We begin with a simple message from governor Chris Christie, that mistakes were made. Its still unclear what those mistakes were, or who made them. And despite his attempt to get back to business, its not what the governor said about the bridgegate scandal, its what he did not say. In new jersey where the governor made his state of the state speech today, john. Reporter thats right, john, good evening, and governor christie delivered the stat staf the state accept, and the bulk was of great interest to the people of new jersey, like jobs and taxation and crime. And in the end, he arrived only four paragraphs about the nature of the scandal. And he said that mistakes clearly had been made. Governor christie issued a statement. The mistakes were clearly made. As a result, we let down the people we are entrusted to serve. Back to new jersey, education is the main point, he. To lengthen the school day and the school year across the state. Touching on crime and making urban areas safer. Christie insisted that recent allegations against him and his team will not stop the state from getting things done. What has occurred does not define us or our state. This administration and this legislation will not allow the work that needs to be done to improve the peoples lives in new jersey to be delayed for any reason. But it does little to change the cover around him. The tv ads after hurricane sandy. At issue whether christie put himself and his family in the center of the ads for the reelection bid last year, and spending 2 million more on the election campaign, than the next lowest bid, of a firm to which Christies Office had ties. He said that he alerted hud, saying that the cash could have been spent on victims. And then theres the scandal known as bridgegate. Less than a week ago, the governor was forced to look at a traffic scam. A forced lane closure for snarled traffic for days, and the state democrats say that the mayor refused to support christies bid for second term. And until now, many have seen him as a frontrunner in the 2016 president ial race. And today, he says that he remains focused on getting the job done as the governor of new jersey and promises to cooperate with any investigation. Foot and the christie investigation saying that the white house confirmed those ads last summer, and they got the contract before they decided to put the first family of new jersey in that way. He said that his administration will cooperate with any investigation into what happened here. John in trenton tonight. Thank you. From new jersey and another lawmaker in a scandal. Francoise is also facing the cameras today. But he did not say much about his alleged affair with a french actress. Suspicions for reviving the French Economy and reclaiming frances place on the world stage. At least that was the plan. To maintain their position in the world if france wants to carry weight in europe and if he wants to take control of his destiny, it must find it. Above all, he didnt want this News Conference to be about his relationship. Everyone in his private life has gone through difficult times. There are painful moments, but i have one principle and that is that private business is dealt with privately. Respectful of one anothers private lives, so it is neither the time nor the moment to do so. There has been a lot of speculation in the media of how the president would reflect questions of his life. The affair has not had much impact on his popularity. But its already very low. This was the president on the defensive. Defensive on the economy and defensive on his personal life. This can hardly be the fresh start that he had hoped for. So his promise to create jobs, to lower taxes and to reduce public spending. He also promised to tell the french people whether they still have a first lady. Jackie roland, aljazeera, paris. How any lawmaker handles a scandal can determine their political futures, and they can move on, but are the voters ready . We bring her in, shes the ceo of a management firm. Welcome. Thank you so much. Its a pleasure to be here. What do you think . How did governor christie handle his crisis so far . I think so far, he has done quite well. And i think today especially he did quite well. His trick is to countermand what people are thinking of him and saying of him that hes a bully. And he said himself, hes not a bully and he needs it show that now, and today he did a very good job of doing it. And what about the president of france . Lets talk about him. How did he do . This is his second time with mistresses. This is a mistress of a former mistress, and theres no privacy anymore. For nim of us, and especially for political figures such as he. And i guess he had to say what he said, but its not totally believable. Lets go into what you say about this. Youve been involved in Crisis Management before. And what goes into a presentation like the two we saw today . Lets take christie first. His people are going to sit down, but more than that, hes going to think about how he needs to play this. Initially, in his two hour press conference, it was too long, and he got too defensive when he wasnt going to go too deep. And it made him say things like, im not a bully. Crisis management 101 says that you never repeat the allegation that people are making to you. You counter in a different way. He should have said, that is not true and pointed back, i care deeply about the people of new jersey and i will do anything to protect them. This should have never happened. And i will make sure that it never happens again. Today he said, mistakes were made, and we let the people down. But he didnt say what mistakes were made, who made those mistakes, and if somebody is going to come