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ALJAZAM Your World This Morning March 8, 2016

Candidates chasing frontrunners Hillary Clinton and donald trump. Welcome to your world this morning. Michigan, the biggest prize in the four contests taking place today which includes a primary in mississippich mississippi and republicanonly contests in idaho and hawaii. In the michigan between the water crisis in flint, the States Economic troubles and failing schools, voters have a lot on their minds when they go to the polls. Bisi is live in detroit. Its early, but it looks like a lot of people are going to be voting today. Thats right, del. The polls open here in michigan just a short time ago and there are adso on t. V. , billboards all across the state urging to get out and vote as state organizers expect record turnout. Millions of good jobs lost, communities devastated, the jobs moved overseas. In michigan, the political ads are hard to miss. Hillary clinton came here to show she is standing with us. He will do for michigan what he has done for ohio. Ahead of tuesdays primary, president ial election, the candidates are hitting campaign trail hard in the great lakes state. Ladies and gentlemen, the Democratic Candidates for president of the United States. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders squared off in flint, a city plagued by a nearly two year long water crisis. It is raining lead in flint and the state is der elect in not coming forward with the money that is required. The governor of this state should understand that his dereliction of duty is irresponsible. He should redsine. As the city of works toward a long term fix, michigan Governor Rick Snyder is under mounting pressure. Opinion monday, the board of state canvassers approved a second recall against the glofrn over flints toxic water on behalf of thousands of residents was filed this week against the governor and other state officials. The democratic debate put flint in the pot light but nanny voters remain split on whether it will make a real difference. I dont generally have a lot of hope for promises made by candidates because, i mean not that they wont do what they are going to do, but i am always skeptical first. I would like to see it before i believe it. I am glad they are bringing it tup. Its importantly they bring it up. They are seeing, you see, whats going on in the lives thats being affected. So, hopefully the debate will focus on that well see where we will go from there. Thats where i will make my choice on who would be the best for the presidency and the future. While clean water, poverty and other social issues are top concerns for many voters in michigan the state economy is improving, an issue that came up in last weeks republican debate. Saving through negotiation throughout the economy, you will save 300,000,000,000 a year. Of the four states with con tests on tuesday, michigan has the most delegates to award with 59 for the republicans and 147 for the democrats, making michigan a key battleground state in the race for the white house. And state officials tell me absentee ballots are up so far this year and at last check, Hillary Clinton and donald trump were leading in the most recent polls. You have been there since day one. How imports is the flint water crisis . How crucial was that in the outcome of todays vote . I can tell you, del, just about anywhere you go in the state, everyone has an opinion on flits water crisis during the townhall debate this past sundayif they talked about the issue, addressed the problem and had some harsh words for the states governor. Some of them recommending that he either step down or he should be recalled. So, i think that flints water crisis is going to play a big role in getting people to the polls today. And bisi, on the issue of polls, the latest polls taken over the weekend, as you point out, do show Hillary Clinton is we will ahead of bernie sandners michigan. Is there any sign that that debate on sunday or last nights town hole might have changed voters minds . Well, its very interesting. Ive talked to several political analysts, del. Everyone has different opinions. Many people feel like the voters on the democratic side have made up their mind. They are decided on who they plan to vote for. There are those who believe there is still some undecided voters out there and that that debate may have played a role in which direction voters will go in. But i can tell you that Bernie Sanders said yesterday that he has a really good chance of beating clinton if voters show up. Back to you. Bisi for us live in detroit. Thank you very much. Michael bloomberg is backing away from a president ial run, in an oped the former new york city mayor said it could put donald trump and ted cruz in the white house. He said Trumps Campaign plays on peoples fears but he also called out democrats saying they have moved tour too far to the left when it comes to wall street and trade. Bloomberg did not endorse a candidate. The Reagan Library is preparing for the final goodbye for nancy reagan. Starting tomorrow, she will lie in repose at the library in simi valley, california. The public will be allowed to pay respects. She will be buried alongside her husband on friday. First Lady Michelle obama will be attending the funeral. Nancy reagan was 94 when are she died of congestive heart failure. Vice president due by is in dubai part of a middle east tour. He met with the Vice President of the united arab emerates. He went to the air base in abu dhabi, tractortrailer. These are partnerships that are built and nurtured right here on this base. You capture the images that provide us with the intelligence we need to target the enemy and to protect our forces. You control the skies overs iraq and syria. As a matter of fact, you all control the skies and the whole damn world. Bidens tour will