>> this is al jazeera america live in new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. strong currents impede search efforts in the ferry crash. 270 people missing and feared dead. at least 12 killed on an

avalanche. a new black market search engine selling things from guns to drugs to stolen credit cards. >> one day after diplomats reached the deal to ease rising tensions in ukraine, that deal appears to be in trouble. calling for pro russian activist the activists say they are not going anywhere just yet. jackie roland has more from donestk. >> they're extremely skeptical and many feel that they have been sold out by russia. they say since they were not part of those talks they are not bound to comply with the agreement. they said they're going to stay in these public buildings that

they occupy until their demands are met. they want a referendum with greater autonomy of eastern ukraine. there should be an amnesty for people occupying buildings, and the government in kiev started throwing up amnesty by which people could leave buildings and not face prosecution. people hearsay they're not going to leave these buildings until they see similar actions. they want to see the pro europe demonstrators. they say they're committed to the square. there seems to be a stalemate at the moment in terms of actually implementing this agreement reached in geneva. >> and similar sentiments were heard where pro russian activists have seized several buildings.

>> i know this is about the future. >> igor, an it specialist when not protesting has been here a week and has no intention to leave any time soon. >> if they disband the national guard and get the right sector then i will leave this place. the right sector is a big problem. they are in power. they are making laws, and they are saying they want our heads. >> they are now preparing for the long haul. there is no shortage of food or medical supplies here. >> they're fully supported by their mothers and wives who have turned it into a police entity

of its own. >> the picture is not very clear now. it's all unconcern. we're only counting on our forces and our strength. let's see if they get out of our buildings first. we are not going yet. >> so far none of the demands have been officially met. in kiev the acting prime minister tried to appease them who said that one of the demands would soon be met. >> the government of ukraine has already made a bid on amnesty. if they release the buildings, then we think then they should have amnesty. >> turning to legislation soon. only then they feel that their rights would be protected in the new ukraine. al jazeera.

>> officials now say that the captain of the south korea fer ferry. >> heading out of an enormous rescue operation emerging out of the gloom dozens upon dozens of vessels and at the center of it all, a tiny part of this 150-meter long ferry breaking the surface. it's just after nine a.m. local time we approach a period where rescue officials were saying that it would be suitable for them to try another dive. there is a lot of activity around the up-turn hull right now. as the day wore on and the ferry went completely sub merged officials say they managed to secure a guide rope and begin pumping air to the wheelhouse and access the second floor cargo hull. but they were forced back by

fast-moving currents. on land they take charge of the effort. police officers said friday's first attempt to get underwater access had failed. then a friendly chat with the maritime ministry. we tried to establish why officials said oxygens were being pumped in before admitting that it wasn't. one of many questions left unanswered. some families feel lied to. others feel too little effort is being played to get into the ship, and anger to at the captain and crew. >> you if the captain acted properly many kids could still be alive.

it hurts. it really hurts. >> gaining exclusive footage of the captain. one of the first to leave the ship. the news channel said it failed to identify himself as the can tan when rescued. he left the helm in charge of a third officers with less than a year's experience before the accident. they issued arrest warrants for the captain and two other crew members. now there is so much grief the police made another awful discovery. the 52-year-old advice principal with 325 of his students and rescued from the ferry had hanged himself near the gymnasium housing nery relatives. inside the hull deepening sadness from parents who say the time has come to accept that their children are dead, and others who refuse to give up open. but as waters rise over the ship

thosthose hopes are eroding awa. >> the captain was not at the helm of the ship. an inexperienced crew member may have been at the helm of th theship. the principal was found hanged. we're learned more about the person arrested in connection with the series of highway shootings in the kansas city area. prosecutors say 27 mohammed whittaker faces 18 charge. three people were wounded in the attacks. we're in kansas city with more. ash har quaraishi? >> good afternoon, in the arrest of the legislate shooter mohammed p. whittaker late last

night. on friday the jackson county prosecutor came out and said they have filed 18 counts against whittaker, and those are related to the 12 shootings related here in the kansas city area. prosecutors say it was a case of multiple sources. >> it involved ballistics, tips, and it involved witness statement. that list just goes on and on about how this case was built. was it built on one thing? was it built on a series of those things that have become very important. >> the police say there is no evidence to suggest that whittaker acted with anyone else and that they acted alone. they say that more charges may be filed.

