>> hi everyone this is al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton in new york players in police officers in united states pay their respects to a fallen comrade progress in the u.n. political goals to alleviate poverty. and in "a deeper look", we delve into the minimum wage debate across the country.

[ ♪ music ♪ ] thousands of fellow officers from around the country gathering in new york city to pay the respects for slain n.y.p.d. officer rafael ramos. after the church service ramos's wife and children were presented with his burial flag. vice president joe biden and governor cuomo were among those ooulo guising the officer. there was a speaker that did not exact lay get a warm welcome. new york mayor bill de blasio. hundred of officers outside the church turned their backs to a screen projecting the mayor's address. tensions between the n.y.p.d. and the mayor are running high. some accuse of mayor of not

supporting law enforcement. >> rafael ramos and his partner wenjian liu were gunned down whilst sitting in the police car last saturday. courtney kealy has mar. >> our father who art in heaven heaven... >> reporter: "the lord's prayer", followed by the national anthem began the service. a field of blue filled the streets. many police officers flew in from other parts of the country, all it pay tribute to officer rafael ramos. he and his partner wenjian liu were shot and killed while sitting in their patrol car outside a housing department in brooklyn. the gunman fled into a subway station and killed himself with a bullet to the brain. protesters have been calling for peace. a sentiment echoed throughout officer rafael ramos's funeral. >> the greatest civil rights

leader martin luther king junior the old law about an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. >> leaders paid tribute to his family including his two sons. >> jayden found the essential truth when he reminded people that police officers are the people you call when you need help, and they always show up. >> true words were never spoken. >> the pentecostal christian service at the christ tabernacle church that officer rafael ramos attended for a decade and a half was attended by vice president joe biden. >> to the rafael ramos family we are happy to have rafael. he did not just have a bible in his locker he lived it in his heart. he was a cop for all - all the right reasons. >> reporter: those here today were the hallmarks of tradition

over a century old, as dignitaries paid tribute to officer ramos. police officers lined up shoulder to shoulder for blocks and observed minutes of silence. and offered a final salute. paul beros from the n.y.p.d. ceremonial unit a formation of helicopters flew over the mourners before officer rafael ramos was laid to rest at cypress hill cemetery in brooklyn earlier al jazeera's richelle carey spoke with robert ganghi the executive director of the police reform organising project and asked if there was a correlation between the man who murdered the two police officers and the black lives matter. >> he was a deranged man, very much a luna tick. my guess, from reading a little about his history - and he shot

his ex-girlfriend - he was on a trajectory of probably killing somebody or himself or both. perhaps because of what was going on with the criticism of police departments, he picked up on that and shows to shoot several police officers. we condemn his action are troubled by his actions, and our grief for the families and the city - we do not consider ourselves to be anti-cop. we are anti-n.y.p.d. practices, and policies that we peel target and arrest people of colour. >> talk about what are those policies that you find problematic problematic. the broken windows style policing carried out by the city really was instituted in 1994 when rudy gilly arny was

mayor. it focuses on penalizing people engaging in low-level ibb factions. >> that was the executive director of the police reform organising project in several cities rallies were held in support of police. the demonstration part of blue lives matter campaign. more than 2,000 turned out to this rally. it was in response to nation-wide protests against police brutality. >> they are not bad people they do not get up saying they are going hurt or kill someone. we were taught growing up to respect police officers, do what they say, obey the law. i don't know where we went wrong, but it's out of control. >> demonstrations in cleveland focussed on the death of tamir rice playing with a toy gun when shot dead in iowa people gathered to

support police officers. organizers said they want to dispel the us versus then. turning to other news. u.s. and coalition forces carried out 12 air strikes in the fight against i.s.i.l. six planes targeted i.s.i.l. buildings, finding people and buildings. in kobane. they struck targets near al-asaad fallujah and baiji a christian man claims to have escaped from an i.s.i.l. group. he said he came under siege by i.s.i.l. fighters. >> translation: the islamic state group kidnapped me i was in captivity for 34 days. i suffered a lot. they asked me to convert to islam. i refused. my family and i fled to baghdad so i can live in peace and

