moapu paiute >> on "america tonight" - surviving the storm. a second round batters the south - ripping open homes, communities and old wounds. for mississippi another reminder of a dark day when the tornados pushed through tupelo. and a push from the top - colleges urged to act to stop sex crimes on campus. >> i was told that rape was like a football game, and i should look back on my experience when i played the game and what would

i have done differently to avoid the situation. >> we continue our indepth report and what colleges are doing now. >> and why moapa band of paiute fear an obnoxious neighbour. >> we are not seeing one thing from the plant, but we are dying off, paying with our lives. >> our series "dirty power" continues, with a threatened home on the range. >> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. a deadly day and possibility night ahead as more than 60 million americans face down killer weather storming across the eastern part of the nation. from southern michigan to the golf, east of virginia, the

warnings have gone out. two days of violent weather killed 34 people. a number expected to rise with images like this. >> it's in front of me. >> and this is mississippi. the small town where seven died and severe damage. the main hospital took a direct hit. remarkably no one was injured. nine deaths reported in mississippi. but an essential that dispute all the damage, the community is looking for the silver lining. >> tremendous loss of residential/commercial property but we are thankful. >> and we go to mississippi. what are you seeing? >> complete devastation. look at this house. it used to be two stories, the top storey has been ripped away.

look at the yard. we walk through the debris. as we get to the streets, you can see the car. it's been twisted, tossed away like a soda can. pieces of the home, including the roof and there's a big concern that severe weather is on the way. take a look at the clouds building over tupelo. that is something that is going to continue. not only here, but other areas hit hard over the last 48 hours, could see more severe weather. part of the potential strike zone that stretches from louisiana to michigan. 75 million people could be in the path of what could be weather. >> you know, a short time ago we heard sirens coming from your location. this must be going on and off. there's a lot of concern with this damage with natural gas lines and so forth.

>> absolutely. day and night you hear the sirens, see the strobes of emergency vehicles racing through and coming in spots like this, where they found, as you talked about natural gas luns, electrical line problems, or something they need to get on right away, or helping the victims. there were six people or a large dog inside the house. they run to the safe spot. a pantry, a closet in the interior of the home. they decided with more storms on the way, they are getting out of the region and zone and will wait until things calm down. imagine how tough it is when most of your life is scattered street. >> they did the the right thing taking shelter when they did. >> the majority of tornado happened east of the rockies and the great plains, mid west. in places dubbed tornado alley

and dixie alley, towns that if asked down the threat, fury brought on by the deadly twisters year after year. >> sitting in my kitchen. dinner. >> it starts with train. >> the light go off. i hear the train - a train. as it was going - i mean, the roaring sound and the wind, and seeght the trees come -- seeing the trees come through the house and everything, it was amazing. >> a few seconds of terror, and then it's gone. what is left - only devastation. >> it looked like an atomic bomb went off over there. it's just bad. >> tupelo, a name that echos with history and tragedy. on a balmy spring evening, 5 april 1936 there was no warning. they didn't know that the residents of tupelo were smack in the path of what would become one of the four deadly tornados in u.s. history.

in a community of well-built homes, 48 blocks were levelled. at least 216 people perished. among the survivors were a young elvis presley and his mother. >> in this part of the country the threat cams around again and again, and the stories with terror, so often found the same. >> lucky to be alive. it took a few seconds. it felt like a life-time. >> i got in the bathroom and lay on the floor. i had to hold the door closed, it was trying to fly open. a few seconds later the roof came off. >> mayflower, livonia, tuscaloosa, and alabama, and other places know what it's like to face down a tornado, survive more than once, and be grateful

for it. >> we are so grateful god spared our lives. >> if it seems to you that tornado strikes the same communicate yes over and over, there is some truth. >> we do not always hear about them on average: . >> curiously most: . >> following up on tornado and why they so often seem to strike in the same place. joining us is dr harold brooks, senior scientist at the national severe storms laboratory in northern oklahoma. appreciate you being back. we are struck by that. the situation at tupelo, going back in history and other places, we see the same communities hit repeatedly. why is that? >> the tornados have been happening everywhere.

