and settlements and cities maybe who knows. >> jacob ward, al jazeera, san francisco. >> that's our show for today i'm ali velshi, thanks for joining us. joining us. raising the wreckage - and the search for the missing from a taiwanese jet crash. incredible images of the plane falling from the sky danger on the rails - a deadly train accident in new york putting new focus on the nation's railroad crossings. preventing military suicides. congress sends a bill to the president aimed at keeping veterans alive and a trip to friendship park - an imposing fence along

the u.s.-mexican border that brings u.s. immigrant families together while keeping them apart good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. this stunning imaging of a taiwanese plane moments before it crashed has been now seen around the world. at this hour rescue crews in taipei are trying to find a dozen people on board. earlier today the propellers were lifted out of the river and the black boxes have been recovered. the pilot announced a may day after losing engine power. 31 died. incredibly there were 15 survivors, adrian brown has more. >> reporter: in taiwan cars often have an on-board camera in case there's an accident. no one envisaged recording one like that - a passenger plane kart wheeling out of the ski. the wing glitching the top of a taxi before ploughing over the

bridge. many did not survive, it crashed into the kielong river. rescuers realised the scale of the operation. >> as you can see the head of the plane is in the water. we are ask the army to set up a bridge so we can get near the fuselage. >> reporter: the survivors included a young child. later it would be clear that this would be an operation to recover bodies. many of the missing were trapped in the submerged front of the plane. the aircraft that crashed was on atr62 turbo prop. seven months ago the same aircraft operated by the same airline crashed, killing 48. at a news conference management offered another apology.

>> translation: we also want to know what caused the new plane model to crash. i cannot make speculations. >> the atr 72 is made by a french italian company and there are more than 750 in operation around the world. it's been a difficult 12 months for aviation. the retrieval of flight recorders from the latest crash means the inquiry could begin soon. >> reporter: al jazeera's correspondent is at the crash site. a lot going on behind you. there's a lot of developments overnight. >> indeed, there has. in the last few minutes, wreckage from the flight is being assembled on the banks of the river keelong. it's believed the bits of wreckage may have floated down

the river, recovered by the rescue team and investigators. bringing it into one place allows the investigators to see what is missing and what needs to be found and leads to vital clues as to what might have happened in the flight. >> there are reports about pilots making a desperate call from the cockpit. >> yes. it's an interesting development. one that has not been substantiated officially by the airport. it is believed that airport officials leaked the fact that the pilot of the plane made a may day call to the control tower and it was a few minutes later that the plane crashed. the contents of that conversation has not been revealed. it may have been recorded on one of two flight data recorders that have been recovered from the flight and the kifr. >> thank you in the u.s. federal investigators are focussed on a

deadly train crash north of the new york city. is slammed into an s.u.v. on the tracks killing the driver and five more on the train. paul beban has more. >> reporter: federal investigators spent the day examining the charred remains of a metro north train that collided with an s.u.v. north of new york city. the national transportation safety board is using social 3d laser scanning devices to take images of the train as they try to figure out what led to the commuter railroad deadliest crash. >> we are not here to speculate or determine the cause of the accident. we are here just to collect the information, and then we go back and conduct a thorough analysis of the facts. >> the s.u.v.'s driver and five from killed. dental records are being used to identify them. a dozen were injured. one is in critical condition, another in serious.

the impact was so severe that the electrified third rail pierced the train. the first rail was engulfed in trains. a passenger in the second car shot a video of people trying to leave the train. the driver of the s.u.v. was trying to lift the crossing gate at the time of the crash. there are more than 200,000 grade crossings in the united states, this is in valhalla new york down the road from the site of the accident. not all were marked as this. half of all accidents involving a train and vehicle happened at crossings like this where there are gates, flashing lights and bells or a sign warping people not to -- warning people not to stop on the tracks. according to the federal railroad administration there were nearly 2100 crashes at the railroad crossing. 289 were killed, 800 were injured.

>> this is not the first time metro north came under this scrutiny they've been under tight scrutiny for a series of crashes. is enough done to make the railroad safer. >> i want to point out that the n.t.s.d. released a report about the organizational issues about metro north. i believe the issues at the time of the report was valid. i also want to caution that there may be no relationship between those issues that we found in that special investigation report and this dent. >> one of the big focuses on this round of evidence gathering are recording devices. the train has recording devices and the crossing has recording device the equivalent of airplane black boxes. they'll be looking to see what they can learn. and they'll try to retree recording devices that might

have survived and they were badly damaged by fire. all focussed on figuring out what went wrong at the crossing. >> thank you. tens of thousands took to the streets of jordan mourning the death of a jordanian pilot. many swarmed the car of king abdullah, as he returned home from the u.s. they responded by executing two al qaeda prisoners and threatens more retaliation. more shelling in eastern ukraine as secretary of state john kerry perhaps to visit the country. pro-russian separatists say several were killed when they were hit by rockets. more than 220 civilians has been killed in the past few weeks. ukraine's president is set to ask for weapons to fight the separatists. the obama administration may shift policy on ukraine. the white house was considering sending arms to the ukranian

