address. ♪ ♪ we begin tonight in syria with reports of an israeli air strike killing several hezbollah fighters. the lebanese-based shia group says the attacks near the israeli heights hezbollah says an israeli helicopter fired the missiles since the war stated in syria israel carried out at least seven trikes inside syrian territory. two of our reporters are covering the story tonight. let's go to nicole johnston first in beirut. >> reporter: this is a major group against hezbollah which is currently fighting on the side of the assad regime inside syria. six of their figures were taken out. we know that two of then were senior commanders, one of them includes mohamed isar and another one includes the son of of a previous commander who had been a formerly assassinated. this was certainly a big hit against hezbollah. not the first time that they have been hit. but certainly one of the biggest hits carried out by israel in terms of the caliber of this. now, hezbollah has confirmed this has happened, they have told us that there will be retaliatory action. they have said that they can carry this out any place at any time. also the situation on the border between lebanon and israel has been very tense for the last couple of days. there have been israeli planes flying over southern lebanon reconnaissance missions carried out. and what we are waiting for now is for the funerals of these hezbollah figures over the next couple of days. this is sure to rally many hezbollah supporters out onto the streets of lebanon. >> hezbollah confirmed the attack israel has not. more from west jerusalem. >> reporter: we talked to the israeli army several times throughout the course of the day and we were told that the army does not respond to foreign reports. however, we are hearing some reports from israeli media outlets that are quoting an unnamed source as saying that israel did indeed, carry out this attack today in syria. however, as i said no official confirmation from the army or the government. now, what we know, we heard earlier in the day today on sunday the lebanese army issuing a statement saying that at some point today in the a afternoon, four israeli army vehicles approached the border with lebanon and hurled tear gas and smoke grenades at -- in to lebanese territory at lebanese soldiers. we also know that some lebanese media reports suggested that the israeli missiles targeted a rocket-launching cell preparing to fire rockets at israel. but we, of course, cannot confirm that. what we can say is that this attack comes three days after hezbollah chief threatened to retaliate against israel's repeated air strikes and attacks on syria. he said that he's prepared to do that, to fight the jewish state and use his long-range missiles. as you know, hezbollah is a staunch supporter of the syrian regime. has sent thousands of fighters to fight alongside bashar al-assad's forces inside syria. and three days ago he said that these attacks by israel are attacks on the whole of the resistence axis which includes teheran, hezbollah and damascus as well. israel security service says it cracked the first local isil cell on its soil. they have arrested seven people reportedly of arab decent on charges of attacks on israel and communicating with syrian groupings. they were caught just before executing an attack and were practicing on animals how to behead people. the seven admitted to belong to go isil. italy's interior minister says they have deported nine people are suspected of supporting isil. the expulsion began ben tase did go he also identified 59 people who had traveled to syria to fight. isil has released more than 200 captives of the yazidi is, in iraq we have the story. >> reporter: most of them were elderly, disabled or sick. all of them were traumatized. among them are some of the oldest members of an ancient religious minority under attack by isil. when the gunmen rampages through their homeland near sinjar mountain in june, these yazidis were rounded up and taken to near the syrian border, but the u.s. and iraq have been bombing there, and they were taken from there to mosul where isil decided it didn't want them anymore. >> translator: we were in mosul when they told us they would send us away, on the way i asked the driver where he was taking us. he told us he was taking us to a safe place. i thought it would be tellfar but we ended up in the district south of kirkuk. >> reporter: still yazidi in their hearts, some convert today islam when threatened by isil. >> reporter: she says she spent three months there. >> translator: we told them that we would become muslim and they didn't hurt us, but they kept on kidnapping girls any kidnapped my neighbor, a young yazidi girl and another neighbor who is christian. >> reporter: kurdish forces picked up the yazidis and gave them medical treatment before sending them to a camp for displaced iraqis. it wasn't inning too early clear why isil released them. but activists say it could be because the radical group increasingly under seen by fighting can no longer take care of such a large number of prisoners. while isil has killed hundreds of yazidi men it has said it won't harm those that convert. more than 4,000 yazidis are believed still held by isil. almost half of those are well. the group has said it doesn't recognize their religion, so it considers the women spoils of war to be used, bought, and sold. leaving their agonized families waiting and wondering if they will ever see them again. jane ar r.a. f, al jazerra baghdad. the u.k. is set to host a summit with the u.s. and arab nations to discuss the fight against isil. about 20 nations are expected to meet in london to discuss the situation. secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to