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>> come back with some of the most talented musicians in the world. plus: ♪ ♪ >> friday arts, my conversation with singer songwriter and author roseann cash. >> nor uncertainty for the parents -- more uncertainty for the parents of those missing children of the capsized ferry. divers entered the ship, so far they've found no new survivors. there is information about the ship's captain, arrested on criminal charges along with two crew members. more sad news, police say a high school vice principal who was rescued from that ferry commitsuicide. we still don't know why it ran into trouble.

it was going to an islandy ubaldislandisland jiju.are. >> they have appeared to have gotten in the furthest we have heard so far, somewhere between the third and fourth levels of the vessel. they found three dead bodies through a window. they were not able to reach them. that is the furthest they were able to reach them. the credit count is up to 29, the weather is going to close in and making the effort a little more difficult. i was talking to a team leader of the dive, and he was giving me an idea how difficult this

process is. the visibility is extremely low, the current's very swift. able to get guide ropes a little way into the boat, having to tie them off at various points. the divers work in pairs, two at a time. if they let go of that guide rope they risk being swept a good distance by currents in a very quick time. so they have to be incredibly careful with lines from above. they have maybe 40 minutes to work within the boat. 20 minutes in, 20 minutes out. it's very slow-going. also saying the prospect of survivors, it is not that they would never tell the parents there wouldn't be survivors at this point but getting pretty close to this point. that's what we were able to ascertain from what he was able to tell us. if they were to lift the ship in an unrestricted way, the possibility the current so strong that many, many bodies

would be simply washed away. they would only do that if they had the consent of every single parent involved. >> can you tell bus the captain's arrest? >> he and his two crew members were arrested, charged among other things with negligence. the maximum sentence is 20 years in prison. there are already efforts afoot in the national assembly the parliament in seoul to try to get a new law in place to punish people who abandon passengers on a ship with a maximum life term in prison. there are also new reports coming out that the fact that the trpt transcript of the initial -- transcript of the initial conversation with the port authorities, the jeju

island, they should have been speaking to jindo island, the closest place the ship went down. had he done that it's possible that rescuers would have been on the scene earlier. >> harry fawcett. thank you. it's the worst disaster on everest ever, after an avalanche swept down the world's highest mountain. those killed were guides or sherpas who helped climbers scale the peak. about 100 more people are said to be cut off above the impact area of the avalanche. it could take days for rescue teams to create a new route that would allow the stranded climbers to return to base camp. it was everest's first major avalanche of the season. the route was the first route that climbers used to scale the summit in 1953.

let's go to science and technology editor jake ward. talk about the issue. >> the tremendous danger of being at that altitude, 22,000 feet is of course the lack of oxygen to the body. when the climbers come off the mountain they are probably going to be put into a chamber like this, the hyperbaric chamber. when you experience altitude sickness, hallucination, shortness of breath and much, much worse systems, you'll need to reinvigorate the body with oxygen. lack of oxygen is the primary concern for these climbers. >> this isn't like being stuck anywhere else on the planet. the danger to climbers i guess it increases over time, is that right?

>> well, that's exactly right. the issue when you are at that altitude is acclimatization. because of the beginning of the season any tourists on the mountain were probably getting used to the altitude. you spend one night on a base camp, go down one base camp, then go up two, and come back down one. the problem is this has stranded a number of sherpas and climbers above their base camp. they will experience worse and worse altitude sickness. that's why they need to get down. >> is it hard for helicopters to fly? >> most helicopters have a service ceiling of about 15,000 feet, only the euro-copter, its surface ceiling is 23,000 feet,

they are going to need those helicopters, only a couple in the world piloted by the most skilled pilots. >> jake ward coming up at 11:000 eastern, i'll talk to a tour guide who's taken climbers to the top of everest. in the meantime, we'll turn to weather conditions that could lead to weather issues on everest. and rebecca stevens has that. >> avalanche danger can come any time of the year but moisture from the south in june hits the windward portion of the himalayas, north to the himalayas, we is have the gobi desert. as things cry out on the lee ward side, that brings a powdery snow. the tip is so high, 29,000 feet,

