the hotel was being used as a base of government troops, those are the headlines, america tonight with joey chen is is up next, check out our website aljazeera.com. on america tonight, nigeria's missing girls. is whether even other terror groups think this attack may have gone too far. also tonight, a smart gun, but a dumb idea? how a maryland gun dealer became the target of a progun lobby. i'm a gunning dealer. i don't know anybody that is is more progun than i am. seriously. >> and why selling the new

hi-tech handgun raised such an alarm. and heart land divided the battle over building the keystone excel pipeline pits the fight for the future of the nebraska family farm, against an alliance of cowboys and indians and their campaign to save a way of life. >> it is not just an infrastructure project. you are messing with folks legacies. good evening and thank you for joining us. it is hard to imagine but the crisis in nigeria has become if anything even more horrific. the terror group which kid 23457ed hundreds of school girds hiding them somewhere in the dense bush, has launched another vicious attack nearby. reportedly killing more than 300 villages.

and leaving little doubt that it's evil campaign isn't over. here is america tonight. more than 100 mothers gathers, many of them weeping. they begged to interphone, to bring the girls back safely. this isn't the picture the nigeria's president wanted the world to see this week. the focus is is supposed on the economy, and the prospects for investment. >> instead, a moment of silence for the abducted school girls. after weeks of stalling and even denial, nigeria's government has accepted limited international help. from the u.s., canada, the u.k. and now china. >> our interagency team is

hitting the ground. and they are going to be working in concert with president good luck jonathan's government to do everything that we possibly can to return these girls to their families and their communities. specialists in logistics and intelligence, u.s. drones may be deployed along with've dropping planes and nigeria's government has offer add $300,000 reward for information that leads to the missing girls. i believe it will be the beginning of end of terror. >> but boko haram wants to cab out an islamic state, with the abduction of the girls took place, and the site of the most recent attack. the group has grown become militarily more powerful, and much like afghanistan's taliban, forged ties with other terror organizations including al quaida.

the government probably has no otherring os than to support international support, and even risk losing. >> kid seven thatting he says is is more than a terror tactic, it is also fund raiding. >> boko haram did capture seven french tourists including several children. last year, and then ransomed them for more than $3 million. moreover, there have been what i call investments in boko haram, from al quaida in the islamic, likely on the orders of osama bin laden when he was alive. the group has linked with al quaida, which operates neighbor countries and may have learned their kidnapping techniques from them. >> the presidential

administration in the u.s. is at that time, was not looking to play up the fact that al quaida was expanding around the world, in terms of retaliation. >> seen this week threatening to sell his captives into marriage, and slavery. he said to be ruthless, with a built in following. he is anti-western against secular education, and even the english language. as for the girls and their families intelligence agencies say boko haram has taken steps to make finding them more difficult, dividing them into small groups and smuggling some out of the country. >> there is no such thing as a rescue attempt, it will likely have to be rescue attempts for years. >> and any rescuers will know, they are probably holding some of the girls in the camps.

hostages to be ransom as they have done before, and protection against any attack. joining us here, co director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies. it is a coincidence, maybe a deserving one for some, but at the same time all this foe discuss is being focused it is also the host of the world economic forum. >> without a doubt. this is showing the complexity of a country. it is an oil producer. and yet it is a country that remains mired in inequality. so in spite of the tremendous wealth of the country, you have that wealth essentially going offshore, going do private bank accounts going to big companies and not necessarily benefiting the people on whose land those resources lie. in this case, in the strong hold, that is the northern part of the country.

>> what you have seen, you had historically these areas from the days of colonialism, the north, being economically as well as politically marginalized as well as the oil rich delta. both politically and economically. so you have had these regions that have been hiss toricly discriminated against, and what is interesting to keep in mind, as we pull back the lenes, is that boko haram started around the time when the first democratically elected government took place, was really just following the murder of a nonviolent human rights about vest. one of the act vests from the delta, clammoring for the resources to meet the needs of the people. so an existing conflict. >> you had a peaceful process that did not bring results. and it led to people taking on much more ex-treatmentist strategies.

