>> >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton, let get you caught up on the top stories. >> a 16-year-old suspect is being held without bail after a stabbing rampage at his high school near pittsburg. he is being charged with two dozen felony charms and attempted homicide. 20 have been injured. >> pro-russian activists have been handed ta deadline by ukraineful kiev says it's prepared to use force if the activists refuse to negotiate a solution within 48 hours time. >> secretary of state john kerry is trying to keep middle east peace talks alive. john kerry met with israel's

foreign minister wednesday, working to negotiations between israel and the palestinians moving. the state department says both sides are to blame for complicating the situation. >> president obama paying tribute to the victims of last week's shooting at fort hood. a memorial service held on winns for the three soldiers -- wednesday for the three soldiers killed when a fellow soldier opened fire. >> comcast's planned merger with time warner came under scrutiny at a senate hearing. critics concerned that the $40 million deal will cause prices to sky rocket. executives said they don't compete in any project. >> those are the headlines. "america tonight" is next.

>> op muslim brotherhood, stabings on campus. >> a 16-year-old suspect, a bloody rampage. this time the attacker armed with knives. also - seeds of doubt. is it a rare childhood unit or signs of something disturbing. >> parents actually induce illness. they inject them with things, they sufo kate them and harm their child. >> doctors' doubts. parents under suspicion. >> accused of hurting our children - it was a punch in the gut. >> and the vulnerable children left at rick. and small talk, but a big dream. in our special series "driven", from the courts of nepal to the streets of new york. the lawyer turned taxi driver on the long road to a new life.

>> good evening, thanks for being with us. i'm joie chen. once again parents facing shock, this time outside of pitts pushing, where 20 were wounded. including one child with a life-threatening injury. again, another student striking in blinding rage, but this time armed with two knives. the attack happened at franklin regional high school, after 7am, before classes began. the 16-year-old male student stabbed 19 classmates and a security guard before he was subdued. he'll be charged as an adult. >> >> the first warning came from a

fellow student, pulling the fire alarm, giving students a chance to get away. >> the fire alarm went off. i walked to the exit. there was blood on the floor. >> as the school day began, a 16-year-old sophomore armed with kitchen knives began his rampage, stabbing and slicing at random. a prince pam, school security gart tackled the -- guard, tackled the attacker, bringing him under control. >> i came down the stairs. mr king was yelling at him. i saw him stab sarge, the police officer, and afterwards he went down, and mr king took off to take the kid down, i was behind him. we jumped on him and immobilised him. >> could have been a lot worse. >> 20 were injured, 19 students. the other victim was a school security guard who police say was stabbed in the stomach as he

tried to help subdue the suspect. some injuries were minor, one student is fighting for his life. >> he's currently in the trauma intensive care unit with ongoing resuscitation for his injuries, in critical condition, on life support and will require surgery in the next several days. >> the attack at franklin high came a year to the day after a similar knife attack in suburban houston. when dillon quick armed himself with knives and stormed the lone star community camp are yous at cyprus -- campus at cyprus texas. 14 were injured. he told investigators he fanticised about canna ballism. >> weeks later a stabbing occurred at a church. last spring six were stabbed and slashed by a homeless man in a

pittsburg target store. mass stabbings are unusual. assistance the turn of the -- since the turn of the last century, attacks in which four died occurred. in over 30 years, the united states has seen 62 mass shootings. outside the u.s. mass stabbings are rare and often focused on the most vulnerable. >> on the same day as the newtown mass agger in connecticut. a deraged man in china staged a rampage of his own, slashing 22 schoolkids. a few months later an axe-wounding man killed three, wounding 13 more at a chinese school. >> a victim in the attack, as you heard, is in a fight for his life. we are joined by the trauma surgeon with the university of pittsburg medical at presbyterian. we understand that you were working with a patient with serious injuries.

can you tell us how he is doing new? >> he's in intensive unit and is more stable and will require surgery tomorrow or the day after. but we finish our operation some time from noon this morning. >> we understand that a number of the injuries were not as severe or indepth. in this case this young man suffered quite traumatic injuries close to the chest? to the internal organs? >> this patient came to our trauma center and as long as i understand at least within the u p&c hop system, we received the most severely injured patient. our hospital is a level one trauma center. we were notified about the stabbing. this person triaged was unstable, flown to hospital. >> can you tell us where the injuries were. was it to his internal organs.

