Transcripts For ALJAZAM Your World This Morning 20151229

Sleet and freezing rain of the season this morning and follows days of weather misery around the country that left more than two dozen people dead in several states and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. The southeast is dealing with rain and in texas the people there cleaning up from deadly tornados and causing chaos for air travelers and we have more. Reporter drivers are hearing warnings of a dangerous commute in several parts of the country from illinois to massachusetts where the first snow of the season is falling this morning. First storm of the year with a lot of accidents and hopefully they will be minor. Reporter anything but minor across much of the u. S. Already this week, high winds and icy roads created dangerous conditions in wisconsin. In missouri deadly flood water swept through homes, washed away rvs and shut down major highways and new mexico declared a state of emergency after heavy snow left behind snow drifts measured by the foot, one couple was trapped in their car 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. My wife was shivering and shaking and i got in the drivers seat and full of snow from trying to dig out and we cuddled together. Reporter delayed and stranded at airports. Stranded in the airport for 50 hours. Reporter almost 3,000 flights and cancelled and a thousand more today, the weather system spawned more tornados in northern florida and arkansas. Drive. Get on the gas and go. Reporter cleanup is underway near dallas, texas where a string of tornados left miles of splintered homes in debris and tried to reach his sisters car and couldnt. I watched my sister lay upside down for hours. Reporter Severe Weather is blamed for at least 11 deaths over the weekend in texas. Al jazeera. Want to bring in metrologist kevin for more on this dangerous storm and in the northeast the problem is ice and snow. It moved out of the midwest to the northeast and that is what we are dealing with today and today is the last day we will have to deal with the system. And it will clear out. This is what it looked like and snow across the great lakes and now dealing with the northeast as well as the east coast. I want to take you to the northeast because that is where the big problem is delays for the commuters today. And the temperatures look like this boston 33. But wait until you see the area of purple where we see those below temperatures and that is where the problems on the roads are. Take a look at what we are looking at now. Around boston for example north on highway 93 south on highway 93 as well as highway 90 the road travel is anywhere between 2540 Miles Per Hour in some locations. So its a very slow go in morning across much of that area. Come back and ill show you where that sleet is. Where you see the purple and pink areas that is where that mix of rain as well as icing is. Lets go a little closer in. For new york we are dealing with rain. There was a little bit of snow last night when the temperatures came down but if you go up to connecticut and massachusetts as well as Hudson Valley is where the big problem is and then if you go more to the north, vermont, New Hampshire and into maine that is where we will see the snow and we are going to be seeing anywhere between 11 half feet of snow over the next day and accumulation of sleet is a big problem across much of new england as well as new york and pennsylvania. That is going to continue probably for the rest of the late morning. Remember when people were complaining about the 70s on christmas eve. Its gone. Yes, thank you very much. A grand jury has cleared two Police Officers in the shooting death of tamir rice and been described as a tragedy but not a crime by the cleveland prosecutor and Al Jazeera John reports. Reporter no charges for the two police officered involved in the death of tamir rice the 12yearold boy shot when he reached for a pellet gun in november of last year and prosecutors said he agreed with the grand jurys decision. Given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that day the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. Reporter the weapon he had was a realistic copy of a real pistol. In a Statement Issued through their attorney the rice family accused the prosecutor of abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to get the outcome he wanted. The Statement Reads tamirs family is saddened and disappointed by this outcome but not surprised. A shooting led to protests in the city and was one of the key events in 2014 that led to the nationwide black lives Matter Movement along with the deaths of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner in Staten Island new york and the mayor appealed for calm once the grand jury finished his work i want to say to the family and mother in particular we are sorry for their loss and we know that it has been a long process but we do not intend to add to whatever and thighty or agony they feel in terms of the process. Reporter the police chief says now criminal proceedings are over his next priority is an internal investigation. Now that the county grand jury has concluded, we start our administrative process in this matter with both of the officers involved. We are going to reconvene our Critical Incident review committee. That committee will look at this incident from start to finish. Reporter the u. S. Attorney in cleveland says the department of justice and the f. B. I. Are still reviewing the shooting. John with al jazeera, new york. In chicago officer Jason Van Dyke is going to be arraigned today on charges of murder in connection with the shooting of mcdonald and facing six counts of first degree murder in connection with that 2014 shooting. The dash cam video showing van dyke shooting him 16 times as he was veering away from officers and mcdonald was armed with a knife when he was shot and killed. And chicagos mayor cutting his Family Vacation to cuba short dealing with another Police Shooting two people were killed one of which officers admit was by accident and betty jones killed by a stray bullet after police got in an altercation with laguir and filing a wrongful death lawsuit. After a week long search the young man known as the afluenza teen captured in mexico and couch arrested yesterday for violating probation. Two years ago coach killed four pedestrians driving drunk and claims he suffered afluenza and so wealthy and spoiled he could not tell the difference between right and wrong and plead guilty and sentenced to ten years of probation. The judges decision not to give couch jail time was controversial. Cannot abort a planned parenthood license a federal judge ruled they treated the clinic harshly because of political pressure and mondays ruling gives the clinic more time to find a doctor to perform abortion and admitting privileges at a local hospital. Al jazeera investigation into performanceenhancing drugs is in the spotlight and includes the claims of a pharmacist who interned at an antiaging clinic in indiana. The clinic shipped human growth here hormone and includes the dates charlie sly worked at the clinic in indianapolis and we have this report. Reporter when collins first met charlie sly as part of al jazeeras investigation sly immediately demonstrated his knowledge of drugs. Offering liam a metabolic ban in sport and in seven different meetings and more of 27 hours of recorded conversations sly opened up about his contact with athletes. Statements he now denies. His most controversial allegation is that when he did part of his pharmacy training at an antiaging clinic in indianapolis Human Growth Hormone was shipped to Peyton Mannings wife. All the time we are sending Ashley Mannings drugs all the time everywhere like florida and not under his name but under her name. Reporter sly was only there in 2013 they claim after the mannings moved away to colorado not 2011 as al jazeera originally reported. Now al jazeera is releasing the phone call we made almost a month ago to confirm the dates of slys rotation. Thank you for calling the Guyer Institute of molecular medicine. This is heather can i help you. Hello i wonder if you can yes i need to do an employment verification on a gentleman called charles sly. He is a pharmacist and i believe he did a rotation with you, is that right do you know him . Yes. Could you possibly give me the precise dates . I can. It will be just a minute. Thank you. Uhhuh. Remain on the line. A representative will assist you momentari momentarily. The start date we have where we find for him is 1017 of 11. Sorry 101711 and do you know how long he stayed with you . A couple months like three months maybe. Great. All right that is great and sounds like you know him then yes, i knew him when he was here. Reporter that was a month ago. Now dr. Dale guyer who never responded to al jazeeras request for comment says charlie sly has fabricated his whole story and sly says everything he said when he didnt know he was being recorded was untrue. Peyton manning has issued his own angry denial saying he has never used performanceenhancing drugs. However, the allegation in the program the growth hormone was shipped from the guyer clinic to Ashley Manning has not been denied by Peyton Manning or the clinic that leaves several key questions to be answered, was growth hormone shipped to Ashley Manning and if so over what period and in what quantitys. And can they confirm Ashley Manning does not suffer from any of the three serious medical conditions for which it is legal to prescribe growth hormone . If she does not it raises the question has the Guyer Institute broken the law . David davies al jazeera washington. We spoke to deborah the al jazeera journalist who investigates the story and defends the reporting and asked if its fair she relied heavily on one source. Well the recanted statement of charlie sly is a short 54 seconds saying i didnt say what you caught me saying when i didnt realize you were recording me so you have to take a call on his credibility in the under cover and his credibility in the recanting. If we had any doubts on what he was telling us was not the truth we would not have recorded it and included it in the program. Now according to usa today the nfl responded to the al jazeera report and saying it is reviewing the matter, Human Growth Hormone is part of the story