sneed to get their version of the story. but then there is the seasons that perhaps the nigerian government should have taken a stronger hand. >> that's a tricky story, because the government, and the military, has had a very heavy hand in committing human rights violations against their own people. their record is is very much tarnished, so we have to say, how do we get at the root causes of these issues. thish shoeing of breeding the extremist ideology. it is getting at those root causes of people feeling economically, as well as politically disenfranchised and actually addressing those root caughts will bring the long terms stability, the long term security. i did want to ask quickly about the u.s. relationship. it took a long time to

declare boca raton. the united states didn't declare them a terror group until late last year. >> what many of us feel is that by the u.s. giving this designation, actually gave a bigger platform, a wider megaphone. so you had a group that was faltering and did not have is the sup is port base, and then there's designation, expanded their platform, and i think what they have done was too use that platform, for even more extremist activity. to the extent now, where there are many even within the support base that are distancing themselves from this type of extremism. without a doubt, i think it will cause harm to the very nature of the grievances that a group like b boko haram have

been advancing. >> a pleasure, thank you. >> coming up next on america tonight, a land divided over plans to extend the key stone excel pipeline. why a group called cowboys and indians finds itself up against farmers, and in a fight over a shared love of the land. >> when you have land that's been in your family for over 100 years and you have is the picture of the homesteaders when you walk into your living room, that is a deep responsibility. that you have to make sure that that land is protected. and later is so called smart gun, and why it's led to bad behavior. >> that's for the people that called up and threatening to kill me. that being said, we never sold a pistol. >> how a gun store owner found himself on p the wrong side of other progun activists and is the nra.

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about the fight to build.d and politicians here in washington, even those from the same political party. the president delay add final decision, likely until after the midterm elections but that didn't get it off the political radar, senator senate now pushing for a vote. back down in the farm, there's an even greater sense of urgency. now that a new season has come to the land. >> it's spring. planting time on the family farm in nebraska, and all across the grain belt.

the county that produced more corn than any other in the state. ex-freely exciting time of the year. >> meals have never been better, but getting it to market is another story. >> right now there's a shortage of railroad cars are at capacity the wayi i understand it. >> to get their crops out west, best markets and for exports and other plain state farmers need trains. just a few miles up the road, the new grained elevator was supposed to be loaded 110 car trains in 12 hours, week in, week out. but this is the first train to come through since december. four months ago. and this is why. tanker car after tanker car, hauling crude oil across the

heart land, what amounts to a pipeline on rails. go years ago, i don't think we would have seen it. it is a new foe no, ma'am that. >> america's oil boom is squeezing out brain and vertlizer. the major railroads pulled only 9500 carloads. last year, those carriers moved 400,000 carloads of crude. >> brain emi have tors are full and waiting. when the train dozen come, they charge more, and that means lower prices. at that price, custard county farmingers stand to lose more than $4 million by the fall harvest, in what could otherwise be a bummer crop year. randy gordon says in almost 40 years he has never seen it like this. we have a wheat harvest in

the springtime, in that may through july time period. where i know some of the elevators that are full of wheat, are saying we aren't getting enough cars right now to clear out our space in order to handle what we think will be the new harvest. >> done has done the math, and he is in favor of the excel pipeline, hoping it will give farmers the break they desperately need. right now crude oil is moving by rail, and so is an increasing amount of oil from canada. two proposed pipeline could handle much of that. >> i think the pipeline is the way to do it, because it is more economical. i would rather have it in a pipeline than in a train. >> but the fault lines that have divided the country over the pipeline run right through nebraska. when you have land that's been in your family for over 100 years and you have the

picture of the homesteaders when you walk into your living room, that is a deep responsibility. that you have to make slur that land is is protected. and that's why the battle is is so fierce, and why it is so deep. it isn't just an infrastructure project. you are messing with folks legacies. club joined up with an alliance called cowboys and indians that is urging washington to consider the risks it might pose to the aqua four. the enormous reservoir of fresh water that nows under nebraska and as far south as texas. the water that makes all the lush plains growth possible. in divided nebraska, face the archers, tribes and others who fear leaks in the

pipeline could destroy their way of life. they point to major spills, more than 200,000 gallons of canadian crude leaked from a underground pipeline in may flower arkansas last year. four years ago, a pipeline full of canadian tar sands oil rush sured, more than 800,000 gallons spilled into the kalamazoo river. >> we are concerned about tar sands. canada will say it's been there since the day of time, but we are dealing with this new form of oil. we saw in may flower, they still haven't cleaned up those spills we don't want to see that. >> if the price goes up a buck a bush shell. >> done isn't a man with time for what if. there's planting to be done, another season, and another harvest that will need to get to market. concerned about crowd oils that prompted to let state emergency management know

when large shipments are moving through their states. who stands to gain the most from the construction of the keystone pipeline? this hour we are joined by alexandar burns. appreciate your being here, you have written a very extensive article fracking, where the money is coming from. in fact, in the keystone fight. is there a sum up line here on this? there are a lot of voices in this. there sure are, and thank you for having me on. what we have right now is a totally frozen approval process, but here in washington there's an entire industry around add voter iting a on both sides. it is hard to pin down exactly what the dollar figure is. but it is certainly in the tens of millions of dollars just from one group, the american petroleum institute, which has run enormous numbers of ads.

