>> a diplomatic deal to end the conflict in ukraine. what could dental if it is a success or failure divers enter the ferry that sunk off the coast of south korea searching for the missing. what the investigation has revealed about the boat's captain. >> i'm afraid of living under tyranny. >> a tense standoff fitting federal agents against a heavily armed militia. >> i was really a mess.

my palms would get sweaty, my face would get hot. >> a unique theater program helping children with autism find their voice and improve their social skills. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. there's been a breakthrough to end the political unrest in ukraine. >> diplomats hammering out a tentative pact on thursday. under the agreement, all sides would deescalate the violence in the eastern ukrainian cities under siege. secretary of state john kerry said russia must act immediately on this deal, if not, more sanctions will be imposed. >> president putin said he has the right to protect russian citizens by force just like he did in crimea. >> officials on all sides said they had low expect is as going into the talks but then a surprise, russia, the united states, ukraine and the european union crafted an accord to

deescalate a situation bordering on civil war. >> the parties agreed today that all sides must refrain from the us of violence, intimidation or provocative actions. we strongly condemn and rejected all expressions of extremism, racism and religious in toll lance, including anti-semitism. >> it was the first time russian's top diplomats has discussed the situation, representing a government moscow does not officially recognize. they all accuse moscow of sending agitators and undercover soldiers to take over government buildings near the russian border. russias envoy admitting nothing still agreed they should go. >> we are calling for these steps to be made, all military formations have to be disarmed, all the seized thises have to be returned to the legitimate owners, all the occupied squares

and streets have to be freed and amnesty has to be given to all protestors except those who committed griefous crimes. >> the organization for cooperation in europe created during the cold war and deployed in ukraine is tasked with making the agreement stick. it involves giving more autonomy to russian speaking regions and working on a new constitution before a presidential election late may. what is not in the deal is the removal of sanctions against russia. the e.u. and united states have already imposed some after moscow annex would crimea and threaten another round targeting the critical royal and gas sector if they feel moscow is not doing its utmost to deescalate the situation in ukraine. >> the geneva deal includes monitors on the ground to assassin in policemenning provisions. they would be provided by the u.s., e.u. and russia. >> secretary kerry said russia is ready to stick to the agreement, president obama did not appear as optimistic.

>> my hope is that we do see follow through over the next several days, but i don't think given past performance that we can count on that and we have to be prepared to potentially respond to what continue to be efforts of interference by the russians in eastern and southern ukraine. >> the president also warning of further economic sanctions if moscow escalates tensions in eastern ukraine. he all but ruled out a u.s. military response to help kiev fend out of a potential russian invasion. so far, the agreement is having little impact on the ground in ukraine. separatist leaders have no plans to leave the buildings unless the interim government in kiev resigns. in denetsk, there was a party to

the talks. the people on the east were pretty much relying on it is russian you guess to represent them. in kiev, they are pushing ahead to try to implement the various parts of the deal that would enable the crisis to be resolved. for example, the prime minister yatsenyuk has said the government will draft an amnesty law, meaning these demonstrators even though they've been occupying these buildings, in some cases, broke into buildings and some carrying weapons, there's an am necessary stay for them provided if they lay down their weapons and leave the building. it wouldn't apply to anyone who committed a serious crime. we're seeing the government in kiev putting the pieces together to enable that to happen. of course they have their own problem in the fact that you have still this camp city of pro europe demonstrators in the

central independence skier in kiev. under the agreement, they, too, should pack up their tents and vacate the public space. they seem to be digging in their heels in in kiev. the pro european demonstrator vow to hold the square until presidential elections at the end of may and don't intend on going anywhere, either. >> a view from donetsk. coming up, we'll take a closer look at the deal to end the conflict. >> the death toll in south korea ferry accident has jumped up with 28. those who went down with the ship of listed at missing. several cranes have arrived and they've gotten into the ferry for the first time. >> heading out on a foggy day to the focal point of a rescue operation. dozens of dozens of vessels and at the center of it all, just a

tiny part of this ferry breaking the surface. >> it's just after 9:00 a.m. local time. we're approaching the period when officials said the time would be fruitful to try a dive. >> crews attached a dive rope and entered the cargo hold before forced back by cob stackles and strong currents. preparations underway for the longer term with four cranes arriving. on land, south korea's prime minister arrived to take personal charge of the effort. much of the information made public is controversial. a man from the maritime minute city, he said divers had been down. we tried to establish why on

thursday, officials said oxygen was being pumped in before admitting that it wasn't, one of many questions left unanswered. some families feel lied to, others say too late effort is being made to get into the ship and get to the captain and crew. >> if the captain acted properly, many kids could still be alive. it hurts. it really hurts. >> hundreds of kilometers away, prosecutors raided the offices of ferry company. the captain was reportedly one of the first off the ship, may not have been at the helm at the time of accident. >> the situation was that the captain left a third officer at the helm temporarily. >> back at the port, more volunteer divers were getting ready to join the effort, but more than two days since the ferry capsized hopes they'll

find anyone alive. aljazeera, south korea. >> many of the victims of the ferry accident were high school students from the same school. there are reports this morning that school's vice principal who survived the accident may have hanged himself. relatives of the dead and missing prayed at the site of the ship wreck on thursday. schools across south korea holding candlelight vigils, students holding up paper messages, wishing for the passengers' safe return. >> coming up, a report from where family members have been awaiting word of loved once. >> kansas city residents breathing a sigh of relief after the arrest of a suspect in highway shootings. several people have been shot. we are joined life from kansas

city. what information have the police released about this suspect? >> they have released very little information, and that's pretty much been the case from the beginning of this investigation. police have held details close to the chest. they have not released any information about the suspect or potential vehicles, descriptions from witnesses. they've been connecting the dots over the last weeks, taking in physical evidence as well as tips and finally a break in the case. >> a month long hunt for the person responsible for shooting on highways around kansas city may have ended at this house. >> we've apprehended the suspects in the shootings. >> police went to this house located in a suburb just south of where at least six of the reported shootings happened. >> since early march, police say there have been more than 20 shootings and investigators

believe 12 are linked. the man in police custody is not charged but authorities hope it marks an end to the shootings. chris out of fear for his safety, asked us to share only his first name. someone opened fire on his car. >> i was still going 70 miles an hour when a window shattered in my face. >> another bullet passed through his left calf and ended in his right leg. >> 10 minutes after he was shot, tom mcfarland was tarted. >> i know there was a vehicle over my right back shoulder, and that's exactly where the bullet came from. >> kansas city police say they may have run the shooters off the road for good but are being cautious. >> investigation is on going. we're still looking at evidence and will continue to talk about it. i can't say this is the only suspect. >> it is likely that police have

been watching the suspect's house for several days. the last shooting that police say happened along the highways in the belt that was mostly affected was on april 6, but we expect more details later this morning when police come out with a press conference. we will bring that to you, as well. >> thank you. >> the trial of an egyptian cleric accused of providing support to al-qaeda now underway in new york. in opening statements thursday, they say religion was used as a cover to hide actions. the defense says there's no proof that he is a terrorist. >> it's taken u.s. prosecutors 10 years to get the man into this federal court in new york to make the case he's a terrorist leader with global reach. in its opening arguments. the prosecution argued the man used his position as imam in london to recruit and aid the training of militants to fight

