welcome to al jazeera america, i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. back at the bargaining table, the next round of iranian nuclear talks are now underway. [ gunfire ] violent clashes in thailand as police try to remove protesters. san francisco facing problems with its new bay bridge. ♪

another round of talks over iran's nuclear program currently underway in vienna, last year an agreement was reached to temporarily freeze that program. now they are looking to make a more term innocent deal. here is more on what to expect. >> reporter: vienna talks are all about places like this, and what is going on in them. iran's nuclear facilities. the u.s. and it's a allies say the nuclear program is dangerous. in vienna both sides will try to find common ground, to build on the temporary deal struck in november. the un says so iran has kept its part of the bargain, in return the u.s. and western powers agreed to limit roll back of

some economic sanctions. >> translator: what is the future of this deal? i think iran will adhere to the agreement. all of the sanctions were imposed because of the nuclear program. if the western party insists on using the talks to reach other issues, i think the talks may reach a dead lock. >> reporter: the talks are expected to last for months, and there are serious challenges, particularly those who want to end iran's nuclear program not just limit it, as suggested by the six powers involved in negotiations known as the p5-plus-1. >> translator: some are interested in continuation of regional tension, and don't want an agreement. they seek tension. i can name israeli's lobbyist as part of this. also saudi arabia, and some of

its traditional allies are interested in the failure of talks. >> reporter: for iran failure is unacceptable. what is happening at the same time are technical talks, between the un's atomic energy agency. and these technical talks focus on what iran may or may not have done in the past. iran has made seven commitments to the iaea to clear up any outstanding issues by may. both sides hope this can boost confidence building in vienna and prospects of a lasting political peace. president obama set to speak a new minutes from now in maryland to outline a knew proposal to curb pollution. this is an effort to drive down greenhouse gases. it's among several executive actions he is taking on climate

change. and the president heading to mexico tomorrow to uk ta about a major trade deal that would make it easier for countries around the pacific to do business. but critics argue the new deals may hurt more than they help. >> reporter: jerry says he is a victim of free trade. he in 2007 he was working at this plug plant when the company announced they were moving production to mexico. >> i had worked there for 32 years, finally got to the job i really enjoyed, and then they are going to take it away and move it to mexico. >> reporter: he was forced to retire early, now he has to have a part-time job trying toscape

together enough money to put his daughters through university. that ta lowered bare records for u.s. companies and gave them access to cheaper labor, but also cost ohio thousands of jobs. still the u.s. is now looking to negotiate two more massive trade deals. >> reporter: we need to work together to protect our workers, protect our government, and open new markets to goods labeled stamped in the usa. >> reporter: now through are two other trade agreements being put together. critics argue the details of the agreement have been kept from the public and congress, they are suspicious of the obama administration's attempts to get lawmakers to approve the deal quickly. this congress woman is working to stop the agreements. >> the workers in mexico not

able to afford a car based on the wages they maker, and the workers here, out of work. who wins in that deal? >> reporter: they can't sit down and negotiate a budget and we go on a government shutdown that costs us billions of dollars, and they are sitting here negotiating a trade deal? come on. >> reporter: he says he just wants the deals to be fair, and he wishes u.s. politicians would learn from the past when negotiating trade deals for the future. at least three people have been killed and dozens wounded after police clashed with appty government protesters in bangkok. >> reporter: police battle with protesters in thailand's

capitol. on tuesday security forces launched their most concerted efforts yet to clear anti-government protesters. they called their operation the peace of bangkok mission. they mobilized 15,000 officers to try to regain control of government buildings that protesters had surrounded but it was far from peaceful, dozens of protesters were injured as well as several police officers. gunfire was heard and the number of people were killed. the protesters insist they have been peaceful and will remain in the streets. people in thailand have had to live through a power struggle for almost 8 years now, it's essentially the middle class, fighting against the working

class supporters. mass protests by both sides have taken place out there this time, and have also been disbursed by the police. but the struggle for power seems endless, and until the dispute is settled, the cycle of protest seems certain to be repeated. in south korea students are mourning the loss of their classmates who died an an auditorium roof collapsed. nine students died when the structure gave way yesterday. a tenth person was also killed, hundreds of others are recovering from their injuries. an elderly nun who broke into a nuclear plant in tennessee will learn how much time she'll spend in prison. she and two other peace activists admitted to breaking

