that can transform my continent is girl's education >> talk to aljazeera only on al jazeera america >> u.s. president and his g-7 allies, more power on as russian separatists gain more power in ukraine. i'm david foster. three al jazeera journalists make their 11th appearance in cairo court. plus: >> i'm daniel schwiindler. people that have felt secluded

have organized their own world cup. >> hundreds of children and the disabled are being evacuated from their homes in eastern ukraine as the unrest there continues to escalate. pro-russian fighters have been making gains across the region. some of the fiercest fighting has been in the city of luhansk. david chater reports from the railway station there. >> the train arriving at platform 1 was sent from moscow. a way out for the children of lu hafns aman's -- luhansk as the r closes in on their city. a way out through the front lines. the putin express as the children christened it, taking them on a 20-hour journey to the shores of the black sea and the port of odessa.

a sense of excitement mixed with fear about what the future may hold. they're leaving behind the sounds of machine guns and mortars. the air raid sirens and jet fighters in the sky. out-gunned. out-numbered and overwhelmed. the scene of yet another setback for the ukrainian army. the border guard base in luhansk, the separatist fighters were methodically taking everything they could, night vision equipment. even the fuel left in the tank of a burned out truck was being siphoned out. this was not just a humiliating defeat for kyiv, it also means they no longer have eyes or ears on a large section of the russian border. in the communications room, evidence of the fierceness of

the fighting here. but the soviet made equipment is still humming and running. headquarters one by one they are being deserted, they have lost contact with the chain of command. among the separatist fighters we found a former teacher. >> translator: if they defend themselves we will have battles and we will smoke them out of our region. we wants to live a normal life without war. >> reporter: in the regional headquarters of the city that was hit by ukrainian air force jets earlier this week, an emotional minister for self-described republic announced they were evacuating all the children. >> first of all i'm a woman and a mother. i want to see my children grow up in peace. i only want peace. >> this young couple are posing for their wedding album. despite the happiness of their

day like everybody else here they're asking one question. what sort of future will their children face? david chater, al jazeera, luhansk. >> accused russia of being behind the trouble in ukraine. barack obama was talking from the g-7 in brussels. from brussels, joe nah howe reports. >> warnings this russia could face more and harsher sanction he over ukraine. but president obama suggested there was a way out. >> the kinds of destabilizing activities that we now see, funded and encouraged by russia, are illegal. and are not constructive. and that there is a path in which russia has the capacity to engage directly with president

poroshenko, now, he should take it. >> the leaders have to decide what circumstances might constitute escalation by russia, against their former g-8 member, what circumstances might constitute russian compliance and a genuine deescalation and how to being step up diplomatic efforts in ukraine. those dploito diplomatic effortl continue almost immediately with the leaders of france, britain and jerming any when they gather for -- germany when they gather for d-day events and president barack obama will be there. he says he's got a peace plan to present. german chancellor angela merkel suggested: >> translator: we want solutions through dialogue and talk and we only have to resort to other means if such talks are

not successful. but the hope, the expectation is and has been that through contact through talks through diplomatic contacts we will be able to be successful. >> reporter: g-7 members germany and italy would much rather avoid sanctions both have deep trade and energy ties to russia and stand to lose out if harsher sanctions are applied. vladimir putin says he's ready to talk and in france, as they all remember the horrors of world war, perhaps they'll make progress. jonah hall, al jazeera, paris. >> as jonah mentioned there the french president francois hollande is having separate dinners with his u.s. and russian minister. have already held talks and we'll go to nadine barber

outside thee the elisais palace. >> that's right david, they met in a central hotel near place vendome. as you have been hearing there have been tough words from moscow from some members of the g-7 but john kerry said he didn't want ukraine to be a pawn in what he called a tug of war between nations. rather he said the country should be a bridge between east and west. and similar, sergey lavrov, russia's prime minister said yes, it should be a bridge of the diplomacy. a back are drop of continuing hostilities between the u.s. and russia and those hostilities are still by no means over david. >> different dinner settings, different people at the table

for ha francois hollande. >> that's right, francois hollande has had to juggle britain's queen elizabeth on a three day visit, and dining with president barack obama, any time here he's expected back in the elysee palace. there are bilateral meetings between as we were hearing earlier, some european leaders in france and president putin. >> and when they move on to norman did inormandy, what abous of talks between the president elect of ukraine and the russian leader? >> reporter: well, everybody

is wondering about that. en francois hollande, let's not forget, is unpopular in france. u.k. made provide, a handshake between petro poroshenko, who is going to be sworn in on friday, and vladimir putin. that would be a great coup for francois hollande. not only is he a leader in parts of the g-7 of course but paris has a contract of the tune of $1.7 about the to sell war ships to russia. slightly awkward if he got some kind of diplomacy then he would get a pat on the back by his eu leaders. >> and perhaps another meal. thank you, for the update.

