you had ... this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. i am david shuster with a look at today's top stories. in nigeria, the group responsible for abducting 200 school girls has released this hostage tape and is demanding a ransom. in eastern ukraine, pro-russian rebels set off fireworks and sell brated their vote declaring independence. russia is reacting cautiously. in washington, d.c., it's another potential embarrassment for the u.s. secret service.

monitoring a woman who was working for the director. large parts of the west ant artka have began to collapse. a rise in global sea levels is now inevitable. there was a startling development today in nigeria in the case of hundreds of missing school girls abducted a month ago. the radical armed islamic group boko haram released this video saying all of the women in the vails were kidnapped and have been converted to islam. the leader says the girls will be held in the nigerian government freeze all militant prisoners. now from the capitol of abuja. >> their kidnapping shocked the world. now these images are likely to cause further distress.

in the 17 minute video released by their boko haram kidnappers, the girls are heard speaking in arabic. three of the girls are interviewed to say they were christian but converted to islam while the third says she is muslim. it's hard to determine from the video the location where it was shot. boko haram leader also makes a separate appearance. in his second video since the girls were taken, he says he will not let the girls go unless incarcerated members of the group are released from custody. the government has repeatedly name tained it does not negotiate with what it calls terrorists. in the capitol, protest orders stepped up a daily sit-in joined by some of the girls' relatives. a manual who says two of his nieces were kidnapped told us he was not able to see them in the video. he said many of the girls are christians and they must have been forced to put on the head scarf. he asked us to conceal his

identity. >> when i saw them, the way they appear, i was really sad. why i was sad? because that is not how our daughters will appear. and that is -- that means human rights have been infringed upon >> reporter: there were mixed feelings here whether the government should respond and about the alleged appearance the of the girls. su. >> i feel bad because i am a muslim and there is no place for this in religion. >> the education commissioner of borno state where the girls were taken from has told al jazeera the school principal and families have been called in ton firm were those in the video are indeed the missing girls. >> every day that goes by, confidence has been eroding in the nigerian authority. the video showing the captive girls will undoubtedly be another cause for anger, grief

and frustration. al jazeera, abuja. >> we spoke with the nigh yearian journalist and asked him if there was any confidence among the nigerians that the girls would be rescued by the military. >> the sad part about all of this is that boko haram is not afraid of the nigerian government. the tone of boko haram's message is that they are back pedalling because of serious international pressure. they are beginning to understand the rest of the world may be coming after them. you can't escape that for too long. but they are hiding in plain sight on this matter. there are procetesterprotesters they have not owned up to the fact that these girls are abducted. it means that the nigerian government is still standing aloof from this problem. i don't think the nigerian government is capable of knowing where the girls are. the governor of the state of borno said yesterday he already had some sightings of the girls,

positive information. it's been 24 hours after. 36 hours in a few minutes and the government hasn't been able to approach whatever he gave them about to rescue the girls. >> tells you they are incapable of escrow ewing the girls. the rest of the world has to intervene. >> he also told us that nigerians are suspicious of u.s. and apro-russian separatists in eastern ukrainian cities of donetsk and luhansk declared independence today, one day after refer endums condemned by ukraine and the west. unlike in march when creme declared independence from ukraine and russia annexed the regiono two days later. this time, vladimir putin is being more cautious. kim videll has more >> reporter: authorities said the outcome was irrevel vabt.

they called the remembferendum illegal with forged ballot papers, no international observers and low voter turnout. speaking in parliament, interim president alexander tjernof said they will be held criminally responsible. >> translator: the as far as of a referendum is nothing but a pr propagandatist for crimes. >> the west echoes condemnation. in brussels to discuss the crisis, british foreign secretary william hague said no country will accept the result. >> these have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. they are illegal by anybody's standards. they don't meet any standard, not a single standard of objectivity, transparency, fairness or being properly conducted in the public

referendum and election and the people organizing them didn't really even pretend to meet any of those standards >> reporter: kiev and the west say it is an attempt by russia to create divisions within ukraine in the lead-up to the presidential election. >> election is set to take place in less than two weeks and is seen as crucial for the stability of the country. the ofce is offering a roadmap and sees the referendum in the east could make the work ahead more difficult. >> it's a provocation for some. it's what increases the gap between the different actors for others. the fact remains that the presidential elections are an essential element of stabilization. we have to take into account the latest developments but we have to do everything positive to have as positive environment as possible for the may 25th elections >> reporter: russia's attitude toward the presidential election is closely monitored by the european union which is cautiously stepping toward

