hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. >> ukraine crisis a high level push for peace plus new calls to send weapons of war. the vulnerable. two young to be vaccinated. five babies diagnosed with measles outside chicago. and grounded. >> we are lowering to st. louis. to the floor of the flight gallery. >> the iconic spirit of st. louis, gets ready for it's close up. >> we begin tonight with

ukraine. western leaders are meeting and it is part of a new push to bring peace to the conflict. it comes as russian backed rebels gain ground in the east. and officials seriously consider arming ukraine for the first time. the president is reviewing all of his options. >> the secretary of state offering a strong hint that the u.s. could send weapons of war to ukraine. in it's year long fight against pro-russian separatists. among those is the possibility of providing defensive assistant. to ukraine. and those discussions are going on. >> also in kiev, the leaders of france and germany they presented ukraine with a new peace plan, that they will also deliver to moscow. the last round of talks

collapsed last month after just four hours of negotiating. the fight hike this recent attack has devastated the region. each side blames the other for the rising death toll. >> the u.n. says it now exceeds 5,000, and more than 12,000 have been wounded. fighting has turned homes into rubble and emptied once thriving towns. >> bus stops and public transport marketplaces, schools and kindergartens hospitals and residential areas have become battlegrounds. in the donetsk region ises of ukraine. in clear breech of humanitarian. hospitals like this one are facing severe shortages of critical drugs we have no lo long term sourceses if they

are not treated they will die. >> medical supplies from the government were cut off when pro-russian rebels established the donetsk peoples republic. in moscow, an aid to president putin said he welcomes the new peace plan from france, and germany, supporters of the kiev government have their doubts. . >> mr. putin sees the people of ukraine as meddles with his plans. and we are trying to say and send a message that we are building ourselves a new and we are trying to chain the narrative that mr. putin has for us and we are trying to change our view of the future. >> the crisis in ukraine is unfolding and much of it is on camera. this was when it began a year ago. a protestor surrounded by flames in kiev. one month later a ukrainian soldier launches a missle into the sky.

for many the battles have take an heavy toll. neighborhoods are reducing to rubble. today, refugees from the front line threing the town as separatist move in. in a rare show of unity many democratic and republican senators say it's time for the u.s. to provide arms to ukraine. the united states must act to provide defensive he that will assistance to ukraine. russia's invasion of the sovereign territory of ukraine which is continued unabated in the face of political and economic sanctions is the gratest threat to european security in decades. >> we need to understand that putin understands nothing but force. he is a thug. he has not responded to sanctions sang willing not working. >> 12 senators all members of the armed services exit tee join that call.

the u.s. did pledge to send more aid real money ali velshi has that part of the story. >> john secretary kerry announced an additional $16.4 millions in humanitarian assistance to the government, now that raise it is total amount to $38 million going to people effected by the violence in eastern ukraine. about 5,000 people have died in the conflict, hundreds of thousands have fled their homes and the u.s. state department says that the united states has committed $355 million to back the embattled government now the administration is said to be considering a multibillion dollars shipment of what they call defensive weaponry, for ukraine's military. my guest tonight, he is a director in new york of a promos cow think tank. he says that is going to be viewed as a major escalation by moscow, and will fuel more

conflict. >> ali, thank you and you can watch real money weeknights 10:30 eastern. now to jordan. including trains centers. it is not known whether the strikes took place in syria iraq. >> this is where pilots wanted to celebrate his return. instead, it has become a place where they were receiving condolences after the islamic state and the levant burned him alive. the king paid his respects to the tribe in the southern province. he told the pilot father that jordan's royal air force has just shelled forces in the

syrian province. >> the king has already promised what he called a relentless response to avenge the murder. and now he appears to have more public support for going to war. >> >> frames from a jordanian forces after bombarding them, god willing we will end their existence in syria. >> the queen visited the female members of the family, but the wife is unconsoleble. >> she is 25, and they were only married for five months. his mother is also shaken and heart broken. none of the immediate female members mall members of the family are speaking to the media. >> we are very sad but i am so proud of my cousin, he is a

