al jazeera america presents... award winning documentaries >> revealing secrets... >> taking chances... >> everyone that was involved in the movement, had a code name. >> al jazeera america presents every sunday night, hello, welcome go al jazeera america. i am richelle carry in new york. the season digging out from the mega storm gearing up for worse. the latest on the next wave of extreme weather. fatal addiction, the death of phillip seymour hoffman, the surge of overdoses across the country. a closer look at heroin's fatal fix. terrifying images of indonesia and understanding the science behind the volcano's sudden awakening. the other super bowl ad, the

one you didn't see may be the most talked about commercial from the game, the man behind it joins us live. we are passed the halfway point of this relentless recordbreaking and brutal winter season. >> that's the good news. the bad news isn't just today's storm. the latest in a series of closed schools, turned roads to ice rinks and grounded thousands across the country. the bad news is what's coming wednesday. ken corveau joins us from central park. >> i am located on the upper west side of new york city here in central park. and as you can see behind me, we have six inches of snow on the ground, quite beautiful for this time of year. we are going to see the snow really stay on the ground at least through the overnight hours and into tomorrow. highs tomorrow, 35 degrees.

so not a lot of melting is going to be going on. but as we go towards wednesday, we have another weather system we are going to be worried about. this next one coming in from the ohio river alley is expected to bring some very heavy snow for a lot of people. here in new york, it's not going to be as heavy as what we have just seen but we could see between 4 and 6 inches of snow. a lot of people didn't make flights today. a lot of canalcellations. if you don't make your flight tomorrow, we will see even more problems in the air as well as on the i-95 corridor. now, for the weekend, another snow, a lot will not have melted by the time we get toward the weekend. for the new england area, it is going to be a big problem. if you want to get out and enjoy the snow here in central park, it's going to be quite beautiful. get your sleds out. we are looking at temperatures

staying just above freezing. back to you, richelle. the staggering toll the weather is taking on air travel. a new report says the polar vor texas led to 49,000 flights cancelled that is whist twice ay grounded as by sandy. it cost $2.5 billion in hotels meals and related expenses. the airline industry was hit with 75 fo-$150 million. the man hunt for a michigan inmate who murdered four people is over, michael david elliott was captured. bisi has the latest? >> 40-year-old michael elliott was apprehended by indiana authorities after 5:00 o'clock this evening. there was an alert that went out in the area about a vehicle being stolen while authorities eventually spotted elliott behind the wheel of that vehicle. when they went to try to stop

him, like he has done in the past, elliott fled. it took authorities to deploy stop sticks to finally, arrest elliott. all of this started last night. >> that's when elliott broke out of a prison here in mid-michigan. shortly after breaking out of that prison, he abducted as well as car jacked a woman. they drove about 100 miles to the indiana/michigan border. it was there that that woman was able to get out once they stopped at a gas station. she got out and she called 9-1-1. thankfully, in that situation, she was unharmed but glenelle i don't want fled again. a couple of hours after that, earlier this afternoon, the vehicle that elliott had stolen was spotted and actually found abandoned in northern indiana and when authorities saw that, they immediately put a school district there on lockdown because they were concerned because they still dept know of he will jots -- didn't know of elliott's wearabouts. 5 hours later, et cetera in

police custody and authorities say that elliott, who has you mentioned, is serving life behind bars for killing four people back in the '90s, in the past, he has not had any trouble with the prison system until now. richelle. >> bisi, while this search was going on, clearly there was an investigation going on back at the prison trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. what do we know so far on that front? >> reporter: william, we know that this is how i am told that elliott broke free: he somehow managed to cut through a fence or two and dig a hole beneath those fences. so authorities are trying to figure out how did that happen? because these fences have some sort of electrical charge so that if you touch them, well action then you are shocked and you can't move. so right now, investigators there at that prison are trying to figure out how the security system failed this time around. >> i am sure this will be a lengthy and thorough investigation, bisi onliri,

thank you. for the scandal surrounding chris christie. he was fielding questions on a monthly look show talking about the connell tro versial lane closings at the washington bridge and making it clear he did nothing wrong. more from david shuster. >> appearing monday night, governor christie hit back at critics and a former appointee who now say the governor is not telling the truth. >> what's going on now with all of this other stuff? a game of gotcha. you know, when did i first learn about this or that? well, the fact of the matter is, i have been very clear about this. before these languages were closed, i knew nothing about it. yes plan it. yes authorize it. yes approve t i knew nothing about it. >> over the weekend, david wildstein who engineered the lane closures said the govern knew about them when they happened, not afterwards as christie insisted at his last news conference. christie told the radio audience