a they understand this events on january 23rd. belgium prosecutors say they have asked for a perna rested in greece yesterday to be ex-extradited to belgium. more from athens. >> reporter: the arrest that took place here in athens were at the behest the belgium authorities who found evidence during a raise on a terrorist strong hold last thursday. that there was an athens connection, and a masterminds. resident here in athens at the beginning of the year who had made telephone calls from a location in the city to terrorist cells in belgium. apparently approving certain plots to go ahead. certain attacks on northern european targets. the police in greece earlier on sunday confirmed that none of the four men that they arrested at the request of belgian authorities on saturday, turned out to be that mastermind. dna samples sent from belgium were cross-referenced with dna samples taken from the suspect here in athens, apparently the chief suspect the belgium authorities are looking for is not among those four pima rested on so one of those men is being sent to belgium but the charges are still unknown. one remains arrested three released. protests against charlie hebdo continue around the world meanwhile, french police continue to hold nine of 12 suspects arrested in raids on friday. jonah hull has the latest on paris. >> reporter: the latest in on the investigation in paris is nine of the 12 individuals arrested in raids across the paris region on friday are still people questioned. they have had their detention extended by a further 48 hours. three women of the 12 were released on sunday. the remaining one woman and eight men are being questioned it's around the possibility that they may have provided logistical support. one the paris gunman the man involved in the kosher super market sync, what isn't clear because it isn't being made specifically clear by the police is whether there is any connection between these nine individuals and the further six possible suspects connects today a wider network and the brothers. the brothers responsible for the charlie hebdo shootings have both been buried in france, overnight saturday buried in an an unmarked grave outside paris where he had lived with his wife. his brother buried overnight friday under heavy police security in the northeastern city of rans where he had lived. jonah hull reporting there. an anti islam rally has been canceled in dresden germany because of a threat against one of its organizers. the group which called it's itself patriot europeans against the islam saying of the west canceled the rally in a facebook post yesterday. the weekly rally drew 25,000 people last week there were several rallies in france on sunday in response to the charlie hebdo attack. the rally in paris condemned what organizers all colog the stigma tie saying of muff limbs. french authorities bans an anti islam demonstration in paris ruling it might disrupt public order. >> translator: today we feel more and more islam phobia and approximate worries it, more and more places of worship being attacked campus limb girls and women that wear the veil or those that don't are being attacked and there is silence from the politicians. >> translator: how can they criticize us when we are just asking not to have terrorists in our neighbors and not having them involved with our children and social services. the head of the police agency said sunday foiling attacks has become more difficult since september 11th. rob wainwright said the agency reviewing ways to getter exchange intelligence and trying to improve how it a tracks firearms money to monitor future threats. >> it's not the same as the days in nine learn when we 9/11 when we had an identifying structure. now it's moving rather insidiously in our communities and across the internet in particular. it's a keel reel challenge for police right now. nuclear tacks resumed in geneva today. world powers got together for the second time since they failed for meet the november deadline to make ideal. they have until march. diplomats say limited progress was made. john kerry held tension i have meetings with the foreign minister from iran this week and president obama told congress not to impose new sanctions warning it could upset the morningses. meanwhile iran's foreign minister is postponing his trip to saudi arabia, he is protesting the countries reluctance to cut oil production. oil prices have plunged 60% since june, because of rising production. but despite this, opec which includes saudi arabia wants to maintain its output. >> reporter: the owe i remember i is hurting relations between the two countries. -ycountries mali's president has declared it ebola free. six people dialed in mali from the disease last year. meanwhile, schools are scheduled to open tomorrow in guinea for the first time since the ebola outbreak. liberia says schools will reopen there next month. for more than a year health officials have struggled against the spread of the virus which infected more than 21,000 people and has killed more than 8400. the outbreak remains con sustain in three west african countries are yous being sierra leone liberia and guinea. containing the outbreak in west africa involved a coordinated effort and from help from the u.s. john is from the university of georgia i spoke tonight earlier today and asked him how this outbreak compared to others. >> so first is the coordination and organization of all the different ngos and governments and foreign governments and local governments. second the efforts of the people of west africa. the people of these countries have really pulled towing, taken ownership of managing the epidemic in their countries. that means people have been willing to seek