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robotic arm, the technology behind this extraordinary device. >> and we begin with the new development in the efforts to find the kidnapped school girls in nigeria. and that new development has an american connection. tonight, a pentagon official tells al jazeera that the u.s. military is complying manned missions to help the search effort. that official describes them as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. they follow a day the captors proof of life with them, the message that will let the 276 girls free but only if the government grac agrees with a prisoner release.

rawya rageh reports. >> girls are heard speaking in arabic reciting lines from the cokoran. 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. does not negotiate with what the government calls terrorists. abuja kept up a daily sit in calling for the girls release. joined by some of the girls relatives, a man told us two of his girls were kid flapped, many of the girls were christians and must have been forced to put on the head scarf. he asked us to conceal his

identity. >> when i saw them i was really sad. why i was sad, that is not how our daughters would appear. their human rights have been infringed upon. >> there were mixed feelings here whether the government should respond to the prisoner swap demand and the alleged appearance of the girls. >> i feel bad because i'm a muslim, in islam they say there is no compulsion in the religion. i don't know where they're getting this idea from. >> 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 to confirm whether the girls in the video are indeed the missing girls. >> the confidence has been steadily eroding in the nigerian authority. the captive girls will undoubtedly be another cause for

anger grief and frustration. rawya rageh, al jazeera, booming. >> richelle carey joins us, richelle. >> anu shakau, made the group an increst ily can why scroinlt force within nigeria. he is nigeria's most wanted man. abu bakar shakau is the notorious leader of boko haram. what is known is his capacity for cruelty. >> is widely described even by the militants themselves as, quote unquote, crazy. any soft target is apparently fair game. and in that important sense, this leader is much more radical than the last one.

>> shakau started out as a deputy of the group's founder. >> we are boko haram. >> after the founder's death, shakau took charge of the group leading it down a more violent path, since then, boko haram have taken bombings amounting to hundreds of deaths. in 2012 alone targeted 47 schools. human rights advocates say shakau has reached a new low. >> he brazenly says he will sell the abducted girls quote no. marketplace and uses the word slaves. truly shocking. i think boko haram has sinking to new depths. hard to see that they could sink further. this is appalling.

>> crifntchristians and muslims, saudi arabia the birth place of islam denouncing the group and its leader. the u.s. has offered $7 million for information leading to the group's arrest. john. >> ukraine and the power struggle between moscow and the west. two regions voted on sunday to break from the west, kim vanel reports. >> they call the referendum in donetske and luhansk forged papers, no international overseers, alex turchynov,. >> that farce that terrorists call a referendum is nothing

more than a coverup for kid napgkidnappings and other great crimes. >> british foreign secretary william haig said no country will accept the routes. >> these votes, these attempts at referendums have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. they are illegal by anybody's standards. they don't meet any standards, not a single standard of objectivity, transparency fairness people organizing them didn't even really pretend to meet any of those standards. >> kyiv and the west say a referendum was an attempt by russia to create leading up to the presidential election, that election is set to take place in less than two weeks and is seen crucial for the stability of the country. >> the osce is ooferg road map

to resolve the crisis gripping the ukraine and said the referendum in the east could make the work ahead more difficult. >> translator: it's a provocation for some, it's what increases the gap between the different actors for others but the fact remains that the presidential elections are an essential element. we have to do everything possible to have as positive environment as possible for may 25th election. >> russia's dude is being closely monitored by the european union, closely stepping towards extending sanctions. those in kyiv where the support for the government is high say russia shouldn't get involved. >> translator: why should we listen to russia? it's madness pure madness that's all i can say. >> translator: i'm very worried. we had to go through so are horrible events in maidan and it's very scary now.

>> translator: 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. >> reporter: protests in the east emboldened by the referendum, progress will of difficult are with officials offering to speak to those in the east, but refusing to negotiate with those they say have blood on their hands. >> in the texas panhandle a fast moving wildfire forced more than 2,000 people from their homes. dozens of homes have been destroyed and firefighters hope to have the fire under control tonight. another part of texas panhandle and along much of the plains, spring snow, part of interstate 80 was closed after three feet of snow hit that area. kevin corriveau is here tracking this unusual and very dangerous weather, kevin.

