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Madness. They have to whether they have ever voted before or not to come out and vote against donald trump and for me. Donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters. He is saying if you go out and beat somebody up, thats okay. I will pay the legal fees. There is something they can agree on. Common ground between the democrats who want to be president , both now taking on donald trump. Welcome to your world this morning. I am stephanie cy. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders blasting trump for what they are calling a culture of violence he created. A really had to be shut down because democrats are out there rallying voters. Bernie sanders in ohio. Lets go to roxana live in cleveland this morning. Good morning. First, what makes ohio so crucial in tomorrows prime ministers for both parties . Reporter good morning, steph. On the republican side, if donald trump does not take ohio and florida in the primaries tomorrow, he will have a harder time securing the republican nomination before the Convention Takes Place here in cleveland in july. Means that that convention could be contested. Both ohio and florida are winnertakeall states for the republicans. So, the stakes are very high. But polls suggest that trump and john casekick, the governor of ohio are in a tight race. On the democrat side, we are watching to see whether Bernie Sanders can beat Hillary Clinton as he did in michigan last week by a small margin. The demographics of these two states, neighboring states, are similar. Most suggest he is trailing Hillary Clinton by double digital here in ohio, steph. Last nights town hall saw the democrats focus heavily on trump. What was their strategy on that front . Reporter they did, stefanie. Both accused donald trump of inciting violence and they said that he created an atmosphere that led to the clashes that we saw in chicago on friday night. Hillae clinton called him bigoted. Sanders called him a pathological liar but both said they would be the best candidates to beat trump in november. I am the only candidate who has gotten more votes than trump. I have 600,000 more votes than donald trump t [applause. ] and i am i am building a broadbased Inclusive Campaign that i think is the best way to defeat him by convincing people that this really is the highest stakes election they have ever been involved in. He can be exposed at many levels not the least of which this is a guy who is a billion air but doesnt think we should raise the minimum wage above 7 and 0. 25 an hour. This is a guy who believes in defiance of all science that claimant change is a hoax. Now, polls suggest both clinton and sande would boat donald trump in a general election in november. Stefanie. On the campaign trail in cleveland, that i can donald trump saying he might pay the legal bills for that man accused of punching a trump protester in the face. 78yearold john mcgraw charged with assault, the personnel seem on the tape punching a protesters. It happened last wednesday. Trump said the demonstrator might have provoked the suspect. From what i understand, he was sticking a certain finger up in the their. And that is a terrible thing to do until fronts of somebody who frankly want to see america made great again. I dont condone the violence. I dont condone what he did. Its possible you could help him with legal fees if this man needs it . I have instructed my people to look in to it, yes. That man, the manual who was punched claiming his group did not go with intentions of protesting. He says they were there to watch. Some one else in the crowd cursed at them. Within seconds, police were e escorting them out. Trump is going to be campaigning today in florida. On sunday, he was back in illinois two days after he was forced today cancel the really until chicago. The difference this time day and night. Al jazeeras andy rosgen explains. Reporter do we love illinois . We love illinois donald trump said his rally at the airport hanger in illinois was essentially the makeup really for the one that got cancelled in chicago on security concerns. Scuffles broke out there when thousands of Trump Supporters squared off against thousands of trump protesters. They all showed up like at the same time. It was totally organized troublemakers, troublemakers. Trump supporter betty brad was in bloomington and chicago. I didnt like it. Yes like it at all. It, it was very scary, and i think that they shut down our right to hear him speak. She saw a much more sympathetic crowd here in more conservative, rural down state illinois. This time, just a few dozen trump critics stood outside in the rain. Hoping it wouldnt get so silent here but, you know, we just dont want his values in our area. Reporter in whats become a trump rally ritual, protesters who did get into the hanger shouted out and were shouted down by the crowd and then were mocked by trump. Get em out of here. Get em out. And led away. Seem to be a lot taking place was people trying to get their name out there, their face, their word out. Matt said he had a serious reason for coming here. This is it the mitsubishi plant closed last fall putting him and nearly 1300 others out of work. They moved the operations here to southeast asia. Other countries basically sucking away our money, sucking away our jobs. You are closing down your factories and manufacturing plants and we are going to stop it. We are going to keep our business here. Trump hit out at his usual targets. On fairness he said by the media, his promise to make better trade deals, his promise to build up the military. He ripped into illegal immigration, pulling a young man on stage wearing a tshirt that read legal immigrant for trump. Trump also alluded to his desire to ban muslims from entering the country by reading a poem called the snake about a woman who takes in a wounded snake and nurses it back to health. But instead of saying thank you, that snake gave her a vicious bite. Back in chicago, there are no plans yet to reschedule that latest rally. The latest poll of republicans there puts trump in a distant third. Its down state voters like these who have given him a statewide lead and he hopes victory in tuesdays primary. Andy rosgen, bloomington, illinois. Stay with Al Jazeera America for coverage of tuesdays primaries. We will have results. Our coverage begins at 7 00 p. M. Eastern time. In turkey, the death toll is rising this morning after a Suicide Attack in the capitol. A car bomb exploded last night in a major transportation hub in ankara. At least 37 people were killed. Dozens more hurt. Government Officials Say they are closing up their initial investigation. Al jazeeras Mohammed Jamjoon tiled this report from ankar a. No group claimed responsibility for the group that took the lives of at least 37 people. The turk irwin government has not yet named who they believe to be beyond the attack. Turkish officials told us they are looking into the possibility that a suicide bomber was involved in yesterdays attack in ankara. They say the suspect born in 1992 and is linked to the pkk, the kurdistan workers party, also of note today. Turkish Security Forces saying 11 planes conducted bombing rates against 18 pkk target did in northern iraq. Here is a look back at what happened yesterday when the attack took place, a recap. Here is our report. The second car bomb to hit the heart of turkeys capitol in less than a month. The blast ripped through the square, a densely populated transport hub b early evening crowds had gathered and the aftermath was chaotic. There was a woman sitting behind me. Her seat just flew away. Something hit me here and pierced through. There was a car, i think it was a black car. Five or six people died in the buts. The neck of one was severed here something pierced me 3 here i have one in my arm. Reporter in february, 29 people, mainly military personnel, were killed in a suicide car bomb attack claimed by a Group Calling itself the Kurdistan Freedom falcons. As a result, the country has been on a heightened state of alert. Tight security measures were taken. Instructions were given. Unfortunately, terrorist attacks cannot be prevented 100 in any country. Turkey is now facing multiple security threats as it is engaged in a war on two fronts. It is fighting isil in syria and iraq and the pkk in its southeast. Now, with the findings still to come, the country worries and waits as concerns about the overall security situation intie rose. Mohammed jam gina, al jazeera, ankara. The president of ivory Coast Holding an emerge he knew seep Cabinet Meeting following a weekend attack at a beach resort there. At least sixteen people were killed. Alqaeda in the islamic megreg claiming responsibility. Access has that story. Reporter a witness to the attacks on a popular beach resort in the ivory coast explains what he saw. I heard shots coming from over there. Them i saw the criminal. I was really surprised to see three people who were heavily armed. They had bullets on their front pockets. This video shown on social media appears to show people run into the hotel from a beach where a number of people had been killed. Six armed men had started shooting people. According to the government, the attackers targeted people of three hotels. Some tried to swim away. They started shooting at them. I was about 60 meters away. I dont know how i managed to get out of there. The Security Forces after 40 minutes evacuated the area and went after the assailants. By then, a number of people had been killed. That blast, i want to say the terrorist attacks will not be tolerated on the ivory coast. We will take significant action. Reporter it took two to three hours to bring the situation under control. But it will take a lot longer for people at this normally peaceful weekend retreat to recover from this violence. Caroline malone, al jazeera. Sundays attack, the third on a west african Tourist Center in recent months. On january 28th or january, 28 people were killed when gunmen attacked a hotel. In november, 20s people were killed at the Radisson Hotel in mali. One 70 people taken hostage in that siege before police moved in to shut it down. Two suspects are in custody this morning after a Police Officer was shot dead in suburban washington, d. C. Officer jakai colson died in the shootout. Outside a Police Station in landover maryland, the officer was 4 days shy of his 29ths birthday. Police say the attack was unprovoked. They say a gunman just started firing. The f. B. I. Is helping to investigate. Morning. 