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intolerance. it's been a day of rapid and deadly developments in france. two separate police standoffs in two locations after days of fear. the brothers accused in the massacre of the satirical newspaper in paris were shot dead. and a standoff at a kosher market in paris ended up with one killed and there is a possible motive. there is possibility that said and cherif kouachi had ties with al qaeda in the arabian peninsula.

paul beban has the story. >> he talked about their motives, they were backed by anwar alwaki killed in yemen by a drone drone strike. let's take a listen. >> i sharif. >> do you plan to kill in the name of ah allah? >> kill who? >> you killed journalists. did we kill civilians or people during the two days that you looked for us? >> did you kill this morning? >> we're not killers we defend the prophet we don't kill women, we don't kill 9 anyone. we kill people who insult him. we're e-not like you you're the ones killing people in syria and

afghanistan. >> you sought revenge you killed 12 people. >> we sought revenge. you just said it, we sought revenge. >> that's the translated conversation. they said they had come back a long time ago meanwhile, there are reports tonight that someone claiming to be a member of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula says that the organization directed the attack on "charlie hebdo." john. >> all right paul thank you. ment lawrence lee has the story of the attack in a warehouse out of paris. >> when it was ended it was quick, much earlier than people had expected. flashes, the sound of automatic gun fire and then silence. in all the end to the standoff lasted no more than 15 or 20 seconds but it had left dead the brothers the authorities had accused of the "charlie hebdo"

massacre. lines of police fans tearing up the motor way north of paris and into the small town of dammartin en goele. later this proves that the gunmen had shot someone dead during a police chase but what was clear was that the suspects in the "charlie hebdo" massacre were hold up along with a hostage. we drove through dammartin with police passed the shuttered community, community under lock down. lines of buses could be seen waiting to take children away from an evacuated school. had the gunmen taken children hostage it would have been an absolute nightmare for the

authorities. one they had to avoid at any cost. >> translator: i hope the children are not shocked or anything else because we're really anxious as parents. >> translator: there were a lot of police and they told me i needed to go home immediately and i needed to stay indoors. >> reporter: day turned to dusk. it was assumed the building might be stormed in the darkness but the gunmen had nowhere left to run. special forces could be seen on the roof. this was the end game. the kouachi brothers managed to evade the law for a full two days and it took hundreds of police officers and soldiers cornering them in here before they could bring it to a conclusion. in an ideal world no doubt the police would have wanted to take them alive rather than dead but for all that and given how dangerous they were the authorities will probably see this as pretty much as gooden good of an outcome as they could have wanted. authorities walking at ease

inside the perimeter. hechts circled buthelicopters circled overtime but no casualties except the gunmen. charles lewis dammartin. >> and now what's the latest? >> i can tell you standing here late this afternoon i could hear the gun fire, two explosions and all of the residents of this very small did, too. finally they were allowed to leave their homes after being in lock down all day as their children were in the schools. and we had a chance to talk to some of them and they are wondering how does this happen in a small town, where their kids go to school, and what is the government going to do to stop this from happening in france? >> the french town of dammartin was under siege helicopters

hovered overhead, scores of police councilman dose blocked roads, don't come outside don't dare. in the center of the town more than a thousand children were locked in schools only allowed to emerge nine hours later when the shooting stopped. they placed policemen all around them, in fact they even put carpets in the windows so the children wouldn't come to harm. they were only allowed to leave this afternoon taken to a local gymnasium to be reunited with their families. little four-year-old stan told me thought it was fun. his father dimitri said: >> translator: we were scared. we weren't expecting it, a small town. paris yes but here, the police did what they had to. at a local kebab restaurant they

heard the news. saved when police stormed a printing shop. ben who lives directly across from the printing shop, i asked him: >> are you angry that the police knew about -- had put surveillance on them at different times but let them go? >> yes. but still the police have a lot of people. we know they can do this. and it's impossible to survey it. >> that's the fear in france, there are many more extremists, some say 6,000 suspects. local mayor bernard corneile. >> i think what happened on the assault on "charlie hebdo" is our september 11th. what is going to happen next? how are we going to act collectively he asked after these events nothing will be the

same. >> the prime minister of france acknowledging that of course there was an intelligence failure here and promising the government will scrutiny niez why they weren't watching the kouachi brothers more closely. john back to you. >> thank you. four hostages killed at a jewish supermarket. an act of 18th semitism, the president calls it. rory challenge has the report. >> police launched an operation to end the siege at a kosher supermarket in vincennes. a single gunman, thought to be amedy coulibaly was holding a number of hostages. also suspected of killing a policewoman on thursday morning. he had reportedly threatened to start killing hostages if police

launched an operation against cherif and said kouachi in dammartin whom he claimed to know. if the escalation in dammartin en goele they only had a small window of time to break this operation, as you see happen. they break through and try and enter. two police officers were injured and a hospital taj taker killed. al jazeera believes four were killed in the operation. rory challenge, al jazeera. >> for hannah kazi the first american muslim woman to serve in the counterterrorism center. frohana, there is a possible connection to yemen for these suspects. how sphant could that significant could that be?

