the website. facebook or google+ or twitter. i'm david shuster, see you next time. hello, welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in for john siegenthaler. it's 11:00 p.m. here on the east coast. 8:00 out west. the only live newscast this hours. thousands of children crossing the u.s. border. e-security. new screening coming to airports around the world. deploying drones. the faa is considering new

standards. the tonight's first person reports. we start tonight with the immigration crisis. today the white house says most of the children entering the u.s. illegally will eventually be deported paws they will -- because they will not qualify for humanitarian relief. but some will get drivers licenses when a court overturned the law banning them. blocking a third wave of incoming detained migrants. our jennifer london is in mirada. what do you see there tonight? >> well jonathan what i'm seeing on the ground from protesters really depends who you ask. when you ask why are you here? what are you protesting against? they have mixed response. some say they're here because they say the borders should be

closed. they say these tens of thousands of migrants that have crossed illegally some from mexico some from central america they say they never should have been allowed to enter the u.s. in the first place. others say this is really about immigration reform and the need to reform the laws to deal with the crisis that's unfolding now. and others say no, this is about enforcing the laws we already have. they say if they come into this country illegally you should be deported illegally, you should not be brought into the u.s. for processing, you should not be released into the custody of relatives perhaps you should not be given an immigration hearing. they say you come into this country illegally you should be deported illegally. then there are others who say this isn't about immigration at all, this is about the facility which is right behind my shoulder. this facility in marietta was never designed to bring detainees here. they say i.t. cannot adequately

care -- they say it cannot adequately care for them. these protests should not be happening at all. >> due to the size of this facility there was no question they were going to be released into the community and they had no means to take care of themselves. middle of summer, about 90° today. who's giving them water, who's giving them food, do they speak english, how are they going to fend for themselves? that's the issue. >> city officials who have toured the inside of this facility say it is just too small. it does not have enough space for sheer numbers of detainees that the federal government has said they plan to send here to marietta, jonathan. >> have the protests now diversified in the following days? >> well, for the most part, the group that you can see behind me, these are groups of supporters. these are people who say the detainees should be allowed to come here, they should be processed here.

earlier when there was a larger crowd there was about equal parts of those for and against both sides shouting just as loudly but the supporters i talk to say this is not about immigration. they say this is about a humanitarian crisis. >> we are standing here today to be their voice and many have said it is quote unquote our people. it is not for our people, it is for all people. i stand for human rights for everyone. >> reporter: both sides here jonathan really looking for a voice and as for what happens next city officials were told last week bithe federal deposit to expect -- by the federal government to expect more immigrants to arrive, and if that happens the protesters will be here. >> thank you, jennifer andiola,

an undocumented immigrant who has been pushing for reform. thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> you arrived in the united states with your mother when you were 11 years old. when you look at these undocumented immigrants many of them is a simple stay. what kind of life are they fairing in the united states? >> it is for me a very personal issue. i did come to the u.s. as a child, crossing the desert. it was a very difficult situation but i also could see the reason why they would come here. there's many people that are blaming this right on different political, whatever they use political talking points to blame each other within political parties. there are things happening from el salvador, guatemala, and honduras. but i hope they stop using them as political footballs for

attacking each other. >> without papers without documentation how difficult was it for you? >> it was difficult at the beginning but as children we adapt. and as i think from me, i'm actually from arizona, i consider myself from arizona. i grew up there and it feels like it was my home since the beginning i was able to learn the language, i actually graduated from college and got to work for congress. so it's been a difficult journey but i think it was worth this country giving me the opportunity to stay here. >> when you see all these children crossing the border today what do you think should happen? the debate, whether they should be sent back, be able to stay in the united states, what do you think? >> first i think that folks from both sides of the aisle need to stop blaming each other and using this as a political purpose. first thing. secondly i think we need to be able to help these children in a humane way. they call it a humanitarian crisis and it should be seen

that way. children are running away from violence and the reality is they need to have attorneys, to be able to fight their own cases and to be able to stay here not in detention centers but places where they can help them out. >> do you worry that might encourage you young children and parents to send their children across the border alone? >> we can see there is a crisis in central america and i don't have you know a lot of knowledge on what you can do internationally but we do know that it's an international issue. i think that it's knot the children's fault that this is happening in their own country and i also -- i don't know how they can have the heart, a lot of politicians saying now send them back, it doesn't matter because we are maybe sending them back you know to death. and majority of them have been saying that they would be afraid of going back. >> your work on immigration in the past, you called the topics a mess you need to clean up from

