>> good evening everyone. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. known risks, growing evidence that people in washington state knew the dangers of living in a mudslide zone as the grim search continues. lost plane, bad weather delays, the search for flight 370 again, the new technology that could prevent this type of mystery. when things were first reported i thought this can't possibly be true. because who would do something like that? >> new jersey's governor

report concludes that he didn't know about the scandal. critics say it is a whitewash. we will take a closer look at the energy ties that keep getting stronger. and eye in the sky. privilegecy concerns in neighborhoods being spied on by high resolution cameras on airplanes. >> bracing for the worst in washington state authorities say the official death toll from the mudslide is about to rise significantly. 16 people are confirmed dead and search teams have found at least nine other bodies. now concerns that warnings about the slide risk in the town of oso were ignored. allen schauffler has been covering this story.

what are authorities saying? >> well, authorities are saying that they are going to take a look, the governor has asked state agencies to take a look at how the state of washington measures landslide risk and they are going to see if the process is really adequate and see if there are other things they can put in place to try to mitigate the kind of problems that we saw here on saturday. a lot of people here looking at this and wondering exactly what you do when you live in a place where chunks of mountain can come down and wipe out whole neighborhoods. it is a really difficult question for a lot of these folks who are now balancing risk, safety and quality of life. >> this is the river valley introduced to the world this week. a place of death and destruction, lives lost, bodies found and grim numbers. >> the numbers 90 last night missing or unaccounted for. that is still the case. >> but this is the valley too. and this. a place of extraordinary

beauty. there is steep terrain and water everywhere you look in this region. the same retreating glaciers that gouged out this dramatic landscape left behind a lot of this, loose material. the rain rarely stops. gravity never goes away so landslide risk is built into the landscape. ask steve bloom and his names neighbors. they will tell you the serenity of the place balances the risk. >> if you can see if the clouds weren't there right now and you can see the mountain behind here, it is all worth it, the beauty, the paradise. >> the county cleared people to build homes here in the very part of paradise wiped out by the slide. despite previous studies finding the slope was unstable and catastrophic failure was possible. the last big slide here was eight years ago. it dammed the river and caused flooding but building continued even after that. >> it is a nice area. we have an 80-acre farm.

>> has spent days dealing with body recovery downstream. still they shrug off any suggestions that they shouldn't live where they do. >> i thought that the hill would never slide again after the slide in 2006. it blocked the river. it was like an earthquake, not going to happen again for 100 years. but it did. >> i don't really think about the danger. i mean, there is danger everywhere. there is dang where you drive drive to work, drive home from work. >> still emergency management consultant said some lands should be considered just too dangerous to build on. when you think about what could have been done to prevent this, it is really land use planning. it is individuals thinking about are they at risk and at what level are they willing to take. >> so, balancing the safety, balancing the way you live and what you cherish and balancing the risk, let's remember that this is a landslide, 15 million cubic yards of dirt and trees that broke off a

mountain side came down across a fairly major river, up a slope across a state highway and beyond. wiping out 45 homes or so, homes or dwellings of some kind. so it was an extraordinary act of nature. >> all right. alan schauffler thank you. >> dave montgomery is a professor at the university of washington. he joins us from seattle. professor, welcome. >> good evening, john. >> so is there a way to measure this risk? >> well, landslides are a natural process in the pacific northwest. the landscape has been shaped by them and will continue to be shaped by them for the foreseeable future. identifying the places that are more or less prone to these kinds of incredibly violent events is a geological challenge but it can be met through mapping of the potential hazards, through

analysis of topography. that had failed in the past. the gentleman who mentioned would it relieve the pressure for having failed in 2006 does not understand the geologic hazard and how it works. that probably helped the 2006 slide helped set up the slide that just happened. for people to actually make a very informed decision about how to manage the risk they might assume, whether the county government or the individuals living there, they need to understand essentially what the magnitude of the hazard actually is. and that particular site was a dangerous one. there are othercytes sites up and down the valley that have failed in the past that may fail again in the future. but, how many of them are how old, what is the risk, what is the hazard. putting a number on that on a particular hill slope is very difficult. trying to actually evaluate what that hazard is in a quantitative sense is much more difficult than evaluating the zones of potential hazard.

