. >> i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm stephanie sy. you're watching "talk to al jazeera." you're watching "talk to al jazeera." i my guest is geena davis, who i my guest is geena davis, who also runs an institute on gender in media. also runs an institute on gender in media. >> as an actress in hollywood >> as an actress in hollywood who does speak out on gender who does speak out on gender roles in film and in roles, does roles in film and in roles, does it damage one's career to do that? it damage one's career to do that? >> you know, not at all. >> you know, not at all. not at all. not at all. we're actually very much we're actually very much embraced by the entire industry. embraced by the entire industry. thank god, i want to keep working. >> yes, of course. thank god, i want to keep working. >> whenever we have a meeting at >> yes, of course. >> whenever we have a meeting at a studio somewhere, i say, you a studio somewhere, i say, you know, this is all just a ruse to know, this is all just a ruse to get in here so i can ask you get in here so i can ask you when is m

i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. now a major man hunt is on in tunisia for the accomplices on a major museum. >> police also killed two gunmen. so far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. >> meanwhile tunisia's president has called for unity. thousands hit the streets to denounce the attack. many held up banners no to terrorism. >> there has been concerns over security in tunisia because neighboring libya has become affected. >> nazanine moshiri has the story. >> they surround the bardo museum. one ever tunisia's most famous tourist destinations. there were hundreds of visitors inside when gunmen opened fire. some people managed to get out. running for their lives. authorities say the gunmen hunted people down spraying bullets. >> translator: we were visiting the museum and suddenly we heard big noises. at first we thought it was a statute falling but bit by bit we realized it was gun shots. there were four of us. we also found a couple with children and we didn't know what to do. we hid on the top flo

i'm stephanie sy, "inside story" is next. >> hello i'm ray

i'm stephanie sy. we're learning more this morning about the co-pilot who investigators say intentionally crashed a germanwings plane into the french alps. they said the co-pilot received psycho treatment for years before becoming a pilot and some of it was for suicidal tendencies. >> there is still no evidence that the co-pilot told before that he'll do what we have to assume was done. and we haven't found a letter or anything like that that con attends confession of that. >> and we may have our first glimpse into the final moments of flight 9525. a german tabloid reported a timeline from the flight recorder. if confirmed he did lock the captain out of the cockpit. at they detect the plane is beginning to descend. three minutes later there is a loud bang on the door. the pilot can be heard screaming, for god sake, opening open the door. at 10:37 cap daniels "open the door." and 10:40 last sounds from the recorder. they have not confirmed the transcript but they have yet to deny the timeline. >>> there

i'm antonio mora. >> and i'm stephanie sy. coming up this half hour, the dangerous job of burying sierra leone's dead. >> parents going to extremes to help their children succeed by scaling buildings to help them cheat on a high stakes test in india. >> first soldiers in nigeria found dozens of partially mummifyied bodies. at a boko haram execution site. northeast damasak. rebels had been in control since november. nigerian president goodluck jonathan says he expects to retake all towns under control by the end of the month. >>> kashmir, the indian army cordoned off the border between the indian and pakistani areas. trapped inside the police station. indian officials say the three gunmen probably crossed the india-pakistan border overnight. >>> 1995 members of the doomsday cult amshenrico released serin gas. observing a moment of silence in remembrance. >>> the u.s. and iran have temporarily broken off stocks over differences in a nuclear agreement. differences are minor compared to what's being accomplished. >> within the p-5

. >> and i'm stephanie sy. tomorrow ashraf ghani has an open meeting with president obama. >> but today ghani had a meeting with secretary of state john kerry. >> this is a major statement. of support our armed forces and our security forces are going to greet this, with enormous welcome. because it gives them the assurance that the resolute support mission is continuing and that we are able to focus. on our key priorities. >> now on wednesday ghani will address a joint meeting of congress. jamie mcintire has a report. >> security was tight tithe even by security standards. center courtyard to hear afghan president ashraf ghani to's message. >> my message as the defense community and the diplomatic community, but mostly to the american taxpayer. the men and women you all of you, who have made your hard earned dollars available going >> the exact amount is dispute somewhere between 2 and 4 trillion but the sacrifice extends far more than mere money. left 2215 dead, such as major general harold green killed last

