interested and so they never get nominated. >> glad to have you with us the show may be over but the conversation continues. our facebook or google plus >> good morning to you. and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford with the stories we're following for you. in ukraine pro russian activists refuse to leave government buildings. >> a ball of fire. everyone screaming. >> what witnesses are saying about a fedex truck that hit a bus filled with teenagers. plus fires, tinkering with

the earth's climate. >> this is good for us because you have to feel like can do anything. >> reporter: sin city officials take a gamble of getting people off the strip and into art galleries. >> in eastern ukraine the situation is escalating rather quickly. armed pro russians have now taken control of a police sessiostation. in karkiev they have arrested 70 separatists for occupying government buildings. >> reporter: now in control of two separate buildings. one is the police head quarters. the other is the security

building. we've seen armed men, 15 to 20 outside of the building all with professional weapons. we saw sniper there is as well. on the other side of the barricade there are a few hundred protesters there to support the activists inside. we came out and then went to go back in but was turned on by a mob who tried to take our cameras saying because we're not from russia we can't be trusted. the interior minister has said, the interior ministry said that their aim is to take firearms. and there were 20 machine guns and more than 400 pistols seiz seized. firearms are being handed out to

protesters. we have not seen that but you get an idea of how fluid the situation is. >> an iran man has been refused visa to the united states. he is accused of an incident where american hostages were held for 144 days. he acknowledged that he was a translator for the group. the nsa is denying a report that it knew about a security bug before it went public. the report said that it was aware of the heart bleed bug for two years and exploited that glitch to gain information.

the nsa response well, they say the report is simply wrong. the c.i.a. coming under fire as richelle carey reports on its controversial tactics. >> reporter: the report of extreme torture methods used by the c.i.a. during the bush administration. it reports on the use of enhanced techniques. the harsh methods might have been illegal even under the deaf fission of torture including waterboarding, stress positions, sleep depravation, confinement in a camp bo cramped box. >> the report exposes brutality that stands in stark contrast to our values as a nation.

it chronicles a stain on our history that must never be allowed to happen again. >> the washington based m mccatchy service, the report is 6,000 pages long. the first being the interrogation techniques did not assist the agency in acquiring intelligence. it goes on to say that the they misinformed the public, congress about the necessity of their tactics, and said that the c.i.a. employed techniques on detainees that were not authorized while wrongfully detaining others. the findings were that the actions were more extensive than originally reported. feinstein said the number of prisoners is far greater than the c.i.a. first acknowledged. >> kansas city police are still searching for a serial shooter who is preying on drivers.

authorities say they can connect 12 of the 13 incidents to one gunman. three drivers have been wounded since the shootings began on march 8th. the gunman appears to be targeting cars on highway exit ramps. the gun debate continues. the bill moving to the florida legislature would ease restrictions on guns during a disaster. it would allow the carrying of guns without a permit once state of emergency has been declared. it would help to maintain order during an hurricane or blackout. the florida representatives approved the bill by 80 to 36 vote. it must still be approved by florida senate. a fedex truck collided with a tour bus. while investigators search for clues, ten families prepared

funerals. >> marisa and mari were inseparable up until the moment they boarded separate buses headed to the same college they wanted to attend together next fall. >> we wanted to see which was one best. marisa was one of the five students who died on highway 5 in northern california. her tour bus was hit by a truck. the driver also died along with three chaperones. others were injured in the fiery crash while others managed to escape. >> just a ball of fire, and then a ball of fire. everybody is screaming. >> for many they would be the first to attend college. >> it's one of the seconds where

you die, i don't wish this on anyone. >> now they're trying to figure out just what caused that fedex driver to cross the yazzie median and hit the bus full of teens. >> determined why this crash happened. it is not just about the what, but the why. that why allows us to. issue safety recommendations to prevent these types of crashes from happening in the future. >> the "l.a. times" is remembering that two witnesses said the fedex truck was actually on fire before it hit the bus. they'll be investigating the site of the crash but it could take long for find out what caused the crash. three weeks before the mudslide crews are still searching for seven missing people. the death toll now stands at 36 and they've all been identified. search efforts have been hindered by the risk of flash floods but president obama already traveling to oso on april 22nd to meet with those affected by the disaster. the australian prime

minister are standing by his comments saying that pings detected in the indian ocean are connect to the malaysian missing jetliner. but it's batteries are fading, and warranted that it may take a while to find. >> we have narrowed down very considerably narrowed down the search area, but trying to locate anything four and a half kilometers beneath the surface of the ocean is a massive task, and it is likely to continue a long time to come. >> the batteries and the flight data and voice recorders are supposed to last a month, but the plane now has been missing for 36 days. today the u.s. navy is welcoming the latest edition to its feet. this photo shows the warship just last year and now is being

christened today at its dock in maine. it's the navy's largest destroyer, but it requires half the crew of an existing destroyer. risking it all for a chance of a new life. we'll look at people who risk crossing the border into the united states. that's coming up on al jazeera america.