2 dozen people are recovering after an amtrak train derailed in kansas overnight, heading from los angeles to chicago when five cars came off of the track in cimarron kansas. Officials say its unclear what caused the derailment. There were 128 passengers and 14 crew members on board at the time. The injuries are described as not lifethreatening. Flooding declared a major disaster and leaving at least three people dead. Thousands of homes are in desperate need of repair. The Governors Office saying that nearly 5,000 homes have been damaged along the mississippi delta, Louisiana National guards person saying it is the worst nonhurricane flooding the state has seen. President obama signing a disaster declaration. Flooding continues to be a problem is at least the rain is moving out. Lets bring in Nicole Michelle for more on that. System was persistent. Finally, seeing it move out . Thats good news. We have a break, it looks like, for a few days ahead at least. So we have a couple of areas here one, you can see comes from the great lakes into the northeast. Part of that moisture that finally, lifted out. We had originally had a frontal boundary that stalled out and a new low developed. So it was a couple of different days of that heavy rain. Pick out a little disturbance pulling in to tennessee, for example, that area as it moves toward the mid atlantic could cause Severe Weather. I would sale most likely hail with that. Until terms of the rain, pretty widespread as we get to the eastern third of the country. With all of that, putting into motion for the next couple of days, keeps the northeast and parts of the mid atlantic saturated. You can see the laslight rick f stronger storms as it clears through in the afternoon and continuing to move out, but by that time, as we get in to wednesday, a little bit of a break maybe later on tuesday, there is another chance from a system we are going to be tracking from the west. So much more active the next few days, anywhere from the great lakes, mid atlantic, northeast including that rain and chances for the Northern Tier of this to be some snow. It is cold enough. Temperatures are dropping as all of this moves through. This pleasant weekend temperatures are being replaced, at least briefly and that means for anywhere from vermont tonight maine, snow, sleet, free freezing rain possibility. The good thing is the ground has been warm. A lot wont still. Watch for a couple of slick spots. The temperatures i was mentioning, that Northern Tier starts below freezing and even where we have the 40s along the coastline, those wont move too much through the course of the day and even cities like new york, those temperatures could nudge down a little bit. Thats really the cool spot of the country. A lot of the midwest, high temperatures well above average. So that rain is not making people very happy. Its raining. Its monday and we lost an hours sleep. It is not a good day. Could be better, nicole. Thanks. Still ahead, a show of force in north koreas backyard. The u. S. Puts military might on the display as promised attacks. Reporting from south africa where children from a township have a chance of sporting and academic suggestions at this riding academy. In geneva this morning, a new round of talks trying to end the conflict in syria. Diplomats are hoping to build on a tragill truce. After three roupsdz of attacks, instead of afternoon dimistura says he hopes all of the sides are ready to lay out a roadmap for syrias future. Our diplomatic editor, james bays, are we expecting any concrete changes to come out of this new round of talks . Reporter certainly if you listen to the special envoy, steffan dimistura, he says this time, it will be different. There were talks a few weeks after that collapsed after a couple of days, didnt really get going because of the intensified bombardment by the Syrian Government and by the russians. We had talks two years ago. They never really got going because of a row about the agenda. This time, he says he is going to start with the main issue. He says its the mother of all issues, and thats the issue of political transition in syria. Its going to discuss it as though talks get underway and in fact the first meeting between mr. Dimistura and the Syrian Government is taking plates as we speak. Dimistura saying there is no plan b if the talks dont work out. Is that really the case . Reporter well, hes making it clear that if there was to be a collapse in the talks, the only plan b would be what we have seen in syria over the last five years, the appalling death toll and blood shed and he said he feared if could get worse. He says if these talks get bogged down, if they dont make progress, that he knows what to do, he knows who to go back to. If during these talks in the next round we will see no notice of any willingness to negotiate, which we hope is not going to be the case, obviously, we will go what we want to do and we have done. We will bring the issue back to those who have influence and that is the russian, the u. S. A. , co chairs of the issg and to the security council. Reporter and mr. Dimistora telling us that the plan for the talks has perhaps changed a bit. When we were here last time earlier this year, he was saying a sixmonth period for the talks. Now he is saying there are going tosh three rounds of 10 days to two weeks each. So we could see if these talks dont collapse and i have to say not everyone has high hopes, we could see this whole process concluded in the early part of may. And james, before i let you go, with the setsation of hostility did now in effect, is there a sense of optimism right now in geneva . It certainly creates a new hat moss fear, a new backdrop and context for these negotiations because we have the cessation of secretary of state john kerry speaking in the last few hours. He thought there had been 80 to 90 reduction in the violence. Interesting, though, also what secretary kerry said is that the violence continues, he believes there is one side that is responsible for it. He says the main violator of that cessation is the Syrian Government. James bays for us, our dip m diplomdiplo diplomett editor a major show of 40s is understandway in soth korea. The and south korea ian militants have kicked off joint exercises. While its anium event, the practice runs are also meant to send a. Nothing does power projection like the aircraftcarrier with its accompanying Battle Ground is evidence of that. A floating fortress city of well over 5,000 personnel, brist ling with airborne fire power, it has been planned for months say the u. S. Military. It has nothing to do with current tensions but this visit coincides with relations being about as tension as they can be and it is a timely reminder of the type of power america can deploy if it has to. Our focus is on deterrence. We are trying to at the timer such proffer okaytive acts. In the presence of the john c. Stennis and her Carrier Strike group is part of that detternings. Reporter this visit sends a strong message beyond the Korean Peninsula to china to get here, this vessel sailed through the hot lee contested south china seize very much in line with the u. S. Policy of pivoting military resources towards asia. In doing so, meeting headon, chinas military expansions in the region. Much has been said in the last couple of years about china acquiring its first aircraftcarrier, joining a small very exclusive club of nations. This is a reblinder from america who is president of that club. Al jazeera rob mcbride report from south korea. The exercises will involve 17 u. S. Troops and 300,000 south korea ian forces. When we come back, rally cries from the president ial trace. Donald trump duingz in after a turbulent weekend. Why opponents from both parties wants him to tone down the rhetoric. 8,000 tap cant, the palestinian teaching children through play. Pushing the boundaries of science. We are on the tipping point. We can save species. Its the biggest question out there. Its a revolutionary approach. We are pushing the boundaries. Techknow is going to blow your mind. Our experts go inside the innovations, impacting you. This is the first time anybodys done this. I really feel my life changing. Techknow, where Technology Meets humanity. Only on Al Jazeera America. Welcome back to your world this morning. That was easy for me to say. Killing me. Taking a look at todays top stories this hour, turkey, at least 37 people are dead, dozens hurt following a suicide bombing in ankara. Last nights attack, the third in the last six months. So far, no group claiming responsibility. Talks underway in geneva this morning to try to end the connell conflict in syria. A fragile truce has reduced violence for several weeks. The u. N. Envoy says these peace talks are a moment of truth and that the only plan b available is return to war. