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football. he bowl a is still spreading in west africa. the world health organization puts the number of dead there at 3400. thomas duncan remains the only confirmed case in this country. we learned his condition has certain a concern for the worst. live in dallas outside of dallas presbyterian hospital. what is the latest that you are hearing from doctors? >> what we know, richelle, from doctors is thomas duncan's condition has been downgraded from serious condition to critical condition. and the cdc and health experts locally are still monitoring his family. pef yet to show any symptoms of ebola. they have been moved to a private home somewhere in dallas. it's in a secluded area. now, yesterday, a haz-mat team cleaned the apartment that he

had been -- that thomas duncan had been staying with family members that haz-mat team removed personal items. they also removed bedding and towels. they sealed them in containers a, and they are waiting to dispose of them. >> scene was unnerving to many of the residents of the icy apartment complex. an infectious disease expert offered these reassurances today: >> the question that americans are really concerned about is that will there be an outbreak here? and there will not be. and there will not because of the health system an the contact trace something the cdc reduced the number of people that were exposed to duncan who are considered high-risk from 10 to 9. but they are still monitoring another 40 people. they are checking their temperatures daily but as yet, none of those people have shown any signs of ebola. richelle? >> that is very much a good sign. let's talk more about

monitoring. there was a passenger who was taken off of a plane today, diane, a plane in newark new jersey. what do we know about that passenger? what's become of that? >> we know that this plane was en route to newark from belgium. a passenger, i should say, on that flight become il. he was taken off of the plane and taken to a finish hospital. the cdc is monitoring him. we do know that all 255 passengers as well as crew on that flight were able to deplane. earlier today, the director of the cdc said that there are very strong protocols in place at airports in west africa and here in the united states. the cdc is also looking at possibly strengthening those protocols b he also warned abou the dangers of putting in place protocols that might be too

rigorous. >> we are all connected. and although we might wish we could seal ourselves off from the world, there are americans who have the right of return. there are many other people who have the right to enter into this country. and that we are not going to be able to get to zero risk no matter what we do unless and until we control the out brainl in west africa. >> and also today, there was a patient who was being treated at howard university hospital in washington. he was suspected of possibly having ebola. he has been cleared. so good news on that, on that front. richelle. >> very much good news. people perhaps don't want to hear what the head of the cdc said but there is no such thing as zero risk. diane, thank you so much while working in liberia, a woman traveled, she had traveled as a volunteer with doctors without borders. she was flown back to french.

the french health minister said the nurse no longer showed any signs of the disease and had left the hospital. meanwhile, a different virus is being blamed in the death of a boy in new jersey. today, the state department of health said 4-year-old eli waller was infected with the intero 68. the first death in the united states to be directly attributed to that press poperate tory dis. >> it's early sunday morning in hong kong. although the city appears quiet right now, pro-democracy protesters say a massive really saturday night in the business district. some were fighting saturday not with police but with citizens opposed to the demonstrations. it brought the first week of protests to a new level as local divisions emerged. scott hideler has more from hong kong. >> reporter: over the last few days, the focus on the hong kong protest movement has shifted from the umbrella to the heated arg argument. this is among kok where that

transition began. there was vie less than between citizenship in hong kong and the police were in the middle. the tent was there the next morning. some protesters came out because they saw the attacks on t.v. as the street protest reached the end of week one, some locals where the obviouspation are taking place have had enough. >> the fight for democracy does not give you the right to occupy our streets and disturb us. we have a mortgage positive pay and need to make a living. we can't sleep the a night. >> the reason the people here are so upset and want the protesters to go is local and different than why people in other parts of hong kong want the protest to take their sit-ins elsewhere. >> across victoria harbor in the city's main shopping district of causeway bay, people are more concerned about the broadest impact of hong kong. >> the city's economy has been affected. a lot of shops are losing business because people are

