crowd what we should think that ourselves. >> thanks to all of our guests font. great show, we'll see you online. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories that we're following for you. the police arrested a student for going on a stabbing spree in a school in pittsburgh. secretary kerry gets the peace process back on track, and more on a memorial service in fort hood. >> as many as 20 people injured

after a student went on a stabbing spree in pennsylvania, all of this happen at franklin regional high school in murraysville. the suspect is now in custody. >> the murraysville police chief said that the suspect injured 19 students and security guard. all victims are expected to survive. authorities have not yet named the suspect but they say he is a sophomore at the school. students were either arriving in classes or in classesser already when the stabbing began shortly after 7:00 this morning. they took place in numerous classrooms and hallways. someone, maybe a student, saw the attacks happening and pulled the fire alarm. that created chaos but it got students out to safety. school security guard subdued

the attacker with the help of the assistant principal. we spoke to someone who knew the suspect. >> he was a quiet kid. he was nice. i don't know him on a personal level. we were on the hockey team together but nothing to make me believe that this would happen. >> the hospital is treating eight victims three with severe injuries. >> three patients are still in the operating room right now. two have stabilized. the wounds are all due to knife wounds most of them were to the lower abdomen, and they seem to have a pattern. most of them were to the right lower abdomen, and that created

some of the criticality of the wounds. >> all victims are male and between the ages of 15 and 17. the shorts have not determined the suspect's motive. >> it sounds cliché but they say this type of thing does not happen here. roxana. thanks very much. more russian troops are amassing along the ukrainian border many voicing fear of invasion, something that russia continues to deny. there have been more protests throughout eastern ukraine. many saying they want to separate from ukraine just like crimea. philip is live in london. you were among the first to report that russia is now blaming the u.s. and there is a new war of words. >> reporter: that's right. there's exactly that. both sides accusing the other of basically creating the situation

in the east of ukraine. on the russian side of the equation we heard from vladimir putin who has said that ngos and aid groups who are supposed to be there helping are creating this instability i stirring up resentment against moscow. we heard from the russians that there are u.s. contractors, security contractors, some who may have had ties with the notorious security firm blackwater. that is also denied by the united states on the united states side and on the kiev intelligence community side they say there are agent provocateurs. both sides are saying the other is creating the situation. the question on the ground remains is this a natural occurrence or is it, indeed, being orchestrated by someone else. >> there was some movement on the diplomatic front.

saying they will hold talks with officials including officials with ukraine. what should we expect from this point moving forward? neither side has moved an awful lot of course the west is saying what russia is doing is illegal, and certainly in crimea and russia saying the west has created this situation that is sirring up problem with far right extremist groups in kiev. what needs to be done is some move towards the center, negotiations. that's what they say they're going to be doing soon. johsecretary of state john kerry and e.u. catherine ashton, and of course ukraine and russia very much at odds.

the question is when it will happen and where it will happen. they say some time next week. sometime in europe, and other than that we don't know. there has been a slight pull back from the russian side. they are now saying that they will taken those talks but only if ukraine starts to take into consideration the interests of the regions, kiev sees that as an direct attempt from moscow to break those groups off. del? >> phil ittner. thank you very much. israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu is saying he has ordered his negotiations not to immediate with palestinian count parts backing away from statements made by secretary of state john kerry. kerry stating that israel was to blame for the breakdowns of the negotiations. what exactly did

kerry say that the state department is walking back. >> kerry was testifying. he did say that both sides have done unhelpful actions that have put the talks in jeopardy, but he same to indicate that the stalemate is israel's decision not to release a group of palestinian prisoners. israel decided not to go ahead with it. this is what the secretary had to say. >> unfortunately, the prisoners were not released on saturday, the day they were supposed to be released. day two went by and day three went by, and in the afternoon when they were about to get there, several hundred settlements were announced in israel, and, poof, that was the moment. >> israel's government not happy at these remarks telling "the new york times" that they're deeply disappointed that kerry would lay the blame on israel,

and the white house pound oh out at no stage has kerry laid a blame game. >> where does this leave the talks? it sounds like things are not going well? >> reporter: they're clearly on life support. later today secretary kerry here in washington will meet with the israeli morning minister to discuss where things stands. but in the meantime, palestinian president abbas is in cairo to meet with the arab league to discuss where they see things but it does not look good. kerry had a self-imposed deadline for these talks. he wanted them to end at the end of this month. right now it's unclear how they're going to go forward. >> lisa stark for us, thank you very much. reporting that western powers are now ready to draft a long-term deal aimed at reducing

iran's nuclear program. the negotiations that began last fall in vienna with the preliminary framework evolving after weeks of meetings. iran continues to argue that it's program is only for energy but secretary of state john kerry announced yesterday that russian is just two months' from producing material of a nuclear bomb. thank you for being with us. i want to go to something that seems to be rankling the feath feathers on capitol hill. the man who was involved in the hostage taking back in 1979. 52 americans being held hostage for 440 days. was this a bad move on the part of iran? >> i think too much is being made of it. if he had been an important member of the hostage takers, then it would have been an issue. but he was not really a part of

the hostage takers. he was preached because he knew french and english, and he was the first to speak to the international press. the hostage takers have made it clear that he is not part of their members. >> but it could be argued that those responsible could speak out. >> if you use that litmus test at that time the vast majority beginning supported the students and of course this person has been to the united states in timmic visits. one wonders at this time why

this has been made an issue in washington. >> if the senate goes further than they have, voting to ban him from being the u.n. ambassadors, do you think that could derail the negotiations taking place? >> no, absolutely not. the administration adamant that they want an agreement and they're cities kateed enough to know that there are folks in washington who are trying to sabotage it. they're not going to fall into that trap of breaking off negotiations because of this. >> i watched those hearings on capitol hill, and there key members of the senate that put it mildly that don't trust iran. should they? >> it's not a question of truth. governments don't trust other governments. that's a natural thing it's a question if you're going to have an agreement. that's what the obama administration is working. >> do you believe it should be trusted? >> yes, exactly.