we are paying attention. there are a lot of places out that are hit multiple times. as we look at a longer record we see places hit more than once. >> certain places of the country, is it environmental, south, wide open paces - is that what a tornado needs? >> essentially we are looking at the area between the rockies and the app illations and in large part that's where the ingredients come together most often. when they come together a lot, they'll hit the same place more than once. >> this week we are seeing over and over again several communities getting hit. the storms are sitting in this part of the country. should we expect that for the rest of the week? >> not really. there'll be - once we get through today the threat will be further east. that will be the end of the major threat for the week. the system, as it moved across the u.s. moved slowly. for instance, on sunday, there

was a threat, arkansas river and a little east, and then yesterday the threat is mississippi, today it's towards the eastern half of mississippi, alabama, and georg. mississippi, alabama, and georgia. % >> there should be warning that people should be able to take cover - why does this continue to happen? is it structural. do we have the right safety features in communicatius today. ? >> right now we look at houses. we don't build houses at the level they are building the houses. if we eliminate cars, people get killed, we could drive in sherman tanks, we don't do that because of cost. right you chances of survival are good if you do the right kinged of thing. no matter what -- right kind of thing.

no matter what you do, the wrong combination, something hits you in a wrong part of the body, and you could be injured and dive. >> harold books from noah's national severe storms looker -- laboratory. thank you for your insight. after the break, indepth coverage of campus sex crime and why the white house has called for campuses to do more to stop it. we meet some young women forcing change one college at a time. future. >> i don't remember going to so many futures. >> in our series "dirty power", the stand the moapu paiute took >> our current system has gone very far awry...

>> there's huge pressure on the police to arrest and find somebody guilty >> i think the system is going to fail a lot of other people. >> you convicted the wrong person >> i find that extraordinarily disappointing... >> to keep me from going to jail, i needed to cooperate. >> the evidence was inaccurate >> they still refuse the dna >> somebody can push you in a death chamber >> it's not a joke >> award winning producer and director joe berlinger exposes the truth. from the inside... >> a justice system rum by human beings, can run off the rails. >> some say there's justice for all, but they're not in the system.. >> it shouldn't be easy to just lock somebody up and throw away the key >> ...nightmarish [ ] of reality, sometimes you can't win... >> an original investigative series. al jazeera america presents the system with joe beringer only on al jazeera america

the white house released a plan to attack sexual assaults in campuses. >> we have a big problem, we need your help. >> it's happening on college schools. >> it's happening to our sisters and our daughter erts. >> our wives and our friends. >> it's called sexuality and it has to stop. >> we need all of you to be part of the solution. it's about respect and responsibility. >> it's up to all of us to put an end to sexual assault and that starts with you. one in five women is sexually assaulted in clem, a statistic -- college, a statistic we have reported on in

sex crime on "america tonight". we know there's more to it. like the white house, we turned to those affected to under how colleges respond to allegations of campus rape and what might put an end to it. >> it happened so quickly it was within 2 minutes that i was - my head was slam ed into a bathroom door and next to the title, and the assault proceed ed. >> i remember putting my happened on the sink, looking at myself in the mirror and not comprehending what had just happened. it was just like q"i need to get out of here." >> these women say they were raped at a place most assume is a haven of learning and safety. annie was a freshman. andrea a sophomore attending unc, the university of north carolina at chappell hill.

