>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines in texas and new mexico. >> trying to deescalate the violence in ukraine. >> planes are being used to help find the missing school girls in nigeria. >> we begin with wild fires that

are burning in two states and the crews are battling fires the texas and new mexico and nearly a hundred homes have been destroyed and 3,000 acres are burning in new mexico. >> the texas a & m forest service dropped the detainment services to 65%. one county official is saying it is looking like a war zone. sally wall can relate. >> my home and the one next to mine are the only ones standing in the block. >> 700 people have taken shelters in schools and shelters. firefighters are working up to 30 hour shifts to put out the blaze before others have to evacuate. >> the wind may shift later and be prepared to evacuate in the event that something goes wrong.

>> the last news is that 0% of the fire is contained in new mexico and forecasters are saying approaching cooler weather and diminishing winds are helping to slow the progress of the fire. the fire is moving away from silver city, a town of just over ten thousand people. as we head to the warmer weather, the draught conditions have the communities on edge about the wild fires from the southwest to the west and some californians are dealing with the high temperatures in the triple digits. they are not expecting a bad wild fire season but taking precaution just the same. >> we signing bills into the law and making sure that we further secure our ability to fight the fires. >> despite the property being lost or threatened, as of

tuesday morning, there are no reports of loss of life. >> that hot weather is playing a role in both of the fires. dave, any indication that the weather is going to change? >> the weather, the pattern is not changing much but the high winds are spreading to the west and california will be next. front came through, the rain is pushing to the east and flooding here and in the west it is dry air and the winds are picking up. as the front the pushing to the east, dry air is moving in and the high pressure is setting up over the southwest and keeping it dry and impacting the wind. when you get that high there, over colorado and wisconsin, wi wyoming and the winds are setting up. now texas and southern

california dealing with the winds. gusts up 50-60 miles per hour and we have the heat and the dry weather, not much in the way of rain across west texas, southwest is dry and the winds are picking up. del? >> thank you. the u.s. is stepping up efforts to find the missing nigerian school girls, the military team arriving on the ground to help with the search and rescue. planes are in the air over nigeria and sharing images with their government. there are 30 people from state and defense on the ground as well as the fbi. >> supposedly the commanding general, the u.s. military component that is concerned with security issues in africa. we are trying to get a

confirmation and if the general is on the ground, that is a sign of how seriously the u.s. is taking its efforts to help the government recover these girls and return them safely to their families. it is of course on top of the 30 or so personnel not just from the u.s. military but from the state department, and usaid and intelligence and fbi that are providing guidance and assistance to the nigerians as they try to figure out where the girls are and how to rescue them without harming others. the u.s. is involved in a number of joint training exercises with the nigerian military before this kidnapping happened 30 days ago and that is because the u.s. is trying to help the military expand and improve its capacity, of course, the nigerian government is a bit leery of

giving too much power or authority to the military because of the past in dealing with military hunta's in charge of the country. they are welcoming the u.s. assistance but very, very clear they are only asking for the assistance when they decide they are ready. there was a lot of back and forth about whether the nigerians even wanted to bring in this advisory team from the united states, and they didn't want to talk about that, but it is clear that it is mindful of how this is playing do domestic cli and he's criticized for reacting slowly with the kidnapping of the school girls. >> thank you. in france, female leaders are gathering near the eiffel tower and asking for the return of the girls. there was a demonstration at the french capitol and saying bring

back the girls and calling on the u.n. security council to impose sanctions on boko haram. >> i want to support my anguish of the abduction of the school girls and stand with them and the families. >> nigeria's government is saying boko haram is behind another attack, a boem was bloun up last month at a bus station. five others are detained. that explosion killing 74, injurying more than 200 people back on april 14th. >> there has been olive branch from saudi arabia to iran. the foreign minister inviting to visit the kingdom. relaces have been strained. the conflict in syria is always complicating the matters.