security security. >> he said he escaped and lives in a school with 80 other families, who left i.s.i.l. when they claimed territory a top leader of the the al-shabab group surrendered. they stormed a house and found him and he did not put up a fight. two years ago the state department put out a $3 million reward. he's been on the run since falling out with al-shabab's leader. he was killed in a strike three months ago. syria is willing to take part in peace talks in russia. a foreign ministry force said the talks could meet the aspirations of syrians to find a way out of the crisis. members of the western-backed

opposition dismissed the plan saying there was no imagive. >> there has been no official reaction regarding the announcement by the russian foreign ministry that it would host peace talks, but i can tell you that this will be looked at with some skepticism in washington considering it is counter to u.s. policy. the president has long maintained that president bashar al-assad the syrian president must go must step aside for the sake of the syrian people. that is his statement. yet now we see this discussion of peace talks. there is a concern, and a view in washington that as long as bashar al-assad is in power, that syria remains divided. there's concerns about the objectivity of russia to host the talks. there has been a strong tie in terms of trading and support by

the syrian president. we saw this as far back as 2011 when there was an effort by the community to condemn the actions of the government. it was vetoed by russia that's an effort to refer syria to the international court vetoed by russia, and in july attempts to sanction the syrian leadership vetoed by russia. there's a view in washington a lack of fairness and neutrality. and there being peace talks hosted by russia likely to be met with a lacklustre response in the united states. >> vice president of the building syria state party which opposes the regime. speaking by phone from the

capital, he says only a political solution will end the conflict. >> this is the situation in all the land to do his bomb partment. this is not something that should stop us and it will not go to the solution. in the end it's the only path to stop the violence. and, of course there's no result from any armed solution whether from the part of the regime or the part of the other groups and we should put it also in attention. anyone of the syrians - it's a danger for the regime for the syrians, for their position and the identity and history of all

syria. >> it's unclear who will take part in the participation talks. >> the iranian military is conducting a test of its defense system. the military drills are taking place in the indian ocean. it tested a combination of ground air missiles and tarts at low and medium altitudes. missiles will be used against invading countries. >> ukraine is suspending train and bus services to crimea. the move creates a transportation blockade to and from the region annexed by moscow. they are meant to prevent sabotage groups from entering. no word on how long it will last. >> kiev and pro-russian separatists great on a prisoner exchange. ukraine is handing over 22 r5 people. the rebels are -- 225 people the rebels as many as 50.

we have this report. >> in a military airfield near kiev the ukranian president welcomes home the prisoners of war. they were exchanged with hundreds of pro-russian fighters. this is a propaganda coup for petro porashenko a leader struggling to you night the count countly -- i promise that we'll do what we have been waiting for for so long. we are thankful that we have you. >> there is relief and sadness about those being held. >> translation: it is pleasant that the president met us. thanks for what you have done it release us. we hope our friend kept as hostages will be released in the

future. >> reporter: this is where the exchange took place, in a secret place in the donetsk region. some of the prisoners are injured and have to be carried to freedom. there are international observers, armed separatists and soldiers watching on. they know this is a fragile ceasefire. >> there are several missing. they are on the way and we will complete the exchange tomorrow. >> kiev is fighting russia's influence. they deny backing and arming separatists that control parts of ukraine. the russian president signed a new military doctrine an n.a.t.o. expansion amongst the external risks. the latest twist - the ukraine state rail company extended claims to crimea leaving many

passengers stranded and frustrated. >> it is very bad and will affect many people. people should not be affected by such decisions, should not suffer because of politics. >> reporter: this prisoner exchange is a small step towards reconciliation, and for the families of released prisoners, it offers hope in this bitter and deadly conflict there's a new flurry of racist remarks and accusations from north korea after sony's release of the movie "the interview." north korea blames washington for an ongoing series of outages, and says president obama is behind sony's decision to release the movie. this is part of a statement carried by the korean central newsagency reading: the white house and national