>> that's very significantly. the younger brother said before his death he had visited yemen in 2011. and the older brother had been there prior to that or at least the same year. seems it would have been they developed ties to the american born al aki. these attacks had been planned for a number of years. it foreshadowed these attacks december 2014, the issue had stated, that anyone who would attack the provette muhammed of islam, he would be a justified target. so even the photographs of the cartoonist, "charlie hebdo" and others were featured in that magazine. as much information as we can glean from yemen what's a tragedy here aside from the families of the victims that have had to suffer this incident is these men are dead and dead terrorists as counterterrorism

official phillip mudd who i had the pleasure to work with, dead terrorists are no good to anyone. by losing them we have lost valuable intelligence. >> these brothers were on a no-fly list and flagged by french intelligence. but how were they able to fly under the radar for some time? >> that is the big question and that is the question that has perplexed french officials and other counterterrorism officials. apparently these two brothers were living basically normal likes of. one was a pizza delivery man the other one was working. when these muslim men marry women, wives girlfriends they are seen as average everyday citizens or everyday members of society pep but what's so troubling is because they have french passports they were able to bypass security and that to me is really the most disturbing point. because these are not on the one hand they had relatively normal

lives but on the other hand they were also in prison on several -- they had criminal offenses also drug ons they were tied with the other individual amady, who was the perpetrator at the grocery store. so this is a much wider network so it is not a matter of these three individuals or the woman. she is -- >> the woman is on the run. this is an area where you are an expert, what role do women play for al qaeda? >> women are an instrumental role. sometimes we discredit the role of islamist muslim women. they are active in logistics they have been message engineers. in other terrorist attacks a woman can in order to bypass the security and the attention that is on the extremist men men often use their women to facilitate the bypassing

passing of money amongst each other, they act as couriers, so it is not just they play an ideologic role, they have an instrumental tactical role that is just as important to them. most importantly women are often seen as victims not victimizers, and because of that victim role, many security officials for years particularly the al akwa, women were not somed. >> so let's talk about the reaction in france and what you're most concerned about in the coming days and months. >> well, there are two parts to this. one, there is the tactical element. it is very important for the intelligence organizations working together, the law enforcement agencies on the ground, to actually put the pieces of the puzzle together because this is right now a mosaic. we have different pieces of the terrorist network and there could be possibly more that

could -- because when you look at it from their vantage point from the terrorist point, this is a win win. i'm more concerned what we did now. what we do now is involve the leaders of the muslim community there has to be a dialogue and conversation that takes place between french officials between law enforcement agencies and the community leaders, and finally let me add that sir robert peale did this in england when he neutered instituted this policy of better cooperation. if there's better cooperation of immigrant communities in france, with police officers, law enforcement agencies then this is one way to ambiguity this 96th this rising -- to mitigate this rising threat. >> thank you for being with us. thank you.

>> said the acts of a few could do more than any cartoon could do. >> their action he, shameless brutal inhuman religion of god prophets of god allah attack the messagier of god making films of the prophet or draig cartoons of the prophet. >> he did refer to beheadings and slaughtering, kidnapping victims, as apparent executions by i.s.i.l. muslims in germany are showing their support for those killed in france. nadim baba reports. >> herd sermons directly addressing what happened in france. the imam has been telling the

congregation that has nothing to do with the teachings of muhammed. keen to emphasize when he entered this mosque just before friday prayers. >> during a phase where there are people trying to industrialize what happened in paris, we can't let that happen. a key part of that is the community work done by this mosque. >> talking to the worshipers here it's clear they feel no connection to the people that carried out the paris attacks but they do actually have their own personal fears of what could happen next in germany. >> i think there will be revenge attacks and society will be divided, religions will be split and people will be split. >> since yesterday when i've been getting into the car with my child i've been looking around to check to see if someone is throwing a stone at me because i'm a foreigner.

