And we begin in boston, jury selection good afternoon today in the case of dzhokhartsarnaev. A man accused of setting off a bomb in 2013. Tsarnaevs lawyers tried to have the trial is moved saying their clients couldnt get a fair trial. John terret is here. John. Tony, good afternoon the Defense Council had asked to delay the start and move the trial away from boston, both denied by the judge. But that doesnt mean well get a verdict any time soon. Because just choosing the jury alone in this trial is expected to take several weeks. To his accuseers dzhokhartsarnaev confessed to the bombing in a note he left night the boat. The youngest victim to die on april the 15th, 2013 but to his defenders dzhokhartsarnaev is the victim of an overbearing older brother now dead who intimidated him into taking part in the attack. Almost two years on and boston is a city that wants the trial to start and be over. But can the youngest tsarnaev brother get a fair trial in a city where hes accused of injuring more than 260 people and killing three . His defense team lobbied to move it outside the city, not like Timothy Mcvey whose trialed triel was not held in oklahoma city. Seem onerous but not impossible. Frankly i dont think it is a problem to pick a jury. Reporter not everyone watches 24 hour news. Quite frankly there are people who dont know anything about it, and the question is whether those people can put aside what they know and be fair and render a verdict based on the facts they find it and the law as instructed by the judge. The trial is expected to take several weeks Opening Statements not expected until sometime in february. Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty on all the federal charges against him. If he is found guilty to any one of them a second hearing will be determining whether he is subjected to death. Including the eun unibomber. Pedro hernandez is charged with kidnapping and killing 16yearold aton paetz in 1979. Lawyers for hernandez says he is mentally ill and falsely confessed to the killing. More u. S. Navy divers have joined the search for the wreckage of airasia qz8501. Earlier in the day divers picked up more debris and said they may have found tail of the aircraft. Thats where the planes flight recorders are located. Lisa stark has more. Tony, weather was slightly better on monday but still not good enough to get divers in the water where visibility has been near zero. Two u. S. Naval ships are on scene helping, in the search. Also deploying a type of sonar that can map images on the bottom of the ocean floor there. This is our c scan. This uses different kill kilohertz where we can find something as spall as a golf ball or something as big as an airplane finding and using different kilohertz bands. Unclear if they can get divers or cameras down there to make a good look. So far no sign of the distinctive black boxes or the pinging sound they would make. Weather is a factor in this crash and meteorologists have a new theory, they say perhaps extreme icing caused the engines to seize up. But again thats just a theory at this time. Meantime Indonesian Air officials are cracking down, banning airasia from flying the exact route it took from indonesia to singapore on that sunday december 28th when the plane disappeared. Apparently the airline did not have permits to fly that route on sunday. And because of that, officials in indonesia also suspending the airports operator as well as control tower officials. Again the search continuing for more victims and more wreckage tony. Thank you lisa. Oil closed at just under 50 a barrel oil has lost more than half its value since last june. As a result gas prices in the u. S. Have finally below 2 per gallon in some cases. Those declines in oil prices fueled a significant selloff on wall street. Take a look at the numbers. The dow lost about 331 points on the day. The s p 500 fell, and the nasdaq was also down. The white house says the dip is beneficial for u. S. Economy. It also is a testament to the success that the u. S. Has had over the last several years in part because of the policies put forward by this administration to increase production of domestic oil and gas. It also is a testament to some of the policies this administration put in place five years ago to raise fuel efficiency standards. Joining me is rick newman. Rick good to see you again. Youre not surprised are you that Oil Continues to lose ground . Many of you predicted this before the holidays. None predicted a 50 dplien, truly almost there is hardly anybody who was predicting any of this. Mostly you heard oil would stay around 100 105 dollars a barrel. Its not just that oil prices are falling. Thats generally ogood thing for the economy. Its that oil prices have fawrnl sofallenso fast and up ended the cause and effect situation. Saudis are continueing to produce and the prices are continuing to fall. This hasnt been what we saw before and this is what is controlling the markets. The markets are freaking out a bit. At what price point ber gallon do these declines per gallon do these declines have per gallon . These seem like a bit of a tax cut. I think we need to take a step back. Im not sure they have a negative effect on the u. S. Economy as a whole. Really . We are having traders people who invest in the futures saying this is a washout. This is for most consumers dont have to worry about holdings in some Commodity Fund thats invested in oil. This is not a problem for typical consumers. This is unambiguously good news for consumers. We are seeing Financial Markets react, its not just the cost of oil, markets are trying to figure out does this indicate something about the World Economy that we dont know, is it in worse shape than we think it is . I think thats not possible, i think its that oil prices have overshot to the down side. Markets are down a couple of points after a terrific five and a half year bull run