>> the fact is we have to bring our party together it is now a three-man race. donald trump ripping big marking marco rubio out of the race for the white house, but it is john kasich's victory in ohio that could stop donald trump from running away from it all hillary clinton move her closer to become the democratic's part presidential nominee the washington metro closes down a sentencing day, an american student learns his state for trying to steal a poster in north korea

welcome to your world this morning the front runners in the battle for the white house, donald trump and hillary clinton topped their rival in florida, illinois and north carolina donald trump lost to john kasich in ohio. it is not clear who won in missouri. clinton is holding on to a slim lead over bernie sanders donald trump leading ted cruz by less than a point at this time. donald trump did win the i didn't knower take all state of florida. that forced marco rubio to suspend his campaign. >> after tonight it is clear that while we are on the right side. this year bee want will be on the winning side with marco rubio out there are now just three names on the republican ballot, john kasich starts the day energized with

the win and hillary clinton running on momentum trying to lock up the bid. >> reporter: it was the night hillary clinton had been hoping for. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winning this election in november. >> reporter: with decisive victories, especially in ohio, clinton defied expectations and added to her lead over bernie sanders >> i want to congratulate senator sanders for the vigorous campaign he is waging >> reporter: that is all she said about him as she pivoted to the general election and a likely match up against donald trump. >> when we hear a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, banning all muslims from entering u.s.,

when he embraces torture that doesn't make him strong, it makes him wrong for his part, donald trump largely ignored clinton and basiced in his string of victories >> paul ryan called me the other day, tremendous call. i spoke with mitch mcconnell today. the fact is we have to bring our party together. >> i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you >> reporter: john kasich got miss first win of the campaign faking his home state. he noted the contrast between his tone and trumps. >> i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. >> reporter: but john kasich's path is nearly impossible. there are not enough delegates left for him to win the g.o.p. nomination and his only hope is that donald trump falls short

and the republican party has a brokered convention. marco rubio had hoped to have their role himself, but he got beat by donald trump in his home state >> whilst it is not god's plan that i be ppt in 2016 >> reporter: with that he announced he was suspending his campaign. still in the home support, he chastised the republican establishment >> the politics of res sentiments against other people will not leave us a fractured party but also a fractured nation >> reporter: democrat bernie sanders did not shut out tuesday night. he picked up delegates in the states he lost and he pledged to keep his progressive campaign going >> the reason that we have divide all expectations is that we are doing something very radical in american politics. we are telling the truth. >> reporter: with hillary clinton so far ahead in the

delegate count, sanders will need to win nearly 60% of the remaining delegates to close her lead. the math is also against ted cruz in the republican race. you wouldn't know it listening to his tuesday night speech. >> tonight we continue to gain delegates and continue our march to 1237. >> reporter: for him to have a chance, he will need to win more than 80% of the remaining delegates most of the candidates picking up delegates last night on the republican side. donald trump has the most right now. 621 delegates for donald trump. ted cruz is still more than 200 behind. marco rubio, as you can see, coming in third, although he has, as we pointed out, suspended his campaign. john kasich is last, even with that win in ohio. on the democratic side hillary clinton is leading 1100 pledged delegates, halfway to the magic number. bernie sanders mass nearly 800.

her lead becomes larger when you factor in those super delegates. we're live in two of the biggest states. lisa stark is with us. we start with ran dal pinkston. starting with donald trump. what's next? >> i suspect that if he is up at this early hour, a couple of miles behind me in palm beach, he is probably still celebrating. look at what he has done. first of all, florida had two, which it would call favorite sons, jeb bush and marco rubio. both of them out of the race. yesterday's victory on another super tuesday for him decisive. looking at the board. donald trump coming in with 45% of the vote. 45% of the vote to marco rubio's 27%. john kasich and ted cruz falling in behind. it is extremely a great victory

for donald trump, which he makes sure that everybody knew about last night in a not news conference at his club here in florida. what is interesting is that donald trump's race has been characterised by a lot of negativity. we've seen the fist fights break out at some of the rallies, we've seen donald trump say hateful things from the podium but none of that seems to matter. last night he painted himself as the victim of some political ads >> nobody has ever, ever, in the history of politics, received the kind of negative advertising that i have. record, record, record. mostly false, i wouldn't say 100%, but 90%. vicious, horrible, mostly false >> reporter: donald trump receiving a lot of negative publicity in recent days, not really seeming to matter to the

people who went to the policies yesterday in florida and in two other states around the country as he came in with other impressive victories that david shuster referenced. donald trump now is on his way, another step towards securing the nomination for the republican presidential run donald trump not pointing to the free media that he has received throughout his entire campaign. also that victory forcing marco rubio as we have been pointing out, to drop out of the race altogether. what it does that mean now and what happens to his delegates? >> well, the delegates depends on the state. each state has different rules. donald trump can't assign his delegates, say, for instance, to ted cruz. each state's delegates will be determined by the rules of that particular state. for marco rubio it's over for now. he left his seat in the senate to run for the presidency. he sounded last night as if he plans to make some kind of come back at some point.

it was an almost tearful farewell speech that he made to his supporters in miami who really did not think that this could possibly happen. it leaves the republican party in an interesting place because keep in mind that marco rubio was the so-called establishment candidate, the one who was supposed to be able to take on donald trump. now he is gone. ted cruz is not exactly loved in the u.s. senate, but he, because of the way things are working now, will probably be the person who will give donald trump the toughest time to get to the nomination and then there's john kasich who will be discussed by our colleague lisa stark a little bit later marco rubio on the front cover last night was very big for john kasich of ohio. lisa stark is there this morning. good morning. a big for governor john kasich. but does he stand a chance of getting the nomination? he is dead last in the delegate count, even with the ohio win,

which is his first win. >> it is. it basically doubled his delegate counting 166 here last night. you can't get the nominations on delegates alone, but his advisers insist that this has reset the republican race. they say voters will now really be taking a look at john kasich and they will like what they see. he has promised he will stay in this until the convention here in thinks own state in june and he says that he is hoping really what he is hoping for ais a brokered convention, a contested convention that would hand him the nomination. here is john kasich. >> you know what, look, this is all i've got, oshg. this is all i've got and all i can say is thank you from the bottom of my heart, but i want you to know something, we're going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. >> reporter: but first he is on

his way to phil this morning where he will be campaigning there. phil phil. his advisers insist that the stakes going forward are favorable to him and his more moderate message, marilyn, connecticut, wisconsin. they think he will do well in those places. marco rubio's supporters will move over to john kasich as he becomes that so-called establishment candidate. gep, he has got a hope for a win at the convention. he can't pick up the delicatessen gaets but he is promising to stay in the race until the builter end turning to the democrats, hillary clinton winning there in ohio, way ahead in the count. what is the next step for her and sanders? >> reporter: as we've said, what a huge night for hillary clinton. she won here in ohio, in illinois, in north carolina.

