that. >> good to see you. >> the show may be over, but the conversation conditions. >> on facebook or google+. you can find us on twitter. we'll see you next time. hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. mining disaster unfolding a mile under ground in turkey. at least 200 people dead. hundreds missing. our reporter is on the scene with the latest. closing in - a wildfire if san diego forcing thousands from their homes as temperatures soared to record highs across california. prediction policing - using twitter to stop future crime. we talk to the researcher.

alien creator - we pay tribute to the artist who designed one of the scariest moving monsters ever. we are following two breaking news stories this evening. a fire burning out of control is having a big impact on southern california. that in a moment. we want to begin with a mining disaster in turkey, where it's wednesday morning. we know that at least 201 people are dead. hundreds, others, are trapped. officials say an explosion started a fire in the mine in the western up to of soma. rescue crews have been pumping oxygen into the mine to keep survivors alive. we go live. >> reporter: it's been more than 12 hours assistance the accident

in western turkey. it's thought an electrical fault caused a spark, explosion and fire. it meant the electrics were cut to the mine, the lifts stopped work, and it made it difficult for miners to get out and rescuers in. the other thing making it difficult is the carbon monoxide levels. it's thought the number of casualties have been caused and because the levels have been increasing the decision was made to stop rescue efforts. the government is taking this seriously. the energy minister is on the scene and the prime minister is on his way. the head of the mine has spoken and given his statement, saying they have done all that they can to rescue those trapped in the mine. there was a safety inspection done. it passed so the miner owners say they were doing all they can to rescue the rest of the

minors. >> that's caroline malone. in the united states - breaking news out west, a wildfire near san diego burning out of control. thousands have been under evacuation orders. many of the homes are within the limits. san diego declaring a state of emergency. the fire erupted, covering 800 acres. 5% contained. record-high temperatures, the santa ana winds are feeding the flames. here is the fire chief. >> when mother nature is angry and blowing hard, it's not unlike a hurricane disaster. there are difficult emergencies to contain. >> kendall is a firecaptain, public information officer with the department of forestry and is on the telephone. what can you tell us? >> the fire is at 800 acres, we have 5% contain.

not a high number. it has us concerned and crews will be working throughout the night to ensure that the number comes up higher. there has been a total of 5200 homes evacuated earlier and as of tonight at 8 o'clock all the evacuation orders are to be lifted and folks will be allowed to return to their neighbourhoods and homes. >> the homes threatened earlier, it appears, are not being threatened now. is that right. >> that sh correct. there are arse of concerns and we need to focus on the areas throughout the night and into tomorrow to assert that the fire has not escaped containment lines. >> i know that 800 acres is not a huge fire. when it's close to san diego, and looking at the pictures that we have seep, so close to homes, what is - what's the concern about tomorrow? >> the concerns are that we'll have the hot, dry winds

tomorrow. we'll deal with the high textures, and the low humidity. they are all a factor when dealing with the first. so the crews will be out there doing their level to make sure that the fires stay within the containment lines, and it doesn't get larger. >> it looks like the fires were right up to the edge of some of these homes. is that - that is not the case together, right? >> well, it's - it did get into some homes. it good no some neighbourhoods, backyard. we have been working throughout the year diligently to spread the message to all folks that they need to maintain space and keep the areas clear. we saw that it was evident that many of those homes and residents took the message and cleared the vegetation around the home because it was a huge help to us, and to my knowledge

we have not received reports of any homes destroyed as a result of the fire. if you look at the location, as i know you have, it's close to some homes. the firefighters did an occupying job from the air and ground. >> so we have been reporting on the drought in california, how is that affecting this? >> well, the san diego county has 10 inches of rain. this year we had about 4 inches in many areas of the country. we are dealing with a drought with a fire warning which is a combination with the hot dry winds, temperatures and low humidity. we are past the rainy season. so there's certainly no rain predicted in the next several weeks. >> good luck tomorrow. thank you for talking to us. >> have a good evening. >> kevin corriveau has been tracking the weather outer west.

