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>> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. meditation thomas drayton. let's get you caught up on the top stories this hour. >> translation: we get healthy and wealthy economic growth and have our freedom. freedom to everyone. >> egypt's new president is sworn in and speaks it his troubled nation a symbolic meeting at the vatican - the pope meets with middle east leaders. >> the risk of that is diversity
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of families. residents of one californian town not willing to give up their homes without a fight. and how a photographer's vision may help to protect the florida everglades. good to have you with us. first, a developing story out of arizona, and the humanitarian crisis. hundreds of immigrant children are living on their own in a shelter. brought there by the u.s. border patrol after crossing the mexican border into texas. morgan radford has more. >> reporter: more than 700 unaccompanied minors are being sheltered in a homeless shelter in arizona. homeland security is scrambling to bring in mattresses, even
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portable showers. >> if you compare the number from last year to this year, at the end of this year we'll maybe have tripple that we have in the last year. >> reporter: it's part of a surge of children crossing from mexico. the influx of 48,000 travelling on their own overwhelmed the bodder patrol. last month the department of homeland security sent immigrants from texas to arizona. the gor is outraged over what are described as desire conditions at the center. a statement warlsed calling -- released a statement calling for president obama to secure the boarder: officials say most of the immigrants come from central america fleeing violence and poverty. >> border patrol has been a good
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partner with the city of nothingal as. -- nothingal as. we need to hope border patrol in accomplishing their gol to make sure the children are taken care of. >> reporter: the children will be sent to facilities in california, texas and oklahoma - as soon as the department of health and human services finds places for them the us government estimates 60,000 unaccompanied children will cross into the u.s. in 2014. earlier this year paul beban profiled a group of young men determined to make it to nogales. >> reporter: a vast, remote and dangerous desert surrounds nogales. a tall, steel fence slices through it. over the last month this teenage
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scper two cossins travel -- cousins travelled 2400 miles on foot and bus and train to make it to the mexican side of town. >> my name is fern and es. i'm 15 and from honduras. >> afl 'em's -- axel's home town is one the violent cities in the world. after crossing axel and his cousins made their way to a freight train known as "the beast", a dusty free ride to the border in knowing nogales. >> translation: the trip was not easy, we came on the train. when you don't have water or food you get hungry. you are afraid because people tell you that someone has fallen, and that it can kill
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you. >> reporter: that night the three cousins stayed in a cheep hotel. in the morning they told me why they had to get out of honduras. >> there are killers asking for your money. if you don't pay they kill you. >> reporter: this border patrol agent knows how hard the last stretch can be, driving to the east of nogales, where the border desert gives way to a fence. >> these people coming here are vulnerable. >> translation: i just want to see my dad and study. the journey didn't get to me. i feel good. the hardest part is coming. >> the people don't know the criminal element on the border. once they are in the desert, they have nowhere to go. >> axel and their cousins couldn't pay a coy oaty.
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they printed out maps of the desert at an internet cafe and heaped tore the best. >> i bought a big back pack to fill with cash after i make it big. i'll leave with socks and run flush with dollars. >> reporter: we asked if we could follow them when they left. they said the moment was for them, not our cameras. we thought this would be the last time we'd see them. we are back at the hotel. we stayed in touch with the guys. they tried to cross the border. they were picked up by national park judges, they said it was their territories and they god robbed. the guys are holed up in the hotel room, they think someone might have tipped them off. they feel they stand out because they are darker skin, travelling
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with back packs and are in a small groups. >> we know the people came up and we weren't supposed to be there. >> reporter: were they armed? >> yes. >> reporter: the narcos or bandits whatever they were, took their cell phones and money. ammel was -- axel was thinking of turning himself in, hoping authority why is would send him home. there's yet another side to the story. hundreds of thousands are departed to mexico each year. last year al jazeera brought you the story of children who are u.s. sit dispense deported with undocumented parents and forced to leave the only home they had known. numbers have increased dramatical dramatically. >> reporter: along a rutted dirt
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road you find a secondary school in tijuana mexico. for 13-year-old emily who used to live in burbank california, her new school with concrete bars n o the window is as strange as the company she calls home. >> i like it way more over there. it's prettier, i have friends. i had my whole life over there. >> so did 13-year-old stephanie who lived in southern california. >> i didn't know that much about it. >> reporter: both gerls are u.s. citizens, forced to leave the only homes they knew because their parents were deported back to mexico. in november it was estimated there were 5,000 u.s. teens and children, living throughout baha california. data showed there was 10,000 living in tijuana alone.