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders locked in a tight battle with illinois and missouri into the crucial primaries. Last nights to haul meeting both focusing on trade agreements and the growing gap between rich and poor. Unemployment and und underemployment is off of the charts. For africanamerican kids, it is 51 . I want and i believe that the folks most capable of helping lower that rate are the black busy community. I am the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring Economic Opportunity using Clean Renewable Energy as the key in to coal country because we are going to put a lot of coal miners and Coal Companies out of business. For republicans, floridas primary, winner take all, do or die for mark 0 rubio. A loss could end his chances to be the nominee. We are live at two of the biggest states voting. Roxanne in a is in ohio and robert ray in the crucial state of florida. Robert, good morning. Rubio is trailing pretty big what has he been saying to vince voters in his home state . Good morning, guys. Et cetera mind hugely. Its crunch time for him. Its going to crisscross the state today. He has been doing it all weekend. He has been trying to tell voters that he is the candidate that will restore the g. O. P. And will not take apart the independence of the conservative republican party. A weekend to remember and for all of the wrong reasons. Voters protesters and can dates pulling out all of the political tricks and hammers. A take no prisoner mentality of what may be the most decisive moment in the 2016 election. I am cal pain as hard as it take. We are going to the white house. We are going to win this nomination. Donald trump could be unbeatable come tuesday night. Millions of additional people are going to vote. Its not for marko. Its not for ted. Its for us. Its for us. Reporter if the latest numbers are accurate, that looks to be the case. A cbs news poll shows donald trump leading florida with 44 of primary voters, ted cruz about half of that at 24 . And marco rubio in his home state polling at just 21 . Ohio governor john indicatesic out of the picture at 9 . I think maybe i am not going anywhere. I am just staying here. Reporter in ohio, another winnertakeall state with 66 delegates to snatch. Trump and indicatesic are deadlocked at 33 according to the poll while cruz is running just short at 27 . Rubio, barely registering at 5 . We got to get it this time. Despite literally crisscrossing the state with the hope of defying poll numbers, senator marco rubio hasnt had much progress. Et cetera we will known in the miami area but across the rest of the sprawling state, his Political Base and machine are average at best. Virtually every poll that has been out there, we beat donald trump, and we bit him bigger than Hillary Clinton. Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders continues to pressure Hillary Clinton but is polling well behind the former secretary of state in both florida and ohio. The two states that would yield the most delegates in the runup to the conventions and nomination. I know we can have good jobs with rising incomes again. So please, join me. Make it happen. Lets work together. Thank you so much reporter in the meantime, donald trump and his camp have accused marco rubios people of potentially rejiggering the polls down here in florida, his home state. And of course we know donald trump still throwing insults at marco rubio calling him of him little marco and other insulting things. Things. This has been just an uncanny situation, an election season like no other. Robert ray vaughn, thanks. Lets go to ohio where there are growing con severance about protest in the Republican National convention. The gathering is going to be held in cleveland in july and al jazeeras Roxana Saberi is there this morning. City leaders have taken several steps to prepare for a possible protest in july when the Republican National Convention Kicks off in the arena behind us. Local police are getting special training in riot and crowd control. City leaders are worried about continued uncertainty in the republican race as well as the possibility that unrest seen on the campaign trail could erupt heir. This is the Cleveland City leaders want the word to see, when the Republican National Convention Comes to town in july. We could showcase a city that can come back, a city that can take a punch and knows how to reinvent itself. Reinvent itself through new businesses, a booming art scene and the return of an nba superstar. We really have transformed. We think its a great story to tell. But another story may steal the spotlight this summer with difficulties clear in cleveland and across the country over issues like race and police, post and politics. Heres a guy throwing pumps, nasty as hell, screaming at Everything Else when were talking. Getting hot and heavy out here. People are going to be angry. People upset. Activist bashir jones protested in cleveland on saturday outside a donald trump rally. He said hell lead more protests during the convention and expects theyll grow. We want people to be safe but we do want to expression our constitutional right which is the freedom of speech. Cleveland Officials Say their city will do its best. When you break the law, you should be arrested, but just because you, you know, you get arrested doesnt mean you have to stay in jail until after the convention is over with. Cleveland city Officials Say they are preparing for thousands of protestors as well as close to 5,000 delegates and alternates who arrive here at the quicken loans arena in slum. Some city leaders are worried that as tensions rise in trump rallies, they could boil over in cleveland especially if there is no clear runner after tuesdays primaries, which means the convention could be contested. Now the convention gets longer and as the hours get longer, that means the tension gross not only inside the venue, but outside of the venue. I dont think anybodys prepared for that. I dont think anybody is. Convention organizers say they will be. When youre putting on a 50,000 person plus event, we do plan for a lot of contingencies, the possibility of a contested or open convention is one of those. All the city council are failures. Activists worry that with or without a contested convention, Security Forces and demonstrators could clash as they did in protests last may over the acquittal of a Police Officer in the shooting deaths of two unarmed people. Thats a real worry, because thats when you get people hurt or incarcerated, wrongly incarcerated. Some of the things that you have to put in place is of course bell money. The police is giving itself special train and looking to buy 2,000 sets of riot gear. City officials are trying to find the balance between protecting the Public Safety and allowing people to have their right to free speech. What do you think about that . I think thats a great Public Relations statement but in fact, the citys number one and really their sole concern is to have a convention that makes the attendees happy. This arena is surrounded by several streets, so you can see, del, some activists told us one of their concerns is they wont be allowed on the streets when the convention starts. They want to get close enough to the delegates so they can make their voices heard. We reached out to the Mayors Office as well as the Police Department to ask about that you are security plans but they said they didnt want to comment at this time. Nobody wants a repeat of 1968 in chicago. Truffe and kasich back on the campaign trail in a tight race in ohio. What appeal are they making to the voters . They are taking swipes at each other. Kasich accused trump of destroying the steel and oil industry while trump accused kasich of causing a toxic environment. Thank you very much. Voters in illinois also heading to the polls tomorrow. Economy and the jobs two major issues there, as well. Unemployment in illinois higher than the national average. As al jazeera reports, the state is also losing its manufacturing muscle. One day before illinois voters head to the polls, the first round of lieoffs began at this nabisco plant in chicago. I have a daughter in college and we have to scramble to figure out what were going to do. Nabiscos parent is moving half of the plants 1200 jobs to mexico rather than renovate this facility. The move is drawing fire from president ial candidates on the left and right. When a company decides to leave like nabisco is leaving and theyve gotten tax benefits from chicago and illinois to stay there, im going to claw back those benefits. We have to stop it, folks, i know how to stop it. Jobs and the economy are front and center for many illinois voters this election year. Unemployment here is 6. 