the al jazeera journalists are to be in court once again on june 16. they face the maximum jail terms allowed. mohamed fahmy, peter greste and baher mohamed face the longest terms. 15 years each of both baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy, they're defense argues there's no credible evidence against them. the cnn correspondent reza sire has been following proceedings. >> reporter: the defense has mesler pickemethodologymethodics reports sometimes from outside of egypt. they presented pictures sometimes personal pictures, item that would seemingly be in

the possession of any journalist and items that seemingly have nothing to do with the serious charges that these journalists face. the defense's position is they failed to present any evidence linking these individuals to these crimes, even so, despite the paucity of evidence, the prosecution making a very ominous statement today, alleging that al jazeera has made an alliance with the devil and along with the muslim brotherhood, the prosecution earlier today also calling today for the maximum extension, saying that anything other than the maximum sentence would drown egypt in darkness. >> another al jazeera journalist, abdullah al shami has had his appearance in court postponed until june 11th. he has had a fast for four

months. >> checkpoint, that they say soldiers and six civilian fighters were killed. it was in shebwa province. yemen's defense ministry says 500 al qaeda fighters have been killed since the military began its offense against the group in april. government wants to expel them from shabwa and neighboring albian province. there is a man hunt underway in eastern canada. police are searching for a gunman who shot dead three officers and injured two more on wednesday night. people in the city of monkton are told to stay indoors while the suspect is loose. paul brennan has more. >> it was evening when the first volley of shots rang out. [ shots fired ] >> police had responded to sightings of an armed man and

walked straight into an armed gun battle. three were dead and one injured. dressed like the movie character rambo, after evading police throughout wednesday night, law enforcement chiefs now say there have been three new sightings of him since dawn. >> the sighting we are sure was that particular individual. early this morning after daylight which is where a lot of our police resource he are focused. but again that is not definitive in any way shape or form and we should really understand that he is very mobile. and still considered very dangerous. armed and dangerous. >> reporter: frightened residents have been heeding the warning and staying indoors. one eyewitness describes seeing a critically wounded victim. >> we just came outside.

my daughter said there was police in the area. they wouldn't let anybody in or out. we noticed it was a staff service vehicle taking a person away, a lady was really hurt. >> what kind of injuries? >> she hadding wounds towards the top of her head and so forth. >> thoughts and prayers to all affected by the shooting, meanwhile, the man hunt is still going. paul brennan, al jazeera. >> 70 years after d-day, commemorations of what the was the biggest seaboard invasion, ever. search far and wide for the owner of the ferry that sank almost two months ago. ago.

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>> this is al jazeera, i'm david foster and these are the top stories. as intense fighting continues in eastern ukraine, authorities have begun to move children out of the city of luhansk for their safety. u.s. president barack obama has accused russia of destabilizing ukraine. he was talking at the end of a g-7 summit in brussels where the situation in ukraine dominated proceedings. let's get more of the situation in the country now. we are getting word that another border post is under attack, this time in the donetske region and donetske is where we find kim vanel, our correspondent.

give us a summary of what's happening in that district. >> well, the battle is very much still raging in medninivke, about 150 kilometers south of donetske, we have learned that the rming soldiers have been -- the soldiers have been sent reenforcements. we know that strikes have been carried out on separatists surrounding the base. we understand there have been casualties on the separatists side and at least some wound he inside the border guard base. in terms of the number of photographs there -- separatists there, at least three mini vans filled with separatists. now, appears to be strategic

targeting of these border posts along ukraine's east, along the border and obviously they are going to have to act very decisively. . >> kim, we'll leave it there. it's been 70 years, since what was at the time the largest seaboard invasion ever undertaken. al jazeera am barnaby phillips is there and sends us this. >> not are -- not many are still alive today and many seem overwhelmed. back on omaha beach where he survived but so many of his friends died. and robert also 94 for whom the memories of d-day tumble out in one vivid stream.

