, pimps and johns. the common discrepancies is it is easier to focus on the supply side than the demand side. that's because busting johns require cops to use a decoy. cops in contrast could simply solicit women on the streets. now law enforcement is actively targeting men who buy sex and women who sell it as victims in need of help. in the weeks before this year's super bowl, authorities busted 522 sex buyers and 30 pimps, as part of what's known as the national johns suppression initiative. now since 2011 had nationwide effort has led to the arrests of more than 4400 johns. to get a closer look we headed to california. the sheriffs department gave us an inside look how it's using a different strategy to face an age old problem. >> in a seedy motel in the suburb of los angeles, the county's new human trafficking task force, prepares for a complicated undercover operation. the target, men soliciting pursuits. >> whaprostitutes. >> what we are doing is commonly known as johns. it is always dangerous, 50 on this operation, undercover people uniforms on the outside who can actively move in

. detailing of history. >> our special report. only on al jazeera america. >> hi, everyone, i'm john seigenthaler. here are the new hampshire primaries. here are the latest numbers. jeb bush at 11% and marco rubio at 10%. and now we're looking at hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the democratic primary. persony sanders ahead 51% to 40%. early numbers here. these are pictures that donald trump's headquarters. if the polls are right this is a very happy crowd tonight. it's not just about the wins and loses, but strong third or second place. ali velshi is in manchester tonight. ali? >> i think that's the more interesting part of it, john, who does come in. we've seen ted cruz come in with a fairly strong performance, but we're really look at jeb buck, john kasich and chris christie. bush and kasich have spent a lot of time in new hampshire. kasich and christie ignored iowa all together, putting their eggs in this basket. and you see a significant showing of what you're seeing, and 2% of the numbers are in, but most of the rest of the polls would have closed by now unless there are som

. john siegenthaler is next. >> tony. thanks. we begin with the war in syria and a possible break in the fighting. the u.s. and russia announced an agreement set to begin on saturday. the white house hopes it could lead to a more permanent ceasefire and political change in syria. jamie mcintyre has the latest. >> reporter: john, after more than a week of negotiations, the deal was sealed in a phone call, between president obama and russian president, vladimir putin, but the final word on whether the fighting really stops lies with the syrian government forces on the ground and the fighters who app pose them. the agreement gives syrian forces another week to press their advantage over opposition fighters, and another week for russia to back the government of bashar al-assad, with punishing air strikes that have laid waste to the city of aleppo, and killed hundreds of civilians. in a broadcast address posted on the kremlin's website, russian president putin hailed the agreement as a break through that could radically transform the situation in syria. president obama by contrast did not

john siegenthaler, have a good night. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight. stop the cycle, how young women get caught in the cycle of prostitution to prison and how targeting men might be the way to save them. prostitution is often described as the world's oldest profession but some of us see it as the world's most troubling profession. that's because prostitution and sex trafficking often involves, poorest members, women, miles a, women and girls who frequently suffer physical and sexual abuse as children and the lives of many sex workers involve illegal drugs. it puts them on a path that leads to the juvenile justice system and prison. because prostitution in america is illegal. check this out. in 2010, nearly kay 63,000 people were arrested for -- near 63,000 people were arrested for prostitution in the united states, 43,000 were women. that's 69%. that means less than othird were men including male pursuits, pimps and johns. the common discrepancies is it is easier to focus on the supply side than the demand side. that's because busting johns require cops to use a decoy. co

in events from john kasich who is neck in neck with marco rubio. kasich insisted he will get the debt down and cut taxes while he's at it. but with polls not so high, he admits new hampshire is his last gasp. >> if i get trounced, i'm going to ohio. >> we've knocked on 180 doors in the last 180 days. they are considered or committed. >> it was over it watts done there was nothing you could do about it. >> senator ted cruz seemed to draw the largest are crowds on wednesday,. >> i figured i needed to learn about him. >> 19-year-old college students jacob barrigan isn't the only one undecided here. some haven't even picked a party yet. >> i wish there was a way we could just incorporate all the good ideas and have a great candidate. >> all right you may have noticed the only gop candidate who was not on the campaign trail here in new hampshire today, the front runner donald trump was in arkansas. still in arkansas, although he is expected back in new hampshire tomorrow john. >> speaking of donald trump, he went on a rant about ted cruz's victory in iowa. said cruz stole the caucuses