1 , more than a percentage point higher than the national rate. Its also significantly higher than other surrounding states in the rust belt. The line group in suburb chicago makes precision parts for honey well. Cheap labor in china has taken some of his business. He said the bigger consideration for him is doing business in illinois. He said his income taxes, property taxes and Workers Compensation costs have all increased. He said that makes it tough for him to consider adding workers and create badly needed jobs. If i could up and move my business, id move it tomorrow, but it would take me well over a male and a half dallas to move a factory this size. Thats exactly what some Companies Like hoist lift truck is doing. This building is only third minutes drive only the old factory. He convinced his father to move the 35yearold company from the chicago suburbs to east chicago, indiana. 270 jobs went with it. He said 15 million in incentives and a more favorable business climb sealed the deal. We did everything we could to stay there, but it didnt make sense for us to do it. Michael leuke fears even more manufactures will leave if illinois doesnt balance its budget and make reforms, but he also thinks washington should help states even the playing field. Eve always been the most innovative country in the world but lets be competitive on how we structure our states and company so businesses can hire, expand and grow here. Voters will support the candidate they believe affairs solutions to the states sluggish economy. Al jazeera, chicago issues stay with us for our continuing coverage of tuesdays primaries. Were going to be live in all the battleground states tomorrow morning. Well bring you the complete results beginning at 7 00 p. M. Eastern time. German voters have given a boost to a right wing anti immigrant party. They defeated german chancellor Angela Merkels party. The elections were seen as a referendum on her refugee policies which allowed more than a million migrants to enter germany last year. New questions about brazil president rousseff. Rays were held sunday. They want roussef to resign over the economy and an investigation. The wood lands are protected, making the area poplar for hikers. These residents arent here to hike. Theyre on patrol, looking for criminals. I just think they will come back later on to cut the other part. He runs an eco pardon me on the edge of the park. He and a team of local villagerrion are witnesses firsthand the disappearance of one of the stiffs most prized pieces, the innocence tree, a tree so rare, its internationally protected. Especially last year, i think they cut down more than 50 trees. I think within two weeks. The trees oil or resin is south after, but only for traditional herbal medicine but for itsar mattic fragrance used in innocence and perfume. The oil is fetching more than gold. With the tree wiped out in china, hong kong has become the target of illegal loggers for international trade. They not only took the wood, they also took the root of hong kong out of our earth. The problem is not just in this park, its in a number of country parks across hong kong. Villagers are increasingly reporting signs of illegal harvesting in what they believe is the work of gangs from mainland china. If this kind of activity continues, the theory is that this tree, which is threatened will become extinct. This is the last plantation of wood trees in hong kong. There are just 6,000 plants here. Most of young but all of sustainably grown. There are numerous examples. Thats a value that 1 million u. S. Dollars. Its the older wild trees which are considered the most valuable. As well as prayer beads and innocence, its used for luxury wooden art works. With demand falling well short of supply, conserve rationists want the government to protect what is left. I think within a few years, the trees will disappear in hong kong. With just a few people arrested, the scent of this wood doesnt look bright. We could see late season snow. Nicole mitchell. What . You guys were already upset about the daylight savings thing. It just keeps getting better. Over the course of the weekend, i have this paused back into yesterday, but seeing a lot of mainly come in through the west coast and parts of california that really needed it. Putting this into motion, you can see some of that and then it starts to taper off. I want to mention these popcorny looking clouds. That is a sign of cold air moving in. We have rain along the coastline now. Were starting to get drier here, but all of this is moving interior now. We are going to see this the next couple days spread its way with colder air. Thats bog to be part of the problem. All the area we are going to see in pinks and purples were winter storm warnings or advisories. A lot of this is Higher Elevation but as this treks across the country, there are places that could getting that over the next couple days. Still a little flooding concern in Northern California has mainly starting to wind down. This system traction across the country. Tomorrow, minnesota and wisconsin with rain but possibly freezing on the backside of this. As this moving allege and more of that mainly moves on the backside with the colder air, that is when we will watch for snow. In the meantime, you can see some of that cooler stuff, the 40s versus 70s farther southward and midwest for now is really benefiting from some mild air. Before all of this comes through, we have temperatures well into the 60s, well above average, the south is above average with 70s and 80s. A lot of people are having a wonderful monday. Promoting peace through play. We have the story of a woman who is being called now the best teacher in the world. In the occupied west bank, they gather to watch the ceremony in this years global teacher prize. When the winner was announced, a few thousand kilometers away in dubai, the celebrations broke out. An educator from ramallah accepted the prize as a win for all teachers. You are the power. You are the true power. Believe in your ideas, work on them, challenge the world, give people your ideas so you can spread them and you will find yourself here. She grew up in a refugee camp near bethlehem. She has gained acclaim for work teaching knosp violence and ethics. She has written about this reproach in a book entitled we play and learn. Leading up to the ceremony, she received honors from her colleagues and the palestinian minister of education. This is a victory for palestine, which adds the palestinian flag on the International Map of knowledge. The award comes with a 1 million prize. She said shell use some of the money to promote her educational methods and to support her fellow teachers in the palestinian territories. Al jazeera. Bernie sanders said something last night interesting during the democratic town hall meeting. He said at the universities, ethics go on to earn millions of dollars. He said perhaps schools should try to find that great teacher and pay them the money because when they do is important. Absolutely, she is certainly making her mark. Destination mars. Were going to talk about the new mission to sniff out life on the red planet. This morning the latest journey to mars is underway. It joins a long list of probes exploring the red planet. This craft has a unique mission. We know more about the planet mars now than ever before. There are seven active rovers orbiters above the planet. Recent discoveries have included the presence of liquid water, some below the surface of the planet. Theyve shed light on how mars atmosphere was depleted by solar winds. The big question, whether theres life on the planet remains unanswered. Thats wipe the european and Russian Space agencies are sending the orbiter to the planet to explore its atmosphere. In particular, it will look at the presence of methane and whether its being produced by active volcanos or gas belching microbes. Little a hot topic, so trying to understand the origin of the methane and where on the surface of mars and when its being produced and how it is destroyed is very important. Water in liquid form is seen on the planet surface before, but its not known how much this exists nor whether this conforms to likes under its surface. We need to understand what is the water with that, because if you want to land people on there, theyre going to need Drinking Water and you dont want to carry it with you. The mission will drop a small lander on to the surface. This will give it the opportunity to test Landing Technology particularly in dusty conditions before a planned recovery is sent to mars in 2018. Along with existing spacecraft, another two from the u. S. And india are expected not next two years. The flood of new data will tell us more about the red planet and its role in the formation of our solar system. It has begun, march madness brackets out, oregon receiving the number one seed. The jayhawks are the overall number one seed. They will play in the south region. It was an unpredictable season with a resolving group of number ones. That is likely to spell an unpredictable tournament. A sport that originated in the u. S. Is taking off in south africa, b. M. X. Racing. They are doing more than teaching kids to ride bikes. It is soccer that youngsters are inspired by but here b. M. X. Biking has a small, passionate following. It is a safe place for kids to hang out after school. Its in the middle of one of the biggest townships in africa. The Academy Manager said many youngsters come here with physical and mental scars and in need of guidance both on and off the bike. The resilience and patience of the kids, living in his or her house hold, hungry, but coming to attain just to make sure that he achiefs his goal. Some