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ALJAZAM Viewpoint April 5, 2016

Michael shure is in milwaukee this evening. Reporter good evening, john. This is about a third full here right now. As they await donald trump to arrive here. Donald trump and Ted Cruz Making their way through wisconsin. Both are confident. Ted cruz has been up in the polls recently. He had this to say about his chances here tomorrow in wisconsin. I hope and believe tomorrow night is going to be a very, very good night here in wisconsin, and that in turn is going to have impact on races all across the country. The momentum we have had over and over and over again, we are winning delegates when the people vote. And i believe well continue doing that. Reporter donald trump is also putting a good face on what are bad poll numbers. Here is donald trump today in wisconsin. I think a lot of big things are going to happen tomorrow. I think a lot of im seeing people that are professionals. And, you know, the polls are pretty even. Right now the polls are pretty even, but but i have a feeling were going to have a very big day tomorrow folks. [ cheers and applause ] i think so. Reporter trump is banking on one good poll, his first in ten days, but that is significantly the outlier from what we have seen in the past few days. What could a loss in wisconsin for donald trump mean . Its a narrative changer. He has tried to make wisconsin seem a lot like iowa, a state that the lost by very little to ted cruz. He spent his first night away from new york for the first time in a long time. It puts him a lot of pressure to get to that 1237 in other ways. He is going to have to look to maybe may 3rd, and indiana, another state where he has to prove his metal. He wants to make it as easy to get to 347. It seems like it is more likely that republicans are headed to a brokered convention. Is there any way that can be avoided at this point . If you see donald trump win in wisconsin tomorrow, and win big in indiana, yes, he could roll through these primaries. You dont get the sense that that is happening. One interesting dynamic that has played out in the last few days as you see trump coming to the stage over my shoulder right now, john. But ill just leave you and say in order to avoid that brokered convention, they are going to have to push aside john kasich, both cruz and trump have been working hard to do that. Michael thank you very much. David haines is editor for the milwaukee senator. He is in milwaukee tonight. Give me a sense of how significant tomorrows primary is for republicans in your opinion. Well, i think its quite significant in the sense that the republican establishment here in wisconsin lead by Governor Scott walker and the legislative leadership, not to mention conservative media, lead by talk radio has tried to put up a firewall to stop trump. The last poll that we saw last week had cruz up by 10 points. Trump was still at about 30 , which is where he had been stuck for the last couple of polls. So all of the support that would have gone to marco rubio apparently went to ted cruz. Those supporting cruz, are they really supporting cruz, or is he just the antitrump candidate . I think its a marriage of convenience, john. I have heard some of the talk radio folks here say that ted cruz is maybe not even their second choice, maybe their third choice. Of course Governor Walker would have been their first choice for many here in wisconsin. But cruz is not particularly well liked as we know in political circles, and his downhome religion style doesnt play as well in a state like wisconsin. But i think conservatives see him as a good conservative choice, and ideologically they do not think trump is conservative. What is it about wisconsin that doesnt seem to mesh with the voters, and donald trump . Well, there is a certain segment of voters that he does connect with. I was at a rally last week. And we have lost thousands of manufacturing jobs in wisconsin. There is an economic angst here. Jamesville had 19,000 in 1993, there is 9,000 manufacturing jobs there now. But there is something about trump who has given only a passing glance to the issues that i think of fengds voters. Voters in wisconsin Pay Attention to the issues. Well, and he has said now that he is going to bring his wife out on the campaign trail, and there is donald trump with his wife who is introducing him tonight. He is campaigning hard in wisconsin. So why, and and is he different than he was last week . Well, i dont think so. I think donald trump is sort of like the kid who hasnt studied all semester, and now is cramming for the final exam. Im just not sure he is going to get there, but well see tomorrow. And what about the democratic side, would it be over if bernie wins or if clinton wins wisconsin, is it over for bernie . I i dont think it is over for bernie. Bernie has 40 some Million Dollars in the bank. Bernie is doing very well here at the home of the badgers. But he is doing surprisingly well in the city of milwaukee, where you would think that would be Hillary Clintons home turf. So he is up in the last poll i saw by two or three points. If he wins hell keep soldering on. But the delegates here in this state are awarded proportionally, and even if he would win big, he would not get that more delegates than secretary clinton. What is going on with voting registration in your state . Some people are saying its almost impossible to register to vote in this primary. It has become harder because of rules put in place by the Republican Legislature in the last year. Early voting hours are shorter than they once were, so its a bit harder, but i think the turn out is going to be very high. The Government Accountability board which monitors elections in our state expects a turnout of perhaps 40 or more. Our record was in 1960 when john