u.s. those are the headlines, i'm richelle carey. "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. you can always get the latest news online on our website, aljazeera.com. chapo. >> on maint. "america tonight." breaking the pipeline of el chapo's empire. to the streets of chicago, inside the capture of public enemy number 1. >> amway army that chapo uses. >> well dressed shrubbery. ukrainians charge him with mass murder. >> and heavy better, we begin

our special series, aging america, with a look at those who take up the challenge of parenting their parents. >> you were working as a lawyer. >> right. >> how could you do your job and also look after the needs of your father? >> i left my job. >> and good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. he's been one of make's most wanted men. a high value target on the order of osama bashar al-assad. and now the arrest of kingpin joaquin guzman, having him face justice in the united states. ironically, in 1930 chicago, al

capone was public enemy number 1 and today that title belongs to el chapo, who made the center of his multi-billion dollar reuranium iregimein the u.s. in. "america tonight"'s christof putzel has reported on this. >> if the sinaloa cartel was a corporation, its u.s. headquarters would be here in chicago. under the regime of joaquin el chapchapo guzman is worth over 3 billion a year. perfect place from moving drugs from mexico to cities across the united states. >> from my point of view, i think chicago and the midwest in

general right now is the most significant hub for the cartels in the country. >> reporter: chicago's gang culture also makes it a recruiting ground. with tens of thousands of active and armed gang members on the streets, it's easy to come by. >> what do you sell? >> crack, dope, x. if it's there, we're going to sell it. crack, $10 a bag. >> last link in the sinaloa supply chain. >> where do the drugs come from? >> mexico, it's how we feed our families every day. >> does it ever concern you that you pay be seg selling -- selling a product at a might be killing somebody out there? >> survival of the fittest. >> the amway army that guzman

uses. >> the last time he spent time in a mexican prison he escaped in a laundry cart by bribing his guards. the issue was a huge embarrassment for the mexican government. this web of tunnels linking seven homes in the city, allowed el chap chapo freedom of moveme. >> the tunnels were reinforced with lead, and that caused several hours delay in opening them. >> if brought to trial, el chapo could face trials in several u.s. cities.

>> he's a major player. a big player coming out of mexico. and this is at a time when, especially in new york city, we're seeing a big infusion of mexican heroin. mexican marijuana going into colorado. the mexicans have you know, they're close, it makes these drugs cheaper. take --in -- -- taking out a gue this is important. >> in mexico skepticism runs deep. el chapo pay have pen the face of the sinaloa empire but his disappearance is not likely to cripple the cartel. >> he's just one leader. in the end, it is a hydra. you cut off one head and one grows in its place. >> the corrupt country, very

corrupt. the government doesn't practice democracy. >> the strike against el chapo guzman is an important one. however, the government's willingness to strike at the cartel's financial organization and steering kids away from organized crime. >> steering kids away from crime requires understanding of their incentive. three years ago i traveled to mexico's sinaloa state. >> when the cartel offers money to do jobs for them, is that tempting? you're that desperate for money? >> young men like this are all too common in mexico. seeing the life working their way up the chain of the cartel as their only way of poverty. >> is that what you aspire to, you want to be in the big leagues of the cartel?

>> federal officials in chicago were among the first to say they wanted to try el chapo guzman. but a spokesman from mexico's attorney general told him that they were anxious to prosecute him there. >> under tight security where he cannot escape. >> what happens next will depend on who wins that battle. mexico where the drug trade has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives or the u.s., where a whole generation of addicts have been born from the sinaloa empire. >> christof putzel, i know you have reported largely on the sinaloa cartel, you know what they are capable of here. does cutting the end of the hydra mean that's the end of the cartel?

>> he was on the forbes list of billionaires. >> incredible right? >> yeah, most powerful people in the world. the idea you could take him down no one thought it was really possible. so that sends a message. the flip side of that is that you now have a whole organization that doesn't have their leader, and a lot of other cartels who want in on this campaign. as long as there are drugs coming into the united states, as long as there is a demand for them you are going to have the cartels supplying them. it may not be el chapo guzman but it will be someone else. >> trying to get the turf while he's out of the picture at the time? >> absolutely. one thing that he was good at doing is he kept the violence down a bit. as his car tell got bigger, violence went down. a lot of people are concerned

that violence is going to go up again. >> he was an extraordinary figure in the drug trade. i keep reading that he was in effect an innovator in the use of these tunnels and bringing narcotics into the u.s. in extraordinary ways. >> the tunnels are absolutely incredible. i've been inside them. they go on forever and there's so many different directions they can go to and so sophisticated connecting houses going under the border, going in directions connecting to the sewer system. i mean they -- it's quite impressive to be honest and that's why he was able to elude capture for so long. >> and under his leadership that's the way -- >> absolutely. he is considered to be the most successful drug lord that's ever existed. >> and in addition to, that there is sort of the cult of personality around him, songs, things around him? >> yeah, even in the united states, even up here in the north there are rappers who rap about him and this incredible status that he was able to achieve.