the winds start otap into the jetstream. however, at base camp where we have that very powdery snow, it's very cold very windy conditions can destabilize the snow pack cause a snow pack to release or a cornice to release and as we look to base camp from the northwest, these drier conditions we could still see avalanches travel up to 180 miles per hour. >> rebecca thank you. a 7.2 earthquake shook several states in mexico today sparking panic from the pacific coast all the way to the capitol. the quake shook northwest of acapulco but was felt as far as mexico city. you can hear the sirens. the quake had people running out onto the streets, no registered damage. activates are still holed up

in government buildings in the east ukraine. the agreement between the u.s., the eu, ukraine and russia offers are demonstrators amnesty but they are not bound by the geneva deal. the white house is warning moscow of additional costs if russia does not stick to the plan. joining us is p.j. crowelly former assistant u.s. secretary of state for public affairs. p.j. welcome. >> hello john. >> this presents a problem to the united states. even if russia doesn't get involved, if these demonstrators don't move, what happens? >> a great question. the longer this goes on the greater the risk that you get some sort of collision or some sort of spark that takes this into a spiral that no one can

control. what the united states is hoping that russia will do is use its obvious leverage. it has some personnel inside of ukraine. to try to get these guys to stand down. the rhetoric that the -- those occupying these buildings are saying is, we'll leave when the government in kyiv, the interim government they don't think is legitimate, when it leaves of course that's -- the election is scheduled right now for may 25. but right now the conditions are very, very difficult. and it's hard to see how you would get to an election that would have the kind of legitimacy that you need. >> so if the pro-russian demonstrators don't leave does the deal mean anything? >> this is going to unfold over:00. anovertime. and the white house is going to look in days for what happens on the ground. in terms of baseball we're still in the middle innings here.

the election is one aspect and then what can a new government do to continue to signal, to not only the people of eastern ukraine but to russia, that's going to work hard to meet their needs, and address their concerns. this is going to be a phenomenon that plays out in slow motion. >> this still remains a potentially explosive situation, right? russian troops are still at the ready, pro-russian demonstrators and kyiv is threatening more action as well. >> i think kyiv has shown restraint. i think the united states is cautioning them, taking it slow. they did have this military offensive. it didn't go very well. so i do think that this is where the united states is saying to russia: look, you've got leverage, use it. for vladimir putin, he's obtained what he wants.

leverage over ukraine. you know, the political movement is really stalled in its place. he's got to calculate how much more do i want or need. and what cost am i going to play? and this is lever that united states is threatening that they have imposed some sanctions on individuals. there have been costs. for the first quarter of this year something like $60 billion in capital has flowed out of russia. so this is calculations that putin is going to try figure out, you know, how much more can i get? what's the risk and we'll see what he does and what his agents do in the coming -- >> i think i know the answer to this. but yesterday the president said essentially military action is off the table. putin said, if he needs to use the military he will. does the united states really need to say the military's off the table now? what necessitied that?

>> necessity -- natee necessit? >> it's the political reality that we're in. the reality is that ukraine is far more important to russia than it is to the west and particularly to the united states. so i think to the administration's credit it's not letting its rhetoric get ahead of what it's actually willing to do. on the russian side of this, obviously, if the russian army moves into ukraine, you're going to see costs escalate significantly, for vladimir putin. i think he doesn't want to be -- he wants to have the leverage he's got. he doesn't want to become the owner and operator of eastern ukraine. >> p.j. crowelly good to see you. >> thank you, john. >> after the arrest in the kansas city highway shootings, there's still no motives. the suspect is facing 18 felony counts. together with 19 shootings.

police say they began seeing a pattern in early april. >> let me trumpet howt great today is. -- how great today is. those 18 charges include nine separate incidents throughout the metro area. this is still an ongoing investigation. it is certainly possible that additional charges will be added as we go along. >> police raided whittaker's home, seizing bags of evident as well as a vehicle. no motive. children crossing the border. tens of thousands of miles an hour making the journey all by them -- minors all by themselves. spotted at an airport, no one is saying exactly why. plus music to detroit's ears. the city's symphony is making a come back.