>> a study that was carried out in november suggests 61% of nonmuslim germans are fearful of islam. clearly there are still tensions in this country and elsewhere in europe. but those tensions are something that the government here and muslim organizations are trying to defuse. >> nah dimnadim baba, reporting. a defiant move by the house as the president threatens a veto. veto.

>> on capitol hill today

congress approved passage of a bill on the keystone xp pipeline. libby casey has the story. >> the house isn't changing its stance the long decision making process already underway, one of the hurdles to that process was cleared with a nebraska court decision and some house members say the white house should no longer delay. >> report the title of the bill. >> hr 3 a bill to approve the keystone xp pipeline. >> reporter: the house wramed upwrappedup its first week by approving the keystone pipeline. >> won't lower gas prices for americans. in some areas it may even raise prices. this pipeline is a terrible deal for the united states. we get all the risk, while the oil companies will reap all the rewards. >> it's the 10th time the

republican-led house has voted to green light keystone construction. but this time they have the wind at their backs because the republican led senate advanced the keystone last thursday, paving a way for a vote next week. with six democrats already on board, republicans do. win. >> no more excuses. it is time that we pass it. >> all this despite a guaranteed veto by president obama. the white house says the approval process should play out and not be fast-tracked by congress. and that process took a leap forward friday just hours before the house vote. nebraska's supreme court cleared the way for the pipeline's route, rejecting the argument of land owners dependence the project. >> news came out this morning yet another obstacle has been taken care of, problem solved.

>> obama administration officials say review could still take months and the president determines to wait for that before making a decision. to pass the keystone bill in the house john, now gop leadership is looking around trying to find out if there's any way to overcome a presidential veto. it takes two-thirds in each chamber, that's a big reach. it's not stopping the political game from continuing. john. >> all right libby thank you. there was encouraging word out of washington today on the economy. 252,000 jobs were added in december. job growth has exceeded 200,000 for 11 consecutive months. also the unemployment rate is down to 5.6%, the lowest sings june of 2008. -- since june of 2008 but average hourly wages fell 5 cents last month. president obama says he wants to make community college free for all americans one of his major

state of the union initiatives. mike viqueria has more. >> president obama traveled to knoxville tennessee on friday. >> i'm announcing an ambitious new plan to bring down the cost of community in america. i want to bring it down to zero. [applause] >> the white house estimates some 9 million students could ultimately benefit and save an average of 3800 dollars a year. another problem: an estimated cost of some $60 billion a year, republicans who control both the house and senate have balked at that price tag. the proposal as college costs continue to skyrocket. now an average of $9,000 a year if you are in a state public university. mr. obama was on the third and

last day of a three state swing touting the economy and much of the improvement that has been seen over the last few months. >> by the way you are saving about a buck 10 a gallon over this time last year over the price of gas. >> leading up top state of the union speech on tuesday january 20th. back to you. >> mike, thank you. an interstate in michigan remains closed flit, hours after a fiery pileup this morning. poor visibility blamed, police say 123 cars were involved. the pileup ignited fires on trucks. one person was killed, 23 injured, the highway is expected to reopen later tonight or tomorrow. with more on the weather conditions affecting michigan and many other states, here is meteorologist rebecca stevenson. >> john the snow that swept over the northern area of the states,

have moved now but lake effect snows the very thing that helped contribute to the terrible accident in michigan earlier. the lake effect is continuing even through the evening hours as we get through the day tomorrow, another push of this very cold air coming through will bring locally up to four feet of lake effect snow for places like watertown. still areas coming off that lake effect ban producing more than a foot. parts of michigan and into canada the intensity will are focused around lake ontario and into erie. the wind chill advisor advisories will continue. brutally cold and we'll get it as far south as texas down towards san antonio, corpus

christi, temperatures down close to the 30s but it will feel like 20 to 25°. otherwise, temperatures feeling like 20° below zero in the north interior and the northeast is going to feel very cold here as well. with wind chill factors that impacts how dangerous it is to be outside for how long. john. >> all right rebecca thank you. coming up next in the broadcast the search for a paris gunman comes to a bloody end. what we're learning as far as a possible connection to al qaeda. and harry scherer in support of free speech and satire.