>> john, we are seeing still snow, not so much miami but down tornado be kabul. albuquerque. they closed the highway for 400 miles. a lot of the activity is moving out of the state. another foot of snow in southern colorado as well as albuquerque, and new mexico, tomorrow, so we're going to be watching that very carefully. temperatures are going to be back on the rise. we're going osee billings 61 for high, casper 51, overnight lows will reach the freezing level there. the other part of factor still part of the storm all the rain we're seeing here, pushing into chicago tall way down into arkansas. it was a severe weather event now it's moving towards a flooding event because of all the heavy rain. flash flooding warnings are in

effect, all the way down to the south. watch how these thunderstorms really develop over the last few hours. airport down to san antonio we are going ohave major delays at the airports. john. >> thank you kevin. how the school handles sexual assault charges, even filed federal plants to force the school to act. now more than 90 professors say they stand with the students. in an open letter the faculty wrote, we applaud the bravery and the fortitude of the students who filed those complaints. it is clear that university policies and enforcement are insufficient or even harmful in creating an environment where students feel safe and supported. we as a community must do more to make this school a place where all students feel safe from violence. earlier i spoke with columbia university professor sharon o'halloran and she explained why she signed the letter in support

of the students. >> important that the students realize that the faculty also support them. we think that it's important that columbia clearly express what the policies are, clearly expresses that we believe in the enforcement and the compliance of those policies and also that we come up with a method by which we adequately display and represent how many students are being affected by this particular issue. >> well obviously this letter helps provide support for the students. but in order for young women to come forward and tell the truth and say what happened to them, they have do feel comfortable with it. and doesn't it have done more than just procedures? don't they have to believe that somebody is truly going ostay them seriously? >> that cleecial goes t clearlye issues on enforcement and compliance. how they are treated once they start the process. >> doesn't it require the university to sends a message loud and clear from the tom? >> we are sending a message that

we support these students. we are extending a message that we will be reviewing those procedures what forms of enforcement and compliance is taking place, we are sending a message that we want to increase the education around that, to avert this and minimize any types of incidents taking place on our campus and we want to create a safe community for everyone. >> what do the young women tell you are their biggest concerns? >> their biggest concerns are to make sure that, one, they're in a safe environment truly. that they want to make sure that if something happens they have a place that they can be -- they can express what's going on. they can be heard. and that if in fact they decide to take this action forward, that they will be given a fair shot, and that the people that they will be dealing were people that will be sensitive to their concerns. and i hear that over and over again and i think that's very

important. >> how is it that in 2014, universities like columbia and many across the couple, are not there get? -- across the country, are not there yet? >> these are very difficult issues right? we can say that about sexual harassment sexual discrimination in the workplace. this is in many ways a maftion manifestation of that. we need to take these things seriously not only at columbia but in many of our environments. the university has a particularly responsibility here. we will take the students seriously. we will review these policies, ensure compliance and ensure fair and full investigation of these issues. our community should create a safe learning environment for everyone. however i think it's really

important we put around all this a notion of education, a notion of what's acceptable behavior and what's not acceptable behavior and for people to understand there are significant consequence as a result of violating those protocols. >> is the administration of columbia support ef of the letters you signed as well? >> the administration has come out and said this is unacceptable behavior and not something that the university tolerates. really several messages along those lines. the faculty feel it's very important we support the students in their efertle and we'll continue to do that. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> a former minnesota state linebacker is fighting for his life last night. isaac colcalstad. looking for a second suspect.

doctors are not optimistic about his recovery. nelson is charged with first and third degree assault. dangerous crossings. trains carrying oil and the risk of catastrophe. plus a second case confirmed. lethal respiratory virus what you need to know and how it spreads. fault lines... al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> they're locking the door... ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. water for coal only on al jazeera america

>> when the centers for disease control and prevention devotes most of its web page to a virus, you know about it. authorities still trying to contact other people aboard that plane, health officials are work with partners around the world to determine the risk of transmission. we'll talk to an infectious disease are expert in a moment. but first natasha guinane reports. >> more than 500 passengers were exposed just on u.s. flights while heading to florida.