each said the university failed to protect them or give them the support they needed to cope with the experience affidavits. >> the last thing i would want to do is walk into an office immediately after and say "this happened to me, this happened to me, this happened to me" and to be questioned for hours upon hours. i know when i did report, because i did, i was blamed for my own experience. >> what does that mean, bailed? >> i was told rape was like a football game, i should like back on my experience if i was playing and what would i have >> one in 20 college women in the united states will be the victim of a completed for attempted rape in a typical college year, according to the national violence against women's survey in 2000. over a college career as many as 20 to 25% can be victims. today many of these victims of

survivors. >> there's depression, there's eating disorders, there's cutting. there's this internal blame, there's not wanting to go out at night. dropping out of school is something we see a lot. dropping out of classes. switching residents hall rooms. a lot of burden is placed on the victim to change your lifestyle because it's your fault, you have to get over it, figure out better. violence. >> the thing with the university, they treat it as a compliance issue, something that can be solved with a policy. >> it's "it wasn't as bad", or pr stuff. i want to see someone take ownership and say "we messed up but we'll learn from our mistakes and have the level model and practices in the country." i want to see them say "we're sorry, and we need to make it better", not we didn't do anything long.

>> this is the easiest thing to do, have a blue light and have a campus guard. >> since 1972 the u.s. department of education under title 9 of the civil rights act said institutions receiving federal fund must ensure an education free of sexual discrimination. >> the law is assorted with equality in sport. colleges and universities say they were unaware of legal investigations under title 9 to protect students from sexual assault. historically critics say schools have generally looked the other way or worse - covered it up. >> melinda manning is a dean, dissatisfied with the university's handling of assault complaints. >> we were reluctant to classify sexual assaults.

we put much more emphasis on preventing playingurism and repeat. that was a reality. >> i'm here to talk about physical abuse and sexual assault on college campuses, and it. >> in april 2011, vice president joe biden announced what is known as the dear colleague alert. the document articulated guidelines for how schools should deal with sexuality under title 9, league no doubt that protecting student is the school's responsibility. belles belles >> though annie graduated, in 2012 she and andrea found each other through the unc community and talked about the issue of rape in the university of north carolina and made the decision to make a stand. this is not a problem. this is not something missed up.

we said unc isn't a bad police, it's a representation of a larger cultural problem. >> the women began researching title 9, introducing other victims of rape. in january, 2013, along with former unc administration. they filed a complaint against the university of north carolina at the department of education. >> i think this is a microcosm of what is happening. we are seeing these crimes are committed. the university is sweeping them under the rug. the department of education not holding them accountable and students being the ones saying this is okay. when you have 18 and 19-year-old men and women holding the government accountable for rape - it boggles my mind. >> the department of education has made an effort. >> yes, but they have never really done anything. there's no teeth behind it.

that we have seen. >> has any university had federal funds withdrawn? >> no. >> never. >> no. >> the federal complaint against unc received considerable media attention and social media has given a voice to a network of survivors, many with the informal help of annie and andrea filed their own come plaint at the department of education. the office for civil rights, tasked with enforcing title 9 opened investigations on sexual assaults on 51 colleagues and universities. doubling in the last six months. to many, there is an assistance of a turning point. >> andrea and annie started pulling things together from all over the county. and normalized the movement. that is the fundamental publication. they took one case.

they helped educate countless women across the country too. >> they take it to the next stop. they go to the office of civil rights. they filed a complaint saying my me. >> this is one of five title nine administration. the federal complaint was lodged against the school. >> it may be easier to talk about plainlierism. we have to talk about violence and sexual violence. have we done that. colleges and universities - i say we need to do better, more. >> despite the federal guidelines outlined in the dear colleague letter, the rite way forward is not clear. >> part of my frustration was along with the document didn't come a training institute. we are trying.

sometimes we are stumbling because we are not getting the guidance we need with expectations and speculation. >> what are we looking at? >> this is a project i created with my project. it became the first that showcased it. interestingly with this case, this was targeted and vandalized. that photo so not here. >> what does it say, that survivor. >> it basically says keep quiet and know your place. >> annie and andrea believe sexual assaults on campus are still underreported. >> any time i look at a sexual assault report and see 000 across the board, that's a red flag. it doesn't mean sexual assault is not happening, it means people are uncomfortable talking about it or the university is not giving accurate statistics. >> in 2014 more guidelines are

