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was not criminal at all. now is evidence is that

check check check check check because he believes that based on ice core, and several geological things that just cannot exist, but one thing we heard from bill, ken hanson, he mentioned several things, including the idea that this can't exist. there are two types of science. take a listen. >> you don't see the idea. i emphasise there's a difference between historical science, and talking about the presence, observational science >> if we estew science and the process, and divide signs into an observational science and

historical science, we will not move forward. >> a lot of us know that evolution is accepted in scientific, there's not much certainty. 60% of americans, according to a poll, 60% of americans believe in evolution. 30% still support creationism. and that group, according to the poll is white evangelical conservatives. neither man thought they'd change the others mind on stage. the purpose was to get the information out there, they feel it is important and allow people watching to think critically and make decisions on their own. >> was this a polite debate? >> it was very polite. it was set up basically, you know, where each man had their own term. they had a 5 minute presentation, and 30 minutes to

talk and give a bigger presentation, a rebuttal, and left 45 minutes at the end for each to ask questions. it's a chance for them to get the information out there and allow people to decide for themselves. >> thank you very much. >> now to an incredible story of the injustice. a man spent 20 minutes behind bars. daniel taylor was released after a court found his confession was coerced. multiple police officers beat him. according to the national registry of exxonerations there were nearly 100 overturned convictions last year. daniel taylor and his lawyer, i believe, david owens, joins us from chicago. can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> yes. >> let me start with you. why did you confess to a murder you didn't commit? >>. tactics used on me at an

adolescent age a grown man was very scary and fright thing. i can't go into details, it comes out later on. it is stuff that no human being should ever have to experience in a life. >> i know you can't talk about this now, because there's pending litigation. you spend 20 years in gaol. now that you are out, what do you think of the people that put you in there. >> they need to be exposed and held accountable for the things that they have done. and i know that i'm not the first one that they've done it

to or the last one that they've down it to. i just want justice. do you think people can get justice. after you went through what you went through. well, the justice system has issues. to enforce the justice system. that's where the problem lies. what do you think should happen to the people that put you away. >> if i had to my way i wouldn't mind seeing them put away so they can experience what i went through. for 20 years. can you tell me what it's like to get out after 20 years. >> it's a whole new world i didn't know of.

when i got locked up at 17, pages was just like the hottest thing technology wise. >> pagers. >> yes, pagers. i get out to a world where you can see the people, you talked to on the phone. you got the wonder at how can i honestly compete in a workforce out there with a gd that is based basically in the early '90s. how tough has it been. >> it's been real tough. i have attributes of prison. life that i have to shake off me. and there's a question that i always get when applying for jobs. what has happened in this 20 years gap. what have you been doing for 20 years. sometimes i freeze. >> david, how did the police get away with covering this up for 20 years, part of this is as you mentioned the system aqueouses

in this time of wrongdoing. daniel mentioned it's not the first person that this has happened to. of all the exxonerations involving coerced confession, the city itself has not taken steps to discipline officers who have done this to individuals like daniel. there has been evidence introduced in hearings about coercive tactics, and judges don't throw out the confessions. police officers testified that they didn't use coercive tactics. that stands up in court. at one level you can call it a deep, deep form of corruption. that goes to the top of the city of chicago, and many - and it's the same is true in many cities. >> a record number of

exxonerations. 87 - is this a trend. do you think racism plays a role in this? >> i would say, yes, i think that the trend - there is a trend of exxonerations because of a lot of work that has been done over the last 15 years of exposing - some through d.n.a. evidence, the exxonerations are down. what the first d.n.a. taught us was that people can falsely confess and people do falsely confess to things they don't do. eyewitness, rape victims can be wrong about who they saw. once the evidence gained scientific study and understanding, that's a way for people who didn't have d.n.a. evidence, but their wrongful conviction was based upon something else. they can challenge their convictions with that evidence. it sort of acts as a leverage, and do i think that racism is at

work here. i think the answer is absolutely yes. just because if you are studying any phenomenon related to american criminal justice and you have a system where one out of eight black men between 24 and - 18 and 34 excuse me are in prison at any time, any systematic failure there is going to affect those races more heavily. >> daniel, good luke to you. david for you as well. we'll watch the case as it moves along. >> i appreciate you having me here to share me story. >> yes, sir. >> there was another threat to athletes headed to the sochi winter olympics. this time the australian team had a letter saying some would be kidnapped and with the games three days away security officials say they are making sure that will never happen.