but understanding the geology getting the science right is just the first step for society to try to make decisions about how to manage those kind of hazardousus location, much the way that wildfires are a hazard in some regions or earthquakes along the san andreas fault in california. earth surface is a dynamic and violent place. unless we understand those processes and how they work and get the information to the people who need that information then the system really isn't working to fully inform people to make those decisions. >> as i'm looking at the pictures it strikes me the northwest is a big logging area. does logging not necessarily in this case, what does clear cutting have the impact that it has on some of these areas? >> well, for slides like the one that happened the relevant connection would be whether or not there was the logging that happened upslope contributed to the groundwater levels within the slope.

trees suck water out of the slopes a good portion of the rain that falls on the hillside goes back up through the tree as it nourishes itself and that water then doesn't go down to the groundwater table. whether that had any connection to this particular landslide of course is way too early to tell that i'm sure is something that the questions are being asked in the northwest and will be looked into. and our governor is absolutely right essentially asked for review of landslide management and practices in the state. this kind of vent is a wake-up call for having a look at that if only so the people can be assured they have the information they need to make the kind of personal decisions about where to live. >> how long is it going to take for to it dry out for the big equipment to get in to help with the search? >> you know a lot of that depends on the weather which i'm not the right guy to ask. i hope that is very soon. it's still raining earlier here today. >> all right, david

montgomery. thank you very much. >> now, the air force has removed nine nuclear officers from their jobs over a cheating scandal. a 10th submitted his resignation. they were at an air force base in montana. they will be reassigned to staff jobs and some may face court mariano rivera -- court marshals. >> a report in the investigation of chris christie has cleared him. critics -- christie eucrite ricks furious. >> christie administration hired a former federal prosecutor to lead the investigation into why lanes on the george washington bridge were closed for several days last september causing massive traffic jams for thousands of commuters. his conclusion, christie wasn't involved in the plan to cause gridlock on the bridge. the christie administration spent $1 million in tax money

on the investigation. the report is based on 70 interviews with the governor and members of his administration. no one was under oath. it also relied on 250,000 documents. many of them e-mails and text messages. former federal prosecutor led the investigation and says it clears christie completely. >> there is not a shred, not a shred of hard evidence that the governor did anything other than what he has publicly said. governor christie also spoke today. he says when the scandal first dame to light he couldn't believe people in his administration had a hand in it. >> i said this couldn't possibly be true because who would do something like that? sometimes people do inexplicably stupid things. that is what makes it so hard then as the guy in charge -- none of it made any sense to me. and to some ex still does not. >> but the internal investigation is under attack from democrats who call it a

whitewash. the review didn't interview key figures behind the closures. including former official david wild stein and ex-aide kelly. they have asserted their fifth amendment rights. christie says he is undecided about running in 2016 but assures that he did nothing wrong. you don't sleep, you don't eat, you know, you struggle. you struggle. and you know, but i do believe that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. >> while his own lawyers have cleared him, christie is waiting to find out what comes out of the investigations into the bridge scandal. the governor's critics says the lane closings were political payback against a mayor who did not support christie but the report does not address the question about motive. >> but the report does say

that christie was told the closures were happening. >> yes, christie insists he did not know until much later. his lawyer says this contradiction really is not relevant. i think it will probably though be relevant to the federal investigation, to the federal prosecutors and that investigation is still ongoing. into thank you. >> now president obama will be in saudi arabia this morning. he spent the day in rome talking about the ukraine crisis. he also met with the leader of the roman catholic church. mike vacarra is traveling with the president. >> it was a day of ceremony, symbolism and some substance as president obama traveled to the vatican to meet with the new pope francis for the first time. >> i'm a great admirer the president said as he greeted the holy father. later they sat face to face at a simple wooden desk. it was the pope's working desk. the meeting went long. the two men do share a focus and that was emphasized by the white house. the growing gap between rich

and poor, both spent much time on that topic in their meeting. and when they parted company there was an exchange of gifts. the pope presented mr. obama with two large medalians that were set to symbolize the need for peace between northern and southern hemispheres. and he also presented the president with a copy of his work the joy of the gospel. that has served as a road map for the church and its new focus on the plight of the poor. the two talked about need for immigration reform but evidently there was one area of disagreement. what is the president's healthcare law and its requirement. and the contraceptive coverings coverage. what is opposed by catholics and the catholic church. in a statement the vatican made a reference to that controversy saying there was a discussion of questions of particular relevance such as the exercise of rights of religious freedom life and conscientious objection. as the president abeard later at a press conference downplayed the dispute.