but what is hgh . Human growth hormone is produced in the brain and it fuels growth in childhood, as we age hgh maintains tissues and organs but middle age the levels start to drop so the big question when is it legal to use the synthetic version of hgh, its a Prescription Medication and fda makes the rules and in children it treats short stature and poor growth and conditions and adults it is approved for three things hgh sufficiency with tumors on the gland and its rare and another use for hgh is short bowel syndrome by an intestinal disease or surgery to remove part of the intestine testify tin and used for hiv and aids and antiaging on bodybuilding and the use of hgh not approved by the fda and prescribing it is illegal and ban by olympics and sports leagues including nfl but how well they test for it that is another matter. Last night Denver Broncos secured a spot defeating the bengals 2017 and we were in denver to see if paytons fan base is sill supporting the legendary quarterback. Missed the sixth straight game monday as he recovers from a foot injury and knowing he wouldnt play so many fans still told us they showed up here just in the hopes of getting a glimpse of him or perhaps getting an autograph. In these friendly confines the only thing tougher than finding a needle in a hn hay stack is finding a fan who believes the allegations against Peyton Manning. Look what he has done and dragging him through the mud. Ive been a fan of his for as long as i can remember. What do you make of all this controversy that came out the last couple days . I dont believe i t. Payton it, he does things the right way and trying to pick on him and bring him down and its not fair, do it in the right court and dont drag him out. If it were not true would it matter to you . It would. He is my favorite player and why we are here of course and give less merit with me and like i said i think holding at face value i believe what he says and believe he is innocent. Of course the fans got a chance to watch him warm up with the team before monday nights game and multiple reports that his foot is improved so much that he might actually practice with the team at some point this week. But all of this good news for manning and his fans comes against the back drop of a possible investigation by the league. John henry smith in denver, manning is one victory from setting a new record for most wins by a starting quarterback and the injured manning may have to wait to the playoff and they say oswiler will be the quarterback for the regular season game. Prison sentence. Former israeli olmert sentenced behind bars for bribery. Identity crisis and chinese are being pushed out of china towns across the nation. There has been a deadly blast in northwest pakistan this morning. Near a Government Office north of the capitol city islamabad and 12 were killed and Dozens Injured and someone on a motor bike drove in the gate and blew themselves up and the worst since the School Massacre a year ago. Vows to take mosul from i. S. I. L. After victory in ramadi and this morning alabadi visited the city one day after proclaiming the last i. S. I. L. Fighters had been driven out and ramadi had been under i. S. I. L. Control since may and we are live in erbill, iraq, good morning is the fight in ramadi over or are the celebrations premature . Well, the battle is over we can say but the fight still continues. In ramadi the strategic victory that has been claimed in the last couple of days is over a government compound. This complex houses the Anbar Police Headquarters the preventel buildings and this compound is held by whoever controls the city. Having said that i. S. I. L. Is still present in downtown ramadi, in eastern ramadi and in northern parts of ramadi where iraqi forces have been trying for months to infiltrate and enter through the river. They still have not been able to do that. So there is a claim of victory. There is a lot of jub escalation and iraqi forces have every right to jubilate and be proud of what they have done because this is the first time iraqi forces themselves have taken on an offensive and completed it to an extent where they can claim victory over the city. Backed by u. S. Air strikes in the operation, how challenges will be it for Government Forces to keep control of ramadi especially given these pockets of i. S. I. L. Fighters that you describe . Its going to be very hard. They are up against an unconventional enemy. I. S. I. L. Has been planting bombs on the roadside which we have seen in other places as well and also been rigging houses with explosives and in addition to that it also left suicide bombers in some buildings where they lie and wait, waiting for the Security Forces to come into try to clear the building and then they blow themselves up so we are hearing reports that they have been some explosions in houses and there have been some injuries on the iraqi side and there the fight is still going on. Coalition air strikes have been very, very useful for the Iraqi Military to try and enter the city because its for the first time they have launched major offensive with conventional methods ie the forces go in and try to fight i. S. I. L. , if they get pinned they face stiff resistance and call for air support and the air support we heard more than 600 air strikes by the coalition has helped the Iraqi Forces Advance to where they have gotten to now. Reporting live from erbill, iraq, thank you. Lets talk to someone who knows it well, ambassador to iraq under president obama and also served as Deputy National security advisor to president George W Bush and is in washington and thanks for being with us clearly most military minds say ramadi could have been taken sooner by u. S. Forces but iraqi forces raising the flag and occupying a government complex in ramadi is that saying that the obama strategy is finally bearing fruit . That is a tough question. Its always good for local forces to be involved because they must hold the city and by local forces we are talking not just about the iraqi army but the anbar police and sunni arabs from the region. On the other hand particularly in some of the bigger fights that we will have in the future and raqqa and syria and in mosul you do need to move forward quickly against an foe as dangerous as i. S. I. S. And means the more american combat and involvement being Ground Troops or advisors up front or be it more effective air strikes the better. One reason that this battle was won is the United States changed dramatically the quantity and quality of air support and other advisory efforts. Ambassador, you maintain that the world cant wait for the obama strategy to take hold because it is a slow going strategy to say the very least but let me push back on that didnt be in a hurry get us to iraq in the first place and why not wait and take our time this time . We are in a hurry to take down the saddam regime, that was done successfully with very, very few casualties. We then launched ourselves on a tenyear i was in iraq twice in three years and tenyear nation building exercise under fire. Something like that is going to get you in trouble. That is not what this is about. I. S. I. S. Is many things but the most significant thing it is right now is a military threat to the region and to the rest of the world, that requires military force, everything should be on the table. So can we take out that military threat without then moving into the nation building segment that got the United States bogged down for so many years in iraq as you described . If you want to resolve the middle east which is a full zerand yes you will have to do that. Rather my prescription is deal with the military manifestations and the terrorist manifestations of the under lying social and cultural and problems of the middle east and leave the region with some outside assistance when requested to try to resolve these issues on its own because we cannot make this region look like scandanavia. Is that part of the problem they dont want u. S. Forces there . They dont want u. S. Ground forces to remain for any significant time in a country. That looks like occupation. That is not what i or others are recommending. We have Ground Forces right now training the iraqis. 3500 of them. Nobody has a problem with that because its a clear and present threat. Once the clear and present threat goes away or is defeated once the United States is involved in some nation building and a program then people rise up and they rebel. But for now we are talking about ramadi, do you see this as a major change of momentum in the fight against i. S. I. L. . Any victory is significant. This is a significant one because first of all it showed that the United States is capable of changing its strategy which was basically very similar to going after the alqaeda people earlier. Secondly, that we can mobilize sunni arabs at least in the providence and thirdly Government Forces can do the job without the involvement of the much hated and feared shia malitias we have seen in other areas so these three areas are all successes. Whether we can apply this to the much bigger battles of mosul and raqqa we will have to wait and see. James jeffrey joining us from washington d. C. Ambassador thank you very much for being with us. Thank you. Tons of irans low uranium on the way to russia and 25,000 pound shipment will fill a key provision in the agreement reached in july and promised to ship out of the low enriched uranium with not enough fuel to quickly produce a nuclear weapon. Moving forward in moving the infrastructure and inapplicable existing core of the reactor and iaea will verify the steps and more and continuing its own preparation for the extensive monitoring and verification regime of irans entire nuclear program. John kerry called the shipment one of the most significant steps taken so far to fulfill commitments and Nuclear Agreement is scheduled to take effect in a matter of weeks. So many pieces to the puzzle. Sanctions released could come soon for iranians. Straight ahead a heartwarming welcome. Take a look at that a family of a syrian boy whose body sparked outrage now arriving in canada. Starting over massive floods leave thousands of people with no place to call home. You did your research. Youre one of the most prepared journalists ive ever known. Go inside the lives of musical icons. I was given