extending sanctions. those in kiev where support for the government is high said russia shouldn't get involved. >> translator: why should we listen to russia? it's madness, pure madness. >> that's all i can say. >> i am very worried. we had to go through such horrible events in madan and it's very scary now. >> we have a constitution and we can't have a referendum in the regions of ukraine. our country is united and independent. and what moscow says means nothing. >> protests in the east emboldened by the referendum. progress will be difficult with authorities offering to talk to representatives from the east but refusing to include those who they say have blood on their hands. kim vinnell, al jazeera, kiev. >> as kim mentioned, the eu moved to impose more sanctions today. the block added 13 people to its visa ban and asset freeze list. it froze the assets of two in

crimea. t the eu is not expected to side whether to impose tough economic sanctions on russia until after ukraine's elections on may the 25th. pro-russian separatists in the city of donetsk say that summed's refer endsum shows that people there want self rule. they are also doing everything they can to guard their territory from the ukrainian army or ukrainian rule. al jazeera's jonah hull is in donetsk >> reporter: this is the man who would be leader of the new republic in the east of ukraine, the donetsk people's republic. on his wall, a crude hint of things to come, borders redrawn in marker pen, huge chunks of the south and eastern ukraine informed by russia. >> translator: they were trying to tell us that russia is the occupier. we know it's not like that. we are one people and the border should be open. they are already sufficiently open in the rest of russia and i think in the nearest future,

there will be some kind of union here >> reporter: outside his office in the occupied local administration building in donetsk, the few people milling about among armed men were pleased with the referendum result. >> translator: the newly formed republic will be billed as a free repuckbly, free from the kiev junta. >> translator: we want to be a power and join because our children keep dying >> reporter: in slovyansk, the to held by pro-russian too fighters blockaded by forces loyal to kiev, the idea of separation has taken root amid the violence. >> i am 100% sure the people have made the right decision. before, i was in doubt thinking maybe we don't need it. maybe it's not worth it. after these attacks, the result is 100% right. >> so, as they would have it

inside this building, the referendum has delivered a giant positive endorsement for the people's republic of donetsk and with that, this region seems to have taken a large step away from any notion of a united ukraine. >> there are people opposed to it all. opinion polls have suggested a great mistaken people. >> i just want this to end. i don't want to go anywhere. i like it here. i have liked it for 21 years. >> but with voters in two eastern regions now claiming near total support for separation, the voices of opposition have effectively been silenced. joan jonah hull. john kerry used some undiplomatic language discussing syria's civil war, last week in a private meeting, that the international community had a

wasted a year by not working together to help topple bashar al asaad: he asked it was a said back, nearlying 150,000 people have been killed since the conflict began in 2011. after a year of scandals and embarrassing behavior at the u.s. secret service, the agency has reportedly given itself another self inflicted wound. the washington post reports the unit patrolling near the white house were pulled off of their post in 2011 to protect an administrative assistant who worked for the agency's then director. mike vick vick viquiera is at the whitehouse. >> another black mark on an agency that once enjoyed a spotless reputation. the allegation: secret service agents pulled off their white house posts and sent an hour away top patrol the home of their director's assistant. within hours of the report, there were calls for another congressional inquiry into the

elite agency. >> you have to ask if there is a leadership culture that needs to be ripped out at the secret service. >> the washington post reports that in june, 2011, as president obama was about to board marine 1 on the south lawn, two prowler agents were ordered to laplaita marilyn, home of lease a jope. she had a dispute with a neighboring family and fet threatened. she happened to be the administrative assistant to mark sullivan, then the director of the secret service. >> when you have someone removed from a post who is primary responsibility is to protect the president and the white house's occupants, that is very, very concerning. >> but a secret service official disputes much of the report saying the prowler unit is not assigned to protect the president when he is on the move. the prowler agents performed wolf checks at her home over the course of one weekend, not for months, as reported. >> the report comes as a blow to a secret service still reeling

