interpreter welcome to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. and these are the stories we're following for you. a quadruple murderer who escaped from prison is now on the loose. interpreteloose. he cared about people, and he had a joy for life why a defendant says he's justified killing a young black man. safeguarding your information

online. what the government is doing with breaches of retailers. of and this amazing free fall from outer space. police are searching for an inmate who escaped from a michigan prison last night, they say that he's armed and dangerous. michael elliot is accused of four counts of of first-degree murder. he kidnapped a woman and drove her to indiana where she was able to finally escape. how did he escape? >> reporter: well, dell, that's what the investigators are trying to figure out, but what they do know, once michael elliot made his way outside of that prison, he somehow maneuvered the fencing and he

went through a hole. and he was in a white kitchen uniform and investigators believe that's why he was able to blend in with the snow. as you mentioned, as he was able to break free, illiot kidnapped and abducted a woman from the area by using a box cutter from there, they drove several miles away to a gas station near the indiana-michigan border and the woman was left unharmed and able to get away from elliot, but by the time the police arrived at the scene, elliot was gone. this is a man considered armed and dangerous, and he was convicted in the 1990s of killing many people. his escape has prompted many problems. he was last seen driving a jeep

2014 liberty. do people have any idea where he might be? >> reporter: right now, the investigators believe that he is not here in michigan, but where he could be is anyone's guess. right now, the investigators are at the prison, and they're going through elliot's phone records and talking to people who he is related to, and going through documents and looking for any clues that might lead them to his whereabouts. jury selection has begun raising questions about the stand your ground law. the case of a black teen killed by a white man. jordan davis was armed and the trial is about loud music, and this is once again draws

comparisons to the death of trayvon martin. >> reporter: it has drawn comparisons, the defendant in the case is michael coming up, n a letter that he wrote from jail, he said if zimmerman were acquitted today bode well for him. he killed jordan davis, and after davis' acquittal, he told his mother he was fearful for young black men. >> reporter: lucy wants to feel closer to him. people used to say that jordan was my shadow. he was my heart. he cared about people. and he had such a joy for life. >> reporter: the life of 17-year-old jordan davis ended in this suv in 2011. in--2012, he and friends were at a gas station

when dunn pulled along them. he was a tourist. and he politely asked the teenagers to turn down their music, and they complied at first. the music comes back on. >> reporter: things quickly escalated. dunn pulled out a gun because he thought that the teenagers had one too. he pulled out what i thought was a shooing, and he goes, you're dead. and i shot. >> reporter: dunn shot into the sports utility vehicle eight times, killing davis. then he drove to his hotel, ordered a pizza and drove home the next day. the police never found a weapon in the teenager's possession. dunn is using florida's controversial stand your ground law to fight a murder charge.

we spoke to the attorney about the case. under the law, they don't actually have to have a weapon. they have to reasonably appear that they have a weapon. >> reporter: davis was killed 9 months after george zimmerman killed trayvon martin in sanford, florida. and the case has drawn many comparisons. he shot into a car were youth in it, and this is different from zimmerman. when he wassa equitied davis was upset, he told his mother, young black men have to be on their guard >> interpretertheir >> reporter: she's feeling anxious as the trial starts, especially as she is worried about how the defense might portray her son. but the attorney gave her advice

you know the truth and you have to be firm >> reporter: stand your ground is in 32 states. jordan is an activist and he would very much embrace this mission. new documents are said to be turned over in the so-called bridgegate scandal in new jersey. they have until today to reply to the subpoenas, emails and text messages, and some of them have received an extension. extension christie's stafforded lanes to be closed on the george washington bridge. interpreterthere's a new study h abortion rates. more from new orleans.

he wants been in new orleans for 25 years, offering many services. you know, but it's the patient's choice, not mine. >> reporter: couevas said last year, the health officials forced her out of business by revoking her operating licenses, there was nothing that i could do that i wouldn't get a deficiency. that was their job, but they had to find something. >> reporter: no matter what? no matter what. >> reporter: then they added more health regulations under an emergency order. the new regulations would go into effect in april. the critics said that the new rules required they triple the size of procedure rooms.