president barack obama. do you call this another obama mess? >> i consider this is a mess that both parties haven't been able to solve it because they keep playing politics. and the reality is that a lot of republicans say this is all on obama but they didn't want to solve anything in congress on immigration. >> you're as critical on president obama as well. >> what was that? >> you're as critical of president obama as well. >> it is necessary for both to get problems solved and stop using this as political football as i said. in reality they are saying that president obama is different action, that that is creating this whole cries but you know what? they are just looking at the polling factors. -- pulling factors, not pushing factors. a lot of people don't know about daca what they know is they think that something going to happen in the u.s. and what is happening in their own countries

it's just you know they can't change it. and they are afraid of their life and they have to run away from it. >> a lot of issues here thank you for coming in here tonight. protective edge and comes after the worst palestinian rocket barrage in nearly two years. tonight president obama called on both sides to make peace. writing in a israeli newspaper, he said while true safety will only come with a comprehensive negotiating offed settlement. reaching a peace agreement with the palestinians would help turn the tide of world sentiment further bolstering israel's security. with the latest we go to nick schifrin on the border of gaza. >> on the gaza border israeli tanks begin maneuvers.

almost every field armed trucks are waiting. >> three quarters of a mile that way now israel has moved troops in to reinforce that border and for the first time it's actually calling up reservists, 1500 of them amid a barrage of rocket fire. cities within 50 miles of gaza this was a sound heard often. rockets and mortars from gaza including one that flew into this man's house. >> inside. >> the rocket came inside here? >> through to the bedroom. >> reporter: the hole the rocket created just a few feet from his and his wife's bed. this is how it looked on thursday. >> everything is a block. my bed the wall is break. it was a miracle. my wife and my children is okay. >> reporter: so this is the safe room. >> actually, it's not a are miracle. tammy shows me every house here, a concrete safe room.

she had to grab her four-year-old son and five-year-old daughter in 15 seconds. >> translator: the sound was strong. i said to myself, the explosion is here in my home. when i got out the stairs were filled with smoke. >> reporter: against the rockets israel unleashed massive fire power. military video shows drones and rocket strikes. on concealed targets. what it doesn't show is those whom the strikes terrified. >> translator: suddenly the rockets shook the whole area. my family all 42 fled from the room except -- all fled the room except me. i was in shock, couldn't move my leg. >> reporter: in this region now, fear sparks anger. hamas which vow revenge. >> the hand of the palestinian

resistance is free to,. >> they call for war. >> we hope forces enter gaza. once an for all. so everything will be eradicated there. >> reporter: israel seems to be responding to that call by escalating and hamas vows to escalate too. >> nick schifrin reporting from gaza. airport security is getting even stricter now even having a dell cell phone could cause problems for some -- a dead cell phone could cause problems for some travelers. this after a near collision between two passenger jets. a chilling moment in the sky. this video captures what could have been a disaster in barcelona, spain. a boeing 767-300 incoming from moscow was lined up with the runway and ready to land when an argentina airbus 360 crossed its

path. its aborted, circled and eventually landed safely. there was another near miss at bush intercontinental in houston. >> do what you need to do. >> that man was trying to land a delta airbus 360, when a singapore jet came within a half mile of the jets. that's dangerously close when planes are flying at hundreds of miles. >> you are not authorized to climb. you are probably going to have to climb back to the facility now. >> it would be hundreds of deaths. would it have been a very large aviation catastrophe. >> and on the grounds airlines are facing new security transportation security administration say passengers may have to turn on devices such

as phones laptops and tablets. if they don't they won't be allowed to board and could be subject to additional screening. powerless devices won't be allowed at all. >> it makes sense at security. >> the new security measures follow reports that groups in yemen and syria with ties to equally are working on ways to take down passenger planes through battery powered devices. >> the bad guys, our enemies have not lost their interest in commercial aviation. they're working very hard at it day mr. and day out. >> it's unclear how long these new checks will remain in place but already some european airports have suggested these security measures could be permanent. dozens of college students could be charged over a deadly hazing ritual that killed a freshman late last year. prosecutors are now ready to file criminal charges. morgan radford is here.

