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State of emergency. Drought a new u. N. Report out today reveals horrific brutality in north korea. This is the first report from a secret panel, testimony from hundreds of people, evidence of north korea abducting its citizens and citizens of other countries. Crimes against humanity. North korea l issued a statement that was denying. Ji hun park, public hearings ber peld on four cities in three continents. Many other witnesses asked for their identities to be withheld. There had been many investigations into human rights into north korea but never one as comprehensive as this. Getting a clear picture of what goes on in the secretive state where people cope with extreme deprivation and starvation is very difficult. The International Commission on inquiry finds there is massive repression, torture, execution, systematic rape and abduction of foreigners. Many of these count as crimes against humanity. All part of a planned system of political control. North koreas leader, kim jongun once executed his uncle, once the second most powerful man in the country and a number of other relatives. Kim, just age 31, took over from his father four years ago. The chairman of the commission on inquiry has written a letter to him. In it he has said the u. N. Would refer the situation to the democratic republic of korea, including possibly yourself who may be responsible for crimes against humanity. No one will be able to say in the future, if only wed known about north korea as they said after the second world war. If only wed known. Well now everyone will know and it will be available in our report and it is a wake up signal to the world. And hopefully, to the leaders in north korea. The commission of inquiry may want to see senior figures in north korea Face International justice, but it does not have the power to make that happen. This hard hitting report will be presented to the u. N. Human Rights Council in about a months time and they will then pass it to the u. N. General assembly but neither of those bodies have the power to refer it to the criminal court, only the connell has thasecurity cout to do that. And the u. S. Has china to defer. Lavish spending and leaders living in luxury. John terret has the report. Thank you, tony. Give you an idea of what life is like in north korea. There is some stuff here that is reasonably fresh. Spending the peoples money literally in buying the country, king jongun, the her mit leader of north korea, as james was saying in his report took over a couple of years ago, and in violation of the Nuclear Capability and also for test firing those rockets that are capable of caring nukes maybe one day. Using cash from secret or parallel funds that may otherwise help the starving and there are many people starving in north korea, have included quite eye poppingly, high class cognac, high class whiskey, and equipment for 1,000 seat movie theaters including projectors like this. There have even been reports to import Mercedes Benz vehicles from germany. High end musical equipment and dozens of pianos, according to the report, the spending rose to 645. 8 million just last year under ci kim jongun, as spent y his dad kim jongil, the previous spreed spree supremr of north crea. Embassy staff, stationed as they are around the world, north korea, according to the report, these people deal in drugs and sell ivory and also, amazingly, distribute booze around islamic countries, can you believe that. 2008 last year we have any records for this and that back then toirp was a third of all tony was a third of all of north koreas imports. That as people just struggle. Theres a famine there. For years, for years. John terret, appreciate it, thank you. In south korea nine College Students died when a roof collapsed at a university today, ten others are still trapped right now. It happened in the Southern City of yung ju, about 230 miles south of seoul. When the buildings roof caved in. At least 20 were injured. Denyindenying allegations of venezuelan, protestersers, returned to the streets of caracas today, they are upset over several issues, including did deaths of three protesterrers, rachel levin has more from caracas. Venezuelanvenezuelans are feh Nicolas Maduro and his venezuelan revolution. Translator we are tired of crierm, censorship and people getting killed every day. Reporter but even as they stood together, some question how united they really are. Translator there is a lot of division right now but we have to be strong and not fall into chaos or step into the boxing ring and fight against each other. Challenge to the government and policies they are also a challenge for Opposition Movement and they could determine who may lead it. The widespread antigovernment protest this week thrusted l leopoldo lopez. Hours after police raided his home on sunday looking to arrest him he sent out a video to his supporters telling them to keep up the fight. Translator we are on the right side of rift, justice and history, just and truth. Stay strong and dont lose faith. Reporter his growing popularity is a challenge to enrique kapriles. Calling on the protesters to call for calm. Were losing our focus, wee fought hard to get this far and to try to have change in venezuela. But were taking a step backwards. Reporter with the two leaders having different views the Opposition Movement could now be taking two paths. Translator