>> australians breathing a sigh of relief after the cyclone that they thought would be the worst in three years did not live up to the hype. downgraded overnight from a category 5 to a category 1. it left some destruction you about there are no reports of serious injuries or damage. possible bad weather right here in the united states. >> not too widespread, that's the good news, but there are

areas in the upper midwest that we're watching closely. that's where all the action has been so far today. we have rain changing over into snow. you can see that green changing over into blue. that is now coming down as light snow near duluth where temperatures are gone down to the freezing point. we still have the warm air in place where we have rain storms popping across wisconsin down into northern illinois. these are the cluster of storms. with this batch we could be dealing with large hail and winds at 60 mph. we're also watching these storms moving across zipping off to the east at 70 mph. we now have severe storm thundem warnings. and we'll need to watch out. around the lacrosse area that warning will be for another 20 minutes and then illinois.

watch out for the heavy rains, gusting winds and large hail. behind that storm system we still have that cold air coming down. an then further west into the rockies of denver watching out for snow there. we can see anywhere from just a few inches upwards to a foot. winter still really not let going just yet. now as far as severe weather the air will stay warm all in advance of this cold front that will press off to the south and east. as it does we get the warm most air from the gulf of mexico. we're talking about hail, strong winds and the athlete of a few tornadoes possible. a moderate risk of severe weather will exist. in the northeast skies are clearing out after overnight rain showers. lots of sunshine and plenty of

warmth. close to 70 and 80 degrees by the end of the weekend in d.c. >> thank you so much ebony. the report on climate change will be released tomorrow. but there is already a lot of criticism and the report is a scientific guide to help government and businesses to take action to slow down global warming. jacob ward reports on the new ideas that are trying to save the planet. >> reporter: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has spiked since 40% since the industrial evolution. it lays the blame almost entirely at the feet of human beings. experts agree that the priorities should be to reduce our emissions. but what happens if we can't. one marketplace approach it to pull carbon dioxide out of the air. a company in california has prototyped a machine to do just

that, and it could have an impact on the entire planet. first things to understand about carbon dioxide removal, there is no cheap and easy fast trick. the carbon ions sid dioxide remt the at the same time schedule as our energy system. >> cloud brightening is the process of basically filling a cloud with particles that can reflect the sun's energy and keep it off the earth. >> what we really do is enhance the national process that is already there. the natural process is to form clouds. >> you find the water vapor. >> and then it evaporates quickly. what you don't see are the salt particles that are left behind. >> reporter: with the technology you're developing how would it get into clouds? >> you would use a ship of a

fleet of 1,000 to 2,000 ships for the entire planet. >> reporter: while they focus on existing clouds. other scientists have considered creating a reflective cloud around the entire planet. the idea is something that is based on something that happens in nature. >> the 1991 eruption of mount penitubo in the philippines spewed sulfuric acid into the air. >> the air cooled about a degree in fahrenheit. if that would have been kept in the stratosphere that would have been enough to set off all the global warming of a century. >> some worry that having that option is only going to encourage us to continue emitting greenhouse gasses the way we always have. scientists also worry that tinkering with nature could have

unforeseeable and very dangerous consequences. >> we know how to moderate climate. we need to adoption energy efficiency, remove the subsidies from fossil fuels. >> reporter: in an age of so much innovation the idea that we could reverse climate change through technology is attractive but the truth is we barely understand what bioengineering might do to the planet and the skies that we all must share. >> illegal crossings across the border of the united states has increased dramatically. border patrol made 91,000 arrests in the rio grand valley, 69% more than the year before. there has been a string of shootings involving border patrol agents. we go to a border town between arizona and mexico. >> a dusty cross and faded

plastic flowers mark the spot where jose rodriguez died, gunned down in his hometown of nogales, mexico. this is a story of a boy, a border, and a wall of silence. sometimes shortly before 11:00 p.m. on october 10, 2012, the 16-year-old died 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. >> at least one border patrol agent fired from around here in arizona through the fence down into the street, down into mexico. why? border patrol said jose antonio was throwing rocks at them. but one eyewitness said jose antonio was just walking down the street. even if he was throwing rocks, was shooting him an appropriate response? was he really a threat to armed

agents up on a cliff behind the fence? jose antonio's grandmother is an american citizen. she lives on the arizona side of the fence in nogales a few minutes away from where her grandson was killed. at a bedside shrine she prays. >> there needs to be justice because it seems to me a cold blooded calculated crime. to me it's a crime with no justification because he wasn't doing anything. he was just walking. he wasn't doing anything. >> almost a year and a half after the fatal shooting the border patrol has formerly responsed to jose antonio's family. >> there is jose antonio's mother. >> their attorney shows me a letter he received.