>> these are a number of cases that have been making headlines recently. another student found dead in the woods in southern california. his family said he was sent in the woods without shoes or a cell phone. how many are involved and that's about 30 in all. >> the hazing ritual happened last december in pennsylvania. the pi delta psi fraternity brought its pledges to this house in the poconos. the freshman was blinded for initiation and then forced to carry 20 pounds of sand. >> i can say that involved physical contact which became very aggressive. >> reporter: police say dang was pushed and then fell and hit his head. others waited two hours to take dang to the hospital.

he died, cause, blunt force trauma. his death linked to college hazing in recent years. a bloomberg report claims hazing and drugs are accused of 30 deaths since 2005. ten deaths over the past air years but no longer. this spring sigma alpha epsilon, said "feedback has shown us that prospective members failed to join fraternities because they do not want to be hazed. and surveys say there is a reason they don't want to be surveyed. more than half of college students involved in sports teams and other clubs say they have been subject to hazing. organizers for those groups knew about it. most areas have are punishment criminally for hazing.

frat pack is a group that lobbies capitol hill on behalf of fraternities and sororities. daj's case that state is pennsylvania and his family's lawyer says authorities there are ready to take it to court. >> they have ruled that it is a homicide and nothing left is for charges to be filed. >> well, jonathan what's wild is that after dang fell his fellow students didn't call 911. instead they went inside took him in and changed his clothes and waited two hours. they tried to cover up their tie to their fraternity. which barouk has banned permanently. >> ariva, good to see you. how challenging this is for prosecutors since you are considering 30 defendants there.

>> very challenging in the number of defendants but very good thing for prosecutors putting this before a jury is all the technology. we're hearing about videos, pictures and cell phones that apparently captured a lot what was going on in that home on that cold night where these kids were out subjecting themselves to just a horrific incident that led to this young man's death. >> riva, when we hear that there's possible video of this crime happening how critical is this to file these charges? >> i think it's very critical. that's why it's taken a while to bring the charges which were expected to be filed sometime this week because they were combing through this potential evidence. and as the report said, these guys didn't come forth and bring this information to the police. some of them tried hide their involvement on what happened that particular night. so the police have had to go through computers and cell

phones and iphones and all of these smart twices to figure out what happened. but looks like there's a lot of information that the prosecution is going to be able to use in charging what may be 30 students. >> but this could also be a complicated offense because this leaves the possibility of these different students turn on each other. >> absolutely. we should expect deals to be cut, students to come forward and wanting to cut a deal in terms of getting out of this. this is really horrible for the young man who died but we are talking about 30 young men whose lives will be changed forever. their college, they could be kicked out if they haven't already been kicked out and will be facing very serious jail sometime. >> when you talk about homicide charges against some of these young students how likely is that really? i imagine the defense from these kids is they did not understand what was happening, they did not know how serious the injuries were and they tried to help him to the best of their abilities. >> ignorance knot a defense

under the law. what they knew or didn't know isn't going to be very important in this case. in pennsylvania murder can range from involuntary manslaughter to murder to first degree murder. was there some form of premedication in this case? i think the important point here is that too many young people on college campus is are dying from hazing. i don't think students are really taking to heart the consequences, the severe consequences that can happen from this type of activity. >> that's a good point. why do you think this keeps happening? should more entities maybe the university be held accountable as well? >> i think this is a wakeup call for all of us. the national fraternities sororities and parents, these talks given by colleges about swawl assault, how do you report

a sexual assault, i think hazing has to be elevated to that same level. we have to talk to our kids, to young people even before they goat college campuses about hazing, what is hazing why they sthnt get involved in it and what the consequence are. >> always a pleasure to chat with you. >> thank you jonathan. >> coming up here on al jazeera america. rules of the sky. how should the government use those drones? figuring it out. the pope's plea to sex abuse victims.