>> smoke and machine gun fire, rattling all the time, and like hell you digging graves, we are going forward, we have to face the enemy. that's all we can do. make room for guys coming behind us so they can come through too, also. >> reporter: it was one of the pivotal days of the second world war. the americans and british had been planning it for years. running straight into the german guns. there was confusion, much went wrong but they succeeded in opening up a new front against nazis and hastinge hastening thf the world war. in north america and europe still see the men who invaded

france on that day as heroes and liberators. ♪ >> so the mood is festive. the roads clogged with amateur enthusiasts driving miniature military vehicles. new generations are taught the story, if americans and europeans feel less positive about the recent military actions,. >> not completely settled in europe and even here in normandy, when we're looking at ukraine and what's going to happen on the border on the fringe of europe we still have to fight for it. and the democracy is ever day in déjà, all over the world. -- in danger all over the world. >> more personal, to stand on the stretch of beach where he

struggled to shore 70 years ago and simply to give thanks once again that he survived. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, snor mandy. dismantled over allegations that teachers have been indoctrinating children with radical islam. many parents and teachers have told us that the entire affair is a politically motivated slur designed to break up schools that are performing well. lawrence lee was the first journalist to be allowed inside one of the schools and he sent us this report. >> reporter: this school according to the government and almost the entire media here is a hotbed of radicalism. the children, 99.6% muslim are claimed to have been taught to laugh at christianity to mosque christians, never mind this educational standard has been classed outstanding, its

representation is mud. >> we are going to talk to you about what's going on. >> many of the parents don't share that view at all. they're fighting back. leaf lettinletting at the gates. >> given how many muslims are in the school that there should be a muslim focus at the school? >> there isn't a muslim focus at the school and we don't believe there should be a muslim focus at the school. whatever their needs, they should be spoken for. >> naturally i've spoken to my daughter about these allegations. for example, the segregation, she said no, dad, when it comes to reading time, they make us sit on the floor, boy girl boy girl. >> people used to complain about cliquism beincatholicism being l

school but now it's islam. >> they have to adopt a different set of standards when they send their children to state run schools. >> so much of the language around the schools in birmingham has been emotionalism, plotting a grand conspiracy and yet almost none of the complaints have been about educational standards. they've all been about culture. and yet if the point of the educational system is to serve the needs of a demographic then many of the parents who live in places like this would say the schools work very well for them. more than 20 schools here teaching thousands of children have been accused of je jettisoning, and this local member of parliament said the schools didn't understand their secular responsibilities. >> girls in the front, boys in

the back, what that leads to is the whole idea of undermieg the values and -- mining the values and principles of the young girls and boys who are always of a different mindset that they're not good enough to sit in the front rows. >> boys and girls sitting together with nonmuslim staff have a library of standard children's literature. all this noise the schools insisted is a result of a witch hunt. andrew lee, birmingham. >> among those taken to safety are 124 children, 10 newborn babies and two pregnant women. the nationalities of the migrants involved hasn't been disclosed but it follows the arrival of thousands of people

mostly from syria and north africa. >> china has sentenced nine people to death on terrorism charges. in total 81 people have received sentences related to 23 different cases. officials say it's a result of an anti-terror crack down in the jin jiang province. 39 people killed in a suicide attack. in the last year, the mainly muslim wieger minority. remarkably increased violence. gm, defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. at a company meeting in detroit the gm chief executive, mary barra, apologized, and said the company accepted responsibility

for its mistakes. she also announced the launch of a compensation program for those who had been hurt or who had lost a family member. >> i can tell you this report is extremely thorough, brutally tough, and deeply troubling. for those of us who have dedicated our likes o lives to s company it's enormously uncomfortable to see our issues, laid out so disturbingly in depth. >> faces charges after insighting violence. publicly surrendered himself after being accused much offenses including arson and insightment to riot at anti

anti-government protest. >> the big kickoff in brazil continues to be plagued with problems. sao paulo at a standstill. subway workers on strike. many of the poorest brazilians believe they are missing out on a party. >> the brazilian authorities are adamant the world cup will be good for them. $14 billion spent on new stadiums and infrastructure. but little, if any of that will reach the favelas. >> i think it's very clear that the world cup is not for our brazilians. world cup has brought us projects that only benefit the upper classes and big construction companies. but everyone else pays the price. >> reporter: larissa is one of the organizers of an alternative

football tournament in the favelas ever sao paulo including teams of men, women and children. >> translator: this is another form of political protest against the national and local government. our main goal is also to strengthen the community and bring attention to those who were evictand suffer police >> football thought of as the people's game and the tournament bringing nation together but it has not reached the favelas to protest their seclusion. carlos lives here where he's got three children. they're not part of the national celebrations. >> translator: we are going to watch it here at home. we love to see the game in the stadium but the tickets are way