>> he had his injury to his torr sow compromising the abdominal and the chest cavity, passing close to the aothera, skipping -- aorta skipping the heart by millimetres. >> this is a young person. how does this affect your prognosis. >> that's a good question. the fact that he's young with a healthy heart and he was in good condition. he has a greater chance than someone at a later age. he was in a position to tolerate the haemorrhage and the blood loss more than any other patient would. still, the injuries would be severe. and he needed resuscitation during the case and after - and in the case here. >> i am sure his family is glad they were able to find you and

work with upmc. try to take care of this young man. we'll follow up and make sure the best news comes from you. appreciate you being with us. thank you. >> thanks. >> another news. former olympian oscar pistorius faced another gripping day of testimony and sharp challenges from the prosecution at his murder trial. the south african known worldwide as blade runner, accused of shooting and killing his model girlfriend. "america tonight" lori jane gliha is following this trial and brings us the traffic moments. photos shown during the third day on the stand. . >> using a tv clip to demonstrate oscar pistorius's ability to use a gun, they showed target practice and compared to the night oscar pistorius shot and killed his

girlfriend, shooting bull fits through a closed -- bullets through a closed door. >> no, you did. >> despite kevin pietersen's protest, the prosecutor, known as a pitbull for his tough cross-examinations, pressed forward to reeva steenkamp's head. >> on the courtroom big screen

the prosecutor displayed a bloody picture of her head. we blurred the image. it's time that you look at it. take responsibility for what you've done, mr oscar pistorius. >> oscar pistorius, who does not appear on camera refused to look. >> oscar pistorius's tearful testimony continued. his emotions were called into question as oscar pistorius described how he fired the shots that killed his girlfriend, out of fear.

>> the prosecutor told oscar pistorius he and his tough questions are not going away, the trial could last until the middle of next month. >> looking ahead on our program. who failed ralisha rudd. we follow up on the search for the missing 8-year-old, uncovering new information revealing inappropriate information between staff and d.c. families, the same before preceding ralisha's disappearance. lori jane gliha reveals the documents and talks to ralisha's family about what happened the day she disappeared.

>> when you found ralisha disappeared, did you call the police. >> didn't i just say i couldn't think? >> why didn't you call the police? >> if my mind went blank and i, like, went into shock, i'm not thinking straight. so i wasn't the only one in the family that was around when the notification got to us that ralisha was missing. anybody could have picked up the phone and dialled 911 for me, because i was not at that time able to do it. >> "america tonight"'s lori jane gliha with the missing child's grandmother. we'll hear what she has to say thursday on "america tonight". next in this hour. is it a rare childhood disease or evidence of abuse? the dilemma facing doctors and worrying parents. an indepth look at a medical syndrome next.

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imaginable, learning that your child is ill. lisa stark takes a look at this issue. >> like many five-year-olds gabriel is talkative, loves rockets and wants to play. on this morning she rarely slows down, even as he carries around a tube. gabriel's mum says he's autistic and has to cope with a rare condition called mitochondrial disis. > they are diseases in which the part of the cell that produces energy doesn't work properly. the body doesn't make enough energy to keep the vital

functions working. >> but is gabriel really sick. some doctors were suspicious and accused his mother of what used to be called munch housen by proxy, known as medical child abuse. >> how do you know were under suspicion? >> when a d.c. f doctor turned up. >> d.c. f, department of the children and families. a doctor is the boston hospital called d.c. f it report them fore child abuse. >> medical child abuse is a spectrum. on one end there's parents who because of anxiety they exaggerate symptoms in their children, that's a lot different