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there are kids like these, born in mexico but moved to the states when babies. returning has not been easy. >> you pass the border, you see the difference - trash, walls are full of graffiti and stuff. we didn't have a house. >> reporter: schools in mexico struggle with lack of funding and space. they are certainly not equipped to handle the needs of thousands of binational students. >> they are stoucted a lot of -- subjected to a lot of teasing because they don't speak spanish and the teachers don't have the patience. >> reporter: that's why this programme in san diego is so critical. three days a week student like stephanie come to the community center on the outside of town. they learn spanish, computer circles and receive counsellingment this is the director of the binational
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programme. >> translation: they are students with different needs. they don't feel part of either place, mexico or the u.s. how do we tell them they probably won't go back to the states. >> the key is keeping them in school, away from drugs and other problems of delinquency. >> the kids say for them the key is realising they are not aloneful. >> the problem helped me pause i met other people like me, who were over there and had to come here. >> i'm learning new stuff. i'm getting used to being here. >> the all-men teens force -- all-american teens forced to find their way are lucky, they are receiving help. thousands are not to lucky. turning to other new, a developing story - five are dead following an attack on carr ashy's airport in pakistan.
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the attackers lobbed hand grenades on to the tarmac, followed by gunfire. major airports are on high alert. we are on the phone to our correspondent. what do we know about the attack? >> so far we know six to eight attackers got inside the airport after they attacked the airport security force, killing three of their personnel. another two people who were killed included a p i axe, which is an international -- pia international airline official. after that the gun men were able to get inside the airport. they were able to get into a hangar where a number of aircraft are parked. we can see on the picture smoking billowing out, indicating a number of aircast
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hit or on pir. there's fighting between the security forces and the attackers continues. all flight to karachi have been diverted, and as you mentioned a high state of alert across pakistan. clarifying the gun men are still inside the airport? >> absolutely. there was a lull for about 20-25 minutes after special forces units got into the airport. firing has restarted. there are reports that a number of the attackers may have boarded a plane on the target. there are international and pakistani air-croft on the tar -- aircraft on the tarmac. the situation is assistancive and fluid, no -- sensitive and
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fluid, and no clear picture as to what is happening inside. you mentioned a fluid situation. i know it's early, but any indication as who may be responsible for in? >> if you look at what has been happening over the last fewer years, there has been a number of attacks on an airport. there was an attack in karachi where surveillance aircrafts from destroyed, and a military airbase. aircrafts from destroyed. it's not the first time, however, there should have been adequate security, given there was the threat of an oi tack on a major -- attack on a major airport. there'll be questions as to whether the security forces will be prepared. once again, five dead after an attack on a karachi airport. former army chief abdul
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fatah al-sisi is egypt's newest president, sworn in for a four year turn and stood he told the country about his agenda. >> translation: security is on top of my priorities. that's why we will develop the police. we will double its efforts to achieve security, restore security. >> abdul fatah al-sisi is the third president since the arab spring began in 2011. we have this report. >> egypt's former army chief abdul fatah al-sisi at the pinnacle of power, in the most populous country in the arab world. this is the moment supporters have been waiting for. the swearing in ceremony at the constitutional court was followed up at the palace.