>> let's talk about the prisoners. >> obviously these people are important and they should be addressed, but i don't think it's a good idea bringing in other issues with the nuclear issue. the nuclear issue is so important that should be resolved first. once that's resolved other issue will be easily resolved. >> one of the questions that i often ask is when we are involved in the media we so often speak to the heads of state. we talk to people at the top of the process. what is it like for the people in iran, what do they want and what would they like to see both sides do? >> basically the majority of people in iran want normalization. they want a moderate--the mood

very much is they want some moderation and normalization. >> is it your opinion that we've seen the past, the worst of the past, and we are now looking at a more moderate iran, or will there once again be a day where we rue the decision made in vienna. >> if there is no real agreement the right wing in iran will have the upper hand. they'll say, well, we tried to negotiate with the united states. they're not serious. they have all these obstacles, basically we have to look elsewhere to have our security. >> thank you very much for being with us. iran, professor, thanks. >> thank you for having me.

>> the president is in texas. he's going to take part in a memorial for the victims of the fort hood shootings. the president and the first lady are there. they're going to pay tribute to those that were killed, and those that were wounded. mike, set the stage for us. what is going to take place in texas? >> there is the first of these memorial services that president attended occurred four and a half years ago in the wake of the major nadal hasan shooting. as you know, it was th fort hooe largest military installation, and the killings there blamed on ivan lopez taking down three

soldiers in a dispute of family leave. and then background screening, and reviving that legislation on capitol hill, check of gun shows and gun purchases and mental health. but that as it may, there i this going to be a day for somber reflection. he and michelle obama hand in hand. she's accompanying the president across the south lawn and onto the air force base. obviously a very bitter ritual not to say routine president obama will be involved in today in central texas. >> mike, what is the pension that the president is going to try to send in his speech today? >> i think the president is sounds likely to strike a very

somber and mourningful note. the president according to officials here is going to leave politics out of it. he's not going to be touching a couple of issues that have cropped up in the wake of this latest tragedy. but the president is going to be honoring those who have served in iraq and afghanistan. i think it's been reported that the specialists--the suspect in this shooting, his unit, his battalion was scheduled to be redeployed in afghanistan although it's unclear whether the specialist himself is going to be there. this is an active army base and the president will pay tribute to all the service that has emanated. >> mike viqueira for us, thank you very much. we'll have live coverage. our coverage begins this afternoon at 3:00 eastern standard time. searchers have heard new

signals that they believe could be the plane's locater device. they lost the trail of the black boxes which was their strongest lead. the search continues at this hour for flight 370. coming up on al jazeera america, people with disabilities rely on all sorts of aid, but many believe the government cut backs are going to hurt them.

>> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters? new york. >> your 401k is smiling. right now the dow is up 80 points helping lift a strong earnings report from alcoa. dr. kim young kim said the key will be how the federal reserve falls back on its bond buying

stimulus program. >> the tapering is good, we're fine. the growth is going to offset the rising interest rates in a reasonable way. what we're hoping for is not some sort of spike that will throw everything off. there is we'll nobody trouble. >> you can watch the full interview it airs at 7:00 p.m. eastern time 4:00 p.m. pacific time right here on al jazeera america. families with young children with mental disabilities find themselves with little support outside of the school system, and it only gets worse after those children graduate. jonathan martin has hour story. >> reporter: grace is 19 years old. she takes the bus to school every day. she's a successful artist with exhibits all over the country. and she has autism. >> she is very challenged with her autism. category it as

moderately-severe. she has intellectual disabilities and also moderately severe speech language disorder. she does need 24-hour care. >> grace's mom, lisa, is her full-time caregiver. right now they rely on school funded services in tennessee where children receive help from the school system until 22 years old. in two years the programs will end and then she'll join others for a waiting list of state medicaid services which include things like wheelchair, job coaching. >> we're standing on a precipice, on the edge of a precipice, and we're peering into a black hole you diminishing services. we have pockets of greatness in tennessee, but not all the

systems work well together. >> some say the problem is the state medicaid program is severely underfunded. while thousands are in need only 200 are taken off the waiting list each year. if that person is not completely independent there is no other support for most people right now. the state said its plan to go redesign the system to serve more people with less money and offering limited increases in services. >> currently the state of tennessee is in a budget crisis, however, despite the fact that the budget is very tight right now we do have funding currently allotted to us next year to grow the people receiving our services by 100. >> reporter: while grace has found an outlet through art lisa worries about her daughter's future, knowing she may never get the resources that will

allow her to thrive. >> coming up on al jazeera america, social media has revolutionized the way we interact. now the same is happening in india. how some people are using it to change the political landscape. blame [ grunting ]

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