treatment. they have been willing to allow for the bodies of their loved ones, which can be infectious if the person died from bowl, a they have allowed for them to have a safe burial, which is key to containing the outbreak. and international aid has been crucial too in the form of information and advisers, medical personnel diagnostic laboratories and health treatment facilities. >> whywhy has it been a little more difficult to contain this in sierra leone compared to other countries? >> i have to tell you my research is mostly focused on liberian as much as we have tried to follow the outbreak in the other countries we found that the quantity of information was so scattered so difficult to stay on top of, that it was really important that we concentrate our efforts in the place where we could. we wanted our work to be as helpful as possible and at the same time that we started we saw that the greatest risk of course the greatest transmission was really in liberia. we have concentrate there had and hope now to move in to understanding retrospectively what happened in the other countries as well. >> and we'll continue to follow the ebola outbreak. shots fired outside of home of vice president joe biden last night in delaware. the secret service says the gunfire came from a passing car on a public road outside of a secure perimeter around the residents. the agency is, of course, investigating. biden's wife was -- or his wife were not home. in the northeast freezing rain has created hazardous road conditions this, truck driver is running in to the curb, fright learning people on the sidewalk. another car careened out of control and hit the truck. five people in the northeast were killed in crashes today. it was a mess on highway 76 nearly philadelphia where more than 20 cars got tangled in a pile you feel. and nearby interstate 476 had its share of traffic tie ups today where there were two fatalities and a multi-vehicle crash. rebecca stevenson is here now with weather. are the conditions create that go going to ease up a little? >> meteorologist: unfortunately we have just seen them move northward gradually and now the freezing rain advisories that are dropping rain in to freezing conditions on bridges roadways, sidewalks, for porches swear now seek it extended. advisoriesadvisories moving to parts the eastern new york, expect temperatures even though they are very near freezing on just a hair above. central penn will continue with icing conditions overnight tonight in to the morning hours. we have to watch that as you can see the areas of pink stretching in to eastern new york, parts of the hudson valley all the way up in to main. that's where our freezing advisories are popping up. now, temperatures currently closer to the water you can see in the 40s that's where we had some incredibly heavy rain earlier from the storm. but the storm itself, as is slowly exitses northward north northeast it is still bringing warm wet rain on top of freezing temperatures at the ground level so that we are considering seeing a freezing rain advisory stretches all the way up until midnight in some places past that for others. the farther northug. and then we will add in the amount of snowfall coming in in some of the higher elevations for parts of vermont and new hampshire. overall it is a treacherous situation, snow amounts are expected to be piling up in the higher elevations, that's where we will see the most, but still slippery icing roads just continue through the night. >> we'll clerkwe'll check back in rebecca. thank you so much. up next, nigeria gets fight from neighbors against boko haram. after holding mass for several several hundred thousand people. the pope is getting ready to leave the philippines. we'll have more on that. and a bit later in the week ahead we'll focus some of the major issues that probably won't make it in to tuesday's state of the union speech. huge crowds, including millions the a mass earlier today. that's how much he's loved there. it was the final event of the pope's visit to asia harry fawcett reports from manila. >> reporter: early morning in manila which & clear already this was no ordinary sunday, streets jam packed a constraint stream of people add to this crush. the pope's first public appearance at a catholic university. a frequent message of this visit to care for indeed weep for the marginalized. >> translator: those that are left to one side are crying. those who are discarded those are crying. >> reporter: around the park where the pope's las mass was to take place the rain had set in. but even with the long wait, people were good humored. >> we are happy, we are happy for this. together with my father. my friend. >> we are very excited for the pope. for his think do being that's why i brought my son here. we want him to be healed because he has a skin allergy. >> reporter: francis arrived in a pope mobile built ace jim the jeep that fairies one and all around this congested city, he spoke on the festival honoring the infant jesus. not for the first time on this trip traditionalist message. >> sadly in our day the family all too often needs to be protected against insidious attacks and problems problems contrary to all that we hold true and sacred. all that is most beautiful and novel in our christchurch. >> reporter: for the vatican this trip was a chance to inspire a filipino population that's 80% catholic, but among whom church attendance is is falling and reach out to asia viewed as a very tile region for further growth. >> every filipino wanting to with you. [cheering and applause] >> don't be afraid. every filipino wanting to with you not to rome, but to the peripheries. >> reporter: as the rain fell still more heavily a final chance