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>> translation: egypt will witness development at all levels. we'll solve the problem of the past and build the egypt of the future. a powerful, stable, peaceful and prosperous country. >> it's the first handover ceremony, the first time that an outgoing president and his successor shake hands. arab and african leaders were there to show support for the new leader. a leading judge at the constitutional court describes abdul fatah al-sisi as the man who sauffed the nation from -- saved the nags from the tyranny of the brotherhood. >> translation: the army and people yup itemed against tyranny on 30 june -- united against tier yny on 30 june, it was not a coup, but the revolution of the people. >> now he assumed power, he faces delicate issues - poverty,
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rising unemployment and an economy in tatters. the inauguration was held under tight security. >> it has been set by a coup, that deposed mohamed mursi. mohamed mursi was egypt's first democratically elected president. he's in gaol facing charges of treason. abdul fatah al-sisi ruled out a compromise with the banned muslim brotherhood, and insists restoring security will be a top priority, leading many to worry about a current clamp down like these modern brotherhood protesters may not end soon. high stake talks to begin in geneva. senior u.s. diplomats will meet iranian counterparts hoping to seal a deal over iran's nuclear programme. they have over a month to meet
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an agreement. monday's talks will involve deputy secretary of state burns and under-secretary of state wendy sher smaun. they reached an interim deal in november, but it expires next month. pope francis, with the israeli and palestine presidents - they met at the vatican. nick spicer talk about the significance of the event. >> reporter: it's about sending a message of hope to the people of the holy ranked, which is why the pope called on israel and the palestine leadership to engage in an undaunted dialogue for peoples yearning for peace. earlier in the day when there was more people in st. peter's square listening to the pope speak at the end of the celebrations, we spoke to some palestinians who were inspired saying it was a cause of hope,
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recognising that this was not some kind of peace negotiation that was being under taken, but it was the leader of the catholic church of over a billion ath licks -- catholics bringing toot the three rely -- together the three religions from the holy land to talk about recreating the atmosphere, hopeful for peace again. having th that, the is -- said that, the israeli prime minister who is in charge of a peace process, if it is to be restarted, did not come. that is something that needs to be said if a peace is to be started again, worked towards. there's a lot that needs to be done. nick spicer at the vatican the italian navy had its hands full rescuing migrants. since thursday they rescued for man 25 men, women and children
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trying to reach europe. ships monitoring the waters of tunisia and italy superaccepted 70 boats. they didn't identify the nationalities. more details are emerging about bowe bergdahl's time. the arm your sergeant was freed by the talibanate days ago. reportedly he said he was tortured during his five years, saying the taliban guards beat him and kept him in a gauge. he's under going treatment at a hospital in germany. lawmakers in washington are discussing bunnish the for -- punishment for bowe bergdahl if it's found he deserted. >> the soldier are concerned and upset. they need to do an investigation. you jeopardise other soldiers when you whack away from your post. that's a serious, serious matter in a combat zone. it needs to be investigated by
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the department of defence. trying to change the narrative so they cap leach to the paper. it needs to stop, stop all of that. we ought to have a full discussion about the policy implications. >> meanwhile the fbi is investigating death threats into bowe bergdahl's parents in idaho. bowe bergdahl's parents have received emails containing threats, the first held on wednesday, the same day a coming hope celebration was cancel. prisoners used a helicopter to scale gaol. a chopper briefly landed in the courtyard of a prison in quebec and picked up suspects. two prisoners at a nearby facility climbed a rope ladder into a hijacked hypo. ahead on al jazeera america, despite controversy and protest,
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concerns of construction and ongoing transit site, excitement buildings for the world cup, for days away. later... >> $859.45. ..teaching parents and children to save for one of the big expenses - a college education. .
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four days and counting until the 20th f.i.f.a. world cup. brazilians greeting the english, german and algerian teams. croatia faces off against brazil. the tournament lasted a month and includes 31 teams. with four days to go until the opening game of the world cup, transpolo fighters left residents and tourists strapped. it is affecting the sub ways, the only option many have for getting to the gals. brad brooks joins us, associated's chief in brazil. good to have you.