clean, wouldnt they need to say that . You would think they would. But people in my profession will tell you we all know what mistakes were made. Im not sure that we do. At the very least, they closed lanes. And how that happened, whether he knows or not, i dont know, and i personally have been in those lanes, and i hated it, and i hated the whole situation. So im not defending that part of it. But what im saying is, he took some responsibility. He didnt dwell on it overall, but he apologized and them he said hes going to change it, and its not going to happen again, and now it better not happen again. So when you talk about the french president and the impact that he had on his own country, what about the impact on his image worldwide . Just terrible. And first of all that he arrived in an motorcycle, and his secret service, the next morning, and it turns into a sideshow. And it takes away from, and remember, he had a former girlfriend, with whom he had four children, who campaigned with him. And she was supplanted by the current first lady. Who is now supplanted by an actress, who is married. This is too draconian, even for the french. We appreciate your interest, and im sorry that you had to wait in those lanes on the George Washington bridge. Hope that it doesnt happen again. Other. In washington, president obama called on congress to create more jobs and extend the unemployment benefits. I was very pleased to see the house and the senate agree to a budget and put forward a bill that will allow us to take some important steps to provide the services and the help that americans need, and the American Families need to get ahead in this economy. And joining us now, our white president s agenda, but now hes going to go around congress, and we saw him do it last week when he proposed those promise zones in the country, the first five of 20, and now hes going to be talking about partnering with nonprofits, and partnering with businesses around the country to get initiatives going. In the cabinet he had a phrase that raised a lot of eyebrows. I have a pen, and i have a phone, and i can use that to sign executive orders, and take executive actions to move the ball forward in helping to make sure that our kids are getting the best education possible and making sure that our businesses are getting the kind of support and help they need to grow and advance, to make sure that people are getting the extraconstitutional. He is going to around and this one in the manufacturing sector. Last week, they got over the 60 vote threshold. But now more potential bickering between democrats and republicans, and its clear as the clock ticks, and more people are ticked off over unemployment roles. It was 1. 3 when the Unemployment Insurance expired. And its up to 1. 4, and every day the number increases. And now bickering in the senate between harry reid it this week. Mike mccarren in washington, and tonight, surprising statements by a key israeli official. When defense minister described john kerry as messianic and obsessive when it comes to peace in the middle east. The white house defended those comments. Theres no sign of a breakthrough in the latest round of israelipalestinian peace talks, but the Israeli Defense minister said that the process is a waste of time and blames the u. S. Secretary of state. According to israels largest newspaper, he said in a private conversation. American secretary of state, john kerry, with messianic fervor cant teach me anything about the palestinians. There were no actual negotiationing with the palestinians. Americans are holding negotiations with us, and parallel with the minutes, and , the palestinians have given nothing. The Obama Administration was not pleased. We find the remarks of the defense minister to be offensive and appropriate, especially given all that the United States has done to support israels security needs, and will continue to do. Later he apologized to kerry. Observers think that he made the comments because he doesnt like the u. S. Drafted security plan that would rely on electronic equipment to protect the borders with palestinian. Israels closest ally in its bid for peace. He accused him with the relationship. Questions about how united israelis are as they go forward to talks with the minutes. Now to egypt. Were on the first day of voting. 11 People Killed in fighting between Security Forces and supporters of mohamed morsy. Polls are closed at this hour, and they will reopen in the morning, giving egypt one more day to vote. The military government ousted morsy in july. If approved, the constitution would approve the charter passed under morsy a year ago. It would ban Political Parties based on religion, and today give ridge equal rights and allowing them to pick the defense minister, and civilians brought before military tribunals. Later in the hour, well look at what it means to u. S. Israel relations. A 7th Grade Student walked into a school gym, carrying a shotgun in a bag, and he opened fire on classmates, wounding two of them. A boy is in critical condition, and a girl serious. The boy is in police custody. An nsa review group over recommendations, and 30 words, how it could make the difference between rich and poor. The lawsuits are piling up for the Company Responsible for the Chemical Spill in west virginia. At least 18 lawsuits have been filed. Blaming for putting the toxic chemical into the water supply, and a restraining order has been placed against the company it make sure that no Important Documents or materials have been removed. It will be days before those affected can use the tap water again. Showing off their latest models at the detroit auto show. And he says that automakers are finding ways to