for watching. have a wonderful weekend. john siegenthaler is back with more of today's news. john. >> thank you richelle. a temporary cessation of hostilities. urgent delivery of humanitarian aid but there are questions about this deal. jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon. >> john. if you cut through the diplo-speak, it comes down to how the russians define a single word: terrorist. >>> russians continue to pound areas of syria just moments after the ceasefire was announced. russia continues to provide air cover for forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad. under the agreement hashed out between russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, and secretary of state john kerry, the air strikes will continue but certain groups will no longer be targeted. >> to that end we have also established a task force under the auspic awmps of auspices of. >> reporter: boat sides have agreed that i.s.i.l. and the el nusra front are legitimate targets, having been designated as terrorist groups by the u.n. so any eventually ceasefire will have no effect on the air war. >> there is no fire f

city employee by the name of john bills had received 1500 per camera, for every camera. that he over saw the installation of. and they are worth 384 of them at that time. >> then another former employee named michael schmidt approached, and told him about a meeting he attended in 2003. with red flex c.e.o. finley and john bills. >> there was a quintessential meeting. where john had a meeting with karen finley, and several top executives to coach them on how to behave at the next phase, and an important meeting at city hall. >> this is the first camera. >> he looked at me and said i'm going to talk to you like you don't know you. i looked at my boss and she held a finger up like this. and looked at me and put it down and shook her head a little bit. >> the fix was in. red flex was awarded a contract worth $123 million over the next nine years to install all of chicago's 384 red light cameras. the series of articles, which started in 2012 drew the attention of federal prosecutors, which lead to a remarkable turn of event. in may 2014, john bills was indicted on a federal bribery c

carey thank you very much for watching. john siegenthaler is up next with more of the day's news. >> hi, richelle, coming up, we begin with tomorrow's new hampshire primary. as with iowa we know the polls can be wrong, and this contest could be the last chance for a few of the contenders. mike viqueira is in manchester tonight. >> reporter: john you see the weather behind me, that didn't stop many of these candidates some of them in very desperate condition trying to criss-cross the state and drum up a vote in the hunt for late-deciding voters? marco rubio like many republican rivals needs new hampshire, and he seemed to be on the rise here. >> thank you, george -- >> reporter: then came saturday night and the blistering attack at the latest republican debate. rubio repeatedly fell back on a standard talking point. >> this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing is just not true -- >> there it is. the memorized 25-second speech -- >> reporter: an opposition narrative was born. the junior senator from florida is too canned. >> marco rubio-bot here. >> reporter: but

caucus. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. tonight, the first contest of the 2016 presidential race. an important night for republicans and democrats. this is a live look at a caucus at drake university in des moines. there has been a lot of talk about the polls. soon we'll find out if the polls were actually right. my coanchor ali velshi is in des moines with the view on the ground, ali? ♪ >> -- we're still counting votes the old way, but they are going to be transmitted to the state parties a little bit differently. precinct captains will have an app on their phone, as long as they count correctly, they can relay the votes correctly. you'll remember the last time around, iowa went on for hours and hours and hours. there were missing ballots, and people had to phone in the results. well that is supposed to end tonight. there is a paper and pen backup, but the good news that we should have, at least fiefficient counting. the big numbers probably will take a couple of hours, john. >> ali your audio was off in the beginning. explain where you are tonight. >> i'm at the microsoft media c

thanks. and we begin tonight with major news in syria. secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov lead the talks in munich that brought about this agreement. kerry was quick to say it is not a ceasefire but a cause in offensive action in syria. >> we have agreed to implement a nation wise cessation of hostilities to begin in a target of one week's time. that's ambitious, but everybody is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. this will apply to any and all parties in syria, with the exception of the terrorist organizations, daesh and al-nusra. >> kerry said the agreement will allow immediate access to besieged areas in syria. more from james bayes in munich. >> reporter: well it was interesting that staffan de mistura, said he had been told by syrians we don't want more meetings about meetings. we want action. have they come up with action? i don't know. i think it will be debated. because they have come up with the decision to create a rask force. they say that will meet very, very soon, it will take place in geneva and th

to say? >> well, what the secretary of state john kerry was meeting with the egyptian foreign minister at the u.s. state department in the past hour on tuesday, and he was asked about the ongoing situation to end the syrian civil war, and the fact that peace talks have been suspended until february 25th, and basically the secretary repeated his criticism of moscow, one that he has been making in several days. let's listen to what john kerry, the u.s. secretary of state had to say about the russian role in the syrian civil war. >> well, there's no question, and i have said this before publicly, that russia's activities in aleppo and the region right now, are making it much more difficult to be able to come to the table and to be able to have a serious conversation, and we have called on russia, and we call on russia again to join in the effort to bring about an immediate ceasefire and to bring about full humanitarian access. that's what this meet willing be about, and this meeting will tell a lot about the road ahead. we are not blind to what is happening. we are all very, very