he may have read media reports at the time of the closures but isn't sure? >> if i read that or someone said something to me about traffic issues up there, it wouldn't have been meaningful to me because i didn't know that there was any problem up there. >> christie does appear to see a problem, though, with wildstein. on saturday, in the midst of super bowl appearances, the governor sent appear message to try to discredited wildstein. >> as a 16-year-old kid, he sued over local school board e elections the. he wases accused by a teacher of deceptive behavior. he had a controversial tenor as mayor of livingston new jersey. he was an anom muss blogger. cristies memo was embarrassing and lame and what the the governor did not address that criticism, christie tri tried underline the point? >> did i know anything about the

plan to close these lanes? did i authorize it? did i know about it? did i approve it? did i have any knowledge of it beforehand? and the answer is still the same. it's unequivocally no. >> the govern saor said in addin to the investigations he is looking forward to an internal investigation he, himself has authorized. he made no mention of presidential politics or his campaign aspirations which appear to be hanging in the balance as the bridge gait controversy plays out. >> david shuster, al jazeera. the stockmarket stops off the year the same way it ended, dropping fast. the dow closed do you know 326 points today. >> that's the biggest dip since last june. analysts are quick to blame slow numbers on construction and manufacturing industries. factory activity has been recorded for eight months now. we ask financial strategist jerry levy if there is a need for concern. >> people that are attached to the stockmarket should use these

opportunities, a, to buy a little bit more. if you have a long-term horizon, this isn't a reason to panic. i got a call from my father as the market closed asking me should i be jumping out of stocks. you shouldn't think. maybe buy more but look at your portfolios and investments and make sure you are just well diversified and properly allocated. for those who aren't in the stock margaret, don't panic. don't freak out. it's a good time to be buying stocks at least over the long period of time. we probably will see with some more selling, but again, try to keep yourself calm in these times. >> next, stocks could come on friday when the january job reports is released. wall street fritz over stocks. family families are worried about credit card security after breaches at target and other retailers. the issue is front and center on capitol hill today. john teret reports >> reporter: >> whatever high standard exists in the market place readily available in technology is one

that we would want to have companies follow in order to ensure the security of million dollars of americans private information. >> congress takes on cyber security as the number of large scale threats to u.s. corporations hit new highs. the senate banking schmidt heard from the secret service and consumer groups monday that threats have been rising over the last decade and have cost business billions. >> what we are seeing is that largely, the criminal cyber criminal world is using the russian speaking language. i say the russian speaking in the fact that they are using the russian language as an operational security. so that's the piece that at a time criminal underworld is using to hide themselves from u.s. law enforcement. >>y white longing corporation which runs hilton, mayor "and starwood hotels is the latest firm to disclose it's been hacked saying it's i know investigating scales breaches at

14 properties between march and december of last year." mondayts hearing came weeks after cyber criminals stole datea from michaels, department store neiman marcus and the one that caught everybodyts attention, target where around 100 million americans had their information compromised. the target breach is one break-in but two thefts. in the first, 40 million americans may have had debt and credit card information stolen. in the second, names and addresses and phone numbers may have been compromised of another 17 million americans who could have inter reacted at target with any point in their lives not necessarily over the holidays. >> if a business with holds that information because at this in the heart of christmas shopping season and it might affect their bottom line, they need to be hung out to dry. >> consumer groups attending the hearing pressed congress to personalize companies who have failed to notify swiftly enough. >> we have tools and we are

using them to enforce -- to address data security failures by companies. it would be extremely helpful to have a federal law requiring data security, not just notification with civil penalties. >> the senate has heard that while cyber criminals are developing new ways to hack corporate and government systems, the technology already exists to reduce card fraud dramatically so-called smart cards to combine a micro chip with a pin number are in use in asia. congress is looking at setting a smart card security standard. card companies want 2 see it in place within two years. >> you've got to have whole system. it's got to be pin and chip and i am just plumb objectioned as to -- flummoxed as to why anyone things otherwise. >> on tuesday, the chief financial officer of target will testify before the senate judiciary committee. john teret, al jazeera, washington. >> seers with the latest on the