a gift. I think ive used it well. I want the ballet world to be given the respect that it deserves. And global activists. I feel compelled to do it, because if i dont do it, whos going to do it. Revealing conversations you wont find anywhere else. June the firth snow, sleet and freezing rain left two dozen people dead in several states. In texas, people are still cleaning up from deadly tornadoes. The storms are causing chaos or air travelers. No charges in last years Fatal Shooting of tamir rice, a cleveland grand jury not indicting the two officers involved, the prosecutor saying the evidence did not indicate any criminal conduct by police. The 18yearold known as the of a fluency does teen is in custody in mexico. Ethan couch violated probation after disappearing with his mother earlier this month. Two years ago, he was convicted of manslaughter after killing four pedestrians while driving drunk. The teen is expect to be turned over to the u. S. Marshalls service. Prime minister omart was sentenced to six years in 2016, reduced by the security. He was convicted of bribery over a real estate deal while he served as mayor of jerusalem. Al jazeera has the latest. Shortly after the ruling, he spoke to the media in which he said that a weight had been lifted off his shoulders by this ruling, by the courts which found that he was not involved in the major aspects of bribery and corruption involving the socalled holy Land Real Estate development affair, saying that he was not involved in that major corruption. However, i of course, has been told that he will serve 18 months in jail for his involvement in a bribery scheme involving a differently real estate plan. He said while he accepted the courts ruling, he still denied ever taking any money. His legacy has been commented or will be cemented from the 15 of january of next year. He served at Prime Minister in 2009. He is going to be the first to go to prison. He should begin that sentence ins mid february. Developments in belgium overnight where two people suspected of plotting a new years eve attack were arrested. Police found military clothing and isil propaganda materials but no weapons. A total of six were taken in for questioning, four have been released. Belgium has been the focal point of investigations following the paris attacks. Two of the attackers had been living in belgium. The w. H. O. Declared guinea free of ebola. The deadly virus killed more than 2500 people in that nation. Sierra leone was declared ebola free in november, but new cases emerged in liberia which had been declared ebola free in september. It is considered ebola free once the last known case tested negative for a second time. All this week, we are looking back at the most important stories of 2015 and one of the biggest was the renewed diplomatic releases between the u. S. And cuba. When you look at this past year, this is probably going to go down as one of the most historic years in terms of the relations between these two countries, dating back to 1959 or 1961 and 19 certificate three when the embargo was first you put in place. Americans can go there now without interference or permission from the treasury department. As a business person, you can go down there and actually look at potentially hire cuban employees, something that was never possible before, you had to get permission by the treasury department. You look at telecommunications, if you have a verizon phone or sprint phone, you can use it in cuba. That was something you could never do before. Just day to day interaction with the Business Community in south florida, this is starting to grow in a way that we havent seen in half a century. Not all change is good. Theres always a concern someone has been left behind. Is all the change good . Dependency who you ask. Cuba was the third rail of american politics. You dont touch that unless you get burned in president ial politics. The aging Cuban Community down in miami and elsewhere have really made florida this key critical swing state. Recent polling indicated that that group is not as potent a voting force anymore, but there are other aspects of this as well. The United States has had away entering migration policy. Theyve allowed refugees from cuba to seek political asylum to basically be guaranteed citizenship, so the called west foot dry foot policy. That policy might end, so all of the cubans that had plans to come to the United States are starting to uptick their plans in trying to get here. Its created a new dynamic in terms of how that policy plays out on the ground. Food is a big factor, big chunks of imports coming from the United States. A lot of people dont know this, but cuba since the early 1990s, mid 1990s under the Clinton Administration became, well, they basically looked to the beyond as their number one food importer. You had had to symbiotic relationship in terms of american Agricultural Producers very much tied to the cuban state. Thats changed over the years, but theyre still heavily reliant on that. Going forward, its not necessarily that theyre going to import more, because weve seen imports decline, but the idea of bringing micro finance that is starting to come into the country, the idea that Cuban Agricultural farmers might be able to tap into a showroom that john deer opens up in havana will start to change the equation and the nature of the cuban economy. What about the areas where the beyond has given the green light but not signed off yet in havana . Theres been a lot of these. The embassy, of course, cuba being removed from state sponsored terrorism list, but other aspects, the claims issue a big one. The exchange of fugitives, how cuba in practice will go back and forth with the United States when it comes to those type of deals, but also American Companies have the ability to embroach these changes, the embargo i says still in place, but they have to get past cuban approval here. You still have to go through the cuban government to hire an employee. You want to open a small shop in cuba or do business with a cuban entrepreneur, a lot of that still has to go through the cuban government. Its important to keep that in context, because the cuban economy is still largely run by the army. The political hot potato that represents for americans to do business with the cuban army, the company they try to set up in havana is going to be difficult to score especially in president ial politics. You lived in cuba for two years. Did you ever think youd see the American Flag flying over havana . I moved to cuba in 2009 right after the election of barack obama. During that time, there was all this ground swell of hope and the possibility of change out up in that rhetoric. At that time, alan gross, the u. S. Contractor was detained and that kind of all went away. Now that hes been reds, now that this rapprochement in relation is starting to take hold, you see a cuba ive never seen before, people on the street who were very cautious about talking about to journalists are being much more open about how they think about the castro government. It seems like anything is on the table at this point, but the politics always play into it. A family of Syrian Refugees is waking up this morning in canada. They are relatives of the syrian toddler whose death last summer prompted anger around the world. Al jazeeras Allen Schauffler has the story. At Vancouver International airport monday, a family reunion, greeting her older brother, muhammed, his wife and five children, just a few of the thousands of Syrian Refugees being welcomed to canada. Thank you, canada. Thank you, everyone. But there is misery mixed with joy for this family. Another brother, abdullah lost his wife and two sons trying to get to greece. Though drowned off the coast of turkey in september. The images of 3yearold alans body being recovered prompted outrage around the world and helped raise awareness of the hundreds of thousands of people streaming out of syria, iraq and afghanistan. It thrust this syrian born hairdresser who has lived in canada since 1992 into the international spotlight. It changed my life. I am nobody, just a normal person. Its not he said. Its the most emotional, the hard thing i ever done in my life. Since the tragedy in september, she has traveled abroad with the Human Rights Organization avaz and met with u. N. Officials, publicizing little flight of issueian refugees. A go fund me page will help kurd. On and her husband with expenses as they move muhammed and his family into their home in vancouver. He will work as a basher in her new salon and as this family adjusts to a new life, her joy is tempered by nearly five years of civil war in her native country and war throughout the region. Enough already. Enough suffering, enough people dying. I want to tell the world stop the war. Canada is expected to accept 50,000 Syrian Refugees by the end have 2016. Allen schauffler, al jazeera, vancouver, british columbia. Switching gears to weather, kevin told us about it yesterday, now we are seeing flooding in parts of the south and pretty bad. Thats right. Almost every state in the south is dealing with some sort of flooding. We have been seeing five days of rain across the region. This is the warm partly of the storm dumping rain. The frontal boundary is across the eastern seaboard but that does not mean the flooding is over. We have standing water across much of this area. I want to show you the areas that are right now under flood warnings. Were talking the carolinas, georgia, alabama, all the way towards the accident. As well as i want to take you up towards parts of missouri, st. Louis, as well as on the Mississippi River and the Mississippi River has flood gauges. I want to show you what has looks to like. At st. Louis, the Mississippi River has entered moderate flood stage right now. Its expected to go up to major flood stage tomorrow and thats going to be probably about another six or seven feet. Its going to be longer for them, because were going to be seeing them downstream. What were going to see here is a record major flooding going on across the region, 48. 