aljazeera.com/ajamstream. >> good evening everyone. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. >> we will never surrender. and we will do everything in order to preserve peace. >> looking for help. ukraine goes to president obama for assistance but reduces to ro back down. be russian troops to the border days before the being

referendum in crimea. new questions about satellite images. executive, the white house changing direction for millions of workers. superdrug 10 times the strengths of vicodin, the government says is just too powerful. and we begin with the crisis in ukraine. tension builds, as crimea prepares to break away, and a defiant new ukrainian leader is looking for help from washington. here's the latest, the country's interim prime minister met today with president obama and congressional leaders. in four days people in crimea will vote on whether to become part of russia. secretary of state john kerry says he plans to meet in london on friday with russia's foreign minister. our mike viqueria is at the

white house with more on that. mike what happened at this meeting today? >> well, john it has been an afternoon of heavy symbolism and bold words. but the question is at the end of the day will any of this have any effect on russia and its occupation of crimea? >> thank you mr. president. >> it was a show of solidarity. president obama hosting creung's beleaguered interim prime minister arseniy, yatsenyuk. >> he thinks the u.s. and its allies are obligated to help make it happen. >> we fight for our freedom. we fight for for our independence we fight for our sovereignty and we will never surrender. >> both men rejected the upcoming crimea referendum, whether to stay with ukraine or become part of russia. >> we completely reject a

referendum patched together in a few weeks with russian military personnel basically taking over crimea. >> reporter: two days after his spokes woman declared he would not meet with his russian counterpart without concrete steps for a russian reversal. a reversal on this side, secretary of state john kerry announcing he will meet with be the russian foreign minister. >> the hoachtion of the world -- the hopes of the world that we will be able to find a way forward that defuses this. >> reporter: but so far russia has shown no public signs of backing down. and going too far with economic sanctions carries its own dangers. >> it can get ugly fast if the wrong choices are made. and it can get ugly in multiple

directions. so our hope is that, indeed, there is a way to have a reasonable being outcome here. reasonable outcome here. >> outside the white house after his meeting with mr. obama, mr. yatsenyuk invoked another message. >> my message from mr. putin, tear down this wall. >> and john nothing in washington is easy. there was a $1 billion loan guarantee package moving its way through congress. there is a breakdown, dispute over how that should be handled and meanwhile, a meeting that was scheduled between house leaders and the interim leader of ukraine was postponed because he is meeting now with international monetary fund officials just down the street from the white house. >> mike viqueria at the white house, thank you very much. joining us right now is andre

dobriansky. welcome. >> thank you. >> what can the u.s. do? >> the u.s. has done a great job of putting its legitimate voice to ukraine which has not been recognized by russia. what president obama can do is act as an international media 88thor, as the leader of the free world. they will talk as secretary kerry has stated he will meet with secretary lavrov, be foreign minister be lavrov. >> you know this better than anybody else. if crimea votes to break away from ukraine and go to russia, what is its that anybody can really do? >> well, as the president said, president obama and prime minister yatsenyuk, it's not a legitimate vote. there are questions as to how it's being run. we know that the --

>> right but they'll see it as a legitimate vote won't they? >> if the world hasn't recognized it as a legitimate vote, we know there's 30,000 military members there, we no that osce international monitors cannot physically get into crimea without getting shot at by russian soldiers. if it's a vote that nobody sees has it really happened? >> andre let me just press you on that. i was listening to a russian expert who was not very complimentary of vladimir putin. but he says look, the crimeans want to be back with russia and they are going to vote to do that. are you suggesting that most people in crimea don't want to be part of russia? >> yes. >> oh you are? >> there was a referendum in ukraine at the end of the soviet union and a vast majorities said they wanted to be part of