crisis in ukraine, we have been following the kong conflict for weeks. today, washington is said to be considering sending financial assistance to the country. >> as the embattled president returns to work after going on sick leave. jennifer glass reports from kiev. >> president yanokovich criticizing extremism and under mining society, a veiled reference to the opposition while the opposition is looking toward the parliament meeting on tuesday hoping it can make some changes so right now, for the politicians and the people, it's really all about persuasion. >> their reading the head lines, these anti-government demonstrators think police have been brainwashed and want them to hear their side of the story. tranchées tranches /* the polic are telling lies about what's happening in ukraine. >> where there were once clark, demonstrators have built a make sheet screen to broadcast news. there has been a stand-off here

for two weeks skrfrn the these don't know what's going on. we are showing them the news. >> opposition protest here on the barricades are trying to change the minds of the police. leaders are trying to do the with politicians. >> in a commit meeting ahead of a parliament session on tuesday, opposition leaders try to persuade parliament members to join them publicly. >> big pressure on the deputies. we are speaking with them, which hasn't been easy. in private, they support us. but we will see if we can manage to create a parliamentary majority. >> the fortunately minister didn't seem to want more compromise. >> the president and the government has implemented by the opposition. we are open and going to continue negotiations with them. what point concerns us that for the first time in ukraine, we have an experience of different

groups. >> while a handful of radicals may have started trouble, those on the barricades now say they aren't extremists, just regular ukrainians asking for change. >> amid music blaring from both sides, it's not clear whether anyone is really listening. >> so all eyes will be on parliament on tuesday to see which way it votes, in favor of the president or in favor of the opposition. in the past, the president has held the majority here, but the opposition hopes it has changed some minds and it will be able to make some changes of its own. >> jennifer glass reporting from kiev. the winter olympics kickoff in four days. today, the olympic torch traveled through the volatile region on the border of europe and asia. it will reach sochi on friday for the opening ceremony. security remains a concern throughout sochu. international olympic committee says tens of thousands of military and police personnel have been deployed to protect

the games. but the ioc president says despite the terrorist threats, visitors should feel safe. coming up, no escape. a volcano surges to life with deadly results. plus, communicating with each other to keep roads safe. innovation changes our lives. opening doors ... opening possibilities. taking the impossible from lab ... to life. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. on al jazeera america

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in the movement, had a code name. >> al jazeera america presents every sunday night, welcome back. in indonesia, the search for survivors continues. after mount cinabon shot rocks 10,000 feet into the area, 1 of 129 active volcanos in the country called the pacific ring of fire. jake ward has more on this action tremely volatile region >> reporter: the mount cinabon is part of the arc, a volcanic line where two plates converge, one sliding under the other. >> action sets off volcanos and actually produced the indianesian islands of sumatra and java where this took place. it's part of the pacific ring of fire, a mask area of tech tonic activity from indonesia all the way over to california. it's the most active and

explosive area of cvolca volcan mount damagebora was the most massive in history, it led to the death of crops in northern europe in a year without summer. the lake toba was the largest in 25 million years causing worldwide decrease in temperature between 5.4 and 9.0 degrees farenheit. this particular footage from monday's event brings back memories of the eruption of the mount unzun. the ash clouds is very much like the famous footage captured during the interruption. the next cal term is pyroscholastic flow. it will usually forms the leading edge of any eruptioin. the french term for this is a little more apt: burning cloud. it's the cloud of ash and rock that rips along as fast as 450 miles an hour and can be as hot as 1800 degrees farenheit in there. it's worth noting the human body

ignites after prolonged expose user to temperatures above 1400 degrees farenheit. this ash cloud at about 700 degrees would have immediately overwhelmed anyone caught in its path. whose that's what happened to the 14 confirmed victims of monday's eruptioin. this is a geologically violent and unpredictable part of the world which is what makes it's peak so stark, so beautiful to be there, but it also made this such a deadly event. >> in san francisco. the white house is downplaying the latest problems with the healthcare.gov website. it turns out thousands who were signed up online were paying too much. some didn't have coverage at all. more from white house correspondent mike vac avaquier. >> a lingering headache, more problems for the affordable care act. it appears as many as 22,000 individuals when they went online and were successful in getting insurance, there were errors in their data, either paying too much for insurance or they are paying too high a deductible or they have the

wrong kind of insurance all together. to make matters more frustrating when they try to fix the problem by going online, the online site to help them get where they need to be in terms of their insurance policy and paying the right amount has not been functioning properly. they chalk it up in the administration to some problems from the launch of healthcare.gov. jay carney was asked about this today. it's affecting 22,000 individuals. the white house spokesman, here is what he had though say. >> this is a very slim percentage of the population of people who have applied, and what is it turning out is that so many of the problems we have seen, and this had to do with problems in other areas who are related to the troubles with the website in october especially and, also, november. >> the administration playing down the effect saying 22,000 figure, small is in comparison to the more than 3 million who have been successful in signing up through healthcare.gov for