is nothing to worry about if it continues for three months we would be. Heres what i do here and i dont know what this all means. I really dont but i keep hearing words like spillover, if the price continues to fall. That it will have a spillover effect into equities or some other areas of the market. Does that make any sense to you . Well, it is having a spillover effect on companies that produce energy. Exxon was down, chevron was down caterpillar was down. Certainly there are some stocks that are harmed when they fall. I have some in my 401 k . I dont think its really the price of oil that markets are responding to as much as we do not understand the dynamic that got us here. I think were waiting to see is this really a huge global downturn as this might suggest . Are there goodsing to second order effects that are very problematic out of russia out of iran maybe out of texas we dont know. Its not price of oil its what else is going on the periphery that might be contributing to this. Terrific rick newman is a senior columnist at yahoo finance. Thanks. Thanks tony. Libyan military Spokesman Says its jets struck the ship twice in darna thats a stronghold for rebel fighters affiliated with i. S. I. L. Two were killed. Later realized that the tanker had been commissioned by the local power station. Climate conducive to arms trafficking. But french executives are stepping in. Lawrence lee reports. One of the many unintended consequences of the war in libya the french involvement in the fall of gadhafi has been the strengthening of rebel forces in inninginin north africa. The concern is the increasing disintegration, is leading to an open supply route for weapons out of libya and through niger. Thus rearming frups in groups in mali all over again. Announcing that france would be buying more drones. Just outside the southern libyan border blocking the routes taken by heavily armed fighters. Translator we know in southern libya there are very important terrorist hot beds, the same in mali the same that can be in nigeria or elsewhere. It is a refuge we have set up a base, we can tell you something in confidence, if we can on the radio, maybe they can listen to us, that is why there is this base. All the same the most cursory look at a map showing the difficulty of policing libyas border from a single point. The proposal is to put another base here, but the borders to the west and to the east are vast and unpoliced. The setup is designed to take those distances into account. Translator this is not a static base it is a dynamic military base that can adapt according to the terrorist threat. It will have Ground Troops special forces and air contingents. France has said it wont intervene inside libya by itself. President holland suggested it would if the United Nations allowed it. May lead to more International Intervention of a very different sort of the one that led to the death of moammar gadhafi. Lawrence lee, al jazeera. Still to come. President ial candidates the not wait long to make a splash in 2013 chris christie, and Mike Huckabee joins the fray. David shuster has it all in president ial politics. Im Allen Schauffler checking in on the tunnel project that is stuck dead and causing concern. Cern. A judge today cleared the way for same sex couples to marry in miemedmiamidade county. When the judge lifted her stay, the reaction, just a few hours later the first couples tied the knot. The new Republican Led Congress convenes tomorrow. Republicans will steer the direction of both the house and senate and they have a packed agenda. Libby casey is live for us. Libby, we have seen plenty of discontent from republicans with president obamas goals. Can we actually expect to see things getting done in this new session . Reporter well, tony, republicans will control the senate and have their biggest majority in the house. Others they hope to use to win political points. Republicans have a hefty todo list as they take control of congress. First up approving construction of the keystone xl pipeline to bring oil from canada to the gulf coast refineries, the Congress Wont say how the president will react to keystone bill crossing his desk but there will be other bills that the president will definitely veto. We think obamacare is a terrible piece of legislation were going to be voting on that if we take repeal or take out pieces of it like destroying the 40 hour work week, the medical device tax the individual mandate. Reporter Incoming Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, will need democratic or white house support on some measures and he may find it on Corporate Tax reform or trade deals with asia and europe. Republicans say their biggest tool, control of the purse strings. And they plan to use funding for the department of Homeland Security to try oblock the president s action he on immigration. Should say gop leadership should pivot their direction. Top House Republican john boehner faces his first test of 2015 tuesday expected to win the job of speaker but not without push back from conservative ranks. It may be one of the new battles in a gop congress. Expect the style and tone among republicans, leader mcconnell sent a clear methodical at a they want to win and keep the house and senate in two years and even think about taking the white house. Tony. This will be good lps. To. Watch libby. Another race for president. David schuster joins us for that david. Tony, former governor Mike Huckabee announced he is looking for a president ial campaign. He eventually run out of money and organization to keep up in the primaries against the 2008 nominee john mccain. He used to have a show on fox news not anymore. There has been speculation that i would run for president. If i could absolutely rule that out, i could keep doing this show. I cant make such a declaration. I wont make a decision on running until late in the spring ofs 2015 but the continued