until thursday the formation of a new government that was supposed to happen today. until there is a new government ukraine is not likely to receive international financial support. and former president viktor yanukovych is still on the run. those are the headlines. "america tonight" is next. on "america tonight," peril lies the medical mystery alarming parents. >> i saw her left hand mid grasp stop working. >> and puzzling doctors. >> our suspicion is that this is a virus, but that's unproven. >> a polio-like illness playing children leaving little hope of recovery. also tonight, it's considered one of the most dangerous jobs in america. caring for the elderly. in our special series aging america, a closer look at the courageous caretakers who aren't often well taken care of themselves. >> they want to pay you $5 an

hour and they want to you work 10, 12 hours a day. >> and taking back the street. art, new orleans neighbors rain down on the thieves who tried to take their bank see . good everything, thanks for joining us, i am adam may, joie chen is on assignment a misterly ailment is battling doctor in california. the symptoms are a lot like polio a disease that has not been seen in the u.s. for more than 35 years, "america tonight's" sheila macvicar has the story. >> reporter: sophia is now four years old. before her second birthday, she had trouble breathing and flu-like symptoms. so her family took her to the doctor. >> as we were

leaving that appointment sophia went to the treasure box to grab her toy after seeing the doctor and i saw her left hand mid grasp stop working. >> reporter: that was a bad sign. sophia had a spinal inflammation, and doctors did not know what caused it. sophia is one of at least 20 children in california since 2012 who have shown signs of a polio-like illness that leads to some paralysis. >> the prognosis we have seen so far is not good 67 the doctor is is a pediatric neurologist at stanford children's hospital, sophia's case is not the first he's seen. >> most of the children we have seen have not recovered use of their are or leg. we want to emphasize that this is extremely rare. >> reporter: pole joipolio is a disease that debilitated 10s of thousands of americas from

childhood to old age causing paralysis and death. many patients lived out their lives in iron lungs, artificial breathing machines. a vaccine was covered and polio was finally eradicated from the united states in 1979. some of the california children have been found to have a virus similar, but not identical to polio. and in every case, the children have been vaccinated. >> our suspicion is that this is a virus, but that's unproven. there are other viruses that can do this, we know it's not polio virus, and the california department of public health as well as other investigators are really hard at work trying to figure out what might be causing this. >> reporter: but there is little information and nothing doctors say that parents can do to protect their children. >> i think for the most part families are devastated and wanting answers but we just don't have the answers right now. >> reporter: for sophia it is likely she will never regain the

use of her left arm. doctors think the paralysis in other children will be permanent too. >> it was scary. >> reporter: sophia is coping. >> sophia just told me all we need is love. >> reporter: and that, she adds, is what matters most. centers for disease control in atlanta is also sing so far unsuccessfully, for answers in a statement to al jazerra, they explained acute paralysis, can have a variety of causes it's not categorizes as a did he seeds it is a symptom and it's very hard to assess is significance of these numbers or if the cases are even linked doctors and parents are hoping for more information in may when researcher presents their conference. >> do the researchers have why now or why california? >> good question, why now and why california?

they don't know if they arise out of the same say russ. there has been one type of virus rink today polio viruses found in some children but not all. is it linked today similar outbreaks in australia and asia. is it happening elsewhere in the united states or north america but is not been detected. is it happening in some people not having the same results, the paralysis, we don't know the answer. >> it will be big to see as the awareness rise fist we see more diagnosis. thank you so much, sheila. the university of california san francisco researcher who helped identify this pole grow-like virus will detail the findings tonight on "consider this." >> in 2009 when the swine flu or h1n1 swept across the world causing a pandemic, vaccination rates in the u.s. reached record levels. now fast forward to the current flu season and h1n1 is back. but unlike 2009 where at-risk

groups who were sickened, this year more middle age and younger adults are getting hit especially hard. the hospitalization rate for people between 18 and 64 has doubled representing more than 60 these of all flew related hospitalizations. additionally 60% of this season's flu deaths have occurred among people between the ages of 25 and 65. many health experts attribute the rise in hospitalizations and deaths among younger adults to lower fashion nation rates, according to the cdc, one-third of people between 18 and 64 have been vaccinated by november and that's one month in to flu season additionally the average annual vaccination rate for this age group is just 30%. to shed more light to this year's flu season with he we turn to dr. trish pearl very epidemiologist at john hopkins university of school of medicine in baltimore, maryland. thank you so much for joining us, what do you make of what is