he has other extreme weather as well. >> unfortunately, i don't think this will be the only fire we see. the reason being as you notice on the satellite. there's a ridge of high pressure, this has been the major weather pattern. it's very dry across the region, i want to take you to san diego. the fires are to the north. 20 miles between highway five and 15. you can see what we are talking about. these are the only fires we are talking about. tomorrow the wind will be gusty up to 50 miles per hour are. relative humidity. san diego seeing 90. normally it's 69. these are the areas we are concerned about all the way down to the mexican border and into the valley tomorrow. temperatures look like this. los angeles 99. even san francisco broke a

record today of 90 degrees. this is the hottest temperature for this day since 1927. when we get to thursday. fire danger is going to be exceptional. it's not until we get toward the weekend that the temperatures come down. saturday, los angeles at 79. >> tomorrow marks one month since the abduction of 27 # school girls in nigeria. today the government says it is willing to talk with boko haram, the group claiming responsibility for the kidnapping. boko haram says it will release some of the girls in change for the release of imprisoned members of its group. >> in the recently released video on monday by the leader of the boko haram, abubakar shekau, he is demanding for the government to release the members of the boko haram sect that have been detained by the nigerian government, and in exchange they are going to

release the girls. this sounds outrageous. many nigerians and people in nigeria think that nigeria should not negotiate. the reasons given for not negotiating is it will set a very bad precedent and at the same time it will embolden the boko haram members, and there's no guarantee that they'll follow their own part of the bargain. >> surviving the threat of boko haram is a harsh reality for some residents. we'll introduce you to debbie. she was 12 when boko haram broke into her home and killed her father and brother, a christian pastor. she is heading to capitol hill to convince lawmakers to do more. a warning some of what you will see is disturbing. lisa stark has the story. >> watching her enjoy a spring day debbie seems a happy

teenager. this nigerian 15-year-old has seen horrors few can imagine. when 12 she was living with her father and brother in nigeria, the same town where 200 school girls were kidnapped by boko haram, chibok. three armed members showed up. it was days before cruz -- christmas. they were looking for her father. they go to the bathroom and pulled my dad and shoot him in the chest three times. >> moments before he was shot, debbie says the fighters asked her father to renows his faith. >> they said they'd give him a chance if he denounced his god. he said he would rather die. so they shot him. >> her 14-year-old brother caleb pled for his life. a man argued that caleb would grow up to be a pastor like his

father. >> so the boko haram shoot my brother in his chest. so my father didn't, like, die immediately. he works like, crying and shouting jesus, he knows when to shoot my brother. >> the men fled. debbie was paralyzed by fear and shock. >> i didn't know if i'm, like, alive or not. i'm just, like, i didn't - i can't, like - i can't shout, cry or move. at that time it was like other days in nigeria. another funeral, another burial, with the world paying little attention. >> sad to say, but the terrorists made our walk easier by the level of brutality shown. >> emanuel is with a christian group focussing on religious persecution. he helped to bring debbie to a

christian boarding school in virmgia, and on this day to the capital so debbie can tell her story, and they hope generate american support for the fight against boko haram. >> praying it the most important thing. i don't really know. i want them to pray for nigeria. >> debbie is going a lot of praying, a muslim that converted to christianity. >> they said they'd look for her. i'm so scared. my mum was left. >> debbie says she is too afraid to return to nigeria. she hopes her mother finds a way to leave as well. >> stork - al jazeera, washington. >> the u.s. says russian troops are stationed along the eastern

border and has pictures to prove it. vladimir putin says moscow was pulling its forces out. the state department released these photos. the images on the right were taken on the past four days. helicopters and armed vehicles could be seen on russia's side. pro-russian rebels staged a deadly attack. six ukranian soldiers died. paul brennan is in eastern ukraine. >> tuesday's ambush represents the single loss of life. it shows the sophistication of the pro-russian paramilitaries. it was an ambush involving 30 pro-russian. two armoured personnel carriers.