in mexico he's just this folk lower that this was a guy who was able to even when they locked him up he was able to get out of prison and escape. and they've never been able to get him until now. sort after mazing -- sort of amazing. >> he was a robin hood then? >> he was like pablo escobar. a lot of people were doing very well when he was arnold and they are pretty bummed that he's locked up now. >> christof putzel, thanks for being here. >> when we return. the shockinglyisingly lavish lie of the ukraine president. what the ukrainians face now. the pressure and guilt faced by the silent army. >> and asking dad, i think i'm

getting ready to go back home this week. >> when? >> oh, how long you going to be? when you coming back? i know that's him telling me, i'm scared. don't go. >> we begin a series of reports. aging america, with a look at the staggering numbers and painful issues faced by those parenting their parents.

>> now to the crisis in ukraine. where former president viktor yanukovych is now a fugitive wanted for murder. before the weekend he was signing a peace deal now his palace is a tourist attraction for the very protesters he fought against. "america tonight"'"america tonia macvicar reports how so much has changed so quickly. >> viktor yanukovych loaded his suitcases and his dogs. the interim government issued a warrant for his arrest. charging him with the mass murder of peaceful protesters. nearly 100 people died last week in fear fears clashes between te

government and riot police. many were killed by government snipers. >> it's a remarkable situation when the most sought-after person in the country is the president of the ukraine. who's doing everything to hide and avoid responsibility. i'd like the responsibility of yanukovych who gave the order to disperse the protest. >> with the president in hiding ukrainians felt safe to tour and ogle his security in the mountains. there are chan chandeliers, a fx boat used as a private restaurant, a personal zoo with pigs and peacocks, and end of topiary clothed in his customary winter coat. where $5 is a customary monthly

wage. for years people have suspected corruption. these documents recovered by a presidential lake by divers seem to confirm it. $110,000 for curtains for one room. $2.5 million on wood paneling. >> can i pass on my wishes to the president? i wish him dead. the that is the same single wish from all ukrainians. >> ukrainians are still mourning their dead. marveling at the feet of change and celebrating their victory. but great uncertainty remains. ukraine's economy is a mess. there is a real threat of further violence. and some analysts even predict civil war. the interim government in power until elections in may has a delicate balancing act. reaching out to europe without further annoying the russians to the east.

>> another priority is returning to the european integration cause. the fight for which maidan started with. we also understand the importance of our relations with russia. >> but the russian federation may not be in such a neighborly mood. the russian prime minister used harsh words. >> strictly speaking there is no one to talk to there. the government doesn't exist. there are big doubts about the legitimate meacy about whole ors there. some of the partners think these are legitimate bodies. what to call legitimate essentially what is the result of an armed mutiny. >> they have a continuing interest in ukraine and we'll see how that interest plays out in coming weeks, joie. >> the former president himself is it clear where he is at this

point? >> it is not clear at all. he was last seen taking op off in that helicopter 2:00 a.m. sat night sunday morning. he was seen close to the border, called kharkiv, which is one of his strong holds. guards prevent his plane from taking off. he heads south to the crimea, with a very strong russian speaking faction, russian population, a population close to the russian federation. and the last we heard he was seen get into a three car convoy heading off, we don't know where. could he be making for the russian border, possibly, could he already i be in russia, perhaps, or in the home of one of his oligarch supporters, there are enough of those around. >> indeed. you talk about the potential for

trouble all out civil war. certainly that trouble is still there. but is there an indication that the international community has any confidence that things are getting better? >> there is talk about let's get you some money. we can support you, talk about reforms, talk about a timetable and yes, we are prepared to be there for you. now it's interesting that the russians haven't quite said, you know, you're out of the fold. and clearly, one of vladimir putin's objectives here is to keep ukraine within his sphere of influence. he doesn't want to lose it entirety to the european union which is one of the ways in which this whole thing started you remember. so we're back where the ukrainians are trying to find some kind of balance between the very powerful russians and the europeans who want to help. >> it's always about location,

right? "america tonight"'s sheila macvicar, thanks very much. now, back to the independence square, there has been a steady stream of mourners. the epicenter of the antigovernment protest is now illuminated with thousands of candles and flowers as family and friends pay tribute to the fallen. al jazeera's jennifer glasse has more. >> the candles ton hillside spell out, glory to the heroes, they'll never be forgotten. this here was the front line. less than a week ago. this is where, this is full of tents, the police came in, shot and cleared it out. this actually was a blazing inferno tuesday night. and right here one of the spots where somebody died. all around the square there are spots like this, memorial sliens shrines exactly where they fell.