i'm stephanie sy, speaking with nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn, about their latest book and documentary series that calls attention to what they say is an opportunity gap in the u.s. going back the so series episode 1 focussing on sexual trafficking, episode 2 on poverty. episode 3 deals with domestic violence, and again a shocking statistic. in the u.s. domestic violence claims for than three lives a day when you average it out. much? >> they have. there has been improvement in domestic violence in america over the last generation, and you see that in both the in the, the proportion of women beaten, and in attitudes. in 1978 in surveys, half of americans said it was appropriate for a man to beat his wife with a stick or a belt. half of americans said that. >> in 1970? >> in 1978. it would be absurd to ask. likewise the incidents as far as we can tell of domestic abuse has fallen by more than half in that period. now, why. it used to be there was complete impunity. the police should not get involved short of the fatality. now, there is some risk that a guy is going to get arrested, and

. >>> i'm stephanie sy, you're watching "talk to al jazeera". my guest, author taiye selasi >>> you coined a term in your essay "bye-bye babar", afropolitan. can you explain what it means? >> this is what i wrote when i left grad school and when i was thinking about deterritorialized brown people. after writing an article, i was thinking of that context. it occurs to me that what i'm describing is something one finds all over the world. i describe it has being in an anteroom, a waiting room. there's a door - i could be american. there's a door i could be british. there's i could be nigeria. i could be ghanan. no one in those places looks at me and says "yes, she is ghanan", there's no doubt in anyone's mind here. >> what is an afropolitan, what are the characteristics. >> in 2005, 10 years ago, all i was describing was the experience. i didn't mean to suggest everyone that shares the experience is not the same or can be defined by seven criteria, i was fascinated by the experience, by what it is to come into your 20, into your 30, into your self

i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. thanks for watching. "america tonight" is up next. i'm see you again in an hour. >>> on "america tonight" - ♪ heading down the highway ♪ >>> kate pearson exploded on to the music scene with the b-52s. now, after 39 years and the bs kate is going solo >>> also tonight... >> the f35 is the most expensive weapons programme in american history. so far the

i'm scott sio. -- stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora. jordyn's king of abdullah vows to continue the fight in i.s.i.l. >>> and snow coming back to the united states >>> david petraeus agreed to plead guilty for staring classical documents to his author and former mistress. he gave several binders in relation to discussions. he will likely pay a fine and avoid prison time. >> the fight for funding over the homeland security department is over. the house agreed a bill to fund the bill to september. it heads to president obama's desk. the legislation does not contain language to overturn executive actions on immigration. the republicans were trying to do that. >> soldiers from chad death boko haram a major blow. chadian troops battled the rebels for control of a border up to . it ended with boko haram fleeing the town. hundreds were killed. 16,000 nigerians were forced to flee to cameroon over the weekend. >> the iraqi offensive says it's making inroads into tikrit. they have reached a town south of the city. u.s. secretary of defence ashto

on al jazeera america. >>> i'm stephanie sy my guests this week on "talk to al jazeera" are journalists nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn. you won a pulitzer prize in '89 for the coverage of tiananmen square. >> our honeymoon was china. we married and immediately moved to china. you were the first married couple to receive the pulitzer prize together. was that your first collaboration? >> yes, certainly. we were married - we were married. we never were able to write stories together, we wrote separate stories but covered many aspects of that period of china. >> who edits whom in this relationship? >> we both edit each other. when i met sheryl, she was working for "the wall street journal", i for the "new york times". it's better collaborating as a colleague rather than as a rival. >> i read so much of what you have written over the years, in the last week, and it occurred you have evolved to become for some a moral compass. was that your intention. >> no, it was not our intention, and i think it evolved naturally. and i don't think of myself as a moral example. some people are far more

