>> results of analyses were skewed in favor of the prosecution >> the fbi can't force the states to look at those cases >> the truth will set you free yeah...don't kid yourself >> the system has failed me >> taking a stand, hundreds of young girls abducted by armed group of militants in anyery i can't, the united states is sending help. >> two elections, the votes that could push ukraine to war with russia. >> voters heading to the polls in south africa, also a day of

protest. >> a couple behind bars for a double murder, the sentence came down. >> good morning, kathleen sebelius. anyery. >>'s government under pressure to find abducted school girls. eight more were kidnapped. they said they intend to sell the girls

>> to finally do something against this horrendous organization that has perpetrated such a terrible crime.

>> >> with all eyes on a may 25

election that will determine who will lead in ukraine, those in the eastern part of the country are looking ahead to a vote this weekend. that's when anti-government leaders in donetsk hope for a vote for autonomy and independence from kiev. >> this is really the crimea playbook all over again and no civilized nation is going to recognize the results of such a bogus effort. >> secretary of state john kerry warned of new and more powerful sanctions should russia try to disrupt ukraine's elections. >> if russian elements continue to sabotage the democratic process and prevent ukraine from hold ago free and fair election 19 days from now on the 25th, then we stand ready to implement additional sanctions. >> while secretary kerry accused russia of failing to live up to the geneva agreement, moscow is calling into question the legitimacy of a general election

in ukraine while troops are deployed. >> it is ironic to hear russian governmental leaders say that it would be hard to have elections when there is chaos in the region, that they themselves of helping to sew. >> 35 russian soldiers killed, ukraine army fortified positions in the city of slovyansk. more than 800 pro russian militants are there armed with enough fire power to stop helicopters like the three ukrainian helicopters they have counseled outside the city since the weekend. >> secretary kerry is expected to meet with his european counter parts next week to discuss the crisis. a payment deadline set by a russian gas producer expires today, saying kiev owes three and a half billion dollars for energy supplies delivered this

year. ukraine will have to pay first to guy gas. is it realistic that gas will be cut off to ukraine for a third time? >> >> they are tired of russia cut off gas and they are thinking about european countries finding alternate supplies, shipped from the united states or other parts of the world or getting pipe lines from the caspian sea. >> aljazeera's nick spicier

reporting from kiev. nick, thank you. >> stay with aljazeera america for continuing coverage of the crisis in ukraine. in 20 minutes, why europe could have the most to lose at the battle over ukraine turns into a war. >> president obama is planning on visiting arkansas where deadly tornadoes hit. severe storms killed 35 people last week, 15 in arkansas. the president will meet with families, first responders and recovery workers. it's his first trip to the state as president. later he heads to california for campaign fundraisers. >> the west is face ago severe weather threat and fire risk. >> for more, we turn to nicole mitchell. >> one or the other through the day today and in some cases, we'll start to see both. across the country, you can see more instability across the northern tier, in the final

frames more in the southern portion. the warm air to the south and also drier air, still a lot of dry air, but as i said, you can see on the final frames a couple clouds moving in, so slight increases in the moisture across the area, still quite warm, and in fact with that boundary going farther to the north, those 90's today will make it all the way up into parts of iowa. that's significant for this early into the season. os we continue, the wind has already been gusting into the 15-20-mile per hour range. into the afternoon, that will be our threat once again today. we definitely have the fire risk down to texas once again. the low humidity, the heat drying everything out and heat to fuel the flames. that's one of our concerns. through the rest of the day today, the system in the northern tier of the country, and higher elevation in the rockies, that could be snow. more heavy rain could be in the panhandle of nebraska. you can kind of see a couple

spots going down on the southern tier of this. any moisture would be beneficial, so the green is where you could see thunderstorms, the areas of yellow, that's our best chance for a slight risk for stronger storms, but not a lot of moisture associated with all of that. as i said, kind of this western tier is the biggest chance. if you get under one of the thunderstorms, heavy downpours are possible. but you're balancing that out with the risk of severe weather, that risk highest today, wind and hail, slight chance of tornadoes. >> house speaker john boehner was among high profile candidates running in primary election tuesday, easily defeating tea party challengers in his bid for a children term. he'll run in november as the republican candidate in ohio's eighth congressional district. tillis defeated tea party

candidate setting up a fight between tillis and the incumbent. >> clay achen has a slight lead in a democratic congressional primary with more than 99% of the ballots counted, he leads by 372 votes. >> surveillance is increased at polling stations over complaints of vote rigging in india. 1700 candidates are running. the world's largest election will wrap up next week. >> the polls are opening south africa. it's 20 years since the end of

apartheid. 25 million people expected to cast ballots, despite allegations of political corruption. the african national congress is expected to retain power. twenty miles west of soweto, protests are occurring. what is the situation there? >> the police are on high alert. some are behind me on horseback. they've been here since the polls opened at 7:00 a.m. local time. tuesday night, some people started protesting, burning down three polling station, saying they feel there's no need for people to vote, because they feel the government is delivering on promises, like water, electricity and decent housing. people have been lining up to vote. there's been a party atmosphere for some people, political parties trying to get anyone undecided to cast their vote. a lot of people have made up their minds. some are in lines, waiting for

many, many hours, people from different parties. they all say the same thing, 20 years after the end of apartheid, why do we have so many black people living in appalling conditions, without water, electricity and decent housing, jobs in particular. people are really frustrated here. they are going to cast votes, hoping that the parties they choose will deliver on those promises of a better life for all south africans. >> this is a historic vote for the youth of south africa, the so-called born-frees. >> yes, it is. it's the first time they are now eligible to vote. only one third have registered to vote. we've seen a lot of disillusionment, saying they feel nothing really much happening on the ground, particularly the children from poor backgrounds. they say their parents grew up

poor, they are also. they are concerned about education, not getting the best education because they don't have the money. the best way to describe this is two young people i met, 18, 19 years old, born-frees in south africa, one was black, one white. the white student basically said his main concern is jobs. he feels because of affirmative action policies here in south africa, white people feel they don't belong here. the black child was saying he needs water, electricity and decent housing. most do want to come a understand vote for change. >> we will have more in depth coverage later this hour of the africa elections. coming up, how nelson mandela's legacy is affecting the vote. >> china's prime minister is instructed to step down, found guilty of violating the constitution and abusing her

power. thailand has been in a political deadlock since anti government pro tests began last year. we are in bong cock, thailand. what happens next, is there an obvious successor as prime minister? >> as a matter of fact, the developments have been coming very rapidly throughout the day it has been ruled that power was abused by transferring an official from his post and this was unconstitutional. we have had the cabinet select the current commerce minister to replace the prime minister as the caretaker prime minister. she herself has delivered a statement to the nation to say how thankful she was and grateful and proud she was that