>> this week, the white house again called on congress to move quibble and move forward with immigration reform. the situation is more urgent on the ground look the u.s.-mexico border and it's an issue affecting a growing number of young people. this year an estimated 60,000 unimoind minors will cross into the united states. many are trying to escape the violence in their home towns in central america but they face other dangers on the journey. paul beban is in the border town of n nogales with the story.

>> these three boys have traveled 2200 miles to make it here to the mexican side of this border town. >> my name is axel fernandez. i'm 15 years old and i'm from honduras. >> we first met axel when catholic boip bishops held a ma. the journey axel and his cousins were about to make. >> they teld me the hardest part is coming. we'll see if it's hard in the moment. >> axel lined up for a free lunch, a sandwich and a coke. he had little more than the clothes on his back. >> i left with about 700

honduran lempura which is about 30 or $40. >> axel and his cousins made their way to puebla. they made their way onto the beast. about 1400 miles all the way to the border in n nogales. >> that night the three cousins axel ever and omar, stayed in a cheap hotel. that evening, axel told me why they had to get out of hopped h. >> they are killers. if you don't pay them they hurt

you. it's horrible. >> had he knows how hard the last stretch can be. he drove us 13 miles from nogales? the area gives way to the desert. >> they are very vulnerable. these people they don't know the criminal element that exists in the border. once you're out in the desert they have nowhere to go. >> axel and his cousins, couldn't afford to pay a coyote or runner to take them across the border. they decided to just print out maps on their own. >> i'll leave here with socks and return flush with dollars. judge. >> you guys you're leaving in the morning? you ready? how do you feel?

>> a little bit scared. but we just going to pray. >> we asked them if we could follow them when they left but they said that moment was just for them. not for our cameras. we thought this was the last time we'd ever see them but -- >> we're back at the hotel on the mexican side of the border in nogales because the guys we stayed in touch with them. they tried to cross the border and they said they were picked up in the night by a group of narcos, who said this was their part of the border and they got robbed. we think somebody might have tipped off the narcos. they are in a small group, they won't even come out of their room to talk to us. they don't want the cameras at all. they feel like they're out of options, they don't even have the money to get home.

so this situation is just more desperate than ever. >> finally ever came out and told us what happened. >> we just know that those people come up from the hills and they just told us we were not supposed to be there. >> so was it -- were they armed? >> yes they were armed. >> the bandits whatever they were took their money and their cell phones and their spirits. axel was so rattled he was thinking he would turn himself in to authorities hoping they would send him home. what happened to their dreams, stolen in the desert. paul beban, al jazeera, on the u.s. mexican border in nogales. >> don't forget our special program, al jazeera's critically acclaimed series borderland are airs sunday 9:00 eastern time.

>> the people affecting america's most fascinating cities, tonight we look at how one landmark institution has become a symbol of hope for the city. bisi onile-ere reports. >> long before motown this was the sound of the city. the detroit symphony orchestra founded in 1887. it's a symbol of success. a surplus of nearly $20 million. ticket sales bringing in more than $6 million in revenue. 10,000 donors. the concert are featuring stephen spielberg sold out in 15 minutes. considering this famed institution was nearly silenced forever. >> we went through some really rough times three years ago. >> reporter: rough is putting it mildly, during the financial

collapse. the detroit symphony orchestra was on the brink. state funding dropped from $4 million a year to $20,000. ticket sales plunged. audiences down 40 to 50%, plus a deficit of $6.5 million. but with a new new contract and a partnership with pbs the symphony rebounded and finally it's in the black. >> and take one. >> reporter: this is one reason for the turnaround. the symphony's recording room, it's the only orchestra in the u.s. to stream live concerts through internet for free. the web casts are viewed by hundreds of thousands of people in over 80 countries. and there are studies that show people who school certain content on the internet are far more likely to school it live. as well.

