>> this is al jazeera america. i'm david shuster with a look at the day's top stories. fort hood shoote shooter lopez d arguments. in israel. [ sirens ] the fragile mideast peace

process has reached a critical moment and secretary of state john kerry said that the obama administration is on the verge of giving up. >> at this hour law enforcement officials are saying the army specialist who killed three soldiers and wounded others argued with superiors about a leave request before the rampa rampage. >> we have conducted detail investigation and have been

addressed the horrible tragedy. >> heidi zhou castro has been following the latest. >> reporter: we all want to know what was the verbal altercation about? we have some clue abou. they saw a request for leave, and a superior told him to urn the next day. at that point lopez left and came back with a gun and open fired. we're learning more about the history of lopez when he lived in puerto rico. according to a friend who grew up with lopez the last time he visited the island was in november of last year for his mother's funeral. she had died suddenly from a heart attack, and according to

this friend it was difficult for lopez to get leave time in order to go to his mother's funeral. in the end he was only given 48 hours. then a month later in december his grandfather passed away. fast forward that to february of this year. that's when lopez was transferred in h el paso to killeen. a neighbor we spoke to in an argument complex where lopez lived described him as a nice person smiling on the day he moved in with his wife and young daughter, but then on wednesday we're told he went home, had lunch with his family, according to another neighbor, and then returned to base and that's when he open fired. now they also are releasing more information about lopez's experience in the military. they call him a very experienced soldier with a long list of commendations and medals. he served for four months in iraq and now they're

scrutinizing those months. >> we're digging into his combat experience in iraq. and so far we have not discovered any specific dramatic event, wounds received in action, contact with the enemy or anything else specific that he may have been exposed to while deployed. we're continuing to exam this line of inquiry. secondly, his underlying medical conditions we do not believe are the direct precipitating factor to the incident. >> now there are many questions about lopez's medical history. for example, according to army command here he did self report a traumatic brain injury even though there is no record that have. there are many questions left to be answered. there is a crime scene that stretches two city blocks.

85 fbi agents are assisted by military and state investigators. we're told that in their hayes to get to answers they have already questions 900 witnesses. still because the shooter is deceased the reason may never be solved. >> those killed in wednesday's shooting, 39-year-old daniel ferguson. his fiancé said that he was killed holding the door shut against the gunman. timothy owen, his mother said she never imagined her son would die on american soil. and 38-year-old staff sergeant carlos rodriguez from puerto rico. he had served in the argument 20 years and was set to retire from

the army later this year. as for those who were injured, this note posted from one of them on twitter. the soldier said he's doing okay and that the fort hood community will get through this. for the first time since the shooting the family of gunman ivan lopez has spoken out. his father said he's struggling to comprehends how his son could have open fired and killed. and he's calling for prayer for those killed and wounded in the attack. u.s. hospitals where the victims were taken wednesday are considered the best in the world for traumatic gunshot wounds. what have american doctors learned? >> david, there are many things that make our country unique and special and unfortunately, are

exceptional level of gun violence has led the medical profession here to be very, very good at emergency and traumatic surgery, arguebly better than anybody else in the world. three years ago outside of this parking lot in tucson, arizona, representative gabrielle giffords what is shot in the head. here in the united states gun violence has created an elite breed of trauma surgeons. dr. peter reed was in charge when giffords arrived. he said a trauma surgeon in any american city can handle the horrors that just emerged from fort hood. >> in texas, trauma center, the trauma systems they have there, they're used to that. i know they're going to get as good of care as they could. >> reporter: he knows that everything depends on where his patients have been shot. >> i would say anything in the system is not good because it could be permanent.

with a permanent injury i see guys here where we did a great save. we stopped the bleeding, but all of a sudden they're paralyzed and in a wheelchair for the rest of their lives. >> he once trained trauma surgeons by taking them to sinnesinner cities. >> it's just crazy. they don't have the guns. what is different than germany than us? the cars, a little bit. the houses, their tv? it's the fact that we have unaccountable amount of guns here, and they don't. the same with korea, japan, countries that are civilized elsewhere, they don't need me. >> reporter: leading the world with 10,000 annual gun-related deaths has give the u.s. an unique understanding of their capacity to inflict damage. jacob ward, al jazeera, tucson.