happening with this year's flu season? >> well, i think the important thing for folks to understand is that this is actually the same strain of influenza that was circulating in 2009, and this year we appear be having a particularly virulent year, if you will or certainly prevalent as you pointed out in your statistics. and whether this is related to vaccination rates currently, whether folks were never vaccinated or they were vaccinated in 2009 and now their antibodies levels have waned. we aren't really surety point. but as you also point out, we as clinicians are particularly concerned because of the severity of illness that we are seeing in populations where we don't really usually see this kind of illness. >> so comparisons are being drawn to two none nine, i covered that flu epidemic in 2009, and spoke to

famil ies that had lost loved ones and to them it was so unbelievable that people could die from the flu. now years later are we not keeping this to on the top of our mind? >> we may be getting flu weary but it's an illness that you have to have a healthy respect for. it has killed many, many people over the centuries and epidemics and pandemics go back for, you know, in to the classic ancient times, so we no that this virus has been around. and a lot of times when you are healthy, you just really don't have very severe illness. or it's something that you have and you get over relatively quickly. and so it's hard to garner the kind of respect that you need to have for this if -- unless you are in my position where you are actually seeing people who end

up with the con consequences the hospitalizations in the intensive care unit with breathing machines. and then you really understand how severe this disease can be in the right host. >> let me clarify something really quick. you have treated people, i would imagine, that had no compromises to their immune systems yet end up with the flu. isn't that correct? you don't have to have an underlying condition in order to really suffer from this? >> absolutely not. people -- you see very devastating illness in people who are healthy and the other thing that we see is sometimes they end up with the flu, they start recovering and then they can end up with really impressive secondary bacterial infections they get an infected -- >> is it too late to get the vaccine and is it effective this year? >> as far as we know the vaccine is action slitly effective. and no, it is not too late to

get the vaccine. there is robust influenza activity in many parts of the country right now. including on the east coast. and so you absolutely should get vaccinated if you haven't been. >> dr. trish pearl with a very important health warning. thank you so much for joining us from johns hop tins health system. >> ply pleasure, thank you. it's been a very controlled flu season the wicked winter weather that put a deep freeze on much of the nation over the part couple of weeks, it's back. here in washington, d.c., we were greeted this morning with about two to three-inches of snow along with more snow, it is expect today get down right bone-chilling cold tonight. from minnesota all watt i to buffalo, new york. temperatures will hover right around zero, and there is another big concern, ice jams on rivers. outside the pittsburgh property is being demolished by expanding ice, residents are on alert for possible flooding once

temperatures climb above freezing, a whole host of problems out al jazerra meteorologist kevin is track that go. it sounds like the polar vortex is back. >> meteorologist: it is become and in force. we are talking about a polar vortex bringing cold air right now in to the region, we are well below the minus temperatures in this area. let's look at what we are going to be seeing right now temperature wise, fargo minus nine, minneapolis minus one but you can see where the purples are located. it's not that it is the wind chills that are even more dangerous across this area. fargo north dakota feels more like minus 38. when you have temperatures like that it only takes minutes for any exposed skin, your nose, ears, to freeze and cause permanent damage. if you are outside, you need to be bundled up and you have to have the right gear if you are going outside. temperatures do not look like they are going to be coming up any time soon. we have those wind chill advice

advisories in 10 states, minnesota went 50 miles per hour or greater. minneapolis not much of a great. wednesday high of 16, next sunday high of 12. we'll be staying in this situation for many, many days to come. there is some good news in my forecast, that's over here towards california. remember the draught situation we were talking about. well, we are not going to actually get out of the draught, but we will have some help in the draught because rain is coming in to the forecast on wednesday. now, on thursday we are getting a little bit of a break from the rain, but on friday, we are going to get even some more rain as well as snow. let me tell you how much we are going to be getting in terms of snow, their to 36-inches in the higher elevations of sierra nevadas and seeing actually four to six-inches of rain, that's probably going to be the most down here towards santa barbara, we'll also see the potential of mudslides and lan landslides and flash flooding when you get this much rain over a dry area, also rain up the coast.

