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laws. the target mailing treases e-mail addresses and even phone numbers. after those job figures fell short of expectations congress is facing even more pressure to extend long term unemployment benefits. the labor department says the economy only added 74,000 new jobs in december. hundreds of documents related to the bridge scandal surrounding new jersey governor chris christie surfaced on friday. he was totally unaware of his staff's actions this week. i'm morgan radford, those are your headlines. >> next we consider sacrifice and whether saving some members of endangered species is worth

others. africa's black rhino population, less than 5,000 in the world today. the largest number remain in any mi ni nimibia, a very unlikely source a group of hinters in texas who say they want to help the black rhino by killing one. >> this weekend, the dallas safari club, allows the hunt of an aging male african black rhino, unable to mate. >> we'll be able to give a lot money back that's going to be able to expand the black rhino population in africa. >> this is the first one available for purchase outside the african country. it's expected to raise up to a

quarter of a million dollars, up all to go to nimibia to help thwart poaching efforts. the auction has been approved by the convention of international trade in endangered species. still, it doesn't set well with some animal rights advocacy. >> it's a hunt that is immoral. a black rhino on the verge of extinction. one member slaughtered for a trophy is one too many. >> jen samuel has organized a protest rally for saturday and a global tweet event. but the dallas safari club say some protest ersers that are tag this too far. >> e-mails have threatened our members. i don't think they should be subjected to such e-mails or

threats whatever their being message is. >> the message is the life of an endangered species that is on the line. >> what is the future? wayne pacelli, president of the humane society of the united states. i suppose it would be no stretch to say that your organization would be opposed to this. tell us why. >> there are many aring species in the world, the black rhino is the rarest. the idea of linking a trophy hunting exercise with conservation may make sense to folks who are involved with trophy hunting but i don't think it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. a thousand rhinos have been poached in south africa in 2013. there are only 5,000 black rhinos, there are some white rhinos that have been poached

part of that 1,000 we need to do what we to protect them. >> in this case, we know that -- first of all it is a permit that is given, even though the dallas hunting club isn't involved in that that permit would be given osomeone. >> the nimibians, to start auctioning off, where does it end, we want to offer an auction for an or angutang, where does the poaching work have to be involved with giving the person an opportunity to to shoot one of the rarest animals in the world? they are spending a lot of money but not linking their efforts to the idea of shooting one of the animals. we should be all in to protect the rhino. >> from their point of view, to

present it just so their voice is heard in this. look the nimibians have a situation, they clearly need money, this is a very expensive operation for them. what they have offered is a permit to kill an animal who is apparently elderly past reproductive age. if this is something that can bring them some resource that helps the other animals, why not? >> i think a lot of the dallas safari club are older and past their reproductive prime as well. i think it creates an incentive to get out of control. especially when they have a regulatory authority. they have done this with polar bears in canada, led to overkilling of polar bears. what about cheetahs in nimibia? we have a list of federally endangered species, in the u.s.

and other endangered species. there is no hunting of those endaingz speakers. this is a past policy and sends a wrong message when we are asking people all over the world to protect the rhino, but we are going oallow u.s. citizens to shoot a few of them because they want to mount their heads on a wall. >> not over any international whatever the nimibians choose to do is what the united states responsibility is. >> we have an international arm, we are active in africa and asia and all parts of the world. these are dlas based safari club members and we think they should be ybting to conservation if they care about the rhino, i'm sure many of them do. but why do they want to link that are contribution to conservation by killing one of the rarest animals in the world? >> i believe they would say they want to protect the greater goal

of conservation. wayne pecell ink, thanks for being here. >> joie thank you. >> looking ahead to next week on america tonight, a trashed pacific. >> i think the misconception anything with japanese writing on it is from the tsunami, however we have found numerous items with various writing, korean, japanese, things from the united states as well. >> does it ever amaze you how far this stuff travels? >> pretty amazing actually. >> it's classic in -- plastic in pair dies. adam mays sorts through monumental cleaning effort. and still to come, food for thought.