martyr who defended his country, i would also offer my four sons as martyrs for my country many people want vengeance, because of the way he was murdered. >> we should be united with one body, i called on all to be one heart, one mind, and one soul. and we demand revenge. our hearts will not rest until a response is harsh. >> high ranking former and current government officials as well as hundreds of army and royal air force officers also came to support the morning tribe. people here say isil has made an effort for joining the u.s. led coalition so far this effort appeared to have had the opposite effect. >> many say jordan's resolve has been strengthed by this murder. those that didn't believe they were a threat, now say the war against the armed group is theirs. >> back in the united states,

one cyber attack may have compromised the information of 80 million people. anthem, one of the nation's largest health insurer says hackers may have stolen that inspection including birth dates and social security numbers, however the company said credit card numbers and health errors were not taken. the hack effects customers and employees of anthem. so how do hackers turn your private information into dollars? erica is here with that. >> companies like anthem can be huge money makers, these people now have names phone numbers, birthdays addresses and social security numbers. a lot of the time the goal is to sell this personal information that lives do etch in the dark web, something most of us have never even seen. >> is the dark net, a place for underground marketplaces sell anything you can imagine. transactions remain anonymous and nothing is regulated. seo the likelihood that the personal information belonging

to millions of anthem customers winds up in this sinister place. >> the possible is quite high analyze of the news site took intuse the dark net in a matter of minutes leading us through several places that worked just like amazon. >> the illusion marketplace it is a number of dark web where you can buy everything from guns to personal identity details. listings right now for bank account details routing numbers, social security numbers driver's license all for sale. >> most transactions are made with the online currentsy bit coin, you may think something like a social security number would go for a lot of money we found one on sale for $8. >> is so this is an off -- accounts. >> basically people's entire lives and it is reported to be $1,000. >> 1,000 people. >> yeah. >> for under $300. >> under $300 yeah. >> who are these people purchasing other people's

personal information. >> people from all wacs of life. >> looking for things forged passports or counter fit cash, and while they are from around the world the majority of the buyers are actually based in the u.s. and they have a myriad of marketplaces at their fingertips. >> off off the top of your head, the number of dark net marketplaces that you know the 14 or 15. that's bartley to do from the pressure being put on them from the authorities like the u.s. government and the f.b.i. who are activity attempting to shut them down. you can shut one down, and it's only a matter of time before another one emerges. >> the explosive growth of these marketplaces along with the frequency of cyber attacks had the white house pushing forward on a $15 billion proposal that ramped up security.

in fact, president obama's chief security advisor reacting to this today john, saying that this is another reason why congress should go ahead and pass that. >> so many of these organizations exist that are willing to buy it. >> i know. >> thank you very much. now, a note on the hack on sony pictures one of the executives whose email were made public is leaving her post. she is stepping down at the entertainment group's chair. co chair the green lit movie the interview which is believed to have inspired the hack that led to a string of embarrassing reports for sony. up next, the mother's change of heart once opposed to vaccinating her child what changed her mind. plus. the calls for pay equality, as silicon valley comes under new fire for paying women less.

>> in suburban chicago, five babies less than one-year-old have been diagnosed with

measles symptoms they belong to the same day care center. all are too young to be vaccinated. it is a microcosm of the nationwide debate over vaccinations. >> all of the infants would have been younger than the recommended 12 to 15 months to receive their first measles vaccination. public health officials here are investigating the source of these which states at this time remains you can phone. >> two of the children were indeed confirmed to have measles. >> illinois medical officials confirm two cases but at least three other babies at the chicago kindergartener care have also been diagnosed with measles symptoms. and officials expect more. >> the decision was then made to instruct the unvaccinated individuals at this day care center to stay at home. >> where the children got the disease is unknown. medical officials say it is too early in the investigation to determine whether or not there's a link between the day

care is z the nationwide outbreak associated with disneyland. that's the recognized ground zero for the recent spread in the u.s. so far the centers for disease control confirms more than 100 cases in 14 states in january alone. california has more than 90. >> the outbreak that we are currently experiencing is the largest we have had in this county and in this state in 15 years. >> california is one of 19 states that allowed vaccination exemptions. all states allow exemptions for medical reasons. but now several california lawmakers are pushing a bill to get rid of the imization exemption. requiring all children in public schools to get the shots. here in illinois state that does not allow exemptions the imization rate is high. >> it is important to note, that the vast majority of residents have been vaccinated and have a very low risk of contracting measles.