we think that this is going to bring some better weather in the area. and for los angeles, well, we are going to see the rain in the forecast. we think on sunday, though, adam, it's going to be over. back to you. >> all right, it will take a long time to that you out for from winter, kevin. thank you so much. kevin. after the break on "america tonight," on guard, a fighting family of vigilantes. >> two weeks we did what they didn't do in 10 years, you know. and it was us, it's us. all my people. the people that believe that they had to be free again. >> securing their town from mexico's drug wars. and later in our program, do respect. >> i heard about rape, i heard about taking passport, i heard about people sleeping on floors. hearing the horror stories, stories that tears come from your eyes when you hear it. >> our special series, aging

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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 mexican officials are bracing for violence after the capture of drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman, some mexican towns are not taking any chances instead taking their security in

to their own hands over the past year armed vigilante groups have assembled to confront the murderous cartels on monday hundreds of locals march today show support for their vigilante or so-called self-defense groupings. al jazerra's david mercer has this story. >> reporter: he raps about life in his town. battling the nights templar drug cartel and how their fight, however dangerous, will never be in vain. after living in oregon for the past 20 years, he returned to rural mexico where he was born, he soon found himself in the middle of a war. but instead of fleeing hennessy and his brother fought back. >> it's our town, it's our place, it's our home. what are we going do? why are we going to leave, man? >> reporter: hennessy says the templar cartel drove him to defend his people.

>> when you go to a home just because you have guns and saying i am taking your daughter or this and that, that's wrong, man. >> reporter: hennessy, along with his father and brother, are part of a 20,000 strong vigilante movement that sprung up to combat the knights templar drug cartel. for years heavily armed cartel members have controlled hundreds of towns, extorting, kidnapping and killing, finally last year people had enough. tired of suspected ties between local law enforce. and the templars they stripped police of their weapons and took over the security of their towns. >> two weeks we did what they didn't do in 10 years, you know, it was us. it's us. all of my people. the people that believe that they had to be free again. >> reporter: but hennessy's family has learned that freedom from the barel barrel of a gun s at a price. his mother elena fears that every time her sons are called

on the radio to go out to patrol, it might the last time she sees them. >> translator: i give them my blessing and say to god, take them but bring them back home. don't legal lett them be captured because the knights templar won't just kill them, they are cowards and would torture them like they did for my brother. >> reporter: elena escapes from the hard realities of life here, by looking at photographs of simpler more care free times. some pictures are from their time living in the united states. others from 15 years ago show their community as a very different place. when hard work and an an prep an entrepreneurial spirit helped them get ahead. they used to have a business but the knights templar came along demanding $10,000 a month in so-called protection money and everything changed. now their saw mill looks like this.

after years of building up the business piece by piece, they were forced to abandon it. hennessy's brother ricardo says it's difficult for him to look back at how things used to be. >> we had a lot of jobs, we had a lot of work. we were doing good. and we had a lot more than 15 people working. so they were doing okay, too, you know, you are feeding families. you are giving jobs to people that need it. >> reporter: many people here now donate up to 25% of their income to support the vigilantes. in other parts of the state, some farmers give 80% of their avocado harvest to the movement. it's this show of support that has forced authorities to rethink how they deal with the so-called self-defense groups. while the mexican government initially tried to disarm the vigilante group on his january 27th they changed tactics, now federal police and the military are working with the individua vigilantes and int seems that the partnership is paying

off. in late january the government announced the arrest of el te'o. one of the knight's templars inner circle and the most senior cartel member captured to date. some say he wouldn't have been caught without information from the self-defense groups. now the army is further legit needing the individual lan identities by incorporated them in to a rural defense force . hennessy and others are happy to register if they can continues their patrols. >> if they are with us they are not against us, all these months we have been coming back they haven't about fooling with us , we worry about getting disarmed in operations and that thing. now that the government is with us, who is boeing do disarm us? >> reporter: the road to peace will not come easily but hennessy and ricard so a they are happy they no longer have to stand-alone.