have issues at whole, maybe the guardian drunk last night, hell make sure that he is here at 4 00. This is more than just a cycling academy. Theres emphasis on academic achievement, as well. Its the excitement of riding and the potential to be sports stars that draws these children in. If they dont maintain good economic standards, they could have their bicycles taken off them. Before they are allowed to ride, they have to study. The academy provides tutors on saturdays to help kids struggling with their lessons. The classrooms walls are covered with inspiring photos. The academys biggest star had both his parents killed by the h. I. V. Virus and he grew up in a shack. Now he lives in italy and rides with a professional cycling team. This boy said he is the biggest fan of the rider. He makes a quick stop at the house he shares with his grandmother to get changed. His mother died when he was a baby. Hes happiest on his bike. Theres lots of violence especially here. So thats why i chose the tool of the academy to take me away from the bad stuff outside. Last year, he was stabbed in the back by a gang member who thought he was someone else. He feels much safer on a bike, training with friends who all of the same dream. The academy kids are determined lifes obstacles wont ruin their futures. Al jazeera, south africa. That would be just a great outlet for those young athletes. Battleground florida, how all the nasty campaigning getting more voters involved. Facebook promised to stop gun sales on its site, but the social media giant is having trouble doing that. We will be back in two minutes with more of your world this morning. Cant wait to see you then. Fighting for surviving in the president ial race, a do or die moment for carpeted dates betting their futures on primaries in florida and ohio. Kurdish fighters responsible for the deadly bombing that left three dozen dead. The only plan b. Available is return to war. A moment of truth, the government and opposition arrive for another round of indirect talks to end syrias war. A drunk know mobiler running down iditarod dogs at the famous race. Good morning, welcome to your world this morning. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. The president ial candidates are making closing arguments ahead of the most five critical primaries. It will be a make it or break it moment for them. Voters going to the poll is five states tomorrow. The outcome changing the races for the republicans. The winner gets most of the delegates in illinois, florida winner take all for the gop. We are live in cleveland this morning. Of course ohio crucial for republicans. Were going to get to that in a moment. Whats at stake in ohio for the democrats . Del, good morning. 146 delegates are up for grabs for the democrats. Were watching to see whether Bernie Sanders will beat Hillary Clinton as did he last week in michigan by a small margin. Two states are neighboring states and they have fairly similar demographics. If sanders wins, it could be a lot of momentum for his campaign, del. Also last nights town hall meeting in ohio saw the democrats focusing on donald trump. How are the two faring so far on the department side . Well, clinton in most poms is actually leading sanders by double digits and last night here in ohio, they both made the argument that they would be the best candidate to beat donald trump in november. Im the only candidate whos gotten more votes than trump. I have 600,000 more votes than donald trump, and i am believe a broad based Inclusive Campaign that i think is the best way to definite him, by convincing people that this really is the highest stakes election theyve ever been involved in. And he can be exposed at many, many levels, not the least of which this is a gave who is a billionaire but doesnt think we should raise the minimum wage above 7. 25 an hour. This is a guy who believes in defiance of all science that Climate Change is a hoax. This is a winner take all state. What is going to be for the republicans, what will happen here is very important. Also, the republican side, ohio john kasichs home turf, the governor there, how is he going to affect Donald Trumps lead overall if he manages to pull out a victory . Well 66 delegates are up for grabs for the republicans. If donald trump loses to kasich here in ohio, del, as well as if he loses in florida to which one of the republican candidates, its going to be a lot harder for donald trump to secure the. You nomination before july and thats when that the Republican National Convention Kicks off here in cleveland. The party trying to block his path to the nomination. Thank you very much. Ted cruz won the majority of delegates this weekend at the wyoming republican caucus, grabbing nine delegates. Marco rubio and donald trump picked up one. Zero delegates there for john kasich, but he did pick up delegates in the d. C. Caucus. The biggest prize in the delegates tomorrow is florida. That is where senator rubio appears to be fighting for his political life. Polls show he not only may lose his home state but may lose badly. Robert ray is live in orlando this morning. Where does the republican race stand now . Good morning. You know, its a dog fight at the top with ted cruz and trump leading, but here in the state of florida, which is marco rook yos home state, he is lagging well behind. Lets look at new numbers on the brand new cbs poll. Donald trump at 44 of the vote here of the early primary voters. Ted cruz at 24 , marco rubio, the home state of the senator at 21 and Ohio Governor john kasich under 10 , so hes pretty much a wash. Marco rubio has been crisscrossing the state over the weekend, trying to get the word out, trying to make voters believe in his message and also fighting back against what donald trump has been saying about him and making sure that voters know that perhaps hes not going to support donald trump if mr. Trump gets the nomination in july. Lets listen to what rubio had to see. Ill be honest with you, its getting harder every day. It really is. While i dont want Hillary Clinton to be president of the United States, i do not, i want her to be defeated, i think were having a battle to define conservatism in the republican party. I do not want the movement to be defined by what im seeing out of Donald Trumps campaign. Just such huge blaring differences between donald trump and the rest of the gop ticket out there. Marco rubio just trying to let his voters know here in his home state that hes the guy, that he should be the one to take the 99 delegates in the winner take all here on tuesday. What about on the democratic side, robert . Weve heard for weeks that many expect Hillary Clinton will easily take the sunshine state. Why is that . You know, shes got a really good hold on the minority vote. Africanamericans, the latino vote, which is 4 million hispanics live in the state of florida and the womens vote. If you look at the numbers, Bernie Sanders is not even close. So it looks like hillary is just going to pull away with the state, unlike her husband when he ran in the 1990s, he didnt in both different primaries in florida, he lost both of them. Shes got a real lock on it here. They have an older demographic in many parts of florida which tend to support hillary. Thanks, robert. Donald trump says he might pay the legal bills for a man accused of punching a trump protestor in the face. 78yearold john mcgraw has been charged with assault. He is seen on tape punching a protestors in a rally. Right there youll see it. Trump says the demonstrator may have provoked the suspect. From what i understand, he was sticking a certain finger up in the air and that is a terrible thing to do in front of somebody that frankly wants to see america made great again. I dont condone the violence, i dont condone what he did. Its possible you could help him with legal fees if this man needs it. Ive actually instructed my people to look into it, yes. The man who was punched claims his group did not go with the intentions of protesting. He said they were there to observe when someone in the crowd kurds at them and within seconds, police were he is courting them out. A car bomb exploding in ankara. 