ukraine. >> so you believe that this are vote happens and it goes towards -- russia's way you say it's a phony vote? >> it's a sham vote altogether. it doesn't make any sense for russia either. crimea is one of the poorest regions of ukraine and it needs lots of subsidies by the mainland to physicist. being 70% of its gas comes from ukraine. billions would have to be spent to connect it to rugz uh russia dbs russia some way. >> the hard connection to russia is history and language and culture, isn't it? >> that history predated modern industrialization. all of these things that were put into the infrastructure of crimea it needs the mainland to subsist. it can't do it without it. and i -- there is no plan right now to do it without corey ukras

support. >> you suggest it is not a good deal for russia? >> oh, yes, it is not agood deal. >> why be is crimea doing it? >> could have sworn mr. putin would do anything like that now we are puzzled what is the next step. >> it seems like the next step is a vote and if you lose that vote then what happens? >> even if the vote is announced by russia to have been in favor of joining with russia, by the way the referendum offers two choices either join with russia or you go back to the early '90s independent republic of crimea. there is no status quo vote, you can't vote for what it is now. >> but as you said they need some support. >> they do. >> so if they're going to vote you would suspect that they might vote for russia, yes? >> well, right now what russia is offering on the air waves

they have caught off all international news and ukrainian news and just broadcast russian news in crimea. what they have heard is their salaries will quadruple from what they are. this is an impoverished area, suppose an impoverished area of u.s. was offered, they -- >> they might secede. >> yes. >> thank you for your side. we appreciate it. now to the mystery of malasian flight 370. malasian officials revealed the final message from inside the cockpit. they say the signoff was routine. it said all right the night. the search for clues covers nearly 36,000 square miles, about the size of indiana. there are possible new clues.

chinese officials published are be pictures of what they around we emphasize may, be pieces of the debris. jonathan betz has more. >> the jet was last seen early saturday morning in the gulf of thailand. large pieces of floating debris, spotted here not too terribly far away in the south china sea. this was found sunday morning, the day after the plane disappeared, 140 miles outside the last known location. here are the photos taken by the chinese satellite. they are all large, at least 40 feet long although hard to tell exactly what it is. the biggest piece of debris is 79 feet by 72 feet across and they were all found within 12 miles of each other floating in the water. search crews are trying to

verify exactly what this is and if it has continual from this jet. there have been false sightings before. there was a lot of attention to the west side of malaysia and mamalahmalaca. will be the focus of a dozen of planes and ships looking for that missing jet. >> jonathan betz reporting, mary scivak, joins us, being thank you for being with us. >> for the family's sake i hope they are the piece of the plane, so the focus of the search can get down to real work. so far there's been so much you know wild speculation and running here and there and widening search area instead of narrowing it, that the real

heavy work, heavy lifting hasn't started. finding the black boxes, finding the terribly sad job of finding the remains, the real investigation what happened to this flight on that terrible night. >> do i assume correctly that you believe the american government needs to get more involved? >> i do, for several reasons. there's an international agreement. the international organization has protocol as to how these investigations should proceed. i don't think it's really helpful or appropriate for the malasian military to play a role because it is still civil affair yaition. the u.s. has reason to be in there, it was boeing and there were a few americans on board and they were asking for our help. for sad reasons, because we've had so many, the united states is the most experienced in aviation disasters, which will only help the families. it's the wait that's agonizing.

i've worked with hundreds of accidents victims over the years and the wait is just gobble bear. >> are the details of this case are they just unusual or has the information been botched on the part of the malasian government? >> i think the information has been garbled. and in their haste to show they were under control or had answers, i think things came out and they retracted a lot of information. in any accident over water it takes several days credits for the information to appear. in the air france case it took two years to find the black bomples. that investigation went on four four years. the ocean accident take a belong time. it's just the a long time, even lockerbie took a long time. to take some time to find the black boxes and to have several theories floated, but at this

juncture if this is the wreckage, it points to a catastrophic mechanical failure in the air. >> explain that, little more detail. >> there are pleants of theories -- planes of theories, i actually think it's good to sort out the facts based on what you know from other accidents. but if this is the wreckage i don't think it points to the fact that somebody turned off the transponder that someone else took control of the plain. i think something catastrophic happened at 35,000 feet. the wreckage according to the currents would have been where it was supposed to do if it went from there. and the transponders weren't off, it makes perfect sense and most of the time statistic reply speaking it's likely a mechanical failure with pilot error, in 80% of the cases, ntsb