theres a division between the moderates and radicals. Some believe the only way to fight against the government is to build a majority and win elections. While others believe the government is undemocratic. The only way to bring change is to take to the streets. Reporter back at the antigovernment protest opposition members all agree on one thing that they want to see a change in the government. But with elections five years away, the majority of venezuelans still supporting the president , its unclear just how they will make that happen. Rachel levin, al jazeera, caracas venezuela. Protestors in venezuela say the government is censoring them. Maria innes ferre has this. The hash hashtag im your ve venezuelan, you have palla, we have our hearts in venezuelan. Shes in dallas, texas. Youve got vala rirvetion rvetiona in canadakr i am from germany and i care, pray for venezuela venezuela. And chris a graffiti artist in hong kong sent out this image. Take a look at this one, ragwa, no violence, from one nation to another. This is bonnie in afghanistan, he writes, i am with you venezuela. I spoke to one of the proarvets, and he protesters, is hes they not only want maduro out of office, they want tungts. They say they feel they have no future, jobs are scarce. The idea for them of building a better future, of buying a house, being able to even rent a house is so foreign for them. What about this bolivarian revolution, that was supposed to be about the people, about the poor, downtrodden about education and these young people and lower middle class people moving up in the ranks in society . It doesnt look like its paying off does it . Many people say that their way of life is just spiraling down, tony. All right, inez appreciate it. It has been snow storm after snow storm in the midwest and in the northeast. But california has declared a stfstate of emergency because of drought. Akiko fujita joins us at Big Bear Lake. Akiko, warm weather and a ski resort, that doesnt mix it doesnt mix and i tell you what. This resort has actually fared much better than others throughout Southern California largely because they have been able to pull water from the local Big Bear Lake to cover these slopes here. 85 of what you see there is made by those massive snowmaking machines. But they still need natural snow and they Vice President gotten any this years. More than a foot or just about a foot of snow thats fallen over the last few months. Thats 10 what he this it glt what they get in a typical years. Warm weather melting the snow they get and the situation gets worse when you look through the region. Stay look at what we saw 50 might northeast of los angeles, mt. Baldy, they ended up hiking or bike there because there was nothing on the ground. Some of those visitors taking the ski lifts up wearing shorts. Pretty incredible sight. That has affected business in a big way out there. Business is down 50 at mt. Baldy compared to last year. About the only place we found snow was at the top of the mountain, where people were in getting snowtubing in. Normally, i snowboard. And since theres no snow up here, i figure, biking is the next best thing to come up here. And its really nice weather for biking today. Its excellent. And i have a bunch of buddies here that i came up with and were all excited to be here today. 80 when there is supposed to be snow. Were trying to take advantage of whatever nature gives us, i guess. Reporter and im joined by brent trefast, with the big bear resorts. What adjustment have you had to make . You just havent had any snow this year. Weve had to adjust, there hasnt been much snow, but compared to others weve done pretty well, we had a line to the lake and its been warmer than usual at times, colder than usual at times, had great tungts to make snow and that is what we have been skiing and riding on, snow that we made and in january when it was supercold, we any well be able to make snow the next couple of nights, were excited about that. As far as the Community Goes everybody is off a little bit but in the teens as a percentage of being off and compared to most places in california we fared quite well. You have a few months left in the season so tony, were all keeping our fingers crossed out here. Because usually the seasoning runs through april, weve only got a few more months to get snow out here. Lets hope the conditions change and the resort and others can have a big couple of months. Akiko good to see you. Winter weather across the rest of the country, getting tired, right . Three more storms in the pipeline, kevin is here with a look. Three more storms. Come on this one is the storm thats going to effect us tomorrow, in new york, the commute is going to be quite bad. Chicago, delays at the airport, down towards champagneurbana. Commuting time tomorrow, lets see what we expect to see over the next couple of days. The area of low pressure is going to slowly make its way towards the northeast and by tomorrow morning we expect to see one to three inches of snow across the eastern seaboard. New york 8 00 a. M. , it could be low visibility as well as quite a bit of snow. This is at 3 00 a. M. In the morning. Lets put it into motion a little more. Rain to the south, talking about new jersey, up to the northern part of new jersey, 8 00 a. M, into connecticut, we dont expect the snow to really get out of here until later in the afternoon and later on tony ill tell you more about