too expensive. >> reporter: this is football being brought back to its roots. a poignant contrast say the organizers to the glitz and glamor of the world cup and a long way from the blls spent to the detriment of housing, health care. care. >> hello and welcome i'm phil torres here to talk about invocations that can change lives. the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. marita davidson is a biologist specializing inning innings innd evolution. kosta grammatis is an engineer

who designed a buy ontic eye. i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. today, technology performance miracles. the suit that's helping paralyzed people walk again. that's our team, now let's do some science. ♪ >> hi guys, welcome to techknow. i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta and marita. now, scientists are detecting millions of earthquakes around the world. what technology do you study to

help mitigate them? >> here is san francisco's bay bridge. they absorb the areas of the earthquake while leaving the rest of the infrastructure intact. really, really cool. let's check it out. rising from the san francisco bay is the newest architectural jewel of northern california. the new bay bridge, which connects san francisco and oakland, is now open for business. and what a sight it is to see! roughly 280,000 vehicles travel the east and westbound lanes each day. it's now the widest bridge in direction. this is six years worth of round the clock time lapse video of the new 2.2 mile east span.

the project cost $6.4 billion. this is earthquake country. the great san francisco quake of 1906 wiped out 80% of the city. the old bay bridge opened in 1936. and it sits in the worst possible spot: right between two major fault lines. the san andreas and the hayward faults. and the worst-case scenario happened october 17th, 1989. you may remember this scene from the loma prieta quake. a 220 ton section of the old bridge collapsed. traffic came to a halt for over a month. how big of a danger zone is this? >> it's a major one. >> how close are we to one of these faults right now? >> we are very close. the hayward

fault runs right along the hills. >> the bay bridge is a stunning engineering feat for another reason, something that's not visible at first glance. crumble zone technology. until now, crumple zones have been used by cars. they control deformations. the old bridge won't collapse even in a powerful quake, engineers say. marwan was a engineer during the last quake. being. >> if you want to be if a big quake hits? >> the safest place will be on the top of this bridge. it would be one heck of a joy ride but it would be a safe one. >> this is how nadir are

describes this, the engineering community considers this be game changers. the first one is the sheer link beams, inside the 525 foot tower. >> the sheer link beam is the heart and soul of how we made the single tower work. those link beams reduces the there fourses on the bridge. everything is elastic. >> the four legs of the tower move independently. the beams take the energy by bending and deforming. >> the stiffer the structure, the more bridged it is the more forces are applied on it. the more flexible, the less stresses go into it. >> watch your step, watch your pad. things are sticking out. >> we are deep in the bridge's bowels. to get there we have to walk and climb through a mini city of steel. >> you weren't kidding, hmm?

>> we are hundreds of feet under the bay but still under the traffic. >> it's basically a big steel dowel. we have one of those sacrificial elements. >> we are look at one of 20 hinge pipe beams strategically placed inside the bridge. >> in there were an earthquake this would move back and forth like an accordion. by designing sections of the bridge to fail that will protect the more structural elements. after an earthquake workers can go up, inspect them, determine if there is any damage. if there is, it can be cut out and replaced. >> i'm tanning on another innovation, below me are piles, 800 feed in diameter and 300 feet long. there are 360 of them did buried underneath if bay.

>> these are new to bridges but battered piles have long been used on oil rigs in the ocean . think lay horizontally rather than up and down. earthquake crumple technological. >> shake table, it was invented right here at u.c. berkeley and used in 1972. essentially it plows us to recreate any -- allows us to recreate any earthquake that ever happened around the world. it's important because it plows researchers to test structures, bridges and equipment and see how they can withstand earthquake stress. at stanford university, greg credit dearpipeline went to japan to test structures. >> how does the rocking framework?

>> it rocks. by rocking slightly, it can absorb some of the have force he without damage. >> rocking are like the sear link beams in the bridge. can you see the high strength post tension steel cables. the frames get rid of the energy by rock and deforming. civil engineer david marr owns a company, that build the orinda, california if city hall. you can see how the rocking frames are built into the are foundation. >> these cables are the spring and at the base are the steel angle is that shosh the energy. they work together creating the dynamic system of the building. >> how safe is this building?