37 were killed, dozens more hurt. Families there in mourning as the first of the dead are now being laid to rest. Government Officials Saying they are closing up their initial investigation. Al jazeera is live in ankara this morning. No group stepping forward yet but turkey stepping up attacks. Why . Weve gotten information from government officials here. One of them telling us that they are looking into the possibility that people involved in last 90s attack was a female suicide bomber. They tell us that the suspect was born in 1992 and linked to the p. K. K. Also today, weve learned that the Turkish Air Force conducted more air raids targeting p. K. K. Targets. Now, its important to remember even though these p. K. K. Targets are gone after by the turkish government, the turkish government has not said who they think is behind these attacks. Its important to remember that the raids that have been going on today against p. K. K. Targets, the arrest of suspected p. K. K. Militants, these have been happening intermittently when the frank guile peace began anew. There are a lot of indications now from the turkish government that they believe that the p. K. K. Is the prime suspect in last nights attack. Del. The intelligence seems to be telling a completely different story. Is that warning still in effect. The American Embassy in ankara has i should warnings or advisories for u. S. Citizens to stay away from areas they believe attacks might take place. Turkey is in the crosshairs from different groups that are targeting the country at a time when security is really on heightened alert throughout this country and the government has taken measures repeatedly in cities like ankara and istanbul and other cities throughout the country to try to prevent attacks like this taking place. Before we let you go, turkey fighting battles now on two wants to. Can it be expected to deliver on promises to europe with those refugees to are flooding the european continent at the same time it is being attacked domestically . Yeah, this is a very good question. I mean turkish Security Forces are really stretched thin right now. They are involved in a war against isil. They are part of a u. S. Backed coalition against isil in syria and involved in this renewed war against the p. K. K. That is taking up resources at a time turkey is promising e. U. When they get the 6 billion in funds they are waiting for from the e. U. To tackle the refugee crisis. The turkish government said if they get the funds they are going to step up patrols by navy boats, in border areas on the coast, the aegean so that refugees cant cross into greece but its a question right now whether the turkish government can handle this. Even if they get the money, its going to be difficult to contain the crisis. Just last week, we were talking, i was in a coastal city and refugees we spoke with there said that they believe that they will not be hampered from trying to cross into greece so long as they have the money to pay smugglers. There are vast Human Smuggling Networks here even at a time turkey said they are cracking down against human snuggling rings. There is the threat of isil trying to infiltrate those fleeing the fighting. Muhammed, thank you very much. The president of ivory coast is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting today following a weekend attack on a beach resort town. 16 people were killed. Alqaeda has claimed responsibility. Caroline malone has more. A witness to the attack on a poplar beach resort in the ivory coast explains what he saw. I heard a shot coming from over there. I was really surprised to see three people who were heavily armed. They had bullets in their front pockets. This video shared on social media appears to show people running into a hotel from the beach where a number of people had been killed. Six armed men had started shooting people, according to the government, the attackers targeted people at three hotels. Some tried to swim away. Then started shooting at them. I was about 60 meters away. I dont know how i managed to get out of there. The Security Forces intervened after 40 minutes. They evacuated the area and went after the assailants but by then a number of people had been killed. I wants to that these cowardly terror attacks will not be tolerated on the ivory coast. We are taking significant action. It took another two to three hours to bring the situation under control, but it will take a lot longer for people at this normally peaceful weekend retreat to recover from this violence. Al jazeera. Sundays attack was the third on a west african Tourist Center in recent months. In january, 28 people were killed when alqaeda gunman attacked the hotel in burkina faso. Twenty were killed at the Raddison Blu Hotel in mali. 120 were taken hostage in that scene before police ended that. More than two dozen recovering after an amtrak train derailed in kansas overnight heading from los angeles to chicago. Five cars came off the traction in kansas. Officials say its unclear what caused the derailment. Those injuries we are told are not life threatening. Flooding in louisiana has been formally declared a major disaster, leaving four people dead and thousands of homes in need of repair. The Governors Office said nearly 5,000 homes have been damaged along the mississippi delta. Louisiana National Guard spokesman said it is the worst nonhurricane flooding the state has ever seen. President obama signed a disaster declaration, triggering federal aid to victims. That particular area where the blooding hit is flat. There is no place for that water to go and those people are in trouble. This is a part of the country that does get more rain than others, but many widespread areas got over a foot of rain in just a couple days. Thats why its so saturated. Speaking of the rain moving off, you can see the broad area has moved from the great lakes through the east coast. Another little swirl kind of right behind that has Severe Weather with it. That is moving off, that later today into the afternoon hours, many the mid atlantic getting some of that. That primarily is a hail threat. We had a front go through. It stalled out, that was the first round of rain. A lot of that hit not just louisiana, but arkansas have had a rough few days. With the rain now, persistent, not moving out too quickly as i put this into motion. A lot of places in the northeast, through the day today, maybe some on and off but a good chung of today and early part have tomorrow, you can see the other little band that i mentioned could bring storms. Could be freezing precipitation. While theres a break tuesday, by wednesday, the next system well be tracking across the west and the Northern Tier of the country could move in. For the next 24 hours, a widespread area, mid atlantic, great lakes, northward getting that. I mentioned the area that could get wintery mix, snow, froes rain, the good aspect of this, any snow would be an inch or less. Were not talking a lot ant ground is warm. Here is temperatures to support that. You can see the temperatures below freezing as we get into places like maine, it is the northeast that is the coldest air right now. Still starting to see the Seasons Change at this point. Nicole mitchell, thank you. The occurian government and rebels resume indirect peace talks but the fate of Bashar Al Assad could hold up any deal. Guns still for sale. Firearm buyers are getting around the ban an facebook. The russian say its for the Syrian People to decide which means its code for saying until theres elections at the end of the pros, at least he gets to stay. The u. S. Has said there cant really be a meaningful transition, and if assad sticks around. Assad is still in power, he is backed by russia, does that mean that the United States acquiesced . In a sense, it does mean the u. S. Acquiesced, because it is the russians that are willing to put a lot of skin in the game and the u. S. Is very limited in what it is willing to do, and i think now with the russians flying air sorties all the time, it really conflict u. S. Room for maneuver. So the u. S. Can make a lot of pronouncements, but our ability to make assad go has always been problematic. One of the things the. The said in that interview with the atlantic last week is he does not feel bad about walking away from that line in the sand with regard to the assad regime. Do you think his position has been good or bad overall when the russians seem to be table to do what they want to do militarily. Whos right, whos wrong . On balance, i support the president. I support him because i dont think our engagements in iraq and in libya have turned out well and i dont think many people do, either. The idea that we can continue to expend blood and treasure, if you will, now on syria and expect a different result i think is wrong headed, but you know as well as i do that there are a lot of people in the Foreign Policy establishment in washington, including some in the president s own party who believe he hasnt done enough. I think he was right not to attack syrias forces, once the russian had come up with a deal to take the chemical weapons away from the regime. That was the whole issue and we accomplished it without firing a shot. That talk of a no fly zone seems to have died down, as well. Ambassador, thanks as always for your time. My pleasure. Fighting for delegates with their futures on the line. Well tell you what the republican rivals are doing to take each other down ahead of five important primaries to take place tomorrow. A new mission to find out justice whats in the air over mars. Welcome back to your world this morning. We are now officially six seconds short of 8 30 eastern time. Dozens hurt following a suicide bombing in ankara turkey, the capital city. The attack is the third over the last six months. So far, no group claiming responsibility. The president of ivory coast is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting today following a weekend attack on a resort beach town. Alqaeda claimed responsibility. This was the 30 major attack on a major tour it dozen nation since november. Hillary clinton locked in a tight battle heading into tomorrows crucial primaries. At last nights town meeting in ohio, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton talks about income inequality. Unemployment and under employment is off the charts. Or africanamerican kids it is 51 . I want and believe that the folks most capable of helping low their rate are the black business community. Using Clean Renewable Energy is key to the coal country. We are going to put a lot of coal miners and Coal Companies out of business. Donald trump campaigning today in florida. On sunday, he was back in illinois, just two days after protest led to a rally