the government made these people official heroes of the ukraine. these are the barricades where people died. the mounds and mounds of flowers. a sense of really the outflowing of sympathy and support and gratitude. a lot of gratitude here for people who laid their lives on the line. >> this was my friend. his name is s sasha capinos, he was killed the 18th of february by police. they shoot him from the rifle. i will know that approximately 100 men are death dead here. you see this street. is covered with blood, you know. >> this evening we try to memorize, take all the pictures. i can't believe this is my city. my eyes can see, my mind is kind

of shocked but many people die for the freedom and we want to see the pictures and always remember that. >> reporter: even on a monday night hundreds of people here, not the thousands we saw earlier today, but there is a very, very clear sense of community here, of reverence, that this may mark a new day for ukraine. >> that is al jazeera's jennifer glasse reporting. after the break on "america tonight": >> people see us as some kind of freaks. we're just normal guys who fell in love with another guy. >> a union embraced by one state but rejected by another. the fight for marriage equality in the city of brotherly love. >> later in our program, a graffiti great to the big apple, is this art or blight? the fight to get their colorful spirits on display.

>> and now a snapshot of stories making headlines on "america tonight." she was believed to have been the world's oldest survivor of the hol holocaust. and an oscar nominated documentary subject. alice performing for the nazis. authorities taking embattled

california state senator ron calderon into custody. multiple frauds involving fraud, bribes and kick backs. accepted $100,000 in bribes in exchange for political favors. brooklyn nets scored in more ways than one over the weekend. jason collins signed a ten day contract with the team almost ten months after coming out about his sexuality. many states are taking steps to legalize gay marriage while others are finding themselves in a continuing struggling over a controversy predicament. demanding the republican governor reject a bill that would allow businesses the right to refuse service to gay and lesbian customers on religious grounds. meantime in the northeastern united states the state of marriage has dramatically changed for one couple. "america tonight"'s adam may has

their story. >> bob and bill sullivan have been together 22 years. they live with their dog cocoa in the city of brotherly love. but the love they share is not legally recognized in their home state of pennsylvania. >> it's all about discrimination. because people see us as some kind of freaks. we're just normal guys who fell in love with another guy. and want to be able to express that. >> the sullivans were the very first couple to get married in the state of vermont. just seconds after midnight on the day same sex marriage became legal there in 2009. in 2011 they moved back to philadelphia, only to find out their vows weren't valid. >> we're fighting because we have that right and it's been taken back from us just because we moved back home. since it was taken away we decided it was appropriate for us to stand up and demand that they either recognize a vermont

marriage license or give us one that says pennsylvania. >> despite what lawmakers label you guys, what do you call each other? >> i always say he's my husband. >> and that's it. we're husbands. >> margin equality once again is something -- marriage equality once again is very basic. it is all the people in a relationship want. >> ted martin leads the advocacy group, equality pennsylvania that works with other marriage equality proponents in the state. they have better than waging a losing -- been waging a losing battle for years. >> the chance to do something is finally here. >> last fall the u.s. supreme court, said that the ban against homosexual marriage. >> there's sox lawsuits happening, so many things moving forward. >> despite philadelphia's large

and influential gay population, pennsylvania is the only state in the northeast that still divines marriage as -- defines marriage as between a man and a woman. >> the concept between pennsylvaniaians and people in the northeast we're certainly in the northeast and up there as anybody else and advanced on gay issues, on equality issues. >> but the state includes largely conservative rural areas and has a republican controlled state house. >> and fortunately, history, we've had to go through the legislature to make changes. and the legislature hasn't been on board with making these changes. >> emelissa morris is work with the aclu on a lawsuit. >> people who have been alegally married in other places and asking the state to allow same sex marriage within pennsylvania. >> for the sullivans action