security council declined to comment. the u.s. accused north korea of hacking sony computers. president george h.w. bush could be heading home from a houston hop. doctors say they are discussing dates for his discharge from houston methot difficulty. he was -- methodist. he was taken there for shortness of breath. >> coming up the minimum wage in america. many want to see it raised by several dollars an hour. we'll look at what that could mean for employees, business owners, and the economy. stay with us. voice to get out there. >> by the thousands, they're sending their government a message. >> ahead of 'em is a humanitarian crisis where tens of thousands of people are without food, water, shelter. >> a special one hour look at global attacks on free press. monday 9:00 eastern.

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tonight we take a deeper look at the minimum wage a subject of debate. the current federal minimum wage of $7.25 was set in july 2009. the minimum wage was introduced in the 1930s adjusted toin 2003.

the equivalent today would be $10.94. a full-time worker earns a little over $15,000 a year putting them above the poverty line. if the person is a solerber for a family of three, it puts them below the poverty line. 29 states the distribute of columbia has a minimum wage above $7.25. in some states it's a carter more like maine or new mexico. connecticut, california massachusetts, rhode island vermont and washington will have a minimum wage of $9 or more with the distribute of columbia hitting $10.50. some have gone further. seattle in san francisco lead the way and phase in a $15 minimum wage. we have this report on chicago's minimum wage. >> chicago's mayor said he was

tired of waiting on lawmakers to act on the minimum wage. he is it it himself. john reid owns a restaurant which claims to have the best beer and ribs in chicago, a boast in the minimum wage he says is bad for business and his employees. >> costs go up and you have to either raise prices or reduce hours to compensate for that increase. after a passionate debate city alderman passed a minimum wage hike. the minimum wage in chicago jumps to $10.25, and go up in increments until topping out at $13 in 2019. well above the minimum wage at $8.25. >> it was a struggle for me. i can relate to some of the other parents coming forth, saying what their struggles and

stuff, because i, too, faced those things struggles as a single mum. >> the alderman led a task force to determine how much the minimum wage should rise and how much it would affect businesses and workers. it would pump $860 million into the economy, and should increase the happiness of the workforce, and be a win-win for business and labour. for the chamber of commerce. we were pushing for a statewide solution for this, saying that a network of minimum wage makes it more difficult to do work in chicago. >> reporter: the mayor pushed through the increase because there was talk of a law being passed to prevent chicago acting

on its own. he wanted to beat them to the punch. >> you cannot have a small business on a workforce subsisting on low wages. >> it's chicago. >> if there's one thing that emanuel's supporters and attractors agree on chicago's mayors get what they wants. mayor emanuel says the bottom line is that the cost of living it 20% higher than the rest of illinois and his now ordinance gives many minimum workers a raise. >> to talk about the minimum wage, let's bring in thomas an author and lawyer joining us from chicago. great to have you with us. let's start with you. let's say everyone wants to make $10 or $15 if you are optimistic. what does it mean to the economy. >> it seems a basic principle, if you put a price on something

you see demand drop. what you do in the labour market with the in mum wage is put a price on it. you suspect the demand to stop. so in simply terms, the higher you raise the minimum wage the likely you are to see unemployment agrees because employers are going to want to compensate for the increased money put out towards employees. >> perhaps i'll phrase to this way, what would that mean to a sluggish economy. is now the right time to raise it. >> absolutely it's the right time to raise it. you are hooking at the microeffects, mcrae effects. one of the big problems of all the developed economies was unadequate demand. in the united states it's very important to keep the recovery