in an hour-long firefight which followed, six ukranian army soldiers. one report says as many as seven and several more were injured, evacuated from the scene eventually, only after what sounded like had been intense struggle. the timing couldn't have been worse, the interim prime minister was in brussels trying to push a peace plan, and russia is trying to push a plan that the o.s.c.e. proposed. kiev is cool on that one of the central planks of that proposal is a deescalation, and what kiev is saying at the same time russia is supporting that, it's supporting the pro-russian separatists. two health care workers are

under surveillance after showing parts of m.e.r.s. they were part of a team that treated a saudi man that had it. the centres for disease control is posting mers warns at u.s. air force. world health officials met to talk about it to see if it could be considered a public emergency, a decision is expected to be announced tomorrow. o coming up, the righted education, a bitter battle over schools. the facts about the common core. twitter cops - using hash tags to predict future crimes. meet the man behind this new method of policing.

parents and educators are divided on how level to teach american children. at the center of the debate is what's known as the common core. many embrace the notion of standardized testing, others do not. teachers unions are voting not to use it in their classrooms. what is common core.

david shuster explains. >> reporter: common core reverse to a set of -- refers to a set of standards, vetted by teachers and college professors. the goal is to ensure u.s. high school graduates are better prepared for university and the workplace, it calls for more damages. kinder garden used to talk about sides and corns, now they talk about vertices and angles. first graders will be asked to pull information from multiple sources and rite a cogent report. junior high school students will be required to pass algebra one, something most people my aim didn't confront until high school. defenders of common core, including education groups are convinced students will be

better problem solvers and thinkers. >> hannah is the president of the oregon education association, and she wants to cancel next spring's common core reading and maths tests in oregon and joins us from portland. >> great to be with you. >> why are you opposed to common core? >> it's not the common core. we are really opposed to the assessments that are being implemented. we are rushing into assessments that have not been properly vetted, and our students are not set up for success or failure. >> how long does it take, do you think, to vet these and get the students ready? >> we need to scafle the learning up. if the 11th graders take the test that is online to be fitch, they will not have had the instruction to prepare them for the standards.

now, the counter - they are projecting 65% of students would fail. we need to provide a quality education. >> why aren't the students ready for it? >> the common core was adopted. many districts have not had the time to provide professional development so they are prepared to give the instruction that our students need, and they haven't been taught to those standards. they have been using oregon standards for years. it doesn't make sense to implement an assessment on the common core prior to scaffolding the learn up. . >> shouldn't the country and states ramp up the standards? >> absolutely. we should work to make sure that our students are prepared for ledge and success.

we are not setting the students up for success. we need to take the time to pilot. get the feed back from educators that work pore what they need to be successful. all the students need high standards. currently using the standardised test, we are not focussing on the instruction by putting forward the high stakes test. >> if you don't begin with setting high standards. the question is whether or not you'll reach them. >> we are not against setting high standards, we are looking at a moratorium. we need to make sure we are providing assessments that guide

instruction. secretary davis cuppingan asked us to give standardized tests, that are not helping to provide day to day feedback to know where they were. we are creating a better path and hoping a secretary davis cuppingan listen to students. we believe all across the state, all stoounts need the instruction to prepare them. >> good to talk to you. thanks very much. >> thank you. >> have a great evening. >> now, but the frustration with common core is not widespread. will am mccallen was a require and maintained higher standards were necessary and he walked through some of the questions. we looked at some, from the new

york state common core. here is one which measures level - here is the question. which measure level represents the dance from zero to point end on the number line below. it's a multiple choice. isn't that a little complex for a third grader. >> i think the language is stilted. i wouldn't ask the question this that way, but i would want them to indicate that the point is a quarter of the way. >> here is another -. >> once again, not a hard question, i guess the answer is a, maths is not my strong point. >> you got it. >> it seems a little tough for a third grader. >> third graders in singaore k hong kong can do this stuff. we haven't had it at the same