on the way, educating students about reporting scpauments and inter -- sexual assaults and problem. >> it's no longer training women how not to be raped. but training men and women about the issues related to sexual assault and teaching not to rape. that's where we are now. starting to make the course corrections. the newer generation have a different perspective on sexual violence than those there 20 years ago. >> as for annie and andrea they have turned their ordeals into a mission to bring light into a part of campus light that has been too long in shadow. >> angela rose, founder of pay. and julia dickson,

promoting awareness. both participated in the report - i wonder if there's something you get out of this that is reason to hope and reason for concern. >> the hope piece is that this is a huge step in the right direction. in terms of our collective movement, seeght the psa with -- seeing the psa with celebrities involved. it's critical to get men engaged. we need to make sure men and women work on the issue. >> i'm proud. this is the first administration to focus on this. direction. >> it's a baby step. >> on the question of steps, largely the reports was a litany of information. encouraging surveys on college

campuses, on great transparency to what is happening. a website. there was no query on sanctions or in law enforcement. >> do you think this waps an for. >> the definitions have to be outlined. what buy in is there if there accountable. >> we need to see it coming down the pipe. the law enforcement piece is critical. survivors are criticised when they try to report. that has to change. >> we heard in our other report, title 9 has been available as a resource to colleges or sanctions of colleges before, and yet no college has been punished this way. >> that's true. part of the problem is tilt 9, first of all, you can only file -- title 9 is you can only file within 90 days.

if you find out the university was not in compliance, but you found out two years later, it's been absolved by time. a lot is about awareness, for students to know their rights and when it is violated. >> and another university saying even they they tried to comply based on a complaint, tried to come into compliance. they feel they have not fade the federal government and are willing to give up federal found to not be in compliance with tilt nine. is this a -- title 9. is this a line in the sand. >> it's a tough decision on tuft's part. title 9 has not been utilised how it should be. same. >> this is a decision and a number of issues we'll follow on "america tonight".

we remain interested in camp you wills sex crime and -- campus sex crime and what can be down to stop it. us. in our next half hour - tough or timid - in a bid to end the crisis in ukraine, new sanction, but little sign that will do much good, leading some rub was to urge the -- republicans to urge the president to show more muscle. donald sterling - controversial comments, the owner of the "clipper maid of the skies" clipped by the n.b.a. >> this wasn't just about black or white, it really was about right or >> every saturday join us for exclusive, revealing, and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. >> i became beautiful when i became a feminist >> gloria steinem >> sexuality is about cooperation, not domination... >> and inspiration... >> i want for women whatever they want for themselves...

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fed ex facility injured six. a gunman, works as a package handle. walked into the warehouse with a rifle. he was found dead from a self-inflict gunshot wound. message sent. united states and europe slapping russia with more sanctions much as the west ratchets up the pressure, the situation in eastern ukraine seems more straight than ever. >>. >> reporter: pro-russian militants take over one more government building in the capital of luhansk, close to the russian border. armed with bats and chains, some masked some uniformed, some in t-shirt, hundreds storm government headquarters raising separatist flags. police stood by. as evening fell there were reports of rebel gunmen opening fire. out.

>> increasingly the police are seen as powerless, unwilling to act and beyond the control of ukraine's government. rebels control a growing swath of territory, including the government buildings of two provincial capitals, and parts of ate other cities or -- eight other cities or town. pr russians hold sway over the industrial heartland, the territory that vladimir putin called new russia. most people here call themselves ukrainian, but speak russian as a first language. secretary of state john kerry criticised russia, again, for not living up to its part of the diplomatic bargain struck in geneva, meant to de-escalate the crisis. >> there is strong evidence. engagement exists in the east. as long as russia decides to

continue to fan the flames, we stand ready with our partners to do what is necessary. >> new sanctions announced while not going after putin's fortunes, believed to be billions, target those close to him. iggore sechin, director of rosnest is on the clift. and an visor and point person. not on the list big banks or gas companies much the u.s. and allies are trying to calibrate the list hitting the regime and big supporters without harming the russian people. >> a defiant president was defensive. >> we will find adequate replacements.

forward. >> president obama continuing his tour of asia, today in manila, said he did not know if this round of sanctions would work. adding if it did not, there chunks. >> the goal is not to go after mr putin personally, the goal is to change his calculus with respect to how the counter actions that he's engaging in in ukraine can have an adverse impact on the economy over the long hall. and to encourage him to actually walk the walk and not just talk the talk when it comes to diplomatically resolving the crisis in ukraine. >> president obama making the case that these sanctions are having an impact. of course, it's important to point out in moscow the stock market rose, clearly investors happy that the sanctions don't have as great an impact could.