>> good morning. how you guys doing today? good. good to see you all. >> reporter: the orchestra is finding a new audience in the detroit public school system. >> this is a bassoon. >> the detroit music program has had cuts to its program. michael mah shares his talent and love for music with the children. >> i actually feel fulfilled, give what i learned in music to the younger generations. it's really a wonderful thing to me. [ bassoon playing ] >> i think that gave the students a sense of community, a sense of, i'm part of a larger

whole and i have to do more to expose people to the good stuff. >> reporter: the detroit symphony orchestra is setting a tune of hope on the web, in the classroom and for the people of detroit. bisi onile-ere, can al jazeera, detroit. >> coming up our friday art series. my conversation with singer songwriter rosanne cash. >> under arrest, the captain of a sunken ferry now under arrest for negligence and duty and violations of maritime law. what the captain and crew are supposed to do in case of emergency. vé

are. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new

york. a lot more to coffe cover this f hour. the captain of the south korean ferry that sank is now under arrest for negligence, what he should have been doing. on the tarmac, the mystery surrounding an american corporate jet. and how the religious are celebrating holy day. richelle carey is here with the headlines. >> activists are still occupying are buildings in parts of the country. america, ukraine and the russian government offered them amnesty if they stepped down. >> mount everest, worst disaster there ever. at least 12 are dead and four others are missing. the avalanche swept over at

least a dozen guides as they were preparing a route for climbers. about 100 more people are set to be cut off above the area where the avalanche occurred. the captain and two crew members of the ferry that sank off south korea this week are in police custody and face charges. the ship is now totally submerged. officials say underwater air bags are attached to keep it from sinking further. divers have entered the sunken ferry and say they have found nothing so far. oxygen has been pumped inside in case some are alived. 29 people at least are confirmed he dead and 274 are still missing. again we're talking about children. >> richelle thank you. according to our next guest, the south korean ferry is the 100th vessel to be lost at sea. kim welcome.

>> thank you. >> we always hear the captain should stay on the ship. should he have stayed on the ship? >> it's difficult. yes. in retrospect you can certainly make the argument that he circulate have been on the ship. doing everything possible to evacuate the passengers. the problem appears to be that he did not recognize the severity of the issue with the ship in its going unstable early on. in fact it appears that he waited almost half an hour before he contacted vts, that's the vessel traffic service in jeju, and by the time he contacted them, asking for assistance the vessel was listing about 5°, which maded at that point virtually impossible for the crew members to activate the life rafts that were set along the sides of the ship. >> he was not in the steering house when the ship listed. so should he have been -- should

he be there all the time? >> well, first of all we don't know that he wasn't there whit began to list. we can assume that he was probably on the bridge, the wheelhouse if you will, shortly after the incident first occurred. and it's certainly not the expectation in normal circumstances for the master or the captain to be in the bridge at all times. it would be impossible. and the fact is that he had just made a long run from inchon, there was heavy fog and it may have been that he was tired and went down for a rest. it is protocol. it is coming to light that in this particular area of korean waters there is a requirement that because of the proximity to the many islands and channels that could cause problems that the master is obliged to be on the bridge and that is peacial ernl one of the -- that is apparently one of the charges that is brought against him.

>> what about if the passengers were told, if it is true that the passengers were told initially to stay where they are, could that have been really the cause of so many missing still today? >> it's quite possible. and it's inexplicable why the captain chose to give that order. it may have been that when the incident first occurred the captain felt that he would be able to stabilize the vessel and provide a more stable deck from which to launch the life rafts and bring the passengers to the water line. but apparently he ignored information that was being provided to him by his own deck officers that the vessel was going into an ever-more critical state of listing and it wasn't until it was too late before he gave the order to evacuate. and by that time there is one crew member who says he's not even sure whether or not the order to evacuate from the ship was ever actually made. so you had students whose only