can't take place soon enough. >> it takes me back to being bullied on the playground. who are you to tell me i can't do something that everybody else in the country has the right to do. it's infuriating. >> bill was the victim of gay bark when he was a kid, in philadelphia. it left him with uncontrollable seizures. >> i had been beaten with a bat several times. >> his head has been split open several times. >> marriage rights are critical since bill his husband is him primary caregiver. >> legally they don't recognize bob as my next of kin. bob is the one that knows all of my secrets and everything that is needed for the hospital treatment. but they won't call him and hell, they wouldn't even let him in the room if it was an emergency situation. >> it's been left to the good

conscience of individuals who have been very nice here in philadelphia. but legally, any doctor could put that wall up and that's frightening as hell. >> despite everything these two men have been through, they're convinced that things will eventually change. >> it's great that philadelphia is still talking about this. we are the beacons of the world and liberty. once they pass the legislation, which they will in pennsylvania, of course this is going to happen. we are still going to need as that beacon to continue to talk about this for the other states. >> adam may, al jazeera, philadelphia. >> more for the fight for marriage equality now. john lewis the legal and policy director for marriage equality u.s.a. is with us this evening. john, we appreciate you being with us. we just heard adam may's story about the sul vanc sullivans and

philadelphia and pennsylvania. this is happening even more. >> absolutely. there are over 40 lawsuits on 25 different states in the united states now. and so we're seeing tremendous progress in the courts, actually, as federal courts, in states as diverse as utah, and oklahoma, and virginia, and kentucky, are all siding on the side of the freedom to marry. >> and in the litigation argument are the same issues being raised? i mean does it look like sort of the same pattern of litigation across the country? >> yes, they are very similar arguments because the united states supreme court this past summer in the windsor case issued a landmark decision. and they said that the federal law that at that time secluded legally married same-sex couples from over 1,000 rights and protections under federal law, that heterosexual couples have, they said that was

unconstitutional because it undermines the dignity and respect we should have for all committed couples. so that principle of respect and dignity now is being applied to many different states where they have state bans that seclude same sex couples from being married in their home states. >> there is a parallel action, state level versus federal level in that governors are taking a side that they are not taking a side. stepping back from the equation. >> it's a really positive site on all fronts. , both the governor and the attorney general saying, look can, these laws are unconstitutional. we are great her to protect all citizens not just some. pennsylvania's seclusion of same sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional. she refused to defend the law. the governor is but she refused to. >> i need to step back, and say

look we mentioned earlier the situation in arizona. in that case the community is trying to get the governor to go along with them. but this is allocation that would say look, can you -- legislation that says you cannot serve gay and lesbian couples in your establishment. that is not a step towards marriage equality. >> that is just a horrible law, we urge in the strongest terms for governor brewer to veto. it is a tremendous step backwards. we've been there in this country with laws like that that that said certain people are not welcome at the lunch counter or the restaurant or the hotel. we truly think this is a law that is horrible because it secludes people. the marriage equality movement is about our common humanity and this is a law that tries to separate us. and can you imagine you know two

women come to a restaurant t have dinner and is the maitre d' going to say, consume are you -- excuse me are you lesbians? if not come on in. the governor rejects it, they have been established as unconstitutional. >> john lewis, legal and policy director marriage equality u.s.a. thank you very much. thank you very much. >> after the break. a promise from one parent to another. >> she said just promise me one thing, that you'll take care of dad. >> our series of reports, aging america, begins with the look of the silent army of caregivers facing the hard decisions of parenting their parents.

consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown.

>> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> we all hope we have the opportunity to get older. and indeed more and more of us are joining the elderly every day. every six seconds another person turns 65 in america. sooner or later, there is one question we all face: who is going to take care of me? tonight we begin a four part series, aging america. "america tonight"'s michael okwu covers, an invisible army caring

for their parents. >> she just said, promise me one thing, that you'll dare of dad. that was my mother's only dying request of me, i said i would, of course. >> to hear her tell it, maria's father robert was more than a good provider. he was larger than life. a successful and fro livic artist. a jazz enthusiast, a world traveler who spent his 20s living in europe. marinea spent her young life around his painting approximately. >> one word what would you describe him? >> renaissance man. >> he did everything? >> he did so many things. he's so talented. >> this is me as a child. and this turned out to be my first car. >> when did you realize that something was changing with your father? >> about five years ago. >> how would you like to eat it

