound like one, smell like one an have energized the left as donald trump has the right. hillary clinton is establishment, basically will be another in our years of barack obama. maybe they don't want that. >> michael bloomberg $36 billion net worth, richer than donald trump, would make him a big winner if donald trump considers himself to be a winner. he said he is seriously thinking about getting into the race. who does he help, who does he hurt? >> i think if we see trump winning big and sanders bank big tonight, that may influence bloomberg a little more to jump into the race. he may feel republicans are going too far to the right, democrats to the left. gun control has become his signature issue over the last couple years. i could see him dividing and taking votes more from the democratic nominee. it's so tough for a third party candidate to run in a general election. >> at least he wouldn't have to take

washington dc council supporting a bill. it would give a check to the most violent centimetres to not commit crimes. is it award will bad behaviour. some >> reporter: it would offer a reward for not committing crimes. the amount is minimum at all compared to the cost of invitation. criminals. >> if you're a good person for your whole life you will never be rewarded. >> this is $9,000 a year and they learn to be good american citizens. i like it >>> our panel. a republican strategist and white house aid. a senior fellow at the independent women's forum. also a features editor at the nations mag zen >>> they're trying to do this. should cities pay violent criminals to not be violent? >> how do i get myself signed up for this. i'm a good citizen, i pay my taxes and volunteer. i'm responsible. i contribute to my community. hazard. >> reporter: is it true you're not getting money. when you think about it-- >> i work, so-- >> we invest in middle-class kids constantly. i suspect, i certainly have held fellow ships in my life, inter

i believe we have lisa stark live in washington as well. i wanted to talk to you. what do you expect is going to come of this now that the president is going to have to possibly fill a vacancy. what do you expect to see moving forward? >> reporter: we do expect the president will appoint someone to fill this vacancy. he will try to appoint a moderate. if they hold them up, he could try to appoint someone who is liberal. he knows that will never get through but help to rally the base and show what is at stake here. we've had candidates on both sides talking about the supreme court, how important it is. how the president is going to get appoint some of the justice. this really drives it home, of course. we now have a vacancy on the court. we do expect that the president will indicate that he is going to nam nature someone for this position, but i think everyone will agree that it is very likely that anyone will get through the senate and get the 60 votes needed. in fact, we have already had the senate majority leader who has indicated we should wait until the next pr

so until - unless and until beijing and washington can agree to common ground, and approach north korea, saying the same things, and implementation. ing the same kinds of punishment, the north will be able to continue to exploit the differences. >> now there is a north korean satellite in orbit, what is the worst-case scenario here, could the sat lit pose a threat to south korea or the west? >> it's highly unlikely. it was interesting to me one of our own government agencies, the strategic command. the first statement is this would not pose a threat. it means that there's no rocket debris falling on to the shores of japan, taiwan or south korea. the object in orbit is an embryonic, highly likely a satellite. an earth-absorbing satellite. if it were to decay in the orbit. it could burn up in the atmosphere, not posing a risk. >> what do you make. timing of all this? >> it comes down to practicality, when the technicians are ready to launch, and the weather is ready for a launch, the fact that it's 2-goal sunday and a south korean holiday, it happens to be a happenstance. >> paul carol fr

unless and until beijing and washington can agree to some common ground and approach north korea saying the same things and implementing the same kinds of punishment for this kind of behavior the north will be able to continue to exploit the differences. >> paul carroll also told us that the timing of the launch is likely related to weather conditions, not the ongoing south korean holiday. the search continues for the survivors of saturday's earthquake in taiwan. some people blame construction companies for cutting corners make buildings unsafe. rob mcbride reports. >> the rescue teams efforts are getting harder. hang in there the rescuer shouts we will soon get you out. >> translator: people are trapped in very small spaces and we can't use big machinery down there. we mostly dig with our lands. >> reporter: around the edges of the site, relatives of the missing have been waiting anxiously for news since the earthquake on saturday morning that caused this entire complex to crumble in seconds trapping hundreds as they slept. wan shing wai urges rescuers to look again pfn chen is looking

. >> ted curz, the worst kind of washington insider that can't be trusted. >> reporter: trump pulled the spot after deciding it was too negative. trump released a humorous ad. >> i have an action figure. >> reporter: in the democratic race hillary clinton and bernie sanders are trying to appeal to african north americans who mate up half of the vote. something is fundamentally voted. when african-americans are arrested and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same things as a white does. eric garner, the man that die after being out in a choking ad. an ad was recorded. >> we need a president that will do more than talk about it. >> reporter: in the political ad world, the most talk is about two other ads mostly bit the sanders campaign. first, beet box with the music of simon and garfunkel racked up 3 million hits on youtube >>> that ad has been praised by republican candidates, including jed bush. >> the second sanders ad going spores. >> when we stand -- supporters. >> when we stand together and demand the country work for all of us rather than the few, we will transfer a