5 feet for cape gerardo. If theres not a levee there, we are going to be seeing a lot of flooding around that region. For the next few days, were still going to be having rain across the east coast on wednesday. The storm by thursday is out of the picture. Look at the forecast map on thursday. We have a little bit of lake effect snow going on here across the great lakes but for the rest of the United States, we are looking mostly clear. Temperatures are back tonearmal towards the west and midwest. We are still looking quite warm across much of the eastern say board with new york seeing 50 degrees, that he didnt 69 degrees. As we go towards thursday, new york is still about 51 degrees. Back to you guys. Kevin corriveau, thank you. The u. S. Is not the only area dealing with Severe Weather. South america is experiencing some of the worst flooding it has seen in decades. More than 100,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. We have the story. On a boat on the streets of concordia, jorge is trying to make it back to the house he left to escape the flooding. This was my mothers house, my brothers house. Everything is underwater. It is located in the province, but the flooding is not just happening here, but also in paraguay, uruguay and brazil. The el nino phenomenon is reported to be strong this year and scientists fear this may lead to the worst affects in 15 years. Ive lost everything. Im so angry, so frustrated. I work every day to try to get something, but then this happens and everythings gone. Were on the second floor of this house. This area is completely flooded. This is the poorest area in this city and many are afraid of leaving their property, because they fear that whatever they have left will be stolen. Argentinas new president visited the affect areas and claimed that argentina and the region will have to get ready to fight a changing climate. This frequency we are seeing in rainfall in the rise of water has everything to do with Climate Change. We have to use less energy and water and take care of the environment. He also said that the way to mitigate effects of Climate Change is by building more infrastructure. Thats what people here have been waiting for years, around 10,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in concordia. Many leave on the river banks because it is cheaper and they have nowhere else to go. She has been living here for weeks. It will be months before she can go back home. We are very thankful for all the help we are getting but what we really need is a house far from the water. My children are sick. We have nothing left. People here say that they are used to floods, but this is the first time they have been forced out of their homes. Flooding in argentina is affecting the most vulnerable, and many here say that only Government Action can help them deal with the effect of Climate Change. Al jazeera, concordia, argentina. Another powerful storm system moving through the United Kingdom this morning, northwestern england and south and Central Scotland expected to be hit the hardest. Flood warnings have been posted in england and wales. All of them drenched by heavy rain this weekend. It has produced a record breaking month of rain for most have the u. K. When we come back, protecting animal rights. The move to crack down on animal cruelty is one way to keep humans safe. Hail to the chief, a repeat honor for president obama. The first statewide animal abuse registry in the u. S. Is about to go into effect. Beginning friday, anyone convict of animal abuse in tennessee will be publicly identified. As al jazeeras robert ray reports, the move is expect to have a Crime Fighting effect. An animal is abused every 10 seconds in the United States, according to the American Society for the prevention of cruelty, tw to animals. Decreasing animal abuse can reduce overall crime rates and thats the idea of making information about convicted animal abusers public. Incidents allegation came from there were several times that we had been received reports of someone literally going into a store, getting or to a shelter, adopting numerous puppies and actually either torturing or killing those animals. State senator Jeff Yarborough sponsored the bill that goes into effect new years day. You look at the documented link between animal cruelty and cruelty to humans, that, you know, what happens with domestic abuse, what happens with just violence in our communities and neighborhoods, this is something that we want to put an end to when we can. The registry is expected to help the f. B. I. And other agencies identify trends and patterns. In fact, the f. B. I. Added animal cruelty to a top tier crime list, along with arson, burglary, kidnapping and murder. Among the information to be released, the name and photo of the convicted abuser. Theres no telling how many abused animals are out on the streets, or in homes, but we do know this, when theyre picked up, many of them are brought here to the largest shelter in nashville. This shelter holds up to 400 animals at a time, some of them picked up roaming the streets, others neglected and abused by their owners. Oftentimes that can escalate to violence against humans, as well. I believe this registry is really going to help Law Enforcement as well as animal control agencies trying to make sure that we are keeping these people off the streets. The registry will also allow shelters to identify abusers looking to adopt animals for activities like dog fighting. For us, we see neglect. We see dogs not given the appropriate care and attention that they need. We see people that shoot dogs. Convicted animal abusers information will remain on the registry for two years following a first offense and five years following a second one. Several states have tried unsuccessfully to pass bills creating a registry for animal abusers. While a database has been established by this type at a local level such as in new york, there are none on the state level until now. Robert ray, al jazeera, nashville. Thats robert ray. Fans of motor head are mourning the loss of its lead singer this morning. He died of cancer. He was 70 years old. His bad announced that he learned of the disease back on december 26. He formed motor head in 1975. He was the only constant member as the singer in basis,ed band releasing 23 studio albums, best known for their single ace of spades. For the eighth time, president obama tops a list, 17 of americans surveyed said he is the man living anywhere in the world they admire the most. Pope francis and donald trump each had 5 . Hillary clinton toms the list for women for a record 20t 20th time. In second place, Malala Yousafzai with 5 , Oprah Winfrey had 4 . Many living in homes in places called chinatown, but they are disappearing. When jenny came to washington, d. C. 20 years ago from china, she chose to live in the tight knit ethnic enclave of chinatown to hold on to some of her cultural heritage. Today, chinatown is fast disappearing. The famous chinese gate over the main avenue only remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. Its about the people. At one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washingtons chinatown. Today, only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone, their believe being replaced, jenny to be econvicted so a luxury condo can be built. Most of the people has live here, we all have jobs, but even though we all have jobs, we dont have as much money as them, but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. Theyre victims of whats called gentrification as the city develops and the wealthy move in. According to one study, northern chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that of the 15 large chinatowns in america, only three still remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. A chain in a town is not just where the people reside. Chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, its been built. When chinese are pushed out, it breaks up cultural cohesion of the community and threatens traditions. In new york, people are fighting back. In some ways, new york city has been one of the lone Success Stories of people taking to the streets to fight back against development, because everybody here knows once the heart, soul and original character of their chinatown is gone, it likely will never come back. In washington, jenny knows this and is deeply saddened. My sister tells me to come back to china, but i dont want to go back. Looking out at a chain in a town that she now barely recognizes. Al jazeera, new york. Gent representative occasion, you see it nat africanamerican communities and also among artists communities, theyre being forced out. We need to report on that it so we can know when it is gentrification, when it is good for a city, bad for a city. Pleasers not indicted in the death of tamir rice. Promising to defeat isil in 2016, now that the army has recaptured ramadi, the next fight in the group. We are back in two minutes with more of your world this morning. Well see you then. Elderly americans addicted to painkillers prescribed by doctors. Have you ever thought about going off of your painkiller dosage . No. I dont know if id have the courage to stop it. But is it leading to abuse more than its helping. He would prescribe what he felt was appropriate. The result, she died. Faultlines checks into rehab to investigate whos responsible for the hidden epidemic. I was just doin what the doctors told me to do. A call for calm, clevelands peaceful reaction to the grand jury decision not to indict two officers in connection with the tamir rice shooting. In chicago, an officer is about to enter a plea to charges in a shooting death of a black teen. A storm system dumping snow and aisles across parts of the northeast u. S. Special investigation, new details from our exclusive report on doping in sports. Good morning. It was a peaceful night of protest in cleveland where a grand jury decided that criminal charges will not be filed against two white Police Officers in the death of tamir rice. Clevelands prosecutor called the shooting a perfect storm of human error. The 12yearold was playing with a pellet gun last year when police approached him and then opened fire. We are live this morning in front of the courthouse in cleaved. Roxanna, how has the Community Responded so far . Del, last night, there was a small protest and were going to keep an eye out for more today. The grand jury has deepened a divide in the community. 