from a series of scandals. >> 2009 gatecrashers, disputes between agents and prostitutes in colombia and an agent allegedly passed out drunk in an amsterdam hallway the day before a presidential arrival. a member of the family allegedly washed by the prowler team, brenda allen says she was shaken by the experience. >> it was miserable to live there. it wasn't nice. it wasn't fun. >> now, after mark sullivan, the former director left, a new director came in, julia pearson. she promised to clean house. there have been scandals on her watch. today, in a statement, julia pearson, the rest of the secret service promised to cooperate with a new inspector general investigation into just what happened in maryland. mike viqueira, al jazeera, the white house. >> detroit is not the only major american city to pursue a bankruptcy. officials from stockton, california, and in court today and complained they have tried

to reach a deal with the city's last major creditor but can't get a deal. the city is asking a judge to approve the bankruptcy reorganization plan just the same. lisa barnard joins us from san francisco. lisa, which creditor is fighting stockton's reorganization plan and why does that group feel like it's being treated unfrankly? >> franklin templeton invest orders say they are being unfairly discriminated against by the city of stockton, and that is why they are suing the city and the trial that started this morning is expected to last for the next few days. on the stand this morning, we understand was stockton's chief financial officer for the city. franklin they wereton lawyers say stocktone's other creditsor would get 52% or more of what they are owed by the city where the bankruptcy provides just 350,000 back of a $35 million loan the investment group gave the city. >> money paid for new fire

houses, parks and a new dispatch center for police. the stockton city manager told us at the time the city declared bankruptcy, there is no easy solution. >> this is an ugly, ugly thing. bankruptcy is something that we really wish we didn't have to do. once you get there, you don't have a whole lot of options to get out. >> franklin templeton investments sent us this statement today, quote while our goal is to be a protective partner in the city's restructuring on equal footing with the city's other creditors, the ing meer recovery that the city's attempting to cram down through the plan leaves us with no choice but to object. a bankruptcy attorney i spoke with says stockton is protecting lucrative pension plans for city employees. and this is one of the points franklin templeton investments will argue over the next few days that those pensions should be considered as part of restru restructuring efforts and if a

judge agrees, then instead of this bankruptcy possibly ending next month for stockton, it could be back to the drawing board with another six months out at least with this bankruptcy situation. david? >> lisa, any reaction from the judge to franklin templeton's claims? and secondly, how does this process in stockton compare with what's going on, say, in detroit? >> well, no reaction there. just presenting witnesses and cross examining. the trial is expected to last at least until thursday and then the judge will issue a ruling at some point after that. in terms of detroit, it's a much smaller issue. so stockton is dealing with $26 million of debt where detroit, as you know, is more like $185,000,000,000 of debt to deal with. but this issue of pension is going to be a hot topic nationwide where precedent could be set here, and others cities will follow. david. >> lisa barnard from san francisco. thanks for that report in

today's power politics, republican senator marco rubio has now all but declared he will seek the presidency in 2016. republican organizers say rubio told them he is planning to run. rubio is 43 years old. he declared on television this weekend he has the right experience and is ready to be president. no same appearance, rubio took a hard right position on global warning. he told abc news he does not believe human activities and the record emission of co2 play any role. >> i do not believe human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it. and i do not believe that the laws they propose we pass will do anything about it except it will destroy our economy. >> it may sound extreme but politically, rubio's position could help him with conservative activists who are influential in republican primaries. many are suspicious of him given

hips embracing xefrp she'sive immigration roord rooepd rand paul is beloved by conservative voters. his problem is with moderate republicans who consider him too extreme. paul has been reaching out to republican establishment figures to try and soften his image. he just told the "new york times" that the party should back down on any obsession over voter identification laws, quote, everybody's gone completely crazy on this voter id thing. he said i think it's wrong for republicans to go too crazy on this issue because it's offending people. mr. paul is now the most prominent member of his party to distance himself from the voting restrictions and campaign for their package in states under republican control. civil rights group call the laws a clear effort to depression african-american turnout. on the democratic side, mass senator elizabeth warren indicated she has no plans for a run in 2016. but listen cable to the verb