we actually didn't talk a lot about social skis ams. the president said it came up briefly. >> thank you so much. on day four of mr. obama's tour, ukraine was at the top of the agenda, stressing the need to stabilize the ukranian economy. >> one of the most important things we can do on that front is ensure the ukranian government is stable, that it's finances are stable and that elections go forward as currently scheduled. >> italians certainly welcome the pope. there was a live camera to cover every turn of his motorcade as it made its way through the eternal city. there was a sight-seeing visit to rome's famed colosseum. in the morning he leaves for a trip to saudi arabia. his mission to mend fences with a long time ally, the saudis have been upset with the president's policies to

both syria and iran. with the president in rome, for al jazeera. congress sent a message to the kremlin. law makers agreeing to a response to the crisis in ukraine. here is that story. >> after weeks of seeming stuck the house and senate passed bills thursday offering sanctions against the people deemed response for the an ex 8ation of crimea. the aid portion amounts to 1 billion in loan guarantees and 150 million in direct assistance. the sanctions component calls for freezing assets and banning the visas for russians and ukranians judged corrupt or blamed for russia's seizure of crimea. the senate foreign relations committee said that the vote was a moment of truth. president putin is watching. he is waiting to see what we'll do. waiting to see if we have the resolve to act. waiting to see if he has a green light to take the next

step. >> senator menendez says it is not just russia watching to see if the u.s. steps up, but other world powers wondering if the u.s. would display unity and strength. president obama may be overseas but the vote is on his mind. at a press conference in italy, he called on congress to act. it is not just democrats eserine to see movement forward. house majority leader eric can'ter spoke on the house floor before the vote. >> it is vitally important that the united states in conjunction with our eu and nato allies send an unmistakable signal that this aggression will not be tolerated. together we must be prepared to exact a significant cost for russia's behavior and that mr. putin's actions will be met with the firmest of resolve. >> now, legislation had been held up for a couple of weeks because of the dispute over whether to include in the bill reforms to the imf or international monetary fund.

democrats wanted them saying it would raise influence but republicans disagreed. in the end, democrats backed down. they wanted the sanctions and aid bill to move forward. they shelved the imf changes for another day. now some of the sanctions that are part of the congressional packages are already happening, frankly, because president obama signed an order dealing with them. congress is now codifying the sanctions and going ahead with the aid package. >> she also tells us that congressional leaders hope to have the bill on the president's desk by the end of the week. search planes and ships are back at it tonight looking for the missing malaysia flight 370. bad weather delayed efforts to reach the debris field. about 300 objects were spotted about 12 pi miles from an are where french satellite spotted 122 objects on sunday.

crews hope to reach the debris and determine if it is from the missing plane. there is a technology on the way that improves the way jets like the malaysian airliner are tracked. it switches air traffic control from the ground to space. jake ward explains. >> as your plane pushes back and gets ready for takeoff. it is entering a sprawling and complex system it is quite safe with only 0.2 accidents per departure. but the national airspace is inefficient. >> it is a manual process. it starts at the gate with a ramp controller. he and she will hand them off to a tower controller for the airport surface. they will yet again be handed off to another controller in the departure or arrival area. and they will yet again be handed off to another controller and likely very likely many enroute controllers. since no central system

coordinates all the people. the f.a.a. is working on one that will. the new system is the next generation air transportation system. and the agency has commissioned nasa to build new tracking software for it. the system will replace the curb radar based crowned control with gps. a technology capable of tracking every plane. right now the system relights on humans handing planes to one another. which makes it impossible to coordinate very far in advance. >> there is a lot of variability. they can't plan far enough ahead. >> here in the united states arguably the most sophisticated so sighty in the world we still use strips of paper to denote the planes that were in the gate. nasa will replace that with a software based system that can issue ramp operators but then they have to integrate all of that with what the air traffic control tower is doing. then add in the enroute

process and the arrival process on the other end. and you looking at an incredibly complicated system to upgrade. two important costs are the amount of fuel burning and the amount ofmon this are -- the time they are paying their crew to operate the aircraft. >> most planes already have several pieces of necessary equipment. such as adsb. a gps system that allows them to do away with radar. what we don't have yet is the coordinating software. a gps system could not have saved malaysian airlines flight 370. that plane was outfitted with adsb. that is why we know most of what we do about its movement. but if it comes together, by 20 - 20 it will be impossible to lose track of a plane in the united states. al jazeera, mountain view, california. there is a powerful front moving through the south east. and that means tornado warnings. kevin is here with that. >> that's right, john.