non-believers. the prosecution said it will produce witnesses to link him to an al-qaeda training camp in afghanistan. witnesses will discuss what occurred at a terrorist training camp in oregon that he allegedly set up. in addition, there would be evidence of his active involvement in the kidnapping of tourist in yemen. >> the defense said there is no evidence that the man participated in any of that, that the prosecution witnesses are testifying to reduce their own sentence to say terrorism and shouldn't be trusted. a satellite phone bought by him was found later but says he only acted as intermediary. they say he should be tried only based on the evidence. >> without his trademark hook, would himself testify about what his lawyer says has been his

long journey. audio and video recordings will be played of interviews, some praising 9/11. the defense said that's an attempt to prejudice the new york jury and the tapes are irrelevant, since almost all of the charges he faces are for actions that occurred before the attack on the world trade center. the trial is expected to take four weeks. aljazeera, new york. >> if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. >> rescue workers are trying to dig workers out of a snow on mount every rent. 12 guides have died and others injured. others are missing near the base camp. the guides were setting the ropes for climbers who were going to climb in the coming months. mount every rest is the world's highest peak. at 29,000 feet, more than 4,000 climbers have scaled the summit since 1953 and over 200 people

have died trying. >> 4,000 people evacuating their homes in peru after increased activity from the countries most active volcano. it spewed ash over a 12-mile radius. ill will take three days to get everyone out, along with their animals. dozens of people exam plank of health problems. that volcano began to erupt two weeks ago. >> heavy rains could cause flooding in the southern united states today. >> our meteorologist nicole mitchell is here with your holiday weekend forecast. >> it is going to be a good one for most folks. even this rain in the southeast will end looks like in time for the holiday itself. let's take a closer look at this. you remember just a couple weeks ago, we had another area of just torrential rain causing problems in the deep south. we already have saturated ground in the area. not a lot of places for this new area of rain to go. we've got low pressure that's

been lifting its way north over the gulf, causing the problems, so you're getting all that gulf moisture just basically sucked in. because of that combination of the new rain and saturated soil, watch for river flooding, flash flooding around the area and coastal flooding with all that water just basically pushed into the region. we've got a lot of flood concerns up. here's how this goes today into tomorrow. you can see the core of this, looks like the heaviest stuff in georgia, panhandle of florida and florida. by tomorrow, this lifts out of the. it is going to be very soggy in the meantime. with all of this, some places, a lot of widespread area could see three inches of rain. some places could see six inches of rain. that's going to cause problems. we're also going to see the chance for some of those to be some stronger storms especially in central florida today. because of the flow, watch

the -- not that you'd want to be in the water, but the rip current effect in the panhandle. definitely not a beach day for many, many reasons. we're going to have a southerly flow through the midwest saturday into sunday. that means warm air. i'll have details on that in just a couple minutes. back to you. >> we were talking about mount every rest a second ago. nicole has climbed kilimanjaro. >> that woman can do it all. >> caring for children with severe disabilities. it's become big business in florida. >> she stuck her finger in my face and said we own you. i said you don't own me, sister. >> adjusts department report found florida system separates and isolates disabled kids. >> we the people have the sovereign right to defend ourselves and mill alicia is helping us. >> some call him a welfare cowboy, others call him a hero.

the tense armed standoff one man is leading against it is federal government over cattle grazing rights. >> our big number is 8 million. >> why that could spell success for the nation's health care system.

>> there's today's big number, 8 million. that's the number of people who have now signed up for health air under the affordable care act. >> that is up from the 7.1 million the president announced at the sign up deadline. the white house said those signed up under the age of 35 is the key. >> the additional 28% is from the crucial 18-34 demographic that the administration has been targeting. >> more than 100 kids with disabilities live in nursing homes in florida, because their medical needs are so great. parents and the justice department are suing, saying their civil rights are also being invited. in an on going investigation, our correspondent follows the money. she wanted to find out why

children seem to be stuck in long term homes for people who are much older. >> he was 18 and hope to go become a firefighter, about when i say heart stopped suddenly. the cardiac arrest and oxygen deprivation left him with brain damage. he ended up at a nursing home for children. >> it's one of three remaining pediatric nursing homes in florida. we spoke to his father. >> has anybody ever said to you he could be at home with home care? has anyone ever given you an option? >> no. i really wish they would have, but there's nobody there really to support. >> the federal department of justice civil rights investigation found florida has planned, structured and administered care that has led to the unnecessary segregation and isolation of children often

for many years in nursing home facilities. that system of care is worth a lot of money, $550 a day for each child. >> if you follow the money, you'll see the influence. it's incredible. >> nancy served in both the florida house and senate, where she chaired the committee overseeing nursing homes. >> the lobbyist stuck her finger in my face and said we own you. i said you don't own me, sister. >> the state's flee billion dollars nursing home industry has 21 lobbiests. the group's chief lobbyist is unapologetic. >> 21 lobbyists registered for this year. >> that's right. >> with 160 legislators? that's a pretty high ratio of lobbyists to legislators. >> right. we have a good lobby team. that's for sure.

>> so how much influence does money have here in tallahassee? >> significant influence. this building is our senate and house are driven by money. >> dan is cofounder and director of integrity florida, a non-partisan, non-government watchdog group. >> lobbyists of writing the laws, walking into a legislative office and saying here's the bill we want you to file. >> the nursing home association and it's affiliated political action committees spent more than $1.8 million between 2007 and 2013. >> we do support legislators who support long term care, absolutely. >> what they're really saying is you're going to do what we say. we tried to do something called aging in place, that applied to children who needed home care, also. we found it was much cheaper for many people to keep their loved

one at home. we talked about aging in place and they let it die and it was bought right out of consideration. >> when we went to kid's corner, children were parked in the hallway, not doing anything. some desperate for attention. it's attention they didn't get in kids corner and they don't get in tallahassee. >> these children don't vote, they don't write campaign checks. they don't come up to lobby tallahassee, the bag tuitions in the capitol. >> nursing homeowners and their powerful lobbyists do. aljazeera, plantation, florida. >> those suing the state say it costs taxpayers up to $300,000 a year to keep the children in the nursing home. >> let's check the temperatures across the nation today. >> after that cool blast after the last cold front moved through, a lot of people looking

for more warmth heading toward the holiday weekend. we'll start to get some of that. east coast, 50's including down to atlanta with similar temperatures to chicago. that's because of the rain. the cloud cover keeps things on the cooler side. we're starting to have in parts of plains denver, 78 degrees, some of that warmth. as i mentioned early we are be the flow is going to shift from the south over the weekend. we already start to get back into the 60's in northern parts of the midwest. for saturday, possible 70's by the time we get into sunday. some of these are places that just had snow yesterday, so that will start melting things off and be kind of a nice relief after all that cold weather that we just had. back to you guys. >> nicole, thank you very much. you always have to read the fine print when you sign a contract. >> that's what you say. why you may need to do that when you're buying your favorite cereal, too, why liking could

have big legal consequences. >> some people call him a welfare cowboy. >> attempts to get money from a long time nevada cattle rancher has led to a standoff between the government and armed militia members. >> i hope you die in prison, as well. >> harsh words from a judge. what happened in court that had him telling a convicted murderer he hopes she dice. it's one headline around the world this morning. >> this is st. louis. if you're there, i say buy the ribs. they're good.