being canceled in chicago. The difference was night and day. Andy rowsen explains. Do we love illinois . We love illinois. Donald trump said his rally sunday in illinois was essentially the makeup rally for the one canceled in chicago on security concerns. Scuffles broke out there when thousands of Trump Supporters squared off against thousand was trump protestors. They all showed up at the same time. It was well organized trouble makers. I didnt like it in that i didnt like it at all. It was very scary, and i think that they shut down our right to hear him speak. She saw a much more sympathetic crowd here in more conservative down state illinois. Just a few dozen trump critics stood outside in the rain. Hoped it wouldnt get so violent here. We just dont want his values in our area. Some were mocked by trump. Get them out of here, get them out and led away. U. S. A. u. S. A. seemed people trying to get their name out there, their face, theyre word out. He had a serious reason for coming here and this is it, the mitsubishi plant closed here and work moved to southeast asia. Other countries basically sucking away our money, sucking away our jobs, closing down your factories and manufacturing plants and were going to stop it and keep our business here. Trump hit out on his usually targets. Paul young man on stage that read illegal immigrant for trump. Trump also alluded to his desire from banning muslims from entering the country reading about a woman who takes in a wounded snake and nurses it back to health. But instead of saying thank you, that snake gave her a vicious bite. Back in chicago, there are no plans yet to reschedule that canceled rally. The latest poll of cook county republicans there puts trump in a distant third, but its down state voters like these who have given him a statewide lead and he hopes victory in tuesdays primary. Bloomington, illinois. Shaun king is a senior justice writer at new york daily news. He said trump is purposely using racially charged language to win supporters. I think its a white supremacist message and White Supremacists are loving donald trump, publicly, privately, their attending his rallies and donald trump actually very overtly is referencing wanting to go back to the good old days of america, and when he says that, those are really dog whistles of racism, of wanting to go back to prior times and to me, he is appealing to the ugliest aspects of our countrys history and i dont think its an accident. I could give you a laundry lift and ive about them at great length. I think there are two instances that really stand out to me. First and foremost, again, the constant references of going back to the good old days, ok, or prior times in American History, when you push donald trump on that and say exactly what times in American History are you talking about, he wont answer it, but we know that when we go back in prior times in American History, its very ugly particularly when were dealing with overt racism. Greater than that, he really stakes his entire campaign on being ugly toward latinos, comparing them to racists and then his campaign catapulted when he said he wanted to ban all muslims from entering this country. Its overt bigotry. I say it like this. I dont think hes poplar in spite of his bigot tri, i think he is poplar because of it. He has no policy proposals, no brilliant plans hes put out there. Its ugly. The latest polls have trump poised to win florida but residents say they are underwhelmed and underimpressed by negative ads leading up to the primary. The training quill beaches of florida lie in stark contrast to the hurricane of attack ads inundating florida voters. Donald trump made millions while hard working americans got scammed. Super pacs are attacking donald trump, hoping to stop his momentum, while trump fires back at marco rubio, aiming to knock the florida senator out of the race on his own turf. Florida voters say the ads are nonstop and making the difference. It makes me aggravated. Its like listening to children. During the last president ial primary in 2012, mitt romney spent more than 15 million in attack ads against his rival, Newt Gingrich and overall in the state that year, nine out of 10 campaign ads were negative. While im not thrilled with some of the negative comments and petty comments that have been made, they are all so passionate about winning and theyre just trying to do everything they can to win the nomination, and so that i just feel that they are, you know, whoever is elected, we have to get behind that nominee. Barbara davis is the chair of florida said influential bravard county republicans. She says the tone of this Years Campaign has led to one positive, increased engagement. The one thing that im really happy about is the fact that theres more people involved now. With the, you know, with donald trump getting into the race, hes really excited certain people and people are listening to the debates, theyre learning more. I mean, you know, each of us has their own favorite candidate, but at least everyones getting involved, and thats the exciting part. I hope to have a really good voter turnout this year. Did you know he skipped 18 defense votes . A super pac supporting ted cruz is also going after rubio on t. V. But in this contest where bold and brash are the name of the game, some volunteers say the ground game is different. The campaign asked us to represent the candidate in the exact manner in which he represented himself, so were trying to win everybody over to our camp. If theyre negative, were extra nice. If theyre nice, then god bless them, you know, we say god bless you in this office frequently and mean it. A ted cruz supporter is trying to rally voters in her own unique way with her cruz mobile featuring an unlikely picture of her candidate. This image was shocking and i liked the shock value of it for the attention it would bring for my candidate. I wanted young people to like him, as well as old people. While the fight for attention so often negative may be more than most voters care for, one cruz voter told us the end result is worth it, especially for florida. I think its quite cleansing, like an ocean. We have waves, the waves clean the beach. Sometimes the waves come up really high on the beach and take out all the seaweed, and im hoping to see lots more seaweed get washed out of washington. Adam may, al jazeera, bravard county, florida. German voters giving a boost to a right wing anti immigrant party there. The a. F. D. Party defeating german chancellor Angela Merkels christian democratic in three regions. It means that party will Enter Parliament for the first time. It seemed a referendum on merkels immigration policy. There are new questions about the future of president rousseff in brazil, rallys were held across the country sunday. They want rousseff to resign over the economy and a scandal at the state he opened Energy Company pet pro brass. That leading to the arrest of former president desilva. There is relief in the forecast for parts of california tailed after four days of wet weather. Heavy rain, strong winds and snow have inundated rivers and roads, prompting evacuations and school closures. A Highway Patrol officer is in serious but stable condition after hit by a car that lost control in all that bad weather. That storm system has the possibility of sending Severe Weather now to the midwest. Lets bring in Nicole Mitchell for more on that. Nicole. Snow, as well. It could bring a couple of things. This could take it back over the last 24 hours when we had at a moisture plume speeding into california. Definitely need moisture with the Drought Conditions but in some place it was and get too much all at once. Not much of a moisture flow, we are winding down. Next week is looking very dry, so another time to wring out. Owl that moisture is moving interior now and moving across the country, bringing you guess a couple areas of problems. As it moves along, more especially for the Higher Elevations, were looking at different winter storm warnings and advisories, but definitely the cooler air, even for the lower elevations will spread. As this moves across the country into the day tomorrow, this gets south of the great lakes. We could see stronger storms especially illinois, indiana, kind of the cusp of that as this moves along, just an isolated chance but not out of the question. On the Northern Tier, there could be snow or freezing precipitation mixed in. This also starts to move towards the east coast by the time we get into later on wednesday and thursday, so a lot of people will be impacted by this. Temperatures as i mentioned, this is one of the cooler spots northwest of the country, 48 degrees versus minneapolis at 61, so definitely a contrast. You can see cooler air starting to spread already by the day tuesday. If you are in the warm weather, enjoy that today. You did say snow and northeast in the same sentence, didnt you . Chances, yes. Nicole, thank you very much. This morning. The latest journey of exploration tomorrow is officially underway. The spacecraft lifted off just a short time ago. It joins a long list of probes there already. This craft is rather unique. We know more about the planet mars now than ever before. There are seven active rovers orbiters above the planet. Recent discoveries have included the presence of liquid water, some below the surface of the planet. Theyve also shed light on how mars atmosphere was depleted by solar winds. The big