finds pilot mistake, but there's no evidence of hijacking or sabotage. ness. >> if the wreckage is found, what are the next steps? >> the next steps are vital. two things that are important, number one, look for the black boxes and get as much wreckage as possible. if it is exploded, there would be characteristic are builting. that reds due would be on those pieces of the plain and there would be characteristic pitting. they can rule that out right away and get that going. and the third thing ashould have happened and we haven't heard a thing about it, the investigators should have grabbed all the maintenance repair records for this plane. they said they had something el to do in june. those are so important.

we haven't heard a thing about that. the ntsb does that first thing, they go in like executing a search warrant, they go in and take stuff. that's what they need to do. >> i know you've got a lot of experience in this area mary, good to have you, thanks. >> more people looking for this missing pleanl the besht chance for solving the mystery. our jake ward joins us from san francisco. what is this tool we're talking about? >> john, while crews are searching for the malaysia airlines flight, the image here behind me is from an imaging company called digital globe which provides analysis of satellite imagery for the intelligence community and commercial clients and they've put digital images of the search area online for anyone to see.

to search for the signs of the plane within these images moving along the grid there is a long history of searching for information. one upon a time astronomers had to sit there to compare two parts of the same night cry, one had that very, very boring josh t job in 1930. right over here, wasn't present in the next photograph and had moved over here. it turns out that he discovered pluto. software does this work for humans. but lums have t humans have to y observe, a whole industry of people very dedicated very patient people who look through kind of satellite images where chinese authorities indicate there could be plant material, a top secret mill tril authority here in california, can identify

areas to the eye. suggest the size and weight of the planes that land there. cia does this kind of work, done it for decades. now this has bin put in the service of finding many flight be 370. it took a roorm full of people looking at images just like they would in this kind of program to find it. al rims are not going ofind this plane. either from airplanes or from hibd a lap ton. >> we can only hope, jake, thank you. >> a deadly explosion and at least nine people are missing. richelle carey, reporting. richelle. >> after that blast tore through manhattan neighborhood this morning, some felt the explosion blocks away.

new yornew york city are mayor l deblasio said, neighbors smelled the gas last nightly. >> massive explosion and fire rained down debris and sent be bl buildings into the rare, called the company con-edison just before the accident. this explosion comes just one day when the center for somewhere, aging infrastructure including its natural gas lines saying it would coast neerlts 50 thowl over four years to make the necessary repairs. also according to the report, 6300 miles of gas mains in this city are 56 years old.

>> new york city has an owld infrastructure that is in need of repair. it sernls came home, this is something there can proper 100 years odle our in in case, maybe more. >> the report also says many of the city's gas lines are made out of of old materials, over 2% of the gas to commerce ever year never make its to its final destination. an aging gas line is not the only problem. credit iwing town ship in j.j, credit is, more than twoks years ago in san bruno, california, a massive earthquake fladdenned a community. the companies that own infrastructure don't northwest

have the 911 to invest in upgrading them ached doing the upgrades that we need to keep our cities safer. >> the federal department of transportation said there were 50% of the nation's gas appliance were constructed in the 19 tblis and 60s. the simple fact raiments, they have been in the credit are ground for a long time. >> nail yours and corrosion, the being problem that the public will meet, gls the power of that blast and the damage they can do so quickly. all right richelle thank you. coming up next, toxic tanks, plus overtime pay for more

people. president obama using can more money to more workers. butting business, how theness new community is crating new jobs.

government now there's an investigation into a new leak at one of the country's oldest nucialtion sites -- nuclr sites, the hanford nuclear reservation. allen schauffler is there. allen talk to us about this latest concern. >> another concern in a leak that has leaked before. cleanup of nuclear radioactive waste has been going on for a quarter of a century. difficult, dangerous work, there have been successes along the way, but challenges ahead.