iran's foreign minister has not responded to invoi viation. >> ukraine is saying that six soldiers have been killed. we are getting more information on the story. >> renewed push to solve the crisis in ukraine. the germany foreign minister is in kiev and trying to get the regions talking. ukraine officials and the international community are saying that the vote was a farce. germany's foreign minister is stressing the importance of the elections on may 25. life is difficult for citizens of crimea. >> a slightly chaotic scene,

registering to get access to their savings. they had accounts with the ukraine banks and they have closed suddenly on the orders of the kiev government. >> i left the money to earn interest, now i want to get it back because the bank left crimea and if i travel to ukraine i don't know if i will get it back. >> they are trying to compensate the people for the funds frozen in the accounts up to $20,000. they have been cueing for 20 hours and they are the lucky ones, many others still have to get a date and time when they can go in and some time down the line they'll actually be told where they can go to access their money. >> the crisis is affecting

businessmen. with their accounts frozen, they have had to lay off the staff and close their office. >> you can't buy stuff because for your living, you can't shop, you can't do anything any more because at one moment the small money is finished. >> even for people whose accounts were not frozen, getting the money out is long cues. some russian banks are quick to step in and the demand is huge. >> crimea bank stopped working here and we should open the accounts with the russian banks, after all, we are russians now. >> other banks are stepping in. >> in april, russia raised my pension by 25% and in may another 25% too. i'm happy. >> even she has to pay the bills

and they have to do at places like this news agency rather than the banks. this woman is saying don't complain. we used to in horrible lines and for now many the inconveniences are a price to pay for being part of russia. >> for the first time ever, a former israeli prime minister is convicted and sentenced to prison for six years for ehud olmert. he was convicted in march for approving a housing project. olmert secured $150,000 bribe for his brother. >> in new jersey the investigation into the bridgegate scandal is continuing today. they are hearing testimony from

the press secretary and the lawyers kept p stopping the procedures to provide legal advice. the bridge was closed last year and the governor chris christy denies a role in the scandal. >> coming up on al jazeera, the antarctica is melting and the affects are being felt around the world. >> the draught so bad in brazil they can't afford to waste a drop of water.

>> china is urging the secretary of state john kerry to speak and act cautiously with the sea dispute. they are both in the area that is claimed by vietnam and they have exchanged water canyons on monday and trying to claim the south china sea.

>> there is a new scientific study and it is not good. the glaciers are melting in antarctica. some are saying to the point of no return. >> we have been warmed that the continent is melting and now two studies are painting a picture of what is described as unreversible and unstopable melt. previously thought to be stable is retreating and this shows the six glaciers and the seas that are affected and the reasons say the researchers is global warming. the glaciers below sea level and low motion waters ice along the coast to thin from beneath and as it melts the ice retreats to the sea. the six glaciers hold enough ice

to raise the sea levels but destabilizing the ice sheathe. >> we are talking ten to 15 feet and affecting millions if not billions of people around the coastline throughout the world. >> and it is areas such as these are most threatened. every year people on the low lying coastal nations and islands see the land disappearing. the fear is that one day all of it be under water. most scientists agree that a rise in ocean levels is inevident able and urging the people in the governments to do as much as possible to slow down that process. >> and there is a different type of environmental crisis

unfolding in brazil. in sao paulo are coping with a draught so severe that every drop of water is priceless. >> they want waste one drop of water in this home. no water is allowed to go down the drain, all water is reused in any way possible. >> if it is dirty water we water to plants, if soapy, we clean the floors, it is important that everyone tries to conserve. >> for now, she has water to save but maybe not for long. this is sao paulo main water

>> the visual effected is obvious. >> even if rainfall is picking up again, which is not guaranteed it could five to 20 years for this reservoir to recover. extreme measures are necessary bus this is a key source of water in the largest city with 11 million people. the governor is saying it is unlikely there is water rationing this year. >> we need to declare water

rationing right now and people start saving water. it is difficult, yes, but necessary so the little water that 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. al jazeera brazil. >> and for more on the environmental concerns around the world and how they affect us, go to al jazeera.com, and click on the environment section and at the top you find the stories from antarctica on. that is al jazeera.com. >> europe's high court is telling google that people have a right to be forgotten and controlling their private information. the court is saying that people can request can that personal information be deleted and google is saying it is a

disappointment. >> at&t is looking to buy direct tv for $50 billion and the regulators have to sign off and approve the merger. they have been talking on and identify for ten years. ful on wall street the direct tv shares are $87 a piece. >> coming up, a growing number of people desperate to start a family, now they are going around the worldel and trying to make their dream come true. vé