, doubled the result of the second-place finisher, john kasich, dropped the supposedly surging marco rubio into 3rd and pushed carly fiorina out of the race. bernie sanders won, as was expected, but by a thumping big margin, and among almost every group of voters, what's next? it's the "inside story". welcome to "inside story". i'm ray suarez. new hampshire has a way of shaking up a young race. john kerry beating howard dean in 2004, ben carson's win in 1992, saving his campaign after he got a thumping in iowa. and john mccain in 2000, over george w. bush. last night did things, confirmed donald trump's place, and chased carly fiorina out and may be sending chris christie back to new jersey. it cast doubt on marco rubio's theory of how to run for the republican nomination. there was heavy turnout on the republican side, healthy but not record-breaking turnout on the democratic side. we'll start this edition of "inside story" in where else, in new hampshire with aljazeera's libby casey. >> because of a uge voter turnout, and i say uge, we won. >> reporter: in concord, new hampshire, democra

on stage at the next debate. she did better in iowa than chris christie and john kasich. both of them qualified, all of the other remaining candidates, except for the former virginia governor meeting the criteria as well. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off tonight for their final debate before tuesday's new hampshire primaries. and tensi-- tensions are likelye high. >> reporter: bernie sanders and hillary clinton appeared in succession at this dairy townhall with each taking questions and speaking for an hour. >> i think this will be a very close election here in new hampshire. >> reporter: sanders pointed to his work on veteran's healthcare. >> i compromised significantly with people like john mccain, and republicans in the house, to pass what is regarded as the most significant piece of veteran's legislation passed in many many, many years. >> reporter: but he insisted he will not back down from his plans to raise minimum wage, pass universal healthcare, and rain in wall street. >> what this campaign is about is not just electing a president. it's creating a revo

not yet decided if sunday super bowl will be his final game. that's all of our time. thanks, john seigenthaler joins us. >> we have a spot focused on the granite state. most of the remaining presidential candidates are now in new hampshire. the state's key primary is one week from today. ted cruz an democrat hillary clinton will build on their wins in iowa. their competitors are looking for an opening. lisa stark is in new hampshire where republican donald trump is holding a rally tonight. >> he is, indeed. you can hear him behind me. a very large and enthusiastic crowd here for donald trump. his first rally since he came in. second place in iowa trump telling the crowd that he's happy with his second place finish taking record for caucus voters who will come out in the republican caucus. he said it's okay if he came in second in new hampshire that would be okay but let's be clear he wants to come ahead here in new hampshire and wants his first victory here. on the democratic side hillary clinton is also looking to doing well in new hampshire, a state in a has been good to her in

new hampshire and what's going on with them now? >> reporter: well, some interesting news. john kasich, and chris christie, and the cofounder of home depot, a big supporter of chris christie's, he has now moved to backing john kasich. and that's a lot of money. you heard bern ber wins big in new hampshire, raisings $5.2 million. and john kasich, an established candidate on the layup, and he gets the money, and jeb bush finishing fourth, kind of a disappointment. and kind of overshadowed, but still alive, and he's going to bring his brother, former president, george w. bush into south carolina, and his name is big there, campaigning with lindsey graham. so it's the democrattics' time to campaign once again. >>> we're following breaking news concerning the syrian peace talks. john kerry and lavrov just announced an agreement for a ceasefire. and kerry hopes that it can be in place in a week. >> would have agreed to stop nationwide hostilities to begin in one week's time. it's ambitious, but everybody has agreed to try to achieve this. this will apply it all parties in syria with t

sanders and john kasich early wins. new hampshire says the vote will likely top the high mark set in 2008. al jazeera joins us now from manchester, new hampshire, so mike, how unpredictable is this primary? >> number one the polls are notoriously unreliable. there are so many changes in voter behavior, even the way they contract voters and number two effort's almost become a stereotype. with an independent streak, not making up their mind, and to the last minute, and there are indications that there is plenty of significant number of voter whose are undecided. perhaps until they enter the voting booth and press the lever. if the prevoting polled are to be believed, donald trump will run away with this thing, and likely bernie sanders. and the last hour, we talks about how it is shaping up republicans. if you look at the democrats, hillary clinton ran here in 2008, after losing in iowa, to barack obama, but then senator hillary clinton coming back and winning in new hampshire, she has the endorsement of a lot of political leaders from this state and else where, and yet bernie sanders

even though she did better in iowa than chris christie and john kasich. this time there's no under-kardashian debate. she wants the republican national committee to take over and set the rules. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders face off tonight for a final debate before the new hampshire primary. david shuster reports. >> reporter: just six days before the first in the nation, new hampshire primary, bern and hillary clinton appeared in success at this townhall with each taking questions and speaking for an hour. >> i think this is going to be a very close election here in new hampshire. >> reporter: sanders addressed some vulnerabilities, including perceptions that he is too idealistic to compromise. >> i compromised significantly with people like john mccain and republicans in the house to pass what is regarded as the most significant piece of veteran's legislation passed in many, many years. >> reporter: but he insisted he will not back down from his plans to raise the minimum wage, pass universal healthcare and rain in wall street. >> what this campaign is about is not just