she had done that job, and that she had done everything to the best of her ability. we also have heard that there are going to be protests from the supporters of the prime minister, who feel that this was an undemocratic way of getting rid of an elected prime minister. i mean to put it in u.s. terms for your viewers there, it's as if the supreme court had removed president obama from office. >> that's interesting. several months ago, you covered those street protests quite aggressively. they died down and one of the key demands of those opposition protestors was for the removal of the prime minister. what thus far are you seeing change on the streets there? >> this particular decision by the constitutional court, while it is dramatic and it's already

been called historic, because you have a triple being removed from office as i say, by the constitutional court, doesn't actually solve the fundamental issues. there are actually more legal cases that have been sought by the opposition that will try to eliminate the grip, they say of the political clan to which the prime minister belongs, and that is not going to stop. there are mass protests expected next week. >> all right, certainly bears following. reporting to us from bangkok, thank you. >> it has been six months since that typhoon hit the philippines. >> the country is struggling to rebuild. one man is trying to move on after losing 22 members of his

family in the devastating storm. >> my boss took advantage of me, that's what one time monica lewinsky is now saying. >> our big number of the day, $1 billion. >> why it could be just the beginning of the largest i.p.o. on wall street's history.

>> today's big number of the day. >> it's just the tip of the iceberg for what investigators feel could be the biggest tech debut ever, widely expected to raise more than $15 billion by got it lists on the exchange, taking aim at the record facebook set in 2012. >> it makes money operating as the amazon of china. the company pocketed $248 billion in 2013 from transactions. >> that figure comes from the

site's 231 million active buyers. that's more users than ebay and amazon combined. >> here's another big number. 100 million settlement in the works for victims of a a menne. >> it's outbreak. 54 people died after receiving the tainted injections. others suffered funk gal infections, including meningitis. >> it has been as we mentioned in the break now six months sings the devastating destruction in the philippines, typhoon haiyan. >> first let's look at temperatures across the nation today. nicole mitchell is back. >> in talking about the typhoon, it is may 15 for the eastern pacific tropical season, and

june 1 for the atlantic season. we're not far from our own season. it is definitely the time to prepare. to get across the country, a lot of temperatures comfortable as we head out the door. we do have a cold front moving through the country, billings 34. new york at 53, the central plains in the 60's, even flirting with a couple 70s because of that heat area that we've had. that front has moved well to the north, so those 90's creeping into parts of nebraska or iowa for today. a lot of the rest of the south into the 80's, as for the rest of the country, behind the front, keeping a little cool, billings only at 42, but ahead of that, a lot of miles get air for the eastern half of the country. it feels we've built up from the cold winter to the heat of the summer. >> it's that weather whiplash again. >> six months since that devastating typhoon in the central philippines. towns wiped out, more than 6,000 people were killed. rescuers are still finding

bodies every day and more than a thousand are missing. some families now are trying to move on. >> hoping every little thing built in his new home means he's finding a place to store away a powerful memory. he lost 22 members of his family, his wife, children, grandchildren, brothers and sisters and cousins. six have not been found until now. >> he's left with his only son. all the others died when the typhoon struck last november. >> i dream of my grandchildren, how i used to play with them. i dream of me coming home to my wife. i remember the voices of my children. they will never leave my mind. >> he met the president a few months ago and felt privileged

to have shaken his hand. like so many others here, he held on to the props of help, but nothing came. >> most of the survivors here feel they were given very little opportunity to grieve. six months on, many of their loved ones remain unaccounted for and although bodies are still found almost every day, the chance of ever identifying them are next to zero. >> the death toll continues to rise. more than 6,300 people are now confirmed dead. more than 1,000 remain missing. the government says its efforts to identify dead bodies through d.n.a. testing is still underway. in a disaster like this one, it is difficult and may take some time. for many here, that is hard to accept. many of those buried in mass graves like this one remain nameless and those who survive are faced with an even more

uncertain future, unable to find jobs and decent housing. that kind of struggle worries many here. >> one of the things that we are trying to do is identifying very early people who have emerging issues and mental health issues and then be able to point them towards the appropriate treatment. >> she has adopted an orphan boy. with him, he hopes to build pleasant memories again. he knows that they may not come easily, because up to now, he says his government has failed to understand how much identifyinged dead mean to the living. >> according to the united nations, 14 million lives were altered, changed the day haiyan made landfall. thousands of children still can't go to school. >> it's hard to believe it's

been six months. >> just a few steps away from a military confrontation. >> that's what germany's foreign minister is now saying about the crisis in ukraine. what germany stands to lose if that country spirals into war, plus what they can and can't do to stop it. >> he does not deserve to live. >> no remorse, the killer couple that's embracing a life sentence for double murder. >> plus a number of celebrities boycotting the beverly hills hotel. >> it's all because of new laws passed halfway around the world. it's just one of the stories making news today in the headlines.

>> good morning, welcome to al jazeera america. ahead in this half hour, we'll get the european perspective on

ukraine and why the countries in the eu have the most to lose. >> a couple show no regret ford murder of a register sex offender and his wife. >> a number of streaming t.v. services competing for all of our attention, how it could change the future of television and the way we all watch our favorite shows. >> let's get a look at our top stories this morning. the nigerian rebel group boko haram claims it has kidnapped more young school girls. the fighters have abducted 300 girls and threatened to sell them. nigeria's government has accepted help to find the girls. >> thailand ordering the prime minister to step down. for months, protestors have been demanding her resignation,

disrupting he's elections in the country. >> more sanctions against russia if moscow continues to disrupt the presidential elections in ukraine. russian leaders say the election cannot be held if ukraine is using force against it's own people. they have not denounced plans for this weekend's referendums seeking independence from kiev. sanctions have had an effect on russia's economy, but the instability may impact europe. thanks for your time and for being with us. it's worth noting that this all began as a debate over whether ukraine should form a partnership with russia off the european union. it seems no one is gaining from the crisis in ukraine, not russia, not europe, certainly not ukraine. who has the most to lose at this

point? >> the ukrainians have the most to lose, but europe has a lot to lose, as well. they get 30% of their natural gas from russia through pipe lines that go through ukraine. russia has used gas as a political tool in the past. fit continues to be like this, it could be very damaging to them and their economy. >> you probably heard the company owes $5.3 billion to russia. after the clashes we saw in the south earlier this week. frank walters stein meyer issued a warning saying the bloody pictures from odessa have shown us we are just a few steps away from a military confrontation. from your viewpoint in kiev, is ukraine on the verge of civil war? >> it's on the verge of something. it seems to deteriorate every day.

it's definitely a very worrying situation particularly in the east. here in kiev, things are calm and there's not violence in the street, out east, there's fighting in the street, looting of banks, jewelry stores, that sort of thing. when the kiev government says they're losing control of it, there is an element of that. there is sort of lawlessness going on out there and also the sort of fearful population of the ukrainian government's anti terrorism operation, so it is spiraling out of control. >> not just in the east, now odessa in the southern part of ukraine and 45 miles from moldova's borders, the border on high alert reportedly. how likely is the possibility of unrest in ukraine spilling over and is the e.u. taking steps to prevent that in moldova?