she will probably win in missouri. she has widened her delegate lead over bernie sanders and she is clearly looking on ahead, as you would expect. she is looking on ahead to that november election and her possible opponent donald trump. here sa what she had to say. >> our next president has to bring our country together so we can automatic share in the promise of america. we should be breaking down barriers, not building walls. we're not going to succeed by defying this country between us and them. >> reporter: to be great, we can't be small. we can't lose what made america great in the first place. this isn't just about donald trump. all of us have to do our part. >> reporter: bernie sanders has to be disappointed after his surprise win in michigan he was hoping he could pick up ohio, illinois, missouri. he fell shourt in those first

two and probably in missouri as well. his campaign sounds like john kasich. they're saying we look ahead, it looks good for us going forward and like john kasich bernie sanders says he is in it until the convention thank you for that. lincoln mitchell is the national political correspondent and a makting consultant are joining us to talk post-day wrap-up here. thank you for being with us. starting with the g.o.p. party, how does the stop trump movement look this morning? >> it got stopped themselves a bit last night with his resounding victories, particularly in florida. he won it so great against the home senator who had ridden on a tea party wave and those voters, the ones with donald trump

the exit polls saying people are angry, dissatisfied. when does the anger ee involve and when it do they start seeking answers? >> i don't know that it does. it has been sdwren rouse to call it anger. it is meanness towards a lot of people in society that don't look like them in many cases. i think that's what we're seeing around the country. again, even if florida, even this big win, donald trump didn't get 50% of the vote. that may just be a random number, but it's also significant, and it will help trump because going forward a 45% win in a three candidate race can be 100% or close to 100% of the delegates in most of the states, and that's why the stop trump movement is in big trouble. it was never very organized. it was rarelily more than a slogan. it is kind of hold your breath and hope by magic he captured enoughs states.

i don't see that happening john kasich win is in his home state. he is very popular. he should have won it. if the front runner was anyone else than donald trump rate knew, would we be talking about this one win in ohio and how has john kasich managed to survive because he was in the pround until now. >> if it was anyone else, he wouldn't have been pressured to get out. he managed to survive because he is one of the few people in the race who understand politics. deliver your home state. find a series of people who can deliver a series of states. john kasich got that. marco rubio didn't. the stop trump movement, marco rubio was very damaging because not only could he not come close to delivering his home state, but the votes he got in missouri and north carolina may have cost ted cruz those states and at the very least ted cruz more delegates in those states. so throwing the delegates to

donald trump the life blood of politics is money. when you talk about stopping donald trump there was a lot of money poured in to stop him. if you're a republican money man or money woman this morning waking up, what do you do? where do you put your mung and do you spend it or say maib the next election? >> i want to answer two things. first with respect to kaik and your point is that part of the why he has stayed in the race is he has continued to race money and supported by donors. i think the republican donor class is very concerned because many of them actually don't like donald trump and didn't like him prior to his entry into the race they don't trust him >> no. there sa i belief that a lot of what donald trump is saying is not how he is actually going to govern. there's that school of thought among some of the leadership as well as the donor class. many of the donors are

uncomfortable with what he is going to do with the rest of the party, in particular the senate race that we talked about because that's crucial because if the democrats can take control of the senate, that gives them power over nominations, especially when you look at the supreme court which we expecting a nominee. let's talk about the democrats. what about bernie sanders, his campaign has said they're looking forward to california, to new york, they see the delegate math. it is difficult for him. do you see a viable path forward him for to win? >> bernie sanders to go not convention with more pledged delegates, he needs to get 58%. he has 455%. that is difficult. you can throw out these big names of states, but remember new jersey, pensvyanni have closed states independence are not at play

>> that makes it must have tougher for him. he has a right to be in this race. he has got a good message. it is resonating a fair amount. he has made promises to people, i will get you to be a delegate in california. it is going to be extremely difficult for him to be the nomination, to the nominee and he has to get away from the story of it was rigged. it was rigged because the voters were given a right to vote in the south that is another issue. we can get into that later. stay with us. it's just the beginning of the analysis. we will talk about the other story lines coming up in the next half hour. thank you as you pointed out, in a few hours there is that supreme court issue. the president said to announce the replacement of zcalia two names are emerging,

first this one man. he would be the first asian american on the high court. he was confirmed unanimously to the appeals court back in 2013. the other name being this man who serves on the same court. he is the chief judge. bill clinton appointing him back in 1997. he has earned praise from law makers on both sides of the aisles. republicans say they will not hold confirmation hearsay on anyone that obama nam natures. that is-- nominates. that is to happen in the rose garden and we will bring it to you live something else happening. an unprecedented move in washington this morning. the entire subway system is shut down for emergency inspections. as many as 700,000 commuters are looking for alternate transportation this morning. john terrett is live outside the station in washington.

how are residents dealing with the shut down this morning? >> reporter: good morning. they're pretty shocked, i think, because this is the entire dc metro station system. what is that, 90 individual stations, six lines, all closed down for more than 24 hours and there's not a snow flake in the sky. the weather is perfect. what has happened is the new general manager who has been in the job for four months now is very concerned about safety issues. so rather than be caught out, he has closed the entire system down to do safety checks and there has been no trains running on the system since midnight last night. that means that p 00,000 people who ride the metro every day are going to be inconvenienced today. traffic will be very bad in the city. as it was when the metro system was last closed down during the snow storm back in january. we caught up with some commuters who were, well, what are they going to do. they're fairly resigned to it

all >> it seems there's always something going wrong with the metro >> concerning that they some you down in the middle of the week. >> people are losing out tomorrow with the shut down. >> what i don't understand, why don't they have shuttle buses for every train station so that can help customers. >> reporter: it is very interesting to hear from that commuter who said there always seems to be something wrong with the the metro because that is what people who live in washington dc say. it's a very clean, very big and nice and efficient system here. people quite enjoy actually riding it, i think. there do often seem to be things wrong with it. one of the problems is it is spread across three jurisdictions dc man over here on my right is nodding his head.