going, to put money in people's products. yes, there has been studies because there were small marginal effects on low-wage growth. when you have an increase in the minimum wage. the overall benefit is greater. we raise the minimum wage during recessions and we have effect from it. >> what about small businesses working with a smaller profit marge jinx. >> well those small businesses don't necessary work with a smaller profit margin some do and some don't. it treats all companies equally. it goes up across the board. so the studies that i'm aware of of jared bern stein, jarrad kruger at kingston the economic policy institute and others,

yes, there can be small very incremental effects in the number of jobs but the ore all standard of living most are better off as a result of this. >> what's the difference between... >> there's no accident people ask for higher wages, because we have done this in the past since the 1930s, and had good effects from all of this. >> what is the difference between the minimum wage and a living waning. >> a living wage is a term that comes out to make raising the minimum wage more politically palatable, to respond to what has been said there, one of the things that is extremely important is again, employers have to pay up if ut mandate these increases.

it's true that it will raise the floor for employers, and for minimum wage employees. one of the things left out is minimum wage employees are a small portion of the economy. if you look at the bureau of labour statistics you have 76 million earning hourly wages, 1.6 are earning the minimum wage. you are looking at a small portion of the economy. if you raise the minimum wage it affects all minimum wage employees. if you look at the make-up of that small portion, it's primarily people holding second jobs or young people in lower, middle and middle class families. >> it was never intended to be a primary income standard. >> right. so if you do raise the minimum wage you are not going to be generally benefitting the types of people that proponents of

raising minimum wage want to benefit which is the poor or those on the poverty line. >> i disagree with that. >> one thing about the minimum wage is it's not only raising the level of wages for a low level of people in the fast food industry the vast majority of people who are working there are adults and are providing income to families. but beyond that employers in the service sector were there isn't competition och base wages off the minimum wage. you are working at macy's selling ties and they may not want to play the minimum wage. they play the minimum plus look at the minimum wage and add $3 to it. that's a common phenomenon. raising the minimum wage is a signal to raise the wages of

hard-working people. the other benefit is if you raise the minimum wage you cut into the profit levels of those employers specialising in low-wage labour. the obvious all effect is to encourage investors or people well capital to invest to put their money into higher wam jobs rather than lower jobs because you created a certain distance. when you raise the minimum wage and move out of a low-wage economy, like the united states has been for too long you push investment into higher wage higher value-added things benefitting the middle class. there's a great state that the middle class and college-educated people have in having a higher minimum wam, encouraging investment at the expense of higher wage jobs that should be going to higher graduates. >> would a higher minimum wage

reduce poverty? >> absolutely. look at denmark. if you want to see - i think a goal of every developed country is how do we get to denmark. what do they pay mcdonald's workers in denmark. they pay them $20 an hour. one of the things that you do when you raise the minimum wage is you create a kind of - you do reduce poverty, and disorder. people don't live pay check to pay check. they don't go to pay day loans, they don't take desperate acts. it's the best single way of eliminating poverty. not the on way, but the best single way. >> you are shaking your head. >> i disagree on a couple of fronts. i don't want us to become denmark. if you look at the general

economy in europe the markets are inflexible and they want to become more robust than the united states, and part of that is freeing up the economy, which is the opposite direction they have gone in the past 50-plus years. as far as raising people out of poverty, there's better way to do it. the minimum wage going back to the demographic composition of the group, the generation are not necessarily below the poverty line. there's a couple of things to do. one is earn income tax credit which is a wage subsidy. for those who are earning low wages already, the government will match their wages up to a point. so for a single mother and two children in 2013 she is making about 14,000. the government will pay $0.40

for every dollar she makes. she will get 5500, $6,000. >> that's a great idea taxpayers subsidizing low wage employment when we should encourage investment in higher wage drugs. i can't think of anything more personishes or destructive to the economy. go to northern europe it's a relevant example. you will not see poor people there on the scale that we have in the united states and many of those countries, paying higher wages has much much more manufacturing. germany's manufacturing sector accounts for 25% of their g.d.p. and, you know - and here in the united states it's something like 9%. which have a lot to learn from the europeans. >> hold your thought for a second. i'll let you finish your