. >> and i'm stephanie sy. i.s.i.l.'s grip on tikrit is loosening. officials say they are close to taking full control of the city. >> just a few miles north of the city of al alam celebrated, taking back the city from i.s.i.l. ringing endorsement from the top military officer today general martin dempsey says he sees certain vicity in retaking the city from i.s.i.l. >> but i.s.i.l. pleased a an tack on ramadi. still can inflict pain even as it loses ground in tikrit. stefanie dekker has the story. >> this is northeastern tikrit. the iraqi army together with shia militia and sunni tribesmen are trying to push kyle i.s.i.l. out of the city. >> translator: we want to tell the people that tikrit will be liberated and taken from i.s.i.l. groups. four fronts started to take the neighborhood ton outskirts of tikrit city. we are heading with the help of god to liberate it from i.s.i.l. terrorist groups and from there we will advance to beiji and mosul. >> a freelance journalist shot these shots on wednesday. the city is on the highway linking baghdad to mos

stephanie sy is here. stephanie. >> today the russian military marched through the capital of what was once ukrainian territory to the cheers of residents. cheering even though they've dealt with rising food prices and shortages of goods since western sanctions were imposed. >> we are very glad, without it a little in the beginning but our future is with russia. >> russia is a big sedate powerful potential that can stand up for its people. >> the west still considers crimea a land grab. tonight we speak to the secretary-general of the operation, charged with the shaky ceasefire. randall. >> thank you stephanie. >>> coming up next, a first in space. how a cost mow cosmonaut remembers the first spacewalk. and a camera on the back of an eagle. >> it was the biggest art heist in history and it happened at 25 years ago today. thieves posing as cops. making off with rembrandt's only sea scape. allen schauffler reports. >> it is an odd thing for a museum to be best known for the objects that are not there. but th

. >> i'm stephanie sy. iraqi military has teamed up with iranian shia application ya and sunni tribes men. the u.s. says it is taking month part in this operation. >> another major assault on mosul, we get the latest from al jazeera's jane arraf in baghdad. >> this is the first battle fora major sunni city sins i.s.i.l. tooksince i.s.i.l.took over last june. it has remained pretty much an i.s.i.l. stronghold since then. trying to take back the city of saddam's home town. but stopped before. this one is huge, more than 20,000 fighters, iraqi military fighters along with iranian backed shia militia. and in this particular fight sunni tribesmen. it is the sunnies that haider al-abadi appealed to saying they would be pardoned if they laid down their arms. going there the today and talking to sunni members of parliament who ended their boycott. on the ground, the tribes have approached the town from two fronts. where saddam was found hiding. not only taking back that city which was rigged with explosives from i.

good evening and thanks for joining us on al jazeera am i'm stephanie syamericamany i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. at stake the political future of benjamin netanyahu. >> said he would not allow a palestinian state. wanting to give away cpts opinion polls suggest he's trading fm. >> only boax shell one of its co-leaders sippy libney, made her party merged from isaac her disog's labor party. aye isaac hertzog's party. >> no palestinian state if he's reelected. >> i think whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic terrorist attacks against israel. this is genuine reality that's been created here in the past few years ago. those who do not understand that bury their heads in the stand. >> netanyahu is focused on security in hopes of staying prime minister after six years in power. but suggest he's behind isaac hertzog. calling for renewed talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> i believe they are part of the objectives of reaching an agreement with the palestinians by way of

. >> and i'm stephanie sy. the iraqi army is pushing towards city of tikrit in the fight against i.s.i.l. but progress is slow. >> and human rights watch has issued a warning to protect civilians who are caught in the cross fire. >> heavy losses on i.s.i.l. in its attempt to retake tikrit, a city of historic and value. jane arraf has the story. >> troops are moving slowly towards tic ritd. tikrit. >> the iraqi military has launched since i.s.i.l. seized territory last june. it doesn't show the militia component of this fight. shia volunteers and militias, the most powerful links to iran make up about 20,000 of the 30,000 troops involved here. the government says i.s.i.l. fighters are deserting and heading for mountains. the highway from tikrit leads to mosul. iraq's deference minister acknowledges it will be a tough road ahead. >> translator: we are in multiple phases of war. we are in the preparation phase for real battle. the obstacles are expected and we have taken many measures to avoid such difficulties. >