level. >> how do you ramp up overnight? >> you don't. >> it's not the quches at fault, but the way assessments are used. if you expect a miracle to occur and overnight kids will be able to answer these, that's wrong. if you hold teachers jobs on the line for the kids achievement on such questions, it's terrible. if you want to know where we are in the progress towards achooefing these standard, you have to ask questions like that to find out, without expecting everyone. >> is there a disconnect between the common core and the curricula. >> the standards are statement of where we would like our kids to be, what skills and knowledge they have. the curriculum is app implementation. we don't have much out of the way of curricula. the u.s. is developing curriculum. the assessments that are being

developed are coming out in about a year. i wish that people could be slower, less panicked. it takes time. >> how do you respond to teachers that teach the test without helping the students learn. isn't that a problem? >> it's a problem. there are two takens to that, one is we should design tests that we'd like teachers to teach to. we should have questions that are thoughtful. that is not easy to do. it's not impossible. another thing is teachers will teach the tests if the stakes and accountability are high. if we ratchet back down and think of it as a way of finding out where the investment dollars are going, and how well they are paying off. if tests are used to help teachers know where the kids is.

we are living in a time of test mania, but he says one of the good results of the common core is it forces a serious conversation about overtesting. coming up, an update on the mining disaster in turkey, scores dead, hundreds missing. >> it's toek be who you are -- toek be who you are, whether you are gay, straight, back and white. >> the first openly gay n.f.l. player speaks his mind. more of what he had to say coming

cl welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. a lot more to cover this half hour. using twitter to fight crime. meet the man who says ifs possible. also, the rising cost of daycare. it could be higher than what it will cost to put the same child through college. >> and a new movie brings

outrage from monaco's royal family. it's a story about the life of princess grace. >> those stories coming up richelle carey is here with the top stories in the briefing. >> a fire is burning gear san diego, out of control. it's 5% contained. thousands have been asked to evacuate. residents of san diego have been allowed back. southern california is drier, hotter and windier than usual. it's feeding the fire. more than 200 dead after an explosion in a coal mine. hundreds have been trapped by the blast. authorities had to temporarily suspend the effort because of high levels of carbon dioxide monoxide. >> boko haram kidnapped nearly 300 girls and said it would

release some girls in change for the release of their imprisoned members. initially the nigerian government said it would not negotiate. >> how much can 140 characters tell you about crime? >> if you are a computer scientist, it may be a bit. a researcher is using twitter to help law enforcement predict where crimes will happen, it's not what you call good old-fashioned police work, but the new york place department feels the programme has enough participation to try it. >> joining us to talk about is is an isn't professor from the youfrty of virginia. welcome, matthew. tell me how this works. >> so in germ the way it works is that we write computer programs. we rite computer algorithms. essentially what we do is we send the algorithms to the locations of past crimes.

so they'll go to all the locations of crimes, say, that have occurred in the last month or two, in a virtual way. they go to the physical locations and will look at what people are talking about on twitter leading up to that crime, during and after. they'll basically identify connections between the occurrence of crime and who people are talking about. they'll identify patterns. they'll use it to make projections into the future, based on the twitter content. >> you pick up the crime data from the local police department, telling you where the crimes are, and you take the twitter data, you mix it and come up with predictions, what do you commit. >> that's right. the crimes that we do level on

are free wept crimes. criminal damage, theft. most of the experiments have been done in chicago, where you see thousands of these in a given year. it does level on those. crime types that are less frequent, gambling, things like this. it doesn't do so well on. there's a mix. we have looked at a couple of dozen crime types, for half of them, we see some good improvements by looking at twitter data. >> we were looking at a fight on the street. can this predict violent crime? >> a large number of the crime types - there's two dozen, a large number are violent crimes. and for a good number of those it does well on. so essentially what it is downing is identifying arse of the city that the compoourt