question, whether theres life on the planet remains unanswered. Thats why the european and Russian Space agencies are sending the exo mars trace orbiter to the planet to explore its atmosphere. In particular, it will look at the presence of methane and whether its being produced by active volcanos or gas belching microbes. Methane is a hot topic, so trying to understand the origin of the methane and where on the surface of mars and when its being produced and how it is destroyed is very important. Water in liquid form is seen on the planet surface before, but its not known how much this exists nor whether this conforms to likes under its surface. We need to understand what is the water with that, because if you want to land people on there, theyre going to need Drinking Water and you dont want to carry it with you. The Exo Mars Mission will drop a small lander on to the surface. This will give it the opportunity to test its Landing Technology particularly in dusty conditions before a planned rover is sent to mars in 2018. Along with existing spacecraft, another two from the u. S. And india are expected in the next two years. The flood of new data will tell us more about the red planet and its role in the formation of our solar system. Finding guns on line. Facebook promised to stop resellers but buyers and sellers are finderring their way around the ban. Two suspects are held this morning after a Police Officer was shot and killed in suburb washington, d. C. The officer died in that shootout outside a Police Station. The officer was just four days shy of his 29th birthday. Police say the attack was unprovoked, the witness saying a gunman was pacing outside the station and just started shoot be, the f. B. I. Now helping to investigate. Facebooks ban on private gun sales is apparently not stopping owners from selling on the site. It has been six weeks sips the Company Announced users could no longer sell weapons on facebook or instagram. A new force support traction transactions. Forbes found some sellers were willing to accept payments through facebooks payment app. The author of that article joins us now via skype from san francisco. Thanks for waking up early with us. How big of a role does facebook play in private gun sales . Is it a big player . Absolutely, its a very big player. Its hards to exactly how big a role, because a lot of these do take place in private messages. A lot of sales i found were taking place in private groups. Its hard to get a feel for exactly how big, but when you consider how big facebook is itself, and how many groups that we are able to find, i think its safe to say its certainly a big player in the used gun market. I think theyre at 1. 6 billion facebook users now. Facebook came out with its own rules in january, i believe. How should they dispute it down . Facebook doesnt have a team of people going out to try and find examples of these sales taking place. They only know if users notify them. The issue, the challenge is that theres really no incentive for a gun owner or gun enthusiast in one of these groups to report to Facebook Whats happening in their groups, so theres really no active enforcement of it. Its only once facebook is made aware of a suspected gun sale that it will take action. And the the same problem for ebay and craigslist that they try to have rules but just cant enforce them. Thats right, yeah, so i wrote stories last year about that same exact issue on ebay and craigslist where ebay does allow some parts to be sold and they have a little bit more complicated a policies. They struggle to keep these off their site. They are not doing anything illegal. There is this loophole that you can do that. You can do it on other website. Whats the problem really for these sites . It depends what state youre in, whether or not its legal. California where im in, the state bans private sales unless you go through a gun store third party. There are some states that would be illegal. Facebook and craigslist. Why do they do it . When a company like Facebook Says they are banning gun sales off its site, without the ability to enforce it, why do they take a stand . Is it political, p. R. . Both those play a part. In facebooks case, the every town Group Gun Violence Prevention Group was very vocal in lobbying them to take a stand on this. Groups like moms demand action against gun violence have made it a point to lobby private businesses, facebook, target, starbucks, you name it and their strategy is to do that so long as congress isnt going to take action, theyre going to lobby businesses to do it themselves. How have those groups reacted to your reporting that these gun sales continue on facebook . I think some were surprised. I mean, you know, when facebook announced its new rules in january, i think a lot of people felt like taking at face value, this is going to be a good thing, this is going to really slow down the sale of guns without background checks, but some groups of told me maybe we need to take another look at this and Start Talking to facebook again to see how they can actually enforce this effectively. How has facebook responded . You know, facebook hasnt interested publicly. Their stance when i talked to them for the story was that, you know, we have a very, very large marketplace and we are increasingly an ecommerce marketplace. Three years ago, facebook really wasnt considered one and now with messenger, you can accept payment on line directly. Their stance is we rely on users to report violations and were confident that they can tell us about them so we can stop them. Matt draining, writer for forbes, thank you so much for joining us this morning. Thank you for having me. Still ahead, a drunken crash at the iditarod race. A snowmobile driver said he did not mean to hit the sled dogs but others are not so sure. A palestinian teacher recognized as the best teacher in the world. Controversy at the south by southwest festival after a muslim olympian was asked to remove her hijab. She was posing for an i. D. Picture when told to take it off. Muhammed said the volunteer kept insisting, even after she explained her religion. South by southwest organizers apologized and said that employee has been let go. She is the first olympian to wear a he job during competition. Police say a man intentionally drove a snowmobile into two dog teams in the iditerod race. As Hermela Aregawi reports, the accused admits he did it but insists it was an accident. A tearful man said he was returning from a night of drinking when he crashed a snowmobile into two dog sleds competing in the iditarod. He didnt slow down, he was gone. One of jeff kings dog was killed and two others injured. Just so sorry that this had to happen to him. We wanted to come down and give jeff our condolences. Its very tragic for what happened. Were all in shock. You know, Something Like this kind of affected the whole community. The Associated Press reported the man claimed not to remember the incident but a state Police Spokesman said the snowmobile driver turned around several times, appearing to speed up toward the second drivers sled. I turned around because i was concerned about them. She was ok but one of her dogs was injured in the crash. Its really depressing and it makes me really emotional, so i dont really want to talk about it, because i keep going back to it in my head. He was head on suspicion of assault and reckless driving. The i do it rod will continue for another week or so and both racers say they are committed to seeing their teams through. Hermela aregawi, al jazeera. It has begun, march madness brackets out this morning, oregon getting the top seed. It was an unpredictable season, a growing number of number once likely to spell and unpredictable tournament. Play begins thursday. A palestinian teacher being recognized for promoting peace. Awarded the global teacher prize, that honor comes with a check of 1 million. She encourages her students in the west bank to renounce violence. Pope francis among those praising her work in a videotaped message. Fantastic the pope said my name amazing this is something incredible, its not normal. I feel amazing and i still cant believe that the pope said my name she dex and a curriculum call we play and learn that focuses on play as a way of earning trust and respect. She was selected from 8,000 applicants. She plans to you use the Million Dollars terrorize to set up scholarships for teachers. You get a Million Dollars, but the pope said her name. We need more people like her. And we need to reward them, too. Your world tomorrow morning back at 7 00 a. M. Eastern time. Have a great day. Right now we want to send you to our colleagues in doha to their on going coverage of the syrian talks in geneva. They are talking about a possible glimmer of hope in those talks as they now try to move toward a political solution, one that may not involve Bashar Al Assad. See you tomorrow. That was the syrian envoy, saying talks were positive and constructive and they have submitted ideas for a political solution to the problems going on in syria. It really has been described as a moment of truth. Thats how the u. N. Special envoy for syria is saying about the latest round of talks to try to end the war, which has been raging for five years. He was speaking in geneva where dips are looking to build on a frank i am. Truce which has reduced the level of violence in syria since it came into effect. I believe he is talking again. Lets listen. No, thats a