avoiding the protest ae. >> one historian sees a similarity between riots in 1967 and what's going on now. both caused by police violence but then, the people of hong kong were on the same side. >> right now, it's not quite so clear. it seems to me that you got some interesting class divisions. you've got divisions between students and non-students. but then even among the non-students, you have differences, too. >> in the wake of the 1967 riots, the government worked to close the gap between state and society that led to reforms. but once this current unrest ends, the government is going to have to deal with expanding divisions within the city's populations. scott heidler, al jazeera, hong kong. a fierce battle in northern syria has raged all day between kurdish forces in and isil. it has been going since the isil fighters advanced upon kobane. isil descended and surrounded

the town and they were pushed back four times before kurdish and western coalition forces fought them off with airstrikes. central command said they bombed four isil positions around kobane. the syrian opposition coalition is warning of imminent genocide there. building up forces nearby are preparing to defend their border. further to the east, northern iraq, another battle is raging between isil and kurdish pesh. thousands said their villages until. mon cap on the ground with more. >> reporter: >> reporter: it is a very difficult situation for the refugees here in erbil. a lot of people coming from several sectors of iraq, northern iraq, who basically had to flee when isil came to their towns and were not really even able to pack or grab any belongings and are findingthems here in the city in the suburbs. authorities and ngos are telling us they are quite overwhelmed not knowing where to house all of these refugees that keep on

coming. we went to one of the camps where they were celebrating ead. many people telling us that they were sad that they could not really celebrate it the way they would have like to. sol charities were donating meat and they were able to have the traditional immediately that they said that they would have loved to give presents to their children to be able to celebrate and, of course, that wasn't the case. in the meantime, the peshmerga forces are pretty much on the defensive against, again, here without really giving hope to these families that they will be able to go back to the hometowns any time soon because isil is still establishing a major presence in some of these territories and the situation on the ground really hasn't changed much for them. >> isil released a video yesterday in which they appear to behead alan hen, and threaten 26-year-olds former army ranger supplying medical aid in syria when he was kidnapped. this is the fourth execution video released by isil. after keeping quiet for a year

after his kidnapping, his parents published a video message to their son today. >> our son is abdul rackman formerly known as peter. he disappeared on october 1st of last year newer raha syria. >> please know that we are all praying for you and your safe return. most of all, know that we love you and our hearts ache for you to be granted your freedom so we can hug you again and then set you free to continue the life you have chosen, the life of service to those in greatest need. we implore those who are holding you to show mercy and use their power to let you go. >> parents are obviously suffering there. vice president joe biden has apologized to the president of turkey for implying turkey was partially responsible for the rise of isil. he called on the phone to

clarify comments he made earlier this week. on thursday, biden said turkey didn't properly stop foreign fighters from crossing the border into syria where they went on to flight alongside isil. earlier today, erduwan demanded an apologies from the vice president. isil has been recruiting thousands to fight, even women. later in this hour, we will look at how the group has been doing this as part of a series. the series is called five days of fear. it was another violent day in the eastern city of donetsk today. despite a month-long cease-fire, pro-russian separatists continued to attack forces at the airport which has been out of commission for months now. the army says they have the upper hand against rebels equipped with heavy weapons and armored vehicles. twelve people died in the fighting this week. t the man considered one of the most vicious dictate orders in haiti's history died today >> he was called baby doc. he was run out of the country but not before he stole over $400 million.

more from corporate knee keel. >> he took after his father's death at the age of 19 in 1971. he became head of the brutal para military his father created 12 years earlier called the tontonmakut, a machete wife wielding. >> he and his father are estimated to have ordered the deaths of up to 30,000 haitian civilians. many executed under the two of their regimes. during the 'september did and '80 did, tens of thousands of boat people tried to flee for florida. duvalier's response was to demand kickbacks from the smugglers. he made flimsy attempts at human rights reforms by releasing political prisoners to placate then u.s. president jimmie carter. while refugees led the violence and the country remained mired

