communities fighting back... >> we're fighting for you and we're taking these neighborhoods back, for you. >> a special look at the moves adding fuel to the motor city five days in detroit only on al jazeera america. ... ♪ this is al jazeera america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. protesters sees an eastern ukraine police station as demonstrationspread. the u.s. points a finger at russia. more than a dozen are killed in violence around india massive elections. residents a texas town demanding a cult-like church leave and the push to cut the number of people dying from lung cancer.

♪ this weekend, the white house is urging russia to stop trying to destabilize ukraine. this comes as more than a dozen gunmen seized a police station in the small eastern town of slobiansk. it's demonstrators have occupied a government building in donesk for nearly a week. meanwhile negotiations are happening at another occupied building. ukraine's acting president has called an emergency meeting with the national security council today and the united states vice president will travel to kiev later this month. kim vanell has the latest. >> this is the police station, usually a place for local officers, now in the hands of pro-russian activists. more than a dozen gunmen, many with professional-grade weapons go in and out of the building. it's unclear how many more may be waiting inside. outside the building, local supporters gathers.

hundreds chanting the records "referendum." they say they want the people to vote on autonomy from kiev. many believe the interim government is i will legitimate and not listening to the people in the east. >> our people want to live quietly and peacefully without the junta who seized power in kiev. we don't want to be their slaves. we want to be with russia. >> they took the building in the early hours of saturday morning. this video shot from across the road shows them preparing to enter through a window wi. within hours they had fortified their positions. >> just seen a truckload of reinforcements arrive. right now, as you can see, they are pulling out large tires to reinforce their barricades. people are arriving all the time bringing supplies, food, handing them over to the people who are now very much in control of the police building. >> just moments after being told to film them so they could show support, they turned on us,

attempting to take our camera gear. riot police are reportedly being seen from donesk. by mid-afternoon, they had not arrived. authorities in kiev have a difficult task on their hands with continued cause for a referendum and unrest in the east spreading fast. kim zonell. al jazeera. >> i spoke to amy knight about whether she thinks russia is trying to take over these eastern cities or disrupt ukraine's new government. >> it's difficult to know what russia really wants, and i think we have to be careful in making predictions because we don't know the decision-making process is going on right now. it's pretty up really for to prevent ukraine from forming a country more aligned from the west to russia. >> means a division of ukraine

than that, that might had been. and moscow's long-term plan. a large population of russian speakers. many are worried about ukraine's new government. ahead of the presidential e les. the syrian opposition forces are blaming each other for a deadly gas attack. the video you are about to see is pretty graphic. reports say two people were killed yesterday and more than 100 hurt. 125 miles north of damascus. syria agreed to give up chemical weapons last year after hundreds died in another chemical weapons attack back in august. the united states blamed the government. syria has denied responsibility. the victims. rebels. a bus carrying election officials, a 5-week long general

e infections. they have been calling for a boycott on the vote. later tonight we will take a le deeper look at india's general election. the world's biggest. tune at 8:00 p.m. eastern and 5 pacific for that report. >> a gunman is on the loose in kansas city randomly targeting highway driveways. at least 12 of 13 shootings since march 8th are connected to the same shooter. three drivers have been hit but none of the injuries were life-threatening. police have stepped up highway pallet trolls. the f.b.i. has joined the investigation. the cia's interrogation tactics are coming under fire. a leaked report says the extreme methods used by the bush administration after 9-11 may be illegal. richelle carey has more. >> the late senate intelligence committee's report paints a picture of extreme torture methods used during the burg administration. it offers new insight into the cia's use of enhanced interrogation techniques. the findings say the harsh

methods might have been illegal even under the definition of torture that was set by the department of justice at the time. the te techniques included he sleep deprivation, confinednament in a cramped box and slam something detainees into walls. dianne feinstein hinted at what the report contained last week. >> it 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 maclachy news published them the 6,000 page report. the first, it did not assist the agency in acquiring intelligence. it goes on to say the agency misinformed the public, the bush administration and concongress