military. now president obama's choice to be defense secretary is putting the conversation in the open. mike viqueira has more from the white house. >> good evening, it was the rarest of circumstances in washington today. a presidential nominee contradicting the president he aims to serve in testimony at his confirmation hearing. president obama said arming the ukranian army in the fight against russian separatists was a bad idea after all no matter how many arms or weapons were given to the ukraine, they would never be a match for the russian army. today ashton carter head of defense, picked by president obama said it wasn't a bad idea. >> we need to support the ukrainians in defending themselves. the nature of those arms i can't say. i don't have - i haven't conferred with military or

ukranian leaders. i . >> administration officials spent the rest of the afternoon back pedalling saying there was no change in the u.s. policy that the united states would not send weapons any time soon. it was reported that the policy is under consideration. there could be a change. the balance of the hearing was devoted to republican senators taking off after the obama administration on defense-related issues guantanamo bay, the bergdahl prison swap. many ridiculing the president's position, saying it would never work. the bottom line the nomination ashton carter expecting to sail through. he could be confirmed by the senate as early as next week. >> thank you the man who ran the

notorious website silk road has been convicted in federal koumpt a jury found ross ulbricht guilty on drug trafficking and money laundering. his website allowing users to buy illegal goods, drugs and fake i.d.s. he faces up to life imprison the when sentenced in may the second-largest insure company is dealing with a hacking attack after hackers broke into a database stealing tens of millions of addresses, and birthday dates. it operates across 14 states likely the largest breach the internet should be treated like a public utility, tom wheeler is proposing new rules for internet providers, and assess the goal is to keep it open to everyone without letting providers provide it for those with the most money.

they have been debating net neutrality for months. >> a meeting at the white house between the president and beneficiaries of executive action - he welcomed six dreamers to the afl office. all brought to the country illegally when children. the president promised to veto any effort in congress. families divided because of immigration status can meet face to face at a place along the new york border. on a beach in southern california you will find friendship place, an area split in two by the border. san diego on one side mexico on the other. every weekend people gather at the offense. jennifer london joins us from los angeles. it must be an experience to witness the reunions first hand. >> when you see the families separated by immigration status

have a chance to meet. what you see is the politics. immigration debate falling away. and the focus shifts to the families that have travelled to far to take a few stolen moments with the loved ones. >> behind the gates unlocked for a few short hours, you find the only place where families torn apart inti immigration does this. sea, talk such each other. to get there we travel to california. ordered by tijuana mexico. the only road into the park is closed because of flooding of the the only other way into the park is to hide a mile and a half down the dirt road. when the rain comes, it casts a dark grey shadow over the

artwork on the mexican side but does nothing to dampen the spirits of those that travelled so far, as close as they can. the tiny finger reaching through the fence is searching for the hand of her father. bernardo was deported from san diego, leaving behind his wife and two daughters all u.s. citizens. they have not seen each other in more than a year. >> i'm so happy i was able to see them. the little one has grown a lot. i'm happy. happy to see them. >> bernardo's wife didn't want her face shown. her daughter's wet and muddy from the rain. >> the ability tore the girls to reach through, stick the fingers through the fence and connect with their dad, in a way they haven't been able to. what does that mean for you? >> it's nice. it's here so that we can see each other.

and they can talk. i mean they talk over the phone. it's not the same as seeing him. we are going to come back next week, see him again. and at least for a month. they are happy to know who he is. they don't forget him. that is the main point, that they don't forget him. >> a few hours later we met a woman and two daughters who travelled 1500 miles outside of mexico city. through the fence she blows kisses to her grandson meeting him for the first time. >> i don't have words to explain what i felt just that the emotion of seeing my family and children. 10 years, for me sounds easy but it's a long long long time. >> do you know when you'll see your son and your daughter-in-law and your grandson again.

>> i have no idea. the truth is i can't imagine it. >> reporter: so for now, the few hours spent at friendship park will have to carry the family through the next few months and years. they hope immigration reform will happen this year so moments like this will not have to be shared through a rusty fence. along the fence is a community garden spanning the u.s. and mexican side and is tended to people from the few countries. on sunday there's a binational church service conducted simultaneously on both sides. the day we visited it was raining so much that the church service was cancel. >> must be an emotional experience for the families and for someone like you visiting. how does the u.s. border patrol

handle the families that go to the park? >> there's a border agent, a gate agent assigned to patrol the area. he is charged with opening and shutting the gates that allow people access to the fence. it's only open on the weekend for a few short hours. the agent is charged with making sure people don't pass notes and other its through the fence. the agent patrolling said he didn't want to talk on camera but he said he asked for the post. and wanted to help in whatever way he could, facilitate the families torn apart by the immigration debate to give them a chance to spend time together and he felt he could do that by taking the post. >> coming up thousands of veterans take their own lives. many are victims of the wars they left behind. now there's new help from washington. and a reminder that ebola poses a real threat in africa.