for the pope to say goodbye to the file peens and the philippines to him. so pope francis wrapped us hick week in asia one remarked by extraordinary demotional crowds, particularly here in the philippines, but also by some moments of controversy over his comments about the limits to free speech in relation to the charlie hebdo attacks and also his scolding of local politicians and corruption and inequality. but for the millions crowd today on the streets this is a landmark personal moment one to remember for a life too. harry fawcett, al jazerra manila. >> live pictures here crowds went to see the pope -- want to see the pope until the very last moment that he gets on the airplane headed to the airport right now. clearly pope francis is truly beloved in the philippines and big crowds expected when the pope comes to the u.s. later this year, francis is sketch told attends the world meeting of families in philadelphia on the last weekend of september. hotels in the city say they are already running out of rooms. a deadly new attack by boko haram. the group attacked the village in cameroon on sunday. at this point it appears three people were killed and up to 50 abducted including children and 80 homes detroit. that attack comes as troops from chad deployed for fight boko haram in northern nigeria. erica wood has more. >> reporter: troops from chad rolled by on the way to join soldiers from neighboring cameroon and nigeria. this is the beginning of a major joint military salt against boko haram, involving involving regional forces forces. >> translator: it is important to say that while there is dead, blood and sacrifice, we cannot be indifferent to what is going on because we are directly concerned and because we believe cameroon must not be alone as it faces boko haram. >> reporter: and in that fight chad's president has urged other african nation to his join in. the issue you of whether to form a broad coalition force is due to be discussed at a meeting of african union leaders in the coming days. there is now a wider interest in to launching a coordinated offensive against boko haram that's because the armed forces recently launched more and more talks not just inside nigeria where it's based but outside as well. and as the violence spreads thousands have been forced to escape. >> translator: our statistics say there are more than 12,000 refugees, there are well, children men and some representatives of local authorities. among them are eight nigerian soldier who his fled the a as it toss at this of bokoatrocities of boko haram. >> reporter: they attacked a school and kidnapped more than 200 girls. most of them are still missing and boko haram says many have been married off to fighters. and last week, amnesty international released photos that showed the scale of the devastation in two towns caused by boko haram attacks in early january. nigeria is due to hold presidential elections next month. and no doubt safety and stability will be in the forefront of voters' minds. neighboring countries are warning a disruption of the po*l pollspolls will not implications not just in nigeria, but regional are you as well? the last so-called enemy combat and held on american soil has been released. he is now in qatar where he is a citizen, he was arrested in illinois in 2001, accused of conspiracy to provide material support to al qaeda. he was reportedly tortured and pleaded guilt any 2009 tonight he released a statement saying this. >> earlier i spoke to jonathan the lawyer who represented him from the time that he was declared an enemy combat'd until his release yesterday. i asked him about his conditions his client was health under. >> he was totally isolated. he did not speak with a single other human being other than interrogators who interrogated him and essentially tried to break him through total sensory depravation, painful stress positions, sleep depravation they literally, you know, it's everything you read about many of the things that you read about the in the senate torture report that came out last month were applied to him to literally break limb as a human being. >> if pleaded guilty some would say why should you have simply for him if he pleaded guilt any. >> there he was guilty or not was a side issue. it was whether or not he was entitled to a trial. that's what all people -- that's what the constitution provides, most fundamental right. the police, fbi can't just lock you up and throw you away. throw out the key and not give you a trial. >> the legacy of the case is that the idea of domestic military detention has been discredited. coming up our sunday segment, the week ahead on tuesday president obama gives state of the union address we'll take a look at the topic that his probably won't get much attention. welcome back to al jazerra america. here a look at your top stories. hezbollah says israel attacked its fighters in syria today killing several members an israeli helicopter reportedly fired the missiles, the lebanese shia group says at least six men died one a son of a previous commander. belgium prosecutors say they have asked for a man arrested in greece on saturday to be ex-extradited to belgium. he was one of four mena rested yesterday in athens, the three others have been released. isil has leased more than 200 captives of the yazidi religious minority many elderly and sick, the group was brought to kurdish forces -- brought by kurdish forces to a camp in northern iraq near the syrian border. it is isn't night time for our regular look at the week ahead. president obama will deliver a state of the union address on tuesday, talk about the economy national security, psycher attacks, some topics are not expected to be on the agenda. we'll take a look at