thought, and i want to talk about partners office. >> if we talk about taxpayers subsidizing low wage employees, or we want to talk about incentivisation, part of the reality is raising the minimum wage takes away from spending that money. if you give low-wage employees they'll go out and spend the the money, (a), it's not true and (b), there's no data that they'll spend it in a productive or stimulus way that a business would, and they would likely vest in that -- invest in that. one more point, taking mcdonald's as an example of a minimum wage job, if you are in the bottom 20% of wauj earners in the -- wagerbers in the united states, by the end of

your career you are likely to have ended up in the top 20% than stay in the bottom 20%. for those that are earning at mcdonald's minimum wage now, it's unlikely they'll be there for longer than a year. it's a stepping stone to a higher earning job. >> stand by for a second. grievances over unfair wages not limited to the u.s. lawyerance lee spoke to people in britain, living outside of london struggling to make ends meet. >> reporter: first thing in the morning and these workers are trying to get people interested in their struggle. the factory is changing their working conditions and they don't like it. many earn close to the minimum wage. that feels strange in a country that is suppose to have recovered. >> most of us get by week to week. >> reporter: do you think that situation will get better? >> no, i can't see it.

>> reporter: janet is not only worried for herself, her son's job in a supermarket guarantees him 6 hours a week. poverty is becoming generational. >> he lives a working life at the behest of a supervisor. he'll live a life not a life of luxury or not have a car or a bicycle. there is no prospects. >> bristol is a wealthy city in places here. more than 50% of children live in poverty, jobs with no guarantee of work public sector cuts helped to feed shaurlds but there's less wealth trickling down. >> profits are reaching record levels, despite investments. we see them falling, despite falling productivity. the only real explanation is that they are paying people

less. if you pay people less it's easier to get profit out the other side. this is how it plays out. volunteers packing up food for those that don't have any. the government says the economic plan worked but for whom and why are these people having to feed the poorest. >> the evidence is huge if you care to look and the general public are getting that now. their understanding, the welfare reformer driving poor people into destitution. over the course of time it's becoming clear that the new poverty here the deeply insecure low-paid contracts that characterise many people's works lives are here to stay. and the question that many people ask themselves is this: is britain such a rich country, and this is so unfair where are the politicians with the will to do something about it all? many now see the u.k. as having split into two identities - london, with its seemingly

permanent boom and another country entire - people struggling on the edges. it looks permanent and is all about the kindness of strangers. what is global stagnation mean to the u.s.? >> it certainly helps hold down demand here. the lack of aggregate demand worldwide is causing big problems in the united states as well. and united states has to carry the load. one of the things the differences between the united states and the u.k. is that when we pay people low wages, we also give them lots of credit so people supplement their low wages by loans of one kind or another, run up the credit cards, they pay and end up paying more interest to banks. it's a transfer of wealth from wage to the financial sector and eventually we have a

collapse like we did in the boom. we all benefit by stimulating demand worldwide. i think martin wolf has been writing eloquently about this in his column. the big problem that the developed world faces is inadequate demand from the lack of wage growth. >> what roles should the government provide in relation to safety nets? >> the government has a role to play, and a significant one. what we need to be careful about though is confusing an is safety net with a disincentive. to think about the question of the way in which the government is subsidizing, one of the advantages to the income tax credit that we talked about is that it unsentivizes work. whereas you can spend the same money on more - a larger welfare

programme, which don't do that. >> it incentivizes low-wam employment leading to huge profits that don't go back to workers. it's a terrible idea. >> i'm inclined to citying missus -- citying mittize profit earners because there's a lot of stuck, and it's more of a talking point than a reality. you look at wal-mart a source of protest. they make a modest 3% profit margin if you look at microsoft which is not suffering protests outside the corporate headquarters they are making a significant profit margin. meanwhile, wal-mart with its even for minimum wage employees there, pays stock dividends into pensions employs unionized

employees, so the question of profit and its relevant minimum wage is complicated, and we need to be aware of that. it's not a good versus evil story. >> we'll leave it there. the debate continues. iain and thomas an author and labour lawyer. great to have you with us on "a deeper look." with a deadline approaching, proof from columbia that some. united nations millennium development goals are met.