the other two storms. Other two storms . Lets not, and say you did. Kevin appreciate it. Thank you. It is a city where vacant homes are the norm and crime runs rampant. The fbi has listed detroit as one of the most dangerous cities in america. But one area has made crime on the wane. Bisi onileere reports. Some cam ration are hidden and others can be easily spotted. Someone is always watching. Its a crime haven. Anything you wanted was out there. Its completely different now. Anthony holt is wayne states chief of police. He says the sophisticated system which has been in place for a couple of years has recorded breakins and assaults and stopped a few of them. She monitors the activity. She says thing cameras are welcome in this crime weary community and help solve crimes. Anything we have some crime happening, we check the cameras to see if we have any sort of lead. Reporter in a city that tops the fbis most dangerous list, chief holt says the area in and around campus has started a new trend. Crime has dropped 45 since 2008. You would say its one of the most safe places . I have no doubt about it. Campus security, in a bankrupt city where Financial Services are strained, often takes officers outside the 4. 8 mile radius they cover. One week, arrests made, half by wayne state officers who are sworn in as Detroit Police officers. They will respond usually within 90 seconds, whereas Detroit Police will respond, much slower or not at all. My shops are not located on the campus of Wayne State University but i can call Wayne State Police, they understand crime doesnt stop at a border. Reporter thats because Wayne State Police officers have all city jurisdiction. They will respond right away. We want to send a message, well come get you no matter where you are. Bisi onileere, al jazeera, new york. Decades protesting in washington and now they are turning their attention to gun violence. Also, when jobs go overseas, cities suffer. How parts of ohio is struggling to stay afloat. What is this place . Where are we . This is where we bring together the Fastest Internet and the best in entertainment. We call it the x1 entertainment operating system. It looks like the future we must have encountered a temporal vortex. Further analytics are necessary. Beam us up. Thats my phone. Hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. Tv and internet together like never before. So a big blow to big labor. On friday, workers at a volkswagen plant in chattanooga. Real money with ali velshi. Big labor, what sort of shape is that patient in in america . In declining health for two decades now. Going back to 1983, it was 20 were Union Workers and almost half of all Union Workers today are in the public sectors. Teachers, police, firefighters, when you realize most of them are there, the none in the private sector is really small. For unions to become relevant again, they have got to go into the private sector, its not culturally the same thing in the north, its not better than cultural a big part of the southern experience. And so we understand the vote was close. The uaw is not into moral victories, so what does fridays failure mean for uaw . Its been in decline all that time, 400,000 active members now. They still have a presence with detroits three auto makers, but they havent been able to crack northern or southern plants. Volkswagen is in tennessee. Tennessee has seen more unionized worker growth than in any other state in the United States. There is some Movement Toward them and they were hoping this would really put them over a hump and allow them to get into other plants close by. Toyota plant and nissan plant. The loss in volkswagen is one more plant, that is not good for them. What is on the plan for tonight . The post office is considering offering Banking Services to help low income americans. They hope it will help their bottom line. Reereal money with ali veli tonight. Kimberly hilcutt has more. Company announced it was moving more product to mexico. They were taking my life away. I had been there for 32 years, did the undesirable jobs, working with the engineers, doing something i loved every day and then theyre going to take it away and move it to mexico . Now he has a Part Time Job trying to scrape together enough money to put his two daughters through university. The companys move was the result of the 1994 Free Trade Agreement or nafta. Gave them access to cheaper labor but it also cost ohio thousands of jobs. Still, the u. S. Is now looking to negotiate two more massive trade deals. We need to Work Together to protect our workers, proact our environment protect our environment and open the market to new goods saying, made in the as you. Other is the transpacific partnership, involves countries in the asia pacific region. But critics argue the details of the agreement have been kept from the public and congress. Suspicious of lawmakers approval of the deals quickly. The u. S. Needs to learn from the trade agreements already in place like nafta. The workers in mexico not able to afford a car based on the wages they make and the workers here, out of work. Who wins in that deal . The outsourcer, the transnational. Faith agrees, given its accomplished little in recent years. They captain sit down and negotiate a budget and we go on a Government Shutdown that costs us billions of dollars and they are sitting here negotiating a trade deal . Come on. Safe says hes not against new trade