rory challands has more. >> sport is not the only thing on show. far from it. until the first ski is clipped on or hockey put shot, russian security has the stage it is. so cosak policemen are on the streets. it's a deliberate show of force, and this is why. threats from airport separatist groups based in the troubled north adding to sentiment about the games, and fuelling claims that russia would not protect them. >> many security experts thing enough has been done. >> most possibly attacks on olympic athletes or guests are possible. terrorists would prefer to carry out an attack on less protected places. they are based in the south of russia. >> two suicide attacks on volgograd's transport system suggests that this was

achievable. there are threats of a different nature. on tuesday, the austrian olympic committee says they received an alert saying two athletes will be kidnapped. several letters last month turned out to be a hoax. there's a huge multilayered security system, with drones, and 100,000 personnel. it will make sochi hard to attack. nothing can ever be 100% safe. of course. until all the competitors and spectators are back home, and sochi returned to normality, russia will not be able to boast that it put on a trouble free games. if it's achieved, there'll be immense satisfaction, and many russians will point to the worry, so much western-rusophobic scare-mongering.

it's a big if. >> now to a story of survival, it may be that, a story. a man was lost at sea, drifting 6,000 miles across the pacific oce ocean. is the story true. richelle carey is there with that. >> i've been fascinating. >> it's an fromming sto interesg story. >> this man said he survived for 13 months adrift at sea, living on fish, turtles, and bird's blood. the el salvador native who wash add ashore claims he left mexico more than a year ago on a shark hunt. he was with a fisherman, a teenager. the u.s. ambassador to the marshal islands praised him for survival schools. >> back in mexico, the man who

owned the boat said the last time he saw him was november 2012. >> translation: his colleagues went out in boats to look for them. they spent four days looking for him. >> his family said they haven't heard from him in eight years, but never gave up hope. >> translation: we prayed to the lord almighty. if his story is true, he wouldn't have been the first survivor to have washed up in the marshall islands, 6,000 miles from mexico. three mexican shark fisher many said they were lost at see for nine months. >> there are a lot of unanswered questions. the guy looks very well fed, first of all. >> i agree. i think he's a little pale as well to have been 13 months, right. here is the thing - you cannot

go more than three to five days without some sort of fresh water. 13 months. we are journalists, we are skeptical by nature. i think it's a little shady. what do you think? >> we had a report earlier tonight that suggested police believe that there was a boat that was missing, two men in a fishing boat disappeared around that time, a month different, and that that might have been him. they don't know who the people were, actually. >> it's possible >> right. >> but again, being journalists, we need a little more proof. we'll watch this. coming up, our picture of the day, plus charlie chapman, the surprising work from the silent legend.

123450 here? new york we are waiting a couple of hours before the precipitation with the next storm across the midwest. we have been dealing with it. causing a lot of problems for many people. we expect to see 10 snow changing to freezing rain and sleet as we go towards the prime commuting times. later in the day. the people in the south will see rain coming to the forecast. up towards nrn new york and england. there's not going to be rain or

liquid precip. we are talking 12-18 inches. this will win through the day on wednesday, temperatures will drop. rain is falling as a lows as we get to the end of the peek. precip will stop. we'll see another storm system at the end of the week. there's good news. >> this is good news at your national weather. the news after this.

>> 40 years ago today the kidnapping of patty hurst made international headlines. the granddaughter of the william hurst was snatched by the symbionese liberation army. she was called tania and participated in several violent crimes in captivity, she claimed

to be a victim of a syndrome. she spent 211 months in prison. she was later pardoned by president clinton. >> in high school it's a big deal to make the vars itty sports team. making the team when you are in elementary school, that's why one 9-year-old girl is a big shot. michael eaves is here with the story. >> it's not the size of the dog, but the size of the fight in the dog. this is a great example of that. when it comes to high school sports a players' size at a particular age has a direct correlation. the bigger the kid, the bigger the athlete. size doesn't matter when it comes to fourth grader jayden newman. >> most high school athletes have to wait to be an upper classman to make the team. jadon has not got out of fourth grade. the 9-year-old has been running the point for the past two

seasons. >> it's fun. the people that i play against. they think i'm not good. they see different on the court. >> when you go through the handshake line, what is that like? >> they are like, "wow, good job. i didn't know you played like that." >> no one gets mad at you? >> sometimes. >> the 4 foot prodigy averages 15 points and seven assists. her father who is her coach said she was born to play. >> she's daddy's little girl. she does whatever daddy does, she likes to watch. she's with me 24/7. being on a couch, watching the game, she was not walking to where she is today. she'll be by my side. she'll say what the coach needs to do, to shoot long range, to

handle the ball so well at that age. even at the wmba. >> it's deceiving. she has a cute young innocent face. she's like the silent assassin on the court. >> that's how she is. she is very cute. she is so cute. this will go by. wait a minute. you try to play tough on her. she still goes by you. it's funny, she's cute. but then she goes and plays. >> the newmans are use to the spotlight after julian started for the boys' team as a sixth grader and mum vivian pass a point guard in her high school. and plays the job of supermum, working her own job. jayden focuses on the years of basketball that lays ahead, she dreams of the next level. >> i want to go to college. after that i want to go to the well mba and play for the l.a.