welcome back. 14 years ago the u.n. set up policies drinking water was some of the thens on the agenda. what has been achieved. james bays has more. >> reporter: at the dawn of

millennium the then secretary-general kofi annan launched a plan to improve the state of the law. >> within the next 15 years i believe we can halve the population of people living in extreme poverty. i am sure all children girls and boys particularly girls receive a full primary education and halt the spread of h.i.v. aids. >> that was 14 years ago. targets were known as the millennium development goals, had a 15 year deadline. with a year to go. significant progress has been made on reducing the numbers of people living in poverty, work is needed on maternal poverty rates and feeding the world's most hungry. >> there's no doubt the forced world leaders will take action leading to progress. now the u.n. is taking new goals to pick up where the odd ones

left off of the diplomats are working on the wording. activists say they need to be ambitious. >> they have the light things in them. they commit to fighting inequality. it's really important. the trick though is because they are grappling with today's real problems, they are more complex, and more comprehensive than the original goals, making it harder to sell. >> the intense wrangling is in the final stage, the new targets, the sustainable development goals will be adopted by world leaders in the u.n. in september. >> one of the biggest success stories is columbia. it reduced its extreme poverty rate from 17.7% to 9.1%. the country's overall poverty rate decreased from 49.7% to

30.6%. but there's still more to do. the u.n. goals require extreme raits of 8.1% at rates of 20.5%. we have this report from columbia on the social programs improving live for the people there. >> this chicken changes this woman's life for the better. her family lived in a garage without a kitchen or bathroom. she and her husband had no job and often no food. >> translation: sometimes we didn't have anything to eat. now, if we need to i can kill a hen. >> reporter: he joined a government programme to help the poorest of the poor. >> she received credit training and the continuing assistance of specialised social workers to set up her small business. >> i learnt what food to give to the chickens how to give them

an injection. if they were sick or not how to manage them. then i moved on to training on accounting and how to save money. over 10,000 social workers helped hundreds of thousands of families to start small businesses learn skills and get an idea through a 9-step programme. until recently columbia had been unable to change the high levels of poverty. despite better security and growth minority in rural populations have seep no benefit, something that kept fuelling the internal conflict. main factors have been a decision by the national government to convert extreme poverty into a policy of the state, and bringing it into conflict with the needy households.

many hope on end to the war could allow the government to reach more people. for 3.5 million will be living in absolute misery next year. >> 0.5 million of upper middle income countries with social and economy goals is worry some. it's a high number overall of people barely able to survive. >> back at the chicken farm he achieved almost all their prime. the new face to open a savings account, the first she had, another step to make sure thee can achieve the richer future her family deserves braids wigs and weaves - how the request for great hair turned into a multi million business in nigeria. jordan loosened its laws on

censorship censorship. it's not stopping the government banning hundreds of books. details next.

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welcome back you want to share with you an amazing perspective from a german astronaut aboard the space station. he got back from a 6-month mission to the international space station, and had a camera set up taking still images that only an astronaut could take. he combined 13,000 photos into one video, along with music quite a different scene here. a blast of winter weather makes its way to texas, with part of the state upped a winter weather -- under a winter weather advisory. the whether is spected to move east in the next day. a faster internet connection is a good thing, which is why residents of minneapolis are

celebrating. they'll have access to rates of 10 gigabytes per second, allowing a download of a movie in less than a second, coming at a price of $399. it will be available to 30,000 households talking about technology, thanks to e-readers and the internet it's easier than ever to read a book. it's not something to take for granted. al jazeera's correspondent went to jordan to see how that nation sensors book. >> reporter: not every book is welcomed in jordan whether printed locally or imported the government censored books and banned books that are problematic. politics, and sex are among sensitive topics. 52 books since the beginning of the year were banned. eight published by this man. >> the peace process, or

anything that the royal family or you know the prime minister or something, they don't tolerate this. >> a banned book by this author - authorities took him and his publishers to court, but were not able to stop tens of thousands read it online. it talks about protests ending with jordanian forces killing students. >> translation: the old generation kept quite about that my book unearthed buried matters, and the authorities were not impressed. >> reporter: certain books about the palestinian-israeli conflict putting jordan on the wrong side of history is also censored.