what are inspectors looking for? >> reporter: there have been a couple of fires. they're not quite sure why they happened and they want to make sure they don't want to happen again. that's the point. there was a fire, i think, earlier this week on the blue line, but more significantly at a major government station stop, lots of people working for the government get it, there was a fire there last year. basically, what they're doing is checking the wiring. there's something they're not happy about regarding the insulation on the wiring that links the two tracks together. that's what they're looking for. rather than do it piecemeal, because you need to close the station down and you need to look at both tracks at the same time, they're dough it all at once. metro will not reopen in the city, extraordinary though it is to say, for a full 29 hours until 5 a m tomorrow morning, thursday it will be interesting to see what the economic impact may

be in that 29 hours. thank you i don't like the transportation system in new york where everyone depends on it. in washington it's undependable, unpredickable. talking about weather. that storm system in the mid west that is producing snow bringing record temperature to the east coast. nicole mitchell is tracking all the developments >> reporter: good morning. here is the storm system. you can see spirling newer the great lakes. one of the problems with the low pressure it is going to stay centred near lick michigan for the next couple of days. the leading band will go to the north-east. already on the cold side switching over to some areas of snow and eventually the other problem, the tra youing under the frontal boundary over the south where there is already flooding concerns. the problem we definitely have snow. this is the same system that brought severe weather to illinois yesterday, but that snow is going to be significant and is ai said the rain moves into the north east by later

tonight and into tomorrow, but in terms of snow this is a lot of snow even for a late season. we do get snow times in places like minnesota, but six to 12 incorporates and also within areas of high wind will make it very hard to get around. back to you nicole mitchell. thank you when we come back, forming a federal state breaking news out of the syrian talks as the kurds declare they're planning to form their own administration also a pain pill crackdown. we talk about the guidelines that say opioids are bad medicine for chronic pain.

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with x1 from xfinity. there are reports out of syria this morning that a kurdish group is now claiming autonomy in carving out their own region inside syria the pyd is saying they will take matters into their own hands. james bays reports from outside those talks in geneva >> reporter: the news of an imminent announcement by the pyd is important pause it comes at this time as these talks road accident restarreding here in geneva. we're in the third day of the new round of talks. in fact, a delegation in the syrian government is meeting the u.n. mediator staffan de mistura. it is important because this the main kurdish group controls large areas of northern syria

and is a group that is not being invited to these talks for now. they have been excluded from the talks because of a disagreement among the international and regional players, the i.s.s. g, the international syria support group. they're the body which is sponsoring this talks process. there are some in the i.s.s. good, like russia, who want to see the main kurdish party at these negotiations. the u.s. has had dealings with the pyd around their military side on the ground in syria fighting i.s.i.l., but the main player in this that does not want the pyd at the talks table, and remember when we were last here some weeks ago at the end of january/beginning february, they arrived here for the talks but then were never able to sit down, is turkey. turkey says it doesn't want the pyd involved because it has links with kurdish groups in turkey which they believe to be

terrorist groups jail bays report-- jails base. syrian kurds control about 250 miles of territory long the syrian turkish border next to iraq as well as another separate section in the north west in pakistan at least 15 people are dead after a bomb exploded on a bus carrying pakistani government employees. at least 40 people were wounded. no-one claiming responsibility for that blast. also in north korea an american student is now facing 15 years of hard labor. 21-year-old a university of virginia student was sentenced for trying to steal a prol banner from his hotel room in pyongyang. he wanted that as a souvenir. he was arrested back in january. no response from the state department as of yet changing course on a reform deal. ferguson city council agreeing to over haul it's police force testing for led. the water worries now forcing a

new jersey school district to screen nearly 20,000 students.

>> stopping the next generation of isis recruits. teaching the youth on the front lines. working towards a better future. >> this is one of the most important sites in the century. >> proudest moment of my life. >> we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere

in the world. >> this may be one of the most consequential tam pains of our lifetime. >> two presidential front runners, both in stronger positions this morning in the quest for their party's nomination. >> while hillary clinton appears to have the math to sew up the nomination on the democratic side, not clear for trump. >> in florida, favorite sons go down fast. >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> republican donald trump delivered a crushing defeat to florida's own senator marco rubio, forcing an end to a campaign based on optimism. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to brings it together. >> then there were three, narrowing the republican race to

a contest between trump, texas senator ted cruz and ohio governor john kasich, who won in his home state, beating trump, breathing new life into a winless campaign and raising the chances that trump will not lock up the nomination before the republican national convention in july. >> i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio, i love you is all i can tell you. i love you. we are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination. >> kasich's victory could lead to a potentially messy party fight. >> it would go back to the old ways that the party did things when there were no primary elections and the party did get together and make the decision on their own as to who the nominee would be. >> in the department race, hillary clinton swept big prizes, florida, ohio, north carolina, and illinois.

for clinton's democratic rival bernie sanders, the electoral math just got harder. the latest round of primary votes makes it more likely the democratic front runner will seize the nomination and perhaps less likely the republican front runner will. >> clinton pivoted to the general election and her rival, trump. >> our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass it. and gauge our allies, not alienate them. defeat our adversaries them, not embolden them. >> a preview perhaps of the race to come. >> let's bring back lincoln mitchell, the national correspondent for the new york observer and tara, a marketing

consultant. the delegates on the republican side, a lot of people ask can they be combined? in other words, can rubio, kasich and cruz strike a deal behind closed doors. >> sure they can but not on the first ballot. if trump has 50% plus one, there is not a second ballot, he's the nominee. after that, any deal can be made. there is reason to think if donald trump has a 43%, he's going to be trying to make a deal. fourth of july has told us what a great deal maker he is. he only needs 8% from somewhere. there will be some cruz delegates who might prefer trump. it can mean anything unless trump wins on the first ballot. >> let's look at the environment in which trump dominated, violence at rallies. the leadership, paul ryan and mitch mcconnell came out and

condemned trump for not condemning the violence. the margins, really wide for trump and whoever came in second place. trump 45% in florida to rubio's 27%. so, even if it did come to a brokered convention, would the republican party elders be bucking trend in their own party among their base? >> if this goes to a brokered convention, even if it's not a brokered convention, even if there's any kind of real effort to try to push donald trump out or his supporters would say take this from him, that would be disastrous for the republican party. there would be a lot of rancor, look at the situation now. donald trump is not just winning while there are a lot of attack ad's against him, but there are a significant number of attack ads going against him now. he is winning with no real get out the vote operation. that's something that doesn't get talked about as much. he says he has to get out the

vote operation. he actually really does not. to dominate without a real field operation is really astonishing. he has a lot more supported than people will give him credit. thinking that he has tapped into is more pervasive than we want to acknowledge in this country. >> on the democratic side, is it miss interpreted, because after all, the president said that the numbers are good, is it more anger as washington or anger at a do nothing congress? >> i'm not sure how much anger there is. there's a story line out there about what has happened so far in the department nominating season. there was an early front runner and she's winning big. that's really what's going on out there. when you peel away a lot of the can i be biting, that's really what's going on out there.