in poverty, he lived lavishly. his state sponsored wedding is estimated to cost between three to $5 million in 1980. after e election where he claimed 99% of the vote, demonstrations erupted, protesting the high unemployment, political oppression and pour living conditions. he failed to put down the popular uprising and fled the country in 1986 aboard a u.s. military transport plane to a self hymn imposed exile in france. in the late 1980s an accounting stirm estimated he stole at least $400 million from the government government. he eventually returned to haiti 25 years later in january of 2011 and was arrested the next day on charges of embezzlement and human rights abuses. he had said his return was to help the reconstruction of haiti after the extensive damage of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake the year before. while awaiting trial, he stayed mainly in an expensive hotel in the mountains above the capitol

of port au prince. he died awaiting faces charges of crimes against humanity. covered knee keely, al jazeera. >> for more on the life and legacy of john claud "baby doc" a spoeksz person for them. what was -- i think courtney did a great job on this. i want to drill down on this. what was life like for the average haitian under baby doc? >> baby doc duvalier controlled the political life of haiti. he used a network of para military groups, the famous tonton makuts, section chiefs, the army, basically to ensure that there was no dissent in haiti. known tried to form a political party faced danger. newspapers were shut down.

journalists were tortured. many were thrown into exile. so there was no political life under john claud duvalier. >> it seems his legacy continues to linger over haiti, in particular because the current president, president martelli released a statement that made no remarks about what baby doc did to their country. what does that say about where he fits in the history of haiti? >> well, unfortunately, martelli, the current president, has brought in a lot of people from the duvalier administration. when duvalier came back in between -- >> why do you think he came back? >> we don't know. we think he wanted to reclaim some of the money. stole some 400 to $900 million but he we want through that money. and the last few million dollars been impounded by switzerland. he felt, i think, if he went back and showed haiti wasn't

pursuing him that he could have a claim on that money. there is a proverb, the bhoern delivers the blow forgets but the person who receives the blow remembers. >> absolutely. >> when he came back a number of haitian victims went to court to bring him to justice and although it took three years, actually earlier this year, a haitian court ruled that he -- that there were no legal obvious strangles for him to stand trial. unfortunately, under the current president, martelli, there has been no support to the judiciary. duvalier has been invited to the presidential palace, cavorting around in the fancy restaurants, not line somebody accused of mass murder. >> no real consequences for his actions. will his victims ever see any type of justice now? >> there are other defendants in

the case, police chiefs and others. but the united states which supported the dictate ship of duvalier has not invested that duvalier be brought to justice as it has insisted that others be brought to justice. no fortunately government cents for canada has spoken out. >> why is that? >> i think there is a haiti exception to a lot of things. people feel like doesn't haiti have enough problems? and i think that's very short-sighted. unfortunately, the sation justice system throughout history has never served to remedy even the worst massacres. it's always been on the side of the small elite. a fair trial for duvalier or for people like that would be the kind of thing that could kick start haitians into believing stat tate and the judicial system can work for the great majority of poor people. >> the world -- has the world learned anything from what baby

d doc did to haiti? anything? >> well >> i think we have to, you know, not support dictators. at the time, the united states was supporting duvalier and haiti, and a number of dictators were were intortd by the reagan administration who have subsequently had to face justice for crimes against humanity. >> okay. reid brody, we appreciate it. coming up tonight, we will take a different look at baby doc's life and legacy at 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 pass i know. coming up on "al jazeera america," the political battle in brazil. two candidates, we are live in sao paolo. what sparked a stamp ped in india that left dozens of people dead.