>> jacob ward is with us in san francisco. jacob, that's a great piece. any medical procedures we've refined that other countries simply can't do as well. >> reporter: yes, there are many, many. a whole area of medicine that no one else in the world does. if you get into an emergency room in germany they bring you an orthopedic surgeon and an thesand ananesthesiologist. here they're able to able to bring out the blood and put in a saline to a chilled temperature to be able to do the necessary work to repair them. but if you were in almost any other modern society, japan, korea, germany, they literally would not know what to do with you if you were to arrive with gunshot wounds. it is only here in the united

states that we're able to deal with the terror events like fort hood which also only tend to happen here in the u.s. >> interesting report. thank you for being with us. >> thanks, david. >> u.s. department of labor issued a jobs report showing more signs of life after a bitterly cold winter. but it is assured of the labor market rebound that many analysts have been hoping for. similar there are some positives. real money ali velshi, what is the positive. >> reporter: the posttive thing that i heard was that you said it was an highly anticipated report, which warmed me heart. is that it was just me and business geek who is wait for this. it comes out the first friday of every month. 122,000 net new jobs were added. net means all the jobs created minus all the jobs lost leave

you with 122. they revise the fission of the previous months, and they were revised upwards. you got 183,000 per month. here's the interesting thing about that. 150,000 a month is good. 200,000 is really good. and both president obama and mitt romney campaigned on the promise that during their term if elected they would average 250,000 a month, which i thought was a little preposterous but good if they did. the unemployment rate remains unchanged because more than half a million people felt confident enough about getting a job that they got back in the game. it pushed up the labor force participation rate. this is the number as you know that i like. the labor force participation rate is the percentage of people of all the people who could be working, people of working age who are able bodied and not in jail, who are working. that's the highest it's been

since mid 2009 when we were in a recession. so that's a sort of a bit of a tiny little bit of a silver lining. that meant that people looked for a job actively in the last four weeks. so that's the--you know, i would say this is not too hot, not too cold. it was a just fine report. >> one thing that i know that you think is not just fine is when people are working part time but can't get full time work. how concerning are those. >> 7.4 million works who work full time from thought feeling that lucky. they were part time. they want full-time jobs. they prefer the hours and benefits, and the number of people who are unemployed stayed about the same for the whole country, 10.5 million. here's the problem with that, a third of that 10.5 million have been without of work for six months or month. we call them the long-term unemployed. they're harder to hire.

tom perez told me a public-private partnership between the government and community colleges that deal with private employers in their communities is dealing with the skills that employers need. the program has a horrible named. it's called trade adjustment. they have $2 billion in grant. but in order to get a grant the community college has to show that they're talking to employers and theft a program that when you graduate you can go into a job. great program. small scale, need more of it, but great. >> i understand that you have great stories and other great segments coming up. tell us about them. >> reporter: one interesting one is the concept of mining untapped talent from an entirely new lot of employees. one company is harnessing the unique skills of autistic people. i'll tell you why it helps the

bottom line. they actually think it works for them. >> that is a great case coming up. ali velshi coming up. you got to watch "real money." the news has not been very encouraging today in the stall mideast peace talks. john kerry almost single-hande single-handedly pushed it up to the obama priority list now says the obama administration is considering whether the effort is even worth continuing. they have been unable to make progress and kerry said that it's reached a reality check time. they could not even agree on a prisoner relief. nick schifrin has more. >> reporter: u.s. is criticizing both sides from making unhelpful decisions. the israelis for not releasing palestinian prisoners that they promised to. the palestinians for joining u.s. treaties as they promised

not to so long as the talks were going on. the talks aren't dead but they're at an en pass at best, and both sides are hardening their position. they arrived defiant, demanding the release of palestinian prisoners. but almost immediately the israelisraels were unwilling toe them any statement. physically and politically the palestinians lead a seized momentum, the israelis are pushing back. at speakers blared musk of resistence for four hours the two sides clashed. palestinians protesting israel's cancellation of a promised prisoner release. the tear gas came close and created a plume of noxious smoke designed to disperse the crowd. >> you can feel the tension here. palestinians throwing rocks and israelis throwing tear gas.

it's a cat and mouse game. every time they move forward the israelis fire back. >> the protest is personal. his brother was supposed to be released last weekend. that's when we first met him, delivering furniture to celebrate his brother's impending arrival. but after israel blocked his release. even though it cost his immediate freedom, he said he's willing to wait. >> i support the step, and i believe the step pushes towards the release of all prisoners. on top of them. >> but for israelis signing those treaties meant breaking the very premise of the talks. until the palestinians meet their obligations the israelis have no desire to talk. >> it's like being black mailed by someone.