include new technology in the driving experience. Its all about technology for user, and not about the Car Technology and the making cars. I saw on google glass today for the first time. The genesis, its a luxury car. And theyre going to start communicating with google glass. Regular people cant get it. But it will be able to tell you, hey, ali, in your schedule, you have a 7 00 appoint. And its going to take you 40 minutes to get there, and you have to leave at 6 20, and it will start your car for you because its cold outside, and you need to warm up. Its this idea that you dont have to be in your car or at your car to use technology, and can you do it from a distance. I also saw General Motors in the impala, coming up later this year, they will have apps in there, the normal apps that you want, but there are others that you can diagnose diagnose whates wrong with your car, and service it. So those are unique things going on, and the fact that were all connected on our devices, and how does that integrate with your car . It sounds like cars are going to run your life. And we have heard story about the self driving cars, and is there talk about that . Weirdly, theres a lot of talk amongst people, but every time i talk to the ceos, they seem to be dialing it back. They seem to point out that like an airplane on auto pilot they dont have cars without a driver in the seat. But its moving to drivers doing less. So by 2020, you will be able to drive a car that doesnt need any input from the driver. It has everything that you need, but you still have to sit there as a driver. They dont encourage you to read and text, but you can sit there and let the car do everything that you need it to do. When i think about tech, i think about tess la, and how are they doing . Tesla ended up selling a lot more cars in the last quarter of 2014 than they expected it to. And they are doing pretty well. They had a rough stretch for a while in 2013, and there were accusations that they didnt live up to their performance, and they came out clean, that the cars lived up to the Performance Specs and a lot of agencies backed them up. Some of teslas cars are very expensive, but overall, the company is doing much better than anticipated. Ali velshi, thank you. Real money with ali velshi airs every night. Harnessing the power of the word. A child in a poor family will hear far fewer words than children in affluent families. But the 4 Million Word Initiative encourages lower income parents to talk to their children more. Shes always putting her fouryearold daughter, alana, to the test. Even at snack time. The 25yearold single mom learned to improve her daughters vocabulary through a Pilot Program called 30 Million Words. It comes from a gap that researchers say sometimes exists between higher and lower income parents, and lower income kids who sometimes dont. It helps them to improve their vocabulary by teaching them different ways to talk to them. Newel was astonished by alanas quick problem. My daughter started and it was like, who are you talking to . The doctor specializing in it developed 30 Million Words after noticing that some of her lower Income Patients didnt progress as fast following surgery. It really had nothing to do with the hearing loss, but rather the language that they were being exposed to. Some of the Research Conducted back in the 1990s by two university of kansas child psychologists. They found that threeyearolds who interacted more with their parents and were exposed to more words were better prepared for kindergarten and attended to be better readers later. She tracked results from her project and found a direct correlation between the interaction and the number of words that they used. It went up and down a little bit, but pretty much doubled where she started. She admits this a strong vocabulary is no guarantee that kids will succeed in school, but newel thinks that it will give alana an advantage, as well as her little brother. Aljazeera, chicago. Up next, more restrictions from the internet. How a federal court ruling could change what we see online. And plus, far from settled. A judge said that the nfls multimilliondollar concussion deal is not nearly enough. Has tonights exclusive report. Stories that have impact. That make a difference. That open your world. Governor Chris Christie gave his state of the state today, but he insists that the lane closings doesnt define him or the state. The french president talked about his efforts to revive frances economy. But also his alleged affair with an actress. He said he will explain who the first lady is before his visit to the u. S. Next month. And a war of words, israels secretary called kerry messianic and said the peace between the u. S. And israel is not worth the paper that its written o. Now to the National Security spy scandal. We heard from the panel chosen by the president to come up with recommendations for policies, and heres what they presented to the Senate Judiciary committee today. Virtually all american it can records, giving all of the u. S. Citizens protections of the privacy act in 1994, and reexamining spying on leaders. Joining me is libby casey, and how did the committee react to these recommendations . There are vocal members raising concerns of what they collar reach. And they were supporting what the panel has to say. The republican from texas, self described libertarian, he said that the government has not done a good job of surveying the people they call bad guys, and at the same time, it has been too broad for ordinary american citizens. There has been push back. The senator, the Top Republican on the judiciary committee, had concerns that any more changes could lead it more siloing. Agencies