the affordable care act. late today, the center for medicare and medicaid services which administers healthcare.gov says the problems have been fixed. there is no need to continue with these appeals process. those people who are still having problems who had errors in their sign-up information can simply go online, reset and their problems will be solved. >> mike viquera. blame it on the policier vorxex january was not a good month for car sales. a reported drop in sales compared to a year ago. they sale cold weather kept buyers out of showrooms. chrysler and nissan had increases in sales. while the cards are not moving, they may be talking to each other. the new technology plans to make roads safer. john hendron reports >> reporter: u.s. transportation officials are calling it their moon shot. >> the prospect of being able to cut according to research perhaps 70 to 80% of the

collisions and accidents that are happening around the country, that is a huge advance in safety. it's one that i don't think can be overstated. >> it's a moon shot where we are already halfway there in terms of the development of the technology. >> the u.s. government study will take talking cars from the realm of fiction to reality. today, transportation safety has been focused largely on helping drivers survive accidents. but a new nationwide program aims to prevent accidents by equipping cars with mandatory pre-crash warning technology by 2017. >> the potential of this technology is absolutely enormous. >> under the study 3,000 drivers in ann arbor, miles an hour had wireless warning of unexpected movement. u.s. transportation regulator are writing a rule that would require all new vehicles to be able to talk to one another using wireless technology by

2017. john hendron, al jazeera. >> an american veteran back home in the nation's hartland said he found an answer to some of the economic problems back in afghanistan. his solution involves goats. a report from elk horn, iowa. >> from his dining table in elk horn iowa, rick burns has been formulating a plan for helping the afghan people help themselves. >> i have very personal relationships with iraqis and after gans. these are not people that i was -- that i was just interacting with. these are people that i consider to be friends. >> he spent nearly three decades in the army national guard and reserves as a civil affairs officer with tours in both iraq and afghanistan, he says he shaz seen the problems of waste, fraud and abuse firsthand. >> we have not gotten it right when it comes to the development piece of this this thing. we tend to think if we spend enough money, we will fix the problem. we have spent a lot of money and haven't fixed some basic

problems. >> as of september, the u.s. appropriated 96.6 billion for relief and construction in afghanistan since 2002. another 6.5 billion has been approved for 2014 what he was looking for was a solution to a complex problem. he believes he may have found it in the form of, of all things, goats. >> burns' non-profit aims to give two dairy goats each to 15 families. >> i think the sim splitsty is it's at a village level. you take an afghan family that has nothing and give them two goats, you created a whole huge increase in nutritional value for that family and you have created a revenue stream for that family. >> the program will also set up a central facility with milk processing equipment and train the families to collect the middle that can be used to make yogurt and cheese. i knowspired by the project, students at the local high school got involved raising

money through bake sales. >> instead of giving them things that they are just going to use up and not have anything to live on, this is sustaining. >> they didn't have a lot of opportunities to enhance their way of living. so, i thought the goat project would be good. >> 7,000 miles away from elk horn iowa is afghanistan where burns' partners are prepping for the goats. while burns understand the goat project is a drop in the bucket to solving afghanistan problems, he says every little bit helps. >> galloned sgandhi said whatevr you do will never be enough but it's enormously important. >> i think these efforts are important. >> important, sustainable and for lieutenant burns' friends on the other side of the globe, potentially life-changing. al jazeera, elk horn, iowa. >> have to start somewhere. up next, deadly dose, phillip seymour hoffman and heroin's

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welcome back: the top stories, dow lost 326 points today. some analysts say it's not surprising after recent record highs. they point to invest being skittish following declines in european and zjapanese intenti s intentions. new jersey governor christie said he had nothing to do with the george washington bridge scandal. he disputed the claim of a former aide who said there is evidence christie did know what was going on it. the manhunt for an inmate who murdered four people is over tonight. michael david elliott was

captured this evening in indiana. he escaped in michigan prize sunday night. he was serving several life sentences. new york officials are conducting an autopsy on oscar winning actor phillip seymour hoffman. he was found dead with a syringe in his arm. investigators believe he likely died of a drug overdose. envelopes at the scene containing what is believed to be heroin. police are looking for the dealer. in 2012, he entered rehab to treat a heroin addiction. law enforcement has been cracking down on heroin use. jonathan betz has that part of the story. >> heroin is certainly on the rise but it's not just celebrities like hoffman and cory mon teach fighting addiction. since 2007, the number of heroin users has jumped close to 67028 people today and users are getting younger. heroin is still less popular than cocaine and marijuana.

