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>> its appears one of the most wanted men in the world is behind the mass abduction of 276 schools girls in nigeria. it is the latest troubling turn of events in a story we've been following for weeks and although this is unfolding in africa, washington is helping. attorney general eric holder and the group allegedly behind the situation and we begin with richelle carey.

richelle. >> these girls were married off to their captors for $12 aapiece. and now boko haram's leaders say the girls are slaves and will be sold. >> yanked from their beds in dead of night. 300 young women, ages 16 to 18, who were told they would be taken, and safe. the men were members of boko haram, fighting against western influence in nigeria. the girls were attending girls secondary school one open for final exams and preparing for a physics test. we know little about them. only some of their names have been released, biblically inspired, like ruth and hannah. have been forced to convert to islam.

families and parents of the girls have been protesting. the cries of nigerian activists have been echoing around the world. washington, d.c. to london, signs held the hashtags, bring back our daughters, bring back our gicials. they have been accused with working with working with boko haram to make the nigerian president look bad. >> many are angry with the government's handling of the abduction and these allegation could lead more people to the streets. >> the united states is speaking out. secretary of state john kerry called for nigerian president goodluck jonathan, to do more to find the girls. he then broke his silence. >> we believe, get them out.

>> the many nigerians want more than promises. >> i percentagely believe that -- personally believe that not enough is being done to rescue our daughters. >> secretary of state john kerry has called this an unconscionable credit crime. doing everything necessary to get back their daughters. think of this john, you send your daughter to get an education and three weeks later, this happens and you still don't know where she is. >> a look at boko haram, a ruthless group, a wanted one and now a senseless abduction. john terret has the story. >> for more than five years, credit, are railroad killings, bombs and wanton destruction of property. >> we are boko haram. >> it's self proclaimed leader says his group is working in the

name of religion. for protection of africa's religions. nigeria's government tried but failed to eliminate the group. historian juan cole says, boko haram does not have widespread appeal. >> boko haram is a fringe movement. it is a terrorist group which has assassinatemuslim learned men, it has terrorized communities, and it is a small group relatively speaking. but it casts a large shadow. >> its latest move kidnapping hundreds of school girls and destroying the building, is a latest in a series of crcialg being movements. surpassinsurpassing south africe wealth is centered in the south, boko haram is centered in in the

north. in 2010, boko haram engineered a prison break that being freed 700 inmates. last year, boko haram was accused murdering 65 school boys. in april, fighters again targeted abuja, blowing up a bus station had killed nearly 100 people. middle easting historian juan pierre says boko haram has a credibility l problem and so does the nigerian government. >> they tried ofill a gap where the government was not seen as being credible or worthy, obviously it's lost that reputation since then but the problem the nigerian government did not manage to step up and fill that void. >> in the past, one problem has been asking for outside

assistance but that appears to be changing. goodluck jonathan is now requesting international aid including help from the u.s. to find the girls and to stop bokoo haram's violent attacks. randall pinkston, al jazeera. >> thank you are randall. today a ukrainian military helicopter was shot down over slovyansk, four police officers were also killed during a shootout with rebels generositye same city. our paul brennan reports. >> knowledge pro-russian military from slovyansk, to push past the roadblocks which are ring this staunchly separatist town and push on towards the center. there was gun fire and multiple explosions and casualties on both sides. a helicopter was brought down

with heavy machine gun fire. two pilots survived and were evacuated to a military hospital. on the ground ambulances weaved through the cross fire. by midafternoon, battle was over and the town fell quiet again. after a campaign that lasted most of the day, active engagement but as you can say pro-russian elements are still in control of large parts of the town. in the area of the city we found the area littered with dozens of spent bullet casings. >> from the 25 of us that went in only five came out. we got into a circle and they started tightening it. they were moving in from the front from the right and the left. when we started retreating they also surrounded us from behind. we barely fought them off and got through. >> reporter: local residents