an additional ten students may have been exposed, they have all been notified that they should if they have not received the vaccination. he was once opposed to vaccination after the daughter was born, she chose not to vaccinate over autism fears then her daughter was diagnosed with autism, now she is a supporter of vaccinations, i talked to her about changing her mind. >> well, honestly, i had this -- i was very young, i was only 20 when i had my daughter and i had this child like faith that is world is an inherently safe and beautiful place for children. i really wasn't ready to confront how necessary modern medicine was because that would mean confronting that the world is very hostile and

dangerous to children. and when i heard people talking about vaccines being dangerous, isil fighters just created this perfect storm and all of my fears as mother came together, and i said okay, this is not something i want near my kid, got necessary, and it could be harmful. >> so you were worried about autism and then it turns out your caughtser diagnosed with autism, how did you feel about that. >> when i first found out it was a crisis for me, because i like i said, i had this idea that if i did everything right, that that would mean that my kids were guaranteed to be healthy. and so there was part of me what did i do wrong, how did i cause this, and i know now i did absolutely nothing wrong. i did nothing that caused my daughter's autism, and the only mistake i have made was choosing not to vick sin nate her until she was older. >> this is the question that everybody is really asking, and you have been on both sides of this issue. and now you come down on vaccination. on the side of vaccination

and the side of vaccinating all kids, why do you think it is so important. >> if i had continued to not vaccinate my daughter she could have been bun one of the kids that is catching measles measles and she can transmit it to her brother, and he is too young and he is at a high risk of complications from the measles vaccine. >> one of the things that parents who have kids with immune system problems or may be vulnerable to getting the measles say if you don't want to vaccinate your kids that's fine, but don't bring them to school. don't bring them to places where they can give the disease to other kids. what do you think of that? >> i agree with it. now because i have a younger child, who is at risk for complications from vaccine preventable illnesses i don't feel comfortable with him being around children whos have been unvaccinated for flu, and measles.

i want to know that my kids are safe, and now that i understand how important vaccination is, it is an issue that is very near to me i feel like parents are responsible for protecting not only their children, but also the public at langer. and people who don't vaccinate are jeopardizing both their kids and other people's children. so doctors the health department the federal government many state governments, local governments they all say these kids out to be vaccinated so how do we get to this position? where there are a number that don't want to vaccinate? >> well, honestly, when my daughter was born there was a lot of very bad science that was being very carefully disguised as good science. which has since been exposed as phrase lense. but i wasn't stupid enough to just trust what jenny mccarthy

said but when i found peer reviewed studies that appeared to be actual experts i didn't know this was less trustworthy than consensus statements. i now know better, and like a very bad stuppdy can still pass peer review at the time, i thought the fact there was scientists was pretty solid evident as people where are saying. and then people do tend to i think it is human nature to want to hear an neck do it over data. you can hear tons of numbers about vaccines not causing autism but once you hear one parent even one that says their kid became autistic a day after getting a vaccine it gets to you and it is easy to believe that.

