rangina said that she fears that it will only bring darker days for the land that her father loved and died for. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm tony harris from new york. here are your top stories. talks between russia and ukraine. and the president confirms kathleen sebelius resigning, and nominates her replacement. what caused a collision with a bus killing several people in

california. cycling old debt racked up by parents. >> new developments in ukraine to tell you about. american yourine russia and ukrainian diplomat also meet in geneva to find a solution to the ongoing problems. it comes when they look for ways to reduce tensions. the u.s. imposed sanctions on six crimea leaders to split the peninsula from ukraine. meanwhile pro russian protesters take over government buildings. we have more from donesk. >> reporter: exhausted minors return to the surface after a tragic shift. below ground a glass expose at a

coal mine that kill nine of their completion, a real reminder of the risks of those trying to make a living. >> the quality of life is low here. it was the same with the last government and the government which is now in place. we don't recognize them, and we think they are going to make it worse. there will be no better life for us here. >> coal mine something one of the major industries here in the industrial heartland that is eastern ukraine. and it's regarded some of the most dangerous in the world. people have long complained. oh applications wrangle how to give more power to the region. >> i would like to state clearly

that the central government is not only ready for dialogue in regions but ready to fulfill lawful requirements for all of our citizens in our country, and the framework of our constitution will be able to satisfy every single request from every region. >> reporter: federalization is not an option. still calling for a referendum for a self declared province. >> firstly, economic independence to create conditions for a better life. >> it will be better if we are federation and we will join russia. if there will be a referendum we will get more money here. >> an ultimatum to clear the building has pasted and now prime minister said everything will be done to bring force.

>> nothing will increase our quality of life butcal calm our souls if we know we have power here. we will make decisions. >> reporter: one thing that all agree on is many are struggling to make ends wrote mete and ar t wait for the government to act. >> protesters want the government to cancel any anti-terrorist against them and russia is the official second language of ukraine. russian president vladimir putin is trying to ease concerns that russia will turn off gas supplies to europe. he said yesterday:: yesterday hy

off gas if they did not help ukraine pay off gas bills. president obama announced that health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius has resigned the job. mike viqueira is live at the white house. and kathleen sebelius was hammered after the website, what a debacle that was initially. will those same critics from both sides of the ail, we should say, give her replacement a chance. >> kathleen sebelius was confirmed by a score of 96-0. that was just a year ago. it should be smooth sailing as the health and human services secretary, not so fast. republicans are definitely going to be making hay. this is another opportunity to

attack obamacare although they lacked the votes to reject her nomination. let's say assume she'll get through the nomination. meanwhile this transition, you're right, kathleen sebelius had faced calls for her head ever singles october, and the debacle, her words o words, of e healthcare.gov roll out. let's listen. >> this is the most meaningful work i've ever been a part off. in fact, it's been the cause of my life. i knew it wouldn't be easy. there is a reason that no earlier president was successful in passing health reform. but throughout the legislative battles, the supreme court challenge, a contentious re-election and years of votes to during back the clock we are

making progress. >> reporter: and tony, it's interesting. you mentioned it's not only republicans but some democrats were nervous behind the scenes. this has cost democrats. there has been suffering and a danger in the democratic view that they're going to lose control of the senate come november election. many of them wanted to see a clean slate. many of them wanted to them to turn the page. it just sow happens this turns out to be good news. she leaves with good news at the end of the enrollment period of healthcare.gov bringing them above the target goal of 7 million people enrolled. president obama made reference to that when he spoke. >> but under kathleen's leadership, her team at hhs turn the corner, got it fixed, got the job done, and the final score spokes for itself. >> the final score, tony, has not been written in a lot of ways this battle is going to continue throughout the year

until those november elections and likely after that. >> you know, mike, you're right, and you were right to mention that the criticism came from both sides of the aisle. but republicans have been calling for sebelius to resign for months. how are they reacting? >> reporter: it's a mixed reaction. john mccain tweeted that sylvia burrwell is an excellent choice, and i think republicans will see this as an opportunity even though it will be futile if they are goal is to reject the nomination. they'll see it as an opportunity to bring it back to the center stage, on the senate floor for as on as possible and talk about all the things that they don't like about obamacare and to a certain degree the public agrees with him. they believe it's a political winner and it will be interesting to see how democrats react during that debate. >> mike viqueira for us.