>> good morning. welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. ahead, the standoff between a cattle rancher, armed militia

and the federal government over land rights. >> a lot of people say this con jurors up images of waco. >> can a company limit your legal rights just because you liked the facebook page or used a coupon. what's in the fine print on line. >> also in hour next hour, an opportunity bringing people to spain. why people are snatching up a lot of property there. >> let's look at top stories. pro russian activists in ukraine will vacate seized buildings in exchange for amnesty but say they will leave only if ukraine's interim government in kiev quits. it was part of a diplomatic deal agreed to between russia and ukraine to end the crisis. >> a man under arrest, but not officially charged in connection to the sniper shootings in kansas city. at least three people have been shot, and more than a dozen cars struck by bullets along area highways. police have not resealed the

identity of the suspect. >> the capsized ferry in south korea may have made a sharp turn that caused the accident. they say the third mate and not the captain was at the helm at the time. 29 people are dead, 270 still missing, including many who are high school students. some parents blame the ship's captain for the tragedy. company officials making emotional apologies for the loss of life. a school principal who survived the disaster has reportedly now taken his own life. >> >> it adds another layer of emotion to this tragic story, the fact that the deputy principal of the school should now have decided to take his life. he was with the children on that trip when they left wednesday to sale down to the island not far from here. he was one of those rescued and spent days at a gymnasium, a

makeshift camp for families and those who escaped the tragedy. the death toll has continued to rise. that means there are now something like 268 children that are still missing, still unaccounted for. the parents of those children are just a few hundred meters away from me here, sitting beside the ramp where the bodies have been brought ashore today. you can imagine how their anxiety levels raise every time that happens. we are seeing more frustration today. i watched altercation between several mothers and local media with the mothers accusing the local journalists of playing down suggestions that people could still be alive. that's a measure of their desperation, venting their anger and fury on anyone who willis.

south korean prosecutors say a third mate was actually on the bridge at the time of the accident and not the captain. that is another development and was the captain is now being questioned by the police. >> that's aljazeera's adrien brown in south korea, the court guard saying the workers are pumping air into the ferry but account understand stop the descent. >> south sudan, 20 people killed, the base shelters civilians from the war. the attackers pretended to be peaceful protestors delivering a petition to the u.n. thousands have been killed and more than a million people have fled their homes since fighting erupted in december. south sudan is the worlds youngest country. it gained independence from sudan in 2011. >> the lead u.n. investigator on how many rights abuses in north crow i can't wants the country brought before the world court following a report accusing the

country of crimes including rape, torture and even extermination. it's unlikely the case would make it to the world court because china has veto power. china has questioned the report's validity because north korea never cooperate the with the investigation. >> china is a great country and a great civilization, and it must itself be concerned about having at its doorstep a country which not only has nuclear weapons, but is also so internal unstable as a cause such injustice to its own citizens. >> coming up, we'll have a firsthand account of human rights abuses in north korea. one young man's story of watching his own mother and brother be executed. >> the ailing president of algeria set to win a fourth term in office, making his first appearance in two years when he arrived at a voting center in a

wheelchair. he's been in power since 1999 and a favorite among the six candidates rung. his bid sparking protest with demonstrators calling the election a sham. >> there is a tense standoff in nevada between federal agents and a heavily armed militia. it stems from a decades long battle between the government and one cattle rancher. >> his call sign, the joker, that's as much as he divulged. >> red leg three, what's your e.t.a. to the stage camp. >> one of the militia man defending the camp in case federal agents returned. other armed men set up a checkpoint. with is a.k.47 and nine-millimeter smith and wesson, the joker patrols the nevada desert. >> clive bundy decided to make a stand and we're backing him up.

i'm not afraid of death. i'm afraid of being a slave, living under tyranny. >> the government said bundledy trespassed by refusing to pay grazing fees. earlier this month, the bureau of land management finally started a livestock land up. that triggered bundy's last stand. >> we the people have the sovereign right to defend our self and the militia is helping us. >> supporters of bundy, many armed volunteers have come from across the country, from neighboring states and also as far as from new hampshire and tennessee. >> in a standoff a few days ago that almost turned violent, the militia forced federal officials to retreat and release bundy's cattle. some call them heroes defending rights, other consider them domestic terrorists and worry about the precedent set.

is the law optional so long as you have people with guns backing you up. >> what has people upset is it got to the point where the due process served through the court systems cannot be carried out in the face of militia. >> it has alarmed residents from the neighboring town. >> he is a free loading rancher. some people call him a welfare cowboy. i kind of tend to agree with that. >> what's unclear is what the federal government will do next, go a bundledies cattle or go after bundy himself. the bureau of land management has said: the bundy family has lived here since the 19t 19th century and say this is their land regardless of what federal laws and courts say. >> my family come in here with a covered wagon and pulled with a team of horses.

they've always been in the cow business and the agriculture, the irrigated land that's part of the ranch. >> as for his supporters, they've set up camp and say they'll say here months or years, however long it takes for the government to back off. >> the stand out of includes 1,000 armed militia men, cowboys and gun rights activists. there are about a dozen agents from the federal bureau of land management. >> a federal judge ruling that a woman was jailed for two weeks without cause. the ruling suggest that local police do not have to hold someone while federal authorities determine their legal status. activists say it logs down local police. >> the second episode of "border

land" airs this sunday at 9:00 p.m. six strangers with differing points of view experience undocumented immigration firsthand. >> we are hearing for the first time what it was like during the fatal bus crash in california. ten people including five high school students were killed when a fedex truck slammed into a charter bus. newly released recordings show the panic and chaos after that crash. >> what are you reporting? >> i was in a bus and we crashed into a fedex truck. >> the bus just exploded. >> it just exploded. whatever's on the freeway is on fire. >> that bus was full of high school students on its way to tour a local college. >> a federal judge rejecting an order to force g.m. people to stop driving cars, people

driving recalled cars are at risk because of the defective ignition switches. g.m. denied those claims, saying the cars are safe to drive as long as nothing extra is attached to the keys while they're in the ignition. the judge has referred the case to the national highway traffic administration. >> if you have a box of cereal, cake mix or hamburger helper in your pantry, general mills has a new legal policy that could away solve the company of accountability for its products. the company directed people to reeled its policy on its website. the new rules appear to prevent anyone from suing general mills if they download coupons, enter company sweepstakes or even like their page on facebook. it said disputes would be resolved by arbitration. a spokesperson from general mills denies reports that the legal policy means customers can no longer sue the company telling us in a statement:

>> here to discuss the change is founder and managing attorney at romano law, specializing in business law. thanks for being with us. who's right, can you still sue general mills if you have a dispute over one of their products? >> not if you join one of their on line communities, download a coupon from their website or enter one of their contests. >> thats black and white to you. >> the company's statement after "the new york times" story came out, the clarification was merely liking the company on facebook or following it on twitter will not cause people to force arbitration on consumers, but clarified that purchasing one of their products or subscribing to one of their services through their website does bind the consumer that to

that forced arbitration. the consumer is giving up right to jury trial, or arms in court action. >> is this legal or does this need to be cleared by the courts? >> that's a very good question. the court in 2011, the supreme court allowed companies to have agreements whereby within assumers opts out of class actions. a lot of times, these large corporations will control the arbitration process. consumers will to have travel to arbitrate disputes. it's costly and time consuming. >> is this something that a lot of companies are doing and we are only finding out that g.m. is doing it? is this a trend that we're seeing elsewhere? >> we've been seeing it a lot in the last few months, drop box earlier this year amended terms of service to allow for arbitration. starbuckss gift cards, if you get a gift card from starbucks