>> the nato today announced thinking about putting more permanent troops in eastern europe, but moldova is afraid of russian aggression pushing towards them. they have a region where there are about 1500 russian troops stationed there, a very pro russia area and moldova is worried that that sort of russian aggression could push into their territory, so they have reason to be concerned. whether or not it will get that far, we don't know yet. >> what's next as far as the possibility for a diplomatic resolution at this point? on tuesday, european foreign ministers held another meeting with russia and ukraine's foreign ministers, but are hopes for a diplomatic resolution fading? >> i think among the people, yeah, there has been a lot of

talk here about trying to form some sort of dialogue between the easement and west of the country, but from my reporting, it just seems that both sides are very entrenched in their belief and the media is playing with those sort of emotions and it really is a very difficult situation trying to get both sides to the table to talk about it. whether or not europe or the united states or even russia can be some sort of mediator, it remains to be seen. it certainly is a step that i think the ukrainian government is hoping has some potential. >> thanks so much. >> before ukraine, there was syria, now human rights activists are saying that syrian rebels appear to be evacuating their final strong hold in the pivot roll city of homs. transporting more than a thousand fighters from homs will mark the end of a presence in a city once referred to as the capitol of the revolution.

that was part of a deal also calling for rebels to leave two northern towns loyal to president bashar al assad. the u.s. is placing sanctions on two military leaders on opposing sides of the ethnic violence in south sudan. the treasury department says an army commander loyal to the president and presidential guard both now face sanctions. secretary of state john kerry threatens sanctions if the president turns his back on peace negotiations. the rebel leader said he will try his best to attend those peace talks. >> house republicans have unveiled details about a new committee that will investigate the 2012 attack in benghazi, libya,ed group will be led by south carolina congressman. new emails detailed how the white house attempted to frame discussions about the incident. the u.s. ambassador to rib i can't, chris stevens and two other americans died in the 2012 attack.

republicans contend the obama administration misled americans about the incident. >> for many, the recent arrest of jerry adams suggesting that northern ireland hasn't completely attempt with its troubled past. victims of violence are sending new recommend is as on what they need to do to move forward. their hopes have been dashed before. >> the symbols of northern ireland's historical troubles and residual risk of further violence are plain to see. the peace walls dividing opposing communities and the humor's still demanding justice. as the arrest and detention of the leader jerry adams over a 1972i.r.a. murder revealed, the victims are still hungry for justice, but so far, they've been denied that by political squabble's. victims commissioner catherine stone is about to send new proposals to the first minister and his deputy.

>> i think where we are now and the events of the past week shows a momentum is building to the urgency of how we deem with the past here and how unless we deal with the past, it will continue to infect and poison the present and future. we must deliver these things to the victims. >> in the absence of an agreed alternative way for helping the victims, it will be left to the police to pursue individual cases, running all the risks of the fresh rupture in the peace as illustrated by jerry adams' detention. >> before his release on accusations he denies, insults were traded over and would biased policing. many believe it's becoming increasingly urgent to concentrate on the victims. >> what is clear is that we certainly achieved a political settlement. we did not achieve

reconciliation and have not achieved truth and justice for the victims. >> previous efforts to achieve justice have failed. the fallout from mr. adams' arrest might give the latest move fresh impetus. >> although those allegations against jerry adams have been public for more than five years, he had never been arrested for the murder of jane mcconnville until last week. >> recommendations being floated, a washington based think tank recommending replacing drug combinations that are currently used in lethal injections with a single drug to minimize the inmate's pain and suffering. it follows a botched execution in oak on the ground. it said states should use a deadly dose of a single drug approved by the f.d.a. the group claims using a complex mixture of drugs can lead to

problems. >> a south carolina husband and wife sentenced to life in prison for killing their neighbors. they pleaded guilty to shooting and stabbing registered sex offender charles parker and his wife, gretchen. they showed know remorse, taunting the victims' families in court. jerry moody said he would do it again. >> child molesters do not deserve to live. they got exactly what they deserved. if i had to do it over again, i'd kill more. >> his wife echoed sentiments. taken from court, she are said killing that pedophile was the best day of my life. >> video showing that california teen in an airplane's wheel well. he looks to be disoriented and weaving around the plane before going to a worker. the boy survived the five and a half hour flight, braving temperatures below freezing.

he flew back to california over the weekend and is being cared for by child protective services. >> her infamous affair with president clinton made her a household name. 16 years later, man company lewinsky is speaking out about the affair that nearly brought down a president. >> this is the first time in a while we have heard from her about that event of 1998. >> that's absolutely right. lewinsky hasn't made any public statements about this episode, the one that made her famous in the better part of a decade but now decided to pen an article for the next edition of "vanity fair." the full article won't be available until next week, but excerpts have been released. she says that she deeply regrets what happened between her and president clinton. under oath, she testified in 1998 that she and the then president had nine sexual

encounters, some of which occurred in the oval office. clinton was subsequently impeached as a result. in rewards to claims that clinton was the aggressor, she writes "sure my boss took advantage of me, but it was a consensual relationship. any abuse came in the aftermath when i was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position." >> we'll have more from her new article in our next hour. >> i think the question a lot of people are asking now is why now? why is she speaking out? >> she absolutely addressed that in her article, saying others who have been who you mill 80ed in the media or on the internet have motivated her to help by sharing more of her story, particularly, she mentions the rutgers student who committed suicide after being outed as gay. she said that's the type of person she'd like to help by sharing her story. >> what has she been up to these

last 16 years? >> she's kept herself reasonably busy. she had a line of handbags at one time. she's gotten a malt officers agree in london and pursued various jobs in media and communications, however she writes because of what potential employers tactfully refer to as oh "my history" i was never right for the position. >> the article will stay in the headlines for a few days, but some wonder if it will stick around long enough to impact a potential presidential bid by hillary clinton. we're going to take a closer look at the political side of this almost 20-year-old scandal coming up at 8:30 eastern. >> both sides of the political aisle will be talking about this. >> the timing is suspicious. >> other stories making headlines at this hour, a web side reporting that russia's

president has banned curse words in theater and movies, saying it will be a fine if you drop an f-bomb for instance in a play or some other words. he said it is a way to crack down on what he considers to be the unseemly influence in some of the theaters and movies that are taking place. >> the kremlin according to "the new york times" stepping up censorships by bloggers on the internet. >> more pressuren the beverly hills hotel owned by the sultan of brunei. the beverly hills bar association has pulled events from the hotel. last week it was reported that the sultan has decided to implement the penal code of sharia law, which includes stoning and the death penalty. >> dismemberment in some cases, as well. jay leno winding up being the spokesman for the upset people, leading the boycott out there, quite the high profile protest.