>> meant to be 25, this 30% stronger than an ordinary building. >> safer than your own house? >> yes, absolutely. >> so the future looks bright and safe in earthquake country. if they can build a safe bridge in the middle of two faults, the safe. >> do you see a day when all new buildings and structures would implement some of this new technology? >> we hope. you would think in cities when a big earthquake comes it would be an inconvenience, rather than a disaster and this rock frame is part of the technology. >> very interesting. what about a place like bolivia where you come from and there's a lot of earthquake risk? >> this is a technology that is costly, fundamentally costly so we can easily apply the to a country like the united states but in a country where i group, in bolivia, it's still pretty out of preach.

if pl la paz was hit with a big earthquake, this is pretty incredible. >> much of our infrastructure is tested and i know they are always iterating and testing technological because they have a lot of earthquakes. >> san francisco has had such serious damage that's cost real lives. >> it's the perfect spot for it phil. the bay bridge is sandwiched through two fault lines. >> as an entomologist, i do like to are work with insects but there's one insect, that i will swat, the mosquito. kosta about. >> the mosquito repellent of the future. i hate them as much as you do. >> we'll look at that coming up.

>> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome back to techknow. kosta, tell us the story that involves some of your favorite tiny friends. >> not my favorite. mosquitoes, they bother me, they bother a lot of people.

this mosquito repellent is going to change all of that. it makes you invisible to the mosquitoes. let's take a closer look. >> these blood-eating possesses have been called the most dangerous on earth. >> about 3 billion people are affected one way or the other by mosquito-borne diseases. every 30 seconds a child is are dying from malaria. >> dr. michel brown has created an entirely new technology to battle this program. >> how can mosquitoes find us? >> they can use carbon dioxide as their belong sensing mechanism and skin odors to pinpoint your exact location. the running joke is if you want

mosquitoes to bite you anymore, all you have to do is stop breathings. not a popular option. >> so tell me a little bit about where we are right now. >> we are in fact really in a mosquito torture chamber. this entire laboratory was built by i.e. crowd and serves as the epicenter of all our research are activities where amazing things are happening. our technology makes humans invisible to mosquitoes. creates an outer spatial screen around us. >> this is it. a patch, all i have to do is stick it on, i'm invisible to mosquitoes for 48 hours. >> with this machine we're able to directly monitor the mosquito's response to different

chemical formations. >> so this shows you how the mosquito feels about a certain compound. >> exactly. >> let me see if i got this. you got a mosquito slapped down to that slide. you have a needle in its brain. >> through its eye, yes. >> it's sitting there screaming. >> trying to confirm yes. >> but you have got him strapped down. >> double-sided sticky taper. >> you introduce compounds through air. >> uh-huh. >> we know how it works. but does it work? we want to show how good this technology really is. >> right now my hand is untreated with any compound. so right now the mosquitoes are attracted to all the odors coming off my skin as well as some c 02 that is being emitted. they are probing on the

unprotectmesh to try to get on my skin to draw blood. right now my protected hand is in the cage and as you can see they're virtually not able to locate my hand due to the compound. >> dr. mark fry is a professional at ucla's department of integrated are biology, the patch technology is just one approach being developed as we gain a greater understanding of insects attraction to humans. this notion of a chemical cloak of some sort a more effective repellent, how feasible is it? only as feasible we try it. there's going to be glitches along the way. does the cloak wear off? how effective is it? at what concentration? do the animals adapt to it? there are solid answers. we are preparing for alarge

field testing in uganda. we are really exciteabout this. 6.7 million hours of the patch, with real people, one of three districts we'll be testing them, all of which have exceptionally high mal malaria rates, as well as mosquito born diseases. >> ceo amra albana is responsible for this technology in order to get to people who need it most. >> it's very difficult to take new technologies and furnish them into tangible products that were ready for the marketplace. we are excited about it and the promise for the technology but we also knew we had a long way to actually get it ready. in the last 60 years, we haven't really had any break through in technologies that could help in mosquito-borne diseeses diseases.

three and a half years ago we had the potential of saving many, many, many lives around the world. >> this one is definitely getting a lot of attention and so for that reason a lot of entomologists we've been kind of talking about it and we are a bit skeptical but also hopeful. testing it in the lab is quite different than in the field. i'm excited to hear what they get in uganda. >> they have rooms that simulate weather cons in every country. you upload a weather profile, all the different parameters for mosquito life and you can do a rea comprehensive test to see how this mosquito repellent works. the next story i did is a robot called the exo which is

helping paralyzed people walk. >> these protestors have decided that today they will be arrested >> these people have chased a president from power, they've torn down a state... >> what's clear is that people don't just need protection, they need assistance.