i'm stephanie sy. >> and i'm antonio mora. we begin in iraq where iraqi forces are forcing i.s.i.l. out of tikrit. government officials said their forces retook large parts of the city and drove the group out of alla la. >> the iraqi and shia militias are preparing for an assault should the joint offensive proceed, similar missions in other cities will continue. >> junioredon's king abdullah spoke to his people today. >> in the u.k. a new airline law aimed at preventing citizens joining i.s.i.l. >> the tikrit offensive is the largest against i.s.i.l. it's a combination of iraqi and shi'a militias. there are concerns the shia militias are targetting sunni villages. >> reporter: holding the flag of the islamic state of iraq and levant upside down is a victory sign for the iraqi soldiers and militias. they've retaken areas a few kilometres from tikrit. an i.s.i.l. held city, a major offensive is underway. >> translation: the popular mobilization of shia militia me forces and tribes of the distribute were able to achieve great victories. >> this is the island, a prodominancely sunni are

stephanie sy is with us in a story you'll see next hour. stephanie. >> john, the worst of the outbreak has subsided but the as any is not over. 10,000 have died, and many are bringing their lives back together. tonight we are introducing you to maseray she is make it her work to make sure victims are buried properly. >> i don't feel a baby not being buried right is proper. that's what i do. >> an emotional act that camara has come up with. >> thank you stephanie. an irish american comedian who is big in china. >> say it would be the same as somebody telling me today fung dung wa. >> how he bridges the divide with laughter. >> i don't know if you know this but years ago in ireland we had an economy and people went to ireland the work. so these guys would host families, they would be like welcome to ireland, what is your name? and the chinese guy was like fong chi wu and the irish guy was like shamus. >> i sat down with him for friday arts segment and he talked about the unique chals of being a trilingual comic. i asked him how he got into co

be the news is up next with thoimentyouantonio mora and stephanie sy. the push towards tikrit. iraqi troops are making slow gains in the fight against i.s.i.l. >> the iraqi government in this case did not ask for our support. >> but the u.s. is taking a seat on the sidelines. another high-level drug cartel arrest in mexico. a look at why some of the most dangerous drug king pins in the country are both revered and feared. >> he spoke the people's language. >> the

. >> i'm stephanie sy. we begin in egypt with the political rest regulation of abdel fattah al-sisi on the political stage. >> three members of the military were wounded in an attack on the egyptian military. >>> egypt has been rocked by instability. it continued in 2013 with thous terwith theout outouswith theouster of mohamed morsi. >> despite years of turmoil we are open for business. in his opening speech, president abdel fattah al-sisi welcomed and thanked those for their support. >> i'd like to thank all our brothers kings and presidents of the arab states that are giving us lot of honor of being here today in egypt. the egyptian society is 25% of the population of the middle east. stability in egypt is a very important role for the civility of the whole region. we need to make sure that these powers will be for the benefit of the stability of the nation and for the region. >> reporter: it started off well with billions of dollars pledged by some of egypt's richest neighbors the aim is to secure billi

i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora. "america tonight" such next. i'll see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> in the four years since fukushima, life has not been kind to the people who fled. do you believe that fukushima city will ever be a safe place to live again? >> translator: not in my lifetime. not the same fukushima that existed before. >> we ventured into towns inside and around the seclusion zone which remain frozen in time at the moment residents fled. >> marv and linda simkakowski lost their son last july. they were told his death away caused by an aneurysm but an autopsy found something quite different. >> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the ves rans administration, new scrutiny of the va and now the death of a young marine vet at a wisconsin marine hospital has uncovered other systemic flaws. it is a tragedy that christof putzel has found about how to fix the va. >> i never thought he would die no. >> marv and linda simkakowski lost their son jason last july. he died at the at the tomah va hospital. >> i said jason

i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora, i will see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> it's been 21 days since nurse practitioner returned home to loomis california from an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. >> go ahead and take your temperature, 97.5. >> the biggest challenge of the quarantine is contact with other people. >> for alice, the quarantine was a minor inconvenience compared to the six months she spent in sierra leone. >> also tonight. >> after a year of canvassing nearly 70% of d.c. voters said yes to legalizing the use of marijuana in the city. but they still can't buy it or sell it. >> thanks for joining us, i'm joie chen. a note now about governing and the governed. outside the beltway people often view washington, d.c. as being different and it is true. the rules are different here. case in point: is the effort to legalize medical marijuana which voters thought they had approved approved, but there's still cannabis confusion in the district. at christof putzel reports. >> here in the nation's capital. there's another kind of happy hour going on. some ca