who is it such a diverse crowd? legislatively across the country, that supporters and the trackers? >> well, and there's not even necessarily a clear break down in terms of who is working for which side. you have at least two firm whose work for him that have signed up for prokeystone entities. you have more firms than that, his t.v. firm, his polling firm. working for the anti-keystone billionaire. there's some true believers on both sides of this fight, but it is a classic and sort of an exaggerated classic washington advocacy fight. you mentioned tom, there's a lot of suggestion, that because of his money, that's what led him to delie his decision about the pipeline

until after the midterms. >> it is a big factor in polling the entire democratic party. by the way, his only real issue is is that he doesn't want this pipeline built that's a pretty good incentive. >> remember senator andrew try to help us understand what it is that draws these people, besides money from somebody like tom. >> you know, between now and november, we aren't expected to get a decision on keystone, but you will see politicians up for election this year. exploit the issue in both ways. folks thatly too to pander to get his money, and then folks like senator landry, senator prior and arkansas who will use this issue as a way of distinguishing themselveses from the president. so they can go back to their more conservative states and is say i may be a democrat, but i stood up to barack

obama on keystone. >> that's the implication there. >> it is. when you compare the enormous spends it is just way out of whack. >> alex burn senior political reporter, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> after the break, jumping the gun. i'm a gunning dealer, i don't know anybody that is more progun than i am. >> a smart gun, and a vicious backlash from those that thing it is a up and idea. later here, a return to disaster. six months after the largest cyclone ever to strike land barreled through the philippines, a look at how much and how little has been done.

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botched execution, oklahoma has agreed to delay the next one for since months. he died of aheart attack 43 minutes into his execution, and an investigation is underway. charles mourner was supposed to be executed the same night. the man posted video of the five guns on the internet. now police say two of them could be fired, gun ownership is illegal in japan. but of course, it is not here in the united states, even in a very blue state. like maryland, firearms turn a brisk business, but one gun store owner found himself attacks by other progun activists. a so called smart gun, designed to be a safer product. now on the shop owner whoa found himself on the wrong end of this gun, debate. and why that is.

i am a gun dealer, i don't know anybody that is more progun than i am, and all of a sudden somebody is coming after me and saying her going to kill me and burn down the shop. >> for the past five years andrew raymond's passion has been his rockville maryland gun shop, but for the past several days he has been contemplate add career change, after inkry messages filled his facebook wall, and inundated his inbox. >> yeah, i deleted a bunch. >> he shared some of the worst ones with us. >> federal prosecutors will seek a 40 year sentence. they will arrange to see thaw yo are sodomized all day every day, you will wish you had never been born. >> what did you think. >> i thought this guy is crazy. >> the flood of fleury happened almost instantly, after he announced he would be selling the e.p.i. >> a 22 caliber weapon designed to prevent unauthorized users from firing it.

in this youtube demonstration, the smart gun only activists when a risk watch containing a chip is within ten inches, and a proper code is enters. it's technology aimed at stopping accidental shootings. why kid you decide to sell the smart gun. >> the principle of it. i didn't expect to have a lot of them, we didn't even have an inventory. >> he knew some people would want to buy it, and he planned to be one of the first in the uncan to provide it. >> it is a good option for people that are super concerning about safety, and they just want to go to the range. i wouldn't recommend it for law enforcement, the way it is set up right now, but it has a lot of potential. it is a crazy idea. if it isn't on my wrist, and i getting nod out, how does my wife defend us.

but also about the future of gun choice. a 2002 new jersey law says once a smart guns or personalized guns like these, are officially deemed by the new jersey attorney general to be available for retail sales anywhere in the country, within three years no person in the state will be allowed to sell any handgun unless it's a personalized handgun. or an antique one. if you kehl me i can only have just this one item, nobody wants that. i want to choose from different things what i want to have, do i want one, no. my smart gun is right here. although the attorney general's office, says the law has yet to be activated and they are monitoring the situation, the backlash had already begun for raymond. >> bang bang.

