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check check >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, here are the top stories we are following at this hour. >> a dangerous chemical spill in west virginia, a chemical used to process coal leaked from a factory into eliud kipchoge. there are fears of water contamination, a state of emergency has been declared in and around the capital. >> the indian diplomat arrested in new york has been indicted by a grand jury, charged with visa fraud and making false statements. she was granted diplomatic immunity and left the county. >> new jersey grandfather snore chris christie is sorry about a political revenge scandal involving a top aide. the staffer ordered lane closures on the george washington bridge causing gridlock. chris christie denied involvement. >> u.s. missionary kenneth bae's family accepted an apology from dennis rodman. he had insinuated during an interview that kenneth bae was at fault for his imprisonment in north korea. >> a cold blast may have bost the u.s. economy $5 billion, because thousands were forced

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compounds and th al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are today's headlines. west virginia officials confirming a second chemical finding its way into the elk river. now freedom industries has been ordered to release any information regarding unknown chemicals by 4:00 pm today. >>> and thousands of protesters expected at the march for life. that includes a rally on the national mall. those events scheduled to start shortly. >>> a war of words in geneva. world leaders have gathered to try to end the violence in syria. there was a heated exchange between ban ki-moon and the s

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on al jazeera america >> good afternoon, and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. here are the stories we're following for you at this hour. a state of emergency in california where the water is getting dangerously low and wildfires continue to rage out of control. >> two were shooting at people inside the restaurant. >> and the very latest on a suicide-bombing by the taliban that killed 21 people including two americans. >>> plus safety concerns over the shipment of syria's chemical weapons create violent protests at a fishing port. >>> and why one tactic of chinese diplomacy is not as black and white as it seems. >>> too much fire and too little water making for a dangerous situation in california. the wildfire that ban two days ago in the l.a. suburb of glendora is still burning, and now the state's governor has declared a drought emergency. >> reporter: this fire is just one consequence of the drought crippling california. >> today i'm declaring a drought emergency in the state of california. >> reporter: the governor

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al jazeera america. take a new look at news. >>> 100 years ago today the first commercial flightaking place, and one pilot in florida marking that occasion by recreating the historic no frills flight. where is the flight going today, julia? >> reporter: well this historic flight dell left from right here in st. petersburg, across the bay to tampa. keep in mind 100 years ago the options for travelers were very limited so that flight was monumental. the passengers had an option to actually take a flight. the aircraft used today by the pilot was not the exact replica of the flight used behind me is replica of what had been used in 1914. but the pilot was able to get up out of the water. we saw him loop the area once, and then we saw him disappear into the horizon. so a very monumental day, an historic day, and one that supporters here want everybody to know that st. petersburg is actually where the first commercial airline flight started and set the aviation industry in motion. >> reporter: looking at the p

right here on al jazeera america. .. . >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonights >> spenting on prisons is sky rocketing not just because the prison population is growing, but it's ageing and more expensive to take care of prisoners. a small group of prisoners are running hospices. the iowa state's program is documented in "prison terminal." it shows the impact on the patients and caretakers. >> when i started i thought it would be about what i could give to the patient and what i could do to make them feel better. when you do what you do the feeling is you get back from them, you can't even describe it. it executives you a feeling that for once i'm somebody nobody thought i could do. >> the director joins us from chicago "prison terminal." it will prem your on hbo, and start a run on friday, along with other oscar inform nominated documentaries. nomination. >> you focus on a gentleman we saw a moment ago. he is a world war ii vetter an. he killed the drug dealer after his son was hooked on drugs. over time in prison you show that he found some redemption. >> yes. jack hall has

jazeera america is doing just that. >>> welcome to al jazeera america i'm morgan radford. here are the stories we are meanwhile, frustration is growing for hundreds of thousands of west virginia residents who have gone without clean tap water for days. and in haiti, many are still struggling to put their lives back together four years after the devastating earthquake. plus, the pope makes a big announcement from vatican city.