11 side, you have people who agree not to indict the two officers with the death of tamir rice and others who say the whole process has been a big miscarriage of justice. No charges for the two Police Officers involved in the death of tamir rice, the 12yearold boy shot as he apparently reached into his waistband for a pellet gun in november of last year. The prosecutor said he agreed with the grand jurys decision. Simply put, given this perfect storm of human error, mistakes and miscommunications by all involved that dave, the evidence did not indicate criminal conduct by police. The weapon tamir rice had was a realistic looking copy of a real pistol. In a statement, the rice family accused the prosecutor of abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to get the outcome he wanted, saying tamirs family is saddened and disappointed by this outcome, but not surprised. The shooting of tamir rice led to protests in the city and was one of the key events in 2014 that led to the nationwide black lives Matter Movement, along with the deaths of Michael Brown in ferguson, missouri and eric garner issue Staten Island, new york. The mayor of cleaved appealed for calm now that the grand jury has finished its work. I want to say to the family, the mother in particular, that we are sorry for their loss, we know that it has been a long process, but we do not intend toed a to whatever anxiety or agony that they feel in terms of the process. The police chief says now criminal proceedings are over, his next priority is an internal investigation. Now that the county grand jury has concluded, we start our administrative pros in this matter with both the officers involved. We are going to reconvene our review committee. The democratic which justice and f. B. I. Are still reviewing the shooting. One thing everybody seems to agree on here, del, is that this shooting of this 12yearold boy was definitely a tragedy. Was there anything surprising that came out of the report stemming from the case . Del, both in the report and in a News Conference yesterday, the Prosecution Team released a picture of the pellet gun that tamir rice had on that him when he was shot, and that pellet gun is remarkably similar to the pistol that it is supposed to replicate. The safety tip, the orange safety tip that was on the replica gun, however, was removed. Reporting live from the Cleveland Court house for us today, thank you very much. Chicagos mayor ram maam is cutting his Family Vacation to cuba short to deal with another Police Shooting. He is due back in the city later today. Police say betty jones was accidentally killed after police got into what Authorities Say was a confrontation with a 19yearold, the teen was also shot and killed by police. His father has already filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Emmanuels Approval Rating has fall to know 18 in recent weeks. Another high profile shooting in chicago has an officer facing a judge this morning. Jason van dyke will be arraigned in the shooting death of Laquan Mcdonald, facing six counts of first degree murder in the 2014 shooting. The dash cam video released just last month shows van dyke shooting mcdonald 16 times as he was veering away from officers. Police say mcdonald was armed with a knife when he was shot. We are live in chicago this morning. Andy, what do we expect to happen in court . Not guilty will be the plea today according to van dykes attorney. He says the video doesnt really show you what happened from van dykes perspective, although van dyke at the time said that he was back pedaling away from Laquan Mcdonald before he shot him, that mcdonald lunged at him. The videotape seems to contradict that. His Attorney Says theres no way he can get a fair trial here. The protests have cost the superintendent his job. That legal experts say could be unlikely, because the county is so broke that it would be tough to pay to move this to a whole different county to hear the trial. In the meantime, though, the family of Laquan Mcdonald is asking for a federal investigator to come oversee this trial if there is one, to make sure that it is held to its highest standard, because they dont believe they can get really a fair trial here, either. Stephanie. Since the video came out, the mayor has faced some calls to step down and now you have this domestic incident that ended in two people being killed by police. How has the mayor responded to that pressure . Well, hes been under a lot of criticism for really not saying much at all since he basically apologized for the Laquan Mcdonald case three weeks ago. Hes been really out of sight and out of mind. He did take this trip to cuba. He is flying back today, cutting his Family Vacation short. He is going to face a lot of criticism when he gets back. There is a protest planned on city hall thursday. Its interesting that this is the first Police Involved shooting over the weekend where an in cent woman was shot dead along with this young man wielding a baseball bat, the first Police Involved shooting since the Laquan Mcdonald video came out. It go ahead not have come at a worst time for the mayor. Even over the weekend when the families held a press conference, a vigil, they are all wearing tee shirts that said rahm failed us and those were the tame tee shirts that protestors have been wearing over the Laquan Mcdonald case. You can see these folks are galvanized in their effort to get the mayor to step down. Were going to have more from a Community Activist out of chicago later, thanks, andy. In israel, the former Prime Minister has been ordered to serve 18 months in jail. He had been sentenced to six years in jail by a lower court in 2015. Hes 70 years old, convicted of bobbery over a real estate deal while he served at mayor of jerusalem. There are developments in belgium where two suspected of plotting a new years eve attack are arrested. Police found military clothing and isil propaganda material, but no weapons. Authorities say six people were taken in for questionles. Four have been reds. Belgium has been a focal point of investigation following the paris attacks. Two of those attackers had been living in belgium. Iraqs Prime Minister vows to take mosul back from isil now that his military is claiming victory in ramadi. The Prime Minister visited ramadi one day after proclaiming the last isil fighters had been driven out. Ramadi had been under isil control since may. We have more from iraq. Iraqi foreign minister abadi has visited the city of ramadi a day after he declared a victory over i have the. The strategic victory in ramadi comes after Government Forces captured a key compound that held the anbar police headquarter, the council building. Isil is still present in downtown ramadi and in the eastern and northern parts of ramadi. In the northern parts, the Government Forces are trying to take two neighborhoods so they can cross over the Euphrates River and push isil out of those areas, as well. Iraqi forces have every reason to celebrate and be jubilant but they know the fight isnt over and it will take them sometime before they can completely clear the city of ramadi. Reporting from erbil. The Iraqi Military believes remaining isil fighters are heading northeast. Fighting is reported southwest of the government compound. Back in the u. S. , parts of the northeast of dealing with pretty dangerous driving conditions this morning, a winter storage bringing in icy rain and wind from New Hampshire. It left dozens dead. The Severe Weather is causing chaos for air travelers, as well. We have more. Drivers are hearing warnings of a dangerous commute in parts of the country from illinois to new he can gland where the first snow of the season was falling this morning. First storm of the year, theres a lot of accidents. Hopefully theyll be minor. Its been everything but minor across the u. S. This week. High winds andizey roads created dangerous conditions in wisconsin. In missouri, deadly floodwaters swept through homes, washed away r. V. s and shut down major highways. New mexico declared a state of emergency after heavy snow left behind snow drifts measured by the foot. One couple was trapped in their car for 20 hours until rescuers broke the windshield to free them. My wife was shivering and shaking. I got into the passenger seat, because the drivers seat was filled with snow from us trying to dig out. Air travelers have been stranded or delayed at airports. Ive been stranded now in the airport for 50 hours. There were almost 3,000 flights cab cred on monday across the ask you. And nearly 1,000 more today. The dangerous weather system spawned more tornadoes around northern florida and arkansas. Drive get on the gas and go cleanup is underway near dallas, where miles of splintered homes and debris were left. Juan rushed to save his sister. We tried. We had tons of guys try to flip it. I watched my sister lay upside down for hours. The Severe Weather is blamed for 11 deaths in texas. For the latest on this storm system, lets bring in meteorologist kevin soar voluntary. It does look cleared out of those areas we were talking about yesterday. Weve seen improving weather, except the flooding. Well get to that later in the hour. Its really the northeast thats dealing with the brunt of the storm. Whats left over of the storm is going to be pushing out by tomorrow, but today, its going to be sleet, its going to be a mix of rain, its going to be a lot of problems on the highways, as well as snow. Thats going to continue for about parts of maine, New Hampshire and vermont. I want to show you whats happening. The temperatures now are below freezing in most of new england, thats keying that frozen precipitation on the ground. Theres melting further south on the highways. As you go to the north, we do not have that melting. I want to show you what it looks like here and parts of massachusetts on the highways. This is just outside of boston, where the commute was fairly slow, depending on which highway you were on, really being affected is highway 93 north and south, as well as highway 90 going towards the west. At some point, it was less than 25 Miles Per Hour across that area. I want to show you across parts of new york right now. Were dealing with rain, the rain for the city is going to end probably about noon or 1 00. As you can see to the north, hardford is still under that mix of rain and sleet. Up towards boston, we are dealing with a mixture, as well. Nor New Hampshire, vermont and maine, today its going to be all snow and youre probably