in certain circumstances, you will basically wave your right to litigation. >> as you mentioned, the supreme court has tended to be sympathetic recently with companies and class action suits. would you expect there to be an immediate challenge in court on something like this? >> you know, it already set up a fire storm across the internet, people objecting, people posting on the cheerios facebook page that they do not agree with this change and are opting out. i think you're going to see some challenges for sure. >> what can a consumer do short of not buying their products, general mills owns all sorts of other packaged goods, not just cereal. >> everything from lucky charms to bars. what a consumer can do is not participate in those on line communities, not download coupons, not join their contests. if you buy a product in the

story and are not otherwise engaged with the brand on line, you are not waving your right to sue. >> that's important to say. there is certainly going to be more on this. dominic romano, thanks so much for your insights this morning, appreciate it. >> pleasure. >> hydraulic fracturing is common here in the united states, but in the united kingdom a fight is underway to allow the practice to take place. using american research in their effort to keep fracking from happening. >> in the united states, almost a third of the natural gas produced comes from fracking. that's meant a big cut in energy prices. in europe, it's a very controversial issue. even though the continent is under pressure to find new energy sources, france has banned fracking altogether. in britain, some test drilling has gone ahead, but led to widespread protests. after concern about earth tremors and public health,

drilling in parts of the north of england was stopped. a government report, however, later said it was safe to go ahead. new research from north america says the u.k. report does not have the scientific back to go support it's conclusions. one concern is the possibility of birth defects. >> mothers who are pregnant and live in close proximity to high densities of shale gas development of statistically more likely to give birth to babies who have neurotube defects and congenital heart defects as opposed to mothers who give birth to babies who live more than 10 miles away from active dense shale gas development. >> the american research suggests the greater population dense city in britain could also be a big factor. >> we know from the scientific literature, not only in the shale gas arena, but in other forms of environmental public

health, that the higher a population density is with a given environmental basin, especially concerning air quality, the more people you can likely see being affected. >> but the organization which produced the british report, public house england said it stands by its findings. it says it has always accepted to information on the affects of fracking is limited and more studies required. the british government is keen to tap into the benefits of fracking, but it could be sometime yet before it gets the go ahead. aljazeera. >> the united states is the leader when it comes to producing natural gas from fracking. in 2012, 39% of all natural gas consumed was generated from fracking, canada coming in second with 15%. it is predicted natural gas production will increase 44% between now and 2040. >> a former b.p. employee has

been charged with insider trading. ththe s.e.c. said he used confidential information to unload company stock. b.p. stocks tanked after he sold his shares. he will pay to settle the civil charges. >> this weekend marks four years since the b.p. disaster that killed 11 people and spilled 200 million-gallons of oil into the gulf. today, the people and animals who live along the coast are still feeling the effects. >> this was a beautiful, beautiful place. >> coming up in our next hour, we are joined live from the bay, showing us how a once vibrant area was destroyed by the spill. >> today's headlines making news around the world. a mississippi judge was so mad at a convicted killer, he wished her the worst penalty possible.

>> you were relentless, you stabbed, you stabbed, you stabbed, you stabbed, you stabbed, until he was dead. i agree with the family. i hope you die in prison, as well. you don't owe foe this was a death penalty state, you'd be getting a chair. >> a victim was interrupted by saying is that it? the victim was stabbed 11 times. the prosecutors say that he used the filet knife to gut him like a fish. >> she showed no remorse, so the judge had reason to be angry. >> today's guardian newspaper reports an amazing story of forgiveness. at the gal lows, a convicted iranian murderer seconds away from being hanged was spared. you can look at this picture. the man is already blindfolded, the news around his neck and suddenly, the victim's mother approaches. she slaps him in the face and then she for gives him and asks

the executioners to spare his life. what's interesting about this is sharia law allows for the family to baseman execute the prisoner in this situation. >> supposed to kick the chair away in fact. >> yeah. >> iran has more public executions than anyplace other than china. >> the two mothers then hugged. the mother of the victim and the mother of the murderer hugged, so it's quite an extraordinary thing to see. >> it has been said if women ruled the world. there is speculation about whether hillary clinton will run in 2016. chelsea dropped a bombshell announcing she first pregnant. bill clinton was asked whether he wanted to be the president of the united states or a grandfather and he said grandpa. >> twitter went live, speculating whether this meant hillary would not run, which i think is sort of a sexist way to

view it. >> it is. >> nancy pelosi has five children and a bunch of grandchildren, still speaker of the house. everybody trying to reeled the tea leaves. >> women are better at multi-tasking than men. >> agreed there. all right, our discovery of the day comes from a galaxy far, far away. >> this will have star gazers dreaming of one day living on another planet. ♪ >> a theater program where all the actors have autism, designed to teach them to interact better with other people.

>> it's time for our discovery of the day, nasa as tron mess found a planet far, far away

that they say is similar to earth. >> the planet is roughly the same size as earth. >> scientists believe this planet has the right conditions for liquid water and could support life. that is not a real picture of it. that is an artists rendering. >> this is one of the big milestones we've been looking for in our attempts to find out if there are places just like home and if there's life out there. >> the study gives hope that there are more earth like planets. >> welcome to al jazeera america. >> straight ahead, we'll talk about a unique theater program bringing autistic kids out of their shells. >> first, let's get a check of

our weather. >> heading into a holiday weekend, you can see the big snowstorm we had has moved out and finally more sunshine. our big player is both the gulf coast and getting more active into the pacific northwest, as well. for the gulf coast and southeast, this is a heavy rainmaker, flooding potential today into tomorrow. looks like easter will be more cooperative for us and into the northwest, as i said, more moisture coming in, as well. back to you. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> it takes a lot of courage to get up on a stage and perform in front of a crowd of people. that is what a unique program is doing with autistic children. as jonathan martin found out, it appears to be helping the children improve social skills. >> it's a big night for 14-year-old jake. >> it's just been amazing seeing how it's all come together. >> and 9-year-old rayden.

>> you feel like it's a good chance. >> that it will go well. >> yes. >> both boys have autism and after weeks of rehearsal are taking the stage with children with the same disorder. this is part of research being conducted at vanderbilt university. >> we are looking at a number of different things, social behavior, communication, interaction and play and a stress level. >> the doctor has found the theater, using a theater set he to go study and improve social communication skills among children with autism. the research starts several months before hitting the stage with a series of visits to vanderbilt where researchers monitor each child's interaction on a play ground with two kids they never met.

saliva samples are taken at home and in the theater, measures stress levels, cortisol. they are helped to create a character. they practice modeling the behavior of the character by a video. >> so things like role playing or improvisation, interacting. >> while the research is on going and will be conducted again with a different group of children, preliminary data is promising. >> what we found is after participating in the intervention, these as i am stress levels and court sol levels go down. >> i was a mess, my palms would get sweat. >> i, my face would get hot. i was a mess. nowadays, i feel like a star. i feel amazing on stage.