the democratic party because many of its supporters are low income, are people of color, there's always a certain amount of dissatisfaction in a country where the deck is stacked against them but to say this is a revolt against hillary clinto- >> so you say -- >> i'm not convinced at all. >> a state like ohio, everybody talks about being the bellwether state and trump lost there. how reflective -- sort of challenging your point earlier, tara, he clearly has a broadening base of support but how much does he reflect the sentiments of the country and angry, violent voter. >> i do think some of what he's tapped into is more pervasive than we'd like to acknowledge. he says often, we are going to

take care of our own people. that message resonates with a wide sweet of voters, because they feel like while there isn't that -- >> is that code? >> yes, it is code. >> what does the code mean. >> it is coded in a white voters in a big way. we are going to take care of our own people, you look at trump supporters comments, they've said thing like the minority of this country has ruled the majority for too long. it doesn't get too much for plain stated than that. >> sanders says we are shipping jobs over geas. >> trump is not just racial code, it's racist. when you say pump that black dude in the face, when you say mexicans are rapist, when you say keep the muslims out of the country, you say they should be

treated differently because of who they are. when you say we need to get what is due to us, you are saying due to the pigment of our skin. i just want to go back to this republican convention dozen near row. if they take this away from donald trump, donald trump may very well run as a third party and that will mean hillary clinton is elected the president. however, if you went to bed right now, you'd bet on hillary clinton being elected anyway. the challenge facing the republican party is do they want to be able to move after 2016 as a party that is not tarnished by really nasty elements of racism and authoritarianism. >> it is the political story of the year. thank you, stay with us. we'll continue this conversation throughout the morning. there has been a lot of passion from supporters on all sides, and some of that translating into on line donations for all the candidates

involved. al jazeera has been looking into whether that money and your donation is secure. >> it's hard to miss the donate button. giving money on these sites is easy, but when it comes to keeping credit card information safe, some sites are more vulnerable than others. the company ranked them best to worst, donald trump's is the safest, followed by ted cruz, bernie sanders, hillary clinton and john kasich. donation and security experts we spoke with say by and large the transactions are safe, but giving money to a political candidate on the web is no different than shopping on line. >> there is never a 100% failsafe way of making a contribution, making a purchase, a transaction, so in a way, it's buyer beware or donor beware. >> security scorecard says all candidates use third party vendors for the transactions. that means it's not the campaigns themselves securing donor data.

it means unless you check the fine print, your third party donation could be sold to parties. >> name, address, phone number or other identifying donation can be very, very valuable for campaigns, super pacs that can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money or data brokers who can take this information and use it for whatever purpose they want to. >> on line donations has never been more poplar than in this campaign. thousands of people have given a few dollars to hundreds to the campaigns of bernie sanders, ted cruz, donald trump and hillary clinton. >> just last week, ted cruz' campaign updated its mobile app after an independent review found security flaws that could have allowed hackers access to personal data. the justice department is expected to drop its federal lawsuit against the city of ferguson president of the city council unanimously agreed to

overhaul its police department. we have been following the latest on this for us. what does the reform plan include and what prompted it in the first place? >> when officer darren wilson shot michael brown in 2014, it triggered the protest and d.o.j. investigation. the city was accused of pulling over minority drivers on these little minor traffic violations and then getting them into a court system that kept them on a nearly unbreakable cycle of fines and added fines and sometimes jail time. well, the d.o.j. demanded that there would be changes, things like a monitor to oversee the changes and purchasing software to track the arrest data and use of force incidents, also hiring more minority police officers and just raising the police officer's salaries in general. back in january, the d.o.j. and representative of the city finally came to an agreement on

all these changes calmed a consent decree. last month, city council said we will approve it but with revision that is we demand. critics hauled and the d.o.j. almost immediately filed a lawsuit against the city. last night, the city council relented and said ok, we unanimously approve the original consent decree and a federal judge will probably sign off on it. >> the simple ways to this is the d.o.j. wins. why such a drastic change of opinion in such a short period of time? >> the city council said they did the revisions because the proposals would bank resulted the city, especially that part about raising police officer's salaries, but a city council member told me last night that all they needed was clarification on it. turns out they don't have to raise the salaries at much as they original thought. they'll get help from the federal government to pay for

changes. he said painting a masterpiece can be a messy process. he said actually, normally, when a government reaches a consent decree with a city, it takes about three years to get there. >> ok. that's correct, andy. this morning, newark, new jersey preparing to test thousands of students for lead poisoning. high levels of lead found in the water in a lot of that city's schools and the finger pointing already underway. >> a week after officials in newark new jersey announced they were shutting down water fountains in half of the city schools, concern is growing over lead in the water supply. >> our students' health is in jeopardy. >> last week it was suggested to parents that children might want to get tested for lead poisoning. now the state will test all students. the testing will begin in

preschools, something doctors call a wise move. >> the younger the child, the more likely little that the lead is going to deposit in them and cause damage. >> newark mayor contains newark is not michigan. >> there is nothing wrong with newark's water, but there is something wrong with our infrastructure. >> old rusted pipes run through the school buildings, many of which of 100 years old or more. the state said it will begin testing the plumbing systems this week. the head of the teacher's union said administrators did not need to wait to help students. >> don't allow my child to keep drinking poison while you wait for assistance. >> he snapped pictures of systems at schools saying they were installed four years ago. those schools were told to change the filters every six

months. >> stop my child first and then go get hope. >> state and local officials continue to insist the lead levels in the water have not been high enough to cause any serious health problems. >> while the testing of the newark school pipes is set for this week, no hard and fast date has yet been set for the students to be tested. the tested plan still has to be approved by the mayor and by the state holt director. >> this is reminding me of flint because there is a lot of finger pointing going on. who is responsible for the schools? >> the head of the teachers union is pointing the finger at both the city and the state. the mayor said his office acted as soon as it got wind of a problem and he is quick to point out that the schools have been under state control for 20 years. >> so the finger pointing that begun. thank you very much. there are new details this morning about the effects of the zika virus, only one in 100 pregnant women infected with the virus develop a fetus with the

condition where babies have brain damage and unusually small heads. they studied births in polynesia and the confirmed at the birth defect is rare. there are now national standards for pain killers. the c.d.c. addressed the widespread use of opioids. doctors are instructed to start by describing ibuprofen. veterans are particularly susceptible to opioid diction. >> he has been addicted to heroin and opioid for most of his life. for boston, like so many veterans, heroin and precision

opiates offer a similar risk of death by overdose. that's where the veterans administration has a massive problem. 50% of patients seek help for chronic pain and that has helped make the v.a. the nation's largest prescriber of pain killers. the united states consumed 80% of the world's opiates. a international group led by v.a. diction specialists is developing a program that would give any veteran at risk of abusing opiates and perhaps all veterans who are prescribed opiate pain killers another drug, as well. narcan. it con temporarily reverse an overdose from heroin or pills. >> opioid pain killers were invented to treat temporary sharp pain. pain killers like this have been

prescribed as a standard means of treating chronic, long term pain. the alternatives, massage, physical therapy are more expensive and hard tore come by. >> 50% of people who come to the v.a. have chronic pain addiction. if every them has to go to a pain clinic, that's a lot of care. >> opioid pain killers are incredibly effective. the v.a. isn't likely to stop prescribing them. because they have not been able to cut the number which overdoses, narcan is a last ditch crisis management tool. >> this is something that, you know within it wouldn't hurt to have just in case of emergency. >> the complication rate is that the drug that comes from the v.a. can sometimes lead people into heroin. >> yes, but that certainly doesn't reduce our, you know, our need to protect people.