thank you. >> both sides met but failed to come to an consensus. we have more from caracas. >> reporter: there was know dialogue in the streets of caracas. demonstrators marched between the government and opposition began. >> they don't represent us, and they should know what those of us fighting for a radical change want. >> reporter: students boycotted the meeting at the presidential palace. they accused the opposition for the violence that has left 41 people dead and hundreds wounded and detained. >> you can't burn an university and call it a protest.

15 universities were burned down. you can't call this a political struggle. you can't say it's a peaceful political protest. you'll be measured by the way you measure others. if you use violent con fronttatioconfrontationnobody w. >> reporter: they say the government is keeping them from participating in the government. >> it's only fair that the government heacountry hears whar said is saying to overcome mistrust. >> reporter: united nations brokered the meeting to find a way out of the crisis that has lasted two months. >> this dialogue for peace cannot wait any longer. there are people who are hurt by violence, no matter who is responsible. >> reporter: protesters are in no mood to negotiate. >> we will not have a dialogue over the tombs of our dead brothers. >> reporter: they say there will

be no negotiations or pacts. this will be a debate. protesters say the only way to overcome the crisis is removing the president from office. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fedex tractor trailer to slam into a bus killing ten people. it happened 100 miles north of sacramento where the accident took place. the fedex truck crossed a grassy median and slammed into a bus full of high school students. nearly three dozen more people were injured. >> a city mourns stay. a state mourns today. lives for altered. lives lost. just as they're beginning to be transformed. these youth, our youth, these are not just a tragedy for these families but every one of us.

>> many passengers escaped the bus through a window that was kicked out. horrible. in an effort to depict the republican party as racist, zenophobic and against women. >> reporter: putting the republicans on the defensive over equal pay for women. attorney general holder arguing some house republicans treated the house harsh because of president obama's color. nancy pelosi bashed them for immigration reform. >> i think race has something come up to immigration bill. i've heard them say to the irish, if it's just you it would be easy. >> reporter: they would meet full mid terms, women, africa meafricanafricanamerican and hi.

former governor jeb bush sparked a conservative firestorm when he spoke to fox news about illegal immigration and said this: >> it's not a felony. it's a act of love, it's an act of commitment to your family. >> reporter: last night at a republican pete party dinner he doubled down saying: >> more proof if jeb bush, if he runs, he won't be able to count the support of the tea party. how he is is it for the voter to cast a ballot.

in florida some precincts had people waiting in line for six hours. now there may be a new problem. a local activist organization asked election officials to pledge all bathrooms in polling places accessible for those with disability. but the county said they would close all restrooms to ensure individuals with disabilities are not treated unfairly. great attitude. >> all right recycling about-- >> reporter: that was a shoe. >> what? >> reporter: first and thompson secretary of state asked if it was a bat at realizing wha but e

was talking at a recycling plant. >> thank goodness she didn't play softball like i did. >> reporter: well done. it brings to mind what happened to president bush in 2008 on his last visit to iraq. do we have that video. >> yeah, we've got it. >> reporter: we have the video of bush, try again. one more time. there it is. watch. go for it. >> yep, yep, there it is. >> reporter: tony, a strategist always tells you and they tell their political clients, be sure to duck. >> and be ready to duck, whoa. appreciate it. the united states is not going to grant a visa to iran's voice for its next ambassador to the united nations. white house press secretary told iran it's a election of had a mid talibi is not viable because

he was a member of the group that seized the u.s. embassy in tehran in 1979 and held americans hostage for 144 days. tehran said not issuing the visa is a regrettable decision by the united states. launching the largest air defense exercise ever. it involves more than 100 aircraft and 1400 military personnel as al jazeera's harry fawcett reports. >> reporter: this is an exercise between u.s. and south carolinaen forces, exercises every year north korea calls for invasion. north korea has made similar protests again, and, indeed, just a few days ago during a combined amphibious exercise billed as the largest in 20 years, north korea chose that day to hold it's own drill off