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what is the latest on the transit strike? >> the latest is it's ongoing. it's sunday, it's not affecting the city too much today. if an deprament is not struck -- agreement is not struck tomorrow it will be complete chaos. most of the fans who are going to the open match will depend on the subway to get there. there's a lot of excitement over the world cup, but you can't ignore the controversy surrounding the games. what is depend the allegations of corruption? >> well, you know, three out of four brazilians believe there's corruption involved in relation to the world cup, because there's a long history of corruption in brazil when it comes to megaprojects and the like. the associated press rexims one -- reexamines one stadium,
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the second-most expensive stadium, despite the fact that they don't have a professional team, and the cost tripled and auditors say a third of the cost is attributable to what they think are fraudulent charges. it's an example of 50 world cup works. there are 13 open investigations in brazil that are looking at dozens of these bigger projects that are being built in brazil. >> we are talking about $900 million in funds. are they worried governments are getting suite hard deals from government officials? >> yes, there are several phases of it. the first is who wins the deal. the second is overpricing during the deal because basically what is happening is that the construction firms who won the tools to build the stadiums
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increased political campaign corrections in one case by 50,000 per cent between one election cycle and the next. they are flooding the political system with money, and it's supposed to be the watchdog over the building process. so you have, on one hand, politicians getting a lot of money from construction companies, supposed to be making sure that the public are not misusing public funds. it generated a lot of controversy in brazil, and a lot of anger. a lot of anger has spilled to the streets. >> the majority of brazilians don't want to games. is the stadium done? will there be security? will there be enough security to handle the crowds? >> the stadiums will be done to the point that soccer matches
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can be played there. most of the fans will find them not up to the level in europe or the united states. in some cases bathrooms are not finished, sidewalks aren't done, seats are still being installed as i speak. but in general, they'll be able to host the world cup. your second question, sorry, was about security. >> security, yes. briefly. >> look, brazil is spending an incredible amount of money. something over 840 million on security. it's more than spent in south africa. the brazilians will flood the streets with police, army soldiers. there'll be a heavy presence. visitors coming if the united states and europe will be shocked to see heavily armed soldiers in the streets. the main problem for tourists will be muggings and pick
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pockets and those crimes, which have been on the rise in rio and sao paulo. >> four days and counting. brad brooks, the bureau chief. >> our sunday segment the week ahead will focus on the world cup, and the controversy surrounding it. that's tonight 8:30 eastern here on al jazeera. coming up next after being sworn into office, president abdul fatah al-sisi lays out his vision of the future. >> if this close, i don't know where we go residents of a mobile park worry about their future, living in a frivolous si. you are watching al jazeera america.
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welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories - hundreds of unaccompanied children are kept in a makeshift shelter at nogales, brought after they crossed a mexican
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border into texas. arizona's gor scribed the -- governor described the conditions inside as inhumane gunmire at carr ach -- gunfire at karachi's busiest airport. major airports across pakistan are on high alert palestine and israeli presidents took part in a ceremony. the first ceremony they have taken part in. pope francis hosted the meeting. egypt's new president said he'll correct mistakes of the part. abdul fatah al-sisi was sworn into office a few hours ago after winning 96% of the vote after winning the presidential election. bernard smith takes a closer look at a man who will lead a fractured egypt.
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>> i'm an egyptian citizen, i love my country and my own people. i want to serve them by - to ensure democracy, freedom, the rule of law. abdul fatah al-sisi has come a long way in less than 12 months as large-scale demonstrations against mohamed mursi clogged central cairo on 1 july last year. the head of the military delivered an ultimatum to the egyptian president. negotiate with your opponents, or the army will intervene, abdul fatah al-sisi warned. two days later abdul fatah al-sisi led the coup that deposed mursi. it launched the general on a trajectory that propelled them into the presence. a year earlier mohamed mursi had
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given abdul fatah al-sisi the top submitry job. the president must have thought he was appointing an ally, someone like-minded. abdul fatah al-sisi presided over a ruthless crackdown, the muslim brotherhood. >> we are calling for legitimacy. this is our point of view. that's why they are killing us abdul fatah al-sisi did it seemingly with considerable popular support. the general was beginning to attract something of a cult following. abdul fatah al-sisi has ridden a wave of nationalism that kept him in the spotlight since last summer, and has not discouraged comparisons with nasser, who ruled from 1956 to 1970. nasser, a general was popular and described as the first leader of an arab nation challenging western dominance. abdul fatah al-sisi is religiously devout and hasn't