>> "u.s.a. today" reporting they have captured the explosions on the surface of the sun. they are normal images that happen from time to time, but in this case, a picture is worth a thousand words. take a look at this. this is what is happening on the surface of the sun, each and every day. it is a massive plasma that erupts into space over the course of just one day. it affects everything from our cell phone conversation to say our sun tans. >> for the first time, south africans born after apartheid can vote. >> it's a struggle getting the young people to the polls. why the political party of the late nelson mandela may be the reason for apathy. >> something is making penguins sick. what scientists have found is our discovery of the day. >> tulips blooming in new york city, a sure sign of spring, even if the temperatures don't

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the "u.s.a. today." >> a little bit more active than we've been recently as we look at the radar across the country. you can see we've had some moisture moving across the north, nebraska and wyoming could get the core of that, snow in the higher rockies elevations. a closer look, showers into the midwest this morning, some is our best risk and it's a slight risk for stronger storms later today. some that has moved through the great lakes, it has been a dry go in parts of new england and the northeast. overnight, there could be showers going through. it might be damp waking up tomorrow. as more moves through, it could be wetter for the start of the weekend into parts of the east coast. i hope you've enjoyed the sunshine while you had it. >> i have. >> historic elections taking place across south africa today,

the first time that the generation born after apartheid can vote. we show how many of the young believe their countries no longer separated by race. >> in downtown johannesburg on a ve rightallized city block, a generation undaunted by troubled past is dancing, cheering and spinning its way to an integrated and hopeful future. >> this entire area wants to gets down to being really south africa is making things work and move. >> this area once notorious is now the epicenter of a new south africa. >> the space has really allowed us to live out what we imagine for ourselves. >> the places are the bars, and kitchens, the neighborhood might just be south africa's new mod

sell. >> what this place teaches is a lot of patience, a lot of tolerance, but also opportunity. >> i could be a lawyer, why not. does the world need another lawyer? >> meet the man who saw the opportunity about a decade ago. with help from his parents, he bought this building. then he bought the street. then pretty much the whole neighborhood. >> everyone thought i was a total lunatic. >> after apartheid ended, the neighborhood was neglected and bars full of racist memories. >> everywhere around you would have been white people almost exclusively. >> he envisioned a radical change, a vision born 20 years earlier when nelson mandela became south africas first black president. >> take your does in any into your own hands. >> it was the dawn of a new

time. there are people like me, the absolute majority who saw the potential in it all. >> he built where no one else saw the potential. he built it and they came. >> there's a whole new generation in a whole new fabric. they are literally walking into their own imaginations and i'm to some degree facilitating that. when that moment happens, it's wonderful. >> a departure from social part, the generation feels free of their political past. they don't feel they have to vote for the mandelas or their parents' party anymore. >> who is the right leader for the right reasoning. you need to start answering to us now. >> what i believe now is a genuine pursuit to take something that is run down and most people have a horrible perception about and changing world opinion. >> inspired by the spaces, the parties, by each other, they are

together picturing a new future. >> the associate professor at the africa center for strategic studies from washington, d.c. joins us this morning. there are a lot of young south africans, born-frees optimistic about their future not racing to vote. is that surprising that they weren't motivated by the recent death of nelson mandela? >> i don't think it's surprising the trend hasn't been in the last sort of non-parliamentary elections, the young people haven't sort of come out in their numbers, so this, you know, registration period that only registered just a small percentage of young people is not entirely surprising, although i think it's counter to

expectations. >> what's it going to take them to get out to vote? >> i think it will probably take a party that may be appeals to their sort of sense of a new type of south africa and maybe they're not getting that, party that kind of incorporates a different vision, and, you know, maybe a little bit more sort of maturity on their end in terms of years might motivate them to be more politically engaged. >> does it seem odd we are talks about a new type of south africa when a lot of people saying we are looking at a new south africa. nelson mandela was part of the r.n.c.

jobs, jobs, jobs, a suffering economy is outweighing the idea of voting for the mandela legacy. >> certainly jobs and corruption have been a concern, but i also don't think that people are not voting for the a.n.c. i fully expect it to retain its majority in parliament. they are still deliberation party and still very much identified with the end of apartheid and the hope that that would bring, so i don't think that people are moving away from the a.n.c. in droves. i do think we're seeing a lot more open criticism, and that is different in this election. >> this new multi-racial south africa that we are seeing, will it ultimately be good for africa

moving forward or bat for the people who suffered so long under apartheid and can there be a balance? >> definitely it would be good for south africa to fully sort of realize the multi-racial character of the country. i think that there of course should be acknowledgment of the suffering under apartheid, and there is that in south africa through memorials and museums and other types of remembrances, but clearly the born-frees have a different history, and i think we'll maybe see some of that maybe not this election, but subsequent elections in other political developments.

>> president obama has sent a team of experts to nigeria to help in the search for 300 girls abducted. the armed rebel group boko haram claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. russia is calling for ukraine to stop using force against its own people. the u.s. has threatened additional sanctions if moscow interferes with presidential elections this month in ukraine. >> the thigh hand prime minister is removed for abuse of power and ousted most of her cabinet. a caretaker cabinet has appointed a new acting leader. >> monica lewinsky speaks out for the first time in 10 years, her new article may be politically motivated. >> tuning in by logging on, the bottomless pit of content now available on the web and how watching television got so complicated in our digital drill down. >> the high fire danger in the central plains, you might

finally see rain release, but it could come with severe weather. >> we are back in two minutes with more aljazeera america. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works. people wanna believe that prosecutors and police do the right thing. i think every american needs to be concerned about that. we do have the best justice system in the world, in theory... the problem is, it's rum by human beings... human beings make mistakes... i'd like to think of this show as a watch dog about the system... to make sure justice is being served. wrongful convictions happen, we need to be

vigilant. with our personal liberties taken away from us, it better be done the right way. is justice really for all?

>> monica lewinsky, after more than a decade of tiptoeing around her past is clear about the future and ready to write her own story. >> ultimatum, california lawmakers send a strong message

to the sultan of brunei, denounce islamic law or sell the beverly hotel. putting pressure on one of the richest men in the world. >> i see the potential for reusing what's around us and not trying to come up with something new. >> it is a powerhouse for producing local sustainable food right in the middle of a concrete jungle. the best part is it's about to be unplugged from the power grid. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> i'm del walters. nigeria under intense pressure to find the 300 abdeducted school girls. eight more girls were taken tuesday by boko haram. they plan to sell those girls into slavery. >> nigeria's government decided to accept assistance from the u.n. and u.k.