about the necessity of their tactics and says the cia employed techniques on detainees that were not authorized while wrongfully detaining others. overall, the findings conclude the agency's actions were more extensive than what it originally reported. feinstein said the senate believes the number of prisoners affected is far greater than the cia first acknowledge did. >> richelle carey reporting there. a for the-up on a story we have been covering. a small church in the town of well. texas is sparking more controversy. it extras an extreme version of christianity many consider a cult. people in that town confront church members. heidi jo castro joins us from wells, texas. >> what sparked the outrage in that town? >> jonathan, this church of wells has bought up so many businesses and homes in the small community of less than 1,000 people that the city and the residents of wells say that they feel like their town is being taken over. for example, this gas station and grocery store right behind

me, that's owned by the church of wells. it's one of the first businesses they bought since landing in this community in 2011. since then, they have bought houses. they have bought businesses, and they are a fundamentalist christian group that believes in modeling their lives after the apostles in jesus christ's time in the bible. according to their message, unless you live and act like they do, you are condemned to hell. >> that's a message that this group shares through open air preaching where they go to areas with big crowds and preach in loud and aggressive voices. and last saturday, they were doing just that at a community parade here in wells when some children heard they were going to hell. according to the father of a 4-year-old, he says his daughter has been traumatized since. >> her and several other children that are unmentioned are traumatized from it.

they are having nightmares. they are not wanting to, you know, go out and play any more, and we are pretty much doing this today to show, you know, our town is not going to take it. we are going to stand up for our children. we are going to stand up f up fr our elderly and everybody in our town. we are not going to take this. >> last saturday during that parade, there was a violent scuffle in which several members of the town, severalmen attacked two of the church of wells members. they ended up being treated for minor injuries at the hospital. jonathan. >> heidi, two questions for you. first off, what is it the people in town actually want from this church? and how is the church reacting to all of this? is it going out of its way, it seems, possibly, to try to make nig nice with its neighbors? >> for your first question, jonathan, the town simply wants this church to leave, to get out of town, and that's why they called the protest. today, it ended up being much more paetsches but it was a confrontation between those two sides, the church of wells and the residents wells. >> as far as the church's

message, i spoke with leaders earlier today. they said they feel god led them to this town and they will stay until the population is converted or until god sends them a message to leave. >> we believe god sent us here to wells to reach, you know, this community of people and the surrounding communities of people with the message of the gospel, and what makes us peculiar from other professing christians is that we don't believe that the claims of the gospel, itself, are plainly understood by the common public of even professing christianity >> reporter: to add another twist to this story that we have been covering now for months, there is a woman by the name of katherine groves, a 27-year-old woman who left her home in arkansas last year, disappeared

and eventually wound up here in well. as a member of the church of wells. her family has been searching with her, wanting her to reunite with them. we saw her at today's protest. she looked well. i asked her how she was doing. she looks at me with a blank stair and then she said that katherine is dead. jonathan? >> okay. certainly odd developments there in rural east texas. heidi jo castrow, thank you. still ahead, the attorney general announces changes to racial proceed tiling rules. find out why civil rights groups thinks they are not. a routine owners teen offe sentenced to spend an entire life in prison. why some think the punishment does not fit the crime.

♪ the department of justice may soon change how its agencies are allowed to use racial profiling. but those changes are not likely to end some of the current profiling groups opposed by civil rights groups. revisions would expand profiling to include race, gender, sexual

orientation, but the new guidelines would not change how it uses nationality to map neighborhoods, recruit informants or look for foreign spies. new rules would apply to the dea, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and explosives. let's try to clear this up wi withfaiza patel. thank you for being in. what is the takeaway from these new rules that are being discussed within the f.b.i.? >> well, the takeaway is that it's not enough. basically, back in 200 these, the bush administration adopted these guidelines for the department of justis, which as you said prohibit the use of race among other categories in law enforcement activities. but those guidelines were insufficient because they did not include certain important categories like religion and national origin. and you also have this giant loophole. when the bush administration put forward these guidelines, they gave two justifications. the first was that profiling on the basis of race constituted

invidious discrimination. must one ask the question as to if it's invidious on race, surely it is on religion or national origin. >> until now, the f.b.i. could profile someone based upon religion, sexual orientation, gender? >> yes. well, under the guidelines. >> under the guidelines >> under the guidelines. >> they could still racially profile people based on the criteria of a national security investigation? >> or on the border. those are the two places where the guidelines have loopholes. it's interesting because the justification for the guidelines was not just that they constituted discrimination but, also, that they were ineffective. racial profiling, as a tactic, has been shown in study after study to be ineffective. one might ask the question: if it's an ineffective tactic, why do we want to save it for our most important investigations, those involving national