not communicating properly, and something that he set led u up to the problem with communications that led to 911, john. That theyre having more Agency Communications and there could have been more of a Warning System in place. The review group may not have followed its own advice. Some of them may have threatened our nations security. Exactly, some of the recommendations in the report made it more difficult. The former acting cia director talked about the changes that he wants. And no longer the government collects the metadata about the american phone record, and he would like to see it in the hands of third parties x. Only turned overunder court order. These not calling for the abandon. This program. He still wants to see it in place, though he admitted that this can reveal a lot of information about americans. Theres quite a bit of content in metadata. When you have the records of phonecalls that a particular individual made, you can learn an awful lot about that person, and thats one of the things that struck me. So theres not one thing, in my mind, between metadata and content. Revealing words from a man who used to run the cia, john. Hes one of five individuals who have made 46 recommendations, and there are many more that go into everything, ranging from how the nsa conducts surveillance and how the courts are structured. How much does he need for that. He does want to see congressional support for many reasons, including the changes that he makes are only part of his administration. The president can come in and see what business is done, and he needs the support of congress. Congress is much more in favor of stronger others dont want to see, we heard from senator grassley, much of a change. But the president will try to make some changes, and the white house said that that shows that hes playing along here, and will it go far enough for surveillance critics . No, it will not. Nearly a dozen people were killed in egypt in the first day of voting on a new constitution. And more than 2 dozen others were hurt in the fighting intense supporters of mohammed morsy. A second day of voting in the morning, and the new charter is widely expected to pass. Here from new york, hes a writer for our digital team. And he has covered these uprisings, welcome, evan. And the new constitution provides protections for women and minorities, and it allows the military to pry civilians, and if it passes, what does it say about the egyptian voters and people . I think that the important thing here, the egyptians have the constitution before them that they have had since the uprising. The one under morsy was viewed on morsy and the brotherhood and islam in general. And this controversial is viewed i believe that the manager on the of the egyptian people the stability and good jobs and economy, and thats why well see this approved. Will many stay away from the election because theyre afraid of the government. I think that everyone coming out today are pro government. And the campaign against the constitutional referendum was almost nonexistent. The Muslim Brotherhood was oppressed and many killed this past summer, and there was virtually no Opposition Campaign to the referendum. And the people are by and large almost entirely government supporters. Is this in name only . The text is good in some respects. Human rights advocates, and progressive people, liken this for freedom of speech, and protection of police torture, and registration protections, mono theistic recommendations, and the question is whether egypts conservative and extreme reactionary institutions are going to support it. And it gives power to the government. And its anybodys guess how its going to beer interpreted, right . The power to the judiciary has been seen as antibrotherhood and antiislamic power, and in the past, it has proved very friendly to the old order and the military. Everyone hill with aljazeera america, thank you very much. Well, aljazeera is covering the Egyptian Authority from outside of the country because theyre still hold something of our colleagues. They have been held for 17 days. They are accused of spreading lies harmful to state security and joining a terrorist group. Aljazeera says that the allegations are fabricate. Two other journalists, have been held for several months. Heading to washington d. C. , whats coming up on america tonight at the top of the hour, joie . Tonight on our program, the numbers that you think you can count on in any emergency. 911. For a little girl in texas, she wasnt the case. Dialing the numbers only brought a busy signal. Its one that any of us can find ourselves . In an office or hotel orish commercial phone line. So common that federal investigators have opened an inquiry. Well get the whole story from america tonight. Coming up at the top of the hour on america tonight. Thank you. A website, whether it belongs to a Media Company or blogger. Its called net troweler, and it should be easy. But today a federal Appeals Court ruled that they cannot force Net Neutrality on verizon or other providors. Jake ward is here to explain, and jake, first of theyre not supposed to be gate keepers. And all are supposed to be treated equally and giving us sort of a this decision today cs that. So what will the internet look like if out right. And they can impose monopoly pricing, and they can force certain sites to pay a fee to be brought to you in a speedy way. This brings all sorts of trouble in the fundamental tenant that were not supposed to have to pay extra. The Cable Companies control the internet and the cable tv and telephone. But if you think about the business, is it comparable to cable tv in our business, when those who provide have to work out some sort