this is a war they say has gone on too far alone. >> well, from one fight to another. and a story we have been following closely right here on "america tonight." the crisis in the ukraine. the violent up rising that toppled now fugitive president victor yanukovych might be over, but the battle for ukraine is not the parliament now controlled by the opposition has put up voting on a unity government as a new crisis starts . a peninsula off the black sea coast a region has become the new battle ground in the fight for the ukraine, it's pro russian and has rejected the new government . >> we want to join the russian federation. everyone, everybody in our house wants to. >> translator: this is a coup de ta, it's clear, there is nothing else to say.

the person who got cold feed should have acted once and taken radical measures and there would have been fewer victims and everything could have been involved if a legal framework now there is chaos, around arc i. in fact the state of ukraine does not exist anymore. >> russian ships and troops descend odd upon a military base in the region heightenin heights over a possible russian invasion, since the president's ouster thousands of pro russian demonstrators have gathered to protest the new government. ukraine's interim president has called for an emergency session over fears of growing separatist sent in the that country. after the break here on "america tonight," a shake up in the sooner state. earthquakes almost every day. what's behind oklahoma's seismic activity? and later in the program. >> if you are not strong enough as a caregiver, not mentally you are not strong enough you will break.

>> urgent care, our special series aging america continues. with the daily demands out of america's toughest providers. consider this. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what.

now a snapshot of other stories making head lines here on al jazerra. the marriage equality movement got a huge boost from attorney general eric holder. america's top cop is telling state attorneys general they do not have to enforce their state's bans on same-sex marriage and in a speech on tuesday he remarked that such laws violate the constitution's equal protection clause.

well, the department of transportation has penalized asian a airlines half a million dollars in the wake of that deadly plane crash at san francisco international airport. federal investigators say the airline failed to assist the family members of passengers in a timely manner. three people died and dozens were injured when th when the passenger jed clipped a seawall while landing. radiation is expected to reach the california coast this springs from japan. so far researchers have detected just minuscule amounts of the radioactive isotope in the ocean off vancouver canada. scientists say when the radiation arrives it is unlikely to post any threat to humans. it's been a shaky couple of months for oklahoma. hundreds of earthquakes have rattled the sooner state since january 1st with nearly 150 hitting in just a single week. while most of the quakes are

harmless, one recently measured 3.8 on the richter scale. over the past 30 days, oklahoma has been a hotspot for earthquakes. becoming the second most active state after california, that was not always the case. before 2009 it was rare to see more than a handful of quakes in any given year in oklahoma. sin then there have been more than 800 with a magnitude of 2.0 or higher. why is this happening? well, some are blaming the increase in oil and gas drilling, others say it's waist water putting too muc -- wastewr putting too much pressure fault lines or maybe eights natural fluctuation in size mick activity to. get some answers and a better understanding let's turn to cornell university's larry brown, a ye owe physics professor chair of the earth and atmospheric department. dr. brown, thanks so much for joining us. is man to blame or is nature?

what's your cake on this in. >> both, probably. i think we have the three suspects that you mentioned. a possible natural up tick, although that's a little bit unusual, quite unusual. suspects in the man-made category, include both hydro fracturing and the wais wastewater disposal. most suggest that hydro fracturing is not the cause, but it's been known for a long time pumping large amounts of water can trigger earthquakes. >> i know this is a complicated issue and not everybody out there is a gio physics professor, so could you explain for us how does pudge thing water in to the ground create an earthquake? >> several ways but the primary is the water weeks in the fault zones and weakens the strength that is the rocks and act as an effective lubricant so the faults which are held together

by friction suddenly get greased and lip urged forces there already. >> you said you are suspicious that fracking may be to blame for this. that is highly political people have passionate opinions on that. what do you base your assumption on then? >> well, i would make the distinction, i would say that fracking is the prime suspect. all the evidence is that hydraulic fracturing is well controlled by the process of injection. rather the culprit is the wastewater produced by the hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas activities trying to get rifted wastewater means pumping it under ground and that's the most likely candidates for actually causing the earthquakes the fracking itself is a secondary part of that. >> should we stop doing it? are we put you are ourselves in danger? >> no. >> that's a simple answer.