the sea of the west coast of the peninsula firing 100 shells into south korean water. south korea returned fire. and south korea and the united states launching the biggest ever air defense exercise. that may be something that the north koreans may want to react to in some way. this is also the day that the south korean defense ministry made it's interim findings on its investigation into a number of north korean drones, low flying, low-tech drones that have been discovered in south korea in recent weeks which has dominated headlines and mines in the military and defense ministry. >> crews are narrowing their search for the missing malaysia airline planes. australia said they are confident that signals coming from deep in the indian ocean are coming from the planes black

boxes. but they are fading and it's a race against time because those batteries powering the beacon only last as month. taking thousands of americans tax refunds to pay decades' debt racked up by family members. contaminated air and water is killing people who live in mossville, louisiana, next.

>> on wall street another down day tort dow falling more than 140 points after a big thursday drop when investors turn their backs on bio tech and internet stocks. for people across the country hoping for a tax refund this spring there may be an unwelcomed surprise. instead of a refund thousands of letters saying the government is taking refunds to settle old debts but it is not their debts.

it's money that the government overpaid to their parents decades ago. let's go mark fisher for more on the story. he wrote about it. this is, this is, wow. walk me through it. it's a base reaction, but it's my reaction in reading this. how can the government intercept tax refund for money that you yourself you don't owe it? >> reporter: well, they say you do owe it. they say that you're responsible if your parents received an overpayment from say social security benefits going back decades, and there was an one-line change that was slipped into the farm bill back in 2008 that allowed the government to go after these very old debts more than ten years old. previously if it was more than ten years old you're scott free. now they can go after you, and now that these debts go back decades. an because the people who were

paid the money are now debt. sometimes the kids got the benefits, sometimes they didn't. that doesn't bother the government in either way they go after the kids in birth order, although we've heard from children who had their tax refund taken. >> the irs claimed that it over paid someone. and in your story, let's zero in on the grace family. you featured them in your article. it doesn't have to identify the person it overpaid, and even if it does it can go after anyone in the family getting a refund? that doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. >> well, mary grise was four years old when her father died in 1960. her mother got survival benefi benefits, they used that money to feed and clothe the children. she had five children. now her mother has long since died and her father died in 1960. the government discovered along

the way there was $3,000 paid in those benefits. now mary gets her tax refund. she was expecting it a few weeks ago. instead she gets a letter from the government saying that the government has taken that money. she went to social security and said what gives? they explain that the payments were overpaid and they don't know where the money went to. it could have gone to any of the six people in her family. mary said why did you go after me? they said we go by order of birth. but mary is the middle of five children and none of the siblings have had money taken from them. >> who do we yell at? this is not just the grise people. runs of people have their refunds lifted here. is it irs, social security administration, congress, who do we yell at here? >> the treasury is taking the

money. they're taking it on behalf of which ever agency says you owe the debt. in mary's case it was social security. but they collect debt for all kinds of federal agencies. i tried to find out who originally created this change in policy. social security said talk to treasury. treasury said talk to congress. congress said it must have come from somewhere in the bureaucracy. we're still trying to find the original culprit. but who you go to, well, a number of centers in congress are demanding that this policy be changed. it's up to them to make that change. we'll see if that happens. >> in the case of the grise family, there is a law lawsuit,d it was all about due process. that was denied here. due process is you get to argue the case before the money is confiscated but that's not what happened here. >> no, the government says that they are obliged to give notice to people that you have a debt before they take your money. and they say they tried to

neatfied mary grise. they sent two notices to a post office box in north carolina that she rented from 1977 to 1979. she has not lived in north carolina in 35 years. she lives in maryland. and social security never sent anything to her maryland address even though she gets a social security statement like every american does in the mail at her current correct address every year. so one hand of social security is coming after her. for the money in north carolina where she has never lived. and the other is taking the money from her in maryland where they do know where she lives. >> can you imagine how hot this is going to get in six week's time when folks who are expecting a refund--this is going to get--hey this, is a terrific piece. mark fisher with the "washington post." mark, thank you, thank you. more than five million americans have alzheimer's, and there is no cure, but some doctors in chicago are trying to