spoke of a convoy of army vehicles and a group of 11 special forces, soldiers dressed all in black. >> people from the sbu came here and shot at peaceful citizens. my house was shot. the road was covered with the bullet cases. at the moment we have six dead bodies and eight are injured in the hospital. >> translator: i was at home and they were shooting for an hour and a half. my house was hit from two directions. windows have bullet holes in them. ukrainian troops are destroying us. >> reporter: the armor ed vehicles came from that residential it was a line of vehicles with apcs at the back. our self defense was here and a war began. paul brennan, al jazeera, slovyansk,. >> in an exclusive interview stephanie sy spoke with nato's chief. >> thanks john and joining me now from brussels is the

secretary general of nato, rasmussen. thank you for spending time with us. i want to start with something your second in command said recently. he said that nato should treat the russians as an adversary. do you agree with that comment? >> yes, unfortunately we see russia act more as an adversary than as a partner. we strongly regret that because some years ago we decided to dwof what we call a -- develop what we call a true strategic partnership with russia but clearly russia does not act as a partner. >> do you believe that russia's action he in ukraine are tantamount to an act of war as some have suggested? >> i would call it modern warfare. we see russia's hands clearly behind the destabilization efforts in ukraine, first we saw crimea which also led to an

annexation, an illegal annexation of crimea. and i have no doubt, that russia is also involved in the destabilization of eastern ukraine as we are currently witnessing. >> defense secretary, u.s. defense secretary that is chuck hagel testified before congress saying that this crisis really demonstrates the lack of nato funding. i want to ask you secretary-general if this came down to a battle between nato forces and russia today are you confident you have the resources to win? >> we have all plans in place. we have the resources required to ensure effective defense and protection of all allies against any threat. but having said that, i'm also concerned about the declining defense budgets. we have seen deep cuts in

european defense budgets during recent years because of the economic crie crisis. during the same period of time we have seen russia significantly increase its defense investments and this trend cannot continue. >> how would you describe your personal ri relationship with president putin? >> well, i have had many meetings with president putin. and well, we have very clear positions. i think president putin would like to see nato dissolved, actually. and last time i met him i told him my position was quite the opposite. my ambition is to strengthen nato as a framework of collective defense of our allies. so we have a very good professional relationship but also very firm positions.

>> do you believe you will see a resolution to this conflict before you leave the position? >> i regret to say that i think this will be a long-term conflict. because this goes beyond ukraine. basically, this is about a russian attempt to reestablish a russian sphere of influence in its near neighborhood, in the former sowf soviet space, so i k this russian behavior will go beyond crimea, will go beyond ukraine, and this conflict will last for quite some time. >> secretary general of nato ane anders rasmussen. we appreciate your time.

john. >> thank you stephanie. my conversation with being former national security advisory to jimmy carter. >> greasgreece opened its town l meeting with prayer. just after the supreme court said it was within its rights to do that. marking the right for the town and other communities across the country. roxann saberi has the story. >> small town of greece in upstate new york where town meetings began with prayers. >> let us pray. >> from crifnlg christian liquo. said that practice was a violation of the constitution separation between church and state. they sued to have the prayers stopped. here's what they told john siegenthaler. last year. >> the town of greece had no

written policy. they basic were inviting credit clergy to do this prayer and i felt like they were not including all the residents. >> reporter: the court side wednesday the town and in a 5-4 decision said the prayers were constitutional. writing for the majority, justice anthony kennedy called the are prayers ritual not religious. as part of a larger exercise in sink recognition suggests its purpose and effect are to acknowledge leaders and the institution they represent rather than to seclude or coerce nonbelievers. being justicee justice elena kan strongly disagreed. owns and equal share in her being government. did i senting being justices are

jewish acknowledge one sonia sotomayor is catholic. >> got save the united states. >> roxann be saberi, al jazeera. >> technology kerry of target is losing his job. following the widespread hacking in december which compromised the personal data of 70 million customers. steinholt had been at the helm since 2008 but not walking away empty handed. this may be his golden parachute, $12 million in salary and incentive pay, another $1 million in pension benefits and get this possibly $42 million in deferred compensation. casualliton english be is the