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

in this campaign you heard a lot about washington and about wall street. now bernie sanders and i want to get secret una-accountable money out of politics. let's remember, citizens united, one of the worst supreme court decisions was actually a case. about a right wing attack on me and my campaign. a right wing organization took aim at me and ended up damaging our entire democracy. yes, you are not going to find anyone more committed to an aggressive campaign than me. we also agree - we agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten maintain. i will fight to rein in wall street. i know how do do it. [ cheering and applause ]. >> so when i tell you no bank can be too big to fail, and no executive too powerful to gaol, you can count on it. now, the real difference is in this race are truliry over how do we create a future of prosperity, opportunity and security for all of us. we need to build a growth and fairness economy. with higher wages and more good paying jobs, including a bold national mission to create millions of jobs in clean energy, manuf

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

. >> clinton says carrie washington will perform commercials for her. >> bill clinton responded to the questions about the benghazi attack. >> may i answer? i'm no longer commander in chief and if i were, i'd tell you to be more polite. >> the heckler was removed from the event he over clinton's objections he claimed that he was an iraqi war veteran. >>> bernie sanders was interrupted today during his standard stump speech but for a different reason. >> telling us, they're saying look -- ha ha ha ha! thank you, young person. love you, too. when i was saying, we listen to young persons, it's not like they all appreciate me but i do appreciate that. >> former home state arkansas, senator clinton. large blocks of hispanic voters are being actively courted by all the candidates. as al jazeera's courtney kealy reports, republicans are working extra-hard to prove themselves. >> donald trump made a big deal of winning the latino vote in nevada's republican caucus. >> you know what i'm happy about because i've been saying it for a long time. 46% of the hispanics acknowledge number 1 with hispa

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

this game that's being played in washington needs to be changed. it needs an outside force to completely change it. if i see an opening, i maybe see an opening this year. where someone like michael bloomberg can domestic in and really unify us and kind of change the way the game is being placed. that inspires me to change the way it all works >>> going back to you, do you think washington is working? you're a senior at george town. you've been teaching the schools and getting a sense of real life. is it working here? >> i don't think so. i love obama. i am sad he is leaving. i never thought i was going to see a black president >>> enthusiasm think it's working? >> yes. not fast enough. there is a difference between that. a lot of things didn't get changed through obama. it took some time a whot local of time, even after six years of slavery. but i think change is happening. i think washington is making it happen but it needs to move faster >>> you were disappointed in obama's presidency. it didn't pan out. >> a lot of progressives like myself was d

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

turkey hopes it will be the last of the attacks, and will serve as a wake-up call to washington and others around the world that more action is needed. as it stands now, the war in syria, the only side prepared to back up talk with military mights has been russia, syria's allies. >> jamal, thank you very much >>> doctors without borders says the death doll from an air strike reached 25. the international aid group says the attack was deliberate and believes the syrian government or russia was responsible. it called for an independent investigation. aid trucks finally reached several besieged towns and villages in syria. rob matheson has the details. >>> a ray of hope in the midst of war. over 100 trucks carrying humanitarian aid spreading out to the besieged towns. in madaya, near the lebanese border, they are bringing medical supplies and a mobile clinic, as well as food. thousands are dropped by forces supporting president. at least 40 people have died of malnutrition in the town since october. it must be lifted from all areas. dropped people are suffering. >> this convoy is heading for

. >>> 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

the fight over appointing a new supreme court justice, today in the washington post, majority leader mitch mcconnell of senate and the top republican on the judiciary committee, ted gragrassley, we don't think the american people should be robbed of this unique opportunity. democrats beg to differ, they would wish to push through another lifetime appointment by a president on his way out the door. it should be up to the next president to decide who should replace justice scalia but president obama has nearly a year left on his term. the november election has not happened yet, he is not a lame duck, and the white house does intend to move forward with the nomination. >> libby thank you very much. >>> maryland's highest court stopped the proceedings, and first wants to rule whether william porter could be forced to testify against his colleagues. the state court of appeals isn't expected to hear arguments until march. >>> the last man to face charges for the 2010 deep water horizon spill, the matter left 11 dead. jonathan martin is covering at the trial. >> good morning, federal prosec