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polls tomorrow. eat earn european state has struggled with fragile coalitions. tim friend reports outrage over a bad economy with an influx of syrian did he have uj ease dominated campaign season. >> a few kilometers, this is a haven for those who have escaped syria's brutal conflict. not everyone is happy that these people are here the care that's been offered has created resentment among some bull gaines facing growing economic hardship in the european union's pooret countries. >> it's hard to major how anyone could resent the people here pity would be more appropriate. but one government official was reported as saying that the refugees had worn out their welcome because they complained too much. >> it's become an election issue, the far right party

champions bulgarian for bull gaines and the nationalist rhetoric has won it 23 seats in parliament. >> now only refugees coming across the border but gee addists from other countries, attacker pushed the authorities in to building a security fence along part of the border with tissuing to keep out refugees. according to human rights watch, those who get through are on forced back sometimes vie leftly. the bull gaines who ironically, themselves, are often not welcome as my grants in other parts of europe say they must curb the number of syrians arriving illegally, almost 10,000 did so last year. back at the refugee camp in sofia, the families, many with young children, tell me they have been made welcome and treated well. but the camp doctor, himself a syrian, now living in bulgaria

knows the reality outside the gates. he is angered by reports of racist verbal stapingz but is reluctant to become embroiled: >> i am not a politician. i am a doctor. i never get involved in politics. never, never, never. the problem is the politicians can't agree about the economy or much else. bill gar i can't's caretaker prime minister said the country desperately needs a strong government after sunday's election to drag bulgaria out of what he called its post-communist swamp, tim friend, al jazeera, sofia. >> the ebola outbreak is having an effect on celebrations. the ebola crisis has caused a shortage in senegal. nicholas hock reports from dakar. >> tralling husband of kilohm materials by foot hoping to

solve the small herd of sheet for the muslim shoulder celebrations of ead. no one is buying our animals. this is very unusual. you can't go back to our village until we have sold our livestock. the asking price for a sheep is $200, more than double the normal price a small fortunate for most se negalese. >> since the ebola outbreak, prices have gone up. animals are too expensive. >> it has damaged trade. now, this muslim majority country doesn't have enough livestock. we have asked mauritania to travel easily into on you country. some traders are using the ebola related restrictions their advantage, waiting for the last minute before putting the animals for sale to make a good

profit. for others, it's a race to the city's market. the ebola related restrictions created, i remember smail and his cam uponians are selling sheep for a higher price. they believe people will sacrifice their savings to celebrate their faith. nicholas hawk, al jazeera, senegal. >> yemeni's holiday, where rebels are now in charge. houthi militiamen, most have limited education and never lived in a big city. people here tell us they are nervous about houthi gun machine taking law and order into their own hands.

this year is worse than the previous. war has affected everything. >> on this holiday, they dig deep because custom obvious blings every family to buy a lamb, new clothes and gifts for their children. >> i have been saving money all year so i can buy gifts for my children. >> during the last few days, you couldn't see a cloud of shoppers like this one it is a time that makes yemenis not only forget about inexecute but about the fact that they don't even have enough money in their pockets to buy anything for the ead. >> traders say people are still shopping, en the pooret come here to spend the last penny they have. there is also another r.n. >> we sell more at the moment because in times of war, more people come to buy more goods for fehr they won't be able to find any later. it's not like this normally.

yemen's stave revenue is dependent upon oil reduction. this according to a bp study has declined to less than 200,000 this year. it's due to lack of investment and tribal attacks on the pipelines. a third of the cash has arrived so far. without a government in rocontr and with the capitol in the hands of armed malitias, it is facing the prospect of becoming a failed state. >> coming up on "al jazeera america," recruiting for isil. how the group is attracting new members, other than will. thousands march worldwide to save from the brink of extinction. two candidates in a race too close to call. we are live in sao paolo.

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story. doctors in dallas have downgraded the condition of ebola patient thomas duncan to critical. the septembers for disease control and prevention say they have narrowed their focus to nine people who have had contact with him. so far action none have shown signs of perfection. an unexpected opposition from supporters of the government. some residents want demonstrations to a couple of down and others say the police aren't going enough to ends the unrest. isil forces attacked the syrian town of kobane four times overnight. kurdish forces managed to push them back with the help of coalition airstrikes. today is the fine day of campaigning aedz of tomorrow's election in brazil. voting stations across the country are preparing an opinion poll suggests the current president may not get over the 50% that she needs to make her the all-out winner taking voting into a second round. for more, our correspondent joibz us live from sao paolo. there are new polls out that

indicate that this race has gotten extremely tight. could you tell us a little bit about how it's been going back and forth the last few days? >> that's right. the incumbent president seems to have amount of momentum here in the last 24 to 48 hours. a new poll came out showing she is about 4030 to 45% of the vote according to this pole. as you mentioned correctly. >> she needs 50% plus one to win in the first round on sunday so it's really getting much closer to that. we will have to see if she gets there f she doesn't reach that, she has twon candidates who are both polling in the low 20s. if dila roussef does not get what she needs, the question will be who will be the second place candidate that will then face dila roussef.