thinks john kasich has gotten much traction in nevada. he is not there. he's been under pressure this week to move out of the race and leave room. not likely to happen. >> not likely to happen. you mentioned john kasich not here, and marco rubio not here. donald trump and ted cruz are here. just to go back to the last question, stopped by caucus sites that you don't hear happening. let's talk about john kasich. he views himself as the candidate. he says i'm the one that can bring harmony to the race. the notion that republicans are saying get out of the way, cleared race, jed bush is gone. ceding some support. so, too, should john kasich be gone. he's the governor of ohio, and the former chairman of the budget committee, he doesn't take know for an answer. he hoped they'd clear the techs where they spent the least amount of money. why would he clear the techs, they ought to consolidate. he has a point, it's march 16th, and he knows that no republican won the presidency without winning ohio. >> vasil shkurtaj in los angeles. we'll see what's. >> the two candidates vying for the democra

possible vice presidential pick. john. >> lisa, thank you. republican joe watt scins a wata former you white house aide. joe take a look at this lates poll from south carolina, from mon monmon moth university. they choose donald trump way out in front 35% to 19 or 17, depends on whether it's cruz or rubio. it seems to me this poll shows just how close it is for second place, right? >> oh yeah, second place clearly is a very hot race right now. and although ted cruz is trying to mix it up with donald trump. it really is going to be a race between marco rubio and ted cruz. especially with the endorsement of nikki haley. ted cruz has raised a significant amount of money for staff people and all those important states for supertuesday. you still can't discount that. even if he comes in third in south carolina he's still going to be aforce to be reckoned with come supertuesday. >> and jeb bush rave raised a lf money. in south carolina, donald trump has really gone after jeb bush and the bush family an senator lindsay graham who supported bush. just take a look at what trump said about l

years young. i'm tony harris. thanks for watching. john seigenthaler is up next with more of the day's news now. >> we begin with the battle for sacramento. the republican presidential candidates are searching for last-minute votes. one day before the g.o.p. primary with polls showing a considerable lead for donald trump, the key battle could be for second place. second place. believe the polls the two battling out for second place are marco rubio and ted cruz, they are trying to become that alternative to donald trump. but trump for the most part remains to have the momentum here and the question is, can he use that to carry him all the way to the nomination? donald trump making his final appearance is in south carolina, before voters go to the polls, continues to tap into fears about immigration, terrorism and the economy. and to give voice to the anger at washington. >> these people are not going to get you to the promised land, that i can tell you, they're politicians. >> this is not politics as usual. from biting personal attacks. >> this guy truz is really a -- ted cruz is really

>>> this is al jazeera america. i'm randall pinkston. john seigenthaler is off. tonight the republicans debate for the last time before the super tuesday. the university of houston is tonight's debate. donald trump is the front runner. that after winning in new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. marco rubio and ted cruz, super tuesday could be a final chance for them to slow the billionaire businessman's past to the republican nomination. in tonight's debate marco rubio and ted cruz are expected to shrug it out, each trying to show voters why he is the best person to stop trump. ali velshi is live there tonight. ali. >> there were five. that is what is going to happen tonight. five people. we are looking at as you said what donald trump is going to do super tuesday has a lot of delegates at stake. donald trump is running ahead in almost all of them. 155 delegates are coming in from texas. you and i have been involved in media coverage for a long time. i want to give our viewers a flavour of what is going on in this room. this is the media room, filing room, aspen room. wh

thank you for being with us, and i'm tony, john seigenthaler is up next with more of today's >> tony, thanks, we begin in washington where the president is trying to make good on a campaign promise to close the guantanamo bay prison in cuba. the president promised to shutdown the facility before he leaves office and transfer the remaining detainees to prisons in the u.s. he asked the chronicles and american people to step back and look at the facts. >> a bruised and battle-weary obama was reduced to pleading with an unsympathetic congress to give his plan a chance. >> i don't want to pass this problem on to the next president, whoever it is. if as a nation we don't deal with it now, when will we deal with it? are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years, another 20 years? another 30 years? >> over the years, some 800 prisoners have been held at guantanamo. of that more than 500 were released to other countries during the bush administration. president obama transferred 147 more and now there are just 91 left. what the pentagon sent congress was a four-point plan to