kennedy won. And that was about 50 . So i think well have a good turnout. Wisconsin is one of those states that has almost seen a political revolt in recent days. What has changed in the last couple of years about states like wisconsin . Well, if you are talking about the the uprising over Governor Walkers proposals regarding unions, that goes back a couple of years. We saw gubernatorial elections in four years in our state after Governor Walker pushed through the legislation that cut the rights of Public Employees to bargain. And what that did was two things. It created a infrastructure for the republicans to fight that recall and reelect Governor Walker, but it also created quite a ground swell of support on the other side of the aisle. So we have gotten used to political battles here. And you would be surprised if donald trump won this primary . I would be very surprised. At the last poll i saw, it had trump closing that gap to about 6 percentage points, but he has not been in other states a good closer. Latedeciding voters have typically not gone for him. That could change. He is doing a lot of campaigning here. He is campaigning tonight, and these are live pictures from his event. David its good to see you. Thank you very much. Thank you. The governors of two of the most populous states in the country signed law raising minimum rage to 15 an hour. Ines ferre reports on what could become a national trend. [ cheers and applause ] reporter cheers and chants as californias governor signs into law, a statewide minimum wage of 15 an hour. So this is about economic justice. Its about people. Its about creating a little tiny balance in a system that every day becomes more unbalanced. Reporter advocates of the increase say it will effect 43 of the states work force who now earn less than 15 an hour. Reporter nobo nobody wants to talk about how hard it is. Reporter even with her 10 an hour wage at mcdonalds and her husband working two jobs, she says it is not enough. They say can you take me to this place . And it breaks my heart to say no. Reporter the wage increase will be gradual going up to 10. 50 for Large Businesses next year, and the following year for smaller ones. It will keep increasing until it reaches 15 an hour by the year 2020. We have basically handed out pink slips to a lot of california workers. They will know it as soon as that implementation starts to take effect. Overall we find the positive impacts on workers earnings far outweighs any negative impacts that you might have from raising the minimum wage. Reporter she says more money will allow her to give back to the economy and hopefully get off of government assistance. With 15 im not going to live rich, but at least it will be a decent life. New york state is also increasing its minimum wage to 15 an hour. Hillary clinton has joined in the celebrating, but some say she is late to the partive and that Bernie Sanders has lead the way. David shuster has more. Hello hello new york reporter in manhattan monday just after new york governor signed a bill to raise the states minimum wage to 15 an hour, Hillary Clinton joined him for the labor celebration. We need to build on what has been accomplished here in new york, and go all the way to washington and raise the minimum wage for everybody in america. Reporter but clintons president ial Campaign Platform calls for raising the federal minimum wage to just 12 an hour. Its her rival senator Bernie Sanders who has steadfastly endorsed lifting it across the nation to the level new york has now made law. I believe that the minimum wage has got to be raised to a living wage, 15 bucks an hour [ cheers and applause ] reporter in recent months while clinton did not oppose the new york efforts, she did say at 15 an hour in general would put too much of a burden on rural areas and small cities. Does that include rural areas in up state new york . On this day the Clinton Campaign would not respond. Instead the candidate seemed to take a shot at sanders, saying new york success demonstrates lofty rhetoric is not as important as Building Political coalitions. Some people get bored by that kind of talk. Dont bother me with the details. Lets just make it sound good. Lets just feel good. Well, i think we would still be sounding and feeling good if it hadnt been for the hard work. Reporter still clinton critics say it was hard work that she chose not to join, and they say her association at the end smacks of political opportunism, and this isnt the first time. Clinton has been accused of flip flopping in this campaign, by joining Progressive Opposition to the keystone pipeline, and the Transpacific Partnership trade deal. I dont think it is in the best interests of what we need to do to combat climate change. Reporter polls suggest that clintons biggest vulnerability is the perception, fair or not, that she has few core policy values. Her success on New York Primary could rest on the shoulders of Governor Cuomo and the rest of the establishment, nearly all of whom have pledged to help clinton win. So at every rally with them, clinton has been efusive. Thank you, and god bless you reporter david shuster, al jazeera. In a unanimous decision today, the u. S. Supreme court ruled states can draw up legislative districts based on a total population. The high court rejected al cha engineer brought by a conservative group in texas. The court said drawing up districts based on general population satisfies the 1person1vote precedent set in 1962. An unprecedented document leak is sending shock waves arpgd the world today. 11. 