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>> hey guys welcome back totech. i'm phil torres and here with kosta and marita. now guys this story i got to do is one of my favorites. helping technology change people's lives. this is a robot that paraplegic people can use to walk again. let's take a look. >> hi! >> this dream happening today. >> these kids from a summer camp near aspen, colorado is if to give amanda a lifesaving gift. a gift she hasn't been able to do here since she was paralyzed in a horrific accident 21 years ago. >> now i want to invite the kids to have at it and rip into it.

>> it is a buy ontic robot called exo. a battery powered external skeleton that gives her body the power to do this: >> are you ready? >> three two one blast off! >> whoa! >> and this. >> i'm walk, you guys! >> and even this! [ crying ] >> the technology is so cutting-edge that amanda is the first person in the united states to own one. >> the moment she stood up, i was just amazed because she's been sitting down for 21 years! and that first feeling to stand up again, it's just -- i would have been thrilled obe in that position. >> it was an emotional moment for these kids who spent the past year selling countless cups

of legal owade and raising are money from generous people to make it happen. >> the first moment, when i stood up and i tried see the children's faces, and some of them, the really little ones, they were just in awe! and then to have that heart to heart hug. and i hugged in a wheelchair, there's a disconnect. i get heart to heart cugz when i stand up. >> -- hugs when i stand up. >> do you promise me a hug? >> yes. >> amanda took her.first steps to making that a reality in 2010. that's when she got a call from the robot's creators asking her to help them in their technology. she went to the san francisco bay area and took it for a test run. >> how did it feel to be able to stand and look at people? >> first time i stood up, i went

home, and i cried hard. in all honesty. these were emotions that i had been dreaming about for so long! and i felt so good in my body. i slept hard. and i wasn't in pain. >> total ending steps. >> 4850. >> 4850! so. >> this is exo's headquarters where the magic is made and perfected. giving people who are paralyzed a chance to do what they have been told was impossible. >> i feel like the luckiest man alive. >> nathan is one of the robot's inventers.

not build for the are meat feed but for the credit military field. >> there's a huge problem in the field for soldiers carrying the large loads, in fact they want to carry more. we were helping to develop exoskeletons. to carry the person's weight and more as well. >> it can be powered by a small battery pack and then there's that whole walking thing. >> it takes over the function of the muscles in your legs. it can do that either completely, for a person who's completely paralyzed, or partially for someone who is rethroarng walk, like someone who -- credit relearning to walk, like someone who has just had a stroke.

>> i put the device in walk-mode and take the first right step and as i move my body the exo will move with me. if i don't move to the any next position the exo stops. >> test pilots like amanda boxtel and jason geezer, how have they helped you advance this technology. >> they have helped tremendously. everything is unpredictable once you introduce a human into the situation. 38 ph.d.es had a different idea how to control something. without people like amanda and jason we would be at a standstill because we couldn't test anything. >> the robot still has its limitations. right now it can only be used in a rehabilitative setting with a

trained physical therapist. then there's the being cost. between $110,000 and $130,000. they hope the food and drug administration can help. >> i don't get enough of these, heart to heart hugs. >> if you need another heart to heart, i'm your man. >> thank you. >> the emotional impact of this is obvious. but are the there other associated health benefits with being able to walk? >> absolutely. all the doctors and all the patients using this agree, standing up that much, helps how they digest, lowers their pain, and the amount of infections they get. >> can it be used for stroke victims and other applications? >> absolutely. that's one of the approvals they

put in for this technology. it's got variable use. one side may be stronger than the other which is perfect for stroke victims because they may have a weaker side and allows them to gradually increase the amount of control they have over it versus the robot. get people on a solid track towards recovery. from earthquakes to mosquitoes to changing people's lives, it's been interesting. join us next week on techknow when we give you more innovations in the field. go deep behind the scenes at aljazeera.com/techknow. saturday on techknow. the earthquake business, it's similar to the weather business. understanding our earth. but everything happens faster. limiting disaster. these are the guts of the early warning system. saving lives. having 30 seconds of advanced warning is like a lifetime.

techknow, every saturday go where science meets humanity. this is some of the best driving i've ever done, even thought i can't see. techknow. we're here in the vortex. saturday, 7:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> this is joe berlinger calling, i'm the director of that documentary about the manning case and i know you had told my team not to call anymore-i just wanted to introduce myself, just to tell you a little bit about what we're hoping to do. can i just say one thing-which is, we're not here to talk about