>> pope francis is asking for forgiveness. he says the church will have a zero tolerance policy for the crime. >> in a private chapel near his official residence the pope hemmed mass and thet me then mee victims of abuse one by one. it took 20 years for such a meeting to take place in the vatican. there were tears. the pope told the six before god and my people i express my sorrow for the grave crimes of

liquor cal sexual abuse committed against you and i humbly ask forgiveness. >> it will do nothing to placate groups in europe and the united states who describe this meeting as a public relations stunt. that prompted this answer. >> you understand it was not a public relation event but is a very profound spiritual encounter. >> but there are many victims of abuse who are angry and frustrated by their subsequent treatment. as a teenager diego, not his real name, was abused by the family priest. after breakdowns and panic attacks he finally told what happened to him. >> translator: i asked for help. but this help didn't arrive. since then i've had nothing from

the church despite frequent requests. >> reporter: the vatican says that it's dealt with 3420 abuse cases over the last decade. 848 priests have been defrokd. 2572 have been ordered to live a life of prayer of penance for example in a monastery. the church is set up a special commission to improve the way it deals with abuse. the critics say, what it really needs now is a strong enforcer. tim friend, al jazeera, the vat vatican. >> tonight japan is bracing for one of the worst storms to hit that country in over a decade. a typhoon has hit that country. kevin corriveau has the forecast. >> this is the mainland of japan. these island chains also belong to japan. that's where okinawa is located.

take a look at some video that came in on monday how they were getting prepared. boats were coming back about into the harbor. as jonathan said 55,000 people were getting ready and being evacuated across the region. for okinawa that is where cadina air force base is located, that is a u.s. air force base. that is about right there. we see the eye of the storm pushing just west of the area right there. we're talking about winds in this area about 125 miles sustained but earlier today when it was down to the southeast we were talking about a supertyphoon. that would be equivalent to possibly a category 5, category 4 hurricane if it was located in the atlantic. so it was very, very strong. the storm has quite a bit of intensity as you can see there. this is the track we expect to see over the next 24 to 48 hours. the storm is expected to move to the north and alternative to the

northeast. that turn to the north has not yet happened, so what we can see is a change in path getting closer to south korea. we're going to watch this very carefully. what happens as it makes lands fall, very heavy rains and that's where we think the heaviest impact in terms ever landfall, consume mudslides and landslides across that region so we will be watching that very carefully. jonathan. >> thank you kevin. still ahead strained relationship, the u.s. and germany are trying to smooth things over after another spy scandal. plus a surgeon shootin shootinge more -- surge in shooting despite more police on the street. what's behind the violence. @

>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz. coming up this half hour. gun violence, more than a dozen shot in chicago over the holiday weekend. what's been blamed for all the shootings. marijuana is now legal in rves.

any of the worst is violence has surged again in chicago since last thursday more than dwri people have been shot, 14 killed. chicago has been under scrutiny since 2012 when it was the only american city to record more than 500 homicides. ash-har quraishi has more. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's groundhog day in chicago. >> police sergeant gary mccarthy compared this to groundhog day because it keeps happening over and over. >> the same level of shootings since last year, we put a ton of effort into preventing it.

>> those efforts included hundreds of additional cops on the streets. the strategy seemed to be working on thursday, friday and saturday but with the surge in shootings saturday, 21 in total, chicago's top cop admitted something went wrong. >> we are refining what we're doing and figuring out how to do it better. >> everyone should be outraged and demand changes at every level. >> while people say it's giving chicago a bad name, you know what? ending it, it means gentlemen, parents, police, neighbors and comurchts bu communities but alo means jobs. >> police say there are at least eight separate incidents where officers discharged their weapons and were shot at. >> when everybody tells me what's different about new york and chicago, i tell you proliferation of firearms. when i chies people in new york they are throw their guns away.

when we chase people here in chicago they keep their guns and turn on the officers. >> in the last four days alone they recovered some 100 guns. >> it is more of a sanction by their gang for losing their guns than it is to get arrested with it. >> 19-year-old star says she's been a gang member for years and has become numb to violence. she asked we not show her face. >> really nothing you can be afraid of. either you're going to be killed or you're not. >> so you don't worry about dying? >> no. >> if it happens it happens? >> i'm not scared. >> chicago police say they will continue to program to pack more cops into high violence areas. the criminal justice system in illinois is simply not designed to reduce gun violence. ash-har quraishi, al jazeera, chicago. >> let's talk about jadu brown.

thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you for having me. >> why do we see this in chicago and not in other big american cities? >> i think while the numbers in chicago are starting i think they're common conditions that have to be linked to positive lack of opportunity. the dysfunction.basic quality of life institutions. >> but aren't there other problems in other cities too? >> absolutely. what makes chicago different are two things. one, that street gangs in chicago which used to be very centralized, are now very fractured. so instead of having five or six primary street organizations, right, that you get to some degree hold accountable, keep away from schools, were led by adults where there was some form of rules, now, there are

different cliques on every block. so with the dismantling of the gang sister sometimes, on every other group there's a different group and they're 14, 15 years old approximately. >> turf battles between these fractured gangs? >> the leadership is 14 to 20 years old. >> children. >> so it's young people but i think there's another issue, is that the closing of 50 schools in chicago last year, and the closing of schools period in the city of chicago has had a crippling impact where young people have had to go into neighborhoods where they were not safe. and you know if you live in a particular neighborhood and you get off the bus in another neighborhood you're gang affiliated whether you're gang affiliated or not. so i think those you know, while

the city of chicago portrays the fact that the number is actually down, you know we've been hearing that over the last couple of weeks. the numbers are unacceptable. 300 murders is unacceptable. so that's why i say you know while chicago has numbers that are high, if you go to philadelphia, if you go to boston, if you go to detroit, the numbers are still too high. and they have a common -- there's a common link to those issues. >> and 14 murders in a weekend is unthinkable. without question. >> to anyone. to anyone. >> the critical justice system, what accountability should be on that process? what's happening there? >> well, i think that the criminal justice system unfortunately has preyed on young people with zero tolerance policies that target young people that may be on the corner with $10 worth of drugs doing nothing with distributors, and

doing nothing to stop the decreasing the numbers. our numbers are bigger than that. i've worked in the ken wood oakland community all my life and lived there, i've gone to funerals, the young person you play softball with is laying in the coffin cold, you know there was more to that child in the streets. you had conversations with that child, you told that child to straighten up and they straightened up. you know these are human beings who are suffering from a lack of opportunity. if you look at the basic quality of life institutions in an affluent neighborhood you know the people in that neighborhood don't have to protest to get good grocery stores, good hospitals, good schools by design, effective housing. they get that by the municipality because they are valued. but when you go into communities

where you see the violence happening in chicago you see structurally inequitable schools, you see a poor health system, you see affordable housing, affordable housing disappearing, and substandard housing running rampant. so the basic quality of life institutions are not provided by the same system that we pay taxes into. >> what do you make of the superintendent of the police department saying the lack of tough gun laws and tough prosecutions? >> well, i think that that's a band-aid on a bullet wound. i hate to use that comparison but you know what's more important is not how do we lock these young people up, and young people do need to be held -- anyone needs to be held accountable when they commit crimes but what do we do to step them in the first place? every child you see on the

streets was at one point they were in third grade. they had imaginary friends and they weren't thinking about hurting people. and what happened between then and when this child was 14? >> we don't have clear answers. >> i think we do. we have to provide one that has to be across the board, high quality early childhood education for every child, there has to be a priority. that makes a difference. there has to be as young people grow there have to be schools where young people have opportunities to be inspired. you know when i was in school it was football and its was creative writing, right? i had that opportunity 30 some odd years ago. >> of course it helps to have stable home lives, it's a whole community effort. >> absolutely. >> thank you for coming in and chatting with us. >> thank you very much. >> they're becoming increasingly popular but how should the public use those drones?

it is a question the government is struggling with as companies push for a ban on the unmanned aircraft to be lifted. jacob ward has more. >> the faa has until september next year to figure out exactly how they are going to regulate commercial drones. these are very cheap and very plentiful and there are all kinds of places thee could go. well, what could these rules cover? the first is who's qualified to fly these things? will there be some kind of special hobbyist license for drones that will separate the crazy from the well intentioned? and the second is the height restriction. this thing can go well above 400 feet. and at 400 feet, that's where commercial air space begins. if this things were to get sucked into the engine of a jet, that's the thing the faa is

concerned about then the debate around drones would take a very dark turn. these things could be as plentiful as really any toy and so the faa has to regulate them. they can go anywhere. they can do anything. they can carry almost anything. and so obviously the rules and the stakes are going to be very different than anything we've ever seen before. right now, drones occupy a pretty gray legal area. the faa has a policy of sending out cease and desist letters to 9 who is a commercial operator of drones. but it lost a case in march where ralph yeah parker sued and said you don't have any jurisdiction over me. you don't regulate model aircraft which are operating below 400 feet, why should you regulate drones. he won that motion to dismes and the -- to dismiss and that faa is now appealing. new york times and hearst magazines and other broadcast