>> the state department is giving federal agencies more time to weigh in on the excel pipeline. the move means that there probably won't an final decision until after november's midterm election. libby, it feels like a classic kick of the can down the road what happened back in february the nebraska state court invalidated the nebraska governor's decision to let the pipeline go through the state land owners pushed back and said that they were left out of the process. a judge grayed and validated that decision. it's a wait and see moment the state department has said today the 90 day review period is going to be extended and essentially put on hold to see

what happens with the nebraska court case. a senior official said that it's based on an intended route, and if the route changes we have to wait and see what happened next. it's been described as unprecedented however officials would not go on the record to say if they were for or against. clearly this is an issue that has a lot of americans very passionate. >> what has been the reaction on the hill? there are probably some implications. >> big time. this could extend the process past the november midterm elections. we heard from opponents. they said this is the greatest single shovel-ready projects in

america, one that could create thousands of jobs right away. but the president simply isn't interested. speaker john boehner called this shameful. it's tough to see the obama administration is in. it they okay the pipeline democrats who are concerned about the environmental impact, if they say the pipeline can't go through, republicans may be motivated to go to the poles in the midterm. what is happening right now is not a politically motivated process. it's just a slow down to wait and see what happens in nebras nebraska. >> libby casey for us. thank you. the wars have begun in the

congressional midterm campaigns. >> tony, the big spenders are out of the gate including outside political groups known as super pacs. they're usually associated with brutal negative attack ads. but for the first time they're also running a few positive ads here is one for steve sutherland. >> americans for prosperity, the conservative group behind that spot is spotted by the billionaire koch brothers. the pac has run positive ads 16% of the time. in 2012 the group did not run one single positive ad. across the political spectrum, negative ads still dominate.

this ad is against her opponent. >> he was caught on camera and resigned. one week later another sexual relationship with a lobbyist. >> reporter: they say go negative. go early. democrats are spending $1 million to run that ad in north carolina for the next three weeks. across the country television viewers are beginning to see creative ads. many tea party republicans believe the federal government is using drones to spy on them to take away their gun rights. one conservative congressional candidate in montana is running this ad. >> this is how i look from a government drone. and this is what i think about it.

>> finally the spot running now aren't just about congressional elections. on monday you'll see cute pictures like this in the news as thousands of children and their families descend on the white house for the annual easter egg hunt. they'll try to convince the white house to use plastic eggs instead of real ones. >> just because all the other first ladies have done it doesn't mean you have to. if all the other first ladies jumped off a bridge, would you? >> be the leader we know you can be. >> you're better than this. >> over 7,000 eggs every year? >> how many chickens have to spend their whole lives in a cage to lay those eggs. >> never seeing sunshine. >> unable to spread their wings. >> put yourself in their shoes. >> i don't care who started it. you're ending it.

here's what we're going to do. >> there is something to be said in this political environment. a little less egg-travagant. >> thank you. coming up on al jazeera america. a new search engine for everything from stolen credit card information to bomb making materials. we'll examine the black market internet. and four years after the bp spill in the gulf, we check back at businesses still struggling to survive. [ grunting ]

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faring four years later? >> if you look behind me, the mississippi river, this winds all the way down to the gulf of mexico to venice, louisiana. if you talk to the shrimping captains, the captains of fishing vessels, they seem to be doing okay based upon the monies that were paid from bp over the course of the last four years. but if you look at the ecosystem where the oysters are and the shrimp and the fish, they are not back to what they were four years ago, and especially here in louisiana 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. >> reporter: on april 20, 2010, a blowout and bp run oil rig nearly 50 miles up the louisiana coast killed 11 workers and

injured 17 others. millions of barrels of oil gushed into the gulf before it was stopped. it shut down p & j for three months. >> things have not gotten better. theisters are not reproducing. >> 50 miles south of new orleans where many of the oysters grow. we took a boat ride with mark. >> i can't believe how much of this land is gone riding along, the directer mississippi delta restoration. before the spill there was a healthy area here.