build relationships with their patients to better understand the disorder. >> the 23rd. >> okay. >> so work on story. >> a year and a half ago 66 psychologist was diagnosed with early stage of alzheimer's disease. the news was devastating and forced him to close his practi practice. >> i felt shame when i found out about the diagnosis. i wonder if people can tell, and they would think if they found out. >> reporter: the neurodegenerative disease is a reality for 5 million americans and sixth leading cause of death in adults. but for ferguson it has become an opportunity as well. he's taking part in a northwestern university buddy program that pairs first-year medical students with patients in the early stages of alzheimer's. >> it's important for the student to understand that a

person is more than their medical diagnosis, and that the point of the program is for the student to really learn from the person with dementia. >> reporter: an important lesson considering 75% of northwestern medical students that take part end newspaper fields that deal with alzheimer's. it hit home for zachary hammer, whose grandmother was diagnosed with alzheimer's several years ago. >> this program sounded like a perfect opportunity to get to know what alzheimer's is from a medical constant point, but develop a relationship with someone who is going through the same thing that my grandmother is going through. >> reporter: both ben and zach say it's connecting through friendship. a symbiotic relationship that goes beyond the clinical. >> him talking to me about what is going on with him forces me to pay attention and keep my brain going so that i can come up with reasonable kinds of

response to what he's talking about. >> so, what's been going on with you? >> not much, i have another examine coming up. >> reporter: zach said it's a chance to slow down and empathize with the person on the other side of the chart. >> medicine is not just science. you need to understand the patient's perspective, where they're coming from, who they are as a person in how to best treat them. >> reporter: it takes real world experience that can't be taught in the classroom and puts it in the practice of doctors i dealig with a new challenge of diagnosis. >> we'll look at the stresses of the deportation.

>> securing the country's borders has been the responsibility of the border patrol over the past 90 years. since september 11th it's mission is not only to stop undocumented immigrants but also to prevent attacks knowing when the use of force is necessary has been a constant struggle for the border patrol's 21,000 agents. we go to nogales, a town politb split by the u.s.-mn border. >> reporter: a dusty cross and faded plastic flowers mark the spot where a boy died, gunned down in his hometown of nogales, mexico. this is the story of a boy, a border, and a wall of silence.

>> i assume shortly before 1:00 p.m. the 16-year-old cody instantly when he was hit by a bullet in the back of the head. as he fell face down eight more shots hit him in the back. >> reporter: lose one border patrol agent fires from this fence down into mexico. why? border patrol said that jose antonio was throwing walks. but eyewitnesses say he was just walking down the street. even if he was throwing rocks was shooting him an appropriate response. was armed agents a threat from up on the cliff behind the fence? his mother is an american citizen. she lives a few miles away from where her grandson was killed. she prays.

>> there needs to be justice because it seems to me a col cold-blooded calculated crime. to me it's a crime with no justicefjustification because ht doing anything. he was just walking. he wasn't doing anything. >> reporter: a year and a half after the fatal shooting th the border patrol has responded to his family. >> this is the claim, this is jose antonio's mother. >> reporter: the family's american attorney showed me a letter he received march 14th. >> your client's claim to a wrongful or negligence act omission on the part of the united states customs and border protection. and it's over. as far as they're concerned. >> reporter: montiel said that the border patrol took four minutes from the time of the shooting to this call to the american authorities.

let's listen to that call. >> he said that the delay suggests indifference to the fact a mexican boy had been sh shot. >> if they're really worried about someone being hurt you don't wait four minutes because obviously the shooting had stopped. >> reporter: jose's mother said the letter from the border patrol is an outrage. >> while i think they're mad, they're wrong. how can they not be to blame? it was an assassination. at no point did my my son shoot at them. he did not have a weapon. to me it's a murder. a murder needs to be paid for. justice has to be dealt with. people can't go around killing people and have immunity. >> reporter: border patrol agents do face assaults with rocks. this letter went out just weeks after saying agents have been attacked with rocks more than