trump, candidates leading in the polls will be here. but we're talking about john kasich, jeb bush, and chris christie, who don't plan to be here. john kasich has already left, the other two will leave during the afternoon. it's a question of where resources are wert spent. they're headed to new hampshire. the latest national polls paint an interesting picture. on the democratic side we have hillary clinton at number 1. second bernie sanders, next is martin o'malyip. the number one in polls is donald trump, followed by ted cruz and marco rubio. but the only thing that matters is what happens on caucus night. where they'll tell the state who is best for their caucus. caucuses. >> as the demographics of u.s. voters are changing, it's the lainlatino community. kimberly halkett reports. >> the message is one thing: that is voter turnout they all say will make the difference in the results in the iowa caucus and that is critical given the threat of snow, the democrats the main rivals, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, urging their supporters to come out. and telling them they should n

health problems, evacuations, and concerns about the environment. john henry smith has more. >> reporter: these are among the 13,000 people who have had to leave their homes in porter ranch to escape a methane gas leak. it has spewed 80,000 tons of methane into the air since october. >> our 13-year-old daughter has been sick as well, and missed school, and has a horrible cough. >> reporter: now the district attorney has filed four misdemeanor criminal charges against the gas company. she accuses the company of releasing the gases and failing to report the leak for three days. this move came on the same day that this woman filed a lawsuit against so-cal gas. she said: the gas has been leaking from a decade's old pipe with no safety valve to turn it off. >> the people who put that well down were not intending that that casing would be used to infect natural gas or to withdraw it. they were trying to extract oil in the 1950s. >> reporter: the company's spokesperson has -- repeatedly insisted that they complied with regulations ] >> we are in total compliance. >> reporter: they

tie between ted cruz and marco rubio. john kasich and jeb bush are tied for third. marco rubio is still defending his debate performance after a con tin shoes exchange with governor chris christie. >> barack obama knows exactly what he's doing. >> i'm going to say this every chance that i get. barack obama is trying to change america. >> donald trump and jeb bush continue to take shots at one another. this morning trump said every time jeb attacks him he, quote, melts like butter. trump criticized the former governor for having his mother campaign for him. >> poor poor jeb bush who brings out his mother what's he needed help? no, he needed help. mommy, please come. walk in the snow mom. >> yesterday bush called trump a loser. >>> democratic candidate hillary clinton is campaigning in new hampshire today but she spent part of the weekend in flint, michigan, where she offered her support as the city deals with its water crisis. >> i'm here because for nearly two years mothers and fathers were voicing concerns about the water's color, about the smell, the rashes that it gave to those

governor john kasich shows up in second place in that poll. ted cruz, the iowa winner has slid to fifth. the poll found barely half of likely gop voters are completely decided, though, on their voice. polls show marco rubio slipped some in new hampshire, though it's not clear if that is because of a contentious exchange in saturday's debate. >> let's stop once and for all with this fiction that barack obama doesn't know that he's doing. >> there it is, the 25 second memorized speech. >> barack obama is wanting to -- trying to change america. >> some of the sparring from saturday's debate between donald trump and jeb bush continued on the campaign trail sunday, trump mocking jeb bush's mother, former first laid barbara bush for joining the campaign. >> poor poor poor jeb bush who brings out his mother because he needed help. no, he needed help, mommy, please come, walk in the snow, mom. >> trump and yep also sparred saturday night over the issue of eminent domain. >> democratic can't hillary clinton is back campaigninging new hampshire. she spent part of the weekend in flint michig

and john kasich have not campaigned heavily in nevada. so even though donald trump doesn't say nevada the way they like it -- >> we're now off to nevada. >> reporter: he seems to be saying the right things. >> we got just over 48 hours. >> reporter: and that's why these two are pushing so hard for the silver medal in the silver state. >> tony that is exactly right. these candidates are vying to be able to say that they only lost to trump by just a little bit. and that's a very odd place to find presidential candidates sitting. >> that's crazy. the fight for second, and the headlines around being second. okay. talk to mitch about john kasich. where does this end for him? or is it -- is it possible for him to pick up some momentum when these races move to the midwest? >> reporter: it's not going to be hard for him to pick up momentum now. he is the governor of ohio. there are reports that the g.o.p. establishment, quote unquote, is trying to push him out of the race to pave the way for marco rubio. he is not going to do that. his people said he is in the race. ohio is on march 15