on may 1st, the patient flew from boston to london to orlando, the patient felt sick while boarding that flight, fever chills and a slight cough. >> this virus can get on a plane and travel around the world whenever it wants. land anywhere around the world and brings it with them. >> the cdc has already 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. five to 15 day incubation period of mers. mers was first detected in saudi arabia in 2012. since then 538 cases have been identified across the globe. of those case he 145 people have died. saudi arabia is the epicenter of mers where most cases and most deaths have occurred. the virus is characterized by a effective fever, cough and

shortness of breath. officials say you can't get it by casual contact, it's spread by having close contact with a person, caring for someone with it. 27% of people who get mers will likely die. there is no vaccine and no specific treatment recommended. but researchers at the university maryland school of medicine hope they are closer to creating a vaccine. >> we are several stems before we get to humans. all of the vaccine the preparations have taken time to do testing and to do clinical trials. that is not a rapid process unfortunately. >> health officials say there's a great deal they don't know about where mercer comes from or how the virus spread. take common sense pleasures, wash hands frequently and avoid touching eyes, nose, mouth.

natasha guinane, al jazeera miami. >> dr. nadine gounder is an infectious disease specialist. welcome. >> thank you. >> how deadly is the virus? >> so far we haven't seen anybody come down with any symptoms and we're basically out to almost 14 days. >> what doos that mean? >> that marines essentially that you have had a lot of people on the same planners with the person in florida with mers and no one has become sick with mers despite having been in contact with him on the plane. >> that's good news. who's most at risk for this disease? >> our thought is health care workers are a very high risk. especially in saudi arabia, family members who of -- of those who have mers. >> only a couple of cases in the

united states so far. how is it being transported or how could it be transported outside of the middle east? >> well, boat cases we have seen so far are in health care workers who are working in saudi arabia. it is likely if we see any additional cases in the united states it will be similar kinds of patients, again having traveled osaudi arabia, having had close contact with patients there, showing up here with mers. >> what are doctors doing to treat patients or how can they treat patients if they get mers? >> there is no antibiotic that we can use to treat mers. oxygen and that sort of thing, palliative therapy. >> weaver been talking about ebola or avian flu or mers,

viruses that are transported from animals to humans. is this a new trend or something you have seen over time? >> this is the history of humanity, ebola and hiv from primates, transported from birds and pigs, we are doing a better job of picking them up and understanding allow these diseases are transplitted. >> there's been talk about antibiotic resistant tb. could you compare it to tuberculosis or not? >> we haven't seen much transmission of tb aboard aircraft either. there was a couple of years ago

a case of tb that the person flew across the u.s. we haven't seen transmission in those settings. the good news is mers isn't very contagious even though it's deadly. >> doctor thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> cash strapped detroit, why credit they will be asked to vote on the city's restructuring plan which calls for pension benefit cuts. if the plan is rejected, officials say deeper pension cuts would be inevitable. and in california, lawyers for stockton, the first major american city to ever file for bankruptcy, were in court today. they were trying to get a judge to approve the city's reorganization plan. the city officials are facing a roadblock, a creditor says, the city is treating it unfairly.

>> franklin temple ton says it's being unfairly discriminated against by stockton. the city's chief financial officer took the stand. stockton's other creditors would get 52% or more of what they are owed. but just $350,000 back of a $35 million loan the investment group provided. that money paid for new fire hydrants, parks and facilities for police. the city told us at the time the city declared bankruptcy there is no easy solution. >> this is an ugly, ugly thing, bankruptcy is a thing we really wish we didn't have do do. once you're there you really have a hard time getting out. >> franklin temple ton said, on equal footing with the city's

other creditors, the meager settlement the city is trying to cram down the plan, leaves us nothing but to object. stockton is protecting lucrative pension plans for city employees and this is one of the points franklin templeton will argue, that those investments should be considered as part of restructuring the debt. if the judge agrees then bankruptcy plan will be thrown out and instead of pulling out of bankruptcy next month it will be back to the drawing board and could take another six months or longer. >> that's lisa ber anard reporting. why why secret service workers were ordered to leave their post, one night in 2011. and michael sam joins the nfl but will it change the rules

against employees? we'll take another look.

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. there's a lot to cover this half hour. the government always rules and regulations for carrying oil on trains. plus why secret service agents were pulled from their warehouse posts and dispatched to a loam in maryland. a robotic arm that will help many ampute amputees live a morl life. richelle carey has the headlines. >> cdc announced a resident of saudi arabia visiting florida is in a hospital after testing positive for middle east respiratory syndrome. also known as mers it is a

respiratory syndrome that are acts like the flu but can lead to death. over nigeria to help in the search for the kid flapped school girls. group's leader says he could let the girls go in exchange for prisoner release. nigeria's government has reject they'd proposal. >> in ukraine, two regions east of the country have voted to break away and credit form their own independent republics. the are white house says the u.s. will not recognize that vote, john the new self plaind leader of donetske says they're considering another vote to become part of russia. >> all right, richelle thank you. the federal government the sounding the alarm about what it says is a startling number of accidents involving oil trains. forcing railways to force when