only this blackmail and then let's negotiate. there is no way that they will go back negotiating. >> the blame game extends to both sides. the chief palestinian negotiator has no desire to keep talking himself until israel fulfill its promise. >> i don't want gestures for favors from israel. i'm willing to honor all my obligations but i really hope that the israeli side will start learning how to honor negotiations. >> the only one who can help them bridge their gaps is the u.s. but now the man who spent more time than any other trying to find peace finally is hinting that it may be time to give up. >> there are limits to the amount of time and effort that the united states can spend if the parties themselves are unwilling to take constructive steps in order to be able to move forward. >> reporter: neither side has officially walked away yet but every day they dig in they're

doing less talking. kerry said he and president obama will reevaluate their role in middle east peace talks and say its time for, quote, read check. ing it be seen as a foreign policy failure if these talks fail or if the u.s. decides its no longer worth it to try. >> back at washington, d.c. president obama said it's providing help to the country of tunisia, the birthplace of pro democracy up rising that swept the region three years ago. tunisia's interim prime minister and president obama shook hands. the support will make it easier for the tunisia government to raise money from international capitol markets at favorable rates. ttunisia is looking to close a $2 billion to $3 billion hole n

this year's budget. in an effort to help the country stand against russia international leaders are prepared to give ukraine billions of dollars in aid. we'll take a closer look at the history and how it makes life and leadership in countries like ukraine more difficult. and back in the united states there were protests in south carolina against this man and this flag. that man, he's an university president.

>> today is the deadline for political candidates in ukraine's presidential election next month. there are dangers ukrainia conct ukrainian corruption could

interrupt and create a daunting task. >> setting up a business in ukraine? first there is a step by step guide. first get grip of the paperwork and then get prepared to sweat as you may the amount of money needed to start a business. >> sometimes i had to pay to speed up the process of the permit. otherwise it could take up to a year or two. >> reporter: describing ukraine as the most corrupt country in europe. ukrainians were shown exactly what that means when their former leader's excesses were laid bear outside of the estate

in kiev. apart from the extravaganza, piles of paper work were also discovered here that make up what is known as yanukovych leak detailing a top-down system of corruption unlike anything ukraine has seen before. this corrupt practice dates back decades so, endemic in every day life that it could take more than a revolution and a new government to correct it. >> obviously it was a shock for the all of ukraine, and a lesson of how not to conduct your life. it was a good lesson for people in power that if they leave their lives like yanukovych z it will end up the same way. >> reporter: back at the gym the strain of doing business in ukraine shows. the amount that you have to pay for various ridiculous documents and permits constitute a large

part of your expenses. sometimes you have to pay so much that a business is not profitable at all. >> correct, some people do make lots of money, but generally at the expense of others. al jazeera, kiev. >> tensions between the united states and russia overukraine have now spilled into meetings over joint space exploration. nasa has just announced a suspension with all ground contact with its counterparts. randall pinkston has that story. >> reporter: two, one, zero, the final lift off of atlantas. the end of the space shuttle program three years ago left one option for putting america's astronauts in space. for $70 million russia's spacecraft makes the trip to the international space station where they have spent billions.

but the dispute on earth is reaching into space. u.s. sanctions over russia. >> based on the executive order that i sig signed we're up posig more sanctions on a russian government. >> reporter: it applies to every department including nasa which announced the agency is suspending the majority of it's ongoing engagement with the russian federation but there is an exception for the space station, a pledge to continue to work together. here in the national air and space museum is a symbol of a decades-old effort to work together. a mock up of the space crafts which linked up more than 30 years ago. americans and russians in space laying the groundwork for what would become the international space station. space historian wrote a book about the menu race. he said he doesn't think that the sanctions will up end the space station. >> the reality is that russia

needs us as much as we need them. without the two working together the space station can't operate. >> we have lift off. >> the u.s. is now counting on commercial companies to develop a new man space for every system not expected to make it's first test until 2017. nasaenasa administrator wishes e were other options. >> i do not want to rely on the russians to get my crews to the space stationing. if we continue to rely on the russians, then things will remain in jeopardy. >> reporter: randall pinkston, al jazeera, washington. >> coming up it will be the first democratic transfer of power in afghanistan in that country's history. elections there to replace hamid karzai's government. and we'll talk about the voter registration push and how the outcome could change afghanistan and it's relationship with the

united states. back home there is a new powerful pain kill that are has some states very nervous. in some states the drug is being banned. we'll explain. >> scared as hell... >> as american troops prepare to leave afghanistan get a first hand look at what life is really like under the taliban. >> we're going to be taken to a place, where they're going to make plans for an attack. >> the only thing i know is, that they say they're not going to withdraw. >> then, immediately after, an america tonight special edition for more inside and analysis. >> why did you decide to go... >> it's extremly important for the western audience to know why these people keep on fighting... ...it's so seldom you get that access to the other side. >> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world...