chatter has put fox news into a situation that its not fair to them. Huckabee last a lot of goodwill build up with the gops most socially conservative voters. The front runner on the republican side will remain former Florida GovernorJeb Bush Bush mr. Bush tacked to the right on a key social issue he lamented Court Decisions legalizing gay marriage telling the miami herald, quote it ought to be a local decision i mean a state decision, the people of the state decided but its been overturned by the courts. Gay rights organizations criticized former governor bush. As libby mentioned the 114th congress is set to begin tomorrow Republican HouseSpeaker Boehner faces a leadership vote on tuesday former florida congressman ted yoho and texas republican louie gobert. He delivered his speech yesterday on ffn. Tv. You said youd fight amnesty tooth and nail, you didnt, you funded it and then you took the only hostage that obama would like for us to shoot. It was a terrible strategy and it follows a number of years of broken promises. Boehner is still favored but stay tuned. There are a lot of Football Games over the weekend and a fan reaction shot has not done any favors for new jersey governor chris christie. Republican considering a 2016 president ial campaign, with jerry jones the owner of dallas cowboys. Christie in red went in for a double high 5 with jones in the middle. That was awkward kind of rejection. Quote, really rich white guys separating stuff is never not funny. laughing . Wearing the same outfit as fat albert. That was from cbs. Com. To all of those noncouncilmember fans, who have their panties in a ringer, the governor has been a cowboys fan all his life. Panties in a ringer . Hey man welcome to National Politics and by the way for the record i would never sit in the box with daniel schneider. 2008 Vice President ial nominee sarah palin remember her . Her son using their dog as a step stool. Quote, anyone let alone a mother to post such a thing. Let alone peta used to the hardhearted bizarreness of this woman. Enjoyed eating dead dog meat. Did you have to go there . Actually mr. Obama revealed he ate it as a child not that he enjoyed it. Although the president tony, did make a joke about it a few years ago. Watch. Whats the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull . A pit bull is delicious. [ laughter ] perhaps palin thought he was being serious. Thats todays power politics. 2015, come on. David i think i myself with that one. I hurt myself with that one. Enrique pena nietos popularity is sliding in mexico. And real drag on the president s government, david mercer reports from mexico city. Its Early Saturday Morning and jorge nava opens up his tortilla shop. While his business is located in mexico citys wealthier areas jorge rarely earns more than tom leyden omonth. He struggles to support his family and with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever life is getting harder. Translator the minimum wraij is about 4. 50 a day and to be honest it isnt enough. We have to pay rent transportation food school fees and supplies, shoes clothes everything we need. The minimum wage is not enough. With sluggish groal and a weakened peso, jorge says he needs a boost. Something mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto will bring to washington when he meets with president obama. But this could take a back seat to a more pressing issue. In pena nietos political career just two years into his presidency polls show his approval is dropped to 40 the lowest for a mexican president in nearly two decades. When the leaders met in early 2014 the u. S. Praised mexicos Energy Reforms and the capture of drug bosses. But expectations that pena nieto would issue in a period of stability and prosperity didnt last. In late september 43 students disappeared in southwestern mexico. Became a symbol of corruption and violence and protesters called for pena nieto to step down. Despite intervention from the fbi, the students are still missing. Security is likely to take top spot during the president s meeting. Obama is going to say to pena nieto, youre going to have to make changes to your cabinet to improve human rights, justice and the rule of law. Im going to give you that opportunity. If you are not able to do it were going to start looking for someone who can. With Mexican Congressional elections coming up in july, pena nieto was keen to secure his political credibility. Whats less clear is what effect the president s visit to washington will have on jorge nava and millions of mexicans like him. David mercer, al jazeera mexico city. Many will not be able to escape to lebanon new government restrictions will leave them with one option, stay and survive in syria. Bill deblasio, Police Officers again turned their backs on him. Him. Its a chilling and draconian sentence. It simply cannot stand. This trial was a sham. They are truth seekers. All they really wanna do is find out whats happening, so they can tell people. Governments around the world all united to condemn this. As you can see, its still a very much volatile situation. The government is prepared to carry out mass array. If you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. Im ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. We are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. We are ment to be your first choice for the news. Fleeing syria just got harder for people trying to escape the deadly civil war there. Millions of syrians fled since the war first began in 2011. In all the United Nations say more than three million have left. Turkey and lebanon have both taken over 1 million each. But now lebanon changed the rules. Jane ferguson reports. For years abel didnt need to have a vees to work visa to work in lebanon but now lebanon has changed the rules. Entry or reentry is not guaranteed. Translator ive been working in lebanon since 1995, and now we