>> we sent in a team to nigeria. they've accepted our help, accommodation of military, law enforcement and other -- going in, trying

>> the name boko haram literally means western education is sin. the group has said women should not be in school and should be married. one bright spot to mention in all of this, we learned 50 girls who were originally kidnapped last month have escaped and made it back safely to their homes. >> thank you very much. coming up in just over 15 minutes, we'll look at the u.s. mission in nigeria and why it's going to be tough to track down the girls, given the lack of

border control that exists with the neighboring countries there. >> the u.s. is placing sanctions on two key military leaders in south sudan. the treasury department says an army commander loyal to the president and the head of the presidential guard are both now under sanction. secretary of state john kerry is threatening sanctions. the rebel leader said he will try his best to attend peace talks. >> thailand has an election some summer for a new prime minister. the current leader was ordered to step down by the high court, found guilty of violating the constitution and abusing her power. today's developments are the latest challenge to her rule. as aljazeera reports, her removal may create a dangerous political vacuum. >> she was thailand youngest

prime minister and the first woman to hold the office, a successful business woman from a powerful political dynasty. since she came to power in 2011, her leadership's been crippled by civil conflict and a campaign of protest to topple her. thailand's been gripped by political unrest when her brother was deposed after a military coup. he lives in compile. those opposing her accuse her of acting as her brother's puppet. the rural poor, red shirt movement see the institutions of power and the countries urban elite including the courts as prejudiced against them. in november of 2013, street clashes became more violent. more than 20 people were killed. fresh elections were called to shore up her legitimacy but they were annulled and rescheduled

for this july. her removal from office will create a dangerous political vacuum, likely to see more protests on the streets. >> thailand's commerce minister has been named to replacing her for the next prime minister of thailand. >> the upcoming general election set to take place in a few weeks, it's another vote that washington is eyeing closely which is threatening to tear the country further apart in ukraine. >> those in the eastern part of the country are looking ahead to a vote this weekend, when anti-government leaders plan to hold a referendum hoping for autonomy and independence from kiev. >> this is really the crimea playbook all over again whereby

and no civilized nation is going to recognize the results of such a bogus effort. >> secretary of state john kerry warned of new and more powerful sanctions should russia try to disrupt ukraine's elections. >> if russian elements continue to sabotage the democratic process and prevent ukraine from holding a free and fair election, 19 days from now on the 25th, then we stand ready to implement additional sanctions. >> while secretary kerry accused russia of failing to live up to last month's geneva agreement, moscow is calling legitimacy of an election while troops are deployed. >> it is ironic to hear russian governmental leaders say that it would be hard to have elections when there is chaos in the region that they themselves are helping to sow.

>> 30 russian soldiers killed on tuesday, fortified positions are happening in slovyansk. pro russian militants are also there, armed with enough fire power to stop helicopters like the three ukrainian choppers they have downed outside the city since the weekend. >> a payment deadline sets by a major russian gas producer set to expire today, saying kiev owes for energy supplies delivered this year. starting next week, ukraine will have to pay first to buy its gas. >> the international monetary fund money was transferred into the ukrainian central bank, money that will probably be used in priority to make sure that the armed forces are in a state of readiness and able to continue the operations they are

undertaking in the southeast of the country. the government in place now, the interim government accuses the prefers government of having made away with much of the national budget, so it needs more money. the west has actually pledged including that i.m.f. bailout a total of $18 billion, wimp the government here sorely needs, particularly as the russian gas giant, is threatening to cut off gas supplies to ukraine unless the country prepays the june shipments. >> polls are open in south africa's national elections, celebrating 20 years of freedom from apartheid rule. today marks the first generation with all races eligible to vote. 25 million people are expected to cast their ballot and despite allegation of political corruption and pro tests, the african national congress is

expected to retain power. today's election have been marred by violence. >> while the police are on high alert, on horseback, they've been here since the polls opened. tuesday night, some people started pro testing. they burnt down three polling stations, saying they don't think people need to vote because the government aren't providing electricity and housing. some political parties are trying to get anyone undecided to vote to cast their vote. lots of people seemed to have made up their minds and there they are in the lines, some waiting for many, many hours, people from different parties, the ruling party as well as opposition parties. they all say the same thing, that 20 years after the end of apartheid, why do we have so many black people in the majority living in appalling conditions, without we're, electricity and decent housing.

jobs in particular, people are really frustrated here. they're going to cast votes and hoping those they choose will deliver on promises of a better life for all south africans. >> more than 29 parties are on ballots. despite criticism, the a.n.c. is expected to win with 60% of the vote. >> the obama administration looks to make adjustments to the immigration policies benefiting those on temporary work we are mitts. a new proposal will allow the spouses of highly skilled immigrants to work in the u.s. as well, helping the u.s. attract and keep immigrants who have skills in science and technology. current visa rules are problematic for spouses of skilled immigrants, specifically those from china, india and the philippines who work on temporary work permits. >> the president will be in arkansas getting a firsthand look at communities damaged by

deadly tornadoes last month. the president will meet with families, first responders and local officials. at least 35 people were killed, including 15 in arkansas alone. storms struck the south and midwest on april 27. it is the president's first trip to the state as president. afterwards, he heads to california for a series of campaign fundraisers. >> the heat and the wind behind wildfires in the midsection of the country continue to feel blazes. >> while relief is on the way over the next couple of days, it could mean more severe weather. let's turn to our meteorologist nicole mitchell for the details. good morning. >> good morning. over the next couple days, we'll see slight improvements in humidity, not quite as hot for the central plains, so little bits of relief. you can also see we're getting more unstable getting into the central portion of the united states, already showers on the northern side of all of this. with that instability, we could see some of that on the southern tier, as well. more moisture is toward the north, so you're getting that this morning in places like

montana, higher elevations not out of the question that that would be a couple of snowflakes going by. the southern plains, you can see a fair amount of sunshine this morning. we are going to see moisture move in. still a high fire risk. ninety's surging even farther to the north, iowa seeing 90's today, definitely parts of nebraska. winds are gusting, more so in the afternoons, in the teens and 20's this morning and that combined with the low humidity is now giving us fire danger extending into parts of nebraska and through the central southern plains where it has already lingered. the northern tier, more chances for moisture. you can see on the southern edge that we could see a little bit of moisture coming with all of that, but a risk for severe weather anywhere from parts of

the northern midwest into oklahoma, texas, once again today. >> nicole, thank you very much. >> a new report out today is calling for changes to executions carried out beneathal injections. the study at a washington based think tank recommend replacing the combinations of drug injections with a single drug to minimize pain and suffering. it said states should use a deadly dose of a single drug similar to during assessed suicides in oregon. the drug must be approved by the f.d.a. the panel of experts said the administration of capitol punishment is deeply flawed. the constitution project follows last week's botched execution of clayton racket in oklahoma. >> executives from three top health insurance companies set to testify before a house committee talking about enrollment and exchanges set up for the affordable care act. they are expected to say customers have paid up, aetna, blue cross and blue shield say