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>> afghanistan is getting ready for another presidential election, and this will mark the first democrati democratic passf power in this country's history. the ballot will replace president hamid karzai. you can see pulling off this vote is complicated by the taliban and it's threat of violence. >> reporter: the last-minute rush to register to vote in

saturday's presidential election. these people are involved in a process that will end with the first democratic transfer of power in this country's 5,000 year history. despite the security threats there is clearly widespread enthusiasm to vote. these people have been queuing to register since before dawn. then ballot box stuffing was widespread. this time it should be different but it won't be perfect. >> really, everything has been delivered according to timeline, both in regard to broad legislative and other provisions, but also the delivery of the ballot papers sensitive as non-sensitive material to the 7,000, 6,000 o 0 odd centered.

centers. >> the capitol has endured a series of attacks. as there are pockets of the country where there will be no voting because of the taliban threat. does the threat of the attack put you off. >> it doesn't put me off. you can't let the taliban dictate. if it's up to them no elections at all. we want the elections. we want somebody who will deal with the taliban, resolve that issue, and then you have to come out and vote. >> turnout and a relatively corruption-free vote are what will help give this election legitimacy in the eyes of afghans. whoever wins will need plenty of that if he's to have any chance of tackling this country's immense economic and security challenges. bernard smith, al jazeera, kabul. >> a reminder of how dangerous

afghanistan we mains the associated press reports that one of its photographers and another jur injured while prepag to cover the elections. one journalist was killed instant len when the taliban open fired on a car that she was in. her photographers is reportedly in stable condition. last month a journalist along with eight other people were killed when the taliban attacked a luxury hotel in kabul. one presidential candidate has openly said the international military force that is there now which includes more than 30,000 u.s. troops is crucial to keeping taliban fighters from seizing power. we found the front line that the taliban is closer to the

presidential candidate is closer than you might think. >> reporter: we were met by a taliban fighter who drove hea ad of us on a motorbike. >> i was taken to meet two of the commanders. it's obvious that they were planning something big. >> i've been told that we're going to take me to a place where they plan to attack early this morning. >> i'm sitting in the back of a motorbike driven by a taliban soldier. earlier this evening we heard the sound of the drones to be honest i feel quite nervous

driving with an armed soldier. >> they took me to a safe house where a number of taliban fighters were checking their weapons. >> for the several days that i was with the taliban they only told me to stop filming once. but i was accusel acutely awarei would not be allowed to film them unless they wanted the world to see what they showed me. >> they have a media savvy. the fact that they use the media to establish their point of view and get their case across, they should. we certainly do. >> they've always been fairly sophisticated in using communications. i think that allowing cameras in and doing interviews like this is just another example.

>> you can watch the full documentary in an accepts edition of america tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. pacific. it's been nearly four weeks citizen malaysiaen flight 370 disappeared. two ships carrying sound locaters are now part of the effort to find the jet airliners black boxes. the boxes will generate for a month. >> it's no exaggeration to say that time is running out. >> on best advice the locater beacon will last about a month before it ceases its transmissions. so we're now getting pretty close to the time when it might--it might expire. >> the batteries that power the

locater signals only last 30 days, and flight 370 went missing 27 days ago. finding it in the time left will be tough. despite an international search using 14 planes and 9 ships so far no trace of the missing malaysia airline passenger jet has been found. >> we have nothing concrete. you cannot grieve for someone unless you have something concrete. >> reporter: they have been looking in this remote section of the indian ocean off the coast of perth in an area only a bit smaller than romania. while planes continue to search a british submarine will soon arrive to help and two ships towing locater equipment will start at opposite sends traveling at a painfully slow 2 mph to 9 mph. finding those flight data

recorders is crucial to discovering exactly what happened to flight 370. record the conversations in the cockpit and hold data about what went wrong with the plane mechanically. without that information investigators may never find out what went wrong. erica wood, al jazeera. >> an indian court has sentenced three men to death for the rape of photo journalist in mumbai. they were found guilty of another gang rape a month before the photo journalist. police in uganda say that they have raided an u.s.-funded aid office. the country passed the anti-gay law. the non-profit american office offered healthcare services to