>> researchers say they've noticed a significant improvement in most children's ability to remember faces a understand their overall social awareness, proving that treatment can happen in unconventional ways. the goal is to eventually use the research to serve as a model for other programs, helping children with autism improve the skills they need most. jonathan martin, aljazeera, nashville. >> autism now affects an estimated one out of every 88 children. >> today is one of the holliest days of the christian faith, good friday, commemorating the day they believe jesus was betrayed and put to death. in jerusalem, thousands marked the occasion with a procession, carrying wooden crosses to the ancient church of the holy accept you will kerr. the miracle of the resurrection is celebrated on easter sunday.

they says. >> washed and kissed the feet of his dimes. the pope washed the feet of elderly and disabled people. the vatican said they came from various religious backgrounds. the pope said the tradition shows a willingness to serve god and others. >> crews continue to look for hundreds believed to be onboard the capsized ferry in south korea. prosecutors may charge the captain who was nowhere near the helm when the accident occurred. ukraine and russia agreed toward working to end the crisis there, activists saying they will evacuate buildings only if the government resigns. >> a man arrested in kansas city. police believe he may be the sniper who shot at cars since early march. >> a formerly abandoned warehouse in detroit now a birth place for business, creating badly needed jobs in the motor

city. >> after a week that has included plummeting temperatures and snowstorm, how is the holiday weekend shaping up? i'll have the forecast. >> aljazeera america continues. we are back to you in just two minutes. >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news.

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as b.p. wraps up its cleaning effort. >> they are really returning the space and returning the humans to deep space. >> the next frontier of space, the plan to take mankind further into the heavens than ever before. >> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm dell wanters. an arrest warrant for the captain of the ship that sank. >> he was not at the helm when it capsized. hundreds are still lifted as missing after going down with the ship. >> relatives of the dead and missing praying at the site of the ship wreck, schools across south korea held these candlelight vigils and wrote messages wishing for the passengers' safe return. >> 268 people onboard are still lifted as missing. a principal was rescued and

later found hanged. south korean officials say strong ties and murk key waters are slowing down rescue operations. >> we have more. >> emerging out of the gloom, dozens upon dozens of vessels. >> they were forced back by obstacles and strong currents. preparations underway for the longer term with the arrival of four huge floating cranes to be

used. on land, south korea's prime minister arrived to take personal charge of the effort. much of the information made public is controversial. a man from the maritime minute city, he said divers had been down. we tried to establish why on thursday, officials said oxygen was being pumped in before admitting that it wasn't, one of many questions left unanswered. some families feel lied to, others say too late effort is being made to get into the ship and get to the captain and crew. >> if the captain acted properly, many kids could still be alive. it hurts. it really hurts. >> hundreds of kilometers away, prosecutors raided the offices of the ferry company. the captain was reportedly one of the first off the ship, may not have been at the helm at the

time of accident. >> the situation was that the captain left a third officer at the helm temporarily. >> back at the port, more volunteer divers were getting ready to join the effort, but more than two days since the ferry capsized hopes they'll find anyone alive are slipping steadily away. aljazeera, south korea. >> an avalanche took place near a base camp, and seven guides are still missing. they were setting ropes for the climbers on mount every rest. in 1996, eight claimers died on that mountain. >> there's been a potential break through to end the political unrest in ukraine.

diplomats hammered out a tenantative pact on thursday. all sides would work toward deescalating the violence. the deal comes as vladimir putin warns he has the right to protect suggestion citizens against ukraine's military force just like he did in crimea. aljazeera is in donetsk where so far the agreement is having little impact on the ground. >> pro russian demonstrators here are deeply skeptical about the agreement reached in geneva. in fact, some feel they've been sold out by russia, saying that since they were not part of those talks, they are not bound by the agreement. they say they'll stay in these buildings they occupy until their demands are met. they want a referendum on greater autonomy for the east of ukraine. possible agreement was that there should be an amnesty for people occupying buildings and the government in kiev has started drawing up such an

amnesty whereby people could leave buildings, lay down their weapons and not face prosecution. the people here say they are not going to leave these buildings until they see similar action in the capital kiev. they want to see the pro europe demonstrators vacate central independence square. those people are saying that they are committed to remaining in the square until presidential elections at the end of may, so there seems to be a stalemate at the moment in terms of actually implementing this agreement reached in geneva. >> the geneva deal includes monitors on the ground to assist in inge policemenning provisions. they would be provided by the u.s., e. you are and russia. coming up at 8:30 eastern, we'll examine the agreement that was reached between secretary of state kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> late enrollments in the

affordable care act pushed the total over 8 million. a surge of young americans looking for coverage helped surpass the original goal. at the deadline, just two weeks ago, 7.1 million people signed up. 35% of those enrolled are under the age of 35. 7% of that figure includes children under family plans, while 28% fall in the 18-34 age range. president obama denounced his republican opponents still vowing to repeal the affordable care act. >> if republicans want to spend all their time talking about repeeling a law that's working, that's their business. i think democrats should not be defensive, but move on and focus on the things that are really important to the american people right now. >> meanwhile insurance insiders expect premiums to rise 7% for 2015, much less than original estimates predicted. >> a pakistani immigrant to the u.s. has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in a terror plot.

the man is the youngest person ever to be prosecuted on terrorism offenses in the u.s. he was 17 when taken into custody in maryland three years ago, prosecutors say he was involved in an on line plot to kill an artist who drew a picture of muhammed. >> we are hearing for the first time when it was like during the fatal bus crash in california. ten people including high school students killed when a fedex truck crossed the highway, side swiped a car and collided with a charter bus. the panic and chaos are heard after the crash.

>> the california highway patrol currently investigating that crash. >> kansas city drivers may be able to breathe a sigh of relief, police have a suspect in custody in connection with a series of highway shootings. there have been at least a dozen attacks since march and several people have been shot. we are joined live from kansas city. when do we expect to know more about this suspect? >> well, kansas city police say we will here more sometime later this morning. they announced the arrest last night, but have given no other dames about the suspect that they have in custody. that's been the case since the beginning of this investigation over the last few weeks. as we understand it, they've connected the dots through physical evidence witnesses and tips and got a break in the case. >> a month long hunt for the person responsible for shootings on highways around kansas city may have ended at this house.

>> we've apprehended the suspect. >> police raided this home in missouri, howling away a car and taking away evidence. the house is located in a suburb south of where six reported shootings happened. >> since early march, police say there have been more than 20 shootings and investigators believe 12 of linked. the man seen here has not officially been charged. authorities hope it marks an end to the shootings that menaced drivers like chris, who asked us only to share his first name. last month, someone opened fire on his car as he veered off an exit ramp. >> i was still going 70 miles an hour when the window shattered. >> another bullet pierced the drivers side door embedding in his right leg. >> that's where it still is. >> while no one has been killed, a trail of bull headlight holes that struck cars and 10 minutes after chris was shot, tom was

also targeted. >> i know there was a vehicle over my right back shoulder, and that's exactly where the bullet came from. >> kansas city police working with the f.b.i. and a.t.f. say they may have run the shooter off the road for good but are cautious. >> we are still looking at evidence. i can't say this is the only suspect. >> there are reports that police may have been watching this house in missouri for several days. the last shooting that police have connected with this string of shootings happened back on april 6, around the same time that they began to post police along the highways in that grand view triangle where many of these shootings occurred. we expect to hear more later this morning. >> we'll check back in with you. live for us in kansas city, thanks, usher. >> attorneys for g.m. owners tried to get the company to issue park it now notices,

saying people still driving recalled cars are at risk of those defective ignition switches. g.m. said the cars are safe to drive as long as nothing extra is attached to the keys in the ignition. the judge has referred the case to the national highway traffic saved administration. >> it's going to be a cool start in most of the u.s. >> depends on where you are. we've got nice sunshine in a few places today, definitely for the southeast, not only all the rain, but the cloud cover and moisture keeping things a little cooler than average, which it already has been after that loft front moved through. look at this widespread area, alabama, georgia, definitely the panhandle of florida. this is a low pressure system migrating its way to the north, so really tapping into the gulf moisture, creating those areas of heavy rain this morning. if you remember, just back a couple of weeks ago, we had another system that moved along the coastline that brought heavy rain and some flooding concerns.