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. >> new violence in eastern ukraine, six soldiers have been killed and eight others are wounded. they are saying an ambush by the

separatists started the violence. they are trying to broker talks between the officials. >> u.s. now helping to find those missing nigerian school schools, close to 300 are being held. they are helping with the search and rescue efforts and sharing the satellite images with their government. >> wild fires in two states are forcing hundreds of people from the homes. the crews are battling the fires then texas and new mexico. it is hot, it is dry, and it is a mess and everyone wants to know when it is going to stop. >> not for a few days, the fire dangers are going to last in texas and spretding to california. we have the high pressure building in over a colorado and

wyoming and the winds are increasing. it is hot, it is dry and the winds are picking up. flooding rain across east texas, but west texas is dry and cooler. no rain in the southwest. now with the winds increasing and the temperatures climbing up to a hundred degrees or higher. the red flag warning is in place and heat advisory around san francisco, in los angeles 96. 99 and 99 and 90 wednesday thursday and friday. the winds are gusting 30, 40 miles per hour and higher in the mountains and there is a fire danger, with the temperatures so high and creating a rapid fire growth and the risk is through friday here and the winds are continuing to increase. the rain and the flooding across the mississippi valley and cooler air is push to the east. the temperatures ahead of the

front in the 70s and 80s. closer to 90 degrees. not everywhere though, the cooler temperatures across the northeast. this is the cooler air coming in from the cool ocean, so much of the northeast staying in the 60s, but a warm up in philadelphia and washington close to 80 degrees already. >> one extreme to the area. >> thank you so much. >> growing number of people are adding to their families, in the u.s. is demand for children and shortage of adoptable babies is sending people to unexpected places. making babies and looking at the busy of international surrogacy. >> for crystal, the small business buildings families is personal. she's got three children born a half world away and conceived

with egg donor and surrogate mother. >> he's beautiful, he looks just like you, and i say thank you. >> now, crystal is helping others build a family. more than six hundred couples so far, like ed and his partner and bringing together six people, their friend who is donating an egg from london. they found that the process frustrating using adoption. >> i'm 46. i just feel very fortunate this is possible now. they hope this helps them become dads fast. >> the world is global. this feels like we are going to another place in the backyard

and happens to require a few more playing rods. >> why not domestically. >> in india you can find a doctor to allow a singleton birth. in california, i have known clients to pay over two hundred thousand. when money is no object, the global surrogacy can go in a different direction. this couple turned to sur agassi and they travelled to a surprising place for help. >> i checked with india, ukraine, tie thailand and california. >> jane has three children now, a daughter and a twin boy and girl all from the same surrogate in california. all three born in the u.s. so

they are american citizens. having three children would be against the law in choo china. it is attracting a lot of china parents to the u.s. >> they are getting new babies with foreign passports. it is going around that one baby policy. >> the u.s. is the gold standard. >> some say that these women in third worlds delivering these babies are being exploited. what do you say about that? >> she wouldn't have asked 24 hours later to be a surrogate again. >> yes, the same surrogate giving them their twins. it is neat we are a global family. it is a way of the future any way.

>> adam may al jazeera. >> part two of the special series making babies, america tonight looks at the dark side, and al jazeera is following the money south of the border, mexico is the latest destination and for one couple it turned into a nightmare. it see it tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. later today the president is presenting the nation's highest military honor for army sergeant kyle white, he's the 7th living recipient to receive the honor for afghanistan. we are covering the ceremony beginning at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. >> we want to thank you for watching al jazeera america. "inside story" is next. reminder for updates throughout the day, go to al jazeera.com

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