tense she used on cbs. >> i am not running for president. >> but if hillary delinton decides not to run, will you reassess? >> you know, i am not running for president. >> technically, nobody is running until they formally declare they are in the race. and saying, i am not running is slightly different from saying, i will not run. if hillary clinton does not run, keep an eye on elizabeth warren. i . the star of the white house correspondent dinner lost a del vision show. the comedy called "community." after this, it's 5th season. he got great reviews for his washington roast, especially a joke about the obamacare website. >> it's good to see that white house press secretary and boy detective jay carney is here. it's a big night for jay. i haven't seen him this nervous since the president told him,

look. just go out there and tell them the website is broken. they will understand. >> we understand mtv and in politicians -- in tv and politi politics, you are unone day and down the next. >> that's today's power politics. scientistsists say a huge ice sheet in antarica is collapsetion. what it will do to the planet coming up. and there is a possible lead on the whereabouts of one of the world's most wantedman. the hunt for joseph chloe.

>> there was a startling new report today issued about the state of a huge antarctic aice sheet. according to scientist, it's melting in a way that is unstoppable. science and technology core respondent jacob ward joins us with more on the new report from scientists at nasa and uc-irvine. why is this ice sheet so important? >> the west antarctic ice sheet is the a massive collection of ice formations.

the particular section of this report is 255 square miles, about twice the size of philadelphia. it's so important because inside that object is enough water, if it were to all melt, to raise global sea levels by four feet. and as you mentioned, this report has basically shown that this melting far faster and in a pretty unstoppable way. there is really no turning it back. >> so, jake, the four feet. explain why that's so bad and what's the time frame scientists are talking about? >> the r.n. it is so bad is with an unstoppable flow like this, it's physics holding it back. it sits in a big sort of depression bowl, and so it's just slowly falling into the water and ocean water is getting between it and the rock that it sits on: it there is just nothing to stop it. it's the greatest fear scientists have for a ravd sea level rise. in sort of glacial terms,

"rapid" means between 200 and 500 years from now, this will melt and raise global sea levels, that's just this one. typically we only really worry about the arctic where sea ice has been melting rapidly. until now, it hasn't been as great a concern. this is a sign that the antarctica is affected as well. it's bad news just in and of itself, just two feet of sea level rise, the sdmrus estimates will do a trillion dollars of property damage. four feet like this is a very big deal. >> yijacob. economic recovery appears to be on solid ground. on average, the economy is adding almost $200,000 every month. the stockmarket hit another high today. but the recovery in the housing market appears to be slowing down. >> that's got some people worried. "real money" ali velshi joins

us. what is going on with the housing market? >> we have had this talk of a spring thaw but america's housing market is cooling off. a new report today shows existing homes, which are i like to call used homes fell. the sale fell by 6.6% in the first three months of 2014 come patient to 2013. >> that's according to the national association of realtors. home prices, however, continue to rise in most markets. they are rising, however, at a slower pace compared to previous quarters nationwide. home prices are still 17% blow their peak, around the summer of 2006, right as the bubble was about to burst. a cooling off in a smaller slice of the housing market is what happens people concerned. those are newly constructed homes. last month, there were 635,000 single-family houses that started construction. >> that's part of where we are concerned in terms of housing. t

the issue is new homes kraift create more homes. it's a job for construction workers and carp eventers and all sorts of people. that was a big part of of the economy that has gone away. home buying is important because home buyers spends on home improvements, appliances, things like that. so that's why we watch housing. it's a disproportionate part of the economy. >> any chance these are outliars that maybe we just need more time for this thaw to continue? >> it depends. interest rates, for a third year mortgage, about 41/2 %, that's higher than it was a year ago. whether i spoke to into bob schiller, the noble-prize winning that's part of the case-schiller housing index. back in december of 2012, we were talking about record low mortgage rates, and that probably forced a lot of people to go out and buy a house. at 41/2 %, mortgage rates are very, very low.

but more than a percentage higher than the record low rates. people don't feel the urgency to go outs. it's unclear whether a good economy feeds the housing market or good housing market feeds the economy but we know it's crucial. >> tune in tonight, 7:00 p.m. eastern. ali, thanks as always. we appreciate it. >> all right, buddy. >> coming up, it's a major test for afghanistan. u.s. troops are continuing there their withdrawal as the taliban rachet did up their springtime attacks. a disease that has killed more than 100 people in the middle east has just made another appearance in the united states. the reaction to the mers virus is next.