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the fight to stop ebola in west africa may not be over yet. the world health organisation says there were 124 new cases of the virus last week. most were in sierra leone. cases had been in steady decline for months. health officials say despite the flare up the trend is down. after years of criticism that the government has not down enough congress has taken a major step to preventing suicide. the senate joined the house in approving a bill providing money for care. john terrett joins us with more. >> good evening. the bill allows for the department of veterans affairs to expand mental health services through a one-stop shot website. and provides cash to understand and treat post-traumatic stress disorder. >> every day in 2010, 22 military veterans committed

suicide. one every 65 minutes. that's greater than the 4,957 who died in the wars. now a bill that aims to prevent suicide has cleared the senate. named after clay hunt a veteran who killed himself in 2011. it requires the pentagon and the v.a. to review suicide prevention programs. and helped military members transitioning out of service. >> a senate hearing heard how for private palotta, afghanistan never left. >> it's been only six weeks since my son ended his life. >> palotta's mother said her son was traumatized when two

soldiers were killed standing next to him. >> his last words on facebook was i see death in every thought. they taught me to put the uniform on i just can't get it off. >> reporter: knowing the bill with her son's name is on the way to the president for signing, she called it bittersweet saying: susan says her son clay received minimal counselling at the v.a. which took 19 months to diagnose how severe her post-traumatic stress disorder was. the diagnosis came in after his suicide. >> so important to highlight this important issue. thank you. now we are joined by andrew o'brien from washington dc a military veteran, the founder of the wish project, an

organization that worked with vets. you have spoken about your troubles when you returned from iraq including how you attempted suicide. you see the bill as an important step by the government? >> yes. i was absolutely amazed to hear the great news that they had passed it. >> president obama promised to sign the bill. it's a rare bill passed unanimously by both houses. do you think it goes far enough. >> i think it's a great start. the biggest thing i think, the most beneficial is to focus on peer to peer counselling. which is more veteran to veteran than hiring councillors and psychologists. it needs to be peer to peer that has had the best effect. >> counselling helped as well. in a rand corporation study found that 20% of veterans in iraq and afghanistan suffer

p.t.s.d. or depression. are they the main issues. >> it's a make up of everything. a lot of people forget to mention that a lot of servicemen come in to military service with prior baggage. they add more on top of that. it's too much. it comes all at one time. >> author and documentarian sebastian younger talked about how difficult it is to return from the terrible experiences you suffer when you are out fighting and the strong bonds that are forged during the war. is all that something that makes it hard for vets to come back and readjust to civilian lives? >> yes, because when you come back and lead the military life the comraderie disappears. you don't have the guys with you 24/7. you feel alone. when you feel alone, that's when

the negative thoughts come over. that's why you think that the peer to peer help is the most important. >> yes. it's easier to talk to someone that's been there and done and and bond than talk to someone who hasn't been through the same experiences. >> you created a nonprofit to prevent military suicides. what is the main message you would be prepared to share with vets who think suicide is the way out. >> the main message is there's a moment to find the light, it's not permanent. the only way is to speak about it. if you don't face your demons they'll eat at you. >> andrew o'brien good of you to joins us and we thank you in your efforts to help veterans. the u.s. will destroy its largest stockpile of chemical laden shells. officials indecent assault ralized shells carries

2600 tonnes of mustard ate. they are in southern colorado. a global treaty bans all chemical weapons, under a 1997 accord they were supposed to have been destroyed three years ago. our colleague spent a year in a prison. today he is back home with his family talking about his experience. that is next. also... ..a camera cap fires the moment a volcano explodes and sends shock waves felt miles away. pass pass

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today. no one was hurt. the peak is one of japan's most active last erupting in september. an eruption in 1914 was the most powerful of the 20th century al jazeera journalist peter greste is back home in australia three days after being freed from an susan shaprioegyptian prison. a smiling peter greste greeted family and girlfriends. -- family and friends. he spend 400 days in prison. he said it was hard to leave mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed behind. >> we knew there was a chance someone would leave and others would have to stay. that doesn't make it any easier. you know we all - having talked it through, we understood what the circumstances where, and, you know they were all very happy for me. you can imagine after 400 days in prison with these guys we

are very close. it was very difficult to leave them behind peter greste says he was never abused and was able to keep himself in shape mentally and physically. i'm antonio mora. thank you for joining us. for the latest news head over to aljazeera.com. ^ below psh psh hello, i'm ray suarez. more than 30 million people are insured one way or the other under the affordable care act. but for house republicans coming this far down the road doesn't mean the massive health care law is safely established or that the fight is over. for the 56th time the republican controlled house of representatives votes to repeal obama care. >> the reality i