gay men and women with a.i.d.s. the u.s. and some european countries have cut aid to uganda since the passing of that bill. and in syria some officials estimated the civil war there has created 2.6 million refugees trying to flee the crisis. nearby jordan has received nearly 590,000 refugees and is struggling to cope with the influx. providing safe shelter and food has been top priority but for many syrian women the refugee camps create something more than a place to escape. counseling sessions help with the emotional toll. >> these are among the most vulnerable women in jordan. they face abuse in syria and also in exile. this is why they need a space to share their experiences and be heard. they say this session is now her only outlet. she became depressed here and

her marriage and family are suffering. >> i'm no longer able to communicate with my son or husband. i used to spend a lot of time teaching my son and playing with him. i stopped. if i have discussions with my husband we fight. we're both very stressed. it's impossible to have a conversation. >> reporter: providing psychological support to thousands of distressed syrian women. we're told many suffer violence and sexual abuse in the home. >> we hear exploitation, women here are subjected to exploitation. that means survival sex. that means women have no choice, and that they have sex to rent apartment, to buy food, to buy diapers for the children. >> reporter: rape remains under reported for cultural reasons.

less than 3% of the beneficiaries have reported rape. 40% of the women who come here are victims of domestic violence. it's not just counseling sessions that they need. a lot of women come here to regain confidence and to rebuild their social skills especially with other women. meeting other refugees who understand their hardship help reduce stress making new friends and feeling productive instead of house bound is also comforting, and taking a literacy class can boost their low self-esteem. she has just returned home from her fifth counseling session. she started the session when arguments with her husband jot gout of hand. it appears poverty is triggering domestic violence among syrians. >> i feel better when i return from the sessions. i vent and say everything that i'm feeling in my heart. i realize that if i bottle my feelings up i have a horrible day. >> but it's only a matter of time before she remembers the

death of her own son in syria and feels sad again. she and many other syrian women show just how destructive the ward is owar is on syrians. >> another federal judge in the united states has struck down a ban directed at same-sex marriage. that makes six u.s. states to do so. maria joins us with more. >> reporter: that's right, in ohio another victory for marriage equality. a judge found not recognizing same-sex marriages as unconstitutional. vermont is the latest state to revolt against the powerful new painkiller. they've made it harder for doctors to prescribe zoe

zohydro. massachusetts recently banned the drug, saying it's very easy to abuse. zohydro manufacturer said the medication is no more potent than other drugs of its kind. people of ohio hard hit by the recession are getting a much needed financial boost friday china. >> reporter: for years this vacant factory stood as a monument to ohio's economic dysfunction. dayton and neighboring towns were so competent on u.s. automakers that when general motors pulled out in 2008 it was left with cracked asphalt, rusted gates and 4,000 u unemployed automakers. now it's changing. chinese auto glass maker is reopening the aging eyesore with $280 million and for starters, 800 jobs.

>> yoyou can't not welcome foren investment. if you want to grow your cities, your communities right now you have to be open to foreign investment. if our country was built on immigrants. if you're not open to immigrants now where was your family 200 years ago. >> reporter: the newest investors in the u.s.a. from toledo's waterfront hotels to a deal to bring a new copper tubing factory in alabama. the ties with china go beyond business. the large concentration of chinese in ohio was here at the university of dayton. there were 200 chinese students two years ago, there are 800 chinese students today. >> my dream is to make i the business together. people in china love america, and i hope those two countries can work really good together.

>> reporter: the tiny town of meran by offering the chinese what it had in excess supply, workers and factory space. >> we have the advantageous location because we have 4 million square feet available, and we have thousands of folks with a skill set. this is a great win. a lot of us see the opportunity to capitalize and try to attract more foreign investment. >> reporter: that tantalizing prospect has many american towns hoping to reopen more pad locked gates like this. john hedron, al jazeera, ohio. >> finally yellowstone national park is fighting rumors that it's super volcano is about to erupt. this youtube video shows a rush of herding bison. but yellowstone said wildlife move around to find food at lower elevations. geological

experts say the volcano is not expected to erupt in the next 1,000 even 10,000 years. >> answer possible reason outside of camera view that those bison were running down that road? any other reason, they don't know. they're saying--the experts are saying it's because they're looking for food. >> are we going to bet against the bison or go with the claims. appreciate it. no matter what you think of president george w. bush he's getting rave reviews these days for his art work. critics call his art work incredibly good for someone who just picked up the paintbrush a couple of years ago. the exhibit is called "the art of leadership: a president's personal diplomacy." john terrett has been looking at the diplomacy. >> reporter: he only picked up