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

the washington post reported on two u.s. citizens being held in the emrates. they say they were tortured in follows confessions that they were terrorists the u the u.n. backs them up. the state department says it raised it with authorities. human rights are too important to pick favorites. holding our friends up to the same standards we use for our enemies. when it comes to seeing people >>> as a partial truce continues to hold, the u.n. says it's trying to deliver aid to 150,000 people in syria. hello. welcome, you're watching al jazeera coming to you live from our headquarters here in doha. i'm peter dobbie. also in the next half hour. a period of relative calm in baghd baghdad shattered by a double

in december. >>> it was 70 degrees on saturday in washington d.c. but that being said there is a storm system in the south that could bring with it some severe weather, good morning nicole, i'm smiling. >> it won't be 70 today and clearly you enjoyed it, glad for the people who were able to get outside this weekend and do that but definitely as we continue out through the day today some changes and a front will start dropping temperatures more into normal ranges and you can see the trailing boundary and otherwise snow flakes in the northern tier and in the rockies and the big player in the next couple days of what will happen in the south and back along the line we will have a developing area of low pressure and cause us a number of problems through the course of the day because we already have the line showers and storms to pop up and portions of texas near where the low will be developing we could have stronger storms today so watch for that potential and then just widespread source -- showers and could be widespread rain and watch for potential f

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

you can go with washington deal makers. or we can stands together with a proven consistent constitutional conservative and bring back morning in america. >> of course, the washington deal maker referred to there is marco rubio. he good get some of the evangelical voters, but not enough to make april different. -- an a difference. >> the political establishment he here, they went all out to stop ted cruz. he is within a hair of second place. >> his point, of course, that all of the establishment, the political establishment here, went for marco rubio and so ted cruz did so well, he has plenty of ground to move on, and the campaigner manager told reporters that they're finding it easier to get their message out. we did talk to a couple of supporters. some said they were not disappointed, but one said he was and he said to us, well, i was hoping god would work a miracle >>> let's bring in our correspondent mary snow, and former white house aid. we got news that the associative press is not going to call a second place finisher

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

good to get your analysis, richard white joining us from washington, d.c. >>> iran's president hassan rouhani has won strong support in elections for the influence hal assembly of experts that chooses the country's supreme leader. most of the representatives electric today the capital iran has been allieded to the president. it's believed 33 million people voted in the election, and for simultaneous one for the country's parliament. early results in parliamentary elections also indicating reform i was candidates are doing well. the votes were seen as a major test for ru for rouhani who repd secure iran's nuclear deal last year. jo jonah hull has been monitoring all of this for us he's in teheran. it look says like we could see some very significant results for the assembly of experts. with rouhani doing very well. >> reporter: yes it, certainly does look that way, maryam. we are pretty late now in to the counting process, i think there will be a final result in hours at least if not on sunday morning. but already it's looking as if in the assembly of experts, one of the two election t

>> 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

voters are exasperated and impatient with the fact that we can't get anything done in the government in washington. and bush looked like the candidate of the past. >> getting on to the republicans, hillary clinton winning nevada. how significant is that. does this put her back in the driving seat now, for the democratic nomination? >> i think it does. it gives her momentum, showing that she can win states where there's minority voters. she's likely to do well. i think it reassures the democratic establishment that she is on her way. not certain, but on her way to getting a nomination. they were worried if the party nominated bernie sanders, he would be a difficult candidate to elect. >> it should be a fascinating few days ahead. schneider joining us from los angeles. uganda's main opposition leader called on supporters to take to the streets in wo test against his -- protest against his detention. he has been placed under house arrest. the president who has been in power for 30 years has been called the winner, but the opposition says it was rigged. malcolm webb reports from kampala. >> reporter:

thank you all, god press you >>> in washington right now, democrats in the u.s. senate are proposing 600 million in federal aid to flint, on top of 28.5 million, that the state legislature approved and the 80 million that president obama approved. >> thank you. >> still ahead in al jazeera, the rush to save earthquake victims trapped in the rubble of taiwan. and south africa struggling with its worst drought in 20 years as farmers face more than $200 million in lost crops >>> and it's the beginning of the chinese new year, the year of the monkey is under way. >>> the search continues for survivors of saturday's earthquake consider in taiwan. more than 100 are missing. 32 confirmed dead. some blame construction companies for cutting corners, making buildings unsafe. rob mcbride reports from southern taiwan. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: as they work further down into the ruins, conditions, the rescue teams are getting harder. hang in there, the rescuers shout. we'll soon get you out >>> people are trapped in small spaces and we can't use big machinery down the

michael font roy is live for us in washington, d.c. thanks for being with us. bernie sanders and hillary clinton neck and neck in iowa. can hillary clinton lose and can sanders recover? >> yes, the iowa caucuses is littered with people who won the caucus either on the democratic or republican side and never made much noise beyond that. four years ago it was rick santorum, on the republican side mike huckabee. richard gephardt and others are on that list. she can recover if she doesn't win. bernie sanders could survive, as well. bolt candidates are very well funded and have the resources to fight longer. >> how confident should hillary clinton and donald trump be, because trump is actually down playing expectations on his side. >> i think the support for hillary clinton is stronger, more solidified and more innocence than it is for donald trump. part of that is because of the uniqueness of the iowa caucuses. there are a number of people showing up that haven't caucused before. the process is time consuming. we don't know with any real certainty whether or not ma