brazilians will go to the polls and they will be the ones that will actually vote and decide how they want this to proceed. >> what are the major themes in the closings days of the campaign brazil is technical recession. growth is less than 1% this year. when he she took office, it was 7.5%. so the economy has been key. but still are a lot of support of. the reason why is because unemployment here is very low. it's only 5%, lower than the united states. it's very low here so it's a very unique situation with the economy. there is corruption. >> that's been thrown about whenever there is politics in brazil, always all sides talking aboutcription. many people in her worker's party are being investigated or

are in jail so a lot of the candidates are trying to say they are going to be the new face of politics and clean up politics. there has been a lot of back and forth about corruption allegations between the different parties as well. the economy is key. >> irright about that. unemployment in the united states is 5.9%. president obama would love 5%. we will check in with you tomorrow. thank you. we spoke with the director of the builder center for the western himmes fear studies in new york. he spoke about the party dynamics and the issues at play in this election. >> part of what we are seeing is a kind of the old approach for many years. it has been questioned in ways it has not been before. the worker's party had a good you run between 2003 and when lula was president in 2009 that

coincided with the chinese demand for commodities: soy, minerals, and that was a boon for brazil. >> is now coming to somewhat of a slowdown, a lot of competition from the u.s. in terms of soy, minerals is not what was happening before. and then brazilian economy is not doing so well in the industry. >> that's the answer why they did so well eight years or nine years and then since then, the growth rate of brazil has been has been only about 2% on average. right now, technically it is on recession mod until last month. >> those are the issues voters we will see what happens. >> blaz ill, vote something

mandatory. it impacts elections greatly with all classes participating making a very exciting event represented by a very diverse pool of candidates. isil has been waging a campaign of violence across syria. the country's closest is turkey. one of ice ill's keefe sources. and policylate the self declared islamic state. the story from the turkish border. >> over time he looks through these photos, every time he flips through these pages, he feels the family he had may never return. >> i remember those beautiful days. i remember what i lived. it's impossible to forget those days, the day my child was born. >> six years ago, he married setlana. everythings muslim. she, a christian from kirgastan. she liked to travel and drink

and have fun. they were happy and had a son. the boy loved his father. he walked toward him on the sidewalk, looked at him from the pool. but after their son was born, his wife began to change. she spent hours online. she converted to islam. first, she put on a head scar and then she became asim asima abdullah. she wanted to mary a fighter in the islamic state of iraq in lavant. >> she completely isolated herself. her brain became stone. her soul became blinded. her eyes became closed because the boy was only three, a judge awarded her custody. they disappeared. he scoured for them on line. he created a fake feedback account,posed as a woman looking for a radical husband and one day, he had a breakthrough. >> his detective work brought him to this neighborhood and that building. he said that was an isil safehouse. this sift a poor area full of disaffection that isil prays on

to redrut. setlana and her son were ludics here by but by the time shihim arrived here, it was too late. setlana and her their son had crossed the border into syria. she fled to the epi center of the brutality. this is filmed in syria. isil calls this its headquarters. on the streets action women must stay covered or risk public whipping. dozens of foreign women like setlana pilgrimage here in an internet cafe, one w078 speaks to her family in french. >> >> translator: i don't want to come back. what you are saying is bull (bleep). if i want to come back, i can. i don't want to. i am happy here. >> but shihin knows his son isn't happy. >> do you still feel that connection with your son? do you still feel like you know what he is going through right now? >> i saw him in my dreams. he stretches out his hand and i try to take his hand but impair lied.