>> we appreciate your sharing your story with us today. >> thank you so much. >> now to silicon valley, the tech industry is long been criticized for lack of diversity, now a new report shows that big gap in pay between men and women. says men earn up to 61% more than their female peers. the news coming as the president called for new laws to fight pay discrimination. patricia has more. >> 1963. president john f kennedy signed the equal pay act into law. mandating women receive equal pay, for equal work. but more than half a century later there's plenty of evidence a gender wage gap still exists. >> i wish i could say nobody, it is a big lie but nobody, it is something that is effected a lot of women. >> as of 2013, the typical woman working full time year round, in the united states

earned just 78% of what a man did. but some take issue with that number includes the heritage foundation once you adjust for the choice that men and women make you find that the wage gap all but disappears. >> the big number does fail to cab churr many nuances. take education for example. as of 2009, women one year out of college earned on average just 82% of what their male pears earned. well control for factors like hours works occupation, employment sector and children and one third of that gap some 7%, still exists. the question is, why. >> once you have controlled for all these other variables and literally this is an analysis, then it is most likely discrimination that is responsible. >> one tend to negotiator less

adepressively if they negotiate at all. that's something the data may not be able to capture but kit be a contributor to why some women's wages may lag behind. >> women couldn't negotiate more but we also know it can be a double edged sword. we have very special names for aggressive women in our cultures. >> in this year as state of the union, president obama repeated his call for congress to redress the gender wage gap. this congress still feeds to pass a law to make sure the woman is paid the sames the a man for doing the same work. the paycheck fairness act to close loopholes in the 50-year-old equal pay act has repeatedly stalls in congress. >> it is a bad bill, in disguise. it purports to help women but in the end it would make them more of a legal liability for companies nobody can decide they are not going to hire women, it is illegal and

number two they can't afford to do business without women. >> and with women now the sole or primary households with children under 18, closing the wage gap will continue to be an issue not just for women but for the broader economy. now to florida and the battle over a real estate law having some unintended consequences. the purpose of the law was to help develop old abandoned buildings, but some condoners most of them elderly says it is gifting investors the power to push them out. i thought that we lived in a country where your property couldn't be seized for private gain. >> and this blows me away. >> in 2006, amanda gonzales bought what she thought was her slice of the american dream.

a two bedroom conned doe near orlando. >> it just seemed surreal. >> so she was shocked when she received word two years ago that the complex was being terminated. convertedconverted into rental apartments forcing her to sell her condo for far less than she paid for it lawyers in miami, the very same people who sold it to her i paid them the money upfront and now they are buying it back for pennys on the dollar. >> this all started because of a law to make it easier for developers to buy out and rebuild hurricane damages condominiums and condos in disrepair, but the 2007 law is now being used by wealthy property companies to force owners to sell their homes. no matter how since the law was passed.

the king of jordan doe complexes have been terminated. 20,000. >> . >> what these buyers or investors are doing. they are doing whatever they feel that they can do. and getting away with it. >> we wanted to meet up with them the miami lawyers who terminated the complex were aman do gonzales lived. initially, they declined to speak with me. later, he and his partner called me. they told me everybody they have done is 100% legal all the risk spelled out in the

fine print of the closing documents. >> this may be legal my question to you is it moral. >> his response, there is no question of morality in business. and they have terminated the complex, because they have the legal right what would you say to those two miami lawyers? is. >> who sold you this condominium. >> i wonder how they sleep at night. >> sheila mcvicker, al jazeera, winter springs. florida. >> you can see more of the story on america tonight that's at 10:00 p.m. coming up next, faces of meth, a look at the life changing campaign to discouraging drug abuse. >> plus, twitter admits it can't control the trolls. a look at the abuse many people face online.

>> speaking out. peter greste talks about 400

days in jail. >> i imagined that 400 times pretty much. >> question will look at the bike for press freedom around the globe. cyber bullying devastating and rampant online. why thes so hard for social media to stamp it out. and topping down, the spirit of st. louis like you have never seen it before. >> we begin with the faces of meth. the antidrug campaign hit newspapers ten years ago. before and after pictures that showed the horror of drug addictions. allen joins us with mu. >> you may recognize these total strangers. their faces before and after proof of the damage drugs can do and pictures were printed in the biggest newspaper ten years ago later used in t.v.