take him to the west bank. The visit comes as the white house is trying to restart the peace process. This was the last time john kerry saw theisitsi Prime Minister afternoon the last time he met the Palestinian Authority president , which did not come out of the secretary of states meeting in late november, a resumption of the peace process. The Obama Administration denies its given up. This notion that, you know, that its morabund, we have given it up, you know, its something that needs to be kick started would be, you know, conveys this idea that, you know, that we just have thrown up our hands or that we did at some point. And, thats just not the way the secretary looks at this. Reporter in the face, of more immediate crisis, its ill, syria, north koreaeena, some say president barack obama has given up on the mid east peace process. There havent been face to face talks in several years. Then secretary of state Hillary Clinton launched the administrations first effort in the 2010. John kerry tried again in 2013. Both attempts fell apart and a new effort has not been made. Obamas former mid east advisor, dennis ross recently wrote that the lack of u. S. Focus is putting the vision of a twostate solution at risk, especially in light of the israeli governments continued building of settlement in the occupied west bank and attacks onnitsisis and palestinians. Rosss solution try one more time to reach a deal, but dont put so much pressure otisisis to stop settlement building right now. Laura friedman of americans for peace now, which opposes settlement construction calls rosss idea laughable. What this really is saying is, we want to fundamentally change the entire concept of Israeli Palestinian peace. We want to erase all of the understands both sides have agreed on since 1993 and we want to start over based upon the situation today. And we are going to go decree that and the palestinians are just going to have to accept it. In the end, some u. S. Officials say that until they see a willingness of pal stannians and israelis to return to talks, all they can do is wait. Al jazeera, washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelling a tour he was supposed to take to washington this month. He turned down a an invitation to meet with the president obama at the whitehouse, to coincide with a summit saying he didnt want to travel to the u. S. In the middle of a primary sunni. Season. Supporters of same sex couples celebrating a ruling, it prohibited al lesbian from contacting three children. They said the justices ruled that will alabama must abide by georgias law. A spokesman for al shapial shabaab is denying allege that more than 150 fighters were killed in u. S. Air strikes over the weekend. The penalty gone says talks targeted the camp north of m mogadishu. They say they were preparing to launch a large scale attack against u. S. Troops. In recent years, Al Al Shabaab has clajd responsibility for attack after attack including a massacre in this nairobi mal. Ol monday, they said the group was planning another attack, on u. S. Troops and their african alleys in some alisomalia. My understanding is, that there was intelligence, that this is a Training Camp and that these fighters were going to be embarking upon missions that would directly impact the u. S. And our partners. Reporter on saturday, the pentagon says the u. S. Struck the camp with drones and piloted aircraft killing more than 150 Al Al Shabaab fighters saying the u. S. Was figwaving the site about the 120 miles north of somalias capitol. This strike was in self defense and in defense of our African Union mission in somalia pers. We did use a mix of manned and unmanned platforms. The removal of those terrorist fighters degrades al shabaabs ability to meet the groups objectives, recruiting members, establishing basis and planning attacks on u. S. And forces. The u. S. Has designated al shabaab a terrorist operation. The group wants to create a strict Islamic State in somalia and is thought to have thousands of fighters including children and foreigners. U. S. Strikes killed a groups top lead ner 2014, but in the past two months, shapial shabaa stepped up attacks killing more than 150 people, bombing a restaurant, a hotel and a park in somalia and kenyan soldiers at a remote desert out post. U. S. Officials say saturdays strikes on al shabaab are a step forward in tests to weaken it. This is a good example of how the United States military can use resources and cape abilities in partnership with forces on the ground, in this case, African Union forces, to counter extremism and protect the United States and our interests. Roxanna sillbury. A spokesman for the somalian government says we welcome at a time Precision Drone attack in collaboration with the some alia abbying. It will the minimize the threat of hash shabora and hasten their annihilation. Chicago police say they have charged a man with gang related killing after 9yearoldboy 22yearold faces charges of first degree murder for the execution style shooting death of tashan lee back in november. Police say the 9yearold was targeted because of his fathers gang ties. Boondodi was arrested odd gun charges as well. 14 people are recovering after a commuter train crashed in california. This happening last night in a remote part of Alameda County outside of san francisco. The the two train cards derailed, one flying off into a creek. Four of the passengers suffered serious injury but none are said to be lifethreatening. All 214 passengers on board have been accounted for. Los angeles is getting a little sun this morning after storms drinked the city. There were several rounds of lightning on monday, which caused fires and led to a brief power outage at lax. Heavy rain flooded the streets and despite temperatures in the 60s, there was hail. All of that rain combined with high winds caused a lot