>> good boy. >> worried for the safety of everything, and everyone, close to him, he went on an online rant of his own, fueled by alcohol. don't come at me with this [bleep]. that's to the people that called up and threatened to kill me. if you are going to kill somebody, shoot the politicians who make these laws. if that's who you want to go at, shoot the people who made these laws. if you can take anything back. >> i wouldn't have talked about killing politicians. i would have said don't go after me, go after people who made the laws. i got a little bit buzzed so i got a little worked up. >> he doesn't regret his message to new jersey. >> the people of new jersey, my apologies you have nothing to worry about from me. >> why did you feel like you needed to apologize to new jersey? >> all these new jerseyians

have said you are part of the problem, i don't want to be part of the problem, i want to be part of the solution. >> how do you feel about smart guns now. >> it's been such a bad experience, i don't think there's anything positive that has come out of it for me. it's just something that is is so is bad quarterback i am not going to touch it again. raymond says the gun business isn't as fun as it used to be, and calls those that antagonized him hypocrites. i can't believe there are no other stores in the u.s. that sell this particular gun. >> yeah, well a lot of people are afraid of this. there is a fear about the law, but if a gun was to be sold like this, only people in new jersey would be effected at first, and it would be years before anything happened where the sale of regular handguns were

phased out. on a side note, everybody would still get to deep their regular handguns. in this situation, the attorney general holds the power. so even if these were to come on for sale, the attorney general has to deem that it is part of their criteria, and fits what they say is a personalized or a smart gun. crusade this was based on an existing legislation, is there any move to look at this again to see is if any modifications should be made. >> yeah, the senator that drafted the legislation back in 2002 has talked about the possibility of repealing it. they feel like this is safe technology, they felt like this would be child proofing guns but at the same is time, they have realized there is

this discussion about what is going on with this law, and they have talked about they would be willing to repeal this if the nra would stop fighting the manufacturer of these type of guns. america tonight correspondent, thank you. >> after the break on america tonight, what is left after super typhoon what we remember of those first difficult days. and why six months later, the philippines is struggling to rebuild. >> i'm joe berlinger this is the system people want to believe that the justice system works.

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just weeks ahead, a tragic anniversary comes to the philippine. shoreline mountains and more than 100 million people who live across 7,000 islands. is what can be very dangerous waters. >> it came from the east. an enormous storm barreling across the islands. >> layed over an image of our country, it would cover the entire east coast, from the canadian board tore well past the tip of florida.

it stretches as far west as missouri. typhoon was the biggest tropical cyclone to ever make land fall, sustainment of 195 miles per hour. some gusts reached well over 200. but it was the water, that did the most damage. and took the most lives. carried away everything in its path, and thousands of people. as it is known in the filling means easily the deadliest natural disaster of 2013. when relief workers arrived we found a post apocalyptic scene, not a home or a life left untouched.

hi, everybody okay. >> i was struck by the openness in the disaster zone, their lives destroyed still they are willing to talk, and share what they experienced when the storm blew in. >> the lucky ones clutched their children. outside one of the few buildings left standing we found aid workers and government officials surrounded by thousands of hungry and desperate people. in the wake of the storm, there was little violence. here just about every house in every neighborhood destroys it has been left up to the residents to try to start to recreate a new kind of normal.

know six months later the fisherman, and other town of eastern have gone back to their boats back to work. although the catchers are much smaller now, the warnings threats of widespread disease have been averted by local and foreign healthcare workers, but housing remain as critical issue. 150,000 still house those that lost their homes as many a 2 million people still need real shelter with hundreds of nows still displaced. there are signs of recovery, but the pace is slow, and the government still hasn't signed off on a comprehensive plan, but the biggest worry is still out there. where the next disaster will gather it's strength. the next cyclone season starts in june, and the philippines typically gets hit with 20 each year, this road to recovery is a long and slow process, al jazeera

is with us. and you know, when i look at the pictures i see many of the same things that i saw. they blew tarps, so much rubble, you have been there much more recently. of course you are there now, how does it look to you? >> is there seems to be some cosmetic changes at least here on the city. debris has been cleared roads are open, schooled have reopened. bridges and roads are being repaired. but if you look closely, there are still people living in precarious positions. more than 2 million people are living without decent shelter, a lot of them are still very much deft on aid. particularly from agencies that are very much on the ground. we have noted that it has not