the paintbrush two years ago. his exhibition called "art of leadership," he told his painting teacher that there is a rembrandt trapped in this body. remember that because now the world's leaders, we get to judge for otherwise i ours if there it there or not. but one of his favorite, when tony blair first found out about this, the former prime minister brushed it off. that's artist humor, he brushed it off. what he's been doing is sitting at home in his man cave in dallas painting day in and day out, cranking out all these world leaders faster than president putin has been trying to topple them. and talking of the russian bad boy here he is as seen through the eyes of president bush,

evil-looking eyes and crooked smile. here is the exiled tibetan leader, the tall dalai lama, and hamid karzai and the billionaire ruler of the saudi kingdom. but if you were to ask president bush what his favorite portrait. number 43 would tell you it's the one that he did of his dear old dad, no. 41. i don't think many people around here could paint to this standard. however, as a word to the wise don't mention that painting to barbara bush. because when she was shown a portrait of her husband o on the "today" show today saying that's my husband? no, no, that is my husband. there is no question. rumor has it when she finally watches up to her son there will be more than a rembrandt trapped in his body.

>> i understand that you're an art connoisseur. >> well, that's very nice of you to say that. i haven't thought of that. i think this one, the one of president bush 41, george bush 43 said he's a very gentle man, and i think that comes through. >> john, great stuff. thank you. the facial recognition technology that you've all heard about, well, it's getting better every day. the techno team.shows us a computer program that can pick anyone out of a crowd. the technology comes privacy concerns. that's next.

>> the college of charleston in south carolina the school board of trusty elected glen mcconnell to lead the school,

but he has not received a warm welcome on campus. we look at why this is happening. >> reporter: this is the picture that has been circling about social media. this is glen mcconditional back when he owned a confederate shop up until 2009. students at the college saying, tell me what comes to mind when you see this picture? students have been protesting against the appointment of mcconnell. they've had sit-ins and protested these images that have duct tape all over their faces saying fight for cfoc. they also have facebook page website that says fight for cfop. this is a petition against the appointment of mcconnell as school president. the nsa som naacp and some study

he was chosen because of politics not credentials. >> this has been going on for a long time. it's not a lieutenant governor being put in college presidency. it's part of a systemic problem that has been around for a century if not longer. >> reporter: there is no sign that the college board of trustees will back down. they are confident that they made the best decision for the college but this is a decisive issue. >> they are everywhere. cameras in every city and at the entrance to every office building or store. the average american has picked up on surveillance cameras 30 times a day which makes facial

recognition technology critical you can't hide your face. you've always had a privacy issue out and about but you were counting on people recognizing it, not a computer. >> racial recognition is popping up everywhere from airport to retail venues. >> it's the idea that a computer can find a face and then try to determine who that face is by searching in a database. >> is there a concept. >> once it finds the features of the face it builds a te templat.

and it's the template that is created that is used to do the search. >> they work best when the submitted image is evenly lit. a metrics helps address this problem. >> here is a photo. a perfectly fine photo but for her face recognition this is a project. >> because it's angled. >> we find a couple of core markers. when things look good we generate it. and this is the 3d surface. we then want to normalize it. >> you can create a face on an image and then start searching the databases for the person you're looking for. >> it allows investigate tours superimpose two features an face features and determine if they are the same person. >> lindsay, how reliable is this

technology? >> well, the technology itself is pretty impressive but it does have limitations. it works best with when it's a resolution that is very good quality, and when the face is evenly lit. and also when you have like a high-- >> that is lindsay moran. we have more on this on "techno" right here on al jazeera america. this is amazing technology and a great piece they have on the privacy concerns and also the technology in what we can all learn from both. that's saturday. items from a long, long time from a galaxy not far away will soon be up for auction. everything from american and russian space shoots are up for

grabs. this is expected to sell for as much as $35,000. notes written by buzz waldron are priced at $40,000. it will be auctioned next week in new york. a reminder you can watch the documentary about the taliban starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern and 6:00 p.m. pacific, great story. you don't want to miss it. an update over all the day's top stories up next. >> more americans are out there pounding the pavement looking for a job. that's a good thing. i'll tell you why. plus fracking for natural gas and oil, sure it creates jobs but it could also create problems for our planet. i'll look at that on "real money." plan