of a deal to get their stuff the internet a publc resource or a private network . And the idea really with a cable network, they get to pick and choose what channels they bring you at what speed and what they look like because its a private network. Up until now, theyre charged with a public resource and bringing it to you. Cable and the internet world. Thanks, jay. New deal, thats the word im sorry, no deal. Thats the word today from a federal judge to the nfl. The judge has rejected the 165 million settle. The nfls concussion settlement. And no deal. They had a deal, and no deal up right now, but that could change. Let me explain. It was the largest sports related settlement in history. But the nfl may have to pay more than the recordbreaking settlement. The u. S. Federal judge rejected it, saying that im primarily concerned that not all nfl players who didnt receive a qualifying diagnoses and their families will be paid. Joining me, ted corliss, and ted, we appreciate the time. My pleasure. Lane phillips, a federal judge from california, was appointed by judge brody to lead the negotiations and at the time he called the 765 million settlement a fair deal when it was announced in august, and were then would judge brodo come behind him and reject it. He was hired to produce the best settlement he could with the parties negotiating and the judges job is different. She has to look out for the people who were not able toker participate in the negotiations, and in this case, were talking about as many as 20,000 players. The negotiations were on behalf of one plaintiff in the parties, but were talking about the 9,009,099 others. In the wake of todays ruling, ted, what is the next step for both the retired layers and the nfl. Theyre going to go back to the drawing board and get a deal sometime this year. The problem that the judge had was not necessarily with the amount of money that was going to be paid to the individual players. Instead, the judge was concerned that based on the economic models produced, the 10 of the claimants, 10p. Of that, hit the 5 million number, there was a real possibility that 760 million was simply not going to be enough. Like all class action lawsuits, people can either decide to join the suit or file their own lawsuits, and we have seen that in the wake of the original lawsuit in august. How do you think todays ruling will affect that splintering, if you will . I think a lot of people simply, if theyre interested in going out on their own, which, in this situation, would be an extraordinary task for any lawyer or party, especially those injured in the way they have been, youll see a deal come back, where the court is going to get the additional evidence that they need to be comfortable with the settlement, or youll see the number go up dramatically. As we talked about before, 765 million with an annual revenue to the nfl worth 10 billion barely religions, and they need to put that out. Its substantial, and lets put all of the scenarios on the table. Whats more likely . Judge brody will approve the 765 billion settlement, or a new settlement reached, paying out more money . The possibility of this is almost impossible. Youre talking about 20,000 parties, and legions of lawyers, and costs in the tens of billions of dollars. And its in the best interest of the nfl and the 20,000 plaintiffs to reach a deal that resolves the concerns that judge brady raised if her order. Ted corliss, thanks for the time as always, ted. Thank you very much. 765 million sounds like a lot. But if youre trying to cover 20,000 potential plaintiffs over the years, its not enough. And more likely it will be getting to 1 billion for all of the erparties to be satisfied. Thank you very much. Going to pot. Not all cities in Washington State are onboard with legalized marijuana. And plus, one state could be one step closer to legalizing samesex marriage. Good evening, im meteorologist, kevin, and the weather patterns in the United States have causing a lot of problems from west to east. Here, its keeping a lot of things very very dry, and also bringing winds in from the northeast down to the southwest. Here in california, were dealing with gusty, dry winds, and that means the threat of fires. It has been really escalated across the area. Here toward the north, were looking at winds gusting 65 to 75 Miles Per Hour across the region. So were going to be watching this very carefully over the next days. And also, you can see how warm it is across the west. But out here toward the center of the United States, were getting a dip in the temperatures. This is very similar to last weeks polar vortex that we saw coming down, and the temperatures are going to be dropping all week long across the area. In minneapolis, were looking at 17 with the winds across that whole area, in fargo, were going to see temperatures dropping into the windchills of about 10, 20, and we have blizzard watches in effect across the region. Be careful when youre out on the roads. The Legal Marijuana market in the United States could be worth more than 2 billion just this year, but consumers have facing the high prices along lines in colorado, where buying marijuana is now legal. And it will soon be legal in Washington State as well. Some are interested in the revenue they might get from marijuana sales, but others are not so happy about the idea. Thats right, john. A lot of cities are just a little bit uncertain about this. The story of two towns tonight. One is kenmore, where theyre looking to washington d. C. And the Obama Administration for further insurances that all of this pot selling is legal. And then to bonneville, 961 in the latest census, where the mayor and the council have a very different