the oil got into the colony, and it was underneath the groves. >> the birds are gone and the island is considered dead. >> it's sickening. this was a beautiful, beautiful place. >> it's patches of marsh land that took the brunt of the oil as it washed ashore. >> mark said that business is not the same today. but he does say that bp helped him in the aftermath. >> the money that it gave us helped us make up our losses. >> back in new orleans at p & j oyster company, it is different. they would like bp to spend millions more on building up the eroding coast and fisheries.

>> bp's band aid and has spent lots of money promoting all the good they do rather than doing what they're supposed to do. >> meanwhile, research conditions on the environmental impact. the state has a plan in place to save the eroding coast. building islands for wildlife and see the seafood industry survive. tony, bp since 2010 when the oil spill occurred has paid $11 million to individuals and businesses along the gulf coast. plaintiff's lawyers expect $200,000 payouts for folks out there who claim they have had medical problems. >> robert ray in new orleans for us. appreciate it. thank you.

>> let's get a couple of business bites in here. michaels is the latest retailer to fall victim of a data breach. nearly 3 million debit and credit cards were affected by the breach which began late last year. the company said it has contained the incident and is offering free credit monitoring and other services to the affected customers. silk road was shut down when authorities arrested its prommer, but a new site has popped up in its place. some are calling it the first black market soche engine. it's good to see you, sir. thank you for your time. in wired magazine, which is writing about this, knows about this site, what is the government likely to do about it?

>> the government is doing what they can to go behind it. they tracked it down to san francisco. >> it's the aggregator. what about the sites that this can take you to. it's like silk road two, i don't know these sites, the kids on the team are telling me all about it, black bank and the pirate market isn't this like whack amole? >> sites are being shut down all the time and then it's like the hydra with two heads popping out for every one that you pop off.

but it's the only thing you can do to go after these sites. retail anything including heroin. did i a search for heroin on one of these sites this morning, turned up 600 hits right away. i shouldn't use that word right away. it makes a new use of the word "hit." >> yeah, yeah. >> for the search engine result. so this is a real problem they can buy weapons, child pornography, there was another story of a credit card incident, at michaels. those people who steal them, they're sold onitis like this. >> what is the so-called tour browser? i don't know anything about this. how does it facilitate these transactions? >> well, the tour browser is

designed to allow people to not leave tracks on the internet so that you can surf the web without being identified to you. that's an important feature. we want to be able to search and communicate online without people being able to identify us the right to speak anonymously is an important right in american history. >> here's the thing. there are clearly based on our discussions about this today, there are clearly sites out there doing and selling things that i just have no idea in terms of what is going on. tell me about this network. >> you can't access it by typing in uaw dark net.co www.darknet..

you have to access it through these anonymousizing website. they're designed to be accessible only to people who do not want to leave any tracks. therefore, it makes their sites more secure from the prying eyes of fbi and other government. these sites are all over the world. i was quite surprised that silk road was basicked out of san francisco ultimately. i would have thought it would be a place far more removed from the american authorities. >> well, i tell you what, it sounds like a wild, wild west out there on the internet of the worldwide weapon. we have director of international law in uc davis in california. pleasure to have you. >> thank you. >> the deadliest avalanche, 12 killed and now the search is on for four people who are still missing and the fate of more than 100 abducted teenage girls

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us than i had thought before. talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> the ledlys incident at the top of the world. the avalanche has killed four nepalese guides. roxana saberi will tell what's happened. >> reporter: all the people who died today were sherpas, they were preparing the paths for climbers to follow when the avalanche hit. they tried to reach the 29,000 peak every year, this one cast a shadow over the summer's climbing season that is support to start later this month. >> asked and rushed to the hospital with several broken ribs. he told his sister-in-law what

happened. >> they had woken up early on friday and headed to higher camp to fix ropes but were delayed because of a bad trail near an ice fall area. >> reporter: he had been on the mountain with a group of sherpas. the guides were still relatively low on the slopes when the avalanche struck. >> when they reached the area called popcorn, the avalanche fell on the group and buried many of them. >> named on the large boulders on the route. nba crew were at the base of the mountain and heard ice falling. >> it's a pretty regular occurrence here so no one was shocked by that. but when radio reports started to come off the money, everybody came out and started to get organized for the rescue.