. >>> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry is describing a catastrophe in syria not seen since world war ii. john kerry has been speaking at a conference in rome about a fighting isil, a conference involving 23 other nations. >> the situation on the ground for the syrian people is unfathomable. we haven't seen away catastrophe like this since world war ii and it's unfolding before our eyes. people in madaya eating leaves and grass or animals of one type or another that they can capture. >> we expect to hear from from john kerry in the next few minutes. diplomats have been meetinging rome to discuss the threat of isil in syria, iraq and libya, the press conference due to start in the next few minutes. we will bring it to you live here. let's bring in hasham in rome. tell us about this coalition against isil in iraq and syria. >> the gathering here in rome is an opportunity for the international coalition against isil to look into the progress mailed in the fight against isil but also the areas where more has to be done. this is exactly why kerry today was talking more about the humanitari

believe they'll win in nevada. carson and john kasich have not competed heavily in nevada. john kasich focuses on superviews in his home state of ohio. even though that's the way they like it... >> we are off to nevada. >> he seems to say enough of the right things to ride high ahead of the caucuses. this year the narrative has been written around those behind trump. which is why marco rubio and cruz are pushing hard for the sillier medal in the silver state. >> it's a race where they are going for second or third place. it's unheard of to come out of the contest and have the narrative. it doesn't well you did well. that's good enough >>> there's a shake-up. senator ted cruz asked his campaign's communications director to resign. rick tyler distributed a video falsely claiming that marco rubio said something derogatory about the bible. tyler deleted the post. cruz apologised and rubio said it's a pats erp of the cruz campaign. they are defending a decision to block planned parenthood funding. he insisted that ohio will fund women's health programs. john kasich caused a stir saying he w

company behind that mayor gas leak in southern california. john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: this family are among the 13,000 people who have had to leave their poems in porter ranch to escape a methane gas leak. it has spewed 80,000 metric tons of methane into the year since late october. >> our 13-year-old daughter has been sick as well, and missed school. >> reporter: now l.a. county district attorney has filed four misdemeanor charges against the gas company. this move came on the same day california attorney general filed a lawsuit against the company. in a statement she said: the gas has been leaking from a decade's old pipe with no safety valve to turn it off. >> the people who put that well down were not intending that that casing would be used to inject natural gas or to withdrew it. they were trying to extract oil in the 1950s. >> reporter: the spokesman has repeatedly insisted that his company complied with state and federal regulations in the time leading up to the leak. >> we operate with safety and we see to all of the regulations, and we are in total complianc

heard from secretary of state john kerry and today we have heard from the presidential envoy to the coalition to fight isil. all three men stressing that turkey is not just a member of nato. it is a close ally of the united states. while the u.s. hear turkey's concerns in particular about what the status of syrian kurds including those who belong to the pyd the u.s.' view is nat pyd and other syrian kurdish groups are doing a lot of good in the fight against isil. brett mcgirth was testifying earlier on wednesday. and he was very diplomatic, lauren in how he responded to criticism by not just turkey, but from france and other countries that u.s. is doing enough to try to end the civil war inside syria. >> what about any practical help. as we know while the talking goes on or doesn't go on, if you like the people in syria are still suffering. air drops or practical measures might be used to improve the humanitarian situation at least. >> mcgirth was asked that question by one member of the panel they were very concerned pickerly in light of the reports reports. what has been happenin

john kerry, air strikes will continue, but some groups will no longer be targeted. >> to that end, we have also established a task force under the auspices of the u.n., and co-chaired by russia and the united states. and over the coming week, this group will work to develop the modalities for a long-term comprehensive, and durable cessation of violence, of hostilities. >> reporter: both sides have already agreed that isil and the al-nusra front are legitimate targets, both having been designated as terrorists groups by the u.n. so the pentagon says any eventual ceasefire will have no effect on the u.s.-lead anti-isil air war. >> we continue to operate against isil exclusively, and we have had occasional strikes under al-nusra. those will continue because they are not party to this ceasefire. the u.s. us says isil rayly -- rarely strikes isil targets. russia insists it is battling terrorists as it bombards opposition strong holds such as aleppo where isil isn't operating. so a lot rides on who is labeled a terrorist. >> translator: well, if liberation of the city taken by illegal armed

chris christie, marco rubio needs a strong performance tonight. ohiio john kasich hopes to build on his showing in new hampshire. whavrp happens in south carolina, casic and jeb bush are expect to continue with bush hoping voters will agree with the assessment of two of his opponents. >> john kasich is a great governor. i think his approach to cutting the military won't play here. marco rubio is a dear friend. he is talented. he will be president of the u.s. one day. january 2017 is my time in my view. >> reporter: senator graham is the senior senator from south carolina. donald trump is shown way out front. we will see what he does tonight >>> thank you. in just a few minutes, a deeper look at money and the 2016 campaign. how justice's death will impact the campaigns of the run for president. president obama is scheduled to address the nation about the death of the justice at 8.30 eastern time. we will bring it to you live. first, must be and politics. when we come back, a deeper look at how much cash is used in the presidential campaign, where it comes from and what it is used for