co-founder of bellton capital advisors, she joins us tonight. >> thank you for being here. >> are you surprised by this ceo pay? >> actually i'm not. if we accept a status quo $55 million that's a little bit higher than some of the numbers i saw tossed around today, the $55 million it does make sense if we kind of accept this as the status quo for ceo golden pair chutes -- parachutes. >> how does it become accepted for ceos and why? >> sure. one thing to consider when a ceo signs up they're accepting the risk that this could be their last gig ever. so you know, a flub that's generally the ends of their career. so they're accepting that risk at the start. the other thing is you know we look at the security breach in december, we look at maybe some of the failures with target canada but we're also forgetting that this man has had a 35-year

career with target and you know about six years at the helm. so if you look at his total time there he really did tbild builde company. i'm not going osay that he necessarily deserved that but if you look at it that way it makes olittle bit more sense. >> what about investors? i mean do you think investors are happy with what ceos are being paid nowadays? when you look back many studies over the last 30 years ultimate says essentially that ceos make maybe in 1978 made 26 times what workers made. now it's over 200 times and it's grown you know, you enormously in the past 30 years. much faster than average pay for workers. i mean, do we attribute all success to ceoless and is that what it's -- ceos and is that what it's based on and whether

they fail do they not get as much? >> i think it's an interesting question. obviously you're looking at how much ceo pay has grown. it definitely is a problem. it absolutely is. as for attributing too much success to one ceo it's tough to say, you look at a company like apple where you had a steve jobs type visionary, we want to all be holding iphones. is it true for all ceos, it really is not, it's a case-by-case basis. >> we talk about the golden parachute that the pfizer ceo got. didn't it drop during the time of the ceo, i guess the real question is, is it based on performance or what? >> again it did drop recently absolutely following security breach and also following the disappointing can holiday sales in the fourth quarter. but if you looked at the fourth

quarter, retail sales were down overall. so he was on par with his peers. but again you kind of have to look at you know what was his whole career? not what the last six months, but what were the last 35 years with the company, his year as ceo. >> or what one person's worth is to a -- value is to a company. i guess that's the real question? right? >> exactly. you're looking at someone who is willing to kind of take the responsibility and be in charge of every single thing that happens in the country. compensation should be a little bit high but this is a little bit too high we can all agree. >> carlton acknowledge good to have you on the program. >> -- carlton good to have you on the program. thank you so much. yahoo fired enrique de

castro, pfizer fired mckennel. marked value lost about $140 billion. bob nardelli, ceo of credit home depot. and jack welch went home with a whopping $417 million. now to the dangerous wildfires in oklahoma, they began yesterday and 27,000 acres have been scorched. 1 per has died, 26 people have been injured. high winds will, it is worried, fuel the fire tomorrow. our own kevin corriveau is here to look at the weather in the area. kevin. >> satellite weather over oklahoma things are very dry, things are very cloud dpree. we have high pressure dominating

the area. stagnant air there, every single day we are seeing the temperatures getting higher and here's. some more video out of that area, guthrie oklahoma, just to the north of oklahoma city. you can see how low the visibility is with the smoke and we are looking to see this really increase tomorrow. it's not just the area of guthrie. parts of oklahoma there is other wildfires burning as well. in 36 counties actually there are fire bans in effect that will continue for tomorrow as well as the next day. come back to the weather wall, let's look at the temperatures going around the region. temperature has come down considerably since earlier today. we are talk ugh about high 90s now oklahoma city is at 78°. this is area we're talk ugh about for the wildfires. let's look at gul guthrie. just to the east of highway 95. the scribility came down

considerably on the -- visibility came down considerably over this city. we are expecting the temperature to go over 100°. it should be the worst day that we see. >> kevin, thank you. in rhode island, the investigation into a surk circus cialtion manstunt. coming up, real danger for synthetic pot. dozens of overdoses in days. what is it? we'll ask the experts. young blood, closest thing to the fountain of youth, scientists say it could reverse the aging process.