we're saturated with the ground. that means the new moisture doesn't have a lot of places to go and will lead to areas seeing river flooding or street flooding, coastal flooding. here's how this shapes up. through the day today, by the time we get to the end of this 24 hour period into tomorrow morning, it starts to lift farther to the north. a widespread area that will see three-inches of rain along the coast, i would say a lot of people will see that, but also florida, perhaps up to a half foot of rain, so we'll need to see exactly where that lines up. that's going to be a problem. also watch the panhandle, rip currents, not that you'd want to be in the water anyway and a chance for storms in central florida. this starts to lift out, watch especially into sunday for moisture into the midwest. warmer temperatures, i'll have more on that coming up. back to you. >> there is a new fies in the b.p. oil spill. four years after the disaster, beep ending clean up, it paid

billions of dollars for damages. has paying that hefty sum improved the environment there? >> in the words of win fisherman we spoke to earlier this week, you can clean the oil up but the impacts are still here. as you mentioned, deep decide that had they are done with the active clean up on the coast. they announce that had this week, but the effects here are still being felt. >> in the french quarter of new orleans is p&j oyster company. >> we're the oldest continually operating oyster processing and distribution company in the united states. >> on april 20, 2010, a blowout at a b.p. run oil rig 50 miles off the coast killed 11 workers and injured 17 others.

more than 4 million-barrels of oil gushed into the gulf before the spill was stopped. the environmental disaster shut down the company for more than three months and today it's operating at 30% of the business it had before the spill. >> things have not gotten better. the out of theres are not reproducing. >> 50 miles south of new orleans is a bay where many of the out of theres grow. we took a boat ride deep into the bay with commercial fisherman and captain, mark. >> i can't believe how much of the land is gone. >> also riding along, david, the national wildlife federation director of mississippi river delta restoration. >> this i guess the island before the spill, there were several hundred pairs of ground pell cans nesting. there was a healthy forest of

black mangrove here. >> oil got into the colony and it was underneath the mangroves. >> the birds are gone, the island now considered dead. >> it's sickening. this was a beautiful, beautiful place. >> its patches of march land here in the bay that took the brunt of the oil as it washed ashore, affecting the eco systems out here and the livelihoods the fishermen. >> mark lost thousands of dollars in the summer of 2010 and says that business is not the same today. he does say that b.p. helped him in the aftermath. >> the money helped make up for our losses. >> back in new orleans, at the oyster company, the opinion is different. al would like b.p. to spend billions more on building up the eroding cost and fisheries.

>> b.p.'s bandaid and have spent lots of money promoting all the good they do rather than doing what they're supposed to do. dead fish. >> meanwhile, research continues on the environmental impact. the state has a plan in place to help safe the eroding coast, build new barrier islands for wildlife and help louisiana seafood industry survive. >> we hear the captain say he was happy with b.p.'s response financially on his end. if we look at the numbers. b.p. has paid out about $11 billion to businesses and individuals since 2010 for their economic losses. another interesting thing that is on going, according to plaintiffs's lawyers, they expect 200,000 oil clean up workers to receive funds for medical issues that have come up since the oil spill has

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>> welcome to al jazeera america. up next, how your unfinished meal could end up at the recycling plant instead of the landfill. >> first a check of the temperatures across the country. >> temperatures will rebound over the weekend. 29 in minneapolis, phoenix at 72. a lot one today. already we'll see if temperatures nudge warmer in a lot of the east coast, more into the 50's after that cold snap. atlanta is 57, partially because

of the cloud cover and rain we'll see across the region will keep things from warming. the pattern will shift. we'll have winds saturday from south to north and a little more off to the northeast into sunday. that warm flow is really going to bump temperatures northward getting into the holiday weekend. watch this. already temperatures into the sitting's, well northward into portions of the midwest and by the time we get into sunday, the holiday itself, chicago, possibly around 70 degrees, memphis back at 80, so other than the chance for rain in the midwest, at least it will be mild. back to you. >> not bad, nicole, thank you very much. >> there are no government physician out showing americans are among the most wasteful people on the planet. nearly a third of everything we eat is thrown out, causing $161 billion a year. one community in vermont has a solution. >> in the small town of

montpelier vermont, more than a thousand people eat here each week. when officials suggested the restaurant recycle food waste, the openers scoffed at the suggestion. >> at that time, i said no way. we're too busy of a restaurant to be taking the timeout to com post. >> he changed his mind when he discovered recycling food scraps could save him money. instead of having to pay the city to carry away the garbage to a landfill, he would be charged nothing. business's organic waste was divert the to recycling. >> we collect food scraps because when they go into the landfill, they turn into methane, one of the most powerful greenhouse gases. we take them to com posters to be reclaimed into the oil. >> the city isn't just being environmentally conscious, it also has a space problem. the town's only landfill is

filling up quickly, and expensive to run. it's a problem facing many states all over america. they're simply running out of room for all their trash. the scale of the problem is a wake up call for local officials around the u.s. who are now looking to vermont's com posting program for inspiration. making the best use of the nutrients in wasted food begins where table scraps are fed to chickens who produce eggs. >> putting it in a landfill is a terrific waste of the value of the material. we turn this otherwise squandered resource into food right in the first day. >> although it's meant some initial reorganization in how the restaurant operates, the owners now see the benefits. >> it's tons upon tons of com post that we've diverted from

the waste stream. >> a flow the state hopes will gain momentum, with a plan to force all businesses and homes to separate food scraps from regular trash. the goal an ambitious one. zero food waste by 2020. >> new york city plan to go ban food scraps from hotels, hospitals from being landfilled, joining other cities in an effort to fight foot waste. >> the f.d.a. warns that the common surgery to remove uterine fibroids could spread cancer to other parts of the body. the agency said doctors should not perform the procedure which using an electric device to take off uterine tissue. the surgery is minimally invasive but can spread cancerous tissue within the patient's abdomen and pelvis. some 500,000 women a year remove the uterus and 50,000 of those

operations involve the procedure. >> there's a new to do that says the affects of childhood bullying last into adulthood, finding children struggled in school, had mental health problems that followed them through life if bullied. bullied men were less likely to earn a lot of money or be unemployed. 8,000 men were studied for 50 years. >> easing tensions in ukraine, the u.s. helps moscow and kiev broker a deal as both sides look to deescalate the conflict. the u.s. and its allies keep the threat of sanctions on the table. >> the former home of the iconic space shutting, its days maybe over, but we're entering a new era of space exploration. >> an economic crisis in spain. >> we take a look at holy week

celebrations from around the world as christians prepare for easter. we'll see you right after this break.