>> for boston, a nationwide narcan program can't arrive fast enough. >> i've lost a lot of friends to overdoses and they weren't, you know, they were fathers and brothers and sons and they were best friends and to lose somebody like that because the government hasn't come around yet, it's ridiculous. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> much more when we come right back.

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>> we have this area of low pressure centered around the great lakes, not moving too fast in terms of the low. that's why we're going to have a snow problem in minnesota. with the front right now, there's not a lot of moisture.

by the time this drapes across the southern tier of the country, it will be able to pull in gulf moisture. the snowy side and wind is our bigger problem for now. as the front clears through the east coast and lace across the south, that will interact with the gulf moisture and we'll get his and miss showers and storms. most of today still looks dry. it's tomorrow and the next day and possibly even that that we are more concerned about. a lot of this is one or two-inches of rain. these are all the areas that we still have under the flood concerns. the other thing that we're seeing with this front, while it is snow in minnesota this morning, ahead of this really warm air. there could be records set from virginia towards georgia, we

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donald trump winning big, marco rubio now out as the field narrows in the presidential race. >> you've been waiting for the right moment, now's the time to come join us. >> hillary clinton builds on her lead, winning four states with one state still up for grabs this morning, bernie sanders hopes to stop a clean sweep.

>> about face, ferguson city council now signing off on that police reform deal, saying no. >> filling the bedroom, president obama this morning will announce his choice for the supreme court, but republicans still refusing to consider anyone. >> donald trump and hillary clinton waking up the big winners this morning. now want front runners in the white house setting their sights on each other. >> clinton is holding a slightly lead over bernie sanders. that race is likely going to come down to counting the absentee ballots. the sameatory on the republican side where donald trump and ted

cruz are both in a dead heat. >> donald trump's big victory in florida forced marco rubio to suspend his campaign. the so-called establishment candidate lost to trump by nearly 20 points in his home state. david shuster has more on what happened last night and where the race stands now. >> it was the night hillary clinton had been hoping for. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination and winnings this election in november! >> with decisive victories, especially in ohio, clinton defied expectations and added to her delegate lead over bernie sanders. >> i want to congratulations senator sanders for the vigorous campaign he's waging. >> that was all clinton said about her progressive rival, as she pivoted to the general election and a likely matchup against donald trump. >> whether we hear a candidate for president call for rounding

up 12 million immigrants, banning owl muslims from entering the united states, when he embraces torture, that doesn't make him strong. it makes him wrong. >> for his part, trump largely ignored clinton and basked in his string of victories. >> paul ryan called me the other day, tremendous call. i spoke with mitch mcconnell. fantastic conversation. the fact is we have to bring our party together. >> i have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. i love you. >> governor john kasich got his first win, taking his home state. he noticed the contrast between his tone and trump's. >> i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. >> kasich's path is nearly impossible. there are not enough delegates

left for him to win the gop nomination. his only hope that is trump falls short and the republican party has a brokered convention. marco rubio had hoped to have that role himself, but he got walloped by trump in his home state of florida. >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016. >> with that, rubio announced he was suspending his campaign. still, amid said the hometown support, rubio chastised the republican establishment. >> the politics of resentment against other people will not just leave us a fractured party, they're going to leave and you say fractured nation. >> democratic bernie sanders did not get shut out tuesday night. he picked up delegates even in the states he lost and he plans to keep his progressive campaign going. >> the reason that we have deified all expectations is that we are doing something very

radical in american politics. we are telling the truth. >> with hillary clinton so for ahead in the delegate count, sanders will need to win 60% of the remaining delegates to close her lead. the math is also against ted cruz in the republican race, but you wouldn't know it listening to his tuesday night speech. >> tonight, we continue to gain delegates and continue our march to 1237. >> for cruz to have a chance at the nomination, he will need to win 80% of the remaining republican delegates. david shuster, al jazeera. this morning, the front runners have widened their leads in the delegate count. donald trump has more than 600 delegates of the 1,237 needed to claim the nomination. for the democrats, hillary clinton has nearly 1100 pledged delegates. that's about half what's needed for the nomination, but her lead is much bigger when you factor

in the super delegates. let's go live to miami. it's fairs to trump trounced rubio. why was rubio not able to win his home state? >> i suspect that's a question that rubio is asking himself this morning. let's look at a couple of things that happened. first was the takedown by governor chris christie at one debate where rubio was fumbling for answers, repeating the same answer over and over again. there was a larger issue here. keep in mind back in 2010 when he was elected to the u.s. senate, he was the anti establishment candidate. he was running against former governor charlie crist. crist had establishment backing and rubio came in as the anti establishment candidate. this time he was the establishment candidate, donald trump represents the opposite. so a lot of the people who voted for rubio when he ran for senate this time because they are still angry, because they're still against the establishment, went for donald trump. let's take a look at the board

where we see how overwomen mingy trump defeated marco rubio, the florida senator in his own home state, donald trump picking up 45% of the vote, marco rubio coming with just 27% of the vote and then of course being with cruz, senator ted cruz and gone john kasich trailing in third and fourth place. rubio made a very small we say mournful speech last night, somewhat hopeful but annualing that his chances to become the nominee for the republican party for president this year is over. >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. all the reason more we must do all we can to ensure this nation

remains a special place. >> so marco rubio out in this campaign, donald trump moving ahead. >> what is next for mr. trump, randall? >> well, a series of primaries are coming up, some are winner take all, some are winner take most of the delegates, so looking forward, trump will continue to campaign, and as he moves north, of course he will be infamy territory, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, where he is expected to do well. it will be more difficult, of course, for his opponents, ted cruz, who appeals more to the evangelicals, not a lot of those in pennsylvania, and then there's governor john kasich. they are both, kasich and trues hoping to do one thing, prevent trump from winning on the first ballot. if they can do that, that unlocks delegates and maybe someone else can be the nominee. right now, looks like it is