brzezinski,. missouri advisormers virus, motl respiratory virus, in the middle east. influence research suggests young blood might be the being answer to reversing the aging process. it happens when old blood is switched for new building. our science and technology editor jacob ward explains. >> if you surgically attach a young mouse to an old mouse, literally so they share a circulatory system there seems to be tremendous health benefits for old plows. we didn't know how they worked. one researcher had to say from the university of california san francisco about the benefits on

human health of young blood. >> there's a body a growing body of evidence now scientific evidence that has shown young blood can rejuvenate muscle, liver, spinal chord, heart brain and now cognition. so i think there's evidence, strong evidence from the scientific world that says yes, there's something special in blood. so i think it's warranted to think about extending these now into humans. however i say this to everyone, it should be done under controlled appropriate environment. >> now it's not just the blood in general. are researchers have zeroed in on specific, differentiating growth factor leaven protein in blood seems to be the key here. even when mice were injected just with that and not with the rest of the plasma they were found to have the same kinds of benefits, improved plasticity in their brain, improved cognitive function, they regenerate muscles more quickly and so this

could really be a whole new arm of anti-aging medicine, could be tremendously beneficial to humans if it makes that leap from mice to humans. we're still a ways off from that. nobody should go stitching yourself to younger people. does the old mouse begin to flourish or the young mouse begins olanguish. we don't understand that yet. stimulating stem cells. under the effects of dgf 11 can lead to uncontrolled multiplication called cancer. we don't want to go that way as well. but if it bears many fruit it could be very very rich human healthy. >> coming up next sos a woman is finally rescued after being trapped in a wrecked car for five days. details of her survival story coming up. plus up for auction.

detroit's plan to fill empty homes in the bankrupt city of detroit. rebuilding the dream on real money with ali velshi on al jazeera america

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. there's a lot more to cover this half hour. including serious consequences for many users of synthetic marijuana. i'll talk to a doctor who's had to treat young patients. plus, rest you cued from a wrecked car after being trapped for days. and going for gold. deep sea recovery of millions in

gold. be richelle. >> separation of church and state. justices ruled that omg prayer in a -- opening prayers in a town council meeting do not violate separation of church and state. the content of prayers is not significant unless it de denigrs nonchristians. the ceo of l targ has stepped down. stepped down in the wake of a hacker attack of tens of millions of customers you probably remember that and also caused the company sales to plummet. he had been with the company for 35 years. been the chief executive since 2008. the president of nigeria,

vows to find the an durktor abds of nearly 300 young girls. eric holder i says fbi is standg by to find out more. be. >> richelle, thank you. we've been finding a lot more about the rise of hoir heroin u. but officials are warning people about another dangerous substance. synthetic marijuana, dozens of people falling ill in a few days. stacy, a doctor at parkland hospital in dallas. she joins us,.com doctor welcome. >> hi how are you. >> well, what is synthetic

marijuana. >> synthetic marijuana is not the way we typically think about marijuana. it is actually a dried plant in a package that's been sprayed with a designer compound from a research laboratory. and if you think about the fact that typical marijuana just partially binds these certain receptors in our brains, these synthetic marijuana compounds actually bind them completely so you get a much different effect. >> what are the symptoms you're seeing in the emergency room? >> we're seeing much more agitation, psychotic behavior, hallucinations, the heart rate goes super-high. the blood pressure goes really high. and these people require restraints. they require chemical restraits with sedatives like bee

benzodiaseapine. an elevated mood. >> can people die from this drug? >> absolutely they can die from this drug. the important thing to realize is you don't really hear about marijuana, typical marijuana killing people. there are no case reports for that. but we have been talking about this synthetic marijuana for a couple of years now. and in the north texas poison center we have taken a lot of calls. there are reports of people dying from this, adolescents and be young people, who be be vb trouble with this,. >> where do people get this drug? >> they get this drug off the street. just like they get any drug off the street. it wasn't illegal but just a few years ago. you could go into any smoke shop and head shop and buy it right there. >> it's referred to as k 2 is that right? >> k 2 being one of the highest