order was to sit in place, having no other direction, and that obviously was -- was a factor in what is now become a tremendous tragedy. >> you mentioned the life rafts. apparently only two of the 40 life rafts were actually deployed. what does that tell continuum. >> yo --tell you? >> it's interesting john. we have heard many reports that only two life boats were found in the water. on this particular ship unlike some passenger ferry ships, the vessel had no life boats. one of the important things that distinguishes a life boat from a light of raft is a life raft is in a sealed contain are that has to be credit inflated before people can get in it. if you have a life boat you can actually start loading passengers and crew onto those boats and lower them into the

water which in many case is a much safer alternative. so the fact that there were only 46 life rafts and because they weren't deployed until after the vessel was already listing they only got two of them in the water and that was also a contributing factor to this disaster. >> kim petersen, thanks for your insight kim. >> sure, john. >> there are new developments tonight in the mystery of an american corporate jet spotted on the tarmac in tehran. because of economic sanctions the united states does not do business in tehran so the plane's presence is unusual. john terret is here, what do we know? >> good morning john. this is a good friday mystery. given the sanctions from the u.s., the european union and because progress is being made in the 800 number enrichment

dispute -- in the uranium dispute, this is a picture of a u.s. corporate jet on the tarmac at mirabad airport one of the main airports in tehran. there is a u.s. flag on the tailfin, it may be a small one but there it is highlighted for you. believe it or not federal aviation administration rules make it difficult for us to know who was on that flight and who was flying it. we watched the people get off the aircraft and they were vips. that's where the trail went cold john. >> we have been told that the plane was held in trust buy bank in the u.s. what do we know john? >> it turns out that the plane is held in trust by the bank of utah. it turns out as well that they actually hold more than 1100

aircraft in trust. this is a legal device of course so consortiums can own aircraft and fly them all over the world without any of us knowing who's actually putting up the money behind the aircraft. brett king is the spokesman for the bank and we have this word from him: we have no idea how that plane got at the airport and any hint of wrongdoing we'll find out about it. the mystery gets deeper and deep are the more you go into it. >> now there's some indication why the plane was there according to the iranians. what do you say about that? >> i think it's important to put a caveat, according to the news agency, from the foreign ministry in tehran, news tonight that the plane was actually chartered by a consortium from gawn agaghana.

its almost inconceivable that a plane with a u.s. flag would get anywhere near tehran airport if there wasn't some kind of permission from both sides. >> all right, john terret, john thank you. four years after the deep water horizon oil spill, bp has cleaned over $26 billion on fines cleanup and restoration. but locals say it's simply not enough. environmental habitats as well as local businesses are reeling from the disaster. even as bp ends its active cleanup off the coast of louisiana. robert ray reports from new orleans. >> in the french quarter of new orleans is p and j oyster company. >> we're the oldest continually operating oyster processing and distribution company in the united states. >> reporter: on april 20th, 2010, a blowout at a bp run oil rig nearly 50 miles off the louisiana coast killed 11 workers and injured 17 others.

more than 4 million barrels gushed into the water before the spill was stopped. today p and j is operating at 30% of the business it had before the spill. >> things had not gotten better. the oysters are not reproducing. >> reporter: .>> 50 miles souths is berateria bay, where the oysters grow. we took a ride out into the bay with mark brockhoff. >> also riding along is david muth. the director of mississippi delta restoration. >> this is cadda island, there were roseate spoon bills were

nesting, some of the most horrifying images of the oil spill came from. oil got into the colony and it was underneath the mangroves. >> the birds are gone and the island is now considered dead. >> it is sick thing. this was a beautiful, beautiful place. >> and its patches of marsh land in barataria bay, affecting the ecosystems out here and the livelihoods of the fishermen. >> mark brockhoff says business is not the same today but he does say that bp helped him in the aftermath. >> the money they gave us pretty much helped make up for our losses. >> back in new orleans at p and j, the opinion is difference. al says he would like bp to

spend more in building up the coast and the fisheries. >> bp has band-aided and spent lots of money promoting all the work they do rather than doing what they're supposed to do. >> dead fish. >> reporter: meanwhile research continues on the environmental impact. the state has a plan in place to help save the eroding coast. build new barrier islands for wildlife and help louisiana seafood industry survive. robert ray, al jazeera, new orleans. >> for christians across the globe of course it is good friday, the most solemn day on the calendar, the day that jesus was crucified and buried. pope francis is celebrating good friday mass in rome, in jerusalem the day was celebrated by an ancient play watched by worshipers every year. nick schifrin has more.