1700 times since 2010. 43 times they responded with deadly force, killing ten people. no border patrol agent has ever been killed by a rock. the memo instructs agents to take cover and not shoot unless they are in imminent danger of death or serious injury. with all this in mind is shooting ever an appropriate response to rocks? despite the border patrol's letter to the family t the fbi is investigating. local patrol agents would not talk about the case. >> people feel like there is stone walling. there is a lack of information and lack of transparency. how does that affect the job? >> well, it doesn't affect it too much because we don't have any control over the investigation. i explain that to people. but overall once that investigation is pending, we're out of it. like i said, we cooperate fully with the investigative agency, but as far as giving information

to the public, we can't do that. >> reporter: surveillance cameras tower over the intersection where jose antonio was killed, but whatever images those cameras caught that night haven't been released. >> show me the video of where my son shows rocks. i want to see the video. i want to see where my son hurts them. it's a pain that will be there until there is justice until i know who killed my son and he has been judged. only then will i be able to think that all americans are border patrol agents aren't that guy. >> reporter: paul bebam. al jazeera, nogales. >> more than 350,000 undocumented immigrants were detained coming into the united states from mexico just last year. most of them end up in front of the country's 231 immigration judges. those judges are only

able to see an average of 1200 case as year, which has led to a serious backlog and processing and clearing undocumented immigrants. joining me from miami is michael wild an immigration attorney and former prosecutor. thank you for your time. so we are talking about a backlog here in processing these cases with, what, 231 immigration judges handling everything from asylum requests to depou deportations. how wouu describe the stress the system is under? >> it's an explosive circumstance. i'm formerly a prosecutor. the studio i'm sitting in in miami, i have an office, we have three offices in the united states, and all we do is immigration law. all of our colleagues know how overwhelmed the courts are. there are 179 immigration judges with our president deporting

several million people, it's important to recognize and understand that this is a daunting task. for people who are putting people in the system who will languish on for years, it's a can that they're kicking down the alley, and we don't have the resources. >> you know what, let me following up. how long does it take, and maybe you hinted at it just a moment ago. how long does it take your office to get a deportation, for example, or an asylum case from start to finish through the system today? >> it can be weeks, or it can be half a decade. >> are you kidding? >> you have no idea how these things can languish on. you know, the president to his credit put out prosecutorial, and doka, relief for young children but sometimes they put people in the system inadvertently only to take people out of the system at a

later time having wasted thousands and thousands of dollars, torn families apart and put people through needless removal proceedings. there are doctrines in the system for people who are not violent offenders from going through the system. but it takes others who are preying on the system. i have to tell you, i teach immigration law at a law school. my father started our practice. i'm second generation immigration lawyer. we represented john lennon from the beatles from back in the day. it's an undaunting task for this country to be trying to remove people who may be consciously objecting to the circumstances in their own country or unable to go back there to be treated as common felons and put in

detention facilities. >> do you agree with people like ariana huffington and others who call obama administration's deportation machine, that's a phrase that even you have used, inhumane? >> i'm a democrat. i'm a former mayor in new jersey where i reside. i can't tell you how disappointed i'm with all the rhetoric and gestures, this president has made it worse not better. this deafening silence in washington. this country, a diamond in the rough, the greatest experiment on democracy. we're educating students and stopping them from work visas. we're taking objections on principle as we stand as police officer of the world and we're going to take these people and

put them in with common thieves. it's out of character. it's out of character for this president. it's out of character for this nation. >> well said. michael wilds, an immigration attorney and former prosecutor from miami. you can watch al jazeera ameri america' new series "border land." that's 6:00 p.m. specific. in vatican city pope francis has become the first pope to take personal responsibility for the priest who is have abused children. the pontiff has been criticized in not doing enough in decades of priests abusing children. in greece general chancellor angela merkel praised the country for work through budget cuts to turn its country around, but it said that it's a long way

to go. merkel is not well liked there. since germany has supported harsh budget cuts greece started selling bonds after being shut out of the market for years. al jazeera is demanding the immediate release of its journalist who is have been in prison in egypt for 104 days. they appeared in court on thursday. the case was adjourned until later this month. they are falsely accused of providing a platform to the outlawed muslim brotherhood, a fourth journalist al jazeera's arabic channel was detained out trial since last august. highways been on hunger strike. al jazeera rejects all charges. a man accused of a fatal wreck at a daycare center has been behind bars. marie ines has more on that. >> reporter: the 28-year-old appeared in court in florida, but did not get bail.