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the tributes to fallen cartoon cartoonists from people around the world. the person publicly flogged in saudi arabia, his crime insult to islam. how a former heroin addict had an inspired recovery. one suspect still on the run in france, three other suspects were killed after separate standoffs with police. that includes the kouachi brothers. the attackers of a satirical newspaper in paris. tonight communities in and around paris are on edge. dana lewis has more. >> john, most of the residents were locked in their homes during the day and then only when finally the police took out the kouachi brothers people were allowed to leave and the children were allowed to leave

the schools and there were about a thousand of them here in the schools and all of them had heard what we heard. the rapid gun fire and the sound of several explosions. they are now releasing some details for the prosecutor's office. they are saying one of the kouachi brothers had been wounded earlier in the throat in exchange of gun fire with the police likely when they were on the road from paris they took refuge here in this printing plant. they are also saying that the kouachi brothers came out rushed the police, came out with weapons firing and that's when they were killed. one significant note, when there was one female hostage we know was saved, in fact the police revealed there was a technical civilian inside the cafeteria of the printing press. and that the kouachi brothers never knew that person was there, they later on escaped unharmed as well. john. >> dana lewis thank you.

for days police have been dreading what happened next. paul beban has the story. >> reporter: john it is a sleepless and tense night in france tonight. three days of fear violence and terrifying uncertainty. wednesday, 11:30 a.m. local time two gunmen stormed the offices of "charlie hebdo" in central paris. they gunned down ten people, two police officers and eight journalists. two brothers prime suspects, said and cherif kouachi. sometime around midnight an accomplice turned himself into police. a massive man hunt, a gunman shoots and kills a police officer in a suburb of paris northeast of paris a gas

station attendant says he was robbed by the kouachi brothers. there was a view of assault vehicles and rocket launchers in their vehicle. getting into a shootout with police after a chase through an industrial area, the brothers holed up in a printing factory. hundreds of police officers and security forces converge on the area. 1:30 local time first reports is that an armed man has taken hostages at a jewish grocery store in paris. two people sought in connection to the case, coulibaly and boumddiene meanwhile the gunmen suspected of the "charlie hebdo" attack has taken a hostage of their own. the situation ends there the two brothers are killed, the hostage unharmed. at around 5:15 p.m local time,

at the supermarket siege loud bangs and hostages led out by police. the hostage taker is killed, inside the market, four hostages found dead. the violent conclusion to three dramatic days that terrified and traumatized a nation. we are learning about the motivation of the attackers during their final standoff today one of them spoke by phone with a french reporter. cherif kouachi said he and his brother were tied to al qaeda in yemen. and anwal al waki, a citizen killed by a drone strike in yemen. >> translator: we are telling you that we are the prophet's defenders and i cherif kouachi was sent by al qaeda's

defenders. >> did we kill civilians during the two days that you looked for us? >> you killed journalists. >> but did we kill journalists during the two days you looked for us. >> did you kill this morning? >> we are not killerrers, we defend prophet. we don't kill women we kill oone we kill people who insult him. we are not like you you are the ones who are killing women in syria, iraq and afghanistan. this isn't us. we have an honor code in islam. >> you just sought revenge you killed 12 people. >> but we sought revenge. you just said it, we sought revenge. >> someone claiming to be part of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula directed the astack on "charlie hebdo," john. >> france's handled ling of national threats. >> we are hopeful that the

immediate threat is now resolved. thanks to the courage and professionalism of the people on the ground. the french government continues to face the threat of terrorism and has to remain vigilant. the situation is fluid. president holland has made it clear that they're going to do what is necessary to protect their people. . >> in a show of toll dater the house of representatives observed a moment of silence. islam part of his sentence. roxana saberi has more. >> reporter: after tuesday's attack on "charlie hebdo" in pairs, saudi arabia's government had a response. islam and other religions object. a saudi court has sentenced a blogger for crimes insulting

islam. the punishment began today. an eyewitness told amnesty international, that they took him to a square and flogged him. he was silent but you could tell from his face and his body that he was in real pain. whit was over, the crowd shouted, allah akbar. as if it had been rm cleansed. reviewing badawi's case and sentence. amnesty international which posted this film of badawi's son. >> outrage for the killings and brutality that happened in

france this week to also remember that there are people in muslim majority societies who are attempting to exercise their own free tom of speech and are being brutally cracked down on by their governments like the government of saudi arabia. >> in iran, activists are calling for the release of another blogger sohil arabi. in an interview with iranian journalist his wife said because of four posts on facebook how can they give such a sentence for a 30-year-old man. >> he is in prison and sentenced to be executed, why? because he was you know sharing some facebook posts about prophet muhammed. >> roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> a danish newspaper at the heart of the debate is change its policy today. first angered some muslims by posting cartoons of the prophet muhammed.