80% of their new customers have paid premiums on time, making that first monthly payment under the plan through the affordable care act. >> two house committees will vote on competing proposals this week and there is optimism a bill should be ready for a floor vote by may 19. both plans are similar to a white house proposal. in march, that sought to end phone data collection from americans. >> not stepping down in the weight of a mounting scandal, after dozens of veterans died waiting for care at a hospital in phoenix. two of the nation's largest veteran groups accused the v.a. of poor leadership and lack of oversight. he said he will stay on as long as the president wants him to. the white house stands hi his record. >> the survival of a california

teen who showed away in an airplane wheel well. the 15-year-old dropped to the tarmac after the jet touched down in maui last month. he looks to be disoriented, weaving around the plane before wandering over to a worker. he survived the flight, braving temperatures below freezing. he flew back to california over the weekend and is being cared for by child protective services. >> they believe he went into a hibernation, because the body shuts down when it gets cold, like those children who have fallen into ponds and revived later. >> it's amazing that he walks away from that. >> and lucky, too. >> boko haram threatens to sell kidnapped girls into slavery. the united states is stepping in. what the united states can and can't do to help bring them home. >> it selles more goods than ebay and amazon combined, what

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>> welcome back. videos captured by citizen journalists around the world. >> molotov cocktails thrown at police vehicles. activists say the violence stemming from the death of a fellow activists as a result of shotgun pellets fired by police. his family was not able to collect his body. >> at least six people were hurt in a twin bombing attack. this is in thailand. smoke rising from the second attack in the parking garage of the city's main police station. the first attack taking place just 25 minutes before at a convenience store.

>> this video not taken by cell phone, nasa captured the solar show, record ago solar flai flare. >> a booming marijuana business attracting millions of dollars from venture capitalists. >> first, temperatures across the country today. >> speaking of the surface of the sun, some feel like temperatures are about in that neighborhood. it's been very warm. this morning, 60's and 70's. pretty comfortable average or above. getting across the non-mountain region, we are seeing a cold front go through.

those temperatures are below average in places like billings today. otherwise, extreme heat, the temperatures 10-20 degrees above average and that frontal boundary that's been waiving through the united states has pushed northward. that means 90's will go as far north at nebraska and iowa through the day today. still, even outside of that extreme heat, some very comfortable temperatures other than the exception i was talking about, so a lot of people have enjoyed a little immediater stuff. >> we want to go back to our top story this morning, the u.s. now getting involved in the search for 300 school girls kidnapped in nigeria. boko haram has taken those girls. they are heavily armed, skilled fighters with a history of mercilessly killing anyone they view as embracing western culture. the u.s. labeled this group

terrorists. a former member of the u.k. special forces joins us. it's been a month since the kidnapping. what resources can the u.s. provide at this point? >> we know they sent a team of specialists to deal with four key areas, intelligence, investigations, hostage negotiations and victim assistance. this all points to anti terrorism programs that the u.s. government already extend to other nations to help bolter and map out sort of counter terrorism strategies. maybe that team is not responsible for the immediate assistance, but it will certainly work its way towards her happens dealing in a wider sense this threat. >> why did it take so long for the international community to get involved? we've known about this for several weeks. >> difficult one to say.

these things tend to be fairly isolated. initially some reports were that this was not a real, true event, it just takes time because of the rural nature of this area to get the word out. >> boko haram doesn't seem like the type of group that one negotiates with. is there hope in your view that these girls will be found and safely returned to their families? >> there are cases in the past where they have sort of negotiate the release of some of their hostages. given that this event is somewhat different, the size, the amount of people that were taken, they've claimed responsibility with the release of that video, but there was no demands made. so, it's going to be difficult to figure out what the end game is here. are they trying to play into a larger picture, a different strategy, or are they simply taunting the government and international partners? from a technical standpoint, i know you were a special forces guy, boko haram is believed to

be based somewhere in a rural part of northern nigeria. how difficult is it going to be to actually get to these girls? >> they've obviously chosen that area because of the ease to consolidate resources they have. they are fairly well armed. there's rumors they have tanked. they certainly have armored videos in the released videos. we see them going oh through training. the area where they have free reign, the upper hand, ability to prepare, an outsider moving in that area is going to be very, very difficult. they've been pushed further to the east by local militia's set up to protect their own homes, cities and towns, but because of the rural nature and a deeply for evidented area, it's going to be difficult to root them out. >> the u.s. has technology that can target suspected terrorists with pinpoint accuracy with drones. i think a lot of people must ask

why isn't there some sort of technology even in a for evidented area to get to 200 girls. >> well, some of the technology is out there, not as accurate as one would believe in this terrain. deeply for evidented jungle is what we're dealing with, providing a barrier. i would unlikely think that they're all held at one group. they are probably dispersed into several camps over a wider area. that complicates things further. >> monica lewinsky breaking her silence. why some say it is a political power play we're seeing.

>> violence in venezuela, but police may have gotten more than they bargained for when they tried to scatter protestors. >> bang couch potato has never been so tough, sorting through the endless stream of television content now available object line. what is a remote control guy to do? >> a look at our images of the day. employees of the beverly hills hotel making voices heard at a city council meeting last night. the government of brunei, the action lawmakers want the country to take over the ownership.

>> a high security marijuana packaging facility packaging the drug. >> a group of businesses

producing no waste from their companies. >> her in famous afar with bill clinton made her a household name. monica lewinsky is speaking out. >> we have followed the developments. we have more now. this is the first time we've heard from monica lewinsky since that affair because in 1998. >> she has decided to pen an article for the next edition of vanity fair talking about her tryst with president clinton. >> it's time to bury the beret and blue dress, the two articles of clothing that rocked bill clinton's white house. >> indeed i did have a sexual relationship with man company lewinsky that was not appropriate. it was wrong. >> she expresses regret for the

scandal that made hers a household name around the world. lewinsky is emphatic: >> >> blaming herself for being emotionally neglectful of her husband, monica spoke of hillary clinton: >> since the height of the scandal, lewinsky designed handbags, gotten a master's degree in london and pursued various jobs. she writes because of what potential employer so factfully referred to as my history, i was never quite right for the