covering crude, credit most recently, an oil train derailed in lynchburg. hundreds of people had to be evacuated. blake subcheck is a reporter for energy wire who focuses on petroleum why are transport. why did the federal government issue this warning? >> i think we can trace this back to last july, in lak megantic, quebec, you recall then there was a 72-car oil train that derailed claimed 47 lives in a fiery explosion. it was truly a tragic event, caught the public's eye both in canada and the united states. >> what causes a lot of these accidents? >> the causes are multitude, really. you have several factors that

can go into a derailment. there can be a problem with the tracks. lately there has been a lot of discussion about the integrity of the tank cars that are used to transport this oil. there's been a lot of focus on that lately as really the majority of the tank cars better used to transport this oil have long been faulted by safety inspectors for their puncture prone design. >> it's pretty clear the safety concerns some communities the trains go through. so what are the people in the communities saying? >> i think the people in the communities are calling for more transparency. and that's something that the latest order from the u.s. department of transportation is really trying to address. and that's basically making these railroads that are transportinporting much of thise from the bakken shell play, where they are taking them, what

cities they pass through and the idea is to give fire crews and emergency response crews a better idea of what's going through town. >> are some of these small towns equipped to handle an emergency like this? >> absolutely not. you had at a national transportation safety board forum, outgoing are chairman debra hersman, who left last month, say these communities do not have the materials to fight these fires from crude oil. it requires a specialized foam, a lot of time the foam isn't available within the short distance of the derailment and if you see videos from these derailments you see a lot of times the fire departments have to let the fires burn themselves out. >> why has the industry been resistant to tell the towns when they're coming through or if they're coming through? >> i'm not sure the industry is

resistant to telling the towns, it depends on who you're talking to. bona fide emergency responders to request emergency credit situations from the railroaded. railroads. you can have xyz crude trains going through, but the recent derailments and fires have caught the public's attention and they want to say we want an honest discussion about what's coming through town. up until now there hasn't been a requirement for the industry to share that with the public. >> and the industry says that's a security problem for them? >> absolutely. they say that could pose a security risk, if large numbers of the public know where and when the trains are traveling. obviously we have seen a lot of are most tragic, in lac

megantic, and other places, in company executive's minds. >> is there any way to appease the security concerns, at the same time, figure out a way to let people know what's going on? >> well, i think that's the tough question there. i think regulators will need to find a way to balance those security concerns with the need. and frankly, the right, for some communities to understand the risks of living close by the tracks. >> especially for near the tracks and the lake, be blake, thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much. >> more secret service misconduct. members of the service in 2011 were reportedly ordered to abandon their posts in order to protect a top official's aid instead. mike viqueria has more.

>> the allegation, secret service agents pulled off their white house posts and sent an hour away to 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's a leadership culture that needs to be ripped out at the secret service. >> the washington post reports that in 2011 two are were ordered to alita, maryland. felt threatened. also happened to be the administrative are assistant to mark sullivan the director of the secret service. >> when you have someone are relieved of the post whose primary are position was to protect the president, that is a very, very concerning situation.

>> the prowler agents performed welfare checks at chopi's 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 serious of scandals. >> mr. and mrs. salahi. >> gate-congratulators, disputes between agents in cartajena colombia. a member of the family allegedly watched by the prowler team, brenda allen, says she was shaken by the experience. >> it was miserable to live there, it wasn't there. >> a new director came in julia pearson, claimed to clean house, today in a statement julia pearson promised to cooperate with the new inspector-general investigation into just what

happened in maryland. mike viqueria, al jazeera the white house. >> he's one of the most wanted and despised men in the world, the warlord joseph kony. are waged a war against the ugandan can government. for years no one knew where he was hiding but now that could be hidings, but now, that may be changing. kristin saloomey reports. >> he has been hard to find in the dense jungles of west africa. but now a new report on the location of he and his men. >> to make sure that kony himself is removed from the field. so thatidps refugees can all go back home and live in peace.