now deertsdz say they editors say they will not republish "charlie hebdo"'s cartoons. they say that violence work. all week here on al jazeera america we have talked to a diverse group of people about freedom of speech religion and the boundaries of a civil society. here they are in their own voices. >> my opinion of those cartoons today, versus my opinion of those cartoons two days ago are worlds apart. >> tell me why? >> i don't care who were offended by these cartoons. >> what changed? >> they killed people. >> in a field where compression is so important we have to stand, and i'm muslim, we have to stand against these people who would say you can't print certain articles or images because you don't like them. >> these three men or two men or whoever it was who claimed to

have done this on behalf of a religion are cowardly and ultimately they're murderers. they did it for themselves. >> it's very personal for me to think about you know all the responses and the talk about islam and muslims and how this represents the faith of an entire faith community of 1.5 billion people and me personally i support freedom of expression freedom of speech and to believe there are people who have been killed in a place like paris it's just, it boggles my mind. >> many people who maybe don't agree with what "charlie hebdo" did and even criticized the magazine are standing with those people in hundreds, gathering around france. >> what is it about this attack you think that hit so many people? >> the editor, the late editor of the magazine once said, drawings never killed people. the irony of that remark tonight is in sharp relief and i think

it unites everybody in the sense that you know if words are going to be taken as a justification for these kinds of heinous acts, then we have to choices. either stop using words and cartoons and you know stay mum or stand up and be counted and speak out. >> where is the point where the line is crossed where these images are meant to be intentionally provocative or become racist? >> well i mean they may be racist. they are definitely provocative. there is a responsibility that i believe that societies have, but that couldn't doesn't justify someone going in a newsroom and killing individuals because they don't like the type of speech even if it's racist and discriminatory. we live in a society of law and order. >> as long as it's not hate speech and you're not liabling

and you are doing the right thing to your own conscience you're doing good. >> are we doing a joke at the expense of the vic or dispossessed. >> that would be too far in your opinion? >> well, it would certainly be in poor taste. i don't know if there's anything that's too far. to me it's it is what it is point? you have this power this ability, this audience. what are you trying say to make the world better? >> what we do as editorial cartoonists, is push the boundary. go after the leaders we feel that are you know somehow doing an injustice to their people. i don't think most cartoonists ever think i shouldn't go that far. >> there is always room for judgment editorial judgment, the judgment of an author how far they want to go. but i think as a society we don't want to create these no-go zones of zones. >> the editors will sometimes say that and the publishers will sometimes say that but our job

is to push the boundaries. >> the speech you have to defend is the unpopular speech, nobody will threaten you in any way if you say i support the troops and thank them for their service. it is the transgressional speech, not just the regurgitation of cliches that are needing to be defended. >> in europe there is recognition that free speech encompasses that, you can mock you can insult, go after a politician expose his foibles and that is part of protected speech. >> you can defend the rights of those cartoonists for printing without defending the content of the cartoons themselves. you don't have to like all of

it. >> i have had thinly vailed threats to my bodily harm. we do what we do because it is a freedom of expression and satire is one of the biggest expressions of liberty that we have. i think it goes with the job. i don't fear for my life but i do know that it does evoke a strong response. >> should journalists be afraid now? >> no. i think this is the moment to stand up and be brave. i mean, i think when you see journalists reprinting the cover of the last issue of "charlie hebdo" and blurring it, that sends an interesting message. we're with you guys all the way up to the thing that got you in trouble and then we step back. >> did satire change yesterday? did the -- how we view satire change yesterday do you think? >> i think if anything it sort of became more powerful. you know one of the things that

i wrote in my column is that it's a sort of sad irony that the satire apparently worked, you know? it cut so deeply at the heart of somebody's belief system that they responded this way. >> i think tame satire is sort of useless satire. you have to draw a little blood. >> coming up next: life after heroin addiction and what's helping to keep a young colorado woman clean. woman clean.