>> if you look at the statistics out of 10s of thousands of wastewater injection wells out of hundreds of thousands of fracking jobs the number link today earthquakes is extremely small. so statistically speaking this is a very small risk, however, there is some risk and it is associated with basically an injection process but it's a process that can be controlled. and i think people can develop guidelines to reduce that risk even furtherer. >> now he, one of the biggest earthquakes that hit this country was back in the early 1800s, that's when it was said to be that the miss my river backwards right there the plains in the country. was there any evidence back then of smaller quakes leading up to something big? did people actually study it back then and know what was happening? >> that was well before we have size msize that graphs so thered have to be written reports but yes, in places like charleston and boston, probably not from missouri where the famous

earthquakes occurred because there was almost nobody there. those earthquakes are probably the most problematic because we have almost no consensus as to what causes those everything quakes in general . it's not just the oklahoma earthquakes today they are misunderstood it's all of the continue men tph*epbt the areas. >> people in oklahoma feeling the small tremors once in a while should they be concerned about a bigger one? >> i little there is some level of concern. statistically it's unlikely they could being concerned because it could be natural as well. we don't know to what extent the bigger ones are there. and triggering bigger ones, we don't know if that's the relationship there. but if you look at the record of that the earthquakes that are triggered if they are triggered are general very, very well. >> all right, so certainly sounds like they have a mystery on their hands at least to some extent. that's cornell university

geophysics professor larry brown, thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much. after the break, on "america tonight," hard labor of care. >> some of them are sick, early dimension or early alzheimer's, some have both. some of them spit on you. some of them hit you. >> it's her job to take care of your loved one. what do her daily duties tell us about elder care and their caregivers. and still ahead, a banksy bust. >> we came home and saw these two guys chiseling away with power tools to remove the whole cornerstone of the building. >> we paints the picture for you, straight from the new orleans neighborhood tasked with protecting it. >> heavily armed, combat tactics

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aging america. an estimated 13 million elderly people are in need of long-term in-home care those who care for the aging know how important the work is but it's a tough way to make a living. home care professionals are often under appreciated and all too often under paid. they are lucky to have health benefits and they lack labor representation. tonight we introduce to you a woman who has been taking care of the elderly for more than 30 years and has become an advocate for others like her . >> i cook, wash, clean, vacuum, shopping, doctor visits. if there is a mail to mail i mail it. if there is something undone i try to fix it, my name is marlene champion. there is a lot that you have to do it taking care of the

elderly. dealing dealing with the health insurance, some of six early did hdidhe dementia, al hypers, some both. some hit you, spit on you, some of them deliberately do dirty things. you have to put yourself in the same frame of mind as they are in. base if you are not strong enough as a caregiver, not mentally you are not strong enough, you'll break. i have been here know 24 years. i grew up in barbados, beautiful place, friendly, people got respect -- respect each other. i was raised by my mother first, then my mother took sick and my grandmother took over. in those days, everyone looked out for everyone.

i grow up from the age of 14, working as a domestic worker. i came up here, i decided i'll spend three weeks, if i get something within that three weeks i'll stay. three and a half weeks come, then one day i was there and this friends of my sister and she asks me, would you like a job? i said, yeah. they need somebody to take care of [inaudible] when i first started he was 89. and he passed at 96. i was working for like $400 a week. one time i sat down and calculate, put together everything that i have to do for the month. and for the money that i was bringing in and i could not believe my -- it came out to $25 less than what i was bringing home. i didn't have food in there. i get myself together, and i

leave home anywhere between 8:00, 8:15. they take the train and i get here, if he's up, we have a little conversation. i prepare breakfast for him. and give him his medication. if i have to do laundry, i do laundry. lesley appreciates what i do for him. >> very nice person. attentive and reliable, you know. >> some of them respect and appreciate what you do for them. >> when you meet someone that is kind and a tentative and you can depend on them, you appreciate it. >> take your medication, yeah. you go beyond sometimes, you do things that normally is not in to your job description. like you go and shovel snow. if somebody called you know that person appreciate the things that you do.