>> we speak with republican in indiana, observing all of this closely. as we talk about the impact of expanded sanctions here, congressman, i take it that you are disappointed. >> well, the problem is the sanctions and the increase in sanctions are symbolic. vladimir putin doesn't strike me as a person that responds much to symbolism. what we need to do is move past the symbolic sanctions to those that are the superrich and move to the economic sectors that could make a difference in the russian economy - the natural like. >> as you know, our european allies are reluctant to do that because they, themselves could be hurt by the sanctions. how level is it to move beyond the objections. >> what you are acknowledging is

the political reality that many allies would be hurt by the same sanctions that hurt russia. america needs to rally its own energy production, not something that would take place short of a couple of years, just the statement that we will expand energy production, the commitment to providing the exports to reassure allies. vladimir putin is not someone that will respond to rhetoric or symbolism. until he believes that the russian economy will be hurt, we'll see more of the same. >> if you look to what could be done immediately, that would have immediately impact. what are we talking about, loosening the gas reserves, that acknowledge. >> yes. i think that's right. and i think there's value to doing this together. my fear is, though, that if we stay in the world of symbolic

efforts. we end up - risk making things worse as you said. the moscow stock market is going up, not down, and that shows that most russians, and those that invest in russia are not concerned by sanctions. >> how do you reach out to a leader like vladimir putin, who has his own objections and decided that he can absorb a certain amount of economic pain, especially if your closest allies are unwilling to inflict the pain on themselves. >> we can't undo failed efforts to syria and other red lines that we have drawn. >> vladimir putin is a leader that will respond to strength. we need to be clear that america will step forward and provide sanctions in national gas and banking sectors. i think we also need to look at are there military support that we can provide to the ukraine. defense, antitank defense systems. we are not going to put ukraine in a position where they can

stand up to a full-on russian onslaught. but we can't help them deal with minor scurmishes. >> you would support the inclusion of lethal military support for ukraine. >> i think it's right there's no temperature in america. but i think meaningful support in military aid would be important. i think col bined, obviously, with an aggressive standing on the economic sectors, it could hurt the russian economy. no one wants to hurt the russian economy. we'd like to see russia step back from aggression. if we see a meaningful response, we'll need meaningful sanctions. >> thank you to both of you.

when we return, our indepth look at dirty power substance. in the shadow of a threatening neighbour, a small tribe stand up and counts the cost. >> my brother worked at the plant. he was 31 when he passed away. i just realised how many people are psych. >> on a reservation, what burning coal leaves behind and what the moapu paiute leaves as a legacy. >> the debate that divides america, unites the critics, a reason to watch al jazeera america the standout television event borderland, is gritty honesty. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on down here, the only way to find out, is to see it yourselves. >> taking viewers beyond the debate. >> don't miss al jazeera america's critically acclaimed series borderland

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on real money with ali velshi on al jazeera america we think about nuclear waste and the fracking water leftovers. we take a look in dirty power about coal. the concerns about the plants are longstanding. what is newer is a debate over waste material left over. the coal ash. it's after the waste is burnt. sara hoy on a community of native americans who took on an energy giant to protect their homeland. >> vickie simmonds says this nearby coal-fired power plant is killing her people. >> all of the people that live closest to the plant they all went. one after another. nestled among the sprawling desert. the moapa band of paiute life on a reservation an hour north of

the las vegas. the reservation borders of the coal ash fields of the reid gart ner power station. on winty days the coal ash moves across the desert like a toxic sand storm. >> i have to programme it to collect samples every six days. >> simmonds sids on the tribes' environmental -- sits on the tribes' environment committee and heads of testing. they believe it has caused asthma, heart disease, cancer and premature death including her brother. >> my brother worked on the plant. he was 32 when he passed away. i realised how many sick people there were. my neighbours. the next neighbours. there was a pattern to me. >> we are not seeing one thing from the plant. we are dying off. we are dying off, paying with our lives.