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expressed an opinion on how he views the role of islam and politics. in a speech to the military he says... before that conversation starts, abdul fatah al-sisi knows his priorities is to turn egypt's economy around. >> during two revolutions egyptians were aspiring to freedom and justice. the egyptians love this. i want to give them stability and new development. within two years abdul fatah al-sisi said he can improve economics of the people. he'll need to retain the popular support if he has any chance of achieving that ambitious goal. >> let's talk about the transmegs. professor of law in texas university and member of the
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egyptian rule of law association joins us from dallas. good to have you with us. today was about pomp and circumstance. the tough part begins. how do you fix a fractured country? >> it's a million dollar question. abdul fatah al-sisi is in a position that mohamed mursi found himself in. he has to o deal with complicated and entrenched social and political problems. these are problems that have been decades in the making. they cannot be fixed overnight. however, he has a population who has high and unrealistic expectations of how fast these problems can be fixed. so he is going to have to walk the fight rope that mohamed mursi has to walk and do, in terms of showing some kind of progress on social and particularly economic hardships that millions of egyptians are
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facing. >> 40% live in poverty. can this former army chief lift the current economic state? >> it depends on a few factors. the first is whether he can decrease corruption, among the high level government officials within institutions and the business elite. collect istly the group, the sliver steals billions of bounds though corruption and black market sales. he'll have to deal with corruption if he wants an economy to redistribute wealth to the 40% that live at or below poverty levels. he will need to figure out a solution for the muslim brotherhood, else he'll have a spoiler doing everything it can to destabilize the fans. >> abdul fatah al-sisi said that fighting terrorism would be a top priority with a crackdown on
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opposition groups. what can we expect in the fight against terrorism. >> the fight against terrorism will be used as a lising tool. it will -- policing together. it will give him a guise to quash dissent if he decides it's intolerable. it will cause a distraction in terms of if the people rise up saying "you haven't delivered on your economic promises", the war on terror is a convenient distraction to get the people to per cent year so they can keep the nation safe. >> in final moments i want to talk about the relationship with the u.s. washington says it's looking forward to working with abdul fatah al-sisi to advance our strategic partnership and the interests with the united states and egypt. what do you think that will bring? >> the u.s. policy on egypt that
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is not change the for a while, notwithstanding changes in political parties controlling the executive branch. the united states cared about four things. one is protecting the border with israel. third is superior access to the sewers canal. fourth is political support for u.s. policy and military superventions. as long as they get that from egypt. they'll support whoever is in power, regardless how he gets to power. the rhetoric is for the american masses as an attempt to convince american taxpayers that their money is not going to support dictatorship, even though it likely is in many countries. >> it will be a tough road. professor in texas. >> king juan carlos if spain presided over his final military parade, announcing that he'll
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advocate to his son. the prince will become the knew king on june 18th. joun carlos helped to transform the country from a military dictatorship to a democracy. yesterday many marched demanding a referendum on the marquee. the king's popularity has gone down due to an extrav gant trip taken during spain said unemployment crisis. in another day of severe bl breaking out across many parts of the southern states. we have tornado warnings from colorado, and tornado reports stretching across texas, into barack obama. as we look at the live radar, we have severe storms moving to
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pennsylvania, central pennsylvania. you are watching for hail, gusty winds and rain fall. severe weather threats today will be focussed on a specific spot. mainly we are looking around dallas, oklahoma, and towards little rock and again touching in parts of georgia, potentially as we get into the evening hours. that's the hot spot. it has been in colorado on the east side of the rockies. denver reporting 300ths of an inch of rain fall other totals you could see are greater around the parts of the mid-atlantic, as we sketch eastwards. looking at storm reports you see where the tornados are reported in colorado, coming down off the rockies, a lot of people know when you fly into denver, it's good to get a morning flight. that's when the storms fire up as we get into the early