completed it's plan yet. part of it has to be ebb couraging people to stay away from the shoreline, no t to build on the shoreline, is that the case? are people willing to move away there the shore? >> yes, indeed. we have spoken to survivors that say they would like to live in a safe place, but they are not really given any clarities are to where they are moving. there are bunk houses that are being built that's not enough that's not going to be enough to provide for 2 million people who are in need of decent shelter. the problem with those bunk houses is tear below international standards. so these people have survived the typhoon, and are living day-to-day, are forced to build in the same grounds simply because they said they have no choice. >> i noted that when i was in the philippines i was struck by how willing -- even after the terrible tragedy that had

befallen these people, that they were still willing to be friendly, and open, and talk to people. it is such a resilient community, they never seem very angry. >> no, they are. filipinos in general, a lot of international agencies have come here, but there is a problem here. there's the invisible mark, and if you talk to them, mrs. a strong sense of dispair, and a strong sense of loss. for many of these people the loved ones are never found, and they told me they have come to accept that they are never going to be able to find them, the death toll has barely moved, despite the fact that almost every day bodies are still being found across the province. what they want is closure, they have been given jobs by flowing exactly when they can proceed from there. it is that invisible mark

that is hard to quantify, but threap cooing the best way they know how. >> also note that one of the important things we have said is that they are just weeks away from the start of the next typhoon season, a lot of concern there, particularly for evacuation centers. yes, indeed. it is going to be that rainy season again, the cyclone season again, at least around 20 hit the philippines every night. seo the government is is saying they need to move these people out, and they plan to build man grove fortification. but the problem is all these processes are bogged down by bureaucracy, so it is unsure when this will start. >> al jazeera, thank you very much for being with us. >> the united states has some of the toughest child labor laws in the world, but there are some glaring exceptions.

have become increasingly reliant on young migrant workers. a special investigation fault lines traveled to the onion fields of texas, and the tobacco fields of kentucky to investigate how child labor effects migrant families and who benefits the most from their work. >> . >> it is saturday morning she is taking her daughter and granddaughter out to the fields to pick onions. since it is a weekend, lit be a full day of harvesting.

mariano follows her children into new mexico and colorado. they live in share home in texas for only part of the year. onions have to be harvested by hand. workers clip off the roots, and green tops and collect them into burlap bags to cure in the field. theworkers earn between 80-cents and $1.75 per bag of onions for the young man that work at a very fast clip,

that means they could any up to $20 an hour, however most of these people are earningless than ten. that means there's an incentive to bring kids out. there by making them more productive. >> the u.s. government estimated that hundreds of thousands of children, like annabel la, and evalyn, are hired to work in the fields. it can be back breaking work. >> currently federal law allows for children as young as 12 to work in the fields unlimited amount of hours outside of school. in any other industry, kids need to be 16 to work. there are some exemptions to allow them to be 14, but they are limited hours and they have to work with their school system is. you don't see any of that in

agriculture, as long as you are 12, have your parent with your, or permission, then you are allowed to work out there, an unlimited amount of hours. >> agriculture ranks niese the top of the most hazardous work. along with mining and construction. for workers aged 15 to 17, the risk of fatal injury is four times as much after other industries. according the the labor department. >> i bet you work hard, you look like you are going fast all day. all over the country, children like evalyn put in long days. in extreme temperatures, sometimes without shelter or access to facilities. they are exposed to pesticides over long periods of time. extreme poverty the leave few other options.

lor red doe texas sits just inside the u.s. boarder with mexico. this school has some of the highest numbers of migrant farm worker children in the area. they travel with their families to other states to work for part of the year. changing schools in the middle of the year. she began working in the fields at age 9. >> every day 4:00 in the morning my dad. levan, right, how many of you get up that early, 4:00 in the morning to go out to the fields. migrant children have to leave school early and come to school late. perhaps go to a school in other state.

different assessments right now the association of farm worker opportunity is still a 60% drop out rate for migrant students. many farmers in the u.s. are against changing the old child labor laws. we are going to meet one, member of the farm bureau who is also a cattle rancher in mississippi. >> a former congressman, who today works as a lobbyiest here in washington, d.c. he was given an award by the farm bureau for representing it's interest while in office. >> we were down in texas watching the onion picking process.