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>> next we consider sacrifice and whether saving some members of endangered species is worth others. africa's black rhino population, less than 5,000 in the world today. the largest number remain in any mi ni nimibia, a very unlikely source a group of hinters in texas who say they want to help the black rhino by killing one. >> this weekend, the dallas safari club, allows the hunt of an

aging male african black rhino, unable to mate. >> we'll be able to give a lot money back that's going to be able to expand the black rhino population in africa. >> this is the first one available for purchase outside the african country. it's expected to raise up to a quarter of a million dollars, up all to go to nimibia to help thwart poaching efforts. the auction has been approved by the convention of international trade in endangered species. still, it doesn't set well with some animal rights advocacy. >> it's a hunt that is immoral. a black rhino on the verge of extinction. one member slaughtered for a trophy is one too many. >> jen samuel has organized a

protest rally for saturday and a global tweet event. but the dallas safari club say some protest ersers that are tag this too far. >> e-mails have threatened our members. i don't think they should be subjected to such e-mails or threats whatever their being message is. >> the message is the life of an endangered species that is on the line. >> what is the future? wayne pacelli, president of the humane society of the united states. i suppose it would be no stretch to say that your organization would be opposed to this. tell us why. >> there are many aring species in the world, the black rhino is the rarest.

the idea of linking a trophy hunting exercise with conservation may make sense to folks who are involved with trophy hunting but i don't think it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. a thousand rhinos have been poached in south africa in 2013. there are only 5,000 black rhinos, there are some white rhinos that have been poached part of that 1,000 we need to do what we to protect them. >> in this case, we know that -- first of all it is a permit that is given, even though the dallas hunting club isn't involved in that that permit would be given osomeone. >> the nimibians, to start auctioning off, where does it end, we want to offer an auction for an or

angutang, where does the poaching work have to be involved with giving the person an opportunity to to shoot one of the rarest animals in the world? they are spending a lot of money but not linking their efforts to the idea of shooting one of the animals. we should be all in to protect the rhino. >> from their point of view, to present it just so their voice is heard in this. look the nimibians have a situation, they clearly need money, this is a very expensive operation for them. what they have offered is a permit to kill an animal who is apparently elderly past reproductive age. if this is something that can bring them some resource that helps the other animals, why not? >> i think a lot of the dallas safari club are older and past their reproductive prime as well. i think it creates an incentive

to get out of control. especially when they have a regulatory authority. they have done this with polar bears in canada, led to overkilling of polar bears. what about cheetahs in nimibia? we have a list of federally endangered species, in the u.s. and other endangered species. there is no hunting of those endaingz speakers. this is a past policy and sends a wrong message when we are asking people all over the world to protect the rhino, but we are going oallow u.s. citizens to shoot a few of them because they want to mount their heads on a wall. >> not over any international whatever the nimibians choose to do is what the united states responsibility is. >> we have an international arm, we are active in africa and asia and all parts of the world.

these are dlas based safari club members and we think they should be ybting to conservation if they care about the rhino, i'm sure many of them do. but why do they want to link that are contribution to conservation by killing one of the rarest animals in the world? >> i believe they would say they want to protect the greater goal of conservation. wayne pecell ink, thanks for being here. >> joie thank you. >> looking ahead to next week on america tonight, a trashed pacific. >> i think the misconception anything with japanese writing on it is from the tsunami, however we have found numerous items with various writing, korean, japanese, things from the united states as well. >> does it ever amaze you how far this stuff travels? >> pretty amazing actually.

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>> excessive chronological consumption millions of people overcome their alcohol addictions. but is it the best and the only solution to problem drinking?