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afternoon through the evening, making for a turbulent ride and delays. as we look at the storm reports from missouri to mississippi and alabama, mostly it's wind reports of damage in the way of roofs torn up. and a couple of funnel clouds. rain is impressive. oklahoma city almost two and a third inches of rainfall at the storm. >> flash flooding is a concern, tracking through florida. miami has impressive totals, the storms tracking through florida and alabama. picking it up again. >> we'll second you on a bumpy afternoon flight the. >> good advice. it's a great place to live, and raise a family. fantastic weather and excellent schools in the center of a high
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tech industry. for some residents in california the dream is too expensive. they are not willing to leave without a fight. melissa chan explains. this is the heart of silicon valley, where tech millionaires live and home to ston ford university. in the middle of it all is a mobile home park, one of the last places left, providing affordable housing in a city rich from the tech boom. now a developer offered the lot's owner millions to build luxury apartment for the growing workforce, displacing residents. >> if this place close, i don't know where i'd go or 90% of the people would go. >> they work in tech, but not as engineers. they are siliconvilly's guard ners, house keepers, cooks and nannies. while they benefit from the
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growth, they are its earliest casualties. for years they spif by paying under -- survive by paying under $1,000. this has 400 low income workers. they want to stay here. it has one of the best school districts in the state. for this family, the school district as had been transformative. erica leads the community battle against the eviction and says, in many ways, it's about access to education than a real estate wrongle. my parents came from mexico. we grew up here. i was the first to graduate from college. >> the value of diversity has not been lost on affluent neighbours, some who joined the fight to keep this park.
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the risk of that prosperity is we lose divestity in the range of family. residents turned this into a legal fight. offering to buy the property as a collective. the decision rests with city hall. >> the unit will never come back. everybody loses if the park is closed. >> property owners would not speak to al jazeera. the attorney pointed out that final landowners have the roit to sell their own real estate. something acknowledged as they face on uncertainly future with their families. there may be relief on the horizon for college students struggling to pay off their homes. president obama is said to take executive action. the white house said he'll quote list new steps.
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it is expected to be an expansion of the 2010 law capping it at 10% of income. and additional incentives to help student avoid gault. >> the city of san francisco is trying to teach parents of young students how to save for the cost of an education. it's the first city to do so. >> that's how much we have saved for our college fund. >> this girl and her parents are among 1600 families in san francisco taking advantage of the kinder guarden to college or k2 c programme. >> they match every dollar for the first $100. >> san francisco is the first city to provide a college savings lent for children when -- account for children when they start college. it's in the name of each child. at washington university in st. louis they found sids with a
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saving -- kids with a savings accounts are more likely to attend college. the research inspired the city to start the k2c programme. >> what made a difference was having an. it must have said to the kids it may be something you are meant to do. here is the concrete evidence of that, why else would there be an account that says college and has your name on it. >> reporter: the city spent $660,000 on the programme. private donations bring in another half a million. this boy has an account. his parents put $50 a month. if a family saves consistently for six months a $100 bonus was deposited by the city. this man was surprised after two years. >> i assumed it was $2806789 when i looked it was $800.
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>> reporter: the treasurer says agencies show across the country 3% of kids grow up with a college saving account. k2 c numbers are higher. >> we are at a savings rate that is four times higher than the national average. >> for many of these families, this is the first savings account, for some it sparks a first conversation about clj. >> the more you know, the better life can be, and she listening. shennae wants to be a teacher. dana wants to be a veterinarian. the city wants to make it happen. it will be tough to say, but it makes a dense. oo wal-mart truck driver has been injured. the driver, kevin roper of
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georgia failed to notice slow-moving traffic. the crash killed one person, tracy morgan is in intensive care in a new jersey hospital. if you ever bought a concert ticket, you know the cries includes interesting fees. an 11-year-old lawsuit may change that. some of you may have tickets to broadway's biggest night, the tony awards. you are watching al jazeera america. pass
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the night's events, a smarter start to your day. mornings on al jazeera america buying tickets for concerts and other event has been a sore spot for consumers, people fed up with fees. some of them filed a lawsuit in 2003. ticket masters are settling a case which could be an expensive adventure for the ticket-selling