>> they are believed done split into several highly mobile groups in central african republic and the democratic republic of congo. senior lra leaders are believed to be why in central africa prung and kony and oarts central leaders may be seeking safe haven. between the streamp central earve republic an south sudan. terrific nature of kony's crimes resulting in tens of thousands killed and over a million displaced, many raped and maimed. countless children were forced to kill and mutilate their own families and then turned into kony's personal soldiers. >> the lra is responsible for just about every war crime and atrocity in the book.

but really, in the past three to four years what we've 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 tasks has been trying to find kony for years and in march the united states sent four aircraft to help in the search. >> translator: we must not forget the need to bring justice to the main leaders of the lra. joseph kony is the subject of an international arrest warrant issued by the iic in july 2005. this warrant still has not been implemented. >> the lord's resistance army is not the fighting force it once was. so far this year they're credited with just 65 attacks but with unrest in the south sudan and central african

republic there's a real concern here at the u.n. that they could take advantage and further destabilize the region as long as joseph kony remains free. kristin saloomey, al jazeera, united nations. >> water crisis just a month before the city faces the opening match of the world cup. concerns over water rationing grow, gabriel alessandro reports. >> they don't can waste one drop of water. all water is reused in any way possible. >> if it's dirt where water we use it to water the plants. if it's soapy water to clean clothes we reuse it to clean the floors. it's important. everyone tries to conserve. >> for now ms. brito at least has water to save but maybe not for wrong. this is sao paulo's main can

water reservoir or what's left of it. a moon scape of cracked nothingness. in the past year, this area has received only a quarter of the usual rainfall but demand has gone up. exactly one year later today it's at 9.8% capacity, the lowest in recorded history. the visual effects of that are pretty obvious but the long term effects could be quite dramatic. experts say even if rainfall picks up again which is not guaranteed, it could take anywhere from 5 to 20 years for this reservoir to recover. the state water agency is now drawing on what they call a dead water supply. a last resort ground reserve that is estimated to last a few months. such extreme measures are necessary because the reservoir

is one of the key sources of water for busy soo pau sao paule find irresponsible. >> we need to declare water rationing right now so people start saving water. it will be difficult, yes. but it's necessary so the little water we have can be used in a sustainable way. >> at the reservoir, the day after we filmed here, the water levels dropped to below 8% capacity. a water crisis that is quickly going from bad to worse. gabriel alessando, can bar beja, brazil. >> winners of this year's top cop award include officers who were on duty during last year's shooting at the washington navy

yard as well as the boston marathon bombing. donald sterling the owner of the los angeles clippers is facing heavy criticism for his racist comments. sterling sat down with cnn and says he is not a racist and asked for forgiveness. his wife says evening if she divorces her husband she will still own the team. the nba feels differently. the reaction to the clippers owner's apology. >> it's a little late for sure. but beyond that i'm here to turn off one of the burns under the pot not to turn it up higher. i'll keep my personal views personal and keep focused on what are we going to do to keep this team on the assent as it is

now. >> sterling was find $2.5 million and banned for life in the nba, after a tape was surfaced saying not to associate with black people. >> michael sam is going to work in a state where discrimination is a fact of life because it's legal. jonathan betz reports. >> it's the kiss turning heads and sparking anger. one professional football player tweeting horrible before deleting the comment. >> michael sam defensive end. >> a reminder not everyone is cheering nfl's first openly gay player. >> the tweets tell us it's not going to be an easy road for mieivelg sam. >> not an easy road for many gay americans. miervelg sam is heading to a state that largely does not protect gay workers. in missouri as across much of the country people can be fired

simply for being gay. only 21 states and the district of colema colombia. >> i'm going to give everything i got to st. louis rams to help the rams win the championship. >> trying to focus on the field but already changing the game. jonathan betz, al jazeera, new york. >> a majorities of county clerks in arkansas denied gay people the right to marry today. waiting to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. only five counties issued more than 200 of the same sex marriages today. arkansas is the fifth state to have same sex marriage overturned. alaska has had a ban in place

since 1998 but a few gay couples are hoping to change that. they filed a lawsuit against the state calling the ban unconstitutional. the state has yet to be served with any litigation. coming up. the groundbreaking robotic arm that the fda just approved. and hero's honor. 72 years later a world war ii veteran gets his college diploma.