isil presents itself as family friendly. propaganda am featuresphon fightsers with his kids. >> i feel like i am in a dream world. >> isil has recruited thousands of families ripped thousands of families apart. shihim hasn't opened this door in three months. this was his son's room, his favorite shirt. the hats he wore when they sailed together, the rocking horse he ate breakfast on. >> you keep this room as it is because you expect him to come back. >> i want the world to help me. i want my child. give me back my child. his place is here where he was born. >> so he searches every night on his boat. it's named destin after his son. nick sheeve written, al jazeera,

istanbul, tissuing. >> a rare public appearance today for the president of syria, he attended prayers for the ead holiday in damascus. syrian state television shows him praying with government leaders. he has been scarcely seen during the country's sill war. his appearance came a hours after the coalition against isil carried out airstrikes in the country's northeast. more than two million muslims traveled across the globe to make it to mecca, the hage all muslims are supposed to make at least once in their life time. it ends on monday. worshippers, despite worries about the possible spread of disease. the saudi government banned vis as for all from ebola infected areas. >> the city of patna in the p t northern part of the country. dominic kane reports. >> an angry crowd gathers over the bodies of some of those

crushed to death. the people had come to celebrate the hindu festival it involves the burden of proving of effigies at dusk. it is considered one of the most important for hindus. as the event was coming to an end, something went wrong. >> two people who were at the spot said an electrical wire fell on the ground. >> led to the stampeed. because much this, people started running and moving over each other. because of that, many were killed or injured. >> local officials say that one exit was overwhelmed by the shear number of people. >> there was too much rush and so much push and pull and due to this, there was a stampede type of situation that people have run over the women appear children. >> india's politicians have been quick to react.

one government minister crawled into question the security arrangements with such a festival with such a large crowd. every year people gathered to celebrate the festival. there was a lack of security. en one game -- only one gate was opened. lives of the people could have been saved if the gates were open. >> police are examining cctv footage to try to discover what caused the stampede. dominic caine,ays. >> north korea' a's top officials made a rare trip to the south for high level talks. it's the first such meeting in five years. the north korean delegation is being led by the country's second highest ranking official. the meeting lasted several years and the two koreas agreed to it formal dialogue. the 31-year-old hasn't been seen in public for a month now a memorial was installed off of the coast of the italian of

lampadusa, it was attached to the hull after ship. more than 360 asylum seekers, most from aretrea drowned. just this past thursday and friday, the italian coast guard rescued 200 my grants. over 130 marches took place around the world today to rally people against rh i & o and elephant poaching. over 17 frosts took place in south africa alone. the largest going in johannes berg. thousands are demanding the government place stiffer penalties on poachers. every year, over 35,000 elephants are killed for their tusks and 700 rh i & o s for their horns. coming up on "al jazeera america," we will have the latest on the search for 43 missing students in mexico. plus the death of three teenage football players that raises questions about the future of high school football in america.

>> each year, over a million high schoolers play organized football. school officials have been struggling to find ways to limit the impact of concussions. as paul beban explains, that took a turn for the worse after three players died on the field this week high school football is full of fast plays and big hits. >> going down hard and getting up slow are just part of the game. but during the past week, players and parents across the country have been reminded just how dangerous the game can be. since last friday, three high school football players have died. all of them collapsed wearing their uniforms on the field. >> this was just a tragedy. this was just a damn tragedy. >> more than a million american

boys play high school football, and in an avenue year, a 11 of them died from football-related injuries. less than one third are injuries directed connected to the game such as head or spinal injuries. the majority are called indirect fatalities, things like heat exhaustion, heart problems and stroke. friday, friends and teammates honored 17-year-old demario harriets who died last week after a tackle. harris's father says his son suffered a brain hemorrhage caused by the hit. and thursday n long island new york, a vigil was held for 16-year-old thom kutenella. his teammates gathered on the field where the varietiesty linebacker collapsed and later died after a collision. school officials say they will investigate to see if more could be done to keep players safe. they will examine helmets and other equipment as well as review safety procedures. still, the district's