trump's to lose. last night a very big night for ohio governor john kasich. lisa stark is standing by live this morning. big win, but still it is his first win and only win, so what does that mean in the long term for his campaign? >> well, little his only win and, you know, for much of this campaign, people kept saying why is he staying in the race? kasich said i am putting one foot in front of the other and his strategy always was to win ohio and go from there. he won his state quite handily. the polls showed he and donald trump were in a close race but kasich won by more than 10 percentage points. he feels this resets the race. he goes on to campaign today. in pennsylvania, they think voters will take a close look at the governor and like what they see. he has picked up that establishment lane candidate. he knows that folks don't want

the establishment candidate this year. they want someone who will stand up to the powers that be and he tried to channel that energy last night. >> forget the politics, forget the pollsters, forget all the focus groups, because you see, i represent you. little my job to look at these situations and these problems and to listen to you and then it's my job to go and fix them. if that means at times i have to take some heat, well that's just the price of leadership in america. ok? >> now as i said, kasich moves on to pennsylvania today. his folks really think that the state's coming up will favor his more moderate message. pennsylvania, maryland, connecticut, wisconsin, they think he can do very well in those states against donald trump and certainly against ted cruz. his hope is to prevent donald trump from winning outright with

the delegates and then going into this brokered convention. kasich says maybe the republicans will then pick what he calls the adult in the room, that of course, according to john kasich is john kasich. del. >> lisa, let's turn to the democrats, hillary clinton winning in ohio. in fact she won big there, gaining a larger lead now in delegates over bernie sanders. can she ride that wave of momentum all the way to the convention? >> well, it was a stellar night for hillary clinton. there is no doubt about it. she won here in ohio, she won a number of other big states. it's really what she needed to do. she has tried to show herself as the inevitable nominee. she seems even more so now that she has won these big states. i think she has two thirds of the delegates she needs to clinch the nomination and she is clearly already locking ahead, way ahead to november. here was secretary clinton last night. >> our next president has to be

ready to face three big tasks, first, can you make positive differences in people's lives? second, can you keep us safe? third, can you bring our country together again. >> of course, sanders is staying in the race, too, so she doesn't have it all to herself. he is going to stay and until the convention, just like john kasich. >> never a dull moment. lisa, thank you very much. >> lets bring in lincoln mitchell and dara, a business and marketing consultant. del's right, not a dull moment, either. tara, kasich and cruz are both staying in, which means they are still splitting the vote. doesn't that solidify trump's lead going ahead? >> it certainly helps trump. trump has benefited from this

wide field. the field has obviously shrunk, but at the same time, it still helps donald trump, because his support has hardened. every time he's attacked, even if, which most of the tame energizes the voter. >> does donald trump have a path forward in pennsylvania, new jersey and new york, as much as people might think?

>> the delegate rules are complicated. in winner take all states, that will likely benefit donald trump. if he can continue to get 45% of the vote, 100% of the delegates, that will get him what he needs. not all states are winner take all. cruz takes from the right and kasich takes maybe the left is too strong a word but from the more establishment figures. in the northeast and even in california are voters like that. in winner take all states, that is good no, sir for donald trump. >> if you're advising senator sanders right now, you have to ask him what do you want, do you have people that you want to be back for certain things within

the party, which is a hard thing to do if you're not a member of the party. document certain planks in the platform which don't amount to a hill of beans? what is it you want, what is the message you want to stress. the path for the nomination requires something happening that is bigger than anything bernie sanders can create, something that derails the clinton campaign in a way we haven't seen her derailed in 30 years. >> the republican party is tearing it's hair out. they believe that he cannot win the general. what do they know that we don't know? >> i really want to emphasize, just scalia's supreme court seat. that is very important, because if the democrats retake the senate, which is what the republicans believe will happen with donald trump at the top of the ticket, that he will hurt republican --

>> and ted cruz, too. >> -- yes, and ted cruz, too. if the democrats control the senate, they will then control the supreme court potentially and that is the crown jewel, the supreme court, we know what a huge influence it has over our body politics. that is the biggest fear, the house are less concerned. they think donald trump has not made efforts to be helpful to other members of the party except those he sees supportive of him. he's not out campaign, people. donald trump has demonstrated that donald trump is about donald trump, we are seeing it on full display politically. that's the a problem when you run as the titler head of the party. >> is it isolated to the republican party? sanders seems to be the anti establishment candidate but the fact that clinton has solidified

the lead, does this give us a view of how strong that anti establishment runs across the electorate? >> it's hard to look state by state. >> even ohio? >> what donald trump offers in terms of electability is a wider range of outcomes than other republican candidates. if you nominate ted cruz, you know you're going to end up between 140-180 electoral votes.

an unprecedented move this morning, the entire subway system in washington, d.c. is shut down for emergency inspections. as many as 700,000 commuters are looking for alternate transportation after a fire monday raised concerns about the safety of the metro system. >> what an extraordinary story this is and what a day we'll have in washington, d.c. now

because of the supreme court nomination announcement. the metro system shut down on a business workday, 90 stakes, basically closed to anyone who wants to do anything other than just buy a ticket, six lines, they're all gone, and the reason is the new general manager who's been in the job about four months is particularly concerned about safety. there have been a couple of fires. there was one this week and then there was one last year, which somebody died at a major station for government workers getting off to work, for the federal workers in washington, d.c. he's very, very concerned this may happen again, so he's shut the entire system down. 700,000 people a day ride this system, but not today. we caught up with some of them and they were well, what are you going to do? what could they possibly say other than we'll just live with it somehow. >> it just seems there's always something going wrong with the

metro. >> it's a concern they're shutting down in the middle of the week. that's very convenient. >> for the people who can't telework, they are losing out tomorrow with the shutdown. >> why don't they provide shutting buses for every metro train station every so often to help customers. >> so what are people doing? well, we've been observing the traffic here. to be honest with you, it's quite life. i expect it to be far heavier. we've had people walking past from adams morgan down to the downtown district. they're walking, not something they do every day, but they're doing it today and the weather is ok. we'll have to see how this goes. without metro, we're going to be seeing workers having difficulty getting through the city. >> what are workers looking for? >> they're looking at the wires.

they're looking to see that this wiring doesn't cause fires. when they inspect this wire, you've got to look at both tracks at the same time. rather than close down station by station, he's just doing the whole lot and that way, you get it out of the way and they can fix problems quickly. it is a big inconvenience. there hasn't been any metro trains running since last night at midnight and the next one won't run until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. metro figures it's better to get it done and out of the way so they can say at least system wide is safe. >> john terrett live for us in washington, thank you, john. >> when we come back. there is talk of dividing up war-torn syria. >> syrian kurds say they are setting up their own state after being shut out of peace talks. >> the legal impact of the nfl sudden admission that there is a

link between hard hits and brain damage. we're going to talk to attorneys of several players suing the league over concussions. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. hos oihoes