. >> i'm stephanie sy, this is "talk to al jazeera." our guest is gloria steinem, a feminist icon. let's talk about first-world problems versus third-world problems. we talked about the pay gap and other issues, and yet there are places where women are stoned for adultery. places where women can't leave the house without a man, where they are sentenced to gang rapes and honour killings. in places where that is happening. what is at the root, do you think, of what is working for women. >> i think we share the root and it takes different forms, and the root is controlling reproduction. if you want to control refor example you have to control women's bodies. if you want to determine paternity and ownership of children you have to restrict the freedom of women. >> is that a instinct. >> of course not. as far as we know it wasn't like that for all of history. it's greatly increased by racism or caste or class. if you have a race you want to keep pure, quote/unquote, and keep on the top you have to doubly control who women have children with so the women of the superior group are restric

i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora. i'll see you again in an hour. >> on "america tonight": >> king's bay is one of the only places in the world where you can swim with and even touch groups of endangered florida man manatees. >> ma'am, you're not supposed to be in there. >> set off a passionate debate. >> where do you draw the line? >> i think people should not touch the animals or attempt to. >> in his spare time when he's not running his septic business doug has become a one man police watchdog. he's also become a critic of the increasing military posture of police. >> what did you witness here? >> i witnessed my son-in-law killed buy swat team that i founded. . >> geexg, thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. after ferguson we have become increasingly aware of the power of increasing numbers of programs par part of the arsenal of even small forces. and officers kitted up, with military fire power as if to do battle. the consequences the gear changes those that were meant to protect and serve we begin our program with

i'm stephanie sy, "inside story" is next. >> hello i'm ray suarez. mcdonald's cash registers ringing is a company that americans hate love and hate to love. changing what farmers ro grow and away we eat. now the company's announced it won't buy chickens raised using human antibiotics. mickey d's changing what people eat and how they eat it. in recycling and nutrition in many ways mcdonald's is a trend-spotter, what will this new policy mean to everyone who sells, makes and eats food? it's is "inside story." >> being a major seller of cooked food in the united states mcdonald's watches trends closely. when the exan was company was bashed for wasted packaging it responded with new packaging efforts and new messages to the public. when the world knocked the children's offerings mcdonald's changed that. supersize me, its move to low fat milk when reporting and activists focused attention how cows were raised for hamburger meat the company reduced the hormones in the meat itself. applause from some sectors skepticism from others, at a time when more and m

join us tomorrow for al jazeera news with stephanie sy 7:30 eastern. i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. [ ♪♪ ] >>> indiana recently joined the parade of states passing a version of the religious freedom restoration act. the blow-back has been more ferocious than in missouri. corporations are cutting back or threatening to pull out of the state. now there's pressure on the n.c.a.a. to move its indianapolis headquarters and not bring the final four to the state's biggest city either. we'll look at the law's intention and possible costs. we have decided to serve up piping hot conversation no matter who you are, in full harmony with my conscience. it's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. indiana governor mike pens appeared on "this week with george stefanopolous", and was peppered with questions about the law which he insisted was in harmony with the freedom and restoration act tined by parliament. he insisted signing it was the rig

i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm antonio mora. "america tonight" is next. see you in an hour. >>> on "america tonight", this is the video sparking outrage cross the country, what follows, a fatal confrontation between l.a.p.d. officers and a homeless man, one of the first task for the body camera programme launched at the end of last year. >> it's part of also missing white women syndrome what we know of in the united states where there's moral panic when white woman victim hood and safety is threatened and compromised. there's a deeper reaction and response to that than we do women of colour. >> so in short, native women are less than. >> less than. [ ♪♪ ] >>> thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. the tense regulations between law enforcement and communities of colours come to be marked by a hashtag shorthand black lives matter. it's echoed by another tag line native lives matter as native communities report a parallel crisis in their relation with police one they fear leaves the young women at risk. the evidence coming from shocking statistics of missi