superintendent says kutenella's death was a random mishap in a physical sport. >> i think it was a result of a typical football play. it was just a freak accident. fro freak accident or otherwise, what is clear is that part of the game we call typical football is tragedy. paul beban, al jazeera. >> 43 mexican students are missing after a police shooting last week. 43. to make matters worse, the government took days to acknowledge this. parents wants to know why. al jazeera's rachel levine has more from mexico city. >> reporter: it took more than a week of pleading and begging by desperate parents before officials from the federal government would see them. but the government could no longer ignore their anguish. they need to force the police who took our children to tell us where they are. president enrique and his administration have been virtually silent about the disappearance of 43 students who

were attacked by local police and gunmen last friday ain the troubled state of gu real estate ro. on friday, the minister of interior promised federal assistance but he refused to explain why it took so long for government action. >> we are not going to do an interview. >> dispute the growing frustration and anger of the families and the students, the story is getting very little attention in the mexican media, especially here in the capitol where some people aren't even aware that the crisis is happening. >> the missing student didn't make the front page of a leading mexican newspaper for three days in a row this week. it's a common belief among many mexicans that the lack of media attention is intentional and some find it disturbing. ? >> the media is hiding everything. instead, they are talking about other issues creating a smoke screen instead of telling us about what is happening with the

students. . >> anger is growing. earlier this week, protesters blocked hage highways. they are now threatening to take over government buildings if they don't get answers as to why 43 students disappeared. rachel levin, mexico city. >> having means and access to a great education doesn't always guarantee you top notch. nor does a portfolio, that's the focus on this week's ed"edge of 18," the journeys of young adults paradigm, steven moyer. >> since i was 12, i basically have been trying to get the best grades i can, best test scores i can. every film festival i entered, every film festival, i won. i thought, i've got this. and i didn't. >> why? like what did i do? some of our kids come from pretty affluent background. their problem may be that they just can't fulfill their

ambition for one reason or another but they have the resources to do so if they chose. >> my parents invested in a private schooling since third grade all the way up to 12th grade, all with the intent of getting me into a top university, and they invested a lot of money with this promise that money's going to pay off in the end. it's an investment because you are going to get into a great college. >> we are not doing enough to make opportunity possible for these children. >>, i think, is one consistent theme. it breaks your heart at times to see kids who are intelligent and motivated and want to make a better life for themselves and their families, and they can't do it. other kids, there is one kid who is an undo you think kid from arizona. >> i need help to pay for my tuition. i am writing regarding a personal matter. i am looking for someone with a kind heart who may be willing to help me fund my education or offer me a private personal loan with reasonable and fair interest rates.

i feel like if you are a good student like i was, care about grades, care about the community, and you are undocumented t doesn't matter. to me, it's kind of upsetting. i feel it's more than upsetting. it kind of is really sad actually. >> prom, senior prom is coming up soon. you have to hurry up and purchase your tickets. i am going to be working on the dance floor. >> we are learning to live with a whole new set of values. for example, our acceptance of the gay and lesbian community, the lgbt community. but for the parents of one of the kids in the show, you know, it still presents enormous challenges. >> who is the girl following you in the prom? >> here? . >> who is the girl following you in the prom? for me, you are not born gay. don't tell me that story because i know you. i know you. don't tell me you born gay. . >> the new episode of "edge of

18" airs sunday night at 9 pacific. 6 pass. >> a woman received a womb transplant. the swedish woman was born without a uterus. she wanted to have a child. doctors were able to successfully give her a transplant and later insert a single embryo. with constant monitoring, the baby was born friday. >> when the became came out by the cesaerean section, it screamed almost immediately. >> that's a good sign that the baby is still fine and, of course, that was a fantastic happiness among me and the whole team. but in the same time, it was a little unreal sensation, also, because we -- i mean, we really couldn't believe that we had reached this moment. >> it is remarkable. isn't it? the donated womb was from her

61-year-old friend who had already gone through menopause. a cuban aircraft translates a mall into a port trade. a unique iceland volcano. we're here in the vortex. only on al jazeera america.