>> your clients claim cannot be attributed to wrongful negligence act or omission on the part of the united states customs and border protection. and it's over as far as they are concerned. >> the border patrol took four minutes from the time of the shooting to make this call to mexican authorities. >> let's listen to that call. >> he said that the delay suggests indifference to the fact that a mexican boy had been shot. >> if this they're really worried about somebody being hurt you don't wait four minutes because obviously the shooting had stopped. >> jose antonio's mother said the letter from the border patrol is an outrage. >> well, i think they're mad, they're wrong. how can they not be to blame? it was an assassination. at no point did my son shoot at them. did he not have a weapon, so i

think it was a murder. murder has to be paid for. injust has to be debt with. peel cannot go around killing people and have impunity. >> sitting aside the crazy border control agent do face assaults with rocks. this memo went out to agents just a week before antonio's family. it said agents have been attacked with rocks 1700 times. 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're in imminent danger of death and serious injury. with all this in mind the question remains is shooting ever an appropriate response to rocks? despite the border patrol's letter to jose antonio's family, the fbi are investigating.

>> people feel like there is stone walling, there is a lack of information, lack of transparency. >> how does that effect the job? >> it doesn't effect it too much because we don't have control of the investigation. i slain that to people. but overall once that investigation is pending, we're out of it. we cooperate fully with the investigative agency. but as far as giving it to the public we can't do that. >> surveillance cameras tower over the intersection where jose antonio was killed, but whatever images that was caught that night, it hasn't been released. >> they did not do the right thing. i want to see the video. i want to see how my son hurts them. there is a pain inside of me until i see justice. only then will i be able to think that all americans that

are border patrol agency aren't that guy. >> coming up this sunday al jazeera america will debut a new original series called "borderland." it tracks diverse americans retracing the steps of three migrants who died coming into the united states. that is at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. we'll be right back. >> posing as a buyer... >> ...people ready then... >> mr. president >> who should answer for those people

>> good morning, and welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm morgan radford. and here are today's headlines. kiev officials say armed gunmen have seized a police station. ukraine's prime minister said special forces are now on the way to remove them. authorities are trying to figure out exactly what caused a deadly freeway collision in north america. ten people died and five were teenagers on their way to tour a college campus. a climate change major

league report will be released tomorrow, but leaked drafts are already drawing criticism. when you think of las vegas you probably think of slot machines and fake elvis weddings, right? well, melissa chan tells that some are trying to redefine sin city and turn it into a hub for the arts. >> reporter: las vegas, where some 40 million tourists flock to gamble, to party, to indulge, but generally not to appreciate art. we're at the university of nevada las vegassed a patrick duffy shows us works homegrown and global. he won't deny the arts have struggled here. the arts museum where duffy worked as president remains optimistic. >> we have two million people who live here every single day of their life. we're going to be able to gather

some of those tourists to be interested in our galleries and institutions. >> some galleries have made their way on the strip. one block up the drag. >> they're responding to the color, the bright lights, not necessarily the lifestyle here but really the color. >> reporter: artists based hearsay sin city inspires. >> you know the saying of what happens here stays here. vegas has a permissive atmosphere, and this is good for artists because you have to feel like you can do anything. >> reporter: he said out here in the desert he can work in a low profile studio while drawing on the city's high profile glitz. >> so it never escapes your mind that it is there as you work. >> reporter: on the strip the bilagio hotel and casino has a

gallery, some drop in, but it's not why they come to vegas. >> strippers, alcohol-- >> cocaine. >> no. >> sorry. >> no, you know, a good time. out with your girls. >> foot loose. forget your problems. >> definitely not art, sorry. >> you can go to a museum to experience art or the art can come to you. that's what is happening at las vegas' city center complex carrying a large selection of contemporary and modern art including this one by henry moore. bring it to the people, and perhaps someone will pause to appreciate the art here. david's abstract pop art uses color, and he can't imagine being anywhere else but here. >> don't under estimate las vegas. there is a lot of culture, random, bizarre culture. >> culture that comes off the

casino floor and is remade into cool, contemporary art. melissa chan, new al jazeera, las vegas. >> thanks for watching must must. i'm morgan radford. and "inside story" is coming up 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. >> million