over all, though, overdose deaths have tripled since 1990. much of america's heroin comes from mexico. it's the world's second largest supplier behind afghanistan. it's entering through texas and the southwest. yet it's the northeast and the great lakes region that consider heroin one of their biggest threats. in other parts of the country, meth or cocaine are bigger problems. pittsburgh, messengers, vermont, even florida have seen big spikes in heroin overdoses or deaths in recent years. why is heroin suddenly so popular? frankly other drugs are harder to get. crackdowns on prescription pills have made them more expensive. amount of people start with pills and move to heroin e special lin since a bag can cost as little as $6. yet it is extremely dangerous. one in four become addicted. users often under estimate its power. and then they overdose. >> jonathan betz reporting united states. joining us is joe shrank,

founder of rebound brooklyn, a treatment center in new york city. mr. shrink, thank you for your time. we appreciate it. i think it's very important to talk about what happened to phillip seymour hoffman because it not only was him. there are millions of ad i think so fighting this right now as we speak. i think this is such an important topic. there are reports that hoffman had 50 to 70 stamp bags of heroin in his apartment. can you put that in perspective for us? >> it's a tremendous amount of heroin. you know, if he were arrested, he would have been charged for distribution, which is a much different thing than having a small amount for personal use. it's a huge amount, not in the sense of a car load but its way more than any one person would use at any one time. >> how do you get that? >> how do you get that much, that large of an amount? >> yeah. >> you know, i mean it is a commodity. and the drug war is something that we often talk about and we

don't really think about it. but it is absolutely very simple economics. itt it's supply and demand. somebody like phillip seymour hoffman would have the money and resources to be able to procure whatever he wanted. it isn't that difficult. this is new york city. we can get anything we want at any time day or night. >> let's say that you are not phillip seymour hoffman, the way i started this out. say you are not a famous person. you are just an addict trying to make it every day? >> yes. >> with the struggle and you wake up today and you want to get that amount of hair win, would it be easy? >> no. it probably would not be easy to get that large of an amount of heroin, but actually, scoring the drug would be fairly easy for sure. it may be difficult, more difficult some days rather than others but it's always possible. >> how -- what is the struggle like every day for someone who is addicted to heroin, say, compared to other drugs? >> heroin is a very, you know, look, all addictions are

difficult. heroin is -- there is something about heroin that is a stronger pull. there is the withdrawal and the cra craving. so even after people are off of it, the message from the primitive brain is telling them to use again, which is why they seem like they are constantly lying and they are manipulating because they are -- they are literally a slave to it. they need to do it. and whatever they say, they are -- they could be well intentioned. but that is -- there is something. there is something about an opiate addiction that is pretty severe in terms of living day-to-day with it. >> uh-huh. so when you say "day-to-day quell phillip seymour hoffman told people he had been clean tore 20 years. amend then relapsed last year. this was a day-to-day struggle for more than 20 years? >> it is. addictive diseases are like other diseases that require maintenance whether it's diabetes, whether it's help c,

hiv. lots of people have chronic diseases that need to be managed in a way that becomes an integrated lifestyle. an addiction is very much like that. so en though he had been clean for many years, it was still with him. and i don't know exactly what happened. he was pretty public about having a relapse and had gone back into some kind of treatment although it seemed to be a limited amount of time. and then, it seemed to grow and grow and grow until it had this tragic end. >> what do you say to a family member right now of someone who is a heroin addict who is watching this and who is terrified that they are going to lose their loved one? >> to get help absolutely. treatment works. it's viable. there are lots and lots of people who are living in recovery. there is 20 million americans who report themselves as being in recovery. so don't lose hope. ask for help and ask for help from a medical doctor. there are lots of people who think that they can yes, ma'am a heroin into help and thinks not