>> a look at the gateway arch in st. louis as the sunrises over the midwest this friday morning. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> i'm stephanie sy. how the purchase of an abandoned warehouse is helping entrepreneurs get their business off the ground. >> opportunities created for opportunities in spain trying to give those vacant buildings new life. >> first, we begin with the latest on the ukraine crisis. diplomats now saying they brokers a deal to ease tensions. as part of the agreement, all sides would work toward deescalating the violence in the eastern cities now under siege.

while secretary of state john kerry says that russia is ready to agree to thursdays pact, the president did not appear to be as optimistic. >> we have put in place additional consequences that we can impose on the russians if we do not see actual improvement of the situation on the ground. we are coordinating now with our european allies. my hope is that we actually do see follow through over the next several days, but i don't think given past performance that we can count on that, and we have to be prepared -- >> george is a senior fellow with the atlantic council in washington, d.c. tomorrow. good morning. >> good morning. >> there is an agreement in place, but will it work? >> as secretary of state john kerry said, all we have are words on paper. we still need to see if russias actions will come through and so far, they have not been forthcoming. >> the russian foreign minister

sergey lavrov calling this a compromise of sorts. what did russia get? >> one of the things that russia got was a commitment from the ukrainian government that it will reform its constitution in a way that is compatible and agreeable to russia. this may have been too much of a compromise. we have yet to see in the details just how muchst h much e ru w you afraid the united states and european union gave away the house. >> i'm concerned that the agreement that was made is not as powerful, because i don't think the lavrov in his agreement that he made in geneva is as powerful as the statements that came out of president putin in moscow when he said he still feels obligated to protect ethnic russians beyond russia's borders and he has been out rides by the parliament to used armed forces in ukraine.

>> obviously the president doesn't trust vladimir putin and vice versa. how can you have a pact when neither side trusts the other. >> it's playing poker with a known liar. in one statement that president putin made yesterday, he admitted for the first time that yes, there were russian troops behind the militias in crimea. he's trying to tell us that well, i sort of lied about the russian troops in crimea, but no, there are no russian troops in ukraine. it's hard to believe that he'll be sincere. >> the russian economy is taking a hit. just the first quarter of 2014, $64.7 billion has left the country. putin's approval ratings are high. how long economically can russia survive? >> unfortunately not just

russia, but the putin government can survive these economic hits. if these economic problems were happening in a democracy, the government would have to react to it. in russia, we do not have a democracy, so president putin can ignore the best interests of his people and continue to do policies that make russia a pariah internationally and hurt them domestically. >> are we now one step further, closer to nato boots on the ground or should nato continue to beef up its forces in eastern europe? >> well, there's no indication we're any closer to nato boots on the ground in ukraine. we are seeing much more nato sport and redeployment of nato forces within nato territory to show allies that nato will stand by them. >> is ukraine correct saying

they feel betroyed by the european union and the west for not treating them as a nato member even though they are not part of nato. >> i'm not sure ukraine is asking to be treated as a nato member. the government in kiev and ukraine has a legitimate concern to say that great britain and the united states have not lived up to the level of support they promise the in the budapest memorandum. it is in united states and europe's interest to support a free ukraine from the military actions we see coming out of russia. >> from the moscow point of view, if ukraine becomes a part of nato, that puts nato right at their back doorstep. why shouldn't vladimir putin be concerned about what's happening in ukraine right now? >> there's almost no possibility in which ukraine will be joining nato. the ukrainian government has not asked for membership. for many years, it has said it is not interested innate toe

membership and the members of nato would be very careful in admitting ukraine given its current tensions with russia into the alliance. nato is respecting the sovereignty of ukraine and russia is not. >> george, thank you. >> the lead u.n. investigator on human rights abuses in north korea wants the country brought before the world report. it accuses the country of crimes including rape, torture and even extermination. they are relying on former prisoners for proof of the atrocities taking place. >> north korea remains one of the most closed off and secretive countries in the world. that hasn't stopped the united nations team from releasing a report accusing north korea of widespread and gross human rights violations. >> if ever there is a call for action at the highest level on human rights, this really is it. >> the report alleges the police and security forces of north

korea have committed crimes against humanity, including rape, torture, forced abortions and systemic extermination. a man was born into one of north koreas political prison camps. in a book called escape from camp 14, he describes many atrocities, including being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother. >> his testimony is one of the key elements of the u.n. report. he's in new york for a special meeting with the security council. he admits he was rattled before his appearance before the council. >> i was really nervous and insecure. they informed me there was a delegation from north korea and i was shaking. but as someone's who's going to talk about the human rights issues, then i felt really proud and now i really want to talk about it. >> the u.n. report calls on the security council to refer the issue to the international criminal court. that's unlikely given china and

a has the power to veto the move. a chinese official said the lack of cooperation by north korea made it impossible to be partial and objective. >> china is a great country, and a great civilization, and it must itself be concerned about having at its doorstep a country which not only has nuclear weapons, but is also so inherently unstable as a cause such injustice to its own citizens. >> neither china nor russia attended the meeting. >> if or when those human rights issues are stopped at some point, that would be really great. i have strong aspirations to have a new life starting all over. >> a life he could never have imagined as a political prisoner in his own country. aljazeera, new york. >> the u.n. also says sanctions

should be leveed against north korean leaders behind the human rights abuses. >> attacking a base in south sudan killing 20, the base sheltering 5,000 civilians from the war in that country. authorities say attackers presented to be peaceful protestors delivering a petition to the u.n. thousands have been killed, more than a million people fled homes since fighting began in december. south sudan is the world's youngest country, gaining independence in 2011. >> the u.s. is releasing a $450 million in stallment of frozen iranian funds. the move comes after a report from the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog agency said iran is living up to its part of the deal with six world powers, including you the u.s. tehran has diluted half of its nuclear weapons reserve, scaled back on nuclear programs for a

partial lifting of sanctions. >> a multi-million dollars scheme involved a contractor image singapore, accused of accepting bribes in exchange for classified naval information. he did enter a plea yesterday in san diego. >> police in philadelphia are hunting for two men who robbed an armored truck. the men made off with more than $100,000. hours after the hold up, police raided an apartment. they found a large bag stuffed with cash but no robbers. police believe they ran out the back door when they arrived. they may be linked to a similar heist last halloween, killing two guards and stealing $200,000. >> detroit was the economic engine of the u.s. the motor city is running on empty, bankrupt. private money is now making its

way into the city and we met a man trying to help local entrepreneurs. >> in detroit's old town neighborhood, the abandoned train station has become a symbol of the city's flight. this small community has endured tough times. 36-year-old phil coolly is trying to change the narrative. >> everything shifts and changes. we try to accommodate growth. >> a former fashion model opened a successful restaurant over 10 years ago. now, he's in the business of helping others. >> the myth is what started off as a dance studio then became fencing, as you see the lines. >> in 2011, he purchased this 30,000 square foot abandoned warehouse for $100,000. >> it had a negative history in our community.

we wanted to see how it could have a positive future. >> today it has entrepreneurs that he refers to as pony ride, a name he chose to invoke the creativity of children. the jobless rate is over 15% and he is trying to reunite the entepreneural spirit. >> it has to be afford to believe oh be successful. >> he leases the space with utilities included. gabriel craig opened a metal shop. $280 a month buys him space that would typically rent for over $100,000. >> trying to show people what possibilities are. i think that that's like the real power of what we're doing here. >> andrew ward is a concrete craftsman who recently moved here with his family from north carolina. >> i have a certain amount of skill, and a desire and ambition, but i don't necessarily have all the capital

behind me to start something and this has given me the opportunity to start it without as much skin in the game. >> savings that put him in a position to hire. >> i want to build a team, and then the number i pick, which i feel is sort of random, but i want to be able to employ 10 people. i want to be able to pay a good wage and provide a healthy, stable kind of drama-free work environment. >> is there room to grow or are you at capacity. >> we're at capacity, to we're lucky. >> coolly isn't in it for profit, saying that what's working here can be shared with other communities, even if it crates one job at a time. detroit's economic future is in limbo. after five decades of bleeding jobs, it could take as long to see growth. >> there are 25 shops and businesses at pony ride, another