sparks. >> who is your favourite player? >> diane >> have you met her. >> no. but i was on a show she signed a jersey and gave it to me >> have you practices your autograph yet? >> people ask me, i make up one. >> at the rate she's going there'll be more of this in jadan newman's future. >> even beyond the athletic ability, watching her with poise, personality, that alone is impressive for a kid that's in my opinion years old. >> when i was on the queen lativa show. - she carries herself well. tell me about the competition, how tough is it? >> it's not the top level of high school competition, it's eight different classes. she played for a christian school, kindergarten through 12. they are not playing the best schools in the country, but nonetheless she's nine, playing

kids twice her age. >> they look like they are twice her size. she's 4 foot 7 and they hope she grows. >> dad is 5 foot 6. mum is 5 feet. dad hopes that based on grandparents on both sides, she'll get a little taller, and also her brother. >> i have a feeling whatever she does, she'll succeed. >> take a look at this. amazing photo of saturn. a hexagon shaped storm. the hexagon is about 20,000 miles across, big enough to fit two earths inside. the storm's actually different from what we are used to. the winds inside are estimated to be faster than 200 miles per hour. the storm has been going on for years. here on earth scientists are watching the eruptions in

indonesia, part of the ring of fire around the pacific ocean, a ring that for some 40,000 americans call home. >> indonesia seems far from the the united states. in a sense it is. 9,000 miles of ocean separate the country. even though indonesia is remote and the devastation unfamiliar. it's important to remember that we are connected. the united states sits the other end of the pacific ring of fire, a 25,000 half circle of constant geologic violence encompassing the pacific ocean. tettonic plates slide against and past one another, setting off tsunamis, volcanos. where the eruption took place, it's the western border of the ring. the pacific ocean is the

eastern border. the st. helens eruption was like the one we saw. both strata volcano, the kind that erupts violently. the cloud of ash and rock, known as a pyro-clastic flow, which killed many in indonesia did the same damage on mt st. helens, leading to the deaths of 57 people. both were atop this ring of fire. the sheer beauty of indonesia and california is a result of the movement along the rink. behind me in the berkeley hills is round top mountain, it's a volcano, it's been extinct for 10 million years. a few moments in geologic time. the pacific is full of features like this. the past weekend saw eruptions

as well. in geologic terms, the ring of fire is in motion. as so far away as we feel from the event. the truth is along the pacific americans live on the same unstable ground that indonesians grow. in every few millenia the earth sweeps us away. >> missouri is looking to make the high five official. a missouri state representative introduced a house bill proposing the high five become the official state greeting. he was inspired by the fact that the high five helped him to connect with his colleagues. it is being considered in the house. >> now to the world of cinema, and an icon in the movie industry. charlie chaplain, 30 years after his death, could be making a name for himself in another arena. alexie o'brien has that story.

>> he's a man whose face said a thousand words even when the script didn't have any. charlie chap-lin, screen star, novelist. pages of his archives has been pulled together. >> to find something thu produced by chaplain is extraordinary. there can't be many times that should happen. >> the payments were full of scribbles drafts and second drafts. >> our aim is to reveal another side of the genius. >> the novel was the basis of his fim limelight. it was hugely successful and considered as a last great film. >> it's quite a deep reflection in the relationship between the artist and his own art.

and his own audience. the film deals with the issues. the book goes deeper in the nightmares and the shadows of the ageing comedian. >> chaplain was born a stone's throe away. many of his movies were filmed under the californian son, he never forgot where he came from. the film was set in london, and royalty attended the premiere. the release coincides with the 100 year anniversary of the chaplin putting on his costume. >> everyone went crazy. two years later, there wasn't anyone in the world that didn't know his claim. it was called chaplin mania. it continues a century later.

>> our freeze frame tonight is the image of the stay. it is the journalist christiano mapor closing her program with a plea to egypt to free al jazeera's staff, our colleagues held in detention. it's a sign of solidarity in a competitive world of tv journalistism. people all over the world are posting the same call online speaking out in support of global freedom of the press. from all of us here, free aj's staff. the headlines are coming up next.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. here are the top stories. another winter storm is blanketing the u.s. with heavy snow, ice and rain. the midwest felt the brunt of

the system, and now it is headed to the north-east. more than 100 million americans are under a winter weather alert. america's future in afghanistan was a topic of a close door meeting with president obama and top military advisors. barack obama wants hamid karzai to sign off on a deal to leave a few u.s. troops in the region to train local forces in counterterrorism. four people have been arrested in connection with the death of philip seymour hoffman. the reports say authorities confiscated narcotics at the location of the arrest. he died of an apparent overdose in his new york apartment on sunday. the nation's food stamps program takes a hit. passage of the farm bill includes a cut in the low income assistance project. what that means is 1.7 million people will get about $90 less. the president is expected to sign the bill on friday. >> two experts went head to head in the age-old debate, where the

universe created. the founder and president of the creation museum was a speaker. >> headlines on al jazeera america is up next. you can calls go to our website on aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight," a cruel death? our look at crime and punishment, look at the executioner's cocktail. as state executes the extreme penalty. >> it would come up with a real imagination to come up with a more brutal execution. >> also tonight, end of the