true. it's a brain disease. >> you said powerful stuff. we thank you so much for your time? >> thank you. >> absolutely. let's move along with some more of the day's news. joan mon dale, the wife of walter mondae. she was an enthusiastic advocate. arts. her family announced she had gone into hospice care but did not discuss the nature of her illness. joan mondale was 83 years old. in florida, a indicates drawn comparison to the case of tray von martin. a white man has been charged with killing a black teenager over a dispute over loud music. he may use stand your ground as his defense. his trial began today. from jacksonville florida. >> jordan davis was killed nine months after tray von march thin. michael dunn is planning on using a stand your ground defense. in a letter he sent to a relative from jail, he says his attorney tells him, he has a better case of self defense than

zimmerman. >> lucy mcbath often sits in her son's room to feel closer to him. >> people used to say jordan was my shadow. he cared about people. and he had such a joy for life. >> the life of 17-year-old jordan davis ended in this s.u.v. in 2012. he and three friends were at a jacksonville gas station when 46-year-old michael dunn pulled alongside they will. he was a tour rift visiting the city with his girlfriend. during an interview he said he politely asked the teenagers to turn down their music. they complied at first. >> the music comes back on. you know, i am just like live and let live and i don't need any trouble. >> things quickly escalated. dunn told police he pulled out a gun because he thought the teenagers had one, too. >> this guy goes down on the ground and comes up with something. i thought it was a shotgun.

and he goes, your dead (bleep) quicker than a flash, i had a round chamber in it, and i shot. >> dunn shot into the s.u.v. eight times, killing davis. then he drove to his hotel, ordered a pizza and drove home the next day. police never found a weapon in the teenager's possession. dunn is using florida's controversial stand your ground law to fight a first degree numbered charge. we spoke with high profile defense attorney roy black about the case. >> under the law, they don't actually have to have a weapon. it's just have to reasonably appear to the defendant that they had a weapon and they were going to shoot him. >> davis was killed nine months after george zimmerman shot amend killed trayvon martin in stand ford, florida. the cases have drone many comparisons. >> he shot into a car with four use in it. this is different -- four youths in it. zimmerman is not injured in any way. i think it's a much more difficult case. >> when zimmerman was acquitted,

davis was upset. he told his mother he felt like young black men had to be on their guard. he said, i am going to run, mom. nobody is going to shoot me. i am going to be okay. >> mcbath says she is feeling anxious as the trial starts, especially as how she thinks how the defense might portray her son but she said martin's mother gave her some advice? >> you know the truth and you have to stand firm. >> we tried to speak with the dunn family, but they refused. dunn recently settled a civil suit brought by davis's parents for allegedly making defamatory comments about their son. natasha gan aim, jacksonville, florida. >> google's infamous mystery barge is being waved ashore. the story /* 4 story structure is supposed to be a high-tech showroom. but the construction was never authorized and the barge must be

moved. >> at a time marks the end of an era in the nba. michael aims on the retirement of commissioner david sturn who has been around forever? >> 30 years is how long he has been commissioner of the nba. lost some of the 1309 light over the weekend with the n.f.l. if you are a commissioner of a major sports league, you are pretty much to carnaler as many critics as supporters. but the legacy left behind by david sturn is undeniable. >> he has been unbelievable if not the best commissioner ever. taken basketball to you know believable heights. >> when david sturn became commissioner of the national basketball association in 1984, the league was a distanted third to major league based on and the ball league on the landscape, invested by drugs, the nba lacked any national appeal. evidence,000 by many play-off games being televised on tape delay. >> we had to get more than five games on network television.

we had to in the cut out franchises, four getting ready to file for bankruptcy. there was a list of things that we had to avoid, not that we had to do. >> in the first few years of his tenure, he not only removed the drug stigma but turned the nba into a mad son-in-law after new darling by marketing the most charismatic players such as magic johnson, julius irving and michael jordan. >> sturn used the momentum of the late 80s to push growth of the game into the '90s as he spearheaded to put them in the olympics, the dream team of the 199 the 2 olympics led to an unprecedent the growth of the sport domestically and abroad that led to the creation of the women's basketball association, the addition of seven knew nba franchises and skyrocketing viewership of the nba finals. he guided the league through some of the darkest moments, magic johnson revealing in 1991 that he was hiv positive. >> it was horrible.

you know, initially just because we sort of knew that magic was going to die because that was the conventional wisdom. two lockouts by the owners resulting in the loss of games during the 1998/'99 season and the 2011/2012 season, the fight between the pacers and the pistons that spilled into the stans in 2 open 04 resulting in 146 games worth of suspensions and $10 million until lost wages for nine players. and, the gambling scandal involving former referee tim donagee. >> david is the one who turned sports leagues into brands. >> through those troubled times, the nba bounced back, usually are record profits during sturn's 30 year tenure, the league has seen a 30-fold increase in revenues as every team has built or renovated its home arena leading to $1.3 billion in gate receipts last season.