tornado season and severe weather season started later this year because of the cold weather we have soon across much of the area. but now we will be getting into it. tonight i will show you how many we have seen. this is the area we are watching. particularly in missouri. you can see a line of thunderstorms right now. the tornado watches have been extended. the first one here that you see, that one is about to expire. that was for most of the northwestern part of missouri into eastern kansas. now we are going to be seeing this one now take effect. that is going for the next couple of hours. st. louis we will be watching carefully because this line of thunderstorms here looks like it is going to be moving in within the next three to four hours. and in terms of tornadoes, we have seen about four unconfirmed tornadoes, mostly in the northern part of missouri. but, we have seen also quite a bit of hail. a quarter inch of hail has been reported across the region. this will continue as well as for tomorrow.

>> thank you. coming up. last call. only a few more days to go to register for healthcare coverage or pay a fine. the steps some are taking to get people to sign up. plus, hawaii might look to paradise to most people but it has a secret side that is anything but. and find out how this 300-year-old stradivarius viola could be yours. >>

the number of american kids diagnosed with autism. new numbers come from a sam knowledge of children in 11 states. the report says one out of every 68 children had some type of autism spectrum disorder in 2010. that is 30% higher than 2008 and 60% higher than 2006. the symptoms range from mild to severe. autism experts say one reason for increase could be do due

to better congressed. the cdc recommended having children screened as early as 18 months old. there is a side to hawaii that most visitors don't see. in homeless in america, exploring one of the largest sent cities in that state. >> beyond hawaii's fetching beaches and rocky showers tucked away along the coast, a side of paradise not found in any guide book. we are at the boat harbor. >> twinkles agreed to take me on a tour of the camp where she and hundreds of others live. >> how long have you lived here? >> i have been here going on 11 years. >> through a maze of makeshift shelters, we find twinkles tent. a jumbling of rooms patched together with tarps and tent poles. >> it looks like you have sleeping areas, a living room. a kitchen. my bathroom. >> life here isn't easy.

twinkles describes it as living among thieves. but she says it is the only home she has. >> i never thought i would be here this long but it became home for me. for me this is reality, yeah. some of us don't make that paycheck enough to get us into a house. >> 271 people live in this camp. 38 of them are children. there are at least eight camps just like this one all along the coast. >> closer to honolulu on the outskirts of town, more tents, more families living on the streets. >> because we got evicted we didn't have an address so we lost the welfare. so we couldn't pay for anything. and our first two weeks was hell. we were just wandering around trying to find someplace to sleep bathe and everything. >> by some estimates, there are more than 17,000 homeless people statewide, making

hawaii's homeless population the third largest in the country per cap tah. thanks to low wages and high housing costs. >> even though it is a beautiful place to live it is not always easy. the cost of living here is outrageous. that is the major contributing factor of why there are so many homeless here in the state of hawaii. >> and it is only getting worse admits hawaii's governor. >> not only is it more visible, there are greater numbers and the seriousness of it -- >> to that end. he has created a counsel on homelessness. charged with getting people off the streets and beaches and into transitional housing. we feel that in -- acting in trying to rehabilitate apartments that have been abandoned and then get people in to shelters. >> easier said than done, according to the director of the community health center. >> the saying goes that the longer you are homeless the

harder it is to be placed into housing. so, twinkles has been there for over a decade. you know, people become stuck in this mind-set like you know what, this is home to me. >> while solutions are hard to come by, for thousands of people this is what home in hawaii looks like, on the streets under the freeways and in the shadows along the shore. jennifer london, al jazeera, oa hue, hawaii. coming up how russia's sanctions could change what you pay for gas. >> shutting down social media. why turkey is now banning youtube. also eyes in the sky. a new technology leaving criminals with nearly no place to hide. >>

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. a lot to cover this half hour.