deals. He just wants them to be fair and he wishes u. S. Politicians would learn from the past. When negotiating trade deals for the future. Kimberly hellcutt, al jazeera, ohio. A draft of new criminal lanes that many feared would limit justice of domestic violence. Afghanistans parliament passed a new criminal code that preve prevented testifying against their rests. A woman has been named the head of a newspaper of a big city newspaper for the first time. Samara jabarti, a determined and welcome back everyone to Al Jazeera America. Here are your top stories. A new winter storm if you believe it is dumping snow is falling at a rate of two inches an hour. Hundreds of flights cancelled and mass starvation. The u. S. Blamed the Syrian Government for peace talks falling apart. President obama says he is considering new ways to pressure Bashar Alassad. U. S. Military involved, secretary of state john kerry disagrees. We still believe there is no military solution with respect to syria. There has to be a political resolution. But right now, ther bashar alad has not engaged in the discussions along the promised and required standard, that both russia spoke up for, and the regime spoke up for that they would come to geerch and accept the geneva and accept the geneva 1 communique as basis for the negotiations. They have refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transition government. The divided conflict continues on the ground in syria. The head of the Free Syrian Army was fired on monday. Lets do this. We have professor joshua landis, he is the professor of the middle eastern studies. Thank you for having me. Is senator mccain correct here, is the next option, next viable option, some kind of u. S. Military action . Well, theres certainly going to be a military option. That is being moved forward and we have seen a number of statements. Saudi arabia have promised much better and more advanced equipment will come to syria. Thats through the Southern Military room in jordan where they are training up a new Southern Front was announced. Zabi is a leader a tribal guy whos got into jordan and then theres been a coup day a a cou. Theyve asked for 14,000 tenths to be put up along the border inside syria so they are expecting more refugees. But i think the idea is to put more military pressure on damascus with military pressure through jordan is president obama going to put more military pressure than it has the socalled vetted opposition there in syria . I dont think this is going to be american arms. They may look, cia and the is going to be deeply involved in who these go to in vetting the people. Its saudi money, consume arms chinese, others, european money flowing in, so this will be saudi arabia but i think america has a big interest of allowing this these arms to go to islamists and i. E. Haddists. There is jihaddists. Theres no guarantee that these arms wont end up in the hands of the people that in the u. S. View are less desirable. Theres no way to guarantee it. They Work Together hand in glove because they all need each other. They dont have enough forces to overcome the syrian army under assads control. They have to Work Together. Thats led to the strengthening of the islamist forces. Try to get a fire wall between these arms, advantaged arms and the jihaddists, see if that can be done, it may cause throwback and accuse this group of being a sahwa. Let me ask you this, this accord fallen apart, certainly no accord coming out of this process, what happens to syria here . Are we talking about this civil war continuing to grind on and grind on and the opposition getting arms and maybe support from the United States, ultimately what happens to the country . Does it ultimately remain syria as we know it or just fractured and broken apart . The possibility for greater fragmentation against these socalled moderates, we have seen already a fragmentation and infighting on rebel troops. As secretary of state kerry said he does not believe there is a military solution, he does not see the government of damascus destroyed lock, stock and barrel. So clearly, the hope is to raise military pressure, get assad back to the tabl in geneva to make table in geneva. The thing is they are asking assad and his government to resign, i dont believe hell do that unless he is defeated. Were in for a long battle, i believe. Think about that last statement and think about the people of syria, the people this that country, many living outside of their country, outside of their homes and the young people left there as this just continues to drag on. Professor, thank you for your time, josh landis, the director of International Studies university of oklahoma. After the jury could not decide to convict michael dunn for the most serious first degree murder charge, the mistrial has set off a wave of anger including a massive protest online with a unique hashtag maria innes ferre, has giving another opportunity to try michael dun dunn on that mur charge. To you. Hashtag dangerous black kids. Take a look, my dangerous black kid holding a weapon, in her arming she has a doll. Suspiciously like smilebandit. Better watch out, here are two College Students looking all scary and intimidating. And penny proud, dangerous black kids. And marquis writes, oh know she is hugging them, practically getting straight as every semester. Gladys, says dangerous black kids. Cynthia says, whats she hiding in that hair . Over here, thomas says one day some people may think my kids are thugs or punks, hes getting aggressive his temper is flaring, omg i feel fear. Dangerous black kids. Tony. Earlier this afternoon i spoke with defense attorney mark furnishish, i asked him if the prosecution had enough evidence to convict dunn on first degree murder. That is a decision the jury could not come to a decision on. It could have been a first degree murder conviction but probably dunn didnt set out to do this. It wasnt his intent in the beginning. Was intent necessary . It was necessary at the moment of the shooting but jurors dont necessarily follow the letter of the law. And obviously what this was, a confrontation gone horribly horribly wrong. The prosecution has mentioned an intention to retry. Do you think thats possible. First of all i wouldnt necessarily take that on face value. Really . Life sentence for this 47yearold man. Quite natural that they would reserve their right to do that in the wake of the verdict. But it would be symbolic prosecution. Retirees who have protested everything from veet vietnam tos discrimination, the demonstrators who come to the nations capitol every monday to tackle you gun control. It is all too familiar yet shockingly horrifying. Newscasters reporting another mass shooting this time at a colorado movie theater. 15 people are dead, 50 others are injured. We decided it was time to do something. Insenseed by the gun violence these women dusted off their protesting shoes. We had been out against the vietnam war, aids, womens rights, and we disoorded we needed to do something. Nearly every monday since the aurora, colorado shootings in july 2012, the women and some men come out to support more restrictive gun legislation. What brings monday after monday after monday . I have two grandchildren. I want them to go to School Without worry of them being shot. I want my children to to a movie or to the mall without worrying about them being shot. On this bitterly cold monday only a few passers by stopped to take notice. You wouldnt have a gun in your home . No. Why not . Because the statistics show me that it would hurt someone i care about more than someone who would hurt me. Accidental deaths by four and suicides by three to five times compared to homes without a gun. Then there are the high profile shootings. Since they began their protest six were begunked down at a sikh temp in wisconsin, six adults killed at sandy hook elementary and just four miles from the is white house, 12 killed at the navy yard. President obama spoke out against gun violence but little changed. Nra did not return our calls for comment. It has been nearly 80 mondays since the aurora, colorado shooting that prompted this protest and they say theyll keep coming back until it matters. Do you feel this really makes a difference . It a difference to me. After two hours in the cold its time to put away their signs but not their resolve. Theyll be back next monday and the monday after that. Lisa stark al jazeera washington. An ethiopian ethiopian airls copilot hijacked an airplane. Taliban says soldiers were killed in revenge for army attacks against fighters. President nawa sharif has tried to reach a Peace Agreement with the taliban. In south africa at least 21 miners who were rescued from an illegal mine now face charges of illegal mining. Some of the miners tried to stay behind for fear of criminal charges. A jailhouse in pennsylvania may have turned into an alarming confession. David shuster has more. David. In sunbury pennsylvania a woman under arrest for murder says she has killed more than 20 people. 19yearold amanda barber says she has killed at least 22 message from alaska to North Carolina in the last few years as part of her satanic cult involvement. I dont care if people believe me i just want to get you out. Barber and her husband who is also under arrest carried out this latest murder because they wanted to kill someone together. The latest victim was lured through a craigslist sex ad. They strangled him. A result of the Chemical Spill in West Virginia last month contaminated the water of more than 300,000 people. Teachers at grandview North Carolina noticed a licorice like odor similar to the smell of chemicals. State officials took a water sample and couldnt detect anything. Still the school says it will remain closed until the smell goes away. In miami, florida an artist is facing a criminal charge after police say he smashed a 1 million vase. He was admiring a colored vase by dissident chinese artist. He picked up the vase many was told to put it down, and then smashed the vase on the floor. Allegedly told the officers he broke the base to protest the museums lack of displays featuring local artists. If convicted that local artist mr. Camanaro could be sentenced to up to five years in prison. Many retired new yorkers go to die. A new report from the university of florida said the Sunshine State last year led the countr countrys shark attacks. Including daytona beach. 