all this material people are still wondering exactly what to do with it and where to put it. in the wide open spaces of the hanford nuclear reserves where the first plutonium processor was built, attention focuses again on one buried waste tank. it has leaked before and the federal department of energy says it's now found radioactive waste in a new spot between the walls of the double-walled tank. mike gefrey knows that tankay 102 andists contents very well. >> ay 102, if we took contents, we would be dead right now. >> gefrey worked for 25 years monitoring waste tanks. he quit over what the public was

told over the situation. he's not surprised more material has leaked or reports six more double walled tanks could be at risk for similar problems. >> we are in big trouble because we are running out of time. >> this 580-mile square site is arguably the most polluted area on the continent with aradioactive waste and plumes of contaminated groundwater. older single walled storage tanks have leaked for years. the biggest concerns, there water of the columbia river. cleaned up waste signs lie on a cleaned up fence. dawn of the nuclear age but that leaking tank and plans for dealing will have the state and federal governments at odds. dieter boreman works for the state department of ecology.

>> preparations and pumping wouldn't begin for two years at the earliest is a concern for us. >> but federal regulators say there's no concern for public safety, they weren't surprised to find more leakage either. >> the chances of cat strorveg failure-- catastrophic failure is de minimus. >> whistle blower mike gefrey though sees more problems. >> continuous evidence that the inner tank is breaking down. >> and one of the issues that the state has, that the first leak was discovered at this specific tank ay 102 in 2012, presented with a plan where it won't begin to be pumped for two years, that's four years from the time the first leak was discovered. john. >> sounds like a race against

time, and the concern to the columbia river which is right behind you. tell us how long it would take before any leakage gets into that river. >> they are taking a lot of steps in regard to groundwater, to get to the river. they worked very hard at pumping out and treating that groundwater and creating a sort of underground barrier to keep water, contaminated water from getting to the river itself. that's just one of the things that they're trying to do out here in a really complex really dangerous environment, john. >> interesting report, allen schauffler, thanks very much. we have the latest on the missing passenger plane 370 coming up. china releasing satellite images from what might be debris from the jet. >> behind the barricades with protesters in venezuela. also a powerful new painkiller but so potent critics worry it could be an addiction danger.

>> and welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we have lots to cover in this half hour including adding overtime. the president's plan to help millions of more americans to earn more money. opposition protesters in venezuela. and osuper-painkiller that could be super-addictive. richelle is here with the top stories. it's a busy day. >> ukraine's new leader is in the u.s. looking for help. today's meeting between president obama and ukraine's interim prime minister, has also been working with be the unu.n. secretary of state john kerry is planning to meet with sergey lavrov. region will decide whether to become part of russia on sunday,

u.s. and its partners say referendum to secede will not be recognized. against armed congregation during the referendum. and possible concludes into what might -- clues into what might have happened to malaysia airlines 370. three piece that may be from the plane. this is just a possibility. the pieces are said to be at least 40 feet long. one of them is more than 70 feet long. the agency says the images were taken on sunday near where the plain vanished a day earlier. so it's a possible development, john. >> all right, richelle, thanks very much. joining us on the phone from hong kong is commander william marks, the spokesman for u.s. navy's seventh fleet. commander welcome. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> you're in hong kong i understand. can you tell us what sort of

navy teams have by dispatched and where they are? >> yes, we have two navy early bird class destroyers in the gulf of thailand right now. most importantly for this search they carry with them each two mh 60 search and rescue helicopters and in addition to that, we have a p 3 orion, that's our fixed wing aircraft. >> what can those helicopters do with that equipment? >> so what we do is, they have unique capabilities. the p-3, that can fly for about nine hours at a time, has a very advanced radar system. and so for example, from and up to the five or even 10,000 feet, the radar can see something the size of a basketball on the surface of the water. so that's our fixed wing aircraft. we have our helicopters up