the white house admits that it is targetting some people overseas with drone strikes, but as stephanie sy reports, it has not disclosed how those targets are selected. >> we must be more transparent about the basis of counterterrorism actions and the manner in which they were carried out. >> that was the promise president obama made regarding the use of drones and who they targeted. the lawsuit filed by the a.c.l.u. says the vow has not come closer to reality. the suit seeks to have the obama administration disclose the criteria, and to reveal the names of those targeted in the terror counterstrikes. like this man. killed in an apparent u.s. dron strike in yemen in 2013. >> the >> translation: he was incident with no links to al qaeda. as the eldest child he was the breadwinner. the u.s. is killing our sons. >> it's a story, say organizations like the bureau of investigative journalism that has been completed for years, with hundreds killed by drone strikes targetting suspects across somali, afghanistan and yemen. the global security think tank the stimson center questioned a report qu

sy 7:30 eastern. i'm antonio mora thanks for joining us. for the latest head over to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. have a great night. [ ♪♪ ] >>> indiana recently joined the parade of states passing a version of the religious freedom restoration act. the blow-back has been more ferocious than in missouri. corporations are cutting back or threatening to pull out of the state. now there's pressure on the n.c.a.a. to move its indianapolis headquarters and not bring the final four to the state's biggest city either. we'll look at

stephanie sy has that, stephanie. >> we speak to these women who were either forced to marry or forced into arranged marriages. nashua al said, she was brought to egypt as a toddler against her will. she was promised in marriage to a stranger and this is what went through her head. >> i'm going to move on from like my father's house to where i'm being abused to my husband's home, which i'm going to be the same. that clicked for me that's not an openingings. >> coming up. we'll tell you how nashua sceachednashuaescaped her fate. >> stephanie thank you very much. she's a famous author, a very reclusive one? is harper lee of sound mind? lee the writer of "to kill a mock bird" was is 88 years old. her agent says she's in full possession of her mental fajts. now to music. men at work was one of the biggest bands in the 1980s turning out hits like down under and who can it be now. their front man colin hay went solo after the band broke up. nearly 30 years later he's seen a career revival. he talked to david schuster about his success and how men at work was such a success. >> we didn't know

the news continues next with antonio mora and stephanie sy.

stephanie sy is here with that. >> reporter: dave, afghanistan has been referred to as you know, the graveyard of empires. nations from the soviet union to britain and the u.s. have always had a hard time exiting that country and now president obama said that he will slow down the timeline to withdraw some 10,000 american troops still based there. and many are again asking how much the u.s. is on the hook for. we spoke with a senior adviser to afghan president ashraf ghani. >> they will have to succumb to the needs of the people and to the desires of the people of that nation that has suffered so long and so much in wars, and there's no more room for destruction and for the destitute that the people have been through and has been imposed on them by the politicians andent political elite. >> we'll have more on what the senior adviser has to say in the next hour, as well as historical context for comparing it to the soviet invasion in the 8 zeros. '80s. >> byron russ tin, his long-time partner who talks about the man he knew and loved. >> bay ard rustin has been called the leader of th

stephanie sy reports on the surprising victims of the ebola outbreak. >> reporter: john, we are speaking of the youngest people affected by ebola. for a year, we have been watching it play out in western africa. and stopping the spread of the virus. now, as the disease has been contained, people are starting to recognize the lasting consequences of the epidemic. unicef is reporting that ebola has a devastating affect on children. 5,000 were infect. 16,000 lost one or both parents, and 9 million lived in affected areas where education was shut down and routine healthcare was affected. we'll get into that, and i'll speak to an american doctor in guinea where ebola cases have actually seen a sudden spike. >> he's the heir to a new york real estate fortune, and now robert is behind bars, charged with murder. the case dates back to 2000. but it's not the only case that he has been connected to. the hbo documentary the jinx. and now the director of that is under fire with a confession made by durst and caught on tape. his film, paradise lost t. tells the story of three teenagers, convicted in