mountains in the world and of course k 2 the synthetic marijuana is supposed to give you such a big high. which of course is not true. >> does it have this effect on most people who smoke it? >> well, it seems like there is a variety of effects. there are reports that some people when they smoke this don't have the same effects that others do where they get highly aggressive. but what we are hearing about in dallas is a lot more aggressive behavior and we have been seeing much more psychosis and aggressive behavior in the last few days. >> how much have you seen in increase? does this come about just suddenly or has it been over the last several months or last couple of years? >> well, i think there has definitely been an increase over the last several years because that's when it started hitting the streets for sure. but what we have been talking about in dallas lately is a subjective spike in the number

of the agitated patients. keep in mind: we can't confirm the synthetic marijuana with our run of the mill hospital labs. >> i understand that. >> yes, we can't confirm that. >> but obviously, you think that it's a problem. >> it is a problem because if you just look at drug intoxication across the board, in the city of dallas we typically have 300 runs, ems calls omonth on drug patients and in the last month we've had a 30 to 50% increase in drug intoxication. >> dr. hale, thanks for explaining it for us. it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you so much. >> in colorado, a remarkable story ever survival. a woman has been found, in her wrecked car. five days after she ran off a mountain pass. she wasn't discovered until sunday. paul beban explains.

>> out outside denver. this is where 43-year-old kristin hopkins was air lifted, after first surviving a horrifying accident, and five days without food, until she was rescued. sometime on tuesday hopkins was driving on a mountain pow pass r and a half from denver before she hurtled, 200 feet through an aspen grove. it's amazing she survived the wreck first of all. >> the crash alone would have taken its toll on her. it's surprising she survived the crash and then without food and water. >> hopkins was discovered by chance after a started to break a window and feel for a pulse, hopkins actually put her hand to

the window and it turned into a rescue operation. she had patterned -- apparently tried to write pleas for help on an umbrella and push it through window, and rescuers were tharchghtsdz e-thankethanked byl staff at st. anthony. >> kristin will undergo surgery to amputate both of her feet. doctors were not able to save her feet due to the severity of the injuries. >> astonishing that hopkins survived the accident and the ordeal at all. her family says she is a critical but stable condition. single mother of four. the accident remains under

investigation. paul beban, lakewood, colorado. >> detroit is now facing signs ever growth. city officials are auctioning off vacant homes. john hendren has that tire. >> the motor city has a major problem. rks in the shadow of detroit's auto empire lie 80,000 abandoned often blighted homes. so now world's largest bankrupt city is making would-be homeowners an offer they cannot refuse. a home in an empty neighborhood with for the price of unde $1,0. >> there is a lot of

architectural gems. it is a place to put your money, live here and it's a place where you can really see your investment grow. >> detroit may be bankrupt but the city center is looking more prosperous than ever. yet downtown detroit is surrounded by a landscape of bordered up and blighted homes now in quor worse shape than ev. >> mike duggan is the first white mayor in 40 years. the city was so desperate for a plan to revive it, few cared about his race. 79 dilapidated properties that they need the houses repaired and occupied within six months or watch the city seize the title. >> it's really about stabilizing the neighborhood. they want to set up neighborhoods that are stable, and able to be saved. >> the winning bid of the new program's first home auction did not come from debra levy.