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country. gunmen battled afghan security forces in a string of attacks in a governmented building and police checkpoints. this year's fighting season coincides with a presidential run-off which will decide the first post war government. jonathan betz is here with more and what's at stake. >> a lot of people concerned about afghanistan future t we see the taliban flex muscle this time of year with the spring harvest of poppy. it reached record levels last year. up 36%. this helps fund the taliban. fighting between it and afghanistan has been on the rise. last year, as one of the most violent since the war began in 2001, nearly 3,000 civilians were killed bast year. >> that's up foreign %. it's been especially deadly for women and children, the most killed in five years. now, that reflects the taliban's growing power. experts say it's unlikely the group will take major cities like kabul but it could gain

control of rural areas and villages. for the first time, they are inflicting as many casualties on afghan forces as it suffered, itself. one reason is the united states has been pulling out. at the peak back in 2011, there were 130,000 foreign troops in afghanistan. but by the ends of this year, that number is going to drop no more than 12,000. >> that's if the new afghan president even allows that. meanwhile, afghanistan has built up its military. 345,000 soldiers but as u.s. soldiers and funding are scaled back, those numbers likely to be trimmed. international funding will only pay for about two-thirds of that. studies warn the country needs more troops and more equipment, leaving many to worry as the u.s. winds down the war with afghanistan will be left vulnerable to a taliban comeback. >> great explainer. we appreciate it. scott smith from washington, the afghanistan director of the united states director of peace.

is it morning timing, more than the fact we have springtime out there that is motivating these attacks? right? >> jonathan? sc scott? sorry? >> i think the springtime offensive, summer fighting season, has become part of the regular pattern of fighting in afghanistan. part of it has to do with geography and weather. but i think this year, there are two other factors that make a particularly crucial fight for the taliban and the afghan security forces. one of them is the election which is coming up. the taliban don't view this as legitimate. they said they would derail the first if they could and they were unable. now, a second round, we are facing, sometime? june but it hasn't been scheduled exactly. we should expect they will pull out all of the stops to try to derail the second round because they did suffer a defeat in the minds of people when the election went on, on the first

round under such good circumstances, relatively at least for afghanistan. >> the second factor is the u.s. of the international forces that was mentioned. the taliban find themselves fighting exclusively almost afghan troops and they will want to test these troops, see if they can defend the cities, parts of the countryside, and i think they will basically do what they can to, themselves, evaluate how they stack up against this afghan army fighting almost alone. >> scott, we heard jonathan betz talk about the record poppy seed harvest, a lot of opium on the world market. how much of that is funding what the taliban is doing with these attacks? >> there is no question that the taliban are fuelled by the gains they make from the opium economy or the taxes they impose on opium growers. this is an o page system of financing, an o pa we have effos

to find out how much of the ground is under cultivation but it's hard to know what yields are. it's imports to under line that the opium cultivation doesn't have -- has to do with a lot more than the insurgency. it has to do with farmers who need looifldz who may not have accessivelihoods who may not have access. so the opium economy is wrapped up with a whole number of socioeconomic factors in afghanistan. there is no question that it does fuel and finance parts of the taliban. >> you mentioned the taliban testing the afghan security forces, in your estimate are the afghan security forces ready? are they prepared for essentially less reliance on u.s. troops? >> most experts would say they survived last year where there is a significance -- where the responsibility had been handed over them to take the lead better than expected. the problem is with the draw

down now, there is crucial s like mediva vac, air support an intelligence support that will be reduced compared to last year. it's just an open question right now as to whether or not they have picked up in the meantime the capacity at thes to replace what has been given or what has -- the international community has supported with them so far. it's hard for me to make a judgment. i think it's hard for the taliban to make a judgment and, unfortunately, i think that what we will see, as i said, a serious season of testing of their capacities. >> scott smith, the aftghan status director. scotts, thanks for coming on the program. >> thanks. it was a pleasure. >> you are welcome. an apparent drone strike in yemen has killed at least five suspected members of al-qaeda. the yemeni state media says army reinforcements, as parts of a two week operation. dozens of fighters with al-qaeda have been killed in the arab an peninsula with u.s. support. the offensive into the country, itself. a report from sanaa