into the center. jonathan martin is live outside of the courthouse in knoxville, why did they break into the plant in the first place? >> reporter: they said their move was more symbolic than anything. they wanted to show their disfaction with america's use and really the stockpile and storage of nuclear weapons. and keep in mind the national security complex here in tennessee is supposed to be one of the most secure in the country, but these individuals were able to cut through wires, get into the complex for about an hour, and walked up to one of the buildings that stores nucle nuclear uranium, and spray painted the walls splashed the

laws with blood. so it exposed a big security breach here in the country, del. >> reporter: john than, what type of punishment are they facing for this crime? >> reporter: well, up to 20 years. they have been convicted of sabotage, so they each will be convicted in just an an hour or so. what will be interesting is whether this judge is lenient, especially when it comes to the nun, she is an 84-year-old catholic nun, and if she gets that sentence, she spend the rest of her life in prison. >> jonathan martin joining us live from knoxville, tennessee thank you very much. in another courtroom, a settlement has lead an oklahoma pharmacy to stop selling an execution judge to the state of

missouri. the taylor's attorneys filed suit claiming the execution drug would cause inhumane pain. he is set to be executed next wednesday. the governor indicating he has the drugs to carry out the execution. the "washington post" reports that the u.s. is seeking a prisoner swap with the taliban. white house has resumed talks for the release of army sergeant bergdoll. it calls for two members of the taliban to be released in exchange for bergdoll. peace talks between the pakistani government and the taliban are now on hold. that comes at a high price for families caught in the middle of

the dispute. >> reporter: these children can afford only one meal a day, and sometimes even that becomes a luxury. their mother cleans houses so she can afford to feed them. >> translator: i have no one else to earn for my family. it's very difficult for me to look after my children. at times we have no food. i know they have a miserable life, but what else can i do? >> reporter: she lives in a remote district. most of the area lacks basic facilities like clean water and electricity. maria lost one of her sons in a suicide attack five years ago. her other boy was disabled in the incident, and her husband had a heart attack after seeing the scattered remains of his son. he cannot work anymore. >> translator: my two sons went to the market, my elder son was killed in the attack, and the

other is now disabled. i have no money for his treatment. i borrowed some from my relatives but wasn't able to afford the treatment. >> reporter: thousands of people here are trapped. she doesn't have much hope in the government. >> translator: going to get groceries is a risk for us. no one has helped us. the government has provided nothing for us. >> reporter: so far the government hasn't been successful in this negotiating a deal with the same people it has been at war with for years. >> translator: i do wish for these peace talks to succeed, then we will be able to go back to our homes, and there will be no bomb blasts, like me, no woman will have to become a

wid widow, or lose a child. >> reporter: while the people in charge struggle to bring people to the talks, this woman and thousands others like her are not asking for much. >> translator: i wish my children can get an education like other children, but we have no money to eat. coming up on al jazeera america, san francisco has a brand new $6 billion bridge, but one expert says he is afraid to drive over it. and after massive layoffs in 2009, the auto industry is hiring again, but it's not the type of worker you would expect.

leaks on san francisco's brand new bay bridge are raising questions about its construction. the bridge replacing the one destroyed in the earthquake. but there are new concerns about the construction. >> when you build big structures like this, bridges get water on them, in them, this thing was never designed to be water tight. >> reporter: andrew jordan is taking us for an inspection of the eastern span of the bay bridge. we were at this spot just six months ago after the opening. now we're looking for leaks.

water is seeping from the deck into the steel frame below. but gordon says it is par for the course, an issue easily handled with continued care. >> we don't just build a bridge like this, and dust off our hands and walk away. >> reporter: we enter the belly of the bridge to find where the water drips in. >> you can see it here. >> reporter: construction and safety questions have dogged this project from the start, but in this case, gordon shows us from his point of view these leaks are draining as they should, right out to sea. the bay area toll authority have told us that the bridge needed rain to be tested, and the bridge is performing exactly as

planned. but an engineering professor at uc berkeley disagrees. he has studied the bridge project for the past 15 years. >> if you have humid air next to steel, steel rusts. and you core row shun. >> reporter: he is teaching an entire course this semester on problems in the design and construction of the bay bridge. officials say while the design may be innovative, it is not dangerous. >> the most important thing to get across to the public is the bridge is safe. these issues do not pose safety risks to the bridge or the drivers. >> reporter: the bridge straddles two fault lines, and it was built to survive multiple

earthquakes. these early concerns could shake consumer confidence that the bridge could survive if the big earth quick hits. on wall street stocks off to a slow start. the dow is down just a point right now. a manufacturing decline in new york and disappointing housing news hurting market momentum today. also weighing down dow is coca-cola. soda sales fell 3%, but still made $1.7 billion. the u.s. auto industry showing signs of job growth but being on the assembly line isn't so simple today. dave reports. >> reporter: this was one the picture of american auto workers. assembly lines churned out cars at a frenzied pace to make the