>> i'm proud of who i ammism. >> former -- who i am. >> former tribal chairman led the tribe to take on the energy giant they felt was destroying people. >> the home here, that's where my cows jeps used to live -- cousins used to live. they passed away. >> first stop, the health board of southern nevada. anderson says the door was slammed in his face. >> the response was "you don't have over 1,000 people, so we'll not pay attention." >> enter the sierra club which helped the tribe with lawyers and lobbying. >> reid gardener produces 8 million pound. microgen ochl -- nitrogen oxide. >> they campaigned to close the plant and sued the owner and the energy, forcing it to clean up the waste. outside. we can't.

we can't to keep the kids. enough? >> yes, we have. now you see the outcome. it is that we'll shut the plant down, and we'll go ahead and show a different way to create energy, other than polluting and destroying mother earth. >> according to the lawsuit 20 truckloads of coal ash are dumped into a nearby landfill. 500,000 gallons of waste water are sent to evaporation ponds. residents say goal ash, which contains mercury and other toxins blows on to a reservation, causing an ash cloud and forcing them indoors. waste from the plant contaminated the groundwater, resulting in arsenic levels - 140 times higher than federal drinking standard. barbara we searched the harmful effect of coal ash.

>> if i gave you a glass of arsenic waste water i could be charged with attempted murder. when chromium 6 and arsenic gets into the water and celinium gets into a lake where people eat the fish, and that gets to people crime? >> how bad is this? >> it's nasty. it's important to see that it be properly disposed of, and ultimately ideally we'd want to move away from relying on coal for our power. >> there's no way to say for certain that the plant is making lem bers sick. >> we -- workers sick. >> we may not be able to say it is causing cancer, but if someone is smoking cancer we can't say it was that particular packet that you smoked that caused cancer, but we see if you have lung cancer and you smoke

connection. >> mb energy declined a request for an interview but said in a statement - they have printed the power station in an environmentally responsible manner. >> the moapu paiute reservation's bond with the land is strong and deep. >> growing up, i don't remember going so many funerals. >> serena grow up an the res, she lives with her husband in the house that her father builts. each child suffers respiratory medication. >> this is the one my sob has to take to help control the -- son has to take to help control the asthma. >> we have neb u liesers, my daughter has headache medicine. she gets head aches, and they don't go away.

>> these are every four hours, when you have to get up at 4 in the morning and you have to go hard. >> in the david v goliath battle. they are winning. in june the governor signed a bill effectively shutting down the coal fire plant by 2017. supported by senator harry reid. >> this site and the dangerous chemicals inside it is literally killing the paiutes. it is time to close the dirty relic. [ clapping ] >>. >> like men reservation, the moapu paiute is plagued with poverty, unemployment and alcoholism. the shutdown of their toxic neighbour is a relief.

>> no one knows what we go through. i'm a mother. i'll be a grandmother. i'm glad they will not poison the future generations that hopefully we'll be able to overcome it and let our children and grandchildren grown up and experience the same family traditions we have here as tribal members. >> the tribe didn't stop at shutting down the plant. they turned to seoular. here, along the internet, saving nearly $3 bills. >> the paiutes broke down on a solar energy plant. said to be the first utility scale project on tribal lands. the 350 megawatt project, enough to power 100,000 homes is expected to come online next year, and provide the tribe with a steady source of revenue,