72 unprovoked shark attacks including ten fatalities. The United States had 47, include those in florida, 6 in North Carolina, one each in alabama, texas, california. Beware the sharks on the land and in the water. Im saying. All right, david, appreciate it, thank you. Another glitch at the winter games in sochi. This time the weather is causing even more problems. This time its that, yeah, the fog. Highlights coming up. Also people trying to read translated publications from washington, a lot of it is just gibberish. Take a new look at news. With just a few clicks, google, bing and the other sizable translate just about any language for free. The technology is fast but there are often mistakes. Now some say Government Agencies should stop using these translation tools altogether. They say it is a disservice to the community. Tanya moseley has more from Washington State. As these professional translateliors will tell you, translating is not as simple as cut paste and click. To illustrate the point, spanish transplator katherine german takes us to the Washington State website which uses the free google tool and translates i it. Skinny could you handling . All sorts of english words that the Translation Software did not convert into japanese. I would have to ask the person who created this japanese sentence, what do you mean . Washington state does provide professional translation for some written materials. It is one of a number of states that includes a button for Translation Software on many of its websites. This is about more than convenience. It is also the law. Meaningful language translations. The word meaningful is up to interpretation. It would be very challenging for stwrash a state of washingtt for this department, to make sure that every piece of electronic information is available and updated everybody time every time we change a webb page. Washington state governors website, estimates that the language transplagueses services is correct about 80 of the time. Theyre looking at better ways to provide the service but hiring translators could be cost prohibitive. We are obligated to keep our cost down and still provide the service. Like many people, he believes human translators are worth the business, he almost gave up starting a business when he moved to the states from mechanism psycho. Theyre going to be able to pay taxes faster, theyre going to be able to find unbetter jobs, they are going to be able to provide food for their kids, education. Language experts Cost Effective ways to provide real meaning in all languages. Tanya moseley, al jazeera, washington. Detained by the police at winter games. Sochi police deny everything happened. Vladimir luxuria, wearing gay costumes as he tried to enter a hockey game, cameras caught glimpse ofs of four men leading her away. Are police deny she was detained. All right, weather troubles are messing up the games in sochi yet again it is the fog. Michael eaves is here on the winter olympics. Miguel. You cant see the course at all. The fog linked over the mountains for several hours causing the biggest scheduled disruption of the winter games. Call off the mens biathalon start race. The biathalon had already been pushed back from sunday afternoon to monday morning, now tuesday afternoon. The snowboard cross will now begin tuesday moratorium. Now the alpine schedule will avoid any possible problems tomorrow. Two man bobsled American Team did something they hadnt done in 62 yoars, won a immediate years, won a medal. Two man event for the First Time Since 1952. Holcombs second olympic medal, led the u. S. Into a victory in the fourman. United states finished behind switzerland and russia. Two other teams, finished 12th and 13th. Several fans actually protested outside the u. S. Embassy in moscow today, the demonstrators were organized by the kremlin partys youth group, protesting the referees disallowing a russian goal, lost in a shootout. The confirmed ruling by the u. S. Ref row was the correct call. Referee was indeed the right call. Team u. S. A. Out shot sweden 70 to 9 to advance. They expected as we expect the americans will be the biggest rival team canada. The updated medal stancheon as they are right now. Russia and the United States at the top with 18 medals apiece, five golds, the u. S. Won ice dancing, tony all right michael appreciate it. We are back with the headlines and much more and then its real money with ali velshi. Coming up. Plenty of job openings but not enough qualified workers to build them. Well look at the socalled skills gap. And the cash strapped u. S. Post office wants to get into the banking business. Ill look at that on real money. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city im tony harris. A new oven report says there is abundant evidence of crimes against humanity in north korea. North korea rejects the allegations but the u. N. Says the heerdz should be health cdable. Venezuelas president says the u. S. Is trying to conspire with protestors to overthrow nicholas maduro, secretary of state john kerry is accusing syrian president Bashar Alassad of stalling peace talks. In a press conference in indonesia kerry called syria to negotiate with opposition leaders. President obama said he is considering new ways to pressure assad. An ethiopiaian copilot high jacket a plane and routed it to geneva. He took control when the pilot went to the bathroom. None of the 202 passengers were harmed. A new batch of snow, falling at a rate of two inches an hour, hundreds of flight were cancelled. Those are the headlines. Real money with ali velshi is next on Al Jazeera America. A big blow to big labor, why unions fighting to regain power in the work force. Well look into the socalled ills gap. And the cashstrapped u. S. Post office wants to get back into banking, ill explain. Im ve i i im al vel shi, and this is israel