united states the world's leading producer of auto mobiles. today the number is less than 1%. and yet four years after an $8 billion bailout and huge layoffs, analysts say american auto worker jobs are again poised for growth. >> we're seeing new plans and investment going on in this country from the domestics and imports. so i think there is still a lot of availability. >> reporter: an increase in part attributed to foreign-based manufacturers like nissan and volkswagon. that's especially true in southern states like tennessee and mississippi where weaker unions and reduced labor costs have made manufacturing more

attractive. >> it has shifted to some extent away from the detroit three. and there is more auto economy in the south than there used to be. >> reporter: an average u.s. auto employee spends more time at work than they did a decade, but american pay has dropped over the years. the worker costs about $48 in pay in the u.s. compared to about 60 in germany. >> it's still attractive, it's just not as attractive as it used to be. >> reporter: and yet any jobs are changing rapidly. a demand for high-performance cars and trucks require educatored workers. >> in many cases these plant workers have at least a couple of years of college on the line, and again, they are being trained in some pretty

sophisticated math. >> we need people who can do coding for computers, and these have become much more important in the last ten years. >> reporter: tomorrow's auto worker may be one part engineer, and one part computer programmer. coming up on al jazeera america, bangladesh some animate fors want to become the next pixar. and an aztec burial site is discovered. what they found could surprise you. klee

welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm dell. here are your headlines. another round of talks over iran's nuclear program is currently underway in vienna. now officials from iran, the u.s., and five other countries, looking to make a more permanent

deal. the u.s. is k looking at a prisoner swap with the taliban free an army sergeant. they have offered the release of five taliban solders in exchange for the soldier. it is sentencing day foreign a elderly nun and two peace activists who broke into a tennessee nuclear plant. the plant stores enriched uranium for making nuclear weapons. bangladesh's economy largely relies on textiles, but some entrepreneurs are dabbling in in animation. >> reporter: it is a workplace that would look the same anywhere. but these skilled workers are hard at work in bangladesh, a

country that has been in the news for dangerous working conditions in its garment industry. they are produced episodes of a popular south asian cartoon series, about the adventures of a young girl with messages about the importance of education, health, and women's rights. ♪ >> reporter: the boss has big plans for his company. >> i hope we can be the cartoon network of bangladesh in the next ten years. >> reporter: the industry is growing quickly, relying on a talented work force, and the same competitive wage advantage that has made this area a powerhouse in the garment industry. >> the structure is cheaper than what you see in the united states or in china.

>> reporter: while most animation companies here make their money doing outsourced work or ads for local tv, there is a small team who have set their sites even higher. in a work studio illuminated by the dim light of computer monitors, these people are aiming for world wide audience. >> our dream is to make a fantastic film that is appealing to the global audience, and at the same time we get to portray our culture into the global scene. >> reporter: their work is a color blend of light and dark imagery. >> the dream and reality, so in reality it is definitely set in [ inaudible ], but in dream also we want to bring local folk art

and culture. >> reporter: the animated movie may or may not be showingment some day in a cinema near you, but the animation industry is on the rise, and that means better jobs for talented bangladeshy workers. ♪ i'm meteorologist dave warren. the snow is clearing out of the new england states. the snow is intense and may accumulate quickly, if the intensity is high enough. we certainly saw that this morning, 3 to 5 inches across new york. as it clears out, the roads will drastical drastically improve. high-pressure controlling our weather overnighting tonight and

tomorrow. another storm coming in, a little warmer though. a little later, you will not wake up to this year across the mid-atlantic and northeast states. it will be rain with a number of snow in the forecast tomorrow. now we're talking about a big storm moves across the rockies there. this storm intensifies thursday morning throughout the midwest, pulling up a lot of warm air. temperatures 30s, 40s, 50s, close to 60, and severe weather possible thursday. on the backside we get the cold air coming back with blizzard-like conditions. but again the rain-snow line looks to be west of illinois. del? >> dave, thank you very much. a team of archeologist in mexico city finding an ancient burial site for dogs.

canines are revered as guardians of the dead. they buried eye long with their humans to guide them through the after life. thanks for watching al jazeera america. er i'm del walters in new york. "inside story" is next. that's the inside story. >> the peace talks may have broken up. but there's never been a pause in the fighting. what's next for syria? that's the "inside story." hello, i'm