security. >> is it truly ineffective, though? a lot of people will say that seems to not make sense, especially when you are targeting certain populations, certain groups that there is in some quarters argument did favoring profiling specific groups of people? >> i think all of the studies that have been done and there were a number of studies done on racial profiling particularly in the 1990s have shown that when police officers use race as a criteria, they are not actually getting the people they want to get. in new york, around the stop and frisk controversy, for example -- >> but that's a far different beast. racially profiling within local police departmentstion, than it is within the f.b.i. and targeting suspected terrorists? no? >> why? >> that's the argument some make. if you are having had a dragnet picking up young americ african-american people? >> than picking up muslim men? i think it's equivalent. i think if race doesn't work --

the reason race doesn't work in law enforcement is that instead of doing police work and actually looking for signs of suspicious criminal behavior, policemen are falling back on stereotypes and taking the easy way out. the same applies for when you are looking for terrorism. it's very easy to say that guy that looks kind of foreign and is reciting a prayer under his breath, he must be a potential terrorist. >> what i have wondered in reality is that happening? because i thought it was not supposed to be the sole factor within a federal investigation to pursue someone based upon their religion, based upon their race, there had to be other things in there to also make it worth their time. that's right. >> that's normally the standard that's used in law he knew forcement. but the other thing can be something very, very small. so in the stop and frisk category, for example, one of the main things that was used along with race was furtherive movemen movements. so, it becomes very subjective and very open to the law enforcement officials'

interpretation of what that could be. >> also things the f.b.i. will be allowing is to map ethnic populations which is bothering civil rights groups? >> correct. >> what does that mean when you are talking about mappingethnic populations within cities? >> basically, for example, within new york, what they will do is they will map out where the muslim communities are in new york, you know, certain other ethnicities have also been mapped. there are documents in lath la they will go out covertly and say, in bay ridge brooklyn, there is a large arab community and seven mosques and eight restaurants and two bookstores where people go and that's the one where al jazeera is playing. >> that's something that is going to be happening? >> that's something that. we haven't seen the guidelines? right? we have only seen news reports about these guidelines that are about to be issued. so according to what we have heard, that will still be allowed.

interesting developments there. we appreciate your time today? >> thank you, jonathan. >> other news now, four score and seven years ago, we have all heard that before, so began one of history's most famous speeches. abraham lincolnths gettysburg address. ken burns is paying tribute to the that and says why lincoln's message still resonates today. >> this is the deck collaration of independence 2.0, doubling down on the flawed hypocracy in some ways of thomas jefferson's original declaration which said we hold these truths to be self evidence yet he owned more than 100 human beings. abraham lincoln is coming back from the civil war kicking the can down the road has created and said at the site of the greatest battle ever fought on american soil we have a new birth of freedom. the first sentence he talks about the past. the second, the present and the rest, he is pulling us, willing us. he is begging us to enter a

future and it's the operating system, the 2.0 that we operate under now. >> and you can watch our full interview with ken burns on "talk to al jazeera" at:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. the nsa is denying that it knew about a critical security bug before it went public. bloomberg news reports the agency was aware of the so-called heartbeat bug for two years and that it exploited that glitch to gather intelligence. bloomberg says the agency employs more than a thousand experts of similar bills to steal passwords and sensitive information. the nsa's response. the report is wrong. lung cancer takes 160,000 lives every year and often it is nots detected until it is too late. a government panel is hoping to change that. lisa stark has more from washington. >> president bush, president

clinton, members of the. >> sent-year-old gabriella is getting a c getting a cat scan now recommended for people at high risk of lung cancer. she started smoking before the harmful effects were known. >> 50 years later, i regret very much that i did. >> this is armani's third ct scan. an earlier one showed miniscule spots on her lungs. if this scan shows they have grown, that would be alarming, possibly lung cancer. >> i tell you i am scared to death. >> are you scared to death? >> always before. >> we are all familiar with mammograms to look for breast cancer, col on auscopinionies to alone for colon cancer. >> doctors hope they become as routine for those at high risk. >> armani's doctor says up until now when lung cancer has been