some of the issue you is and why they are equally important for the american public we have reporters across the country troy shed light on defense reform privacy and gun control. we start with jamie macintyre tonight in washington. >> reporter: even with the end of two cars. the pentagons budget continues to grow, still it's over $500 billion, nearly half of a federal spend being. not just wars make it so hard to cut it's the costly weapons such as the fry f35 fighter jet the most expensive fighter plane ever made and lots of other things the pentagon is forced to buy because of political concerns, one of the biggest areas of unnecessary spending excess infra truck true, 20% more basing capacity than than it needs and the pent continue can't close him terry bases because each one in someone's congressional district will require congress to approve another base clear our process that's something that congress is not in the mood to do so don't expect the president to ask for it if let state union address. >> reporter: i am jake ward under president bush, law came in to place that opened up whole new swaths of our lives to government intrusion but under the current president the technology came online. under president obama, we have seen certain outrage around the nsa's bulk data collection systems, but those systems have been getting better and better, stronger and stronger under the president and no sign it will end any time soon. at least five different programs for everything from picking up conversations on the phone and transcribing them and automatically categorizing them to noticing patterns in youtube videos like when someone is walking in the opposite direction of the crowd. all of that is just going to get deeper and deeper under this presidency. >> reporter: i am in the garfield park neighborhood of chicago and in just the first few weeks of this year, already six people have been shot. one of whom died. gun violence is a huge problem here in the city of chicago. in fact, last year more than 3,000 people were the victims of gun violence, that's about a 15% inning vehicles over 2013. the police say the big problem is the flow of illegal guns in to the city. police superintendent gary ma caring is a calling for tougher federal gun laws and that is something that the president and democrats are also advocating. but it's a hot butt finish you with republicans. now that they control both houses of congress, it's very unlikely that we are going to see any give and take on gun control legislation any time soon. dianeestdiane estebrook, al jazerra chicago. let's look at some of the recent developments on these issues earlier this week the national academy of science has released a report saying the obama administration wants to develop special software to target individuals rather than collecting data in bulk. but also said it isn't pass right now. mean is data collection on a mass scale is likely to continue. also this week, more lawsuits filed seek to go weaken gun laws the national rife rifle association sued pittsburgh and penn contending local gun control measures can't go i don't understand what is permitted at the state level. an article in the atlantic magazine questioned how the military spends his budget. also rarely asked whether the country really needs a defense budget almost double its pre9/11 levels in real dollars to discuss the issue you further let's bring in jen a civil rights lawyer. thank you for coming. and mark rome associate dean for academic affairs at georgetown university school of public policy joining us from washington. thank you both for joining me, mr. rome i will start for you. >> good to be here. >> the defense budge set roughly twice what it was before 9/11 in real dollars and no sign in sight of it shrinking. what is so difficult about restructuring the defense budget? >> right. so two factors at play here, downtown see public demand for reducing defense spends issue see public demands for a strong defense to make america safe and secure, but you don't see public movement to cut defense. on the other hand, those who benefit from defense spends, especially the defense contractors, they will fight tooth and nail to protect that funding because that funding is their life blood. if it goes away, they go away. so no public support for reducing suspending and -- spending and lots of private opposition to cutting spending. >> so could there be public support if someone stepped up to try to change the national conversation or change change the dialogue about it? >> i think it's unlikely. again, americans want to be safe. and it's not as if we see the price tag for defense spending on our yearly taxes. we spends a lot of money on defense, but it's kind of remote from the daily lives of americans. >> so you are talking about a lot of money that we don't actually see on individual bills that come to our house true enough but nevertheless the numbers are huge, does bigger necessarily mean better? >> well, in the eyes of the defense contracts it certainly does. their view is that america needs higher tech weapons we need more of the higher tech weapons and they are all tremendously expensive. they perhaps could be cut while preserving america's security, but few politicians wants to take the risk that we don't have the toys that we need at the time that we need them. >> so it's almost like politicians can't really be perceived as being soft on crime. is it the same way with defense that a political can at that time or president would pay a political price for proposing that we shrink the defense budget? >> it's possible to pay a pros for proposing lower defense spending but also recognize nays that defense spending is not just concentrated in a few