no current operating facility has a clinic that large. there's no medical investigation for that. it's bigger than the state now requires for ambulatory suddenly call centers. >> reporter: abortion activists say that abortions are just as complicated as many procedures, and they're vital for health and safety. they don't want people to know they're going to have this abortion, and are they going to put problems in the facility? probably not. that's why women are protected in the facilities. >> reporter: but they want them to know there are others louisiana law has clarified that they don't want abortions to be done louisiana. and the state has said that they

can treat differently than other abortion services. it's inevitable. and it's way before this attempt by this administration to do an abortion band. >> reporter: the louisiana health department did not respond to our request for an interview. interview police arrived and they opened fire, and the police arrived killing another. 25 stunts were taken hostage before he was arrest victor yanokovych has been out of the job for four days, he was battling a respiratory infection. and an autopsy said that the leader was abducted and tortured

and left for dead last week. have we heard from the president on his first day back to work? >> reporter: del, we know he is back to work, and we haven't heard from him. the protests here in kiev continue to their 9th week, and the president, we haven't heard whether he'll make any more or if he'll start negotiating. or if he is back at work. there's a session of parliaments here tomorrow where some of the more contentious issues are expected to be addressed, including changing the constitution, and looking at an amnesty law, but it will be a busy week for president victor yanokovych and the opposition. also, he says he was beaten and tortured and left for dead last week, and what's the latest on his condition?

>> reporter: well, he's in lithuania getting treatment. a billionaire who helped to negotiate his exit said that he believed his life of he has become a poster child for the opposition, and they point to him to what they have been saying all along, opposition supporters have been abducted here and intimidated and there are at least 35 people still missing, according to a monitoring group here. and more than 160 in prison as i said, and tomorrow, we're going to see the european union human rights chief come here. and the european union said that the ukraine has not been good at investigating it's own record of human rights. accused of not doing good things to the opposition. and jennifer, that $13 billion aid package from russia on hold. and now there's a similar talk

about aid from the u.s. and the eu. >> reporter: we know there's a package in the wooshes work ands very much in progress. they don't think they can match the $15 billion. but they're trying to get a package together. but it will be conditional on changes and reforms here to get rid of some of the problems of corruption, so endemic. the ukraine is said to be the most corrupt country in europe. and changes have to be made if changes are coming here. coming up next on aljazeera america, safeguarding your personal information. lawmakers the answers after security breeches. and newly released video of a daring free fall miles above the earth. those stories and more when alex aljazeera america returns.

welcome back to aljazeera america, i'm del walters in new york. congress is looking at your credit card data. millions of you had your information stolen over the holidays, and lisa stark is here from washington. how big of a problem is this >> reporter: last year, there were 600 security breeches and that's up a 30% increase from 2012. it affects consumers whenever they do any transaction online. and the secret service will say that the quantity, the quality and the sophistication of these scams is sophisticated and very hard to track down on. the target breech is hard because it was one of the nation's largest. the massive security breech at

target could not have come at a worst time, during the busy holiday season. up to 40 million customers' debit and credit card records stolen, the online hackers, still at large. a few weeks later, it happened again, this time at neiman marcus. data from about another 1 million customers compromised. and now have michael's, themation's largest arts and crafts store, announcing that it may have been hit by hackers. it has caught the attention of washington, and it's there that hearings will be held today to try to figure out who is responsible to figure out how to keep consumers from cyber attacks and how. safeguarding consumer's financial data will be the secret service, who is responsible for the breaches at target and neiman marcus, and backing that up, the justice department, which announced last

week its stepping in too. we are working to find not only the perpetrators. but the breachers. >> reporter: also last week, the nation's retail federation lobbied congress for computer chips and pins. the technology would premise the stripe on the backs of the credit cards, the likely source of the recent data breaches. interpretebreaches. right now, it's really insecure, and when you put a chip on the card, it makes it more difficult. >> reporter: as an added security, they would use a pin. pin use has a less use of fraud than chip.

>> reporter: in europe, some countries saw credit card fraud decline by more than 70%. in the future when chip cards are required, hackers won't be able to use data theft. this will prevent that. >> reporter: the reason technology is so good. when you have a chip in your card, it creates a new code every time you make a purchase, so very hard to counterfeit the cards. it's not a fix all, there will still be fraud. but the hope is that that system can be in place in the united states by the end of 2015, so del, we're still aways off from a of securer system, more secure system than we have today. thank you, lisa stark. looking at business news, wall street picking up where it left off in january.