and publishing agencies came together and filed an amicusus brief, at the moment we're going ohave to wait and see what rules the faa comes up with. >> yes we will, thank you jacob ward there. germany is investigating a possible double agent suspected of helping american. the white house won't comment on the reports but the german chancellor will. nick spicer has more. >> on monday government spokespersons said they had nothing to add, while the government investigation is under way. >> i can't comment. >> i can't tell you how that will happen. >> a 31-year-old man with a german spy agencies sold over 200 intelligence documents to the americans for some $35,000. even chancellor angela merkel whose cell phone was tapped until late last year by the u.s.

was restrained in her comments made on a trip to china. >> if the allegations are true it would be for me a career contradiction what i consider to be a truthful cooperation between agencies and partners. >> that cooperation goes back decades. this is a former listening post of the american national security agency or nsa. germans now take a much different view of the nsa thanks to the revelations of edward snowden now living in moscow. snowden has offered to come to britain and testify in a closed door hearing. but the german government has made it clear he will not be given asylum in this country. the intelligence sharing and diplomatic relationship with the

u.s. is clearly too important. the latest scandal likely won't change things. >> translator: one could have wished for spontaneous reaction from the german government. they could have said enough is enough. we already said last year we don't like americans spying on top officials. there could be a number of consequences there, including reconsidering the snowden case but the government won't do it. >> reporter: some politicians in chancellor merkel's own party are demanding the agencies be expelled from germany. there is a chance the political pressure may drop off unless there are more surprises in a city with rich and murky history of spying. nick spicer al jazeera berlin. some of the largest chemical companies are skewing a small town in hawaii. what toxic chemicals are being tested should b shihab rattanzi.

>> perfect for their vast open air laboratories. here on the west side of kauai, hawaii's garden island they don't grow food in these fields. they experiment with seed and pesticides. for daisd decades singenta, are pioneer du dupont and dow, have tested these chemicals and seeds. the soil is loose from the repeated tilling. and this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> right here, as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer.

colon cancer, the husband. >> those who live in this small community long suspected the chemical-laiden soil was the cause of the high rates of illness in adults and children here. but the chemical companies insisted they were not spraying anything unusual. >> for island of kauai, we pray for her healing. >> an unconvinced community banned together to enforce action. and councilman gary ouza are got results. >> they are spraying in our community. >> so they lied to you? >> they lied to me, repeatedly they lied to me. >> disclosure of chemicals used and the establishment of buffer zones between experimental fields and schools clinics, waterways. that proved to be too much.

>> they don't want us to be an example for other small communities around the world. >> the right to know what is being sprayed to help them grow. and the impact on those living next door. shihab rattanzi, al jazeera, kauai, hawaii. state of washington tomorrow will be able to sell recreational marijuana. >> jacob can't wait to open those doors to cannabis city and start selling. but there might not be enough weed to go around. he'll start with ten pounds sold by the gram. >> that gives us 2200 packages. so the first 2200 people -- >> you'll be done by wednesday? >> that is the prediction.

>> there's concern will far ou outstrip supply. >> only about 20 licenses will be issued this week. are and only a handful of shops including cannabis city are expected to open. >> there's been a lot of red tape you know. and a lot of hoops for producers and processors to go through. we had to jump through hoops but the hoops those guys have had to jump through has been a lot. >> this is one of the pinch points in the supply system. we get indication the big pot rollout is going to be a big pot dribble out. this is only one of two companies that test before the marijuana goes on sale. ed shouldn't you be swamped rite now testing recreational samples? >> yes, we should be. >> what happened? >> we had a delay of delay in

the processing and the producer aren't ready. >> you don't have enough pot. >> we don't have enough pot. >> by contrast colorado's are liftoff was a huge success. that state already had a booming and well regulated medical marijuana industry and the switch to recreational pot was smooth. in washington it isn't written into the new law so the business of legal pot for fun last been built from the ground up. growers and processors got licenses in march and in many caress the first legal crop hasn't been harvested. >> so it's hard for them to get up and running. that is the only places i can get product from are those people and they are still struggling. >> store owners and state regulators expect a bumpy beginning but also expect the supplies to ease in the month ahead. allen schauffler, al jazeera,