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company. joining me for more is bill wyman, arts and culture contributor. bring us up to speed on the lawsuit. >> it's a huge lawsuit. it's gone on for almost 12 years. ticket master fights the lawsuits doggedly. it nearly was settled for $250 million a couple of years ago. it was rejected by a judge. here we go again. it's up to a top of $400 million. basically anyone who brought tickets know that's deliver fee and facility fee and a convenience fee and a this and a that fee. what people in a class action suit said these are not fees, you are making money, they are nothing to do with services. in a couple of days a judge seems to have agreed and ticket master is agreeing to settle the case without admitting wrongdoing. >> they are not saying they are doing anything wrong. >> no, they settle it. if you are a member of the
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class, who bought tickets, and you get $1 or $2 off purchases up to seventeen times and with ups delivery an electronic credit. >> what is the significance? >> ticket master is a bad master. it's been a mon op liftic practice, ripping off fans. the company settled a different case they were signed for a rewards programme. 96% of the people never knew they were in the rewards programme. the big problem with ticket master is when you go to the grocery store you check out the groceries, you don't get hit with the cashier's fiat the last minute. if it happened you go to another store. if you want to pie tickets to a u -- buy tickets to a u 2
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concept. they have got good at extracting money. >> moving forward you see the base price and taxes? >> say that again. >> moving forward what do you see as far as fees, the base proos. >> no, it's outrage ours, they were required to put in fine print what they were doing. i think this is a bad settlement. fans will still be ripped off and the people disliking ticket master because they feel they'll get ripped off will feel that way. ticket master should but the final price and say the ticket costs $110 and divide the money behind the scenes. >> it will not shine light on anything, companies will look at the settlement and not change the bay they handle their fees or business. >> fans do not realise that all the fees are kicked back to the venues and artists. that's why they do not come out
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and say hey, give the fans a cheeper way to by ticket. they don't go behind the scoops and say "we'll stick in a fee." that's an enormous income stream. >> nages for -- thanks for nothing. who has time to read the fine print. >> lights and stars will shine on broadway. tony awards will be announced. aftermidnight is nominated for seven awards based on duke's time performing. a gentleman's guide to love and murder has 10 nom gagss "beautiful", the carol king musical is up for seven. and "alad jip", based on the disney movie is nominated for five awards. when we come back, man with a mission. >> maybe this will help protect
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it. an american wilderness protected by photography - that story: you are watching al jazeera america. psh it's one of america's
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national treasures, the florida everydemrads. the -- everglades. the largest tropical area is visited by a million tourists. it's taken a toll and has should ruping by a -- shrunk by half. one man is using his cameras in an effort to save the everglades. >> reporter: clive butcher is a celebrated photographer and his work is credited with raising awareness of the florida everydemrads. it is was not always -- everglades. when he first mooed out con -- moved out conservation was not a
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priority. clive's stunning images helped to change that. >> photography has been a dramatic force. it makes me feel good that i'm educating people of the awareness of florida, and maybe this will protect it. butcher is more than a photographer. guided swamp walks are part of an effort to make the amateurs an ambassador for the environment. >> when i saw the photographs i found clive butcher. >> a lot of people can't come out on the swamp walk. he brings it to the regular guy. he brought a lot of people down. once they get here, myself, they love the place. . >> clive butcher's work is more than a commercial success.
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his photographs offering a klims into a world most will never see first hand, making his collection a force for conservation. florida's everydemrads needs -- everglades needs all the help it can get. it's been drained, polluted and developed. >> 100 years from now when people look at my photograph and say "that's commonplace, i don't see what is so special, it's still here." that's what i'd like to hear. before we go, we are following breaking news out of los angeles. media is reporting a shooting involving police. one officer is dead, another injured. more on the story as it developments. i'm thomas drayton in new york. "america tonight" weekend is coming up next.
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for news update around the world we ipp voit you to join us from -- invite you to join us from aljazeera.com. think you for watching. on "america tonight" the weekend edition - candid camera and the cops. >> go away. give me this. >> everywhere you look someone has got a camera rolling. can the police stop you? if you turn the cameras on them. >> people send a message that they are not backing down, they'll do what they can to arrest us, to prevent us reporting the truth. also - flawed friendsics and a deliberate -- forensics and a deliberate