al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al jazeera america. there's more to it. >> we're back with alice waters, a chef and activist. what drew you to food way back when? >> that's a good question. when people ask that, i go way back to the time when i grew up in new jersey in my parents victory garden that they had during the war. i think i must have fallen in love with the straw about herries out in the garden, and that applesauce that they make from the tree. my parents bought the frozen food that was really omni present in the 1950's in the country. >> you never liked it. >> i never did much. i never liked vegetables, except tomatoes in the summer and corn

sunday 7:30 eastern on al jazeera america. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford, and here's are the stories right now. ariel sharon, one of the israel's greatest generals and strongest leaders has died, and hundreds of thousands of west virginia residents are still without water after thursday's toxic chemical spill. >>> it's been 50 years since the surgeon general warned the public that smoking kills, but still, health advocates say more needs to be done. >>> word came early this morning that the former prime minister of

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>>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. >> bashar al-assad will not be part of that transition government. >> world leaders gathering to discuss ending syria's bloody civil war, and there are already disagreements on how to make peace. >>> chaos and death in the streets of kiev. crowds protesting the ukrainian government clashing once again with riot police. >>> and thousands effected by the cold weather from the midwest to the northeast. ♪ >>> tense moments this morning in montrow switzerland. they are in switzerland trying to hammer out a peace deal, but even the peace talks are anything by that. nick schifrin is in switzerland, the setting behind you almost portrays the gravity of the situation and the fireworks that happened earlier. tell us about them. >> yes, just a few feet from me, i saw a pro syrian government journalist, actually yelling at the opposition. we have seen competing rallies for and against president bashar al-assad, and inside the halls the diplomats t

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jazeera only on al jazeera america >> oh my... consider this: the news of the day plus so much >> finally from us tonight we have heard from a lot of voices about what the president's state of the union might include tomorrow night. over the weekend we went online and asked you to weigh in and tell us what the president should be talking about. you responded on paper, even on paper bags. here is what you told us. much of what you told us is about your pain and the high price of your ambitions for the future. bankruptcy on the horizon, for far too many. a lengthy list from just one family. boat big picture, and closer to -- both big picture and closer to home. you're worried about the environment. health care, prison policy, at home, and overseas. and drones. and finally, a polite plea, capped off with a smiley face from michael glick of lancaster, pennsylvania. dear mr. president, i want you to stop spying on me, please. please, he said. that's it for us here on "america tonight". don't forget, al jazeera has complete coverage of

al jazeera america. >> al jazeera america's top stories. good buy to yet's rally. the dow losing 189 points. worries about the health of the emerging market, economies surging stocks down at the opening bell. >>> snow and ice storm hit the ice really hard. children were forced to spend the night in schools when buss were not able to reach them. people attempted to get home in the middle of the storm. some people were stuck in their cars for over 14 hours. the governor has called in the national guard to assist. >>> president obama is hitting several states selling his state of the union message. in mifflin, pennsylvania, a town that reinvented itself after an economy bust 30 years ago. he heads west tomorrow. >>> they will use the 2012 geneva i document as a framework for negotiations. it outlines transitional government but the government is balking at calls for president assad to step down. this round of talks is scheduled to end on friday. there is no date set yet for the second round of talks. those are the headlines. i'm tony harris in new york. "inside story"

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on al jazeera america. al jazeera america. we >> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. we're talking about religious violence and intolerance in the world. a new survey shows three-quarters of the world's population now live in countries where religious restrictions are high, violence or the threat of violence to compel people to adhere to religious norms is increasing. if you look at the world, central african republic descending into chaos. northern my gee i can't increasingly violent and deadly, problems emerging in kenya, is there any reason to hope we're going to bend the curve down that some of these developments have a better ending? >> i can give a data point and an example. so in our study we also look at the flip side of the coin, the initiatives to try to lower religious restrictions and hostilities, and over the last two years of the study we found that 83% of countries had such initiatives, and the largest share of these initiatives happened in the middle east in north africa. that points to the fact that people understand that this is an issue that needs t