going to be seeing an accumulation of anywhere between eight to 12inches have snow there and for us here in new york then for the rest, for the sleet, its going to be about 11 00. The honeymoon is now over. Kevin, thank you very much. An al jazeera investigation into performance enhancing drugs remains in the spotlight this morning. The investigation includes the claim of a pharmacists who previously interned at an anti aging clinic in indiana. He said the clinic shipped Human Growth Hormone to the wife of Peyton Manning. We have the story. When undercover athlete liam collins first met charlie sly, sly immediately demonstrated his knowledge of drugs, offering liam an anabolic banned in sport. Over the next 12 days, in seven different meetings, more than 27 hours of recorded conversations, sly gradually opened up about his contacts with athletes. Statements he now denies. His most controversial allegation is when he did part of his pharmacy training at an anti aging clinic in indianapolis, Human Growth Hormone was shipped to Peyton Mannings wife. All the time we would be sending Ashley Manning drugs, all the time, everywhere, florida, it would never be underpay to knows name, always her name. Since then, the clinic claimed sly was only there in 2013, after the mannings moved to colorado, not 2011 as al jazeera originally reported. Now, al jazeera is releasing the phone call we made almost a month ago to confirm the dates of slys rotation. Thank you for calling Mcguire Institute of molecule ash medicine. I wonder if you can, yes, i need to do an employment verification on a gentleman calls charles sly. Hes a pharmacist and i will he did a rotation with you. Is that right, do you know him . Yes. Uhhuh. Could you possibly give me the precise dates . I can. It will be just a minute. Thank you. Uhhuh. Remain on the line. A representative will assist you momentarily. The start date we have where we signed for him was 10 17 11. Ok. Do you know how long he stayed with you . I think for a couple of months, like three months, maybe. Great. Sounds like you know him, then. Yes, i knew him when he was here. That was a month ago. Now, dr. Del guyer who never responded to al jazeeras request for comment says charlie sly has fabricate his whole story. Sly says everything he said when he didnt know he was being recorded was untrue. Peyton manning has issued his own angry denial saying hes never used performance enhancing drugs. However in the program, the growth hormone was shimmed from the guy clinic so Ashley Manning has never been denied by either Peyton Manning or the clinic. That leaves several key questions to be answered, was growth hormone shipped to Ashley Manning and if so, over what period and in what quantities and can they confirm Ashley Manning does not suffer from any of the three serious medical conditions for which its legal to prescribe growth hormone. If she does not, it raises the question ho the Guyer Institute broken the law. Deborah davis, al jazeera, washington. We talked to deborah davies, the journalists who investigated the story. She continues to defend her reporting. We asked if its fair to the athletes that she relied heavily on one source. The recanted statement of charlie sly is a short 54 seconds saying i didnt say what you caught me saying when i didnt realize you were recording me, so you have to take a call on his credibility in the undercover and his credibility in the recanting. If we have any doubts that what he was telling us was not the truth, we would not have recorded it and included it in the program. Coming up, well talk to a sports med sip expert about performance enhancing drugs and their role, if any, in pro sports. Still ahead, Chicagos Police under scrutiny. We talk with a Community Leader about the frustrations with that citys Police Department and what needs to change. In custody, the socalled affluenza teen is found after weeks on the run after skipping out on probation. Bring your family and friends together to discover the best shows and movies with xfinitys winter watchlist. Later on, well conspire as we dream by the fire a beautiful sight, were happy tonight watching in a winter watchlist land, watching in a winter watchlist land xfinitys winter watchlist. Watch now with xfinity on demand your home for the best entertainment this holiday season. We are following two important stories out of chicago this morning opinion the first, the arraignment of a Chicago Police officer in the shooting death of Laquan Mcdonald. He faces six charges of first degree murder in the 2014 shooting, dash cam video showed him shooting mcdonald 16 times. Mayor rahm emanuel is cutting his vacation short after the shooting death of a man and his mother during a police call over the weekend. I want to bring in the interim Vice President and c. E. O. For the chicago urban league, joining us from chicago. Good morning, thank you for being with us. What do you want to hear from the mayor today when he gets back . Well, i think the most important thing that the mayor has to do is to outline some plans about whats going to be done. Its clear that the structure and culture of the Police Department hasnt changed, that the outrage thats felt by the Community Around the shooting of Laquan Mcdonald and others and the accountability of our Police Officers is at issue, and we need to have a clear plan of whats going to happen next. Your organization, specifically is calling for an independent investigation into what happened over the weekend during this domestic call, and the independent Police Review authority is investigating. Arent they supposed to be that independent voice . They are supposed to be that independent voice, but obviously with Laquan Mcdonald case and with other cases that have been brought forward, they are not doing the job the way that it should be done and i think theres a call right now from the community and others to just say what are they doing, how cas under scrutiny and if theyre not able to do that right now, we really need to have someone external come in and take a look at whats going on with the police and their excessive use of force. That is happening, as well in light of what happened with mcdonald, the Justice Department is now investigating the entire chicago p. D. s practices. The chief of police was fired, and the head of ipra was actually replaced, so what more can be done as far as youre concerned . Each one of these are pieces and theyre pieces of a bigger problem. We have communities that are under siege by the police and by drugs and guns in the city of chicago, and we need to really take a look at it and see what generally needs to be done in the city, because that part of the city is dying. Talk more about that, that phrase you used, communities under siege, because gun violence continues to playing inner cities in chicago. Most of those killings are not at the hands of the police, so should Police Accountability really be the priority right now or the level of violence in general in your city . Well, i think in our city and in our cities, the use of guns creates an environment where people are solving problems by shooting first and asking questions later. I think part of this is about poverty and the symptoms of poverty, symptoms of segregating communities the way they have been all over the country, so chicago is the poster child for that right now. Its not the only city that has these problems, but little a city that we can really take a look at now and if we use this time, this moment in time thats very important where light is being shone on this, we can make some changes and solve a lot of problems. I want to talk about the issue which race and whether you believe racial bias plays into some of these Police Involved shootings and whether that is being addressed headon by the mayor and by the city. I think that we have done a lot to victimize the victims, so theres a narrative around when a policeman shoots an africanamerican young man, how that, it plays out in any city, because weve decided that their lives are not at worthwhile or as important as other lives, or that they are automatically gang bangers or theres some reason that the police should have shot them and that narrative has to change because we are destroying a pipeline of people who will contradict to the community if we give them education and housing and jobs and thats whats important. So many com opponent to say that. Thanks so much for sharing some of your insights with us this morning, appreciate it. Thank you. The search lasted weeks, now the young man known as the affluenza teen has been captured in mexico, arrested yesterday for vitals his probation. Two years ago, he killed four pedestrians driving drunk. His defense claimed he suffered from of a fluency does, meaning he was so wealthy he was spoiled and couldnt tell the difference between right and wrong. The state of missouri now told it cannot revoke a planned parenthood clinic abortion license. Mondays ruling gives the clinic more time to find a new doctor who will perform abortions and meets the state requirement of meeting admitting privileges at a hole hospital. Well talk about performance enhancing drugs and keeping athletes in the game. The challenges still facing millions of refugees and the relief some are finding this winter. Were the eyes and the ears here in the arctic, we wanna be prepared. As the ice recedes and potential danger builds, can science keep a step ahead of disaster . We cant go back if we have a significant accident. The oil will make its way into the ice. Techknows team of experts show you how the miracles of science. This is what innovation looks like. Can affect and surprise us. I feel like were making an impact. Lets do it. Techknow where Technology Meets humanity. Welcome back. Small protests held overnight in cleaved following the grand jury decision not to indict anyone in connection with the shooting death of 12yearold tamir rice. He had been playing with a pellet gun when police approached him and opened fire. Much of the northeast waking up to its first snow, sleet and phrasing rain for the season. Nearly 1,000 flights have been canceled this morning, the latest following days of misery in the southeast that left more than two dozen dead in several states. An al jazeera investigation into performance enhancing drugs remains in the spotlight. The investigation