he will spend the weekend in jail. he is accused of driving his suv into another car causing it to crash into the daycare center. he fled the scene and later turned himself in to police on monday. a judge is expected to hear arguments on whether to release him on bail. the crash claimed the life of four-year-old, her mother spoke about her loss. >> she was a princess and super hero at the same time. she would runaway in a to you to you waving a sword. she was just incredible, and she's gone. i got a phone call from a screaming teacher, that i needed to come. i came, and no one could give me any answers. >> reporter: in pennsylvania police still don't have a motive for wednesday's high school stabbing. accused of stabbing 21 students and a guard. 's not saying much to the police on advice of his lawyers.

authorities don't think he was targeting any particular student. eight teens are still in the hospital. four are still in critical condition. in ohio a state investigation found probably links among five small tremors last month. ohio is revising its permit conditions in earthquake areas and stopped all drilling at the site of last month's tremendousers. >> do you think there is a ban of fracking in pittsburgh. >> reporter: that's right. >> and now ohio. this is starting to get serious 2347 there is a big state investigation. >> really? >> reporter: yes. >> thank you. in mossville, louisiana, one of the most polluted places in the united states. the mostly african-american town is surrounded by 14 chemical plants. they suffer from life-changing ailments, but there are plans to build another plant. kimberly halkett has our report. >> this is my father's first

cousin. >> reporter: dorothy and her family have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana, for seven generations. but she fears she'll be among the last. she said contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residents of mossville. >> the toxins in the blood levels was elevated three times of that of the united states population. >> reporter: die ox sin is a known carcinogen. they feel that more than a dozen chemical plants the state government has allowed to move into mossville is contaminating the community. more than 500 residents living here are african-american. at a town hall residents shared stories of suffering, accused the chemical plant owners of what they called environmental racism. >> i've seen people die. i'm afraid of that. i don't want to have to sleep in

it. i knew where i was, but i don't want to sleep with a gas mask on. >> reporter: state officials deny that it poses a death threat. the state's governor recently approved a plant to allow the chemical giant to build one of the largest chemical plants in the western hemisphere in mossville. the new plant is expected to spew millions of tons of greenhouse gas noose the community. >> but he said it's not a bad neighbor. in fact, it may an generous one. it's offering to buy up some but not all of the homes that would surround the new plant. residents should not live in fear as toxic emissions rarely escape. >> since the late 70s it demonstrates how frequently it crosses the fence line and goes into the community.

the bottom line is that they seem to ignore it. >> reporter: dorothy and others are demanding that the state provide a toxicology clinic to residents free of charge. >> so the health of these residents could be monitored. they could be tested for other chemicals that might be present in their blood streams so that they will have an idea of what their health problems are, what they're sufferin suffering fromt their families are dying. >> reporter: science is on their side even if politics right now are not. kimberly halkett, al jazeera al, mossville, louisiana. >> hard to believe but part of the country could see snow and severe weather this weekend. dave warren is tracking the threat, come on. >> meteorologist: not at the same time that air is coming up from the south. to the north is where we'll see

that cold air going south. a sharp contrast looking at severe storms with wind and hail possibly on sunday in this area here. to the north of this front though that's where you have the cold air and the snow. winter storm watches and the snow could go all the way up to the great lakes. >> look at that. just a little bit. appreciate it. good weekend to you. >> coming up on al jazeera america. a new effort to give more help to people who take care of soldiers and veterans. we'll have details and a look at the difficulties these new caregivers are facing, and those who are board and creative using post its to do it.