5 million pages that show some of the worlds wealthiest and most powerful people have been hiding their money offshore to avoid tappaying taxes. Reporter panama city has long been a booming financial hub. It also has a reputation of Money Laundering for the worlds rich. An image only to be encouraged from the release of millions of documents from a law firm that specializes in setting up offshore companies. Hundreds of journalists have analyzed the documents. They appear to show links to 143 politicians, among them, the president of argentin icelands Prime Minister, and ukraines president. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how Vladimir Putins inner circle became very wealthy. His best friend is at the center of a scheme in which money from russia state banks is hidden offshores. All relatives and associates include the son of malaysias Prime Minister. I think it raises sort of further questions for the Political Class as a whole, because european countries, the u. S. , have been talking about greater transparency, switzerland has kind of cleaned up its act in terms of banking. But it turns out that offshore companies are still very popular. Reporter investigators believe one of the companies supplied fuel for war planes that the Syrian Government used to bomb and kill tens of thousands of its own citizens. Reporter also revealed in the documents was a Shell Company in panama owned by leonel messi and his father. Spanish investigators are currently investigating messi for tax evasion. Here in latin america several countries have been linked to that firm in panama, including mexico, argentina, and brazil, and a mexico man who received hundreds of millions of dollars in state contracts instructed his aids to offshore much of his fortune. And the president of argentina failed to disclose the fact that he is a director of a Company Based in the bahamas. And in brazil billions of dollars paid in brides. Adam raney, al jazeera, mexico city. The revelations in the Panama Papers sparked protests in iceland and plenty of outrage everywhere, but the people named in the documents are unlikely to face criminal charges, because offshore banking is legal. Reporter an unremarkable office block in the capitol of a small country in central america. Headquarters of a company that traded on secrecy and confidentiality, but which is suddenly under scrutiny. It helps the rich and powerful hide their wealth. It denies any wrongdoing. The millions of leaked documents suggest some clients were Money Laundering and avoiding sanctions. Many were not breaking the law. The documents say leaders or former leaders of ten countries used tax havens. But relatives or friends of leaders from many more countries also hid their wealth according to the documents. Tax avoidance is a global industry. They are paying effectively zero tax in many cases, and certainly much less than ordinary people, which is simply unacceptable. Its depriving governments around the world of vital revenue that they need to invest in helping ordinary people. Reporter about half of the Companies Mentioned were incorporated in british overseas territories. So in london, i asked one expert why britain isnt doing more. Reporter the Prime Minister has forced u. K. Companies to open up and say who owns them. And in a months time there is a anticorruption summit. And its a golden opportunity that shouldnt be missed. Reporter although for David Cameron there is some embarrassment. The documents say his late father set up an account to avoid paying taxes in the u. K. More documents will be released in the coming days. Barnaby phillips, al jazeera, london. Coming up next, sending them back, mass deportations of refugees from the e. U. To turkey now underway. And they call it friendship park. The only place along the u. S. Mexico border where separated families can come together. In europe today a new deal has taken effect to return Asylum Seekers to turkey. In that country is now accepting refugees who entered the European Union illegally. Harry fawcett reports. Reporter the arrival of this first boat from greece this vast experiment in European Border control began in earnest. 68 people, the first of 202 arriving on monday who Authorities Say had not claimed asylum in greece and had agreed to be returned to turkey. Turkey says the majority of pakistanis and afghans, unless they claim asylum here will be sent to their home countries. The provincial governor said no syrians were coming ashore on this first day, and no permanent refugee camp would be set up here. Reporter but as the arrivals were processed another group was being brought to another dock, these men had set off in the early hours of the morning just up the coast to make the journey to greece. They called police when their boat began to sink. We are happy. We are saved now. Reporter you were trying to get to greece . Yes. Reporter for the e. U. The key question about this deal is will it work . Certainly the numbers trying to leave the Turkish Coast for greece have declined in recent days, but the motivation remains for many, and some say the deal could spark further motivation among those returned. Syrian returnees will be put to the end of the line of possible reentry into europe. What are their chances to make it . Even if they know they are at the end of the line . It is maybe it was close to zero. But now they know it is zero. No. So in that case, what is your next best option . Try it again. Reporter thousands of kilometers away, germany did begin accepting the first Syrian Refugees sent legally from turkish camps. But it seems Something Like an advance, but no syrians were among the first group of arrives from greece on monday. If this was the first test of the system, it was designed to be as troublefree as possible. There will be sterner tests as the voyages become more regular, and the efficiency and fairness to those being brought back. Now to the immigration debate in this country. While the battle plays out in washington, some of the people caught in the middle are meeting facet

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