to parents that induce parents with thinks, suffocate them, harm their child to get them to have more invasive and further medical care. >> if you have a child that is not diagnosed or poorly understood the doctors can be suspicions. what happens is a bunch of medical symptoms that can't be explained. >> they didn't have one killed with these problems, they had two. gabriel's sister had birth defects and was dying mote with mitochondrial disorder. >> this is in the opened. >> all her tubes and wires come

out. >> her daughter had a serious case and had multiple organ failure and died shy of her fifth birthday. >> gabriel was born with no problems. a few months after losing their daughter they were back at the hospital with gabriel, telling doctors that he appeared to show signs of the illness that killed his sister. >> jessica said for some hospital fernal that raised a red flag. >> it's traumatic and hard to explain. we were in the midst of grif of losing our child and accused of harming them. >> she was vetted by the state not just once, but twice. according to documents the state found the allegations

unsupported. the second allegation came when they were moved to a new hospital. the allegations from the first hospital followed them. they called the child application team at the new hospital and accused us again. >> medical child abuse cases can be difficult to uncover and prove. they are often complex medical cases. they are not that common. but doctors at large hospitals will tell you that they have seen them. >> some estimates suggest medical child abuse makes up 1,000 of two and a half million cases of child abuse reported every year. there's no reliable numbers, because it can take years to recover and is often missed. >> ask the men that prosecuted a notorious case. jenny bush's daughter who was constantly sick was 11 when her

mum went on trial. >> this is the chart we used to show the jury how many days each month the child was in the hospital. >> during the years her child was under treatment cathy bush was a media darling, and attracted the attention of then first lady hillary clinton. who highlighted the family's struggle to tackle jennifer's illnesses and pay mounting health care bills. the prosecutors found jessica's hospitalisation often coincided with her mother's fundraising events. >> you can see an unbelievable amount of time the child spent, when realistically there was no medical justification for her being in the hospital at all. >> jessica's abuse came to light when nurses in two hospitals stepped forward with suspicion about the mother's behaviour, and her interaction with jennifer. >> we documented 38 surgical procedures that had been performed on this child. some of them were very serious, such as removing parts of the

intestine and the gall bladder and issues like that. >> they proved to the jury that cathy bush overdosed her child with a seizure medication. she was sentenced in 2000. >> jennifer, once removed from her mother's care, was found to be perfectly healthy. a star witness was a paediatrician. he said the evidence in the cathy bush case was enough to put her behind bars, but that doctors can report suspicions without much tangible evidence. and families are left to defend themselves under intense scrutiny. >> here is the question. if i'm a doctor and at all concerned or suspicious. don't i want to air on the side of helping that child. this is the dilemma for doctors. >> the threshold for mandated reporting, where you have to

make a report of suspicion of child abuse to a child application agency. that is set low. >> should it be? >> it has got to be. otherwise cases will not be brought to the attention he should be. >> a case now in the spotlight is that of 15-year-old justina. doctors at boston's children reported her parents on suspicion of medical child abuse. the persons and a doctor insisted justina needed treatment for mitochondrial disease. doctors at children'ses believed the illness was in the teen's head, worse by her parents. >> massachusetts officials took custody of justina. her mother was recently overcome after a failed attempt in court to win her daughter back. >> it's almost never black and white in complex cases. >> knew burger consults and says

he has seen an alarming number of instances where he believes parents are wrongly accused and the system is not set up to protect children who are being harmed, as well as families who have done no harm. >> the overworked child protection workers don't have the time to diligently review the case and don't have the money, much less the will to get independent outside console tags and as a consequence, tragic errors occur. on both sides. >> as for gabriel. he's being treated for mitochondrial disease. there is not one definitive test for all patients. so hilliard is still worried she could face another investigation. >> to be accused of hurting our children was like a punch in the gut. it was unfathomable. i was so angry and offended that

people would look at our efforts and see harm instead of dedication. there has to be a mittle ground, where you are able to investigate suspicions that a child is being harmed without destroying the family. >> so far the middle ground has been hard to come buy. >> >> when we return, an unwelcome guest. the iranian diplomat, and why he is getting the cold shoulder by some in washington. one which could freeze him out of his next assign. -- next assignment.