including oil and water, exxon's complicated relationship with russia and its research in the black sea even if it goes against u.s. policy. last minute scramble. just a few days left to sign up for healthcare coverage. what states are doing to make it easier. and a valuable viola up for sale. its multimillion price tag could end up breaking records. but first, the top stories. >> washington state's governor is promising to investigate whether enough risk assessment for landslides is being done in his state. there are concerns residents may have ignored mudslide warnings. it is described as high risk. 16 people are confirmed dead and officials expect that number to rise significantly in the days ahead. the search for dozens still missing entered its 6th day now. the search for the missing malaysian plane has resumed after weather delays yesterday. search teams have set out again for the southern indian

ocean. they are trying to confirm if hundreds of objects spotted by satellites are debris from the plane. the u.s. is sending a second surveillance aircraft to help in the search. congress isarey agenting to the crisis in ukraine. the house and senate overwhelmingly approved the sanctions against key russian officials today. lawmakers voted in favor of a billion dollars in loans to ukraine. almost identical bills passed both bodies of congress. lawmakers hope to have the measures by tend of the week. and the international monetary fund is pledging 18 billion in loans to ukraine. >> all right, thank you. >> more on that story. the crisis as president obama and eu leaders ease europe's depends on russian gas and oil. but in the global economy, corporate interest can be out of sink with u.s. foreign policy. >> this is last june. a picture of corporation.

russian president vladimir putin awarding exxon mobile the order of friendship. >> less than a year later and with the u.s. and europe adding sanctions and exerting more pressure on putin, exxon's business relationship with russia is still going strong. over the last three years, exxon mobil has substantially strengthen its ties with the petrol company. they hope to build a gas plant in far east. develop oil sites and a joint 3.2 project to hunt for oil in the black sea and russian arctic waters. exxon playing the likeon owe share for access to potentially billions of barrels of oil. >> exxon is going to russia because of the opportunities there. and russia wants exxon because they believe that exxon can

bring something that russia does not have or russia needs more of. >> oil and gas are a linchpin of russian power. and the exxon mobile fields are poised to enhance it, regardless of u.s. foreign policy objections. >> exxon sends a message loud and clear. we are not representing the u.s. government. we can agree -- disagree with some policies. we are here to do business. >> according to the company's former ceo once said i don't make decisions based on what's good for the u.s. so far u.s. sanctions have steered clear of russia's energy sector. if that were to change the partnership could be in the crosshairs. sound bad, right? well maybe not for exxon. remember, its complicated. >> let's say this crisis gets worse. there is more pressure on

energy markets which means higher prices, which means more revenue for exxon. >> al jazeera, new york. the president of oil associates joins us now from houston. welcome. >> thank you for having me, john. >> is there a way for exxon to operate in the best interest of shareholders as well as the united states government or not? >> well, i think there is. they will be moving slower. we mentioned a lot about exxon. but on the other side we have them in the gulf of mexico trying to do exploration. i think there is a balance that they will have to find. but i think that they may be overshadowed by the geo political concerns, especially t if russia were to send troops into ukraine, proper. >> can the u.s. call upon exxon to work its own back channels, to help with this crisis or not? >> well, i think that's a possibility and one way you would put some pressure on

russia is for exxon to slow down the rate at which it is investing over there. i mean, exxon is producing a lot of liquefied natural gas as well as crude oil. they really don't want to see that stopped. >> how do major corporations like exxon respond to political and international disputes like this? >> well, i think they try to work behind the scenes quite a bit. of course, we have bp who gets one-third of its oil production out of russia. so i think they try to sit on the sidelines and work behind the scenes in order to continue with business as the governments, if you will fight with each other. about the geo political concerns. so exxon recently suspended development in the black sea. but are they still committed to helping russia? >> well, i think they are still committed to the share holders in order to produce more oil. and we know that russia has a significant amount of oil.