that person is filling the void that you are not able to fill at that point in time. and they appreciate and respect what you do. you see an old man and you think i know i wasn't doing what is right, but i says, you know what, give me $10 an hour. i think one of these things that employers has to do is to think of it as they are doing the job instead of us. the transportation, the food, the cloth account everything. you come out with nothing, you cannot save anything. that cup of coffee, if you cold in the morning, you cannot afford to buy. if i go for breakfast at ihop i haven't been to a movie now, what, nearly going on three years. i cannot do the things that some people

do . i see people spend $10 my heart hurt me because i miss that $10, so i don't usually go in where. i go from home to work to church church. people have to learn that one of the greatest things for a caregiver is respect. and a decent salary. they want to pay you $5 an hour and they want to you work 10, 12 hours a day. >> good morning, church. the pastor thanks for giving us the opportunity to spread the word about domestic workers and caregivers. as you know, i am an advocate for elderly caregivers because some of our employers do not know how to treat us. >> i heard about rape, i heard about taking passport, i heard about people sleeping on floors. hearing the horror stories,

story that his tears come from your eyes when you hear it. we are trying to create a bill or create exposure that some of the elderly prefer to stay in their homes, and there are some of us that take care of the elderly. >> what i think that they have to realize, too, that we are human. ♪ >> at this stage of my life, i shouldn't have to be wor workino hard to make end meet. i want to enjoy a little bit of life before i decide to take me home. >> so who is looking out for the rights of the caregivers? for that we are joined by director for the national domestic workers alliance, thanks so much for joining us from new york tonight. you said that the workers that you call them the visible invisible. what do you mean by that? >> i mean that women like marlene champion are doing the work that makes all other work possible.

they are the invisible engine orin from structure who make it possible for all of us to go to work every day knowing our aging loved ones, children, homes, the most precious elements of our lives are cared for and safer. it's an incredibly important role and yet it's been so under valued. and so highly vulnerable . right at the time when it's becoming more and more important as more and more women are entering the workforce and as people are living longer than ever and needing more support as they age. >> and this is not a new problem here in america. hasn't this been an issue for a long time now? >> it's true, domestic workers have always been the invisible en engine and backbone of our economy. despite this key role in the development of our history, this

workforce has been excluded from some of the most basic protections afforded other workers and it's a moment now where we have the opportunity to transform that. to bring respect and recognition to this bourque and also to support the families who really count on this workforce every day. >> i wonder are we at a turning point here, the department of labor ends tooted wage rates for home care workers. in 29 states that you see here, they will be eligible for state minimum wage and overtime . is this a step in the right direction and does it do enough? >> absolutely it's a step in the right direction . we are talking 75 years of exclusion and turning it around and establishing a floor to build from but it's just the beginning of what's nexte

needed every 82nd someone turns 65. that's 10,000 people a day and 4 million people per year and we think about the fact that people live longer than ever, the numbers of families who are going to be feeling increased pressure for the need for care and support for their aging loved ones and loved ones with disabilities is just tremendous. and i think that's a huge opportunity to say, let's take this part of the economy, create more jobs to meet the incredible need that families are facing in this economy. and transfer these jobs to be good jobs that you can take pride in and support your family on. >> isn't that one of the challenges is that many of these home caregivers they are immigrants and oftentimes they are paid under the table so people can avoid taxes? >> we are talking about a whole new approach here. where we can actually bring the entire workforce out of the shadows, create good wages, good

jobs, good training, bring the whole industry out of the shadows, and actually create more opportunity, while we create more support. >> and i know that those pimas well, the elderly deserve all that support and respect. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. our week long series aging america continues next time on this program. >> we simply understand each other. i think all of us are a little afraid of being pandered to, of being dumbed down, i hate people who come and take my elbow and try to help me across the street because i have white harry. i want to say, sonny, cut that out. >> your elders and betters, spending quality time with the senior citizens of a growing movement. seniors helping seniors for the long haul. and calling all caregivers, "america tonight's" digital team wants to you share your stories, visit us online at

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>> you probably remember we recently brought you the story of brooklyn bandaged heart a street knew al created by a famous anonymous artist who goes by the name banksy. bandaged heart was ripped out the brooklyn quite literally on a chunk of wall and then offered up for auction to the dismay of neighbors who had grown fond of it. another bank see piece almost suffered the same fate that is until some eagle eyed people from new orleans stepped in and saved the day. the work is known simply as umbrella girl. one of a series of street murals created by bank see when the artist visited new orleans in 2008. it's also considered one of the most beautiful. a bereft young girl rained upon by the umbrella she's using for protection. many new orleans saw umbrella girl as a metaphor for the levees which failed during hirayam hurricane katrina, they have