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>> michelle obama led a group of first ladies to announce there are now be more legal and financial help for people who take care of soldiers still abroad and veterans who now return home. it comes on the heels of the biggest study. it found these caregivers had more problems with health, money and relationships than those in previous wars. roxana saberi with more. >> reporter: tony, the study found that around half of those caregivers have no one taking care of them, and many of them have emotional problems like depression. i visited a woman in connecticut who is taking care 6 her injured husband and four kids. she said she often feels all all

alone. >> she has always been a stay-at-home mom. she's constantly cleaning, cooking, and caring for her four kids. but over the past few years her job has gotten even harder. >> sometimes i'll do laundry and it's frustrating when that happens, right, honey? >> it just adds to doing another load of laundry. it's like double work or three times. >> her husband served three tours in iraq. he survived three bomb blasts until the last one ended his career in the army. >> it was seven to ten feet away, and as it came up it rattled me, knocked me back and knocked me out. >> his spine, legs and shoulders would recovery but wounds remain. post traumatic stress disorder and severe traumatic brain injury. >> my mind wanders and before i know it three days have passed.

>> he has no concept of time. he could take a shower three days ago and he will literally think in his brain that it was this morning. >> reporter: jonah relies on blair to send reminders to his phone. >> take mood medication. he takes an anti-seizure medication. >> to make sure that he takes his medication and keep him company at home. crowds can make him angry and anxious, and sudden sounds can send him off. >> it is a strain, but at the same time i can't imagine not doing it. what else am i going to do? it is difficult. i don't have much time on myself. >> they survive on savings and disability. planning on the future is a struggle. >> i don't think i can go through tomorrow. i have to look at today. >> who takes care of military caregivers in the united states? >> no one, really. it's difficult to cope alone.

>> reporter: but blair hides his hardship with a smile until i asked what keeps him going. >> he does. he's pretty amazing. after everything he has been through, he is the strongest person that i knowed, and i love him a lot. >> there are some social media sites that help people like blair share their experiences. there are some government programs to help caregivers, but many of them are new and don't do enough. >> blair. >> she is a strong woman. >> we like her. call it a solution for boredom for a fry frye in the office, franciscsanfrancisco workers shg

creative of payin playing hang n posties. >> go to sf post it, and you'll see a slew of design on office windows in san francisco. some call it the new post it social media. i'll show you some of them. this is a serve board. and this one is really funny because a bunch of people put different things. this post it up here. these are a bunch of mario brother characters. this is a little hang man that they've been playing. this one says they're hung over, so of course this is a friday. people have gone out the night before. lol, this is what i came in to work, #giant cat. and they're paying ticktack toe on these windows. >> are they getting work done? i don't know why that popped in my head, but there you go. >> this is oh dominion.

he approves of the new social network in san francisco. and if you read it backwards it says it is happy hour. >> it is happy hour somewhere in the world, right? >> reporter: yes. >> our show started at four. it is now four minutes--happy hour in four minutes. everyone! one and all. what is your at here. what is your at? >> reporter: it's right here. you'll see all these links and more. >> see you back here at 6:00. appreciate it. >> reporter: see ya. >> a look at the day's top stories. and much more when we come back. this is al jazeera america.

so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down the confusing financial speak and make it real. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at the day's top story. president obama formerly announced kathleen sebelius' resigning and nominated his choice to repraise her as health

and human services secretary. he has tapped sylvia burwell, currently director of management and budget. federal investigators are trying to find out what caused a deadly bus crash in california. a fedex vehicle veered through the median and collided with a bus full of students on their way to visit a college. ten people died in the crash. dozens were injured. the deadline has come and go to clear protesters out of ukraine. protesters are calling for a referendum on independence pope francis is asking for forgiveness for child abuse that has happened within the catholic church. in a message the poem also took personal responsibility for the priest who is sexually abused children. and crews are narrowing their search for the missing malaysian airlines plane. australia's prime minister said

they're confident that signals coming from deep within the indian ocean are from the missing plane's black boxes, but tony abbott said that the signals are fading. batteries within the boxes only last about a month. inside story is next. >> the obama administration said that it would drop illegal immigrants with no criminalists to the bottom and criminals to the top. did they? that's the inside story.