caught, it is usually too late. >> patients don't develop symptoms until the cancer has spread outside of the chest and that's when its more advanced and is not curable. >> because of that, only about 15% of people diagnosed with lung cancer survive more than five years. with this test, doctors hope to find the cancer when it's small enough for treatment. studies show the scans could routes deaths by 20%. >> that's why a key panel recommended an annual scan for high risk smokers and former smokers between the ages of 55 and 74 who have smoked the equivalent of a pack a day for 30 years. this is a game changer. it will increase the number of people that can be rid of their disease in time. >> despite the success rate, some critics argue it can lead to false position and

unnecessary privileges but an emotional laurie ambrose who has been battling for years to get the scans approved said any risks are more than offset by the lives saved. >> it's not every day you can feel like you have made a difference in peoples' lives. this is a big one. it's a real big one. it's good. all very good. >> it's also very good for gabriella, armani: >> i said, just to everybody, whom i see, go and check. go and check. it's so important. >> armani will be back next year. the scans are now a part of her yearly health check-ups. lease a attacker, al jazeera, washington. >> a bill moving to the floor wouldege restrictions on guns. the law would allow people to carry weapons without a permit when a state of emergency is declared. responsos say it will help maintain order after a hurricane

or blackout. florida's house of representatives overwhelmingly approved the bill yesterday. it heads to florida's senate. the supreme court has banned life sentences for most minors who commit crimes. police say florida judges are getting around that by sending them to prison for decades. natasha is in jacksonville with more >> reporter: shammik wasn't old enough to drive when he went to prison. now, at 19, he is an adult, looking at living in a cell until he is an old man. >> do you feel hopeful? >> yes, ma'am. yes, ma'am. i pray every day. >> at 14, his family says he was the kind of kid who got bs in school and was trying to get money to help his mom after she lost her job and their home. in 2009, he and a friend attended -- intended to hold up a jacksonville man named battle. when he turned around, griddine attacked. he suffered buckshot wounds to his head, face.

he carried the secret for what he had done for three days before he confessed to his family and turned himself in. >> i was like, no. >> wasn't my son. so, you know, shock, upset, disappointed. >> he pled guilty to attempted first degree murder, attempted armed robbery andal aggravated battery. the mandatory sentence is 25 years in prison. it sentence would him to seventy years. >> by sentencing him to 70 years, he threw shamik on the garbage heap and said you ain't worth nothing. >> how do you feel about what's happened? >> i feel bad because i know i was in the wrong. at the same time, i was young. i was young. trying to be cool, trying to help my mother out. >> advocates say it's the susceptibility to peer pressure combined with changes in a brain still developing that show why juveniles shouldn't be treated or sentenced as adults.

>> lee lava villa says judges in florida are circumventing a supreme court ruling banning life sentences without parole for juveniles who commit crimes other than homicide. she stresses that judges are sentencing juveniles to long prison terms that are virtual life sentences. >> these people will never, ever see the light of day. they will die in prison. >> thomas bakadol has prosecuted more than 50 juvenile defendants being tried as adults. he says he refuses to believe that teens don't have the mental capacity to fully differentiate between right and wrong and comprehend the repercussions much their action. >> my number 1 mission is to protects the public from future violence, then i am going to seek the greatest sentence i possibly can to protect the public. >> that's what you pay me for. >> now, the florida supreme court will weigh in. griddine has filed a lawsuit against the state. >> you can define a life sentence as a sentence that does not provide a meaningful

opportunity for release based upon rehabilitation. >> what griddine and his family are asking for is an opportunity for him to make a positive mark in the world instead of being remembered only for his crime. >> he do have a change to turn his life around and make good of it. >> as things stand right now, griddine might not have the chance until he is 77 years old. natasha, al jazeera, florida. >> the boston marathon is a little more than a week away. up ahead, the new security steps taken one year after the bombing. 3d printing. the incredible technology and the issues it's triggering.

here are the top stories this half hour. pro-russian gunmen stormed another police station.

one of many government takeovers in that region. ukraine's security councilheld an emergency meeting. joe biden will travel to kiev later this month. >> terrorizing drivers, 12 shootings since march 8th are connected. in each case, the shooter fired from near an exit ramp. three people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries. residents of wells texas confronted those who perforactin extreme form of christianity. thousands of italian cities took to the streets in rome. at least eighty people were hurt after fights broke out between protesters and police. dmroj straightors are against the new economic forms. in the italian capitol with the latest. >> this was the heart of roam on saturday.