we seashell going in there as well for arctic development. and other companies who want to introduce shell oil techniques. >> so, give us your thoughts and just how dependent the world is on russia's energy resources. >> well, the world especially europe is quite department. and the dependscy goes both ways. over 80% of russia's crude oil and products are sold into the european union. and the european union is buying one-third of its oil supplies from russia. similar analogy happens on natural gas where russia is selling to europe three quarters of its natural gas production. and europe is relying on that for one-third of its demand. until europe develop develops some alternatives. they are really going to be stuck with each other. >> is exxon in a tight spot here or not? >> i don't think exxon is probably in such a tight spot. they have some production that i think will continue. but i think it is a future

investment that we might see along the time frame on. >> all right, andy, thank you for your insight we appreciate it. thank you, john. first twitter now youtube. turkish authorities are blocking access to the popular video sharing web site. they say it is in response to a post on the site which claims tore audio of turkish officials discussing possible attacks in syria. youtube could be harmful to natural security. turkey's president blocked twitter after users tweeted about the corruption scandal surrounding his administration. the deadline to start signing up for healthcare insurance is monday. the white house says 6 million people have enrolled so far. and pop-up centers are springing up to get more people to register. >> well, good evening here from the 16th street mall here in downtown denver. this is a pedestrian mall with a lot of foot traffic and what you call a pop-up healthcare

sign up center. it is in an empty cell phone store. that is the idea to have a lot of people pass by, see the signs, come in and sign up before the deadline on monday the 31st. given the amount of foot traffic, the place has been busy all morning long since they opened at 10 a.m a constant stream of people. we have seen strollers. older people. couples. families. going in and out all day long. >> now the big news is straight from the obama administration. president obama calling folks like these the navigators from italy to say job well done, that they have hit the 6 million mark. originally back in october before all the snafus with the web site the target was 7 million. they bumped that down a little bit. but they have hit 6 million. so far they are on track for what the obama administration would call success. locally, folks say they are getting about 80 people a day to sign up here. across colorado with colorado's healthcare exchange, they are getting

close to their target as well. we have seen people from all walks of life today. one guy we spoke with hasn't had health insurance for 14 years because he couldn't afford it. >> the whole thing is just being able to afford it. i had the insurance before the company i worked with before. they had health insurance but this one doesn't. >> this is going to be a blessing. >> we spoke to another guy, young guy, 26 years old, just finished being on his mother's healthcare plan. he says his mom has been texting him every day reminding him to get signed up ahead of the deadline. he came here and got partial coverage. he will sign up for more. he is someone who is right in the target demo. young healthy person. he was a snowboarder, skateboarder. wanted coverage in case he had some kind of accident doing those kinds of activities. that is the kind of person they need to shape the curve the healthcare costs. things moving right along here in colorado.

>> paul beban reporting from denver tonight. let's go to joie chen who tells us what is coming up. >> tonight, the inthan thive search for a missing child here in washington, d.c and what her disappearance says about protecting homeless kids. investigators launched a major sweep through a major d.c. park north of the u.s. capital as they search for eight-year-old girl. she was last seen with a custodian from the homeless shelter where they stayed. the man was charged with killing his wife. it points to concern about child protection and who watches out for homeless kids in particular. we will talk about what was done to protect her and what wasn't. as the search for her continues. that is all ahead coming up at the top of the hour. >> thank you. and one of the primary missions of the ncaa is to keep college athletes amateurs. but from the latest ruling of the relations board and class action lawsuits being filed.

the refusal to allow student athletes to be paid is now under attack. >> yeah, the ripping effects are starting to get bigger. regional director issued his 24 page ruling the northwest and football players are indeed employees, he cited the $235 million of revenue over a nine year period and the hour by hour day by day control that the coaching staff over players lives. in his opinion, it was the kind of control an employer has over an employee, not the kind of school has over a student. >> the biggest college football conferences in the country, scc, big 12, big 10, acc, and the pac 12 have national television deals worth $200 million annually. they play schools 18 million per appearance in a bowl. and then the ncaa basketball tournament whose deal with cbs and turner sports is worth nearly $11 billion, numbers

that would suggest that college programs are like fortune 500 companies than nonprofit organizations. >> this is a big business, and yes, the only people who aren't treated as if it is a business is the free workers who create this value who are prohibited from getting paid. >> jeffrey kessler who represented nfl players when they won free agency from the owners recently filed a class action suit against the ncaa claiming it is unlawfully capped player compensation at the value of a scholarship. ohio state wrestler won an individual national championship which triggered an 18,000 bone bonus for the athletic director but yet rules prohibit the athlete from receiving any extra benefit from the championship. he can't sign automatic grafts, make speaking engagementsor or receive a congratulatory dinner from his director. >> they sit back and act like they are doing the players a