shows donald trump with a big lead over his rival. >> this is ohio governor john kasich. he told the crowd that we have to stop yelling at each other. and this are the times that are very loud and nasty campaign. and. >> republicans continue to duke it out. just one day after his brother, president george w. campaigned on his behalf, jeb appeared outside of a gun manufacturer in columbia. >> he have a proven record of electability. >> he also spoke about having his older brother stump for him. >> he is a person of integrity. so it's great that he came. i think it made a difference. >> donald trump came out swinging doubling down on his criticism of the president. >> trump also continued to take aim at his republican rivals, namely ted cruz. >> but i've never seen anybody that lied as much as ted cruz, and he goes around saying he's a christian. you'll have to study that. >> trump has even threatened to sue cruz, accusing him of lying about positions on gun rights and the affordable care act. >> operate from two checklists, the bible and the united states constitution. >> he made

hampshire, nashua, new hampshire. and thank you very much. >>> john is the editor-in-chief of "opportunity lives," and he's live from washington, and thank you for being with us. ber bern had that sizeable lead in new hampshire, and in your opinion can hilliary clinton close the gap like she did with barack obama in 2007? >> i think that she can, but last night was a devastating night for hilliary clinton. a few months ago, she was way ahead of bernie sanders, a few points or more, and bernie sanders represents where the democratic party s. and has been going for some time. democrats are splint between socialism and capitalism as an economic system, and bernie sanders does reflect the score of the democratic party, which is embracing this democratic socialism. >> if you look at the way that the numbers broke down, hilliary clinton, people over 44 seemed to rally behind her in large numbers, and people under 44 seemed to rally for bernie sanders. so is it the young people that don't understand the workings of washington and a lot of things that bernie sanders won't happen with the divided c

just seized the military base from the russians, which according to secretary of state john kerry will not be part of this cessation of hostilities. confusing or not the momentum in syria's war has now swung decisively in bashar al-assad's favor. and the syrian president has vladimir putin to thank for it. in september the russian leader deployed his fighter jets into syria's war and now months of russian air strikes coordinated with syrian government ground offenses are starting to pay off. rebel supply lines to turkey and jordan are being cut and if the government momentum continues world powers will be left with two stark choices in syria: bashar al-assad or i.s.i.l. that's why john kerry and others have now changed their tune about the need for assad to go. making it easier for the syrian president and his russian ally to entertain this cessation of hostilities on their terms. for more on this let's go to jamie mcintire. >> reporter: russian war planes continue to pound targets in syria just hours after the munich agreement was announced. in the northern province of homs more

villages in aleppo have been effected. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has reached a provisional agreement with russia on terms of a cease-fire in syria. we have more now from the turkish border with syria and a warning you may find some of the images in the report upsetting. >> two separate attacks. both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart. in two government-controlled districts in syria. the mainly shia district in damascus. the other the mainly alawite neighborhood in the city of homs in central syria. in both areas nearly simultaneous explosions left many people injured and members of the government were targeted. both districts have seen similar attacks in the past and a clear challenge to the government to secure territory under its control. the multiple explosions impact the negotiations towards a truce. >> we have reached an agreement on the cessation of hostilities that could begin in the coming days. it's not yet done, and i anticipate that president obama and president putin may speak somewhere in the next days or so in order to try to complete this task

there you have the secretary of state john kerry addressing the munich security conference. our correspondent dominic kane is in munich and has been listening to the speech. center stage, of course, to the remarks of john kerry, the situation regarding ukraine. >> reporter: that's right. you heard there his comments making clear that the minzk agreement is the only way forward. that, of course, was an agreement that the russians and ukrainians wanted to ceasing fire. he also talked about the normandy format in which the governments come together to find progress, to try to find common ground, a way forward. we know that the format which met this morning, nothing tangible came out of that. we also heard from john kerry about the commitment to nato which the american government seize as being central to its policy in europe and how the american government was going to increase four-fold its investment about a combat brigade >>> can i just jump in so that we can go back to john kerry and listen. >> we welcome the announcement of countries in europe that have decided to join this fi

>>> a double bombing kills at least 42 in homs as john kerries he's reached a provisional agreement with rush over a ceasefire for syria. >>> hello, you're watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, fiji struggles to restore power after hit by its strongest storm on record. >>> india deploys thousands of troops to calm protests by the community which left new delhi facing a water crisis. >>> tonight, i am suspending my campaign. the end of the line for jeb bush as he pulls out of the republican presidential race. >>> the syrian city of homs has been hit by a double car bombing. at least 46 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in one of the deadliest attacks to date in the government held city. the car bombs targeted the area of the city home to maintenance of president assad's sect. hours later, a southern suburb of damascus was hit by a number of explosions, killing at least 30 people and injuring dozens. the attacks came as government forces captured 31 villages in aleppo in the north from the so-called islamic state of iraq and the levant. u.s. secretary