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arrived for the talks and were never able to sit down is turkey. turkey doesn't want the p.y.d. involved because it has links with kurdish groups in turkey which they believe to be terrorist groups. >> james bays reporting from geneva, syrian kurds control about 259 miles of territory along the syrian turkish border next to iraq, as well as another separate section in the northwest. an american student faces 15 years of hard labor in north korea. the 21-year-old, a university of virginia student was sentenced for trying to steal a propaganda banner from his hotel room. he said he wanted it as a souvenir. he was arrested as he tried to leave in january, no statement yet from the state department. >> john kasich wins his home state, but is he going to keep

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welcome back to your world this morning. it is 8:30 eastern. two presidential front runners waking up with big victory's under their belts today. >> trumps win in florida big, marco rubio's home turf forcing the senator to drop out of the race altogether. this morning, missouri still in play. the contest on both sides too close to call. clinton holding a slim lead over bernie sanders. trump also in a dead heat with ted cruz. john kasich winning his home state of ohio. >> he presented himself as the moderate alternative in the race. some leaders in his state say that's not really the case. lisa stark is live in cleveland, ohio following kasichs campaign. you have spoken with leaders from both sides of the i'll there. what do they say about the real kasich and his record. >> the real john kasich, he was

in congress for 18 years in the 1980's and 1990's and had a bit of a reputation as a hot head back then, certainly not what we've seen on the campaign trail. at times, his rallies seem like therapy sessions, he tells reporters you're special, you can change the world. he'll give out hucks when people ask for them. the head of the gop party insists that is the real john kasich. he said he's not some method actor playing a role. he's a good guy and that's what you're seeing on the campaign trail. we had a different story talking to the democratic minority leader here in the ohio senate. he tells me that he believes kasich has not really reached across the aisle. kasich says he can bring people together, work with the democrats. another believes kasich is more

a my way or the highway type of guy. in watching john kasich, i can see both. he can be the soft, empathetic candidate, the guy who wants to work with you and for you. he also definitely has a disturb born streak in him and his supporters would argue that that's actually good and that's why he can get things done. obviously he'll be tested even more now as we go forward with only three people left in the race, and we'll see if we can find again who is the real john kasich. >> he is really under the microscope this morning. al jazeera's lease stark in cleaved, ohio, thanks, lisa. >> let's get back now to lincoln mitchell and tara dobdell. donald trump on cnn mentioning the word riot if there is a battle in the republican nomination. >> i think we'll win before

getting to the convention but i can tell you if we didn't and if we're 20 votes short or if we're, you know, 100 short, and we're at 1100 and somebody else is at 500 or 400 because we're way ahead of everybody, i don't think you can say that we don't get it automatically. i think you would have riots. i think you'd have riots. i'm representing a tremendous, many, many many millions of people. in many cases, first time voters. >> tara dowdell, you sized when you heard that. why? >> this violence, this violent messaging, this violent rhetoric coming from donald trump is just so destructive. i don't think people have a full grasp of the impact that he's having as it relates to this. the fact that he's even extending it to within the republican party. this is why the party is concerned. it's this kind of just vile

rhetoric and just -- >> but it works. >> -- unpredictability. it works with his supporters. a lot of them feel men in this country have been emasculated by feminists and there's all this anger around those issues, race, gender, that he's tapping into, and frankly, i find it disturbing and scary. >> what does it say about the republican leadership that yesterday mitch mcconnell and paul ryan both during their news conference condemned trump for this kind of rhetoric. are they completely impotent in the face of these republican voters at this point. >> it should be noticed that the man two days ago complained that there used to be consequences for protestors in this country. he's on both sides. >> if you're trying to find consistency -- [ laughter ] >> good luck.

what does it say about what it is going to mean for senate races and house races come november? >> what donald trump doesn't seem to know and bernie sanders people, either, this pros is a party action. it is a party making a decision about who to nominate and party rules gone that. donald trump, who has thought long and hard of running for president, for decades now, maybe should have known that, that when you run for a party's nomination, you play by the rules of that party. >> you disagree. >> i disagree, because the republican party leadership has spent eight years with this rhetoric, this racially coded rhetoric, this anti immigrant rhetoric, and they've been doing this. they loud steve galise to be the house majority whip despite he spoke at a white supreme cyst problems. >> you're saying they created

this mon at her. >> they created this monster and trump capitalized an what they created. they said it a little more artfully, a little more coded, but they have done nothing but support this kind of effort. the only thing trump did is that he's doing it for out in the open. >> i want you to painted me a picture of donald trump as the nominee. who on the democratic side campaigns beside him? >> i think you'll have sarah palin and people of that ilk, entertainers and two thirds politicians. tea party favorites that have lost elections here and there over the years. the attorney general in florida who endorsed him, but the problem with a donald trump surrogate is if the personality and tone is the mental, surrogates don't work. hillary clinton is running it's

a coalition, it's that democratic coalition, so you need representatives that have coalition, speaking around a large big tent and bland message. >> tara, do you think the democrats yesterday, hillary having won four states running really tight in the remaining one are actually coalescing behind hillary fearing a trump candidacy at this point? >> that is absolutely increasing hillary's support. polling showed her head, she was expected to win some of these states. overall, she was expect to win. what she wasn't expected to do was win so resoundingly. i think what woke a lot of people up was the violence at the donald trump rallies. i think it scared a lot of democrats and they want to go into this general election with a horse that they think can win the race. >> if i say anything about this,

it's exciting and it may be the antidote to voter apathy. let's be positive about that. thank you both. >> in a few hours, we have been talking about the president. he is going to announce his choice to replace justice scalia, the late justice. the republicans vowing to block anyone that the president phuts fort. we are live in washington. who are the top contenders and what did the president say he was looking for? >> good morning with that welcome to washington, d.c. on what is a beautiful if a little chilly, sunny wednesday morning. the news is that the president is going to do when he said he would always do, nominate someone to replace justice antonin scalia. the announcement will come at