>> reporter: the situation remains tension across the country here in the capital sanaa. security forces fired warning shots at suspected gunmen near the presidential palace. it's the same area that was attacked twice on friday, and on sunday. the attack came a few hours after a drone attack targeting suspected al-qaeda militants. local sources tell al jazeera that the attack targeted an off-road vehicle but we cannot confirm at this particular moment whether those were killed were affiliated with al-qaeda. this is a clear escalation of the fight against al-qaeda. it came only hours after security forces said they suspect al-qaeda is trying now to retreat from shabwa and go to areas like abalba lahage.

this is an area where the presence of the government is very weak and it's under the control of tribesmen. some of them are sympathetic with al-qaeda. >> the united nations says it may have a lead now on where african war lord joseph koney is hiding. the criminal court has charged him with more than 30 crimes against humanity. the u.s. has a $5 million bount i on him dead or alive. the u.n.'s new evidence could provide the breakthrough needed to cycle off the violence of koney's lord resistance arm or lra. kristin sallumi. >> this is a rare glimpse of joseph koney wanted for alleged atrocities as they waged a geurilly war. a new u.s. report, activities of him and his men.

we can see collectively to make sure that koney, himself, is removed so that populations, idps, refugees, can all go back home and live in peace. >> they are believed to be split into several highly mobile groups in central african republic and the democratic republic of congo. senior leaders are thought to be based on in the it republic. credible sources indicate that joseph kony and other commanders may be seeking safe haven in the disputed caclave that sits on the border between south sudan and sudan. >> joseph kony. >> a video made by activists in 2012 helped raise awareness of the horrificnate of kony's crimes resulting in tens of thousands killed and many raped and maimed, countless children

were forced to kill and mute late their own families and then turned into kony's personal soldiers. >> the lra is really responsible for just about every war crime and atrocity in the book. but really, in the past three to four years, what we have seen is that the tactics of the lra have changed quite a bit. the violence has decreased significantly in the past few years, but their history shows what they are still capable of. >> an african union task force with 5,000 soldiers backed by 100 u.s. special forces has been trying to finds kony for years. in march, the united states sent four aircraft to help in the search. >> we must not forget the bringing justkis. konyy is the subject of an international arrest warrant. this warrant is still not being

implemented. >> the lord's resistance army isn't the fighting force it once was. so far this year, they are credited with just 65 attacks. with unrest in south sudan and the central african republic, there is a concern here at the u.n. that they could take advantage and further destabilize the region. as long as joseph kony remains free. kristin salumi, the united nations. >> the top human rights court has ordered turkey to pay cy press for human rights it violations 40 years ago. ankera has to pay for people who accident happened after turkey invaded cy press. it led to the division of cyprus. they say the ruling is not binding. >> in south sudan, the decision to push back next year's elections could disrupt programile peace talks that

might end months of finding. a ceasefire between the government and rebel fighters is said to have broken down less than three days after it was sign did. the u.n. security council is meeting to talk about the lack of progress. fighting has escalated since it began in december. thousands of people have been killed. more than 1.3 million people have fled their homes. and a boat full of migrants capsized off of the coast of libya today killing at least 14 people who were on board. italian navy and coast guard ships rescued 200 people after the boat sank. this is the second incidents in two days. omar osalat has the latest and a warning that some viewers may find these images disturbing. >> another attempt to reach europe, another tragedy followed by the bodies of would-be illegal immigrants. coast guard and police search for more bodies. the final death toll is unclear. the libyan navy says the incide

incident happened on friday when a boat carrying 130 illegal immigrants from different african countries sank east of tripoli. it says 52 people were rescued then and over 74 were missing. but the spokesman insists only 20 bodies were found. health officials say they need help. >> translator: we have 48 dead bodies in koraner's vans and there is no hospital to receive them. i call upon the minister of health to find a hospital morgue and mercy of justice to allow us to bury the bodies directlied. they are causing pollution, environmental problems and disease. >> libya has appealed for help from the european union to curb the flow of illegal i am grasped. the country is struggle to go rein in well-armed powerful militias. attacks the resources to protect the vast border it shares with six countries and the coastline of more than 1,700 kilometers