>> 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 he was crucified on. so they carried the cross. good friday is a solemn remembrance. christians believe that jesus was killed on this friday before easter. they came from all over the world from every christian sect. this group from bell great. >> jesus was crucified because of all of us, for all man kind. to shoaz show m show him that wt what he has done. >> we would be leaving him. >> albert dumar is from washington but also from here. his grandmother is palestinian.

>> when she was a little girl this is the path she would walk every easter. it's really amazing to kind of do what she did when she was little. >> reporter: he, jesse, sarah and taran are all studying arabic. the security was tight. they tried reach the site where jesus was killed. each time they were turned away. for two hours, they gave up. >> like the whole procession you want to end up at your church and you can't. little frustrating. >> albert missed the head of his faith. the greek or th greek orthodox,e jesus was crucified and resurrected.

>> only a thousand were let into this site, the spot where jesus christ was believed to be buried. >> since the fourth century the church of the holy accep sepulcn this church he believes the church's true message. >> you don't have to be leer to find me. you can find me in your own hearts and your own homes and your own bedroom if you get on your knees and pray to the bottom of your heart. >> a reminder that jesus's path seasoned only along the roads that he walked. nick schifrin, al jazeera, jerusalem. >> coming up next, singer rosanne cash talks about her mowsmusic and her famous father.

bound for the international space station after nearly a month of delays.

>> quite a bit of rain coming down in parts of florida and georgia. that's brawrt flash flood watches in georgia and the southeast. much needed rain but also the potential of lightning strikes as you get near saturday. the focus as we look at our rainfall totals in the southeast have been two to four inches coming down in parts of georgia also central florida where we've had some very strong thunderstorms. florida may be out of the woods when we get into our saturday rainfall and thunderstorm activity but not so much for southern north carolina, you're going to be cloudy because of the clouds and the rainfall your temperatures are going ostay primarily in the gis. 50s, while heat turns on in knoxville where temperatures are going to be soaring into the 70s.

the pacific northwest, rainfall totals up to two inches for north cascades. as we get through day on saturday rain will be on the increase and so will the wind. very strong wind expected out on the washington coast and we're going osee waves, wave heights up to 20 feet a dangerous time to be on the coast and nearby those high waves. coming up al jazeera news continues.

>> an unmanned spaiksx -- spacex capsule is heading to the international space station. this is the third vessel that has been run by the agency that has a contract with nasa. tonight we hear from grammy sing are songwriter rosanne cash. she now calls new york home. ♪ ♪ the song is called "modern blue" from rosanne cash's first album in four years. ♪ big wide world ♪

>> in the rhythm and the thread, she and her husband john leventhal took through south. to her father's childhood home in arkansas. with 11 country singles and 12 grammy nominations, 58-year-old cash has navigated her own path weaving her own way. cash is also the best-selling author of the 2010 memoir, composed, that details her childhood and relationship with her father, johnny cash. that relationship is also explored in her new album ♪ nothing good seems like it will come your way ♪ ♪ tell heaven ♪ tell heaven ♪ >> rosanne cash welcome.