forbes estimates each fran size is worth an average salary of 5.1 of million dollar, the highest average of any professional sports league in the world. sturn was the driving force in nba's charitable en endeavors. in 2005, the league launched nba cares which has raised more than $225 million for various charities another reason sturn will be remembered as one of the most influential fem in sport history and maybe the best of the sports league ever. >> i spoke with yahoo's mark spears told me even in his absence, sturns's legacy will loom over the league especially as it relates to the nba's international influence. >> the growth over 20 years, you can see the nba in 215 countries.

sasha signed with the signing, there is an nba record, 93 international players in the nba. now, there is interest globally, other than soccer, professional soccer, what other sport has this much interest internationally because of what david sturn started and hopefully in time will see teams in europe, too. >> a good point. not just teams but the incoming nba commissioner for the last several years, he believes they can have a division of teams, london, paris, barcelona, frankfurt, munich action not one or two teams but like one in toronto in canada but an entire division of nba teams in europe. >> that's a global growth. >> that would be a travel schedule. wouldn't it. >> they could work it out. >> a great trivial pursuit question, who was the commissioner before david sturn? >> larry o'brien. and his name is now on the trophy that the teams get when they win a championship.

>> you can play. >> i'm sorry. >> thanks, michael. next, our picture of the day plus super spot. it may be the best commercial from the game and you didn't even see it.

hello again. across the northeast we have seen the storm system make its way out. you can see over the last 12 hours, a lot of snow. pennsylvania saw over 12 inches.

as i said before in central park, we saw six inches of snow. we are not going to be watching what's happening out here toward the west because things are beginning to develop and that's going to give us our next storm system that we do expect to see mid-week. i want to take you now out here toward the central plains and what we can expect to see there. >> same storm system that affected parts of new england in the northeast, that caused some problems here across the ohio river alley. kentucky, tennessee, you also saw anywhere between 7 to 9 inches of snow just over the last 36 hours. we are just dealing with colder weather. parts of nebraska, parts of oklahoma also seeing snow at this time as well. >> is going to continue tomorrow. more snow, more moisture particularly in the evening time frame. we are requesting to see all through parts of the illinois and you are going to be seeing about 5 to 8 inches of snow as well. here, across the southeast, we saw some rain showers push through. there is that frontal boundary. we are getting a little bit cooler. temperatures dropping out in the overnight hours and quickly,

atlanta, rain in your forecast over the next couple of days, 53 on thursday. >> every sunday night, al jazeera america brings you controversial. t

welcome back. california citrus crop, an industry group says one week of freezing temperatures in december cost growers about $441 million a week. mandrin and naval orange crops are hit the hardest. expect them to cost a bit more. living in paradise, it is not cheap, electricity in hawaii costs more than 3 times the national average partially because the islands are almost completely dependent upon imported oil. some are turning for wind power. for others, turbines are too close for comfort. jennifer london reports >> reporter: big waves, beautiful beaches, scenic overlooks, picture postcards from oahu's famed north shore but now, something out of place comes into view. >> in your heart, it kind of hurts. >> kent fona lives in ohuku.

in 2011, 12 wind turbines, tall and loud were erected close to his home. >> i am opposed to their proximity. i am opposed to the industrialized look of our -- the beautiful of the hawaiian islands. >> so is kathleen pahanuei who shores the north shore neighborhood board? >> when they started going up and going in, it was like oh, my god. people were completely freaked out, very, very upset. >> travel down the road, and you will find 30 more located in the valley, making the combined 42 turbines the largest wind farm in the state of hawaii. as you enter the valley action you can see a few of the wind turbines but many north shore residents hearsay that's not really even the problem. they say the wind farms are more than just an eyesore. they say they have been built on land that is sacred and has been in the hawaiian culture for more

than 700 years. >> they put those things in, i thought it was a blatant disrespect and a desecration of the valley. >> i am sure many and myself on a personal level would prefer from the valley not to be able to see windmills. >> but mark bit, the state's energy commissioner would prefer to break hawaii's dependence on oil. over the past year, the island state imported more than 46 million barrels of oil. that's 36 barrels for every person living in the state according to hawaii energy.com. >> keeping our sights on the true goal, which is to rid ourselves of imported oil, which has created such a stranglehold on our economy. >> it's estimated the north shore wind farm will provide power for some 14,000 homes and now there are plans to build 15 more near this elementary and high school. but resident kimowina says he has grown weary of wind energy