almost all day. they are much lower so, for example, at an altitude of 500 or a thousand feet they are used to get visual identification. what can you do in a situation like this where you do have a lot of search assets you like to stack things. so for example, you have your p-3s flying at a high altitude see something on the radar you communicate that to the malasian government. they can then vector in another asset to get a close are look. great thing about here, it is not a unilateral u.s. navy effort, it is an international effort. if the u.s. navy p-3 finds something then the closest surface ship to it may be a malasian ship, that's thousand command and control works -- that's how the command and control works. >> has the navy, u.s. navy been

involved in trying to check that out? be. >> right now at my level, we don't have anything to corroborate that. we are not altering our search plans today for that. i'm sure there are people above me, at a very high level, looking at those. but right now we have no intentions of changing any of our search plans. >> i believe you told our producer that you're very confident that this aircraft or the remnants of this aircraft will be found. >> really, the important thing was that if there is something on the surface of the water that large, or even, quite frankly, many, many smaller, we'll find it. >> and you say that because of the equipment and because of your team? >> yes, exactly. so just for example, a couple

days ago our radar picked up a small wooden crate. now, that had nothing to do with an aircraft wreckage or debris. but that's the type of thing that we can see. so -- and once again that's not just u.s. navy. there are, in total, about 40 ships, aiding in the search effort, and 30 to 40 aircraft in this international effort. so a great coordination and great collaboration, led by the malasian government but it is a team effort. >> commander william marks is with the u.s. navy seventh fleet and we wish you good luck commander. thanks very much. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> during his visit to washington today, ukraine's interim priement prime ministere is open to pending.

>> vote to join russia. the russian grip on crimea is increasing day by day. some people are embracing, others are choosing to leave and others perhaps didn't leave soon enough. when the border's been closed by russian troops, when the airport's been closed by prorussian militias, the only way through crimea is through these guys. they run security at the train station. as far as anyone can tell they answer to no one. the police now answer to them. which makes alime concerned.

crimean tatars. in the 1940s as seen in this recent feature film, soviet leaders deported the entire tatar population. their families came back in the '90s and today the younger generation fears history could repeat itself. >> there is fear of deportation. when tatars returned last time their homes weren't here anymore. that's why people are afraid. >> reporter: across this city, prorussian activates and militias stifle anyone who oppose them including the media. those in favor of joining russia and campaigners who oppose russia have apparently disappear. on sunday, sergei has told me his father anatole had been

kidnapped. protested the old russian government. sergei himself had led protest begins the russian invasion. three days after he and i spoke sergei was reported missing. he warned me of this in the interview. >> the police they have their heads in the clouds. >> what are you scared they will do? >> what scares us most is the uncertainty and we don't know what to expect tomorrow. >> so today they are avoiding the risk by leaving. we met them at the train station, the only way out of crimea. they feel now the only way out of there is here. >> the government reported as an exodus of people leaving the crimea, they hope they will return but they admit dmit that they are not sure when or if it will be safe. >> nick, some remarkable

reporting out of that country. thank you very much for this report, we appreciate it. it has been a violent day in venezuela. government security forces used water cannons on protesters in caracas. the death toll has be risen to 20. government troops have stepped up security in san cristobal. our paul beban spent a day inside the barricades. >> this is where it all began more than a month ago. it is only 10:00 in the morning, we are moving barricades to try to get oour hotel. it was tense right from the start. this is where at least one student was killed in overnight clashes just like these just the night before. we barely had time to get our gear out of the vehicle when it

got very intense. so we're in the hotel courtyard trying to get a shot. this is the kind of scene that has played out in this neighborhood and others across country over and over again. these are the kind of people that the government calls fascist but they say they have no choice. the tear gas just got too intense. we had to get inside the hotel, stayed inside for at least a couple of hours. then things called down. we caimed outside, crossed over -- came outside crossed over the barricades. just wanted to ask the protesters a couple of questions. >> what do you want the rule to know? >> that we are ruled which a dictator and the media is censored. >> when is this going to stop? >> this is going to stop when the president quits. >> you want the president to resign? >> yes. >> what about negotiating? >> we don't negotiate with people that kill their own

people. >> things settled down, life started to get back to something like normal and we had a chance to look around. they've sunk chunks of rebar in the street like a picket line, like the kind of thing you roll over backwards at the rental car place and blow out your tires. an armored vehicle came smashes through here and pursued the protesters across the street. they rebuilt it in a a matter of hours as evening comes here. now, it looks like really a bunch of teenagers sitting around. what they're doing is making molotov cocktails. they have empty cases of beer bottles, wine bottles, gasoline, they are making wicks, they have an assembly line here. how is this going to end?