a growing movement suggests that one size fits all approach advocating by aa is not the only option. for more i'm joined by gabrielle glazer. she are penned a recent editorial, why cold turkey is not the only route. really thought provoking stuff in your editorial and in your book. when you look at alcoholics anonymous, when it comes to really serious drinking but there isn't very much evidence that it's not that successful. >> aa's own membership studies show that for any given 100 americans who begin, there will be five left at the end of the year. 80 to 90% of our rehab facilities use aa as their

model. >> why has it become the model, the model you always hear about, the model that's on the newspapers television and movies? >> exactly as you just said because it's always on television shows and movies and that's what our medical system relies on even though it's ineffective our legal system sends people into aa and because the narrative is really familiar for people to be lost, and then to be found. ask really something that is -- it makes a lot of sense to our nation that has very christian mores. i can see that that person sinned and now they're better because they found god. >> and actually the whole faith based side of it is an issue for alcoholics who are not ball two efers. >> correct. -- who are not believers. >> it's a violation of the first amendment to send someone to aa which courts do regardless

approximately. >> why do we focus so much on that one size fits all when other countries don't do it? >> first of all our medical system our doctors are not trained in the new methodologies, our legal system is not trained in our methodologies and in other cases drugs are used. >> what are those methodologies. >> cognitive behavior therapy, teaching people to moderate, to keep yourself,able to the moderation you choose to do. cost benefit analysis look see where they cross the line. we're not very comfortable with that as a nation. we seem to think okay if you have a problem with drinking absencabstinence is best. >> why are we not using drugs more often when they seem to be used to good effect in other places? >> well a lot of people haven't heard about these drugs because

they are generic. they are available very, very cheaply and pharmaceutical companies aren't making big bucks off of them. >> what do the drugs do? >> a drug called maltrexoid a opioid blocker, blocks the ability of the brain to field that reward. so if you take a drink after you have had maltrexone you don't feel the reward. >> it makes it less attractive? >> exactly. >> there's a program called moderation management that you can go online helps you continue to drink but to control it so it's not aproblem? >> absolutely. much in the way that weight watchers gives people the control to take over their

eating hands and moderation management is one methodology. it's an online free group that you can go to nobody's making any money out of that either. there is an app that people can use. there's an app available at mod pratdrinking.com. there's another -- moderate drinking.com. it's available on toin iunderstd the, the maker is sobell s-o-b-e-l-l. >> one of thing,. >> 2002 put in a note on her website that said, moderation is not working for me. i'm not one of the people for whom moderation works. i'm going to join choik join als

anonymous and it's a month later that she had that d.u.i. >> people athat are so alcohol addicted, cold turkey has to be the way they go. but where do you draw the line for people who is a problem and where alcohol is a real problem. >> we have a spectrum called alcohol use disorder. that's what thing scientific term of that. if you are on the mild to moderate spectrum, if you haven't gotten fired you haven't had a d.u.i. you haven't lost your kids you're not firing off crazy rabid e-mails to your colleagues at night when you're loaded, then moderation is probably something that you might want to consider. a serious moderation program. obviously, as you said if you

are alcohol dependent and you need a shot of vodka first thing in the morning to steady your nerves you're probably not a candidate. >> i know moderation management calls for abstaining for a month before you go into a managed drinking life. >> exactly. >> thought provoking and very interesting stuff, because people should try pay attention oit because it is such a scourge for this country and women are suffering more with it and more d.u.i.s for women. thank you for visiting us. >> thanks for having them. >> straight ahead, whether it be your phone, tablet or computer, all of us spend countless hours every day staring at our digital screens. just how bad is it for your eyes? our data dive is next. a historic election >> we have 47% of our people who

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gls today. >> today's data dive steps back from the computer. coming from the computer electronics show, finds long periods of time is worst for your health that be most people

thought. some form of digital eye strain. that leads not only to irritated eyes and blurred vision but to headaches back neck and shoulder pain. the rate is higher among people 18 to 24 and among those who aware glasses. -- wear glasses. the problem is not going away, the vision council also reports that over time extended exposure to what's called blue light coming from digital screens can lead to macular degeneration and cataracts. no wonder almost a third of those polled spend almost ten hours in front of a screen every day and everybody surveyed spent at least three hours. some tipsment wear special glasses to help focus, also for every 20 minutes spent looking at a screen, take a look at

something away from the screen. please don't take that l are time until after our show. big time campaign for president. >> start with one issue ad guests on all sides of the debate. and a host willing to ask the tough questions and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5pm et / 2pm pt only on al jazeera america there's more to finical news than the ups and downs of the