presumably child labor is wrong, should that be prevented in any way, or should we keep the laws as it is where that is legal? >> it is not necessarily legal, in fact, there are laws in place and regulations in place. >> how can you ex-property in america how that is not legal? anybody over 12 can work on any farm, you have your parents permission. that the governments that a better understanding than parents than the mom and dad, i hope we don't go in this country to a situation where the federal government thinks they can better raise our children than us, that is a fundamental difference of philosophy between those that believe the federal government is is the solution, and is those that think often times the federal government because of it's one size fits all is the problem. >> fault lines children at work airs saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on al

jazeera america. and ahead in our final segment this hour, it may often be hidden from view. still there is slavery, modern slavery, present even where you might not expect to find it, it is capturing in images you will see ahead here. also ahead, a note on what is ahead on the next america tonight, checked out, outside a glittering hang out to the stars the iconic beverly hills hotel, a protest by some of over a controversial laws imposed half a world away, america tonight will explain friday on america tonight.

real reporting from around the world. this is what we do. al jazeera america. human trafficking is a type of modern day slavery, a $32 billion industry, around

the world some 30 million people are forced to work for little or no pay, held against their will. correspondent lisa bernard visited with a photographer documents their tragedy and bringing all of us their stories. my work is large about photographing remote indigenous sculptures. i had no idea in fact nos tough ms. liar thick million. it was like i was hit by rah freight train. how i as a f frommer, whose entire occupation is bases on

observing had missed it, it was very difficult for me. and i couldn't sleep. when i was first introduced to the brick helms in india and that pal, the temperature alone was more than 130 degrees fahrenheit. let alone being in the kilns are there's fire beneath the ground, baking the bricks. and men and women and children, entire families, cloaked in a blanket of dust. are forced to stack bricks on their head, up to 18, each brick weighing more than four-pounds and then made to walk hundreds of yards to a truck, to place them on the back of a truck only without pause, to walk back to the brick kiln again and stack it again on their heads. now, imagine doing that once, or five times these people are forced to work 16, 18 hour as day. they don't have breaks. it's so hot they are so

dehydrated they don't even urinate, but they have no bathroom breaks, it is really sad. it was so hot that my camera would cease functioning and it became too hot for me to touch, and these people are forced to work in it all day, every day. i worked with partners who worked in these particular countries so they would bring me into these extremely sensitive areas are slavely was occurring after very specific time when the money lenders are gone, there was no slaveholders so the great body of the work was made in windows of time that were under 15 minutes. so these abolitionist who are my guardians would stand on the perimeters and they had hand signals to let the person that was with me know when there was danger coming, and that's how we worked. so sometimes i'd have to just

high tail it out of there. what constitutes slavery is that somebody has been lied to and exploited. that they are forced to do something against their will. that they are not paid and they have no control over their lives. different slavery organizations focus on different levels of eradicating slavery, so some are focused solely on law, and enforcing law that already exists to protect people. other organizations like free the slaves are working on the ground, in the field, liberating people. people do not arrive into slavery because they are stupid. they do it because they are been lied to. and they have believed somebody. and then have been exploited. because if someone has no money, and then someone gets sick, and they have to borrow money, the loan shark is going to give them the money, there's no bank that will give them money, and once that happens, they are indebted to a debt that only

exploits them, the debt does not decrease it only increases and then their children inherit that. >> he was a silk dyer, and his entire family is enslaved in the silk dying industry. so they have is these huge vats and silk that they have plunge into barrels up to their arms but the dye is toxic. so they get poisoned. >> when i went down, defense so dark, and the earth is hot. so people get wet like just soaking wet, and they are down like 48, 72 hours at a time, the only thing that goes over these primitive tools and these cheap blast lights that are tied to their heads with this cheep band, and you imagine how frequently they go out, and people just die. they drop to their deaths. and this -- i had no illumination, and i don't use flash, so i had the other slaves only lives that brought me down, so they removed their head larches i asked them if they would

remind removing them, and shine it on him, that's how i had enough light to make that exposure. >> i brought a bunch of candlings to make pore freights of them, so when it was safe for them, and for me, i would make these portraits of them, with candles to shine a light on their story. to really invite them into knowing that we, all of us seeing these photographs are bearing witness to them, and their plight. and that we will do all we can to make a difference in their lives. >> shining a light on their story. that's it for us here on america tonight, if you would like to comment on any stories you have seen here, log on to our website, aljazeera.com/america tonight, and join the conversation with us on twitter or at our facebook page, good night, we will have more of america tonight, tomorrow. >> weekday mornings on

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