>> we are looking at a very rocky night for chicago. you can see the clouds developing. if you are traveling tomorrow morning you think it's going to be a major problem at replied way as well as o'hare airport. thunderstorms continue all the way through midday tomorrow. five day forecast here on tuesday the temperatures are dropping, we did see temperatures in the 80s, rain continues gay° there, things get a little bit better by the time we get to the weekend. the same frontal boundary causing the problems in chicago are also causing problems in parts of texas. three to five inches of rain falling through area. dallas still seeing thunderstorms as we go through tomorrow. rain heavy at times on wednesday but things get back to normal on thursday and temperatures really on the climb. here across the northeast we are going do see a major change in air mass as well. those warm temperatures that we experienced on monday are not

going to be here by the time we head towards wednesday. for new york we're going to see a drop in the temperatures about 15 degrees same thing around washington, cooler temperatures there. news coming up right after this.

>> tonight a new hampshire policeman is fatally shot. responding to a domestic disturbance. the gunman is also thought to have died and a third person taken to a hospital. now a fascinating piece of technology that the food and drug administration just approved for use. a robotic arm. our science and technology respondent jacob ward has more. >> now it's got it, the deca arm. multiple joints by thought

command. the amp wasn't always this slick. i got the to see early versions of it. they had a joy stick built into shoes, you had to move it with your feet. but this one is more elegant. the brain sends signals to what remains and the nerves there which were once connected to the hand and the fingers then communicate with the prosthetic limb which can sense your intention. it takes incredible are direction, learning to use chop sticks times a thousand. 90% of the people trying this out were able to perform activities that they couldn't otherwise perform with old school prostheses, like using keys and locks and preparing food needing themselves, brushing, combing their hair, past prostheses would mangle an

egg rather than scrambling it. brain-gate showed that paralyzed people could control prosthetic limbs with their minds alone. it's amazing to watch this footage. eventually this kind of technology could not replace a lost limb but could give toldly control over entirely prosthetic bodies, john. >> that's jake ward reporting. a world war ii veteran receiving his college diploma after 70 years. story from jonathan martin. >> amid the pomp and circumstance and the crowd of graduates at the university of kentucky -- >> this is something i never thought would happen in my life. >> reporter: -- there are one man who stand out at a school trying to right a wrong. in the 1940s, the university

of kentucky was segregated. >> even though harrison wilson was not only a star athlete but he was a veteran. he was coming home after serving in the navy on the g.i. bill. >> when i came here, and was disappointed i went to the black school 28 miles away. got a good education. >> undeterred, wilson got his master's and doctorate degrees, becoming a basketball coach and then a college president. >> to harrison b. wilson junior. >> dr. wilson at age 90 is receiving an honorary doctorate from the university that once rejected him. >> thank you, doctor, it's a pleasure. >> so it's a wonderful opportunity to say there was an

injustice. here is our attempt at least symbolically to, we can't go back and give people who were denied degrees, degrees. but we can lon harrison wilson who is one of those persons. >> it's particularly are diabolical because his grandson is receiving a diploma along with him. >> he has always inspired me. not so many people have the role model that has gone that far in education. he set the bar high and we're all really pursuing it. >> you have got to be oriented towards working, take the lousiest job and you get out there and nickels become dimes and dimes become quarters. i showed them.

>> wilson loaps to build on his grandfather's legacy, perhaps becoming a university president one day. jonathan martin, lblgz. >> the washington -- al jazeera. >> washington monday you'll is final reply reopened to the milk. after being damaged in 2011 dur an earthquake. the monument had been encased in scaffolding. as workers repair 150 cracks in the pavement. >> may snow. major snow storm froze parts of colorado leaving some areas with more than three feet. yes, it's murray. richelle will have did headlines right after this. bl >> this...is what we do...

>> america tonight, next only on al jazeera america. >> welcome to lrnlings man al ja america. i'm richelle carey. the cdc announced today that a

saudi visiting the u.s. tested positive for the mers virus. hostage tape released by boko haram. they say they will not release the girls until the government release their are members from prison. u.s. is helping the government look for the girls. two region in eastern ukraine have voted to break away and form their own republic. ukraine says it's legal, the regions say they might hold another vote soon on joining russia. students at columbia university have credit filed harassment complaints how their schools dealt with sexual complaints. prosthetic arm that's robotic and moves on its own by picking up signals from the

person's muscles. the deca arm closel closely ress the person's normal motion of the arm. you can always get the full news at aljazeera.com. bargain chips? the violent terror group holding girls hostage in nigeria ignites worldwide demands for the girls release now. could boko haram be ready to make a deal? also tonight where do babies come from? an american couple with an egg donor in london, a surrogate in india, and in any pa