opening the door to financial independence. the paiutes are not taking chances with mv energy. >> there's coal, ash, stuff out there cop tam nating the -- contaminating the land. what will we do about it. >> the tribe joined a lawsuit against the epa ensuring that the coal ash is disposed of properly when the plant closes. a federal regulation should be released in december. for the small tribe, it's a big win, protecting not only air and water. but their way of life. >> this is my home, it's where i grew up. dad helped to build this house. i'm not leaving my home. it's tradition. our investigative series continues next time on the programme with nuclear powers unlikely allies. >> many in the nuclear industry have fought for some time to

have nuclear acknowledged as a clean source of energy. it is a very environmentally benign source of electricity generation. >> i cab see people listening to you, rolling their eyes. saying "mabel, did you hear what he said?" >> yes, i would encourage mabel and her partner to do some more homework on this. >> is nuclear technology the misunderstood dirty power. michael oku reports on that . >> ahead in the final thought of the hour, the melting pot. >> the barrier is something that is big. with food we have a way of making . first the recipes on the move, and now they call america home. a male with project feast

consider this. the news of the day plus so much more. answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what.

finally, coming to a new country as an immigrant can be difficult and isolating, especially for women. how do you meet new people, learn a language and get a job. one solution - speaking a lang wage all understand - food. today a recipe for success. >> this is a chance to practice what we have been working on. >> reporter: it's final exam day, a busy morning, with dan laying down the law. >> i don't want you to go into home cooking, this is work cooking. the chicken needs to cook. the food needs to be done at 12 o'clock. >> the 6-week class on commercial kitchen basics is free. the students who go through an application process are immigrants. this session women from mexico,

venezuela and eritrea. this is the founder and c.e.o. of project feast. >> the only way to keep recipes, dishes and cuisine alive is to cook them. >> students learn recipe writing and kitchen specific vocabulary. the plan is to help the woman keep cooking the dishes, encouraging them to share cultures through food. people have a comfort with food. >> we have 45 minutes. >> i'm making it. >> all right over there? starting to smell good. >> it's the knife skills, safety and sanitation in the kitchen, it's knowing your temperatures, and what cooking safely means, all of that is important to getting a job and keeping a job

and being considered a good employee. >> this is a head. do you want two heads? >> yes. >> all of them. >> what are called the soft skills are equally important. learning english, making differences. >> the culture and quis eaches that people bring, we want that at the center. >> all the people make a dish representing their country. >> banana pie and cactus salad from mexico. >> from eritrea we are doing a chicken dish that i cannot pronounce the plane. >> this is our mantra. >> all right. we have 30 minutes. >> we are cutting it close. this needs to go in. >> the classes helped the chef

deal with being in a strange new place. she married on american man, moved here two years ago and found herself searching. >> what i do now, i need something for me. something. >> practices ard knows about the challenges, her family moving here when she was a girl. >> the barrier is big. with food we have a way of making that smaller. >> the organization couldn't be much smaller. access to the commercial kitchen center. >> this is world headquarters. >> this is world headquarters. >> which provide 120 square feet of cubicle space. >> two full-time, two part-time. volunteers. >> it provide the platform. >> practices ard entered her concept in a past

contest linking investors and volunteers with causes. project feast won in two categories, the plan is for graduates to help with private catering jobs using recipes from homeland so they can earn money food. having the ability to generate powerful. >> with a final exam at an end, the students arranged food for presentation, and served a global lunch for family and friends. they get diplomas, snap a class picture and look forward to expanding their american"ons. >> i like -- american horizons. >> i like to cook. >> thinking and planning and having our own business to create a small business around the food. >> i think it's important. this is life. if you don't eat, you die. >> the track record for the

still young nonprofit is promising. 12 out of 16 commercial kitchen graduates have been hired by project feast for catering jobs, making above minimum wage, as continues. sounds great. that's it for "america tonight". a programming note. al jazeera's new series "borderland" airs 9:0 eastern. we'll see you tomorrow for more of "america tonight". >> on techknow... >> these are some of the amazing spider goats >> small creatures, big impact >> how strong is it? >> almost as strong as steel >> inspiring discoveries changing lives >> this could go in a human body... >> right >> this is for an achilles tendon >> techknow every saturday

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