20 waiting faust to get in. >> a federal judge ruled that the detention of an immigrant woman in oregon violated her constitutional rights. she was jailed for two weeks without cause at the request of u.s. immigration authorities. the ruling essentially says local police do not have to hold someone while federal authorities determine their legal status. advocates say the practice bogged down local police with paperwork and expenses. >> episode two of "bored are land" airs this sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. join six strangers with different points of view as they experience undocumented immigration firsthand. it's a powerful show that looks at immigration. >> a volcano in southern peru has been spewing ash over a 12-mile radius.

it will take days to get everyone out. dozens of people are complaining about health problems. that began to erupt two weeks ago. >> northern spain that many leaving house to say go to the cities, creating opportunities for others. we report from spain. >> in a world where real estate markets are booming, there are high demands for high-end properties from london to hong kong and beyond, setting buyers back hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars. in remote areas, there are also opportunities. in northwest spain, there is a wealth of a different kind of property for sale. it is a largely rural region with a history of economic hardship and mass migration. it's an area that provides a treasure trove of abandoned places to sell, such as this

hamlet. a private road leads to buildings that boasts its own iron works, it has its own fresh water supply, all for the price of some $500,000. a fantasy for some, a bargain for those with the cash to spare. >> there's a lot of demand for these properties especially from foreigners. people come here because it's cheap and doesn't get very cold. >> there are more than a thousand ham lets which have been lying empty for years. they're remote and cut off from any major town or city and because of this attracts a certain kind of buyer, one looking for a property that has a lot of privacy and also perhaps someone looking to get away from the stresses and strains of modern life. >> a rural hide away was something that retired english man neil had his heart set on.

he stand up a hamlet. he has spent almost the same amount of money refurbishing it, a labor of love that's taken months to do. it will most likely take another couple of years to finish. he believes it's worthwhile. >> look around. unspoiled, normally nice weather. we could never, ever have afforded to i have will in a place similar to this in the u.k., and that's the real reason behind it. >> it may be a long way from being lord of the manor, but it has potential. for those who left these places a long time ago, it's one way for newcomers to breathe life into them once more. >> officials in the same region offer an entire village of 12 homes for free.

there's just one catch. the applicant must present a development probable for the village that will preserve the buildings. >> they were auctioning off homes in italy for one euro. >> google that king of the information super highway hitting a brick wall in europe. >> some leaders accuse the web giants of running a digit alamo noly.

>> you are looking live at good friday celebrations in new york ahead of the easter weekend. they are retracing the footsteps of jesus as he made his way to the cross. >> welcome to al jazeera america. tech companies are facing backlash over the collection of our personal information. >> let's find out whose easter parades are going to be rained on. >> a lot of the weekend looks

cooperative. that's the good news. we do have one area we're really watching today and into the day tomorrow. heavy rain with the low pressure moves up the gulf coast, bringing significant rain to the florida panhandle. some places through today easily three or four-inches isolated up to a half foot were is the rated, flooding concerns start to move out tomorrow. speaking of tomorrow's forecast, this starts tommying great, midsection of the country, slight chances for storms increase saturday. a lot of the country is dry and temperatures will be pretty mild. >> the n.s.a. surveillance program may come down to the supreme court. scalia says they would likely decide whether widespread gathering of data violates the fourth amendment. >> google is under fire, this week the head of one of germany's largest publishing houses accuses google of

discriminating against competitors in search rankings. a report says google is partnering with data collection companies that track where customers spend money in brick and mortar stores after clicking on ads. we will discuss some of these issues. one of the devices that i understand google is using is air brother-in-law data collection, con. >>ing up images of the flu, frankly. how does airborne data collection work?

>> >> we are seeing way is of looking at your profile image in social networks and tying that back to on line information, allowing businesses to track when you go into a store and they can tell where you are within the store. google made an acquisition of a drone company which has people concerned, as well, but that's for a different in tent. >> all of this is in the interest i imagine of advertisers and easy to pick on google, because it ranks as the second most valuable brand in the world after apple and coca-cola, but is it doing anything that advertisers haven't always tried to do, use personal information to figure out its customers and make money. >> absolutely not. what google's actually doing is providing a service to us, giving us easy access to information. they are trying to get smarter about things when you look at their android operating system and smart phone. it can predict if you drive the same route home every day.

the phone can warn you if there is an accident to take a different route home. that's driven by google's ability to track where you're going and what you're doing. they're giving us a valuable service in exchange for our personal information. that's really what google's up to. there are a lot of other companies on the internet doing nefarious things, tracking you shopping as you surf the web. they aren't providing any service at all. >> let's talk about google's search engine. that is under fire. is the public perception that the results you get back when you search something on google are objective, is that wrong, are the results somehow manipulated by google based on some inscrutable formula? >> they are definitely being manipulated by google. google has made many revolutions of its search formula to improve quality and what you're looking

for. google will try to be smart and give you up to date news results for an event. it might redirect you to a wikipedia link. google changes the way it's search engine optimization works. we want to make sure we are as close to the top as possible. the question is how transparent is google being. they are usually pretty good, but therear lot of black boxes in there. >> have they been transparent enough when it comes to their acquisitions of things like drones, smart thermostats, which kind of has a lot of people scratching their heads. does that sort of breach trust in that ways with the public? >> it definitely raises doubt. when you're a big company like google and making an acquisition, you can't talk too much bit, going through the negotiation of trying to figure out how much to pay for the company.

if you talk about it, that might make the acquisition more expensive. you can't talk about it after the acquisition, because you don't want to give up your competitive advantage. you don't want your competition to get there first. when you talk about google acquiring a drone company, that brings bad ideas of drones covering the skies and monitoring where we go. if google isn't getting ahead of that and being more transparent about what they are going to do with those companies, people can take the wrong expectation there. when it comes to the drone acquisition, google is looking to bring access to nations that don't have access. it's a good thing they're trying to do, people think drones, they think surveillance. >> some people when they think about google think about the n.s.a. these days. we'll to have leave it there. >> it takes a lot of courage to

perform in front of a crowd but that's what a program is doing with children with autism. it appears to be helping the kids improve their social skills. >> it's a big night for 14-year-old jake. >> it's just been amazing seeing how it's all come together. >> and 9-year-old rayden. >> i feel like it's a good chance. >> that it will go well. >> yes. >> both boys have autism and after weeks of rehearsal are taking the stage with children with the same disorder. this is part of research being conducted at vanderbilt university. >> we are looking at a number of different things, social behavior, communication, interaction and play and a stress level.

>> the doctor has founded the theater, using a theater set he to go study and improve social communication skills among children with autism. the research starts several months before hitting the stage with a series of visits to vanderbilt, where researchers monitor each child's interaction on a playground with two kids they never met. saliva samples are taken at home and in the theater, measuring stress levels, cortisol. they are helped to create a character. they practice modeling the behavior of the character by a video. >> so things like role playing or improvisation, interacting. >> while the research is ongoing and will be conducted again with a different group of children, preliminary data is promising. >> what we found is after

participating in the intervention, these stress levels and cortisol levels go down. >> i was a mess, my palms would get sweaty. my face would get hot. i was a mess. nowadays, i feel like a star. i feel amazing on stage. >> researchers say they've noticed a significant improvement in most children's ability to remember faces and their overall social awareness, proving that treatment can happen in unconventional ways. the goal is to eventually use the research to serve as a model for other programs, helping children with autism improve the skills they need most. jonathan martin, aljazeera, nashville. >> autism now affects an estimated one out of every 88 children.

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