one of the trend iest streepz became the scene ofts became the scene of one of the most violent clashes in months. this was the biggest demonstration two months after he became prime minister. it started as a party and ended in urban warfare. >> it seems to be some kind of violence that has e resulted i don't know if you can see paper bombs exploding. this is exactly what authorities thought would happen here just right next to the labor ministry. they knew that this would happen. it is happening right now. >> most were protesting against the high speed rail planned in favor of housing rights. >> politics does not provide

answers. people become desperate. >> that's why we will continue fighting every day. >> many, the prime minister made it easier for employers to hire and fire employees. so far, italians seem to be cautiously optimistic about proposed tax cuts and public spending review. two months in the job, he has faced the anger of those who oppose his drive for reform. al jazeera, rome. >> iran says it will not change its choice of ambassador to the u.n. despite u.s. calls to do so. washington has denied a visa for hamid abibi. he insists he was a translator at the time. tehran says he was given a visa before and that it plans to challenge this decision. iran says the u.s. is failing its obligations as a u.n. host country. >> a french foreign minister is in cuba, the highest ranking

french official. he comes as cuba and the european union are discussing a complete normalization of relationships. cuba is looking for ways to attract for more than investment. funeral services have been held for the associated press laid to rest in germany. she had covered several wars during her career. afghan police officer shot and killed her. it's the first known incidents of a security officer targeting journalists. australia's prime minister said picks detected in the indian ocean are likely connected to the missing flight 370. tony abbott played down a breakthrough. he said it may take a long time to find that plane. >> we have narrowed down very considerably narrowed down this area but trying to locate anything four and a half

kilometers beneath the surface of the ocean, about a thousand kilometers from land is a massive marv, massive task. it is likely to continue for a long time to come. >> the batteries in the flight data and voice recorder are supposed to last about a month. they are likely to the verge of running out. >> plane has been missing for 36 days now. it's the kind of stuff science fiction movies are made of. 3d printers, desktop size machines that maybe objects from scratch. industry experts say the only limit is your imagination. some warn if it gets into the wrong hands t could prove dangerous and maybe even deadly. courtney keeley has more. >> the first 3 dimensional printer was introduced about 30 years ago by a company called 3-d systems. since then, they have come a long way. small printers are now available to consumers at prices lower than ever before: a thousand dollars or less but while figureans and 3d belts are

impressive, it's the manufacturing grade 3-d printers that steal the show. at the printing expo in new york, exhibitors displayed everything from sneakers to bikes and musical instruments. >> 3d printing literally unleashing your creativity in any avenue or area of interest whether you are a consumer or a professional. >> hold that smile. >> that's great. >> want to replicate yourself? no problem. with a tablet and hand held wand, there i was. >> it's a real simple enter phase. i hit "next." it's creating a 3d picture of you. >> it's from these digital images almost anything can be printed. objects are created by cutting or bending raw materials into a shape. >> with 3d printing a raw material is dripped or sprayed in layers, creating an object from the bottom, up. >> as the technology grows, so does the amount of materials

that can be used plastics, nylons, metals and certainamics can be piped into the printer, affecting the durability and weight of the objects printed. this has been particularly important to the medical field. just a few weeks ago, a dutch woman received the first full 3d printed skull replacement. previously, only parts of the skull could be replaced. doctors had to create the implant by hand and the surgical theater using cement. now, 3-d printers are creating eye, nose, dental and joint i am planets all with the promise of a better fit and easier recovery for patients. >> so this is an actual hip? >> this is actually, this is 3d printed in color based upon a ct scan and mri scan and so it's anatomically accurate. if you would need an implant, you would be scanned and based on this, a new implant could be made. surgeons could do it.

