last weekend in march, a lot is going on. reerry blossoms going to be a big draw for a lot of folks. nice to get out there, you think? it ll be an excellent time to get out there. i think a leo ofe were heading out early this morning before the sun comes up. sun is coming up a little before 7:00 i think 6:57 is the official sunrise in d.c. it ll be beautiful, as well. we have a little cloud cover out there. it ll be a spectacular sunrise once che sun doese up. let s go to the maps and show you what s going on outside. we have cloud cover around the area, and that s go tg to continough a lot of the day. we ll have peeks of sunshine but not a full blue sky out there today. temperatures today are fairly mild 52 here in the district. 50 in gaithersburg. 40s, a little cthlly out i shenandoah valley. again, for the most part, we are looking at dry andd nice, m conditions. if you didn t know t cherry blossoms reached stage five in the last 24 hours. they re at t puffy white stag
seven million. that s how many turned out to vote today in afghanistan. it is a big number. more than half the country s voters showed up despite threats by the taliban. now, the countdown begins to see if afghanistan can carry out a true democracy and whether american forces will stay. barnard smith has the latest reporter: the queue started before the polling stations opened. despite the taliban threats to target this election, people wanted to vote in afghanistan 5,000 year history, this marks the first democratic transfer of power. people have been eager to seize the chance. we don t care about the threat from the taliban. you can see everyone is coming here. for me. reporter: 12 million people were eligible to vote. in parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations remained closed. this is the scene being repeated at voting stations across the country. people queue up. they dip their finger in indeadible inc. action pick up their ballot pape
today the united states praised afghanistan for a successful presidential election. the white house called the vote an important milestone and commended the afghan people. 7 million voters showed up, making turn out nearly 60%, almost double the last election. violence didn t erupt as expected, scatter attacks killed 20. we have more on the first true attempt at democracy the queues started forming well before kabul s polling stations opened. despite the taliban threats to tart the election, people wanted to vote. in afghanistan s 5,000 year history this election marked the first democratic transfer of power. people here have been eager to seize the chance. we don t care about the taliban. for me, i don t have a threat from taliban or i m not afraid of them. 12 million were eligible to vote. in parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling stations were closed. this is where people queue up, dipping their finger in indelible ink. they pick up a ballot pa
tonight afghanistan is counting the votes and whoever becomes president will be critical the way the american forces remain. afghans seem to embrace the significance of the moment. more than 7 million voters showed up. turn out 60% and widespread violence did not erupt as expected. the queue started to form before the polling stations open. despite taliban threats to target the elections people wanted to vote. in 5,000 years this, is the first democratic transfer of power. people are eager to seize the chance. we don t care about the taliban. i don t have any threat for me, from the taliban. i m not afraid of the taliban. 12 million people were eligible to vote. in parts of the country where the taliban held sway, polling situations were closed. had is the situation repeated at polling stations. people queue up after going through a security check, dipping their finger in indelible ink. they pick up their ballot papers, go into the booths to cast their ballots and in th
one of the fastest growing countries in all of africa haunted by a horrific past. remembering the horror of the rwandan genocide 20 years later. translation: it s amazing and beautiful. they seem to come out of nowhere. they are so friendly. grey whales battle the brink of extinction. good morning to you. welcome back to al jazeera america. we begin this morning with a possible break through in the month-old break through in the search for the jetliner. chinese ships picked up two signals. they also spotted debris 55 miles away from where the sounds were heard. all of this was happening in the association of american publishers off the coast of western australia. search teams picked up the efforts. the man in charge says it s too soon to say whether the pings are actually from the missing plane. these signals and the objects could not be verified as relating to the missing aircraft at that time. that remains the case. here is how the ascertain works. crews use a rem