close to home? >> we have done our part tore c contribute to renewable injury. >> it includes generating 40% from renewable resources by 2030 which means wind farms are clearly part of the state's energy future and now part of the view. jennifer london, al jazeera, kahuku, hawaii. >> the sky lit up in sweeden in a spectacular show of nature. the nor the northern lights were on display for campers and skiers at bisco national park. it happened when part calls from solar flares hit the earth's atmosphere. this is gorgeous. the sun had a recent surge in flaring. >> that's made for light shows nearly every night this year in sweeden. they have been seen this wait a minuter in alaska, minnesota and michigan. >> it could be the greatest super bowl ad that almost no one has seen. i will show it to you, a clip. keep watching. personal injury lawyer bought a two minute block of lomty

advertising in georgia and came up with this. >> i wasn't also a personal injury lawyer. i once was a notorious criminal defense lawyer employed by some of the most cold hearted villains. my art brought me great wealth until one day my little brother michael and his friend were two people who's lives were taken. [ music ] >> do you want to go to work? i am attorney jamie casino. i don't represent villains anymore. i speak for innocent victims who do not speak for themselves. >> pretty epic. he told al jazeera that he did this ad to grab people's attention and boy, did it. it has gone viral. facebook turns 10 years old tomorrow. what started as a scrappy online cool kids club is now a global phenomen phenomenon. rob rebels has more -- reynolds

has more. >> con received in a college dormroom, it has become a behemoth. a growing number of teenagers lost interest. dj saul has studied facebook's changing dem graphics? >> what we found was that in the last three years there are 3 million fewer teenagers and we define that as 13 to 17-year-olds with 18 to 24 being the next demographic up. there is a decline in both and specifically a 25% decline amongst addressable teenagers in facebook advertising. >> to find out what happened, we went right to the source, a bunch of cool kids hanging out after school. >> this whole way where everybody can get hold of you no matter what and like they just know everything about your life, like i don't know. i don't like it anymore. i like to have my own life and have the ability to choose who comments on it or not, you know. i feel like with facebook, you lose that. >> snap chat, pinterist and

twitter are the social media of choice? >> it used to be sacred from your family. what are you doing on facebook. now they are a part of it. they can see everything you are doing. you are out drinking here yeah. >> in fact, the biggest increase in facebook users during recent years has been among people aged 55 and older. now, that's like totally uncool. >> i think of a huge part of that just has to be attributed to the rides of parents and grandparents and aunts and uncelts on the platform commenting on photos that teens and young people are posting and engaging in the way that, you know, advertisers want to see people engaging in facebook but that's not what teens are looking for. >> what teens are looking for is a parent free zone online. >> older people want to know what you are doing, like check what you are doing, you are

doing anything bad. >> many teens who still use facebook are careful to keep the grown-ups out of the loop. >> i am not friends with my dad on facebook although he does have an account. >> no, ma'mom and dad have face accounts but as always, they haven't got a clue. rob reynolds, al jazeera, los angeles. >> that sounds all pretty true. our freeze frame today, the photo of the day, sleepless in new york, yes, seahawks quarterback russell wilson basking in the glow of his super bowl championship, having a good time with obviously beyoncye at the game seattle demolished denver 43 to 8 to win their first super bowl. they have been talking shop. jay z is an agent. you never know. the headlines in just a moment. that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight

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he was serving several life sentences. the first of three winter storms is dumping snow from boston to washington, d.c. thousands of flights have been cancelled. including in the new york/new jersey area making the super bowl weekend extra long for fans. january was not good a good month for car sales. a drop in sales. they say cold weather kept buyers out of showrooms. chrysler and nissan had an increase in sale. >> a big sell-off, 326 points for the dow, the largest slide since june. economists point to a disappointing forecast from the manufacturing industry. chris christie and on a radio show answering questions on the bridgegate scandal. he insisted he knew nothing about it. federal investigations are underway . the u.s. is considering sending financial assistance to

ukraine. the president there returned to work after four days of illness. he took a hard line against the protesters. those are the headlines. "america tonight" is up next. get the latest headlines on our website. >> on america tonight, our in depth look at crime and punishment takes us inside america's biggest and stuffest yale. is justice being served here? >> his highs were black and blue and shut closed for a month and his ankle was broken in four different places. >> that's not punishment. >> that's brutality. a sub sushan high, why it's