>> you will see much more in the way of healthcare. you will have organ replacement. bone scaffolding. we have models that allow physicians to eliminate the need for cadaver bone. that's a phenomenal use of technology. some point out this remarkable technology can be used in t nepharious ways. a non-profit in texas released a video of a founder shooting a 3d plastic gun. it is to create a fullly downloadable gun in support of universal access to firearms. some say it could allow criminals to make weapons. in december, congress voted to extend the undetectible firearms act that outlarms firearms that can't be detected by airport style metal detectors. it would currently cost roughly $100,000 to make a functioning plastic gun.

they pointed out it's much keeper and easier to procure a traditional .1. >> i would think so. this technology is frankly st stunning. body parts and guns. there is a lot of concern about the technology as well? >> the intell he can't annu-- intellect annual property rights. who has it? so, for instance, staples is offering 3d printing. if you come in with a digital file but you are replicating somebody else's file, who is at fault? staples or the person that brought the digital file. the courts will have to hammer a lot of this out. >> it could be like printing books. who is responsible? the copy right is with the original author but if you print a book, people would look at that as the same way of 3d printing. courtney, thank you. appreciate it. the city of boston is preparing for this year's marathon and with it, a somber university. a year ago, explosions killed three people and hurt 260 others. the head of this year's race on april 21st, authorities are

installing cameras that feed into a single system along the marathon route. >> that's not all. >> down links from helicopters so they can get a different view of what's happening out there. we have folks out there monitoring social media looking for trends. >> authorities say there will be a big police presence during events to mark the april 15th bombing anniversary and more officers on duty on race day. new jersey governor chris christie has been given more time to respond to lane closure lawsuits filed against him. one suit was filed by several people saying the resulting traffic jams made them late for work. the other was filed by several private car companies which lost revenue during the four days of closures. a new jersey judge said last week, he is still deciding if the two cases should be consolidiated. he gave christie an extension until he makes a decision. a cattle ranch has won a week-long battle with the federal government. the bureau of land management tried to remove clyde bundy's

cows from nevada. he the government says he owes more than a million dollars but that it will no longer forcibly remove his cattle. still ahead on al jazeera america, the navy's newest marble joins the fleet. also, a look at one proposal to counteract global arming and the impact of climate change. also, goodbye business school, hello drone school. we will tell you about one university that will sooning offering classes in unmanned air crafts.

they call themselves the green army, a group of environmentalists are taking on oil and gas companies. they are suing over the damage done to the louisiana environment. here is kimberly halkut. >> reporter: for more than 30 years, retired lieutenant general russell honor e served

in the army but now he is fighting a new battle to save his state's environment? >> because. impact of the oil extraction companies that have come here and basically had their way in the state of louisiana, they have hung their flag over the state capitol. >> honore says he has watched for decades as state politicians turned a blind eye to pollution he says was caused by the oil and gas industry in the gulf of mexico. in the air, honore says it's easy to spot the abandoned wells and uncapped pipelines. >> it take nature thousands of years to build these wetlands but in roughly 75 years or one lifetime, much as disappeared, turned into open water >> reporter: environmentalists claim the government allows the industry to self regulate. >> that's why the green army has filed a lawsuit asking nearly 100 oil companies to honor contracts requiring them to repair the destruction.

>> every scientific study including the industry's own has concluded that the industry caused a significant amount of damage. there is this idea that the oil industry is above the law. >> louisiana's governor and oil industry supporters in the state's legislature are pushing back. legislation has been drafted that would stop such lawsuits. a statement the louisiana oil and gas association said the green army is just one more group seeking to extort money from the oil and gas industry. this group is suing the very industry that is providing steady growth and stable jobs in a flailing economy but honore says little industry profits ever line the pockets of residents. louisiana is the fourth largest energy producer in the u.s. its residents are the second poorest in the united states. >> democracy does not work in louisiana. this place is controlled by an industry, oil and gas.

and they write the laws and the people of louisiana have to fight their own government to try to protect this place. >> it's not clear when the courts will hear the green army's case, so the coalition is working to draft its own laws and gain a foothold in the state led legislature despite decades of destruction, they hope their efforts will begin to influence state politicians to help protect louisiana's coast. kimberly halkut, al jazeera, new orleans. >> it is a cause for celebration in the nation's capitol and something we look forward to every year. the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. cold temperatures and wintry weather had delayed the blotsoms but thousands turned out for the national cherry blossom festival parade. three weeks of events. marching bands from states across the country joined in. they are so beautiful and finally, rebecca, some warm weather. >> both coasts, too, warming up so nicely. a little bit of a cool down on the west coast in california. they had temperatures in the 70s