dow down 243 points, and stocks are being pulled down by disappointing reports with manufacturing. the bad weather with sails of sf automakers. gm down 12% in january, also ford falling 7%. chrysler sales were higher. they said that's the best january since 2008. interpreter2008. janet yellen replaces ben bernanke. her first report will be to congress next week, and she'll likely discuss her plans to begin with the stimulus program. interpreterprogram and ali velshi to the with his

show on rebuilding the middle class. right here on aljazeer america. an autopsy is set to be on the remains of actor phillip seymour hoffman. he was found inside of his new york city apartment on saturday. he was found unresponsive on the bathroom floor. coming up next, from volcanic eruptions to extreme drought to winter storms. top weather making headlines, and thus this, that dramatic new video from outer space, death defying speeds. when aljazeera america returns.

welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. and here are your headlines at this hour. a manhunt is underway for an inmate said to be armed and dangerous. michael david elliot was

expected of murder and arson. he escaped from prison last night. and he abducted a woman and forced her to drive to indiana before she escaped congress is set to have a hearing for credit card information, the secret service is the lead agency looking into target and neiman marcus and michael's breaches. yanokovych and protesters have yet to reach an agreement to stop the demonstrations taking place in kiev. >extreme drought in california. it's the dryest year on record. snowpack is at record lows. governor jerry brown calling on the residents to cut their water use guy at least 20%. it affects 38 million people.

in ecuador, a series of volcano eruptions sending lava 600 feet into a ravine. and it blocked the way into a popular tourist resort town. 85 miles southeast of keto. the blast happening a day after officials have allowed thousands of villagers to return. the volcano has been active since september. now to our weather, thousands dealing from a winter storm. >> reporter: we're going to be talking about the storms, and not only what's happening now, but what's in the forecast. looking at the radar, we'll start to see the yellow chlorite next to this line, followed up by dark blew to the north. and that's heavy rain and snow. the heaviest part happening now,

accumulating and pushing off to the northeast. the outlook shows that it will continue, but by 5:00, 6:00, it's moving out to the atlantic and the northeast. but we're quiet for a day, maybe a day and a half before the next storm moves in. quarter of a mile in new york and philadelphia and up to 7 in washington. here are flight delays. because of that, the snow and the ice, 1-2 hours. in new york and delaware and washington. less than 15 minutes now, so we're seeing improvement a welcome sight in california. they're welcoming the arraign, and unfortunately, 7/100 of an inch, and it's a welcome sign with a little moisture, but certainly not enough to help the drought situation. as that storm moves east, it will intensify in the southern plains. kansas, oklahoma, northern

plains, and here's this mix line expanding as you get the warm air going over the cold air. so it could start as a mix wednesday morning. by wednesday afternoon, after dumping ice and snow, it clears out so we get another break by the end of the week. a farmer is refusing to leave his land. they say that they need the farm to build a new air base. the man's fight against his country to save his heritage. >> reporter: tractor wheels crunching through ice and snow. 85-year-old frank meyers drives around land that has been in his family for 250 years. we fought for the british. >> reporter: meyer's family has farmed here since the war of independence. no more, canada has exercised

it's right to kick him off and build an air base. virus i workethe bull he's wanty everything. >> reporter: running a social media campaign from an old camping trailer, his supporters are gathered at the site, saying they won't leave until the government gives back the farm. frank probably knows every inch of this farmland in and out. he has worked it so hard and so long, and it's an emotional tie to the last night. you have to love the land. it's a terrible thing, be constructive and speak up and stand together and unite for a good cause and have each other's backs. >> reporter: for now they have delayed the demolition of farm buildings, and heavy equipment is ready to roll in. in canada, the government can

take land for public projects so long they pay fair compensation. this is harsh, and it's so the federal government is get things done. >> reporter: this is king george in great britain. so the land title is being defended with 20th century tactics. all around, generations of farming on land, given it them before this nation even existed. david and goliath, one man versus the military, it's a compelling story. but the government is determined to proceed with what it calls a done deal. whatever frank meyers or his supporters say. and finally a record-breaking feat that's truly out of this world. breaking the speed of sound in a daring free fall. now this video shows what he saw.

lombard pulling it off when he fell from the earth, 20 miles up on the stratosphere. top speeds at 143 miles per hour. thank you for watching aljazeera america. "the stream" is next. the producer is here and bringing in all of the live feed ball parks throughout the show. we are getting a live discussion on this. people are surprised it is unregulated and available to the kids. >> yes, the only a community surprises me. interpreter and