congressional districts or in a few states. it's broadly spread arm the country. virtually every congressional district benefits in some way from federal defense spending dollars that flow to the district. supporting local businesses, supporting local incomes and it's awfully hard for people for members of congress to oppose that. >> absolutely. it means jobs, let's pivot to the discussion on privacy you are here with me so there was edward snowed snowden the nsa. sony hacking it would seem the president will bring it up tuesday. what do you think the likelihood is that he actually will. >> i would imagine it's not likely that he'll bring it up. but we do as a nation need to be considering what is happening here. the nsa's telephone surveillance program that collects both data about every call that we make, when you call your lawyer, your doctor your clergy, that's tracked. and there are two cases that are right now challenging the constitution at of that program. >> okay. let's talk about that. >> and are asking the courts the question of whether this violate our fourth amendment rights to be free from unreasonable government searches and searches and seizures and the question the courts need to ask is do we as a associate pictures our government to be investigating all of the calls that we make. and, of course, the answer is absolutely not. >> do you see any chance of backing up from where we are on this? or is it going to be full steam ahead? is it too late to go back? >> i don't think that it's too late to go back. we have had a number of reports from the government saying that some of these programs are ineffective. and while they might be difficult to find other ways to find the information, we have to protect not only fourth amendment rights to privacy in the country but also implicates our first amendment right freedom speech and association people think that their calls are being investigated, they are unlikely to pick up the phone and in a democracy that can't be the case. >> mr. research om. this is an issue actually cross party lines as times. republicans and democrats agree on questioning where the country is going on privacy. is the owe bomb obama administration skirting the issues? >> they are. they are like to talk about the rights of protecting the american citizen and protecting speech rights and rights against unreasonable search and seizure but at the ends of the day politicians are very wary of terrorist attacks and they believe that the risk of infringing upon our rights is less than the dangers both political and real of a terrorist attack. so if the government believes that information will be valuable to them. to conduct surveillance against terrorists my bet is that the government will try to obtain that information. >> i saw you nodding there. do you think the average person agrees with that line of thinking? which is why perhaps there hasn't been this huge outcry about it? >> i don't think that people fail to understand there is a middle ground here. >> okay. >> that the government, of course needs to protect us, i think most people would agree with that. except that it's not all or nothing. you can target people who are suspicious for a reason. when you have a reason to believe that they might be involved in terrorism, for example. you can investigate the calls that those people are making. >> sure. >> but to collect data on all of americans i think that shocks most americans and that's not what we would consider to be reasonable. >> so the likelihood of it coming up tuesday not very much, but perhaps an issue that we'll be focusing on this year because as you said it's working its way through the cords mr. rom let's pivot to guns now in 2013 right after newtown obviously it was the issue of guns and gun control was front and center for a lot of the country and a for president obama the administration as well. how likely is he to bring that up tuesday in to the state of the union? >> i could be wrong on this, but i think the probability that obama will speak about gun control at the state union is just about zero. >> wow. >> i think that he believes that this will be a nonstarter politically. you have a republican controlled congress both house and saint that will be adamantly opposed on any additional federal regulation of guns and i think that he sees no political pay off in terms of the chance of getting policies to tighten gun control or any political benefits to the democratic party or the obama administration for everything raising the issue you you. >> our national dialogue for better or worse some would say worse is often shaped by lobbyists and the money that is spent lobbying. can you explain how that has been the case when the conversation is about guns? >> the gun laws in the united states are unhinged. and the reason that this horror against, is in part because our pal policies reflect not public preferences but the preferences of those funning the campaign. >> you say that based on. >> data. data says it comes in to legislation and not reflecting what the public wants or more or closer to what the wealthy and corporations prefer. and in 2014, gun groups like the n.r.a. contributed more than $3.5 million to our federal elects where our gun control groups spent 400,000 looking at that disparity alone, you can see how our elected officials are being pushed in it a corner here and we really need campaign finance reform in order to be able to make more sensible legislation in this area. >> we don't expect, as you all said for these issues to come up tuesday but nevertheless extremely important to discuss. and i am glad both of you came here to do that. thank you both very much. i am sure you'll be watching tuesday. >> thank you. >> thank