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memorial service. specialist ivan lopez shot and killed three soldiers, injuring 16 more before killing himself. >> after months of progress a diplomatic scuffle that could derail negotiations over iran's disputed nuclear program, centring around iran's chis as ambass -- choice as ambassador to the united nations. >> how would we feel if the taliban sent osama bin laden to be an ambassador to the united nations from afghanistan. >> led by senator ted cruz, the senate unanimously passed a bill that would ban iran's newly appointed ambassador to the united nations from entering the u.s. the senate targets this diplomat for his role in the 1979 hostage crisis when a student revolutionary movement stormed the american embassy in tehran,

holding 52 american diplomats hostage for 444 days. some were beaten and tortured. >> he says he had no role in the embassy take over, but later acted as an occasional interpreter. he is a close political advisor to iranian president roou handwritteny and -- rouhani. his nomination has been called an insult. >> it is unconscionable that in the name of the international diplomatic protocall that the united states is -- protocol that the united states would be forced to host someone that showed disregard for diplomats in his country. this person is an acknowledged terrorist. >> white house made clear it

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all through the cold war, the vietnam war and wars in iraq, u.n. diplomats from those countries have been granted visas. the white house has not said how it will act, but the controversy comes at a critical time. negotiations on iran's nuclear program led by the united states have just resumed. speaking from vienna, the foreign minister says they are not waivering. >> they should not allow a group of radicals to determine the agenda of iran's presence. the behaviour is unacceptable to us. >> the spokesperson for the u.s. state department said there are grounds for the u.s. to deny a visa to a diplomat appointed to the u.n., and that's a category which can be interpreted. others, including experts in international law, and the u.n. disagree. next question - who makes the next move. >> and the concern that this will derail nuclear talks.

is that a risk here? >> the iranians said publicly that they support the nomination, that they stand by their man, if you will. the talks in geneva are at a critical stage. there's a lot on the table for iran. we are talking about removing economic sanctions, which have done damage to the iranian economy over the years. >> it's a good moment to bring in john limbe rrk, the u.s. diplomat in iran during the crisis, former secretary of state for iran. on that subject, what happens with the talks? is there a threat to them? >> i don't think so. both sides made it clear they want to keep the two things separate. the iranians will say what they were going to say, but both sides have been calling the talks productive and positive. that's an enormous change. when was the last time anything

involving the u.s. and iran was called either productive or positive? >> if this is a domestic political issue on the u.s. side, iran is following, if they understand there may be some movement here in washington, right? >> of course. this is one of those things. i would lay heavy odds. this gentleman will never get to york. >> you think the iranians will withdraw the nomination? >> eventually. i think we may simple never answer his application. it may just sit in and we may never say no, but after a certain time they'll want a senior person in new york. that person, because of the absence of relations becomes like a contracto ambassador. he speaks for iran to the united states. he's the only senior iranian official on american soil. if someone comes here, he would

be toxic. he would have no credibility. who would listen to him. >> it becomes the story rather than the issue. >> his own past would get in the way. it would great so much noise. nobody would be paying attention to what you said. >> how did it happen that he became the nominee. surely they understood this? >> it's a good question. it's one of those things in politics that comes along where you ask the question "what were they thinking?", and what were - were they thinking about it. it could have been a deliberate insult, a stick in the eye, but not - it seems unlikely at this moment, with this new engagement after 35 years with this president, the two foreign ministers talking to each other. i think it was a question of obliviousness.