this country is a transit point for migrants. ones caught, some will be detained, and others set free. the interim government says there is not only libya's problem and the european union needs to do more. >> that was omar al saleh from libya for us. in news around america, a second case of middle east respiratory system has been found. the latest case is in florida hospitaling the hospitalization of a man in indiana. natasha ganame has more. >> the new patient now in an orlando healthcare provider worker may have exposed more than 500 passengers just on u.s. flights while heading to florida. on may 1st, the patient flew to london and boston, atlanta and orlando[delete] for a family visit. cdc officials say the patient felt sick when boarding that

first flight with a fever, chills and a slight could have. >> this vifrs can get on a plane and travel around the world where it want and it just has to find the right person that gets infected, doesn't know it, and then lands, you know, anywhere around the world and brings it with them. >> the cdc has spent 1,000 man hours trying to track down the passengers on the american flights. they say if someone hasn't gotten sick at this point, they likely won't. since it's nearly past the 5 to 14-day incubation period of mers, first detected in saudi arabia in 2012. since then, 538 cases have been identified across the globe of those cases, 145 people have died. saudi arabia is the epicenter of mers where most cases and most deaths havovehavovered. it's characterized by a fever, could have and shortness of breath. health officials say you can't get it by casual contact. it's spread by having close contact with an infected person such as caring for someone with it. according to the world health

organization, currently, 27% of people who get mers will likely die. there is no vaccine and no specific treatment recommended. but researchers at the university of maryland school of medicine hope they closer to creating a vaccine. >> we are several steps before we get to humans. all of the vaccine preparations take time to do all of the safety testing and to do clinical trials. >> that's not a rapid process unfortunately. >> health officials say there is a great deal they don't know about where mers comes from and how its spread. in the meantime, people are asked to take common sense measures such as washing hands frequently and avoiding tupping their hands, eyes and mouth. this latest individual in the u.s. with mers is expected to recover. natasha ganame, miami. >> in north carolina there has been a busineizarre turn of even a congressional primary race that involved clay aiken.

keith chris co's company said chris co died suddenly at his home in asheboro. the company says the 71-year-old fell this afternoon. the company did not give any other information. aiken was leading chrisco for the right to take on republican incumbent rene he will members. aiken issued a statement said he was stunned and saddened by chrisco's death and is suspended all campaign activities. in arkansas, gay couples lined up outside county clerk's offices to get married today after a judge threw out the state's ban opinion friday. arkansas is the 5th state to have same-sex marriage ban overturned. the state attorney general filed paperwork this morning to appeal that decision. dozens of people were issued licenses when offices opened today on the chance a court despised decides to impose a stay on friday's ruling. coming up on al jazeera america, controversial plan to combat bullying. it would have kids as young as

kindergarten paying fines. >> as the clippers' old boss tries to hold on to his team, the new boss responds to the public relations offenses.

america mobile app, available for your apple and android mobile device. download it now gentleman, a camera city warrants to make bullying a crime. a proposed law would outlaw bullying anyone from kinder gart en age to age 25. but critics worry if the law passes, children accused of bullying could end up in jail. at a time latest with roxanne. >> i spoke to the city council member who is behind it and he told me national and state laws don't do enough to crack down on bullying. critics say the proposed law to result in a child ending up behind bars for calling another student a name.

>> carson city council says bullying aventhsdz more than a quarter of american's students and more can i who are obey, obese, gifted or disabled so the council is a considering a law that would protect victims and how bullies get you counseling. >> bullying is a behavior that leads to other problems. there is a lot of statistics that show that people who do bullying are more likely to be up against the justice system as an adult. >> the law would consider it a crime to make another person feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, threatened, harassed or molested. it covers physical and verbal abuse as well as sigh ber bullying and would require parents to attend a hearing at juvenile court. a first time offense could result in $100 fine. the second time, $200. a third, up to $500 and possibly a criminal misdemeanor charge. supporters of the proposal say it will protect children from