11:00 this morning. let's have a look at the five nominations whose names are very much in the fray. we have a full screen graphic on screen now to explain and though the names. mer rick garland sri vin vassen, jane kelly, tetanji brown jackson and paul without ford. those are the five names in the

fray. we have no idea which one of those names president obama will be picking when he speaks in the rose garden at 11:00 this morning. del and stephanie. >> john, thank you very much. when the president makes that announcement, we will carry it for you live from the rose garden. our coverage begins at 10:30 eastern time. this morning, the justice department is expected to drop its federal lawsuit against the city of ferguson. the city council unanimously agreed to overhaul its police department last night. it's a sharp turnaround from the city which rejected the deal earlier this year. andy has been following this. what is this reform plan trying to change about ferguson's police system. >> this all started with the officer darren wilson shooting of michael brown in 2014. after that, the department of justice came in with an investigation. they accused the city of basically using its police

officers to find minority drivers and just pull them over for minor traffic violations and then get them put into a court system that would put them on an unbreakable cycle of fines, added fines and jail time all in an effort to fatten up the city's bank account. eventually, a representative of the city and dodge agreed to big changes back in january, including the purchasing of software to track the data of arrests and use of force incidents, as well. also hiring a monitor to oversee all the changes, hiring more minority officers, and bumping up the salaries of all the police officers. but last month, the city council said we will approve this consent decree with big revision that is they demanded. the d.o.j. was having none of i have the. they almost immediately filed a lawsuit saying you can't do

that. last night, the city agreed to backtrack and said we are going to approve the original consent decree. >> why did they change their minds? >> originally last month, the city council said the revisions that you're asking are are too expensive. they will bankrupt us, especially that one provision about bumping up police salaries. a city council member said we were looking for clarification. we got that, that the salaries don't have to be at bumped up as we originally thought and the federal government will help pay for some of these changes. that was the reasoning and it's all set for the judge to approve the consent decree. >> thanks a lot. >> this morning, in newark new jersey, testing the students for lead poisoning. the finger pointing has

begun. >> a week after officials in newark new jersey announced they were shutting down water fountains in half of the city schools, concern is growing over lead in the water supply. >> our students' health is in jeopardy. >> last week it was suggested to parents that children might want to get tested for lead poisoning. now the state will test all students. the testing will begin in preschools, something doctors call a wise move. >> the younger the child, the more likely it is that the lead is going to deposit in them and cause damage. >> newark mayor contains newark is not flint, michigan. >> there is nothing wrong with newark's water, but there is something wrong with our infrastructure. >> officials point to old rusted

pipes running through the school buildings, many of which of 100 years old or more. the state said it will begin testing the plumbing systems this week. the head of the teacher's union said administrators did not need to wait to help students. >> don't allow my child to conitnue drinking poison while you wait for assistance. >> he snapped pictures of filtration systems at schools saying they were installed four years ago. those schools were told to change the filters every six months. >> stop my child first and then go get hope. >> state and local officials continue to insist the lead levels in the water have not been high enough to cause any serious health problems. >> while the testing of the newark school pipes is set for this week, no hard and fast date has yet been set for the students to be tested. the testing plan still has to be approved by the mayor and by the

state health director. >> could we talk about more than schools? >> newark is one of 11 localities in new jersey that has higher lead levels for toddlers except flint, michigan, which says a lot. newark being full of old buildings, across the country, you bet they are not the only ones with the lead problem. >> back to the aging infrastructure. admitting to the dangers of those hard hit in football. >> a lawyer representing players suing the league overhead injuries tells us how the nfl admission could impact his case.

a game changer this week for the nfl, the league's top health and safety official acknowledged the brain disease c.t.e. can be linked to football. >> that testimony by jeff miller came in a congressional hearing, responding to a boston university researcher findings that linked c.t.e. to hard hits. until now, the nhl long denied any connection between the two. there are several notable symptoms, memory loss, erratic behavior and impaired judgment. c.t.e. den grates parts of the brain. right now, there is no way to diagnose c.t.e. in a living person. it is only discovered during

autopsies. william gibbs represents players who are suing the nfl over concussions. he joins us from chicago. thanks for being with us. let us get to the bottom line. was that admission before congress a game changer in the bottle between players and nfl? >> on monday, we finally heard from mr. miller and the nfl that they do believe what we all believe, what we all have seen for years now, is that there is a definitive link between playing contact sports, football, and later in life neurodegenerative disease, in this case, c.t.e., and it's associated symptoms of memory loss, a loss of impulse control, depression, anxiety. for the first time, the nfl publicly has acknowledged that -- >> then they walked it back, so was it really what you were

waiting for, or was it just i guess a crack in the dam? >> well, it's undeniable. at this point, in this day and age, it is undeniable that there is a link. of course, the nfl now says that they've admitted that before, and what the real question isis how much of a link there is. ninety of 94 brains studied post homously by the boston university folks have demonstrated the presence of c.t.e. so the league couldn't deny it any longer. >> how does this admission yesterday affect the lawsuits for the players of the families? how do they react? >> there's over 5,000 players that have taken the league to task and filed lawsuits claiming

that the league for years hid this information from them. the reason that those players stood up, and players families stood up and sought to hold the league accountable is the league refused on its own. in some ways, those families have a sense now of accomplishment. they have effectuated some change in this league that denied for years the existence of what these families saw before their very eyes. >> let me push back for a second and ask, what do you say to the fact that even with concussions, even with the data that you just cited, even with that admission yesterday, there is a pipeline of young kids who say i want to be suited up on sunday, making big bucks no matter the risk? >> i can tell you this, the

world of sports, contact sports, football, hockey, boxing now knows and i hope we all know whether we're fans or referees or coaching, the significance of concuss i have brain trauma. there was a time when we didn't pay a close enough attention to how fragile our brains really are, and so to those that continue to participate in contact sports, i say to those around them be hyper vigilant, be incredibly concerned if and when a young player demonstrates signs of concussive brain trauma, and get the appropriate care, get the appropriate rest and then when appropriate

treated, that may not have long lasting effects. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> it's important for parents to know so make the decision with their children. underwater with no relief in sight. >> flooding communities bracing for even more rain. >> a victim of tragedy meets heroes. this wong palestinian boy is head to go spain to play with his idol.

>> pretty dry as it heads south ward, but it could create more rain. the biggest problem this is causing, had severe weather yesterday, starting to create snow on the backside with the temperature change.

this could be heavy snow. this is the moisture for the next 24 hours, including rain for the northeast. >> as that continues to sit and spin and create moisture, the frontal boundary by tomorrow, we have rivers that are still cresting, any additional rain, even only an inch or two is going to cause problems. could see record highs ahead of the system in portions of the southeast. >> it's 87 in miami. nicole, thank you very much. >> a 5-year-old boy from the occupied west bank is going to

madrid to meet christian rinaldo. his entire family was killed in an arson attack by israeli settlers last year. a photo of the boy was posted wearing his jersey on facebook. the team saw the photo and set up the visit. another special visit for a 107-year-old woman. she became famous for dancing with the bahamas at the white house. the globetrotters taught her a few tricks, gave her a personalized jersey and made her a cake. we'll wait for the slam dunk later on birthday number 108. >> she starts, there's the dancing. there's her moves. [ laughter ] >> that's it for us here in new york. >> we are back tomorrow morning beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. have a great day.

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