programme thinks is at risk of seeing these crimes. that's the nature of the prediction. >> what do the police department say? >> they are interested. social media is nothing new. they are well aware of it as a data source and they monitor it. they do not use it in a predict if way that i have described, interest in what we are doing, and up to this point we have been working in chicago, n.y.p.d. saw the results and asked if we thought it would work for them. i'm collecting data in new york, we'll re-run experiments like in chicago. if we see good results, it will have the attention and collaborations in the future. >> do you see this in the future, that everyone is helping

them. predicting crime. >> they are doing it more and more. police departments are seeing the value of collecting the data. all crime records, locations and times. they are seeing the value of it. larger police democrats are doing this. larger police departments, and smaller local police departments, if they are on the cutting edge of technology. they are collecting the data. they are excited. but the work they have done is cutting edge. >> wish you luck. everyone would like to see reduced crime. >> thank you very much. >> today the st. louis rams held its first and last news conference with michael sam. the team says it will not offer sam up to the media and plans to focus on football from now on. this is what the seventh round

draft pick had to say when asked what advice he has for others, and how he has dealt with the attention? >> i'm determined to be great, i'm determined to make the team and i have every confidence in myself that i will make the team. when i make it and put my pads on, if someone wants to say something, you'll see number 96 running down the field making by plays for the team. >> michael sam will try out for the final roster when training camp begins this year. >> a canyon in a remote corner of yutah is a site of protest coming on the heels of a stand off in nevada. these axe tv riders say they are -- atv riders say they are sending a message and taking ba

what is theirs. >> that is what we are here for. do the hard thing. >> fuelling the anger is access to a place called recapture canyon. the federal government made is off limits since 2006 to protect ancient americans. >> i was here in high school. i know we have been here forever and for a governmental agency to acquire it. it's frustrating. >> it comes after a showdown in nevada. some of the backers of cliven bundy, some of whom were militias are, scared off over fees to graze cattle. some of his children and himself

showed up to help. >> while there were no arrests this time around, tensions are on the rise. >> patrick was concerned about his own safety when he led the dlm from 1927 to 1999. he's worried the face-offs could turn violent, accidentally or otherwise. at some point we have to make sure the laws of the united states are in force, and all citizens understand that we have respect for law and order. >> the b.l.m. says is has plain clothes officers. and riders that broke the law are accountable. what remains to be seep is how and when they'll make the next stand against what they see as an oppressive government. it can come as a surprise, the cost of child care may set you back as much as sending a

kid to clem. it's a problem for parents in oregon, they have the most expensive child care. allen schauffler has the story. >> meet mia, 8, toby 5, and sara, 3. they are bright, energetic, adorable and expensive. >> 1500 a month to childcare. that's for three days a week. bill and raphael, a social worker and school counsellor work four days a week each. >> if we pay full-time we doesn't be working. it would cost the same amount as the mortgage. >> according to a report by the national family support organization, child care aware. oregon is an expensive state in the country, followed by new york and minnesota.

the cost of daycare is 13,000 a year. for some perspective tuition and fees at state universities run under 7,000. >> it's not an oregon problem. we are just more dramatic. but it would be a mistake to think this is app oregon phenomena. >> dr bobby has suffered family dynamics for 45 years, and said all over the country finding affordable child care is a scramble, with families under pressure and kids futures at stake. >> it's not a land of equal opportunity if your straj ectry is sacked by age five. >> if you come to kippeder garden not ready, you don't catch up. >> some say governments need to do more. our public education system is paid for in part by taxpayers.