no one read books in the '70s until someone from the government read it. there was a similar provision for imported books. the law was amended to stop the prior review of books. it meant an improvement in freedom of expression. publishers say the books could be banned if they deal with issues the government considers sensitive. >> the press and publications department ignored the request for statistics. researchers say the government bans 50 to 100 books a year. >> since 1955 over 2,000 books that we know of were banned. so many others were banned that we don't know about. authorities don't like to document this. if you afghanistan, they'll say no books are banned in jordan. >> no matter how often the censorship is raised it looks likes jordan will control what people sn and can't read as part of what seems to be a measure to maintain security and

the status quo nigeria's economy has tape a hit with falling oil prices but there is an industry that is booming. hair. as romped the demand for extensions, weaves and wigs is keeping a group of women busy. >> on the corner of lagos, the women are in the market for beauty it's a common site across nigeria and africa a booming demand for hair pieces braids weaves and wigs. >> makes you feel confident, we look good when we make the hair. carrying your own natural looks well. >> esther comes twice a month to have braids attached to the hair. she doesn't mind the 2 hour process or the $15 bill. the search for good looking hair is a serious business. there's a highly competitive industry that attracts investors

from around the world. this is one of the largest factories producing synthetic hair pieces. owned by a mumbai based company, it owns popular brands. it's processed into dry hair. the industry runs into the hundreds of millions in nigeria. by estimates up to $6 million across africa. >> we are happy the nigerian and african lady throws it away. with a growing population the product keeps on growing on its own. you add on fashions and you win. >> the editor at the lifestyle magazine pride. african women across the lines have been keen on glamour. the internet and globalisation exposed them to better products in the past few years. the image is more attainable. >> people perceive you by how well you think you look.

you are more respected, more regarded, you know. you are more in. everyone wants to be in. being in comes in all shapes and prices - from street stalls to lucky malls, hair pieces go from $15 up to $3,000. the closer the hair piece looks to natural hair the pricier it gets. walking on the streets of nigeria, you would be hard pressed to find a woman without a hair piece. >> we get it. we know what to do. it's so innate in the nigerian woman. those in the industry certainly agree. stay with us we'll be right back.

that will do it for this hour thank you for joining us, i'm thomas drayton in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news at 11:00pm eastern, 8:00

pacific. the empire state building is lit up in honour of two new york police officers who had fallen in the line of duty. we close the newshour with some of the scenes. have a safe night. >> to the families of police officer rafael ramos, and police officer wenjian liu - our prayers are with them today as they grieve. ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ >> he was a cop for all - all the right reasons. >> police officers are the people you call when you need help, and they always show up. ♪..crist the lord ♪ >> a compillition af quotes from the civil rights leader martin

luther king junior. the old law about an eye for an eye lease everybody blind. ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ ♪ o come let us adore him ♪ ♪ christ, the lord ♪ >> time will come. the time will come when rafael ramos's memory will bring a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. that's when you know it's going to be okay. >> please join me in giving the ramos family a round of applause. [ cheering and applause ]

. >> death leaves a heart ache no one can heal. love leads a memory that no one can steal. hello, i'm antonio mora welcome to a special edition of "consider this", freedom under fire attacks on human rights and freedom around the world led to growing humanitarian crisis on every continent. the world faces its worse refugee crises 50 million displaced by conflicts from afghanistan, sudan, central american. no one is suffering more than children and despite heroic