seattle. >> 3d technology is being used in the classroom. future doctors and nurses are learning anatomy through touching. >> recently, university of michigan professor alexander da silva wanted to integrate new technology into the learning process. so he called in a team of tech experts to discover a new way to study the human body by using 3d technology. here is what they came up with. a virtual human body that floats in the middle of the room like a hologram. >> really as a researcher and as a teacher, this is very important. >> so when i put on the glass he what should i see? >> when you step in here it will start to track you. and you should see a 3d life sized body that you can walk

around. you can stoop down and look underneath, you can stand up higher. and all of the perspectives are updated for your point of view. >> reporter: the 3d cadavers are actually replicas of real people. the bodies of a man and woman were frozen in gelatin and thinly sliced, they were made up to represent the form you see here. >> as students make mistakes they can start over. >> you have a limited number of cadavers that were donated to science. and then again, you have hundreds of students that need to use that. so i think this is one of the biggest advantage of this technology, that you can make a mistake and restart and use the same piece. >> others use virtual cadavers but there are some disadvantages, the 3d images are

not crystal clear. and nothing beats being able to feel skin bones and muscles. >> but the technology can develop so fast and maybe what is just impossible for us now can actually become something easy in five, ten years. >> for now this 3d cadaver is as high-tech as it gets enhancing the age old process of dissecting the dead to ultimately save the living. tanya moseley, al jazeera, ann arbor, michigan. >> still ahead, our picture of the day is coming up next. plus those awkward family photos now being raised to an art form.

>> we are looking at more flooding continuing across much of the northern plains and across the u.s. of course this started last month when we had record breaking rain across the north, we're particularly focused across the river valley, the mississippi in particular. we have a little bit of rain

going here but most of the rain that fell last month has funneled into the mississippi river and we have seen major flood stages anywhere from the north down to the south. where we are concerned about for the primary area now is davenport to st. louis, missouri, that's where we're seeing the major flooding going on and in quincy is where we're seeing the peak. things are going to get worse down here, as really that swell of water makes its way down towards th gulf of mexico. memphis tennessee over parts of mississippi over the next several weeks. two more inches of rain will be falling this evening, continuing through the overnight hours. that's going to make it a little bit slower in terms of getting that water level down. rain tomorrow is going to be a little bit more towards the south. across the northeast, it is not going to be the flooding, the high temperatures and thunderstorms that are developing. take a look at new york.

we are going to are seeing 92° tomorrow and washington 94. that's a look at your weather, national news is next.

>> okay, everybody has one. i know i certainly do. that awkward family photo. either sitting on your mantle or hanging over your fireplace, reminds you to hate the people you grew up with, we spoke to the creator of awkward family photo.com. >> generally we're looking for just something genuine and authentically awkward. i think authentic awkwardness comes when people in the photo don't realize it's awkward. you can feel that when people took a photo and felt like oh this is a great pose having the entire family piled on top of each other. there's something about that you know the spirit of that that makes it awkward. when we're taking a family photo and usually it is our parents

who are setting it up and bringing us to the portrait studio, they're looking for that perfect family photo. that photo they can hang over the mantle, they can share with the neighbors in the perfect light. what we see in the awkward family photos is the are kids look absolutely miserable that we see a lot in the holiday photos or the portrait photos. the family dynamic in a photo we know the purpose of it was to capture the family in this kind of perfect light. i can think of one easter sunday photo we got of a family posing you know looking very normal but in the background grandpa is downing a peer before going to church on easter sunday. and there's something about that photo you know just seeing the grandfather in the background that made that photo really viral and resonate with people. the website is a celebration for

awkwardness. we're careful about that not making it mean spirited. we love our families but they drive us crazy. we have all had an idea of making an imition an exhibitione people can interact with the photos. we sat down and chose the photos that we knew were fan favorites and were viral over the years and we chose photos that were great stories behind them that spoke to this idea of family and awkwardness. >> those are great photos you got to admit. family and awkwardness goes together. on display at the california heritage museum in the july 27th. finally tonight. our picture of the day. civil rights activist and long

time politician john lewis took 50 years ago today when he was arrested for using a white restroom in mississippi. "america tonight" with joie chen starts right now. >> al jazeera's investigative unit has tonight's exclusive report. >> stories that have impact... that make a difference... that open your world... >> this is what we do... >> america tonight next only on al jazeera america

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