now? you hungry? okay. have a carrot, raisin and banana salad. >> he started becomin becoming g forgetful. couldn't follow a sequence. i discovered he hadn't been opening his bank statements for a year. >> over a year? >> i said dad, i'm taking over your bank statements. give me all your stuff. i spent the next several months dealing with his bank, getting power of attorney. and i took over his car because he had to have his license taken away. >> marina, is one of the group of people providing care for a

skyrocketing number of adults. ever person aged 80 or older, by 2030 that ratio will fall to 4 to 1. three quarters of today's family caregivers are also holding down jobs. marina is no exception. in order work she had to enroll her father in adult day care. >> for the first month, he really fought me. it was very, very, very tough. >> what's involved in that? >> trying to get him in the car. he called a lot of sarcastic things when he didn't want to go. i have to go to adult nursery school again. half of me wants to say, you know dad, i want you to live your life the way you want. but i can't. he doesn't take regular meals. his doctor said called me and said, he wasn't taking his

medicine and i'd have to be in charming of that. >> his cost of care is nearly $36,000 a year. lucky for marina, her father had bought this long term care insurance. >> he bought this long term care insurance and forgot about it the next day. >> her day evolve his care. she sticks around looking after him. >> i wonder to what extent your personal life is suffering from this. >> i really don't feel that i have any other choice. what would my other choice be, just to give up? >> has this made you change how you view your future? >> yes. >> how so? >> i don't want my daughter to ever have to go through this. if she sees me starting to decline, just let me go down to the desert and dry up and, you

know, not come visit. >> i mean, you can't be serious about that? you're suggesting that your daughter leave you alone and go ahead and continue to live her life? >> uh-huh. >> really? >> i don't want to burden her with having to take care of me. i wouldn't want her to be burdened with that. >> in some ways, marina is lucky. alexandera who asked us to use only her first name for privacy, lived clear across the couple from her father, when she saw signs of trouble. >> he tells me he's in love. he's seeing this woman every day. my father is over 80 and she's about 40. >> the red lights are going off here? >> exactly. he would only meet her in a parking lot. he never went to her apartment.

then he said, she is asking me for money. it turns out she's sick, she has cancer. she has to fly to new york to have surgery. within a week he had given her $20,000 in cash. by then i said, you have to come to california. you canned live alone. >> -- can't live alone. >> even at the retirement home her father was a handful. >> he was calling me several times a day just to yell. it got to the point where i had to block his phone calls. >> you were working as a lawyer. >> right. >> how could you do your job and also look after the needs of your father? >> i left my job. >> you left your job as a lawyer? you. >> i left my job as a lawyer. it was more important to look

after myself and my husband and my father and i couldn't do all of those things without falling apart. >> last year, a study from pew research found that adults in their 40s or 50s, have a parent who is also alive and also have children. the so-called sandwich generation. >> this is where me and my brother came to play baseball. >> when tracy left to help her parents in greer, south carolina, she thought her stay would only last two weeks. she's still there. >> my facebook page is called, my journey as a daughter, taking care of my elderly parents. >> we first came across her through her facebook page. a painful look at her life, taking care of her terminally ill father and exhausted mother. she was the natural caregiver in her family. her relationship with her family

was always close. >> i am my father. very outspoken. tell you like it is. whether you wanted to hear it or not. but my dad and my mom, they're my angels. >> when she arrived at her parents' home penning realized they needed morning temporary help. strained in newsing she -- trained in nursing, she took over her father's care, knowing he would never want to be taken care of by a stranger. >> my dad don't want nobody in this house. and i ask him, dad i think i'm getting ready to go back home this week. when? how long you going to be? when you coming back? i know that's him telling me, i'm scared, don't go. >> but in florida, penning left behind her own family. a husband and a 14-year-old son.

the situation she says has brought her marriage to the brink of divorce. >> my husband is like a single father. so i expect him to have resentment. it's okay. but i also feed him to know that i -- need him to know i have his support. >> what bothers her the most is being away from her son. >> he will be 15 april 1st. i have lost a lot of firsts with him. first year high school. mother of the year. i feel like i've got so much going on. i've got my florida home, i've got my husband. i've got my son. i've got my mom, i've got my dad. well, which is more important? the mother or the daughter? >> it's an unanswerable question for tracy penning and for so

many others. michael okwu, al jazeera. >> no matter how much you love them, parenting a parent is going to be a struggle. we are joined by paul span who is a writer upon the new york times, new old age column, certainly apropos of this discussion. paula, appreciate you being with us. a thing that is a little unstate heerd is this really -- here is this really becomes the work of women, where men have taken greater roles in raising children, the raising of a parent still seems to fall to the daughters. >> it does. about two-thirds of the time it's the daughter or the daughter-in-law or the wife who is taking care of a spouse or a parent, and even though there are very devoted sons and sons-in-law this is women's work apparently. >> what is the impact of that?

