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fight the zika virus. on the eve of the new hampshire primary, the candidates vying for the presidency are out in force, despite snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the state. for most of them, the latest polls are even more dounting than the water. for more on who is up, and who is down, we re joined by mike viqueira live in new hampshire. it seems basically this is a race for second place among the republicans? good evening to you, richelle. of course donald trump was ahead in the polls heading into the iowa caucuses, his lead wasn t quite as great as it is here in new hampshire. but there are a number of voters, a significant percentage who have not made up their minds, and donald trump is taking no chances. he has had several events today. and just behind me, he is expecting several hundred if not thousands at a final closing rally to try to bring out the vote here across the state of new hampshire, meanwhile all of this weather really causing havoc on ....
good morning and welcome for your world, i m del walters. i m stephanie sy and no response from syria to try to end the fighting there and secretary of state john kerry and counterpart sergei fedorov reached a deal late last night. not take in effect until next week and may not stop the bombing in the country but the temporary plan could have a long-term end to syria civil war and provide much needed humanitarian aid. we are chairing the ceasefire component, the ceasefire ultimately, not at this moment but the objective is to achieve a durable, long-term ceasefire at some point in time. reporter: important rebel coalition welcoming the deal this morning and they say if the fighting actually stops it will go back to the negotiating table in geneva. al jazeera s jamie mcintyre is live for us at the pentagon this morning and what does this deal do and what does it not do? well del if you woke up in syria this morning you might not notice much difference and, in f ....
the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia has left the political world divided. his death on saturday immediately set off a fight over who will pick his replacement. president obama is saying he will, but mitch mcconnell says not so fast. reporter: good evening, tony, the sudden death of justice scalia has translated into gridlock in washington. justice scalia remains are now in the washington area, arriving from texas in a snow storm during the night. almost from the moment of his passing, the fight over his replacement has been escalating, now becoming an epic political struggle that could leave the supreme court with just eight justices for at least a year. republicans want to turn the election on a kind of referendum on who should sit on the court, and insits that any nomination put forward by president obama should be blocked. ted cruz promises to filibuster. the majority would effectively write the second amendment out on the constitution. reporter ....
away from a ceasefire. mutual security and the peaceful resolution of disputes. human dignity including respect for human rights and developments development that is sustainable. that ththat is our vision. president obama hoation hoste first asean meeting on united states soil. former haitian prime minister lau renlaurent mament tells al a what needs to be done to end the chaos. this is al jazeera america, good evening i m roxana saberi in for antonio mora. we begin in syria, where intensive air strikes hit syria and killed about 50 civilians. the white house condemned bombings being blamed on russian air strikes. action goes against the spirit of the end of hostility agreement signed last week. turkey says russia provided cover for kurdish rebels to capture a key town near border and syrian president bashar al-assad today expressed skepticism about the cessation of hostilities agreement. translator: until now we hear them requesting a ceasefire within a week. ....
the battle for voters in the final day ahead of the next presidential continue test, the candidate also be out stumping today ahead of the south carolina primary on the republican and democratic caucuses in nevada and good morning i m dell walters. i m stephanie sy and hillary clinton and sanders are riding voters in new hampshire and hispanics could determine who wins. they are outcome painting in south carolina ahead of tomorrow s gop primary there and robert ray is live this morning in columbia, south carolina and robert the candidates were at that town hall meeting last night and things got a little feisty. it s crunch time for gop moving around the great state of south carolina and we should also say a brand new poll came out of the wall street journal that looks at the top three candidates. let s pull up that graphic if we can. look at donald trump today leading at 28% whereas in january it was 36%, del, ted cruz 23 and january 20% and he has gained footin ....