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ground breaking... >> we have to get out of here... truth seeking... >> award winning, investigative, documentary series. chasing bail only on al jazeera america an amazing look. look at this, at a volcano. a camera drone manufacturer, this pool of lava was sho short-liv short-lived. the heat melted the face of the camera but the sd card, yes, the sd card was unharmed and the operator was able to upload this remarkable video. ism meteorologist dave warren. a line of showers and storms that crime through the southern plains in the southeast. a lot of wind damage reports that came in from the national weather service there, a lot of reports around dallas and

oklahoma the western side of this low pressure over the great lakes. this is a change in color. indicating you are seeing the race mick with snow. the temperature still right about the freezing mark but plenty of snow coming down there around minnesota and through around min am list and chicago much this is the wind damage report that came in. each time there is damage, a report goes in. there was over 285 of them across that area to the north, colder air, temperatures dropping down to about the freezing mark. the next of rain and snow and once that clears out, low temperatures tomorrow morning could drop to about the freezing mark in fargo and minneapolis and 34. om hey at 41 degrees. if it drops down to freezing, you could see a freeze warning in place. that's expect over this entire area with some frost forming there on a few surfaces, maybe not dropping to the freezing mark but you could wake up to some frost on many surfaces

there around kansas and nebraska. >> dave warren there today mark the opening of an enormous impressive work of art in the national's capitol, a lands scape portrait made from more than 3 ,000 tons of sand and topsoil. a handful of high precision satellites to create this. more from washington. >> eye lashsz here, the white of the eye. >> that's right down there, bridge of the nose from the ground, mid wages between the lincoln and world with a 2 mem mothers it's not clear these are more than except trically swirled sand and soil but from the monument, it becomes clear. a web cam is people withing the image around the world. there is the almost constant air traffic above from which to view the privately funded installation called a pluibism s, out of many, one, the mato long associated with the u.s. the heaaircraft created it by c

bying the beaches from dozens of why unmen of all raises he photographed around the mall. then came the process of tra translating the image into 2000 tons of sand and 800 tons of soil using pegs and string. the 10,000 wooden pegs, each one placed into the ground at a specific point to a centimeter of ac-rae. the tip of your pinky. and that was done using gps rovers connected to at least 5 satellites in space at a time. >> rodriguez is an artist famous for the political contents of his work and this image, too, has a message. >> it's really like let's make dialogues to stop, you know, the fact that 1 in 10 minority youth is in jail. let's work towards these things and identity is one of the most arbitrary things. nobody, you know, you didn't ask to look the way you look.

but nothing affects you in your life more than that. >> interestingly, a park official told me that visitors have asked if this is a depix of president obama. not this time but rodriguez did use this ephemeral medium in barcelona after president obama was elected and for a reason. >> the problem with all of that outpouring of hope, my fear was that it would just turn in to, you know, something that would fade away. >> this installation will fade over a month as visitors walk through it. the new sand/soil composition of the land perfect for the restoration of the once degraded turf and grass of the national mall. al jazeera, washington. >> over dreamed of being a rock star? them then dream big. yes, kids and adults lining up to swtruck on the world's larget guitar, it's on display in jersey city, in general. how big is it? this guitar is 43 feet long, 16

feet wide and weighs more than 2200 pounds. you can rock out a lot to that. thank you for joining us. i am richelle carey in new york. "fault lines is in connection. thomas drayton joins you at the top of the hour. >> let us bow our heads for a word of prayer. our father and our most gracious god. as this family, the murdough family and their friends, as they gather, we ask that you send your comforter, your holy spirit, your guide, to be with them. >> queens, new york. jerome murdough's family is laying him to rest. four months ago, 56-year-old jerome was arrested for