>> presidential politics are anything but slick in the early stages. the documentary caucus, airing here on al jazeera america, at 9:00 sunday eastern, is the back stabbing politics of the iowa cause of action. >> this race race has been about two candidates but the problem is it hasn't been the same two candidates for any five minutes in a row. >> this isn't going to be close this election, not going to be close. >> you want to race [simultaneous speech] ♪ >> it's just great to be out here. >> yeah, whatever.

a.j. schnack is the director of cawks. you had no particular focus on who your main characters were going to be. they ended up being michelle bachmann. ended up high and ended up low. >> santorum you thought would be this kind of colorful character, your best supporting actor so to speak but had he this miraculous rise in the last two weeks that i don't think anybody saw coming. >> you ended up portraying him quite favorably. not because he just ended up winning the caucus. >> he had an old fashioned retail politics, he did drive around in a pickup truck with one or two staffers, meeting everyone he could, there was a

line in the film that sometimes he would talk, would outlast the questioners. with somebody who didn't have money to do this, it was a good thing these days approximately. >> retail politics in a mid western state ends up being so important for the presidential process. >> i was under the impression that if you didn't have a lot of money there was no way you could play in the american presidential election. the idea that you can be somebody going around with very little money answering people's questions i think is a great thing for american democracy. >> it's interesting how that happened in iowa. you caught all sorts of moments. what were the most awkward things you saw? >> the great thing about being in iowa is they are really learning how to campaign. today could seem to be a great day but if you are mitt romney you might get heckled, at the

state fair, you could have somebody put a corn dog in your hand, a vegetarian corn dog, and if they didn't win in thumb wrestling they would have to are go up against michelle bachmann. early states. >> sit great though? you know that if you don't flip the pork chops at the county fair properly or if you're in these situation he where you have to be quick on your feet and you have no idea what's going to come to you from an audience that this those things have a disproportionate effect on the race? >> he you are going to have crazy things thrown at you. the ability to sort of adapt to many different kinds of situations, in iowa a lot of those are small town fairs and you know situations that you probably aren't going to run

into in the oval office but the ability to see average americans, and what their concerns are that is important to our democracy and it wouldn't work in states where you would have to spend a lot of money to even be competitive. >> it's good for the candidates, they are seeing things they wouldn't see. >> the candidates got much better about being candidates, about talking about who they were and what they wanted to doos president. >> what -- >> surprised you the most? >> that they were going into these pizza ranches and coffee shops and getting people to listen to them. i covered the rairgs in 2008 and seeing the candidates and really begging for attention is really remarkable. >> at the smallest level. a dozen people at times really individual politics. how different were the candidates from their public personas, in the end does this

kind of retail politics bring out who they are willia? >> either they had have a very specific idea who they are or maybe they're type-cast in some way. seeing them with any kind of rounded edges was interesting. santorum was a guy who wore his heart on his sleeve. if he was annoyed that day, you could see how annoyed he was. he had boundless enthusiasm, you were seeing the actual guy and that was kind of interesting. >> you think the smaller the campaign actually helped him. he was on time for things, he managed to keep up with things, bachmann who went out too early actually weighed her down? >> her first stop on her first day of campaigning she was told, no matter what you do, don't be late. she would always be late for her

first appointment of the day and it would domino from there. people felt you're rushing in you're rushing out you're not giving tuesday kind of time we want to know who you are. >> only about 20 seconds left. is there any favorite moment in the time you were in iowa? >> rick santorum likes to eat. he went for a cinnamon roll and took the middle of the cinnamon roll and shook off the outside. for people to be able to see, i really liked that. >> most of us like that. >> no one else saw it. >> thanks a lot for coming in best of lust on the documentary. ing caucus airs on sunday 9:00 eastern. the show may be over but the conversation continues you can see us @ajconsiderthis see you

next time. >> filling up. fema sends water to people in west virginia after a toxic chemical spill. and raising the estimate treat giant target revises just how many people were affected by that security breach. plus, paper trail. hundreds of new documents are released in the bridge scandal involving chris christie's office and they point to a cover up. hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford live from new york city. fema is sending clean wat