i really don't know. >> neighborhoods are filled with people like marco, but they have got no other cards to play. what is the alternative? they drove us into the corner. and that corner, well, this is all we got. >> this is my home right here. >> and then he took us to his house and showed us why he doesn't go to the barricades. >> i have a ten month old daughter. and in the -- and it feels so bad, to see that she's growing up in a country that used to be rich. >> a revealing report from our paul beban, reporting from san cristobal, venezuela. president obama is taking another step to give more pay to american workers, an executive order that would change the

nation's overtime rules. i asked ree "real money" a's ali velshi. >> they don't have to be paid overtime, which unless they make less than 450 a week. white collar exemption for people who are executive or professional, the last time that was raised was 2004 under president bush. more than half a million bank tellers in america earning about $25,000 a year. the median, as many above as are below. there are half a million medical secretaries earning $35,000 a year, mental health counselors, substance abuse, social workers, all of them earning about $40,000 a year. these people don't qualify for overtime in many cases.

by the way news analysts and reporters have a median of $37,000 a year. and athletes and sports competitors, most athletes are not sort of major league athletes, they earn a median of $40,000 a year. whether they are exempt from overtime pay, if they make up to 80 hours a week if they can meet certain requirements of directing work of two other employees or performing office work related to a company's general business they get exempted from overtime. president obama says maybe these people shouldn't be exempted, maybe they should be paid for every hours of work. >> what are we expecting from the white house? >> some experts say it could be as high as $1,000 a week, that's $50,000 a year roughly. now economic policy institute a liberal progressive think tank saying if people are earning

less than $50,000 are no longer exempt from overtime, meaning they can get yore time -- overtime, they can. >> chamber of commerce and other groups mostly predictably concerned that this is going to raise costas. some argue this -- costs, companies want to avoid paying overtime, we get it, we want people to earn more in favor of this increase in minimum wage, but in favor of these smaller businesses, it's going to make it harder for them. >> ali velshi, thank you for joining us. you can catch "real money" every weeknight add serchg:00. coming up, a deadly consequence from a painkiller. an the booming marijuana industry.

>> i'm meteorologist kevin corriveau, our winter storm that was dangerous has turned deadly. first of all, parts of indiana on the storm that has come through. six to eight inches just this afternoon stopping traffic but also in ohio it was much worse. we have three fatalities in a 50-car pileup. there are actually several areas on the highway that saw peopleups, one of them, 50 cars, very, very dangerous. weather that we have over the next seven hours, a lot of the snow is going to be making its way more towards east. look at what it is parts of pennsylvania as well as new york. we have blizzard warnings across parts of erie and lake heu huro. they are expect white-out

conditions in this area right here. in terms of the amount of snow, sir queues, ne syracuse, new yot we're going to be concerned about the northern areas of new england as well as into new york. that is going to be very dangerous all the way through parts of tomorrow. that is a look at your national weather, your news is up next.