>> people at work who knew my situation, with this information. >> the price: $32,000, a fraction of the cost of the average american home. but the points is not to drive up property values. it is to repopulate the urban ghost towns that surround a newly hopeful motor city. john hendren, al jazeera, detroit. >> recapping one of our stories, in eastern ukraine the violence is spreading. the story of slovyansk, saw some of the worst tensions between ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists. i talked to the are former pment virus zbigniew being brzezinski. >> ing the international community has a stake in international violence being avoided and the issue being resolved constructively in the use of force and particularly

through armed and masked thugs. not being allowed to prevail. so the stakes are significant. but the american public doesn't know that much about it. has been very little comment from the top down regarding the importance of this issue. the dangers that it poses. the opportunities that there are perhaps for a settlement. the kind of response that we have to mount. and the only person who can speak credibly about it to the american people is the president of the united states. >> i believe you estated back in 2007 in an interview with foreign policy that the west should not fear vladimir putin. are you of a different mindset now? >> i'm not fearful of vladimir putin. but i do think that he's acting in a manner which should make much of the world fearful of the consequence of his acts and that includes the russian people, too. >> particularly what concerns you the most?

>> the unpredictability of it. the strange emphasis on pseudo-mystery such as sending in armed thugs, uniformed in a manner that doesn't identify them in any way with any particular army. wearing mafngz o masks on their. there's something strangely thuggish of it. it is a degeneration of international norms even of the rules of conflict in that kind of activity. even warfare has some minimum rules of behavior. there's something strange about it and i deplore it. but he is the leader of russia and therefore we have to deal with him and hopefully we can still find a solution that's constructive. but if not then obviously we have a significant stake in ral rallying the community in this

kind of adventurism to mr. putin himself. >> there has been plenty of speculation about what vladimir putin wants. does he want to expand russia's borders? >> i'm surprised by the word speculation. he has explained it very explicitly. he wants to create a new soviet union or a new empire in the borders of the former soviet union. so he wants to subordinate the newly independent states including ukraine to moscow. and he's using force to achieve that and justifying it to the russian people he's making an appeal based on chauvinism, on emotional ismed anism and contro greater tension and to the escalation of violence. >> and compared to all the important foreign policy issues that the be president is dealing with now how does what's going

on in ukraine compare? >> well it has to rank high because after all what is involved is a significant country russia which has nuclear weapons and which seems quite willing to escalate violence to higher and higher levels. after all, what they're doing currently nothing short but a brazen effort to destabilize by violence a country of 45 million people. causing eruptions and killings and more and more casualties. and that, i don't think, is a conduct that the international community should i ignore. >> dr. brzezinski, it's good to have you. glk thanks, it's an important issue. >> next up. a symphony school where future classical music stars get their start.

>> imam going to take you over here in mexico. we have a turn in mexico. the hurricane season in the pacific, this area could form and become our first prop cal system. that means of course flooding -- tropical system. in terms of the atlantic that starts june 1st but right now we're looking at very calm conditions, cooler water, but we don't expect an overly active year this year. we should be a little bit below average in terms of the atlantic hurricane season. those temperatures are going to be very, very high. these are going to be the highest temperatures we've seen all year. fire danger is going to be extreme. not until we get to about thursday do those temperatures really start to back off. but unfortunately on thursday that begins our severe weather

threat across this area. we are looking at some very heavy rains oklahoma and missouri and that could also mean the threat of tornadoes, hail and high winds. that's a look at your national weather. news is next.

a. >> it was a disaster at sea more than 150 years ago. the s.s. central america, on that ship gold believed to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. and when the ship sank it triggered one of the country's early financial crises. the panic of 1857. treasure seekers have been fighting over that bountiy for decades. today a court paved the way for one group to salvage the portion from the bottom of the ocean. my next guest is an authority on this story. gary kinder is the author of the search for gold in the deep blue sea. the search for the s.s. central

america. gary welcome, it's good for having you on the program. >> thank you john. i appreciate being invited. >> can you tell me briefly about the s.s. central america and why it was transporting so much gold? >> every one of thes these shipe side wall steamers would go from san francisco to panama, back and forth every two weeks, it was like catching a bus or plane. the ships coming out of san francisco each of those ships had usually a million to $2 million worth of gold coins and bars in consigned commercial shipments. >> and on this ship how much do you think, what's the theory, how much was on this ship? >> i think it was somewhere around $1.6 million, valued in 1857. >> so what would it be worth now? >> well, it depends. there was a lot of gold on that ship, and there were different shipments of the gold on the