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america tonight only on al jazeera america >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories that we're following for you. who is in, who is out. trouble with that planned peace talk in syria. the city of charleston, west virginia, now considering the lawsuit against the company responsible for the chemical spill that tainted the water. and people around the country taking a day off to remember a king. >> there are concerns today that the syrian peace talks may be over before they begin. united nations has now invited iran to the conference set for geneva in switzerland. opposition groups say that is a none starter and they're threatening to pull out. secretary general ban ki-moon he addressing the situation. >> i will have more to say about this situation in a day. for a moment let my appear again for all involved to keep the needs of the syrian people foremost in mind. >> meanwhile it will day one in the newell deal o nuclear deal t the deal overshadowed over the late breaking developments regarding syria. >> reporter: ban ki-moon has finally invited i

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> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories this half hour: u.s. says it is concerned about the situation in western iraq where the government is battling an armed group linked to al-qaeda. police in the main city of fallujah say rebel fighters control the center of town. at least eight people have been killed in the violence there. >>> u.s. coast guard is being called on to help two stranded ships in antartica because the chinariese ice breaker is stran. u.s. ice breaking ship, "the polar star" is already in the reamingon for another mission. >> cold on the midwest, deep freeze bringing lowest temperatures in years. in the dakotdakotas, it could fs low as 503s degrees below zero. several states may face negative temperatures for days. certainly we have seen a dumping of snow in the northeast as well. temperatures are apparently expected to climb. is that right? >> believe it or not, look at the radar, it looks a lot better than it did a couple of days ago, but there is still quite a bit of sn

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america tonight only on al jazeera america >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here are your headlines at this hour. word leaders including ban ki moon are starting to arrive in switzerland for a conference on syria. >>> in the midst of a tough political battle, new jersey's governor, chris christie sworn in now for a second term. the inauguration, though, being overshadowed by several scandals. >>> neil young is on a crusade across canada. taking his message on the road and raising thousands of dollars for those wholy there. but as daniel lack reports, the oil and gas industry is not listening. ♪ >> reporter: not what you would usually hear at a neil young event, the sacred songs. he has made common cause with the community which says damage to the oil sands is damaging their health and lives. >> we made a deal with these people. we are breaking our promise. we are killing these people. the blood of these people will be on modern canada's hands. >> reporter: here is what he is talking about. the huge open pit mines. the first nation has filed a legal challeng

america tonight only on al jazeera america , the road map that >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are your headlines this hour. the syrian peace talks scheduled to begin this week are now in doubt. opposition is threatening to pull out of the geneva two talks. the city of charleston, west virginia, now considering filing a lawsuit to compensate the losses caused by the elk river comment spill. 8,000 gallons of chemical spilling into that river. the investigations are now under way at the state and federal level. today is dr. martin luther king, day, it was a day of service for many americans who came together to serve in their local communities. >> i'm meteorologist dave warren. we're tracking the development of a western storm along the east coast and starting to see snow in north and south dakota. and then we get that storm developing. it's starting to develop now. temperatures really drop in north dakota, fargo at 1 degree. that's it. 16 in minneapolis. 43 in omaha and warmer to the shout. there is that front. it will continue to move south monday and tue

right here on al jazeera america. >> this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. w a look at today's top stories. in hawaii a police shot a sen teen-year-old run away in the wrist, after shots were heard this morning and a high school was put on lock down. no other students were hurt at roosevelt high school, police have release nod additional information on what happened. president obama heads into his fifth state of the union address with a low job approval rating. the president's speech is expected to focus on education, healthcare, immigration, and the economy. al jazeera america will have full coverage it begins tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern. vice president joe biden is urging the president of ukraine to find a compromise to the growing crisis in that country. he need add second phone call to the ukrainian president, he is giving into some of the demands this morning parliament repealed those unpopular anti-protest laws and the country's prime minister resigned. a deadlock in geneva concerning syria's peace talks. the afternoon session was called off. the sti