favor. ncaa will say that is more benefit going to the athlete. they claim that the money that they spend paying themselves is of benefit to the athlete. it is absurd. >> those opposed to pay peaying college athletes cite the value of a scholarship to support their argument. some schools worth more than 100,000. however, academic scholarship students on campus are not restricted from making money in their chosen field. and there is the other reality of athletic scholarships. >> people don't understand that kids don't get four year scholarships. everyone thinks you get a free education. that is a bunch of b.s. a coach or administrator athletic director or president of the university, you could have been the first team all american with great grades and if that school decided they didn't want to renew your scholarship the following year, they can snatch your scholarship from you. we are not focusing on the rights of the individuals. we are focusing on what's best for the institutions. that bothers me. >> but even if the ncaa would

allow the schools to pay student athletes it might create other issues. >> are you going to pay the women's teams? are you going to pay the diving team, the swimming team? that's the problem you have. and are you paying just the stars? what i have suggested, what i did in college, i borrowed money from agents. i think that would make kids stay in school longer. that is the best way to do it. but you can't pay players because you can't pay them off. >> that is the argument that arguey we will give the players money. but can't pay them all. not every school can do that. >> but couldn't you pay them based on the revenue their sport brings in? >> or give them the opportunity to make their own money off their image, likeness, autograph, what have you. they get the scholarship that is compensation. but they can't go to an autograph shop and sign pictures. they can't make that money. that has nothing to do with the school. if you have true

entrepreneurial spirit they can make as much money as they want. >> michael thanks. >> up next. say cheese, the high tech surveillance system in the sky that police say is helping solve crimes. this could be the most expensive musical instrument ever. and it is about to go for sale. >>

>> at this hour we are watching severe weather pushing across missouri. we have seen four unconfirmed

tornadoes across the region. we do expect to see more before the night is over. take a look at the satellite image. notice the line through the center of the state. that is going to be impacting illinois, we think as we go through the evening. right now, we do have tornado watches in effect. two of them, the one to the west is about to expire. the one to the east has just been issued in the last hour. it is going to continue. i wouldn't be surprised if we see more tornado watches being extended out here. especially for st. louis later on this evening. temperatures right now look like this. we are seeing st. louis at 61. the situation could be worse if these temperatures were warmer here, you notice we are talking about the 60s to the northwest we are talking about the 30s. normally we get into the springtime situations we see these very warm temperatures. here. now tomorrow is going to be a different scenario. the threat here tonight is going to remain to missouri and down towards arkansas. but tomorrow the temperatures are going to be more towards the south.

that is where the threat is going to be the worst across parts of louisiana, up here towards arkansas as well as into mismississippi. we will keep you informed as the night progresses. that's a look at your national weather. john has your news after this. >>

>> it is a new type of neighborhood surveillance called the eye in the sky. developed for the iraq war is making its way to american cities. here is how it works. >> from an eye in the sky above, a high-powered system of cameras is capturing it all, frame by frame. 192 picksel camera system is mounted to an aircraft. the aircraft flies over a city in shifts. the higher picks pixels allow the lens to shoot a wider area, 25 square miles at a time an board computer program formats it. then they are microwaved to a receiver site which feeds them

to a command center where analysts study it. i'm heading out for a drive around dayton. as far as i know i'm being surveyle -- surveilled from up above but i don't see any points up there. >> from the corporate headquarters in dayton ohio i future tracking abilities to the test. realtime. >> here what we have is lindsey coming out of the building here. we are able to follow her to her car and what we will do is then watch the car and see where she goes. >> here she turns left on to patterson boulevard. >> in america we are virtually surrounded by security cameras. it doesn't bother most of us that we are being surveilled and photographed all the time the average american is caught on film 30 times a day. but what if you found out you could be monitored at any given time without your consent from above by an eye

in the sky? >> lindsey's colleague phil torres joins us from los angeles. phil, welcome. let's start with the technology. how do you cameras work? >> yeah, basically you have these dozen high resolution cameras up there, they are taking one image per second over this nine hour flight over the city. if they know the approximate time and location of a crime, they can look in the records and track a suspect home. >> now surveillance is controversial but the data imagery does not show faces or show details like faces or cars. is it ever going to do that or not? >> there is definitely controversy with this. many when you have persistent surveillance especially flying over you, people are a little bit uneasy. in this case i will say they can't id individuals. they can't really make out cars. but they are looking to increase the resolution. not so that they can id