thee did it. >> a miscalculation. >> it's a big part of our history. how could it not have been foremost on someone's mind. there's a lot of parts of the history, not big in american mines. the coup in the 1950s, it's big in iranian minds. >> if i may add to that - exactly. the iranians have no - have no monopoly on something like this. 20 years after the coup, sheila, that you refer to, who do we send as ambassador to iran, in a move of great sensitivity. as ambassador. that's - that's a very strange message that you want to send. >> going forward, the message from the top is if we accept that this was an error in judgment, a misstep, a flip,

both sides want to progress. >> i think they have made it clear that they do. we have told that we have told the iranians that we have announced, we didn't say now. this was a - this appointment creates great problems for us. >> we use the words no viable. >> it's diplo speak for saying he's never going to get here. >> don't worry about this guy, he's never going to get here. >> will they talk about the next person positioned for the role. >> it will take time. >> there's a question of saving face. so i suspect the iranians will not withdraw immediately, or, as - according to some source, they said they "we never nominated him anyway." >> it didn't happen. >> that's another way of doing it. they have good people, and qualified people.

qualified people in their system. they can probably come up with someone better. >> "america tonight" sheila macvicar, and ambassador. thank you for being here. >> you're welcome. >> when we return - driving america in a new york minute. >> everyone is busy here. "i have 5 minutes to be there, please hurry up", "make the light." >> ahead, we follow an immigrants journey from nepal to manhattan, a lot of twists and turns. when science intersects with hope. >> i'm hoping to give someone a prosthetic arm for under $1000 >> inovation finds oppurtunity >> a large earthquake would be an inconvenience rather than a disaster... >> and hardware meets humanity >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done >> eventhough i can't see... >> techknow our experts take you beyond the lab

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>> a lawyer by trade in his home country of nepal, now he tells us his story of success and sacrifice. >> for five years this man has been driving a taxi in new york city. one of 13,000 new york cabs, part of the features as the manhattan sky line. >> this is the identity of new york city. >> the yellow taxi. whenever you see the iconic picture. it has the liberty and the yellow cab and times square. >> like more than 80% of new york's 42,000 drifs, he was -- drivers, he was born in another country, in nepal, in the

himalayas. he was married at age 16 to a 14-year-old girl. he had never seen her before. >> it was an arranged marriage. i didn't know how she looks like. even my mother choose her. and then i decided - i just agree with my mother. okay, this is not for me. definitely it should be a good decision. >> with a wife and two children, he earnt his law degree and a masters in sociology and got a job in kathmandu, nepal's biggest city. >> i passed the bar, worked for a few years. >> he yearned for more. in kathmandu, ambitious young men are told america is the place to fulfil dreams that are out of reach in the poor economy. >> is the american dream sold in nepalism absolutely. massively. each and every person, the

american dream. >> everyone wants to go to america, wants to see america, what is there. they had a big dream. very positive thinking about america. >> so there is a feeling in nepal that only if you come to the united states, you are going to make enough money to look like a king. >> exactly. >> after arriving in new york, yogish realised he would not be treated like royalty. no law school would on hour his degree from the university of kathmandu. >> they don't recognise your university. >> not at all. >> your law degree doesn't mean anything. >> not at all. >> he found fast food jobs, duncan donuts and subway. >> i was in for three months. one guy told me there's a lot of money in a taxi. >> now 36, yogish put his own

dreams on hold, a well-educated lawyer, fluent in three lang wiges, but here is driving a taxi to send money to his parents in nepal and save for his children's college education. >> do you make enough money driving a taxi to support your family well? >> to be honest, if you are talking in a friendly environment i should say i'm making $4,500 to $5,000 in a month, deducting everything, clean money in my pocket. >> he lives in a working class neighbourhood in queens, a third floor walk up shared with his wife and teenage sons and they understand the sacrifice he is making for them. >> why do you think your father came here? >> he wanted us to have a better life. >> they worship in the hindu faith and the slower spir