includes the claims of a pharmacist who previously interned at an anti aging clinic in indiana. He tells an undercover propertier that the clinic shimmed Human Growth Hormone to the wife of Peyton Manning. One point of contention remains the date that charlie sly worked at the clinic in indianapolis. John henry smith was in denver to see if Peyton Mannings fan base is still supporting the broncos legendary quarterback. Peyton manning missed his sixth straight game as he continued his recovery from a foot injury and yet knowing he wouldnt play, so many fans still showed up here just in the hopes of getting a glimpse of him or perhaps an autograph. In these friendly confines, the only thing tougher than finding a needle in a haystack was finding a fan who believed the questions that have been raised about Peyton Manning. I think its garbage. I think its sad. Look what hes done and theyre dragging him through the mud. Ive been a fan of his for as long as i can remember. What do you make of all this controversy that came out the last couple of days . I dont believe it. Paytons the kind of guy has works hard and does thins the right way. Somebodys picking on him, trying to bring him down. Thats not fair. Do it in the right court, dont just drag him out. If that was true, would it matter to you . It would. Hes my favorite player. Thats why were here. It would get less merit with me. I believe what hes, i believe hes innocent. Fans did get a chance to watch manning warm up with the team before monday nights game and there are multiple reports that his foot has improved so much that he might actually practice with the team at some point this week, but all of this good news for manning and his fans comes against the backdrop of a possible investigation by the league. Manning is one victory away from setting a record for most wins by a starting quarterback. The broncos coach said we willer will remain the quarterback for the final game of the season. Dr. , thanks for being with us. You were nod surprised. Not wholly. There are reports we hear about about Certain Health care professionals behind the lines that are providing athletes substances, many of which are banned. This goes on and there is a black market and the public needs to be aware of it. The expose does shine a lot about this. For many years, it was never agreed to be tested for and until this is the Players League not agreeing to test for it. Correct. Why wouldnt you agree to test for something if your players arent using it . Thats what this issue brings up, why wouldnt they be in agreement. Now there is an agreement in place that h. G. H. Is tested for especially by the nfl, it sets the tone for what is accepted and what is not. He we had a sports agent yesterday who suggested that there is a fine line between what is legal and what is considered to be doping in the nfl, is he right . Theres a clear list of substances which are banned, and there are at least 190 of them on multiple categories that wada and professional leagues ban. There are variations on these drugs and Many Companies manufacture the drugs with certain additives that help to sort of disguise features of the drug which can be tested for. Thats part of the issue, that there may be some chemical, in other words, someones trying to change the structure of the drug in order to avoid detection. Based on what you know, when you see a Football Game on sunday, how many of those athletes that walk off the field make it from sunday to the next sunday without having to take some type of pain killer, without having to do something to get their body to heal faster than say your body or my body . There are clear protocols by the leagues and were hoping to the players abide by these protocols. We dont know is the answer. If you go by the rosters and records kept by the teams, you would hope that the if i as i says, trainers are making sure there are no banned substances showing up. There is drug testing, urine testing to verify this. It is unknown and we would hope that they are not using banned substances. You maintain that the doctors testing for doping should be independent from the league. Is that the case now and what would happen if those doctors were independent, do you think anything would change . I think it would change. We need a different body, remove them from the payroll of the teams and leagues to make this a fair and balanced type of arrangement. We really need to have this situation in place so we know that the testing that goes on is fair and balanced. Again, all of the people involved in the story deny that they have done anything wrong. We need to point that out again. I want you, if you would with give me an example from your experience just how much pressure there is on a professional football player, a professional athlete now, so increase his performance by even that smallest percentage point. I think that always exists from the College Ranks on, that there always is that pressure to perform and that what is necessary is obviously hard work, but beyond that, theres always that desire to reach that special stage and is there an easier way to do it. I think many of the players realize that thats not, you know, its not acceptable to use banned substances, but some certainly think bit and that has to be removed from the culture of sports. Too we as a culture play a role by saying we want our athletes to be bicker, faster, stronger, break records every year but not do it in the framework they have to do it. I think our society does set that unrealistic expectation. We need to put everyone on the same playing level and clear the field at that point. We cant have this continue to go on. It hurts players, hurts families and disrupts the integrity of the league. Thank you for being with us. All of the athletes that are being mentioned in the broadcast have indicate that they have not done anything wrong, and it always bears pointing that out, because thats the one thing, the dialogue is because obviously the league needs it. Doctor, thanks for being with us. Tons of irans low enriched uranium is on its way to russia. The shipment is said to fulfill a key provision in the Nuclear Agreement reached in july. Under the deal, iran promised to ship out all but 160 pounds which its low enriched uranium ensuring it will not have fuel to produce a weapon. The iaea will of course verify these steps and agency is continuing its own preparations to implement the extensive monitoring and verification regime of irans entire nuclear program. Secretary of state john kerry called the shipment one of the most significant steps iran has taken so far to fulfill its commitments. The nuclear deal is scheduled to take effect in a matter of weeks. All this week, your world this morning is looking back at the news stories that defined 2015. Syrians living in camps in jordan, lebanon and turkey have endured multiple bitter winters. More than 1 million refugees now in europe. I asked jonah hull what europe is doing to help them at this time of year. Well, that would be country specific, of course. Lots of Different Countries housing and receiving that he is refugees in very different ways. To the north of europe, scandinavia countries like sweden and germ flee perhaps offering more humane conditions to the extent that they can in formal housing, in hauls and warehouses and everything with a roof essentially that isnt being used i also being put into service in lots of towns and cities to house refugees and of course they would be given at least a basic amount of sanitation, as well. The balkans and hundreds traveling across the sea from turkey into greece and macedonia, a lot of those countries have only the most rudimentary facilities on offer for tees people, mostly down to the ngos on the ground, themselves working with rudimentary means and resources and temperatures absolutely plummeting on a lot of occasions, a lot of people will spend nights out in the open and will simply have no or very, very little access to sanitation. We are talking about families, children, we are talking about the elderly. I think the picture in europe as the weather closes in and winter gets worse is extremely bad and i wouldnt at all be surprised if there were people out there wondering why on earth they ever decided to leave. Youll recall the picture of the toddler found dead on the turkish coast. How much changed after that picture went viral the world over . An enormous amount, i think. That picture brought home to the news consuming public in europe just what was going on, because up until that point, it was easy enough to imagine that it was happening to somebody else or somewhere else and that these were people disconnected from ones own ordinary lives threw were fleeing for whatever means, but that picture of a child spread eagled on a beach dead really brought home the severity of this situation and made it impossible to ignore. It also of course was taken in a huge way by the media. It was put on all the front pages. It went to the top of every news bulletin and it thrust this story very firmly into the lime light. The e. U. Still struggles to come up with cohesive solution to this crisis. We have a map here that shows the flow of refugees crossing by land once they cross the mediterranean, of course. At the start of the year, they were able to pretty much roam freely on their way to germany or other parts of western europe. Then you had hungary close its border. There are border fences blocking or controlling access now in 12 european nations. What are european leaders considering to better address just the issue of Border Control . The European Union is a divided group at the very best of times. Weve seen it struggle to resolve europe wide crisis, the financial crisis, the euro crisis, as well, now the refugee crisis. This grouping of 28 countries simply cannot find a sensible middle ground upon which to agree. Theyve talked about mandatory quotas. Some countries have openly rejected that idea, poland and hungry among them. Other countries refuse to take on the numbers that have been suggested. There is a deep problem at the heart of the European Union over this crisis and it is far from resolved now. One of the immediate implications may well be the end of the socalled schengen zone, the open borderless zone that came so much to define the European Union. That looks like it may