>> more than 4,000 people have followed, but about 250 climbers have died along the way. this summer nepal had issued hundreds of permits for the climb but it's the sherpas who have to put the ropes up making a living risking their lives. >> reporter: tony, today's avalanche was the first major one of this year's climbing season. >> joining us now from santa fe, the senior editor of outside magazine and reported from everest in the past. good to talk to you. tell me more about this area where the avalanche took place. was it actually above the base camp, and is that area in particular broken to avalanches? >> this is an area of the upper

portion of the ice fall between what is known as the popcorn and the football field. above that is the west shoulder of everest which had a giant hanging glacier on it. normally when the avalanche, people underneath it. there is a theory among guides and climbers that it takes sunlight on it to get it to go. and this is a case at 6:30 in the morning, well, before the son had hit it, this is everest rush hour when this large crew was underneath it. >> we heard you describe some of these areas as popcorn and the football field. tell us about those areas and how they got those names. >> reporter: the ice fall between base camp and camp one. camp one is at 19,000 feet. base camp is at 17,500 feet. this is in the upper portion of the ice fall which is in this

area where the glacier flows off the edge of the mountain like a river and fractures into these delicate blocks that they have to string ladders over, put ropes across and all sorts of those things to allow people to get safely up it. unfortunately the glacier is shifting all the time. it's like a janga game where it's constantly prone to collapsing. this is known as the his or her shoe or sometimes the fangs which is extremely active, and it has caused a lot of problems over the years. >> is this, and i don't want to appear insensitive here p but is this attention and routine work for the sherpas inserting the

ropes for the climbs. everyone is aware of the dangers. >> unfortunately, what we've seen over the last few years is the sherpa death. you have this situation where a lot of western clients who are hiring these expert guides to get them up the mountain aren't at fit as the professional mountaineers or even as the sherpas. and so they're hiring the sherpas to carry their equipment, tents, and camps to stock the higher camps. by the time the western climbers get there, you know, they can climb light. they can climb fresh. and the sherpas end up taking a lot of that risk themselves at the behest of the western climbers. >> let me ask you that question. that's a terrific point. i'm told that the death tolls are getting higher and higher. you alluded to that. is there as much of a debate going on reducing the traffic up the mountain and getting maybe fitter climbers involved here?

>> getting fitter climbers would help. the other thing, it's just a numbers game. we know many who will leave base camp will not come back. and the more climbers you take up the mountain, the more sherpas it will take to support them. what is needed not necessarily to outlaw climbing but to make sure that the outfitter who is hired these sherpas have an opportunity for these families and make sure that when things go wrong that people are well taken care of. that's what we need to see more of. >> that's a real tragedy. senior editor of outside magazine and has reported from every rest ireported fromeverie. >> confusion over the fate over 100 teenage girls kidnapped from their school.

the boko haram is being blamed for their abduction. the nigerian authority said they had most of their girls but we tracted that line when parents disputed that claim. >> reporter: well, the confusion of the whereabouts of the girls seem to be coming from the nigerian military. they said 139 girls had been kidnapped but they freed 121 of them, and they had cross checked this number with the principal who confirmed that the girls had been freed. within hours of the military's claim the pages an principal ans said no, the girls are still lost and kidnapped. then the military released another statement, well if the families and the school principal say that the girls are still missing then they are. all of this confusion over their

whereabouts is exacerbated by the fact that they have not released any photo evidence of age rescue, none of the girls have been seen and it's hard to independently verify what the authorities are saying. they say it's too dangerous for human rights organizations, and we the media to travel to the area to see what's going on ourselves. >> in algeria, a major presidential candidate, refusing to recognize the results announced today. the interior ministry said that he had won the fourth term with 81% of the vote, more than half of the country's eligible voters cast their ballot. he had been accused of corruption and rarely has been seen in public since suffering a stroke last year. and in mexico, an earthquake hit near the major tourist resort