individuals but that they have a broader view of the city. >> as i understand there was opposition in dayton ohio that was a test city. what happened to that? >> yeah, you know, there sure was. i thin alleyway. but the idea of a surveillance system flying over you throughout the day, it just made a lot of the public uneasy. i think people aren't cover r comfortable or necessarily trusting of the government. additionally there were concerns of racial profiling. if it flies over ethnic neighborhoods more than others that could target people for crime. that is a story you have coming up on saturday. and a story about algae. >> we do. algae are 3 billion-year-old organism and they are fascinating. scientists are doing innovative things with them, including making biofuels, pharmaceuticals and even food. we will bring you the scoop of that this saturday. >> phil torres.

good to see you. good to see you. check out the latest episode of techknow saturday 7:00 p.m. >> a rare viola going to auction. the piece is over 300 years old and is valued at 45 million. the finest of all the stradivari viola's is this one. you are hearing it. in a vault in london for 25 years. this instrument is being sold in auction with a price tag of $45 million. the renowned violinist is putting it through its paces. >> it is in perfect condition. and well preserved. 300 years later to see the people who have played on it and the collectors who have collected it it really, you part of history which touching

and playing on this instrument. there is an old joke in london that goes something like this, when someone gets into the back of a taxi with a violin case, the driver always says. >> have you got a stradivarius in there, mate? >> and sometimes i have. >> meet tim ingalls, the specialist in charge of it. >> they are rare. though there are 650 in existence today. only 10 complete violas. this makes the appearance on the market very, very special. >> when reading the description of. it. it is easy to get carried away. the front is alpine spruce. the back a single piece of maple. the consistent rippling flame of the maple slopes downward. the instrument has a strength, weight and muscularity they proclaim it has a force of its

own. it is me or it is getting hot in here? >> st raye vari was an italian who was a pioneer in music instrument make. no one has got it quite as right as he did all those years ago. listen carefully now and you may be able to hear what he means. ♪ for al jazeera, new york. >> okay. when most of us see bubble wrap we tend to pop those little bubbles. one artist decided to use it as a canvas. take a look at this dutch master with vermeer's girl with the pearl earring on purple wrap. he came up with the idea after he saw security guards playing with the packing material. the paintings are made by injecting paint into the tiny pocket. he plans to exhibit at the

new york cavalier galleries in may. coming up all new at 11 eastern time won back to back gold medals as a hockey gold goaltender now shannon is going to play with the boys. plus, a geologist talks with a warning about a mudslide in washington state long before saturday's tragedy that took many lives. now to our freeze game frame. the image that caught our eye. comes from the devastation in oso washington. a loan searcher standing in the middle of the debris. volunteers across the country have come to the site to help find the victims. they are still 90 people missing. our headlines are coming up next. >>

borderland only on al jazeera america >> this is the real deal man... >> welcome to al jazeera america. here are tonight's top stories. the death toll from saturday's mudslide in washington state is expected to rise, significantly. 16 people have been confirmed dead but search teams have

found at least nine other victims. they are still coming through the debris for 90 people reported missing. search planes and shapes are at it again looking for debris from the missing malaysia flight 370. bad weather in the indian ocean delayed efforts this morning. images released from a thai satellite showed about 300 objects about 125 miles from an area where a french satellite recorded debris on sunday. the air force has removed nine nuclear commanders over a cheating scandal in montana. a 10th submitted his resignation. dozens of launch officers face discipline for sharing materials from monthly pro fife incy exams. they are response for maintaining nuclear arm missiles. governor chris christie hired a law firm to investigate the bridge gate scandal. the conclusion reached says there is no evidence christie did anything wrong but state legislature and the justice

department are also investigating. christie told abc news he never considered stepping down over the scandal. those are the headlines. america tonight with joie chen is next. you can always check out our web site al jazeera.com. >> >> on america tonight, the desperate search for a missing 8-year-old. an increasingly grim investigation just a few miles from the nation's capital. and new questions about what was done to protect little relisha. >> we cannot ignore the possibility that he may have killed her. >> and faith broken. the imperial exes of a bishop priest. a boycott and the angry questions from the faithful. >> if you