of damage. The storm ripped treesries out of the grounds, tour roofs off houses. People have said it felt like an earthquake and no one was hurt, but that is unusual. Sounds like kaufl doesnt stay in california. Texas is next. Good morning, kevin korveiu. For texas and south, that is going to make the hot point as we go through the next couple of days. When you go in and show you whats happening. See thunderstorms firing up since last night. Going closer in, we are seeing this line of thunderstorms right here just about an hour ago, we did have Tornado Warnings that were issued. Those have been dropped but in san angelo, we have seen some damage from tornado, we will no more about that a little bit later on. But at least wind damage coming out of these thunderstorms and as you notice, they are really not discipline issue itting in intensity. So we are going to be watching these carefullying. You can see warnings that are posted. Where you see the oranges, severe thunderstorms. The pigs are severe thunderstorm watches but over to the east, that is where we are looking at flooding, which is actually going to be a much worse situation over the next several days. So in terms of Severe Weather, we are going to watch parts of oklahoma, louisiana, and the rest of texas today. Take a look at this rain totals we are expecting out of the storm over the next 72 hours. Here, parts of louisiana as well as arkansas, we could be seeing at least 12 inches of range, but i do expect those numbers to go higher in some isolated spots. Maybe 15, maybe 18 inches of rain could be seen so widespread flooding is going to be a major issue there. As we go toward wednesday, Severe Weather threat continues across the southeast. Notice that that area of concern is really not moving, and that is why the flooding is going to be so bad. Kevin thank you so. More sanctions. South korea stepping up the response to the north nuclear test of rocket launches. No new clues two years after it accident happened. What happened to malacia Airlines Flight 370 remains a mystery. Every monday night. I lived that character. Go one on one with americas movers and shakers. We will be able to see change. Gripping. Inspiring. Entertaining. No topic off limits. cause im like, dad, there are hookers in this house. Exclusive conversations you wont find anywhere else. These are very vivid, human stories. If you have an agenda with people, you sometimes dont see the truth. Talk to al jazeera. Monday, 6 00 eastern. Only on al jazeera america. Almost hard to believe but today marks two years since malaysian flight 370 disappeared and investigators say they are still hopeful the mystery will be solved. From prashz for the 249 people who were on. One confirmed peace piece of a plane, another piece of debris was found last week and is being investigated. The boeing triple 7 was headed to beijing when it went down in the indian ocean. Al jazeeras in particularentions lui has the latest. Reporter the second anniversary of the disappearance of the flight was marked in malacia in a rather lowkeymaner. Politicians held a minute of silence in parliament behind me to remember all 239 people who were on board that plane when it disappeared. A team of International Investigators has also issued an interim report. According to the International Civil aviation organization, an interim report has to be issued on each anniversary of an aviation accident until the final report has been issued. So this is the Second Interim report. Unfortunately, it does not disclose any new information or information that isnt already in the public domain. The Prime Minister of malacia issu issued a statement on tuesday, on the anversary saying officials are doing all they can to find the plane and to solve what is being described as the biggest Civil Aviation mystery in history. Now, two rather encouraging pieces of evidence have been found, two pieces of possibly plane debris were found. One on the island and another on mozambique. Now, investigators will try to determine if this did, indeed, come from the missing mh 370. Now, investigators have also said that they expect the search operation, which is ongoings ongoings in the southern indian ocean, to come to an end in july, sometime in july this year and at that point, three countries, china, australia, and malacia will make a decision whether or not to continue the search operation. Al jazeeras florence lui from kuala lumpur. Chinese passengers families filed suits. South korea slapping north korea with fresh sanctions all of this in response to the nuclear test rocket launch. Seoul is black listing dozens of people and organizations it says are connected to north Koreas Nuclear program. They denied entry to any ship that has been to the north. Al jazeera has more from seoul. These unilateral sanctions are meant to heap further pressure on north korea coming on top of the wideranging sanctions agreed by the United Nations last week. They include identifying key individuals and organizations in north korea, banning them from having financial dealings in south korea. There are also further restrictions on trade, stopping vessels that have called in at the north korean port from visiting south korea for 180 days. Also identifying and stopping the important of north korean exports through a third country. The restrictions even go as far as encouraging south korea ians when traveling abroad not to visit north korean restaurants which are seen as a source of much needed hard currency by north korea. All of these measures, according to south korea, are meant to force north korea into take another path away from the one that it has chosen so far. North korea, though, seems to show no scienigns of doing any thing. Thats al jazeeras rob mcbride for us in seoul. The u. S. And south korea beginning joint

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