itemual pace of nepal is out of place in the hustle and bustle of manhattan. he found the american dream is fuelled by a hectic worka holic culture, his passengers rarely have time for small talk. >> everyone is busy "i have five minutes to be there. please hurry up, make the lights. please, please. so many passengers like that." fender benders are an occupational hazard. the next day yogish aim to a stop when a driver, a woman backed into his taxi. >> what is this. >> oh, my god. reversed and hit me. >> he gets out. no significant damage and no one hurt. a typical day at the office. >> his english is good. >> he speaks in nepali to his

wife and children and writes a column for the nepali language newspaper. he senses frustration and fellow immigrants, that the drages they chase are too often out of reach. >> when they come here, they don't get a level of respite from the people, and here is a crisis of identity. they just lose the identity. they become a small fish in a big bond. that is the thing. they are trying to get something better and easy here. >> if yogish has any regrets about trading his life for the front seat of a taxi in new york. he keeps it to himself. >> everyone should drive a cab once in their life. i love the people who have been living here. they are really nice, and some are crazy. and really i agree with them.

>> but yogish has no plans to become an american citizen for fear that he may lose his rites in nepal. once his kids head to college, they plan to return. >> why do you want to go back? >> because i want to do something bettering myself, my community. i want a country, do something for the country. >> so for this taxi driver, a lawyer by trade, chasing the american dream has been a bumpy ride. like so many ambitious and educated immigrants, he arrived with great hope for the future. he settled for something less, but is comfortable with the compromise. >> whatever i get, i see in my life, i accept it. i never complain about my life because i know nothing going to be changed when you worry about those things. i couldn't be a great man, but i'm happy i'm a taxi driver from

where i can learn so many thinks. -- so many things. >> and he can learn from him. next time on the program, our series "driven" takes us to san francisco, where we are reminded what the journey to america can need. >> what made it good for you, becoming a citizen. >> being a citizen. it's made easier when you travel and being america, or wherever you go you are more respected. it's easy for you to do whatever you want to do. at the same time, yes, i'm a citizen. >> and her name is frida. fitting. as her story began in aratrea. we conclude our series and takes us on freedom's journey. >> lots coming up on al jazeera presents:

>> ahead we end the hour on a high note. the soul and song of a woman that helped to save the face of america, and a little girl keeping her memory alive.

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>> the sites and the sounds honoured and echoed 75 years ago as tribute was paid. yz [ singing ] >> marion anderson, an american treasure. [ singing ] >> for years she was celebrated around the world as a superstar. through love of music and sheer

determination she nurtured her natural gifts to become one of the 20th century singers. in 1939 anderson's race became on issue at home. it was here in the winter of 1939 at the daughters of america's constitution hall in washington, where there was a whites' only policy. >> the decision which clearly they have apologised for many times over was a great illustration of what we do in terms of a country that is not obvious prejudices. >> first lady roosevelt's reaction was to resign dar membership, and she enlisted department of interior to put marion anderson in the spotlight with a performance on the steps of the lincoln memorial easter

sunday april 9th, 1939. [ singing ] >> secretary icky left no doubt. >> genius, like justice is blind. >> in what may have been the first outdoor concert anderson sang for 25,000 fans, becoming the symbol of racial reconciliation. >> skye turns 10 years old. she was chosen by the south-east tennis and learning center. >> when they said she could sing, the goddess of the american revolution, she didn't get mad or angry, she kept on going. >> after the concert her fame grew. she was the first black performer at the opera. she canning for john f. kennedy's inaugust race in 1961

and again in 1963. at the seminal march on washington for jobs and freedom. then she sang several times - at constitution hall - these times invited by the dar. anderson's dress, as seen in the old black and white news reel did not stand out. on display at the smithsonian, her dress is as vibrant as her voice and the messages as prest. >> i think you seized the day in a moment like this. like first lady eleanor roosevelt did. >> do you see when i sing, i don't want them to see my face is black, i don't want them to see my face is white. i want them to see my soul, and that is colorless. [ singing ]

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