>> well, it affects people in a variety of ways. first of all, if you are in a very stressful situation as a caregiver for example, people dealing with parents with dementia and cannot be left alone, that can have a negative impact on the women's own health. but most of all most women are in the workforce and care giving affects their ability to participate in the labor market. people cut back their hours, turn down promotions, maybe they can't travel. but the lawyer in this story, she left her career. >> gave up her job. >> that is very dangerous. particularly, women in their elder years are likely to be in poverty. you affect your social security benefits, affect your ability to save for your own retirement. you may be taking care of your parents at the expense of being able to take care of yourself

when you are elderly your own self. >> you are responsible for the new york times blog but you wrote a book, when your time comes, exploring the financial decisions on a daily basis. the impact on the middle class, that's where the biggest emphasis and hurt is. >> i think that's true. when elderly become poor, it's easy to become poor when you're spending resources on nurse ling home and assisted living, medicaid, for state and local government, wealthy can pay these extraordinary charges for institutions. but people in the -- >> and more lucky to have long term care insurance as the one man did. >> that's a very tiny number of people. it falls on families. families still shoulder the primary burden for taking care of older people in this country. most older people in this

country don't have any paid care at all. they're taken care of by their families and that often means their daughters and their daughters in law. >> so i am sure there is no quick-fix on this one. >> there are in european countries there are stronger pension systems and stronger safety nets than we have. but every country is dealing with this. because the entire global population is aging. this is not just an american issue. this is a global issue. they're building nursing homes in china. this is a demographic shift. so it's not going to get better any time soon because the boomers are bigger as a generation than the parents that they're taking care of. >> and it will fall to all of us. i appreciate you being with us, new york times columnist paula span, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> aging america continues next time on this program. >> people have to learn that one of the greatest thing for a caregiver is respect. and a decent salary.

don't want to pay you $5 an hour and they want you to work ten, 12 hours a day. >> true strength and the challenge facing caregivers. an unbreakable woman whose efforts are due respect and what her story tells us about the care of america's elderly. tuesday on "america tonight." and calling all caregivers. "america tonight"'s digital team wants you to share your stories with us. using #agingamerica on twitter. and a last word tonight, salvaging the roots of graffiti.

>> finally from us tonight from the subways to mainstream art museums. graffiti has a long and often quite complicated relationship in new york city. guess what? just got more complicated. al jazeera's morgan radford paints the picture in new york city. >> sharp returns to his stomping grounds. new york city's lower east side. the birth place of the graffiti poovment that began in the 1970s. the ten amounement building. >> the neighborhood has changed

a lot but for a large part it still retains its creative energy . >> an energy that fueled a culture of opposition. graffiti sprain paint as tools, the city was their canvas. a powerful form of self expression. and they all found shelter here at abc no rio. street art emerged from below ground and went mainstream. two incongruous world collided. >> hooded, looking like finjas, then the following weekend we're dressed like fashion plates. with andy wo worhol. the 1980s downtown scene. >> martin wong had bought the painting from some kids who stole it who knew he was a

collector of graffiti art. when he found out it was a futura, he went oh my god i want one of lenny's paintings. i think he paid $200 for that. >> martin wong found the cultural value of his work. before he died from aids in 1999, he donated his entire collection to the city of new york. now an exhibit showcases the evolution of graffiti. so much so that renown british street artists banksy. respect for the form and desire to preserve it is far from universal. most recently a developer's decision to white wash five points which is a mecca for graffiti artists triggered another debate, pitting graffiti

artists against big business. those who embrace it and those happy to see it go back to where it came from, underground. good that's the city's canvas imition morgan told us about, ex business morgan told us about. we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey. former speaker of parliament of ukraine serving as president.

officials have issued a warrant for viktor yanukovych's arrest. 18th gay bill, in uganda, prison time is possible for anyone who counsels gays and lesbians. the white house condemned the bill. back here at home, the arizona senate has sent a controversial bill to the governor for signing. the measure has been condemned by gay rights groups. under pressure to veto it. the man sitting on chicago's number 1 most wanted list, known as el chapo joaquin guzman is in custody, possibly is facing indictments in the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel announced a proposal for major budget cuts today, focusing more on technology for

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