Chris rock taking aim at the lack of diversity in hollywood as tinseltown celebrates its big night. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im del walters. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches today. Millions of people in 12 states heading to the polls tomorrow. For democrats, 865 delegates are up for grabs. Thats about a third of what is needed to win the partys nomination. On the republican side 595 delegates are at stake. Thats about halfway to the g. O. P. Convention. We are live in three key states this morning. Al jazeeras ash har quaraishi is live for us in richmond, virginia. Jonathan martin is in birmingh birmingham, alabama. Well begin with Heidi Zhou Castro in texas. Texas is extremely important for the republicans. To begin with, 155 delegates. But is this a make or break state for ted cruz . Thats what most observers are saying, del. Ted cruz is leading in the polls in his home state of texas ahead of donald trump by about 13 points. But
President obama put forward a plan today to close down Guantanamo Bay, cuba. And it faces opposition from congress. More on that, but first Jamie Mcintyre has a closer look at the president s plan. Tonyant president insisted that hes very clear i. D. About the hurdles facing the closure of guantanamo, he said that the politics are very tough. But he asked the congress and the American People to step back and take a look at the facts. Seven years after signing an order to close guantanamo, a bruised and battle wear president obama was pleading with congress to give it a chance. I dont want to pass this problem onto the next president , whoever it is, and as a nation, if we dont deal with this now, when will we deal with it . Are we going to let this linger on for another 15 years, 20 years, another 30 years . Reporter over the years, some 800 prisoners have been held at guantanamo. And from that, more than 500 were released from other countries during the burke administration. President
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Tens of thousands protest in brazil over claims of government corruption. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Accusations are flying right now on capitol hill. Theyre trading blame on over contamination in the citys water supply. Several house members accused rick snyder of knowing about the crisis months before he did anything about it. Governor snyder said hes done everything he can to address the problem. Let me be blunt. This was a failure of government at all levels, local, state and federal officials. We all failed the families of flint. This isnt about politics nor partisanship. Im not going to point fingers or shift blame. Theres plenty of that to share, and neither will help the people of flint. Not a day or night goes by that this tragedy doesnt weigh on my mind. The questions i should have asked. The answers i should have demanded. How i could have prevented this. The ranking democrat on the committee, elijah cummings, wants snyder to step
Parties. If you dont want to see donald trump as the nominee, if you dont want to see Hillary Clinton as the president , then i ask you come stand with us. Reporter but polls suggest cruz is trailing badly in ohio. With governor kasick is making what could be his last stand. This country is about us coming together, not tearing each other down or having fistfights at a campaign rally. Thats not what america is. Reporter but it is what has happened at many of trumps rallies after the candidate cancelled a chicago rally friday, a few clashes broke out between protesters and his supporters. Truch blamed them in part on democratic candidate, Bernie Sanders. Somebody will stand up and have a bernie sign bernie is going nowhere, you know that, but they will have a bernie sign. Reporter and despite scenes like this, trump insists his rallies are lovefests. You know how many people have been hurt at our rallies, i think like basically none, other than maybe somebody got hit once or theres no v