position. lewinsky says next she's pursuing a new media project to help victims of on line harassment and humiliation. her piece hits news stands next week. >> lewinsky also mentions tyler clemente by name. he committed suicide after his roommate put pictures of him out for public consumption. >> a former advisor to new york governor joins us. what do you make of the fact that monica lewinsky is talking now after 16 years, we'll start with you, tom. >> at some point, you got to get it off your chest if it's something burning inside of you that you just got to get it out and say it. there clearly was no other reason than some sort of

personal journey that she's on to get this out of her way and move on with her life. for people my age, there's still questions about what happened, why it happens, not that we care, but i think that there's always that intrigue to the situation. >> you worked with hillary clinton in the senate. what do you think was her reaction when she found out that monica lewinsky was speaking out after all these years? >> it comes two months after some documents were unearthed where you saw a conversation between hillary and a good friend about that. >> she rewarded monica lewinsky in a article as a narcissistic looney tune. >> maybe she hasn't been able to move on, tough to find work, which she spoke of in the article and part may be trying to clear her name after that set of papers had been unearthed and

hillary clinton made comments about her to her friend. part could be trying to clear her name, trying to get a restart on her career and put some of this behind her. maybe she did have a burning passion to talk about it. >> let's show the audience some of what she said in the article: >> does she deserve a different ending to the story? >> of course she does. she was a young 20 something-year-old girl, who was attracted to and pursued by the president of the united states. look, you know, dennis miller had a great line. he said look, quite honestly, you know i have a daughter. my daughter is going to be asked to, you know, do a lot of different things with a lot of dumb guys. this is the president of the united states -- i hold nothing against her. she was in a situation where she couldn't say no even if she wanted to say no.

>> if you were advicing the republican party right now, what would you say? >> i would say nothing. this has nothing to do for the future of our country. this was a personal situation between bill clinton, monica lewinsky and hillary clinton. if we talk about this, it just shows my party has no ideas, which it does have ideas. we should drop it and move on. it's none of our business. >> i know ken starr. he felt manipulated by the republican party. are you saying we are entering a campaign where hillary clinton will be the front runner that the republicans will say nothing about monica lewinsky. >> the ship sailed a long time ago. hillary did nothing in this reward. this is not about hillary. bill clinton lied about the situation. 99.9% of men would lie in that situation, move on, it means nothing for the future of our country. >> you buy it?

>> i do. >> but. >> right. >> i do. hillary clinton is probably outside of her husband the most vetted candidate in the country, maybe the world. >> except benghazi. >> i am get to go that, but what this does is will add to conversations around benghazi. i think it also tries to fuel and i saw some of monies comments in the article, hillary's sort of feminist credentials. when you have folks looking for an alternative to hillary like an listen beth warren i think this will help fuel some of that conversation. does it work? i'm not so sure. >> i pose this question to both of you, are we being somewhat sexist here? how many times have you seen an article who was done on a man who had an affair with an elected woman and the fact that we're all scratching our heads

trying to remember or think about the only time it happened, is that an indication that perhaps the media and political machine is somewhat behind the times when it comes to society? >> i think that's an intriguing question. you had a 20 something-year-old girl, a penalty of the united states. if you reverse that and hillary clinton were to be president of the united states and she had an affair with a 21-year-old guy, i think 18 years, 16 years later, that wong boy would be having an interview with vanity fair right now, as well to get it off his chest. >> one to 10, the damage to the campaign, one bad, 10 not bad? >> 9.5. >> 9.5, yes. >> thank you very much. >> house speaker john boehner was among high profile candle dates in primary election tuesday and boehner easily

defeated two tea party challenges in his bid for a 13th term in congress, running as the republican candidate in ohio's eighth congressional district. >> north carolina's tom tillis defeated tea party candidate setting up a general election fight in november between tillis and the incumbent democratic. >> former american idol contestant clay aiken has the lead in a congressional democratic primary. he leads former north carolina congress secretary by less than 400 votes in the state's second congressional district. >> the world's largest election i guess now in its final stages in india. politicians have promised more jobs and rights for minority groups in their election campaigns. as aljazeera reports, proper infrastructure for the country's

roads could pave the way for political success. >> ready for their road trip. the transportation business has grown in just a decade. he began with five trucks and a workforce of 38. he now that 200 trucks and over 300 staff members. >> the roads used to be very bad with potholes and i couldn't get any drivers to do long journeys. they've improved now and a trip which would have taken 15 days now takes seven. >> the government has laid over 200 kilometers of new roads in the past 10 years, but millions of commuters experience this every day. you don't have to travel far from the newly established highways to discover there's trouble on the roads. the route to luxury complexes is tough for owners who live in places like this. >> investing in a new home, he

still can't get to it. >> i was hoping i'd be living here in two years, but there is no proper road network, so i can't even reach my property, let alone living here. also, i can't sex it, because the people who would want to buy can't see any good infrastructure here. it's a bad investment for them. >> row after row of blocks empty. industry experts say while india has done well to develop private partnerships, the relationship has not always been perfect. >> they have been expecting private sector to deal with this. i think that is a big challenge for private sector.

>> >> voting in india's elections wraps up on monday. >> an ultimatum for one of the rich evident men in the world, the sultan of brunei called on to denounce islamic law or sell the beverly hotel. it is part of the chain owned by the sultan. entertainers among them. the code targets women's and gays. >> police shooting rubber bullets and ustion tear gas against masked protestors in venezuela. around 150 people battled back and forth with security forces in the city. 150 miles west of the capitol, at least two police officers were seen limping away from the

scene. 41 people have died since protests began there in february. >> serious consequences for users of synthetic marijuana. in less than a week, almost 120 people in texas have overdosed on the drug. it's called k2, designed to give users a similar high to natural pot. some of the overdose victims had to be sedated before treated. it is not banned by state for federal law, vendors free to sell it. >> sour news for a sweet fruit a mango recall. the produce recalled because of possible contamination. the fruit was sold under the name tommy atkins, shipped to arizona, colorado, new jersey and texas. no illness has been associated with the recall. listeria can be deadly. >> it is known as the amazon of china, poised to make a big

splash in the u.s. with $1 billion public initial offering on tuesday, the final figure to be much higher and even surpass the $15 billion facebook i.p.o. back in 2012. it may not stop there. it could top visa's record offering in 2008. >> why is wall street drooling over the i.p.o.? the company has 231 active users that accounted for $248 billion in transactions last year. those numbers have pushed ally dal the

i.p.o. higher. >> a decision started as a student led movement, stanford saying it passed the resolution because of concerns over coal's role in climate change. >> a new way to get prescriptions for medical marijuana, pot prescriptions allowed to be sent by mail in canada. the u.s. may not be far behind. some american companies getting in on the action. >> behind the barbed wire fence watched by 70 security cameras, workers take orders. >> we've hired about 16 employees. >> the call center busy on day two of operations, a multi-million dollars investment for a seattle based venture capitol firm. >> you've never seen a facility like this, state of the or the. >> with backers willing to bet on bud in canada, but not the u.s. where under federal law marijuana is still considered illegal and dangerous. >> you'd never invest