near 80 and now, a more comfortable near the water, mid- to upper 60s, even seattle in the low to mid set up 60s today and highs. this is so far in the west because you are still in a few hours of daylight left. in the east, we enjoy days in the low to mid 70s. to start our weekend and we are going to have a gorgeous sunset to go with it. let's move on to where we don't have such great warm weather with clear skies and that would be severe weather that we are monitoring. coming across michigan right now, central michigan, we have got some thunderstorm watches stretching to the south of you and severe thunderstorm warnings right in the center of the state. other areas are getting these powerful storms have been reporting mainly hail with these storms. hail ping-ponged size in iowa. >> that's why we are continuing the thunderstorm watch in your state at this time. here is the storm report. mostly hail but some wind gusts were up to 60 miles per hour when reported earlier.

wind gusts right now are strongest where you see the brighter colors. and note that it is right, the central portion of the state from oklahoma over into new mexico and arizona. we are going to keep these strong gusty winds here to the west through tomorrow and that problem lends itself to critical dry weather increasing fire danger. so there is fire weather watches, red flag warnings out. so letting the folks know that deal with these dry gusty winds and small sparks being set just about anywhere could spread quickly. >> that's why they put out red flag warnings is just to alert you. hey, it's dry. it's going to be gusty winds and these two coming together can lead to brush fires spreading very fast. otherwise, through the rockies, we have got some snow coming down. winder storm weather advisory impacting the parts of the rockies. moving ahead to our forecast for tomorrow, we are going to see the winds increasing farther over to the west. this time, pushing in to arizona and the strongest gusts are

expected to be about 40 to 50 miles per hour tomorrow afternoon. otherwise, the rainfall will start to increase with this little system of thunderstorms, it's going to get a little closer to the east coast tomorrow, but still, staying dry. looks like a great weekend, again for both coasts, jonathan. >> sounds good. thanks, rebecca. the world's leading organization on climate change will release a major report tomorrow. but a leak draft has drawn a lot of criticism. it is to help government and businesses slow down global warning. jacob ward reports on some of the solutions being offered. >> the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere sparked by 40% since the industrial revolution. and the latest report by the inter governmental panel lays the blame almost entirely at the feet of human beings. >> the experts agree it should be reduce our emissions. what happens if we can't? one market based approach is to pull it back out of the aranda company in california has already prototyped a machine

that can do just that. the device removes c 02 directly from the atmosphere and scaled up, the company claims such devices could have an impact on the entire planet. >> first thing to understand about carbon dioxide removal is there is no cheap and easy fast fix there. all of the carbon dioxide removal involves infrastructure that's pretty much at the same scale as our energy system. >> ultimately, the sun is what's warming up our planet, and some scientists have suggested blocking that sunlight out and reflecting it back into space. >> cloud brightening as it is called 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 a natural processes that's already there. the natural process is to form clouds. >> incredibly fine water vapor? >> right and it e vap rates quickly as you can see. what you don't see is the little tiny salt particles that are left behind.

with the technology you are developing, how would it get into clouds? would you take it up in a plane? >> you would use a ship, a fleet of about a thousand or two,000 ships for the entire planet. >> while his team focuses on existing clouds, cal dera and others have considered a reflective cloud around the entire planet. the idea is based upon something that happened in nature. >> this poster child for solar engineering is the mount pinatubo e rumings. >> the 1992 eruption in the philippines spewed millions of tons of reflective sulphuric particles in the heir. >> the earth cooled almost a three fahrenheit. if that amount of material had been kept in the stratosphere, that would have been enough to offset all of the global warming expected this century. so we need a small fleet of airplanes, 10, 12 airplanes. so, i see this as in case of emergency, break glass kind of thing. some worry having that option is only going to encourage us to

continue emitting greenhouse gases the way we always have. scientists also worry that tinkering with nature could have unforeseeable and dangerous consequences. >> we know how to moderate climate. we need to adopt energy efficien efficiency, deploy renewables and remove the subsidies from fossil fuels. >> in an age of so much innovation, the idea we could rereverse climate change through technology is attractive but the truth is we only barely understands what geo engineering might do to the planet and to the skies that all of us must share. jay ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> still ahead, sin city is known for a lot of things. but fine art? not one of them. coming up, a push to change that. speaking of a work of art, check out the navy's newest toy. up next, a look at whether the striking ship is worth the multi-billion dollar piece tag.