>> well, it may be painful for the families paying the prices. it's important to remember the childcare industry is hardly hauling in the profits. the boss doesn't like the college comparison at this have, citing funding sources, and costs. >> no one is getting richer. we go year so year on making the budget. >> will and raphaela don't like the college comparison much. >> we are still dealing with our own college costs. >> and savings for the kids? >> that will have to wait until the day care bills are done. >> it's been almost a year since the public learned about edward snowden, and the documents he took from the n.s.a., the national security agency. today journalists glenn greenwald released more in his

book "no place to hide." because of the edward snowden leaks the public knows more about the n.s.a. than it ever has. we spoke to james ban forked, an outside expert. >> reporter: before edward snowden was born james bam ford was investigating the national security agency. his book "the puzzle palace", was the first of three books on the n.s.a., and the first look an outsider got on the secret spy agency. bam ford warned: . >> the prediction was overlooked bus the n.s.a. was largely unknown. it was created in 1932 with a specific mission - to break codes and intercept soviet

communications. after the cold war it no longer existed and its knighted was in issue. bam ford said everything changed. the attitude is collect everything, everything everywhere at all times. >> a problem was that the n.s.a. focussed on terrorism. >> in reality, it was never dined for that and is not good at doing that. all those attacks the n.s.a. found out about memory news broadcasts on the television, not by intelligence. >> despite failures the agency has broken bigger. >> the people in congress have to run every two years. they are afraid their opponent will run against them and say so and so is woke on terrorism. >> within the n.s.a. promotions depend on how employees expand spy programs, but he says this obsession with growth is what

keeps it from being effective. >> the more money they pour no it the more information they collect the the more they collect the less they can analysed it. the public will pressure congress to act now that citizens know they too were being spied on. >> the job is that the n.s.a. agency, and the joke posts edward snowden that the n.s.a. stand for not street any more. >> i'll talk to glen green wailed about the n.s.a. spying. you can see the interview tomorrow night. we also wanted to hear from you. send your questions, what you'd like to ask glenn greenwald by using the hash tag or go to the website:. >> we'll use some of your questions. coming up, the man behind "i'll yep." you may not know his name, but his creature was a

movie game changer. plus. >> any excuse to take monaco, even if it means turning against mean. >> the film monaco's family does not want you to see. >> a story about princess grace -

psh psh earlier we talked about what was happening to the south-east. across the east we are talk k

about the -- talking about the opposite, rainy, wet weather. we'll move to the east. we'll see behind the sprint, cooler weather as well. temperatures dropping 18 to 20 degrees from what they were yesterday across chicago and wisconsin. down to the south. texas drying out. the frontal boundary moving to the east. this is what it looks like, all the way down from parts of alabama and georgiou. new york will be a messy day, albany a messy day. deteriorating in boston. this is a cool pool of air, chicago 58 degrees. you'll stay cooler as we go through the rest of the week, down the east. 84 degrees there.

that will have a cool down. that's a look at your weather. your news is coming up after

this. a landmark ruling against google by europe's highest court says that google will have to remove outdated links from the web. jacob ward has more. >> europe's highest court gives individuals a right to be forgotten. and that makes sense. who would not want to get rid of old photos being drunk. >> up close the ruling is difficult to enforce and act on the the ruling which cannot be appealed says that certain information can be removed. a spaniard wanted google to stop

showing a page about debt he ode that led to a property being auckland auctioned off. >> it was a matter of public record, google said it shouldn't be responsible. doesn't matter. now it is. the european court says google has to examine the merits of any request. now google has a policy for removing certain types of information, taking down information that opens you to fraud, likour social security number or a picture of your signature, and sensor a certain point of porn. this is a new world. google will be an ash iter of what information is or isn't grat about you. if you committed a crime and your record was expunged. can you ask it be struck from search results? >> maybe. there's another guy with my

name, jacob ward, and was arrested as part of a christian militia, i believe he's in court ordered psychiatric treatment. that's what google results say. cap i ask google to take mention of him down on the grounds it's an embarrassment to me. that's what the ruling throws into confusion. that's what google will have to figure out. >> that's jacob ward from san francisco. a film about grace kelly is causing controversy. nicole kidman portrays grace. members of the royal family are boycotting a premiere tomorrow. >> movie reel: some of you ask why did i leave hollywood? >> how about this, a movie star replying the movie star that became the apprenticeship cess. grace kelly wowed hollywood, and swapped the glitz of hollywood when she married monaco's ruler.