kindergarten age to age 25. >> our idea is, let's nip it in the bud. let's address this behavior now and address it in a forceful manner. >> critics say the law would be too forceful. they worry even kids under the age of 18 could be charged with a misdemeanor. under california law, that can lead to a year behind bars t carson's mayor says that's not very likely. >> we are talking about counseling, anger management course, community service. not jail time. >> it's not clear how the los angeles county sheriff's department would enforce the law. in california, miss demeanors are rarely doled out unless a law enforcement officer witnesses a crime. the sheriff's department will meet with carson city official tonight and the council will vote next week. if it passes, it will go into effect next month. >> wow. what a great story. i am sure it could possibly get challenged in court as well. >> i think the city is prepared for that. but it does seem that the proposal is going to pass next

week. >> roxanne, i know you will keep us posted. thank you. >> donald sterling band from life from the nba is trying to clear the air and hold on to ownership of the clippers. he sat down with anderson cooper and said he is not a racist and asked for forgiveness. sterling's wife says even if she divorces her husband, she will still own the team. today, the team's new ceo, dick parsons reacted to sterling's apology. >> i would -- i would observe as most americans, i think, would observe, that he is a little late for sure. but beyond that, you know, tim here to help turn one of the burners off under the pot, not to turn it up higher. so, i think i will keep my personal views personal and just stay focused on what are we going to do to keep this team on the ascend as it is right now. >> sterling was find 2 and a half million dollar and banned for life from the nba after a

tape surfaced much him telling a woman not to associate with black people. coming up, the people who made a dangerous journey a little more bearable by tossing food onto a moving train and then, it's r l "real money" with ali velshi. >> on real money, why americans need to pound more nails and build more houses. our economy depends upon it. plus think you own your land? think good. i will tell you how someone else could set up an oil well on your front lawn and you wouldn't be able to do a thing to stop it. all that and more on "real money."

so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. a train feed toured in the al jazeera documentary "borderland" is seeing changes. every year. thousands of central americans ride what is known as "the beast" on the way to the united states. the trains operators are banning from allowing migrants. it journey has always been a dangerous one, but it was made a

bit easier by people who have been offering help to migrants for years. >> meet las patrons. this group of women feeds migrants riding the train that carries them north to the u.s. border. their leader, norma ramero has been doing this for almost 20 years, waiting for the train. it's known as "the beast" and carries migrants from central america through mexico. >> back at the shelter, she asks new arrivals why they left home. i let them do this because there is no work there. we couldn't live there any more because of the crime. my children couldn't en go to school. one of my sons has already been killed. >> that's why he brought his youngest sop on this journey. like countless mothers before her, dora left her children, six of them back in guatemala. >> translator: my children were

asking me for things i couldn't buy. all i could do was give them my heart. >> norma sooths their pain in the only way she knows how, by offering them a home-cooked meal. >> it doesn't matter where they are from. all we know is they are hungry. they need to leave. leaving their family is not easy. >> norma is getting support from those in hour. the president recently awarded her the country's human rights award for helping my grants. >> they are easy prey for those who abuse them. when they don't pay, they get thrown off of the train. they get mutilated and sometimes die that way. it's lunch . >> it's been a long day of preparation. they toss it to hungry my grabsdz riding the rails. when a full train finally, comes, the work is fast and

dangerous. migrants on board feel a rush of excitement. >> this day, like every other day, the prattonos have come out here to the tracks to give food to hundreds of migrants making their way northward to the u.s. border. increasingly mistaken my grant aren't getting on the trains because it's become so dangerous. some are walking along the highways. >> some are walking in the train's wake. the father and son from shelter left hon dueras three months ago. they saw migrants tossed off of the beast and have been walking the rails ever since. they hope to reach the u.s. some day. adam rainey, al jazeera, vera cruz, mexico. >> in our nation's capitol, tourists enter the washington monument today for the first time in nearly three years. the iconic monument had been closed since it was damaged by an earthquake in 2011. the $15 million restoration was paid for by a mix of public funds and private donations.

the monument is the world's largest freestanding stone structure. good for everybody in washington. the monument is open. i am david shuster. >> that's the news for this hour. "real money" with ali velshi starts right now >> americans aren't building houses like they used to, and that's a problem for all of us. i'm talking to the man who night know more about this an anyone. also frac-ing in your backyard, literally. i'm kicking off a week long series of what you probably don't know about land rights. and my interview with ron paul, what he says has taken the place of compromise in washington and whether he would run again for president. i'm ali velshi, and