ship. there was the consigned commercial shipment of about three tons of gold which was coins and bars. then there was the gold that was on the persons of the miners. they had reduction sacks an rukd commission of gold and another 15 tons of gold and the amount of gold that was on the ship that the miners carried was considered to be about the same amount as the consigned commercial shipments. so about three tons plus three tons plus 15 tons. so far at least with the story that i wrote about in ship of gold, in 1998, was of the three tons that they recovered, initially. >> so what's it worth? >> well, it depends on whom you talk to and it also depends on

how you determine value. we have three different kinds of value. there is the bullion value, i think gold closed today at around $1300 an ounce. x number of ounces timed the 1300. but much higher than that would be the kne numismatic value. that coin could be worth many multiples of the bullion value and even above that you have the provenance. and that is story lind the gold -- behind the gold. this particular gold would have come from the sierra nevada, very romantic time in our history, it ends up in a side steamer, it cross he on a railroad and picked up another steamer.

>> i'm searching for a number. give me your guess, hmm? >> well, if that 15 tons is down there it could be worth hundreds and hurntion and hundreds of -- hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. anyone involved in the project would be leery of giving you a number and nobody knows how much is down there. you can sell it at some point. can you keep it but you have to dispose of it. it depends on what buyers would be willing to sell it. millions and i'm sure billion dollars. >> gary many good to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> thank you john, nice talking with you. >> nice to talk with you. the oldest living man in the world is a new yorker, 111 years old. alexander image was official certified as the oldest man alive today. born this 1903, the same year

yankees played their first season. he was interviewed, being asking what the secret to an old life was, he said, i simply don't die earlier, i don't know what the reason is. >> one be area is trying to bring classical music back to the masses. eafned gallagher has -- andy gam ger has the answer. >> you could do worse than drop in for a rehearsal, of the new world symphony. this music program is without doubt one of the most prestigious. these young musicians will spend the next couple of years refining their skills. but this isn't stuffy for those able to afford the best seats in the house. their program is shown on a

giant outdoor projector. whether he's not studying the clarinet brad whitfield teaches the students in miami city, one of the many city's poorest neighborhood. >> it is a reminder how important it is as musician he to give bam back to not only your community but really everyone. that's what it's all about. we're about sharing something with people. ♪ >> meusk programs in state-funded schools in the u.s. are first to face cuts as budgets tighten. but at this high school the band is thriving. this has been a big help. >> this is important for the growth of our band, and the growth of our organization. you can seize over the years the love for music these students

have. >> later this year they begin to perform at the new world symphony's are venue on miami beach and for them that's kept them going. >> how far it extends and how you touch someone with music. it's been a great experience. >> the new world symphony then continues to pull in the crowds and impress with its musical prowess. but behind the scenes these musicians are also working lard to keep classical music alive. andy gallagher al jazeera, miami, florida. >> our picture of the day celebrates cinco de mayo. happy cinco de mayo today. it's from mexico where women dressed an revolutionary dancers danced during the reenactment of puebla. richelle carey has the headlines

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it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are tonight's top stories. today attorney general eric holder says the fiive i fbi is o

help nigeria's being be attempting to bring home the captured girls. four yuen soldiers have been killed and an army helicopter was shot down in the eastern city of slovyansk. supreme court justices ruled did that opening prayers do not violate the constitution even if the prayers stress christianity. >> retail giant tarpghts is lookintargetrks tacialghts is la new ceo. investigation into a horrifying circus accident in rhode island is centered on a small metal part. authorities say the only piece of equipment that failed was a

steel clip but they don't know why it broke. eight performers fell 40 need yesterday during a hair-hang stunt. those are the headlines. i'm richelle carey. being "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. check out our stories at aljazeera.com. what began as open rebellion in eastern ukraine is looking more and more like a civil war. >> my house was hit from two directions. windows have bullet holes in them. ukrain ukrainians are destroying us. >> leaving victims at risk. >> you wonder is rape illegal, nothing is done.