fitting that a movie opens. this is no fairytale and there's just as much drama about the movie >> movie reel: everything you say has consequences. >> the royal family is furious about the film. as far as the palace is concerned, it should never have been made and should be boycotted. the problem is that grease kelly was popular. 30 years after she died people are fascinated by her. the more the palace tells people not to see the film, the more, in general, monaco can't wait. >> will you see it, are you interested? >> yes. >> we will. >> i'm happy they made a film. i don't know what's in the film. i want to say it. >> the family has been scaling. the trailer appears to be a farce is the official line, with the accusation that the

directors and producers refused to take into consideration the many observations made by the palace, because those called into question the entire script and character of the film. >> there are negative aspects. the overwhelming opinion, the community in monaco is excited to see it. >> the film is about dispute. the one between grace and her huss backhand and its makers fell out. >> the american distributor and director had a public feud with two different versions cut. >> at one point it threatened to stop the movie being shown at cannes. there's no such thing as bad publicity, and "grace of monaco" will debut at the festival. hr geeinger the map that

designed the creatures in "alien" has died. his work inspired a generation of sci-fi artists. glen and neville page, juments of the hit show -- judges of the hit show "face off" talk about geeger's work. >> he did something most artists dream of, creating a signature look. >> his visual language was so incredibly important that it changed the way we saw science fiction fantasy and horror forever. without him, art would not be the same. before him although we have literary references. there was not a lot of collective conscious thought

towards what biomechanic art would look like. he was the first person to illustrate that inexorable combination of us. his certion was guided in the way we represent that as artists. >> alien has a different genre. it was a huge influence to inspire me to do what i did today. >> when i first saw it, it absolutely and immediately changed my life. so you are watching the film. it's not just the alien. i want everyone at home to understand that. his contribution to the film is aesthetic. it was wider than creating the creature. it wasn't a derelict spacecraft, and a lot of set designers

driven by paintings that he had done, prior to and while engaged on the film. >> the biomechanical ju.a position with central references made is very primal in a sense. it happened or tapped into something you don't understand why assist so riveting, why you want to look away but you can't stand looking at it. his references in a sexual nature make it something to bewonder, but make you feel you shouldn't. >> when you look back on his life, it's ipp arguable that he has redefined the way we look at bio-macanical design. the robots now and in the future we are interacting with and the

design of how synthetic lie, the way it's brought together is very much influenced by his work. >> people will reference not necessarily the man, but the movement, if you will. that's unbelievable that anyone can, in their lifetime, in our lifetime, and for us to be witness to this, see someone who established a movement of art and perception. >> finally tonight's picture of the day is from the white house. president obama presented the nation's highest military honour to army sergeant kyle white in recognition of his courageous actions whilst serving in afghanistan. he saved a soldier's life and helped others escape. the headlines are

welcome to al jazeera america. i'm richelle carey. here are the top stories - residents forced out of their neighbourhoods by wildfire in the san diego area are allowed to start returning home.

authorities lifted all evacuation orders. the fire spread to 800 acres fed by hot and windy weather in southern california. taking a live look at turkey. more than 200 are dead following a blast and fire in a coal mine. hundreds were trapped. most victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning. rescue teams have been pumping oxygen into the mine to keep survivors alive. the nigerian government is ready to negotiate with boko haram amid criticism over how goodluck jonathan's government is handling the abduction of 270 girls. boko haram may be willing to release the girls in a prisoner swap. >> i'm determined to be great, to make the team and i have every confidence in myself that i will make the team. >> the st. louis rams held its first and last conference with michael sam. it will not offer up sam to the

media again and will focus on football. >> the 7th round draft pick will try tout for the rams. >> "america tonight" with joie chen is up next. you can get the latest news from our website aljazeera.com. on "america tonight" - making babies beyond borders. our investigation into international sur gassy and what can go wrong. cautionary tales from would-be parents who lost tens of thousands on dreams of having children. and the risky business of spending money for nothing. >> there's no guarantees. it's not babies are us, or you walk away with a child nine months after paying. wh