idea. Licenses for growing and processing marijuana will be issued starting next month, with Retail Stores likely opening in june. Different cities are taking different approaches. Were trying to be careful. We thought someone has got to be first. Kenmore is a city of 21,000. A suburb of seattle, on the north shore of lake washington. Mayor says that he wants to honor voter wishes but the city has to protect interests. When we receive funds from the federal government, we have to sign an affidavit that says were in full compliance with all state and federal laws. Marijuana will not be interfered with here and colorado. And dozens of cities, a moratorium is in place. So we want to get clarification and we want to make sure were doing things the right way, in full compliance with the law. Mayor baker is concerned that while pot sellers will have compliance the city will get no direct payment. And they will lose money if there are no added safety costs. Cities get nothing. And a very different approach. 150 miles south in the small city of North Bonneville. Were looking at ways to ensure the Public Health and safety, but try to make sure that some of the revenue generated stays within the community. Mayor don stevens is not worried about the collision between the state and federal law. Here, the city wants to run its own pot store. If we get started from the start, we can more input in what goes on. North bonneville is the only city in the state that applied for a license to sell. Were focused on doing it correctly and safe, and how we can use the profits that we make to better the community. Lawyers specializing in pot loss say that trying to get clarification from washington d. C. Is a waste of time. My add rice is for the cities to it stop waiting. Kenmore and North Bonneville, two cities on two different tracks as the new world of legalized pot comes at them at highspeed. And they have set up a Public Development authority, an agency to manage the pot store and distribute any profits. A way of putting a buffer between the politics and the business of selling marijuana. And also, the county where we are has just two Retail Stores allotted to it. And other people have applied for those licenses, so North Bonneville doesnt know right now and wont for a month or so, if theyre in business or not. The tale of two cities, it depends on who you talk to, and what does it cost to start one of these stores . And is this going to create jobs . Well, they figure here in North Bonneville, its going to cost about 70,000 to retro if i want the building this they have selected and approved as a site. So 70 grand to get started. And yes, they tell me there will be one fulltime position, and five parttime, so since job slots connected to the marijuana selling operation if they in fact get their license. Allen, in Washington State, thank you. In. A federal judge in oklahoma said that the ban on samesex marriage is unconstitutional. Violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. But samesex marriages wont be done yet. Its on hold until an appeal in utah is decided. A hightech city in india nearly stopped in its tracks. Actually embedded in china in 5th century bc. And its popular around the world. And in india, 85,000 people attended this years traditional kite festival. Its a huge event, marking the end of winter and the beginning of harvest season. In india for more on that celebration. The night before the big day, its a festive atmosphere. For this festival, the kite market is open all day and all night long. By morning, its easy to see why. Most households stop work to celebrate the kite flying tradition. [ speaking chinese ] i woke up early to fly kites all day. Its a lot of fun. [ speaking chinese ] compared to the past, we now have music systems and better kite strings, so its more fun now. We bring snacks up to the terrace and fly kites all day. They fill the sky. It seems the whole city lives on the rooftops today. They even help some families make ends meet. The whole family gets together to make kites. Even the kids when theyre not at school help out. It earns extra money for the household. The popularity has even sparked an International Kite festival the day before the event. A way of boosting the International Tourism to the state. Not everyone flies kites. Some spend all day selling them. Were all too busy during the festival to fly kites ourselves, and we get together the next day to do it. On this day, whatever their background, whatever their age, everyone in the city heads for the roof. While modern technology is filled this way in every part of indian life, this is the one time of year where everyone puts down their phones and video games, and heads for tradition. In indonesia. More than 25,000 people have fled their homes following a series of violent volcano eruptions. It has been dormant for hundreds of years, and now its on the highest level of alert. In indonesia on the end of the pacific ring of fire, it has 30 active volcanoes, and its more than any other country. Coming up tonight, arrested and tortured for being gay. One countrys new law making samesex marriage punishable. And a statue in a california park, stirring controversy between east and west. Ill be back in just a minute. Welcome back to al jazeera america. Im john in new york and here tonight are the top stories, another apology from the governor of new jersey and giving the state of the state address today and mistakes have been made but the scandal is not doing to define nor the state. The polls reopening in egypt on voting about the new constitution. 11 people died in the fights. Israels minister of defense is apologizing for the efforts of the peace agreement. The official