and stephanie sy and antonio mora, that begins at 9:00 p.m. you can get the latest news any time dale or night by going to aljazeera.com. thank you for watching. >> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. john siegenthaler is on assignment. bloodshed in tunisia. temperaturists murdered. the deadly museum a-z tourists murdered. is san francisco officers prompting a discloser look at a thousand convictions for possible bias. water and waste. >> the entire oil and gas regulatory scheme i

we invite you to join antonio mora, and stephanie sy for the international hour monday night 9:00pm eastern. >> before we go other events in "the week ahead" - the u.s. and south korea begin annual drills. the exercises including ground air, naval and special operations forces. on wednesday opening arguments get under way in relation to the boston marathon defendant. saturday is the 50th anniversary of the equal rights march from selma to alabama. join us as we look at the history of march. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back. let's take you outside. new york city - appears as though the snow is tapering off. new york one of many places where march lived up to the first half of its expression, in like a lion. to the nation's capital. now it appears the area is getting rain and freezing rain making travling conditions dangerous. rebecca stevenson tracking the storm. it's the ice making it dangerous. >> exactly, and the ice fall the rain coming down. we saw that in new york. those are rain drops, it's hard to see them. the warmer air is so high that as the rain falls, it's freezing on the g

the news continues with antonio mora and stephanie sy. is you is >> one day before israeli voters go to the polls prime minister benjamin netanyahu reverses course on the two-state solution. >> i think that whoever moves to establish a palestinian state or intends to withdraw from territory is simply yielding territory for radical islamic for israel. >> secretary of state john kerry takes time tour switzerland during negotiations with iran. and putting an end to rumors, the russian president rea

we invite you to join antonio mora and stephanie sy. >>> coming up in the week ahead. on monday the u.s. and south korea begin annual joint military drills. the exercises will include ground air naval and special operations forces. >>> on wednesday opening arguments get underway in the trial of boston bomber dzhokhartsarnaev. >>> 50th anniversary of the voting rights march from selma to montgomery, alabama. join al jazeera throughout the week as we preview the anniversary of the march as we look at race relations across the u.s. coming up on al jazeera america uruguay has a new president and it isn't the first time he's been in office. >>> rare space photographs sold at auction. >> next sunday. former klansman david duke. >> america has been taken over. >> defending his controversial past. >> i did what i thought was right. >> that was then... what about now? >> i believe the zionists control the country. >> "talk to al jazeera". next sunday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> uruguay has sworn in a new president. tabari vasquez. vasquez is promising continui

stephanie sy is here with at a and other stories coming up in the next hour stephanie. >> yes john, there were heated conversations between the president and members of the senate. and john kerry. >> my reaction to the letter was just utter displeaf. disbelief. during my 29 years in the senate i never heard of nor heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. >> also in our next hour we'll be talking about the women's movement that is now also the girls movement. tonight we are talking to three girls who are taking matters in their own hands. malawi ethiopia and in the america. >> the girls in malawi, child marriage as has already been highlighted. child marriage is the biggest killer that has destroyed likes of of young girls in my community. >> just a few weeks ago malawi's parliament did ban child marriage. we're going to have more stories of girls driving change in our next hour. >> pretty impressive. stephanie thank you. the veterans affairs department has long been accused of dis"america tonight's" christof putzel has more on what that autopsy found. >> i never thought he

i'm stephanie sy coming up how the weakening of a major drug cartel is changing one mexican state and the new problem it is bringing to the surface. >>> a palestinian man rammed his car into a crowd. witnesses sayyaf hitting the pedestrians the man got out of his car and tried to attack others with a knife. in november at the same intersection, another palestinian drove his car into a crowded train platform killing one person. >>> a curfew is in effect in one area in india after a mob beat an accused rapist to death. a documentary has been banned over fears it will incite violence. >>> one of the most powerful democrats on capitol hill may soon face corruption charges. the justice department plans to charge robert menendez. he came out swinging and held a press conference a short while ago, saying he acted appropriately and in accordance with the law. >>> rebel fighters in libya attacked an oil field. government troops fought off the attack reclaiming control of the oil field, but the attackers caused massive damage to the property. fighting has caused two export terminals to shut dow