be on its way out. Nearly all World Leaders agree the war on syria must end before anything can change. Has the refugee debate galvanized International Action to a solution or the paris attacks or russian involvement in syria more of a driving factor than the humanitarian crisis were seeing cribs with the refugee crisis . I would say that certainly the picture of the little boy found dead on the beach in turkey after his boat capsized did a lot to galvanize Public Opinion not just towards finding a solution for the refugees flooding into europe, but also finding a solution to the issue from which they were fleeing the war in syria. That did a lot to focus minds, focus attention on what more might be ail to be done about Bashar Al Assad in syria. But then came an additional new problem into the forefront here and that became isil and the attacks that began to take place. We saw an attack on british tourists in tunisia. We saw the downing of a russian plane over egypt. Then was, suicide bombs in beirut, and the paris attacks. What this has done rather more is galvanize opinion here in europe, at least on a political level, towards what can be done about isil. Far less spoken now about what can be done about Bashar Al Assad, but more about what can be done about combating isil. Of course, weve seen very recently moves by the french president , francois hollande, to try and form this grand coalition. Now all of this has muddied the refugee issue enormously, because less talk about dealing with Bashar Al Assad, more talk now about using assad and assads forces to deal with isil and indeed less talk as well about the refugee crisis as a result. Jonah from london, thank you. Just one of the worlds challenges it will face in the new year, as well. Cracking down on animal abuse. The steps one state is taking to publicly punish those accused of mistreating animals. The mascot trying to create one big problem. Not a real animal here. Well, which one . A new look last night for the San Antonio Spurs mascot, just before the spurs took on the timberwolves, a both flew into the center. This is not the first time. The team mascot, which is a coyote was ready after putting on his superhero batman costume, the wiley coyote managed to capture the wayward bat. No bats were harmed in the making of that video. Beginning friday, anyone convict of animal abuse in tennessee will be publicly identified. The move is expected to have a Crime Fighting effect, as well. An animal is abused every 10 seconds in the United States, according to the American Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. Decreasing animal abuse can reduce overall crime rates and thats the idea behind tennessees new law of making information about convicted animal abusers public. Incidents allegation came from there were several times that we had been received reports of someone literally going into a store, getting or to a shelter, adopting numerous puppies and actually either torturing or killing those animals. State senator Jeff Yarborough sponsored the bill that goes into effect new years day. You look at the documented link between animal cruelty and cruelty to humans, that, you know, what happens with domestic abuse, what happens with just violence in our communities and neighborhoods, this is something that we want to put an end to when we can. The registry is expected to help the f. B. I. And other agencies identify trends and patterns. In fact, the f. B. I. Added animal cruelty to a top tier crime list, along with arson, burglary, kidnapping and murder. Among the information to be released, the name and photo of the convicted abuser. Theres no telling how many abused animals are out on the streets, or in homes, but we do know this, when theyre picked up, many of them are brought here to the largest shelter in nashville. This shelter holds up to 400 animals at a time, some of them picked up roaming the streets, others neglected and abused by their owners. Oftentimes that can actually escalate to violence against humans, as well. I believe this registry is really going to help Law Enforcement as well as animal control agencies trying to make sure that we are keeping these people off the streets. The registry will also allow shelters to identify abusers looking to adopt animals for activities like dog fighting. For us, we see neglect. We see dogs that are not given the appropriate care and attention that they need. We see people that shoot dogs. Convicted animal abusers information will remain on the registry for two years following a first offense and five years following a second one. Several states have tried unsuccessfully to pass bills creating a registry for animal abusers. While a database of this type has been established by this type at a local level such as in new yorks suffolk county, there are none on the state level until now. Robert ray, al jazeera, nashville. Flood warnings have been posted in england and wales, already drenched by heavy rain through the weekend. In brazil, state t. V. Showing rescuers at the site of a receivedly landslide, heavy rains causing three major rivers to swell. Six are now dead. Paraguay, argentina, uruguay and brazil are being hit with the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of 150,000 people. Many in the u. S. Waking up to a wintery mess. Maybe relief is on the way. Chaired to those votes, what we are seeing now is nothing. We are going to have one more day of bad weather in the states and finally break out of the storm system, it will make its way out tomorrow. Taking a look at the satellite, putting it into motion, we still have snow up here across the great lakes, as well as of course what were seeing here in the northeast. The snow here is going to last for today, but by tomorrow will be gone. One of the things we are going to be dealing with is still the flooding situation across the south. Weve had heavy rain, some places record rain for the month of december. Eight to 12 inches of rain in some locations. We still have the frontal boundary making its way toward the east coast but it is beginning to break up. Thats good news, but the warnings and watches that are still out for flooding is almost every single state across the south, and not only the south, but were also dealing with the Mississippi River valley, all the way up the valley, as well. St. Louis and cape corado where we are watching the river carefully. We are looking at moderate flooding on the in sip river tomorrow or as we go toward thursday, excuse me. That is going to go up to major flooding and for cape gerardo, breaking a record at 48. 5 feet. That is going to be some bad news there. Today, more rain, temperatures are finally going to come back down to normal. A lot of people are going to be hating that, but some people, especially skiers yeah, i dont mind it. Thats right. We got that snow and cold weather is coming with it. Still ahead, disappearing culture. The forces driving out chinese immigrants from neighborhoods across the u. S. The band motor head are mourning the loss of their lead singer this morning. He died from cancer monday. He was 70 years old. His band mates announcing that they learned he had the disease on december 26. He formed motor head in 1975. He was the only constant member and singer and bassist. The band reds 23 albums. They were best known for ace of spaced. Chinese immigrants call the United States home many in communities known as china towns, ethnic neighborhoods where they live and work. Many chinatowns disappearing along with the culture that makes them so unique. We have this report. When jenny came to washington, d. C. 20 years ago from china, she chose to live in the tight knit ethnic enclave of chinatown to hold on to some of her cultural heritage. Today, chinatown is fast disappearing. The famous chinese gate over the main avenue only remains as a tourist attraction, surrounded by western food and clothing franchises. Its about the people. At one time, 3,000 chinese lived in washingtons chinatown. Today, only about 300 remain, and half of those might soon be gone, their building being replaced, jenny to be evicted so a luxury condo can be built. Most of the people has live here, we all have jobs, but even though we all have jobs, we dont have as much money as them, but every day, every month, we pay our rent on time. Theyre victims of whats called gentrification where poor residents are pushed out as the city develops and the wealthy move in. According to one study, northern chinese populations in these areas have doubled in a decade, some researchers estimate that of the 15 large chinatowns in america, only three still remain authentic to their chinese cultural past. A china town is not just where the people reside. Chinatown is a place where social networks, economic fabrics, its been built. When chinese are pushed out, it breaks up cultural cohesion of the community and threatens traditions. In new york, people are fighting back. In some ways, new york city has been one of the lone Success Stories of people taking to the streets to fight back against development, because everybody here knows once the heart, soul and original character of their chinatown is gone, it likely will never come back. In washington, jenny knows this and is deeply saddened. My sister tells me to come back to china, but i dont want to go back. Looking out at a china town that she now barely recognizes. Al jazeera, new york. Gentrification is not always racially and ethnically based. It has to be debated so you understand all the different issues, because it is very complex. Thats it for us here in new york. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Coming up next, iraqs Prime Minister goes to the city of ramadi one day after Iraqi Forces Say they have reclaimed that city from isil fighters. We are back tomorrow morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern, for news anytime, go to our website, aljazeera. Com. Have a great day. Iraqs Prime Minister arrives in ramadi just a day after the army says its retaken the city from isil. Youre watching al jazeera live from doha. Also ahead this hour, the death toll mounts in pakistan after a suicide bomber attacked a government building. Head to go prison, the former israeli Prime Minister olmert will serve a year and a half behind bars on a bribery conviction. After once being considered to be ebola