$15 million into a building that could be seized by the federal government at any moment. >> kennedy calls it the biggest legal marv grow operation in north america. >> we describe it as a bank inside of a prison full of toasters that we're trying to cool. >> that bank will hold $30 million worth of processed marijuana, those toasters, the machinery for controlling the environment for dozens of strains to be packed and shipped to those holding medical prescriptions. >> we are going to see in here. we're going to get a tour. there is so much proprietary they won't allow the camera. >> showing plants but little about how they run things. >> it is not like any other grow operation we have ever seen. it is spotless in there. there is security cameras and access key pads at every turn and the scale is enormous, 70,000 square feet, 39 different

growing rooms when it's all done. they'll never do a building this small again. >> the canadian government and medical association are not fully onboard. the official line from ottawa is that pot is not approved as medicine. here's health canada's statement: >> how can 25 grams of colombian gold or valley high or whatever these names are interact with other medications? we don't know the proper dose to use and we've now created a multi-billion dollars industry. >> the business opportunity remains clear cut. >> we have a license from the federal government of canada to produce processed packaged and

sell can bass. >> canada is a relatively small market for medical marijuana, only 37,000 people have license to say buy the drug. compare that to the u.s. with 2.5 million medical marijuana users. >> plugging your television set into the information super highway. >> the bottomless pit of content now available on the worldwide web and how watching t.v. just got so complicated, that's our digital drill down. >> techknow..

>> we're here in the vortex... only on al jazeera america >> a live look at the blooming flowers in new york shaping up to be a beautiful spring day. the people, light jackets on instead of heavy winter coats. >> welcome to al jazeera.

just ahead, the stiff competition for your attention in the new age of t.v. viewing. >> the wet weather across the u.s. today, here's nicole mitchell. >> i love the flowers, but it reminded me that places we haven't had rain in a while means the pollen has built up. the northern tier of the country has more activity, but more instability through the central plains gives us a chance for showers. there could be a risk for severe weather, as well. i'll highlight that. the heavier rain in nebraska for today. as this moves across the northern tier, energy will make it to the east coast. tonight, tomorrow, more rain and chances of that as we get into the weekend. clearing the pollen out, even if you to have deal with the rain. >> we're all sneezing, nicole, thanks. >> ro roku, streaming television

now available on the web. the competition is stiff, all vying for viewers. here to dissect this new wave of options is bill why man, aljazeera's culture critic who joins us from phoenix this morning president of digital drill down. one-month-old, amazon revealed its fire t.v. service in an already crowded marketplace, including netflix and hulo approximate google chrome and crackle. athere's a lot of money in it. netflix has 50 million subscribers paying eight or $9 a month. people see it's the future, people are sick of their cable bills and everyone is trying to

get a piece of the action moving forward. >> according to recent content viewing on alternative platforms, since 2012, the percentage of people streaming television content as opposed to using cable or satellite has gone from 7% to 20%. of those streaming, people still prefer streaming on a television with 10% in 2014 only 4% stream on mobile, 6% on their computers. why are folks still committed to watching their content on their t.v. sets or smart t.v.'s? >> it's because isn't this what we really want? we want to sit in front of the t.v. and have a choice of something to watch. it's not like we want to watch the stuff so much, we want to sit and watch a tiny hand held. we want to be in our living rooms and have access to this content and that's what makes this process frustrating. now people are forced to buy a box for this and a box for that. all of this is very transitional and we're looking for the period

where just the internet will come into our house and t.v. and we'll have that single screen to choose from and not have to deal with these boxes. >> do you anticipate people cutting the cord to outweigh those still subscribed to cable or satellite providers? >> i think you have a huge generational shift because children and kids and teenagers, a good cable set up with good internet can cost you $140 to $180 a month. a lot of people don't like that. they just want wi-fi and have that access on to their t.v. without paying huge bills. i think we're going to see it going up over the years and there's going to be a generational switch that says we are not going to pay this much money for cable anymore. we have to remember, most american municipalities don't have a chase when it comes to cable and internet access, people are paying monopoly fees

on these things and that's what all these companies are working against, as well. >> companies are establishing themselves through original content, only available through their service, for example house of cards on netflix, a critically acclaimed program. how is this changing the landscape and wasn't it p.b.o. starting this trend introducing original programming? >> that was one of h.b.o.'s things, they would give you content that's so good you would pay extra on top of your cable bill. that's the mode all these are going for. yahoo is hiring really great people to do original content, even microsoft x box bringing in people. amazon has really made a big splash and they have that huge website to leverage sales of their box and the streaming content that goes with it. we're going to see a lot more to it and again, extremely frustrate forego consumers.

>> bill why man, aljazeera culture critic. this will not be the end of this conversation, thanks. >> a former meat packing plant in chicago once again humming with activity. the plant has been transformed into an urban farm. >> inside this expanse i have building on chick's old meat packing district gross a secret garden. four years ago, john bought what was a vacant 93,000 square foot former factory. >> i see waste everywhere. i'm a big industrial history buff, so i also see beautiful buildings that have embodied energy in them and a lot of potential. i see the potential for reusing what's around us and not trying to come up with something new, but to bring together what we have. >> he did that starting a non-profit vertical urban farm

called the plant. the venture now about one third complete is creating 140 green jobs in the economically depressed back of the yards neighborhood on chicago's southwest side. it's a symbiotic union of living organisms housed in a brick and mortar body, home to a producer, hydropanic gardens, fish farming and soon a brewery. >> it's a waste intensive business. the output of the brewery which we can utilize. >> shelby phillips started as a volunteer and now is in charge of the plant's operation using finish to help grow salad greens and herbs. >> they are an integral part of the system. we feed the finish and they give us the fertilize tore grow the plants. >> what makes this farm unique is it produces no waste, putting

it back into the system to nurture other parts of the cycle. the long term goal is to produce its own energy, consuming 30 tons of waste a day from neighboring businesses, converted to power. >> the plant seeks to demonstrate how energy can be recycled internally. we hope other people will apply this to their own businesses, weather non-profits or large corporations. >> it reaps what it sows from a micro version of life. >> the plant was founded thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the illinois department of commerce and economic opportunity. >> spying among friends, putting israel and the united states at odds. intelligence officials say actions by tel-aviv crossed a red line and israeli indicating no intentions to stop snooping on america. >> we'll talk about what's at stake and what the u.s. plans to

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>> nouns nouns nons this is al jazeera hello, welcome to the newshour, live from the news center here in doha. i'm laura kyle. these are the main stories this hour. removed from office - thailand's prime minister forced to step down after convicted of breaching the conis it the use. the news is greeted positively by protesters who had tried