guarded it stopping accept rafa tempt to did he face it. imagine their prize and outrage when they woke up to these photos in the local newspapers. of a man attempting to remove the painting. the photographer who took these pictures, along with others, confronted him and his associate. the men soon left. new orleans police are treating it as an attempted theft. if they were removing it for sale, it wouldn't be the if first time that's happened to a bank see. in the art world hack banksys out of wall has become a past time. chris arnold works for the kesler gallery in new york. they sell a lot of banksys, ones they a quite legitimately. >> banksy is a very well known british street artist. and he started out with small street pieces in europe. and he's become very hot and in eight year old, he went from a few hundred pounds to selling a million eight piece at sutherby

by. >> in this case that's pounds, as in british money. we caught up with arnold at the most recent miami art week, an annual bash dedicated to celebrating contemporary art. he brought this bank see, brooklyn bandaged heart hoping to sale it. >> to move a canvas you need some bubble rap and a car, to move a piece of street work you first have to drill 25 holes around it and put steal bars in it, put a metal frame on the back, get all kind of forklifts, put on a truck. without the truck breaking down, take it down the road and put it in an art show. i didn't sleep for three days until this got here. >> not everyone is so enthus enthusiastic that bandaged heart may end up in the art collection of some hedge fund billionaire. in the red hook section of brooklyn where it once stood the painting had become something of a local sensation.

this man, true to his brooklyn roots, sunned up the local sentiment best. >> it sucks. >> back in new orleans, the men trying to remove the banksy said they were doing it on behalf of the tate, a well known british museum. we asked the tate if that was the case. and they simply said no. besides, the men's efforts may have been for not anyway. bandaged heart, for instance, recently failed to sale at auction. jess is a one of those new orleans residents who has looked after umbrella girl all these years and joins us now from new orleans right across the street from the scene of the attempted theft. set the stage for us if you would, what's happening behind new. >> right now the building is boarded up where the banksy umbrella girl is to protect it from possible theft. >> have you seen security guards there as well keeping an eye on it? >> yes, since this took place friday afternoon, there has been a 24 hour security guard since then, since friday evening. >> so right now i see it's

boarded up, can you kind of tell us what this area looked like before it was boarded up? what did the banksy look like, what about that corner. >> it was a four by eight sheet of artwork, bank se that banksye in 2008 and it was fully exposed. it was covered in plexiglass to protect it from other graffiti artists. >> i understand that you had a role in trying to protect the bank see over the course of the year old, tell me about that, why? >> yes, over the last two years i appreciated the piece very much. i knew its worth value wise and to the community so myself and my girlfriends and my friend all worked on keeping plexiglass and freaking the piece, owe case will he they would get broken and we replaced them. >> you have seen people break it before. do you think people have tried to steal this work of art before? >> i don't think the plexiglass was pretexting it from theft rather other people spray

paining it or tagging it. >> tell us what you witnessed another day when the thieves were trying to jack hammer this piece of art off the wall. >> yes, on friday afternoon, we came home and saw these two guys chiseling away with power tools to remove the whole cornerstone of the building, we went over and spoke to them and asked them what they were doing. they stated that they were there working for a gallery from london that was borrowing the piece for three months for an exhibit. >> did their story seem suspicious to you immediate immediately? >> to some degree it did. i joked around with them and said you are probably just here stealing it they nervously chuckled but i didn't think too much it have at the time. >> obviously you are grad the individuals left and the piece of art i is is still there. the wall is damaged but what about the piece of art itself is it still good. >> it's still good. owners are trying to determine whether they need to remove it because of the damage to the structure or repaired and kept play nba place. >> final thought here, why is

this piece of art so important to your neighborhood? >> i think it's important not just for the neighborhood but to everyone. banksy is a world renowned artist and symbolizes something important in new orleans, the umbrella was supposed to protect the girl from rain as you see in the piece the rain is coming under the umbrella just as the levees were supposed to protect new orleans from the floods which they did not. >> jesé who has helped protect the bank see over the years and and helped stop these attempted things, jesé, thank you. >> thank you. >> so the banks see is still there. but just barely, that's it for us here on america tonight, remember if you would like to comment on any of the stories that you have seen here tonight, just log onto our website, aljazerra.com/americatonight, you can meet our team, get sneak prix views of the stories we are working on and also be sure to tell us what you would like to see in a nightly current affairs program.

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