of acapulco. 280 miles away geological surveyors say that it was felt, no one was hurt. >> in syria the alawites have regularly been argentinaed. the government is closing in on taking control of homs. and in philippines, many say the state government's failure to protect the state's aboriginal's

population. >> despite all this charm not many of those who cam here are aware of the island's history. they are believed to be the original inhabitants of this island. the increasing development drove them from their homes and for decades they have stayed like this, poor, uneducated, and marginalized. they were awarded more than two hectars of land, and real estate developers have long wanted it. this is the reason why many say they are worried for their safety. the leader of the tribe over a

year ago, fighting for the rights of their people. tension on the island is high. it is painful for us because we were here first, yet we have been left behind while others have progressed we have nothing at all. >> they say local government here has not given them enough protection, often favoring the establishment over their welfare. their mayor is unavailable for comment. a move to add the people on the tourism map is now being pushed. it will allow them to bring visitors here every year. >> we are grateful that the government realize that they need to provide a human face to us. without us, it becomes a

soulless community. >> reporter: it may also mean more jobs for those who have been long discriminated because of the color of their skin. it is their right to do so because they belong here as much as anyone else. al jazeera, central philippines. >> remember all those killed in the aftermath of the boston bombings, david shuster is back with details and other headlin headlines. >> in cambridge, massachusetts, outside of boston there was a ceremony for shawn call year, the m.i.t. officer killed in the manhunt for the boston marathon bombing suspects. many gathered for a picnic and paid for their passion and humanity. >> he embodied the spirit of the m.i.t.

first he was always learning. second, he sought out challenge and adventure. the hidden corners of the campus or climbing a mountain. >> reporter: they will install a permanent memorial for his courage and bravery. in kansas funeral services are being held right now for kid outside of the jewish center. the suspect has a decades long record of white supremacist and anti-semitism. authorities are calling this a hate crime. landslides have buckled the road and damaged a parking lot

and city leaders believe it's only a matter of time before the hillside there comes down. four houses and two apartment buildings are under an evacuation order. and in minneapolis, minnesota, an auction house is screaming, do you believe in miracles? yes, a gold medal from the 1980 u.s. olympic hockey team is being sold. a minnesota college player when he helped team usa beat the soviets in route to winning the olympic tournament. who can forget. he is not facing financial distress. just wants to help out his kids. the bidding starts out at $62,500. it could go higher. >> we need to pool our money. that was great. you did great. terrific, well done, david shuster. thanks, david. today is good friday. the most solemn day on the calendar. commemorating the crucifixion of

jesus with the reenactment known as the cross. in the philippines the devout take the enactment to an extreme and allow themselves to be nailed to wooden crosses. we're in jerusalem with more on good friday. >> in this holy land on the holiest of streets. they came to find the path of jesus. >> christians believe that nearly 2,000 years ago jesus walked this very road before he was killed so they walked this road. they believe he was forced to carry the cross that he was crucified on, so they carry the cross. >> good friday is a solemn remembrance. they come from across the world

frommer sect. >> for all mankind. >> he is still alive. >> his grandmother is palestinian. >> when she was a little girl, this is the path she would walk every easter. this makes me feel what she did when she was literal. they're all studying arabic in neighboring jordan. security was tight. they tried to reach a spot where jesus was killed. each time they were turned away after trying for two hours me gave up. >> many who would like to do

this can't. it's a little frustrated. >> the greek orthodox patriarch led a crowd to where his church is largest. they pushed into the area where they think jesus was crucified and resurrected. only 6,000 people were allowed in the church today all hoping to see this. this is one of the most holy sites in all of christianity. the spot where jesus was believed to be buried. >> many like 34-year-old egyptian waited all their lives to come here in this church he feels he understands jesus' true message. >> the message he is sending me this week is that you don't have to be here to come and find me. you can find me in your own heart and your own homes and your own bedroom if you get on your knees and pray from the bottom of your heart. >> reporter: on this holy day in this holy place a reminder that

jesus' path is not only along the roads that he walked. nick schifrin, jerusalem. >> it is one of two good friday services that the pontiff will participate in today. tonight he'll lead a procession around the ruins of rome's coliseum. coming up, we go to an airport in iran, and the mystery grows from there.