you. the. now, ahead of the state of the union speech al jazerra has conducted its first political poll in connection with monmouth university. we asked a poll of 1,000 participants what is the biggest concern facing your family right now? here is what people said. job security and unemployment is the biggest concern followed by healthcare costses at 15% and every day bills just getting the bills paid 14% college tuition surprisingly terrorism was the biggest concern for only 1% of the peel people polled. you can see the breakdown by political parties republicans most concerned with healthcare costs. one of the biggest issue was the bat party's battle with obama care. democrats job security and unemployment ranked as the most important. educational costs and every day bills followed closely tied at 13%. and the same is true for independence, but every day bills came in second. so some interesting numbers there, be sure to keep watching al jazerra america we'll be releasing more results over the next couple of days ahead of the state of the union address tomorrow is marlin luther king, jr. day and we'll release the poll results on race relations and you can find complete results on the poll on our website aljazerra.com. since our guests are still here let me try to get a reaction. were you take in some of the numbers that i just talked about? >> yes i think it's important to think about some of the education, the interest in education that i think that the president will be talking about education. >> the community college. >> right. and his really exciting step to make tuition free for some students attending community college. but we need to be bringing this one step further. i think and looking at making it so that a kid whose parents work at wal-mart have the same shot at obtaining a four-year degree as a kid whose parent work on wall street right now that's not the same because of the crushing costses of college and debilitating debt and we can do something about that with debt free college. >> okay, mr. rom what jumped out to you from the numbers in. >> well, what jumps out at me is that the american public is really pretty reasonable. what do we care about? we care about our jobs, we care about our health, we care about education. it doesn't surprise me that those are the real priorities of american people. haveing said that the republicans and democrats can agree those are the priorities but they did i have sore strongly as to the -- so strongly as to the appropriate ways to address those concerns, that's why it's so hard to get things done in washington not disagreeing about the problems, but what the solutions should be. >> all right, thank you both very much. again looking ahead to tuesday. now, before we go, let's take a look at some of the other events coming up in the week ahead. on monday, the aircraft en financial forum will begin in hong kong. bringing together business communitys on tuesday the trial of james holmes that went on a shooting spree at the movie theater in colorado in 2012. is expects to begin being the shooting left 12 people dead. on wednesday world chick forum. economic growth, financial systems and environment sustainable the some of the topics. still ahead on al jazerra america. ♪ ♪ >> also ahead the story of a honduran woman who spent nearly two months living in a philadelphia church to prevent deportation. special state of the union coverage at 7:00. >> we'll take an in-depth look at our nation's financial future. >> then john seigenthaler breaks down the issues. >> we need to know what's going on in our backyard. >> plus, objective analysis and live reports from across the nation and reaction from around the world. the state of the union address. special coverage begins tuesday, 7:00 eastern. right here on al jazeera america. her husband is a u.s. citizen so are her two young children she was nonetheless facing deportation rather than leave her family she sought sanctuary in a church in philadelphia. this weekend she took her first steps out. al jazerra was there. >> reporter: a family celebration. begins with a song christ breaks a chain. part of lyrics resonate more strongly. i have a lawyer who defends me, he's never busy, he's always on my side. the star of the service is angela navarro who correctly received a two year stay of removal which stopped her final did he pour raise order she came to visits her fainter 11 years ago tried to stay legally her son and daughter are both u.s. citizens so is her new husband enrique fernandez. angela says she lived in fear for over a decade. scared to take her kids to school or the doctor. so who what would you say to the critics that say you weren't supposed to to come you have your child here you are velshi no right to say. >> god has given everyone the right to a good life. critics should ask themselves what would they do in my circumstances. >> reporter: desperate to keep her family intact she sought sanctuary last november in this philadelphia church after being served final deportation orders, after a petition received 6,000 signatures nationwide and meetings held with homelands security officials angela finally got her wish for now. >> the government and our elected officials that sometimes make these laws, they are not the enemy. the enemy is inaction. >> reporter: her family priest gave her this set of rosary beads. as a symbol of victory. then she walked outside for the first time in nearly two months. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: she is one of mine people that went in to sanctuary this fall as parts of the revitalized movement across the country. she's the only one that went in to sank ware we her husband and two children. while it's actually not legal in the u.s. to offer sanctuary a 2011 policy document issued by u.s. immigration and customs enforcement said deportation orders would not be carried out without praoeufl approval in sensitive locations which i asked her where she is going shed they were still looking for a place to rents. you stay here while i look for a home. the first thing she actually did was hold a march across the street. >> for all who are not free because i've deportation order. >> reporter: to a small park to say a prayer for others facing did he pour operation courtney keelkealy. philadelphia. let's check in with rebecca for more on the weather there is a lot going on. >> meteorologist: there is, from coast do coast it's impressive. we have been watching big football games today, we had a tornado report in the seattle area before the game for the see headaches now we have a line of strong storms headed right towards gillett field. currently our biggest concern is where the freezing rain is coming down, we have had so many accidents and problems on roadway and bridges from the icing earlier today and that's just pushing up farther to the north. freezing rain advisories are extended in to tonight. in fact, some places from 11:00 at night to midnight and we are going to see that stretching from parts of eastern new york, central penn, all the penn penn in to main. let's look at what is headed in to gillett field. a line of strong storms, intense rainfall is think cog out in sheets as some people have reported and we are seeing about one to two-inches of rain per hour. that's the rate it's coming down down. so heavily with lightning strikes offshore. let's move to the rest of the story, record rainfall across large areas of the north east, some of the most remarkable new records broke something set in 1930 in philadelphia. shatters your record today. as we look at our participation in the last 24 hours focus on the rainfall closer to coast. over two-inches fell throughout the day. we have had flooding and all kind of different kind of flooding whether it was urban flooding or just the large area where rivers are running high. now expect the storm to continue to track up to the northeast through the course of the night in to tomorrow. but we'll get some snow coming down in the higher elevations of northern new york. still looking at the radar in the pacific northwest, we have showers here, this is where we had the tornado report earlier today in an area called gig harbor, you can see that popped up there in the afternoon. elsewhere, reports have been hail but east of the cascades it was snow, it was wind, 60 to 70 miles per hour winds have been reported for parts of the northwest especially from montana to wyoming. so now we have the winds gusts down to 33 miles an hour for western montana but it's going to be a stormy night ahead for so many folks especially in the northeast. >> you'll keep an eye on for us, rebecca, thank you. civil rights activists marking the anniversary of the sale ma to montgomery marchs that led to the voting act. oprah winfrey led a march today. she produced and starred in selma about his life. and she was joined today by the director of that movie and the actor david but as al jazerra's andy gallagher reports from sell selma, the film is receiving some criticism for its historical accuracy. >> reporter: these days 71-year-old annie pearl avery enjoys a coat stroll across the bridge in selma. but when she set on on a peaceful march here back in 1965, it was a starkly different scene. protesters fighting for the right to vote were met by armed police. dozens were badly hurt and annie, not for the first time, was arrested. >> our real heros are the people who died. i could have gotten killed but i am just saying i think it was a small contribution that i paid because other people paid more. >> we are having people walking off the streets and finding themselves in these -- >> reporter: what happened in selma during the '60s is deeply ingrained in this community. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: every year thousands come here to mark protest that his led to one of the most important pieces of legislation in u.s. history. just months after marches were led by dr. martin luther king the voting rights act was passed. >> the voting rights movement that happened here in selma was a movement that changed the course of history. but this country -- for this country and for the world. >> reporter: and those monumental changes are the subject of a new film which has upset some. critics say president lindon b. johnson is portrayed as being reluctant to pass the legislation which some is is inning acura. the to hollywood version of what happened is, universally praises by people in selma. most are just happy historic vents will be scene on screened across the world. arguments over perceived inaccuracies are overwhelmed by the achievements of ordinary men and women known here as the foot soldiers of the civil right movement. of sell selma's residents were extras in the film and for them eights i sense of pride. >> it gives us the opportunity to talk about the history and not be ashamed of it. >> it's amazing to have the move any selma. it's about selma and its 50th anniversary of civil rights, it kind of brings it back for meme people to remember how people fought for the right to row. for annie and the thousands of others that risked so much to cast their votes this anniversary is not so much about the box office but the freedoms they fought for and won. al jazerra selma alabama. and thank you for joining us, i am a richelle carey in new york. a reminder to stay tuned tonight, tomorrow and tuesday for more results of 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