>> the strongest prescription painkiller ever. and it's now available to patients. but this new drug is controversial. it has the potential to be very addictive. science and technology correspondent jake ward reports from san francisco. >> for johnny lorenzo, who runs a needle exchange in san francisco, only amatter of availability and cost. >> i've got a lot of younger people who started off with

oxyconton. later on because the cost became prohibitive, used heroin. >> after the food and drug administration approved it, zohydro, an opiate ten times stronger than vicodin, this week the medication will begin to reach patients. as prescriptions for opioid prescriptions have be eventually led to his death was reportedly preceded by a course of opioid medication for back pain. >> even though this epidemic has gotten worse for every year for 15 years, the fda has actually been making it easier not harder but easier for the drug

companies to get these products on to the market. >> zojenics, the company that makes zohydro, makes its drug here in being california. however it will there's a documented patient need for an extended release hydr hydrocodoe medicine without acetaminophen. zohydro removes that ingredient. dr. colodne doesn't believe that is reason enough to put that drug on the market. >> there is absolutely no need for zohydro. but the truth is we have opioid medications that don't vm tile -- have tylenol in them. >> it is no more addictive than the current preparation we have,

no more addictive than oxycodone. who can't tolerate what we already have and for whom hydrocodone works best. >> but there's concern, overdose on even two bills can make this a very dangerous drug even for patients who need it. johnny lorenzo mine while knows it's only a matter of time before he'll see it in his clients. >> there's no more oxycontin being sold on the streets anymore. it's generic. it's in the same family. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> a pharmaceutical company has created a be resistant-type substitute for hydrocodone.

15 marijuana related companies recruiting for a wide rage of positions. one of the fastest growing industries in the cub. akiko fujita has the story. >> consider this denver empour yum a candy factory or all things is is marijuana. from marijuana infused sodas to pot truffles, more than 100 green edibles for medicinal marijuana. >> year over year today we have approximately 40 full time team members. >> reporter: and it's expected to double again in the next year since colorado began legal sales of recreational marijuana in january, can a majority of those

sales coming from licensed marijuana dealers in-state. edibles that contain thc content can't be shipped out of colorado because pot is still banned by federal law. the so-called green rush is be overcoming john rush who packages all of dixie's products. >> i would never have imagined all the opportunities that exist here. >> and more opportunities popping up everyday. since california first legalized medical marijuana, two decades ago. >> work is at dispensaries like this. >> we keep hiring more and more people. as we grow we have different departments that we need to fill positions for. >> reporter: at buds and roses dispensary in los angeles, they call bud tenders, licensed

consultants who show users. >> the demand for marijuana jobs is so high in these states, there are even websites devoted specifically to the industry. >> when you get into actually working with patients and working with marijuana and how it benefits people medicinally it is a particular skill set and you have to find people who are educated with that. >> pot sales could reach up to $10 billion in five years and dixie elixirs is preparing for that. they are investing in a new facility to keep one demand. akiko fujita, al jazeera, los angeles. >> coming up all new on our newscast at 11:00 eastern, for

50 years we have been told that dozens of witnesses being stood by and did nothing when a woman was murdered. we'll tell you why that is in dispute. >> one of the longest murder trials in history. 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific. an image that caught our eye tonight, our freeze frame from venezuela. one antigovernment protester runs through tear gas in caracas. the headlines are coming up next.

>> twenty five years ago, pan am flight 103 exploded in the skys above lockerbie. only one man was convicted of the attack >> the major difficulty for the prosecution, that there was no evidence... >> now a three year al jazeera investigation, reveals a very different story about who was responsible >> they refuse to look into this... >> so many people at such a high level had a stake in al megrahi's guilt.

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>> are are secretary of state john kerry last intention to meet with sergey lavrov. satellite images taken on sunday show three possible pieces of the missing plane. nine people missing at least three people killed and 27 more injured. after an explosion in new york city's east harlem this morning. new york mayor bill deblasio says the blast may have been caused by a gas leak, or a water main may have credit be be collapsed onto the gas main. >> strip searched, indian diplomat. the be judge said divia

dobergay, had rl immunity because of her status. those are the headlines, i am richelle carey. being "america tonight" with joie chen is up them. you can also get the headlines at aljazeera.com. >> the blast that rocked manhattan. >> my daughter in the corner, i want to know if my daughter's fine. i want to know if she is dead or not. >> disaster in new york city and the questions already about why this happened. also tonight, the cold pain of heroin addiction. >> it's too much. i know how i raised him. i know how i recognized him. we live such