good to you have on the program. >> thank you, good to see you. >> you're getting rave reviews, a masterpiece, best work of your career. you have had so much success in your life in your career, to have this? >> it feels amazing. you know you put out a body of work and you hope that it connects with people. but you never know. and particularly in this day and age when people aren't buying as many records as they used to. so after all of this time i still feel like a beginner and to have it accepted like that, and the praise come back to you, it feels amazing. i feel like the luckies person in the world. >> when i've heard you describe this album it sounds like it started with a road trip. is that kind of it? >> kind of it, yes. arkansas state university wanted to purchase my dad's boyhood home in a new deal era colony in

arkansas and they wanted the family to be involved. i started going down for dpund raisers. -- for fund raisers. it was a perfect storm of being in the south and reconnecting with people that i knew. and one thing that kind of put this all together in my mind is i have a friend natalie chan in florence, alabama. and she has this studio, she employs these women, they hand-stitch these beautiful clothes. and i went down and she taught me to sew. and she was threading my needle and she said, "you have to love the thread." tears came to my eyes, it was chilling. i kept thinking about that, you have to love the thread. i took it to be a huge metaphor. and as we were driving through the south i was thinking about the thread. ♪ through memphis ♪ past the strongest shores >> is this about your history as well this album, was it about

family hifort and -- history and why is family history so important? >> i wanted to write about -- some of it is family history but i wanted my kids to know who their great grandparents were. because you know that, you know more who you are. you know, and how you fit in this world. you know that. that's what happens at our age. we start wanting to know who we're connected to. the geography we're connected to. what thing resonates from them to us onto our kids. those things are really important to me. particularly in art and music. and the things we love, you know. my mother's recipes. my daughter, the way she plays the guitar is a little bit like my dad, you know. those things are fascinating to me. ♪ what's the temperature dawning ♪ 100 or more ♪ the horses pulling at the dusk

♪ while it's willing at the door ♪ you pour your strongest coffee ♪ >> first of all what's it like to work with your husband so closely? >> it's good now. it took us a while to figure it out. >> really? because you guys were won this wonderful work, how do you -- you say i write a line he writes the murveg? >> that happens in always. i bring him a lyric he brings me a piece of music, back and forth, i hand him a completed lyric, as i did in one song. we try not to take it personally if we criticize each other. >> that works well. >> sometimes. you try obring did best out in each other, you know? >> sure. >> it can be very romantic if you don't fall into those potholes. >> you grew up out in california. >> i did. >> and you lived in nashville

for a while. >> nine years. is new york the longest place you have lived anyplace? >> i've lived in can new york for 20 years. the longest place i've lived. >> everyone would feel you were from the south, what dwru you to ne --drew to new york? >> you heard the phrase, we all thought she was a little weird. it's new york. i knew it was new york. >> you wrote your father a letter about your love of music and art. >> i was 12 years old. he said, i see that you see as i see. >> very powerful. >> yes. >> congratulations on all of this. >> thank you. >> wonderful success that you've achieved. what's next? >> san francisco jazz festival, dublin, london, lot of -- i mean

i -- this is an 18 month push for this record. i really believe in it. i got to say, it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> you and i have known each other for a long time. >> our fathers knew each other. >> that's right and they were two sweet men and yours is still a sweet man. >> there's a picture of them. >> oh my goodness. good to see you. >> it's tonight's freeze frame from the florida keys national marine sanctuary. a scuba diving easter bunny, hiding eggs on the sea floor. every year the sanctuary raises money for the local children's charity. we've got headlines with richelle right after this.

>> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm richelle carey. here are tonight's top stories. an avalanche is being called the deadliest disaster ever on mount efforts.

the avalanche swept over about a dozen guides. about 100 more people were set to be caught off above the impact area of the avalanche. new information emerging about the ferry disaster. the captain and two ferry employees are under arrest. the ferry is under water. in eastern russia, terms of the agreement from diplomats from the u.s., russia, ukraine and eu. learning more about the person arrested for the series of highway shootings. mohamed whittaker faces 18 charges related to some of the shootings which began last month. three people were wounded in the attacks. christians across the globe are celebrating good friday one of the holiest days of the faith. the day christians believe jesus was crucified.

marked the occasion by a procession through jerusalem. "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. you can always get the latest news at our website online, aljazeera.com. >> on "america tonight": tough choices in south korea. desperate parents cling to hope their children are alive in the submerged ferry, while survivor's guilt claims one victim and rescuers warn retrieving the vessel will prevent the saving of any lives. over my head is the kindu ice ball, t