>> the united states is releasing a new round, a new cash for iran for following the terms of nuclear deals. but that agreement still imposes strict restrictions on trade. unauthorized flights to the

iranian capitol are not permitted. but that did not stop one jet in figurparticular. what happened. >> reporter: the story of the week. on tuesday morning iran had a very unlikely vitter. yes, this u.s. private jet. you can see the american flag on the tales. it's there. there's the american flag. it's photographed at a highly visible section of the airport. now i know what you're thinking, what is it doing? but the plot gets even nor thick. according to "the new york times" the plane is held in the trust by the bank of utah. a community bank that has 13 branches throughout the state trusts are a legal complex in this case to own and operate

aircraft. and it's listed as a trustee for 159 aircraft. it ranges from boeing 757s like the one here to single-engine cessnas. now in a statement bank of utah said we have no idea why that plane was at the airport. i put the exclamation in there, not him. the bank of conservative is a very conservative ban--bank of h is a very conservative bank, and said we'll find out. all officials say in tehran the people who got off it were v.i.p. but did you know this, tony, tracking planes has become a global sport, it really has. amateur photographers post

thousands of images showing arrives and departures chronicling planes. it does seem we may never find out who was on board that jet. or why. but if we ever do its likely that it will be-- >> johntejohn terrett, you're or a couple of weeks respect you. >> yes. >> details on today's rocket launch from cape canaveral, and why it's such an important

mission.

>> a library near the pakistani capitol, a sign said the library of ow owe osama bin laden the m. they said he wanted to honor bin-laden after being killed by

american seals three years ago. it could be a breakthrough for trying a host of diseases. researchers cloned stem cells from adult cells since embryonic stem cells can transform into any other type of cell researchers hope they can use the clone cells to replace or repair organs damaged by diseases including cancer, heart disease and alzheimer's. space station the falcon nine rocket launched from cape canaveral an hour ago carrying 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies to astro thoughtastronauts there. this mission will be carrying out technology that could change space flight. jacob ward just outside of nasa in california to explain. >> reporter: really, this is a big day not just for launch technology, and it is that.

elon musk is hoping that the equipment could return back to earth. he's hoping to reuse it again which will make it cheap for fly to the international space station in the future. but it's a big deal for satellite technology. aside from the payload you just mentioned this rocket is carrying tiny satellites. in this is tess. sometime i, some day itwill go r satellites like our own. this is going to go up on today's mission. they're hitchhiking a ride and they'll get tossed out the window before the rocket reaches its destination. >> tell bus the cost of these. >> this unit here, i believe it's on the order of $10,000 including the phone and radios. >> that's cheaper than the

camera we're shooting you on. >> that could be, that could very well be. >> what are these. >> these are phone sets on satellites built around the phone that you can buy in an electronic store right now. you can see the phone there. >> there is a phone there inside. there we plug it in at night. someone goes out to the local store. we repackage them and that's pretty much it. >> toney we're launching those pangs intpassage into space.

>> there are reports, unexpected visitors watching the launch. what are we talking about here? further investigation showed that this is the nikolai, a russian spy ship to cuba that peeled off on march 15th and came long side where the flight was supposed to take off from. then it was delayed. that tug, this russian ship has been going up and down the seaboard hanging out in the caribbean until the launch was recycled. the speculation is is it watching this craft go up? is it spying on the space-x program? >> that's terrific. jake ward for us. mountain view, california, jake, as always, it's good to talk to you. appreciate your time. we'll see you back here at 6:00.

that is all of our time for this news hour. i'm tony harris wishing you a great weekend. if you want to learn more, go to our website at www.aljazeera.com. . >> back in october the hoped for 7 million enrollments under the affordable care act looked pretty doubtful. 8 million sign ups later, is the president's initiative working well enough to run on in november? that's the inside story.