preaching for years. now they have the top man on their side. john holman, al jazeera. chappas. >> we'll bring in john now who is joining us from chappas, john, the message the pope wants to send out, and what is expected from him next? >> well, the pope is about to rise. you can see behind me we've got the open space where he's about to give mass. and in that space we saw queuing up lots and lots of indigenous people who have come to be part of this celebration. this visit really is all about them. chappas is the poorest state in mexico. they live i

trepahty on sunday at 10:00 eastern. i'm john siegenthaler. "ali velshi on target" is next. >> i'm ali velshi. stoorgt tonight, th"on target" r of two evils, assad or i.s.i.l? the united states, rid russia ad others involved in syria's war have agreed to implement a, quote, cessation of hostilities, end quote. that after diplomats met in munich to restart peace talks. sending a hopeful note, staffan de mistura said, quote, sustained delivery of assistance is expected to begin this week to besieged areas where civilians are in desperate need of assistance, end quote. in the meantime the fighting continues and some of the most desperate areas out there are rebel controlled pockets, that are under government seeng. siege. with russian help and air support, tightened a noose around rebel controlled parts of aleppo. the army is close to cutting off the last rebel supply line into syria's largest city. confusingly, the army is also guesting help from syria's kurdish militias which just seized the military base from the russians, which according to secretary of state john kerry will not b

. secretary of state john kerry said he reached a professional grooment with russia in terms of a cease-fire. zeina has more on the turkish border. you may find some images in her report upsetting. >> two separate attacks, both involving multiple explosions and just hours apart in two government controlled districts in syria. the other, the other allowhite area. near simultaneous explosions left civilians killed and injured. communities that were considered supporters of the government were targeted. both districts have seen similar attacks in the past and a cheer challenge in the government to secure territories. multiple explosions coincide with what appears to be progress towards a truce. we have reached a provisional agreement in principle on the terms of the cessation of hostilities that could good in the coming days. it's not yet done. i anticipate our presidents president obama and putnin, may well speak somewhere in the next days or so in order to try to complete this task. kishry was speaking in jordan, also a member of the international support group. it is the country given t

the question. >> as this i all happening, john kerry was in rome talking with his fellow partners in the anti---because in a way the west woke up to this when isil became a threat to them. where does this leave isil in the context of everything that is happening right now. >> you asked me about russia and the americans. the reason why they're in a particular oh position. the reason why russia has changed the rules of the game here, the americans are not interested. they're neutral. the americans are passive. they're not invested strategically in syria like the russians. what other europeans are they now confronting the isis and refugee crisis. that's why you have seen a major shift on the part of the united states and europe is because of the syrian crisis. that's why russia has the upper hand and the syrian government has the upper hand even in geneva. >> incredibly complicated situation. thank you for joining us. >>> as we were saying the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been saying that the catastrophe has not been equaled since world war ii. he made the comments involving 2

want him to be the nominee, and john kasich, in order to help rubio, knows this. >> look, we have 54 of these races and we have had four, so everybody needs to chill out. >> reporter: and as the gop's gang of five heads to houston in what promises to be a fiery debate, with reports that rubio and especially cruz expects to turn up the volume on trump, trump himself has the reason to have optimism. >> it's going to be an amazing two months ago. >> and the democrats are battling it out in south carolina. in columbia with that, john terrett. >> richelle, good evening, we're inside, and it's just so windy here in south carolina, we literally couldn't put our cameras and risk our crew outside. that's how windy it is, so we're inside as you can see. but the national headlines for the democrats today, harry reid, the minority leader of the senate supporting hilliary clinton. i think it will be a bigger story if he isn't supporting hilliary clinton, and here on the ground, the headline news with bernie sanders, under attack from the local paper for abandoning the state, allegedly before we g

student saying that the people who are following bush, john kasich and ben carson, some of them will go towards marco rubio and go to making his campaign stronger. we just don't have the numbers as to who will take the second place. it's less than a thousand peoplpeople >>> it may not make a difference to the candidates. it sounds like donald trump will get almost all the 50 delegates but it does speak to the momentum. when you're watching the speeches by donald trump and marco rubio, how different these candidates were. you have donald trump off-the-cuff speaking off some notes that he scribbled on the back of a piece of paper. marco rubio, a very polished speaker; how does the crowd react to that? >> when donald trump was giving his speech, you could just tell that this was a crowd that really is not for donald trump. marco rubio and donald trump are complete opposites, trump being the outsider and rubio has been in the senate and what the g.o.p. really wants. this will be interesting. it will be a cage match. don't expect marco rubio to take a negative approach to this. he has stayed