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>> a muslim cleric convicted on nearly a dozen charges was sentenced today in new york. the judge condemned him to life in prison. the charges including the conspiring of violence in yemen. christiancrimea hascoulomb haskristin saloomey has more. >> not getting the assistance he needs of basic life l like

cutting his toenails. >> unless the case is reversed on appeal he's going to spend the rest of his life in jail. it's important to have at least humane treatment in jail and because of the unique circumstances, it's important for him to have the accommodations necessary to live. otherwise he's going to get sick he's going to get in effected and he's going to die soon and i think our country is better than that to treat people who are incarcerated today. >> judge left that to the federal bureau of prisons to decide. she did say that abu hamsa felt no remorse for his crimes. she also said she feared if he were to be freed at some point in the future he would once again return to advocating violence. and so she sentenced him to life behind bars. >> that's kristin saloomey

reporting. retired u.s. general david petraeus could soon face felony charges, federal officials want petraeus prosecuted for giving classified material to his former mistress. petraeus resigned at cia director. allegations are that he gave the woman access to his e-mail. once addicted to heroin, she says the people in her life were one of the parts of her difficult recovery. >> climbing the walls has the unique meaning among addicts the uncomfortable usually painful feelings of overcoming withdrawals. these walls tell a different story of recovery for courtney

maestes, they represent a long climb out of heroin abuse so severe she ended up in jail. she told us almost a year ago. >> no one wants to be addicted to heroin, no one sits in the bathroom putting a needle in their arm like, this is what i want for myself. it is not easy. >> tonight she is in this boulder, colorado gym. not long agoen on a friday night you wouldn't be in a place like this right? >> no, i would probably be at happy hour at a bar right now. >> courtney admits she kicked her hand habit cold turkey. she began climbing with phoenix multisport, a group of recovering alcoholics and addicts. >> there are those facing challenges that are harder than your own. so it is a good perspective to

come back and everybody is doing something healthy and sober. it gives you endorphins. it is a natural high, so that's a great feeling. >> the camaraderie and community is what we are here for. >> rock climbing instructor rob baumbaumgartner was an addict himself. >> in some way getting to the top of the wall is a metaphor for what people are going through. >> i use the rock wall as a metaphor, one step at a time. >> courtney was aided by her long time boyfriend eric gutierrez has battled his own demons. >> i did some jail time. i was selling narcotics for a while. selling cocaine. >> eric believes that experience

empowered him to help courtney. >> he said i'm not going to sweep this under the rug anymore. i'm going to do whatever i can to make sure she's on the same i guess path that i am right now because i know that's what she wants to do. >> for courtney, that job is to stay clean and sober. she has a new job managing a chiropractor's office. and to help her father who was forced to sell his farm to face courtney's legal expenses. >> she's been clean our relationship has gotten better so i think the investment was well worth it. i don't think i would change it again. >> you're pretty lucky. >> yes, yes i am. i'm very blessed to say that. it feels actually great to say yes, i'm a lucky fortunate person. >> courtney will mark one year free from heroin at the end of january. she plans to celebrate with a

quiet evening at home. jim high high hooley, al jazeera boulder colorado. >> coming up. reaction to the paris attack. cartoonists react with their pens. pens.

>> it's a chilling and draconian sentence... it simply cannot stand. >> its disgraceful... the only crime they really committed is journalism... >> they are truth seekers... >> all they really wanna do is find out what's happening, so they can tell people... >> governments around the world all united to condemn this... >> as you can see, it's still a very much volatile

situation... >> the government is prepared to carry out mass array... >> if you want free press in the new democracy let the journalists live. aa >> coming up at 11:00 eastern

time should a 17-year-old girl have a right to refuse medical treatment. the connecticut case that has turned into an ethical debate. plus my conversation with diplomat andrew young on the historical film, selma. >> the significant significance of this film is for me, that in two hours they kind of captured a 50-year struggle for human rights and equal rights. and they got all of the major ingredients and most of the major participants, and they told the story how for once,

everything in america came together. the students, and the preachers lyndon johnson and george wallace got together on the national guard the federal judges did their part, the justice department and community relations service were all out there. and it just says to me that -- that if everybody's willing democracy and free enterprise can work without violence. and things can change. now, we did have a few deaths. but those deaths were a small price to pay. and we can remember the names of just about all of those who gave they're lives. that's not true with violence. when violence probation out everybody suffers. and very little good comes of i.t. iofit.

i say they had one scene where there was a slight confrontation. that i think never took place. >> that's an drew andrew young and we'll hear more of his conversation at 11:00 eastern time. cartoonists are honoring those killed at "charlie hebdo," and we leave you tonight with more examples of their work. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

conviction of abdelbaset al megrahi, the only man found guilty of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie in scotland. in the run up to last december's twenty-fifth anniversary of the bombing, we repeated two films that cast grave doubts on megrahi's conviction. now, we can reveal the results of our third, most disturbing investigation.