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is no longer facing murder charges. he and his family were accused at throwing rocks at police and utility workers. police withdrew the charges against the baby boy and a judge dismissed the case. when you think of las vegas, some think much slot millions and some think of elvis weddings. some are trying to redefine sin city and turn it into a hub for the arts. las vegas where people go to indulge but usually not to appreciate art patrick duffy has supported the art scene here shows us works both home-grown and global. he won't deny the arts have struggled here the las vegas art museum where he served as president closed in 2009 during the recession. but he remains optimistic. >> we have about 2 million people that live here every single day of their life.

we are going to be able to also gather some of those tourists to be interested in our galleries and institutions. >> some tourists have already made their way off the strip one block from the city's main drag is marty walsh's gal occur. the current exist rifts off the city's neon signs? >> they aresponding to the color, the bright lights, not necessarily the lifestyle here gu the color. artists based hearsay sin city inspires. >> the saying 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. >> he says 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's there as you work >> reporter: on the strip, the

belagio hotel and casino has a gallery. some tourists drop in. it's not why they come to vegas. >> strippers, alcohol. >> cocaine? >> christina, no. >> sorry. >> like a good time. >> out with your girls? >> cut loose. forget your problems. >> definitely not art. not art. sorry. >> you can go to a museum to experience art or the arts can come to you. >> that's what's happening at the city center where there is a large collection including this one by henry moore. >> bring it to the people and perhaps someone will pause to appreciate the art here david grains acabstract pop art looks like wall puzzles. like so many we met, he can't imagine being anywhere else but here. >> don't understand estimate las vegas. there is a lot of culture here

random bizarre culture. >> that comes off of the casino floor and is remade into cool contemporary art. melissa chan, al jazeera, las vegas. >> there is some beautiful art even if nobody is going to be there to see it. the u.s. navy welcomed the latest edition, a stealth destr destroyer. it was chris ended this afternoon in maine. the 610 foot ship is the navy's largest destroyer. thanks to its advanced technology, the ship only requires half of the crew of existing destroyers, it is scheduled to go into service in 2016. >> ship costs more than $3,000,000,000 to build. we talked about earlier with naval reporter grace jean and i asked her what makes this navy warship stand out from the others. >> it features a lot of very new capability that the navy has not had before. you mentioned the stealth. >> that's one of the biggest features of the ship. if you look at it, it looks almost like a submarine.

it took a lot of indications of its design from the undersea warfare area. and you also have a lot of fire power capability on board that ship. you are talking about an advanced gun system. you have .2 of those. it's going to fire missiles. it's going to fire a long-rangeland attack missile that can reach land from 63 nautical miles away. >> when you talk about the fact that it's a stealth ship, what does that mean exactly? can it be seen by other countries' rad arizona? >> the navy calls it a reduced radar cross section. the way that that works is if you have a ship that is detecting other ships at sea, using a radar, this ship looks actually smaller than what it really is. so, it's kind of deceptive in that way. and there are design features inherent in the ship that make it seems smaller. >> pretty fancy. another final detail about the zumwaldt that's worth noting, the name of the commanding officer, the navy commissioned

james kirk as the first leader. this captain kirk is the real deal, a graduate of the naval academy with 25 years of military experience and a pretty proper name for a commander of such a futuristic ship. you have heard of unusual college degrees but how about a major in drones? the university of texas in arlington will begin offering an unmanned aircraft system certification program for undergrads this fall. the school is one of few that has been given permission by the federal government to test drones outdoors. as for the future, the university expects to eventually offer a master's on the subject at its school of engineer. there is a future there, kids. >> that's our show. thank you so much for joining us. i am jonathan betz. i will be back with more news in an hour at 8:00 p.m. eastern, five passionic. "techknow" survivors, help in a heart beat. 7 koert thirty talk to al jazeera with ken burns the. the director discusses "the address" about kids who overcome their learning disabilities to

memorize and publically recite the gettysburg address. he shares how itt these words motivate students. >> i will see you in an hour. have a good afternoon. this is "techknow," a show about invasions that can change lives. we are going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we are doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hardcore nerds. dr. shim soma are. a, tonight, ojbriganse motivates with his voice. get ready for something great. stay humble and hungry. imagine if he still had his real voice. next, the technology that's allowing patients to save a valuable part of themselves. >> that's significant. >> beforet'