documentaries seen worldwide this is glen, just one of the faces of meth. >> methamphetamine is insidious. >> i watched it completely destroy lives. entire families. >> i walked with him underneath portland's burn side bridge, an area he haunted for decades. years lost to drugs and crime. i will always be an addict. but i don't have to be an active addict. >> he is clean right now not in jail, not on patrol, and got on meth for the first time the his adult life. >> what did you think when you saw your face in the paper. >> i was ashamed and mad. >> he said he got turned down for jobs was thrown out of bars.

and he believes the faces of meth campaign, used in local high school drug awareness classes help deepen his addiction. >> i just gave up. i just said you know what, i guess this is what i am destined for. >> most of these people grew up too soon. >> oregonian reporter looked back at the newspaper decade old articles shelled isil found and talked with five of the original eight faces. >> all were very upset. when it first launched, but in the ten years since many have changed their minds believing that the work was worth it. >> deputy brett king created the faces of meth, he had no joys to the subjects in those mug shots. >> i offered to let glen tell his story. i asked him if he would and he didn't want any part of it, and i told him at the time, well, i am still going to use your mug shots. >> this was never about the us yeahers it was an opportunity

to deliver a blunt message to young people about methamphetamine. >> go to a meeting and don't use in between meetings. >> where he is now committed to get off and stay off drugs. and he is still better. >> i don't think it did anything. it didn't stop kids from ebbs peoplerring. >> for deputy king, just one young person spared from this,

would be a victory. meth arrests in the state of oregon have dropped, at least as a percentage of total drug arrests. but in 2013, the last year for which we have statistics, more than half of the drug related deaths in the state were connected with methamphetamine. yeah so obviously there is a debate as to whether this works. >> you know, as of right now and as far as we know, and deputy king knows nobody is plans to do that. he says he feels it has had an impact but that's all anecdotal. >> how did he come up with this. >> well, he was a jail guard and he just kept noticing the same people coming through his jail and getting checked in, and at 1 point he took a couple of these pictures and said he shows the colleague the dramatic change, and they

said wow. we need to give that up. a wider look that's impressive. >> he was seeing the day in the county jail that made him do it. >> there are powerful pictures. allen, thank you. >> twitter says it is not going to tolerate internettle trolls any more. paul is here with more, paul. >> so, january twitter c.e.o. says and these are his words the company has sucked at dealing with trolls. he said it is nobody's fault but his, and he is going to start kicking them off. hay say it is for fun. you might find eight little shocking. >> lindy west is an award winning american writer, but

because she is is a woman who writes with wit and humor about things like feminism, ratism, is ex-ism, and being fat, she is the target of brutal abuse at the fingertips of trolls. >> kill yourself. that big [bleep] is bitter that nobody wants to rape her. being insulted and threatens online is part of my job. which is not to say it doesn't hurt. it does. it feels well -- exactly like you would imagine it would feel to have someone caught you a fat [bleep] every day of your life. >> trolls get personal, and scary. >> they are getting rape threats, they are getting death threats. they are being ridiculed and mocks being insulted. a recent article about a troll that created an account for her dead faither and then used

it to torment her is what twitter c.e.o. says must have is enough. to a memo on monday, he says he was ashamed he hadn't dealt with the problem sooner. it is absurd, there is no excuse for it, we are going to start kicking these people off, and making sure when they issue their ridiculous attacks nobody hears them. just how twitter plans to do this isn't quite clear but it is a sign of how bad the trolls have gotten. >> to see these threats they sigh who why where and men they were going to murder me and my husband. the goal is simple, was to personally destroy the women that was credit folking them. >> an online controversy that began in august when trolls went after a woman who create add game about depression. and it escalated to harass and attack a wide range of women with any connection at all to online video games. honestly it's cup founding if you are looking at fit the outside. you think we are talking about

video games and you are threatening to rape and kill her for talking about video games. >> whether trolling is free speech or a crime is what the supreme court is considering in the case of anthony ellen. he is a man that said posting violent rap lyrics about his estranged wife was a form of therapy. trolls even drove robin williams daughter the aftermath of the actors death. now there's an adage don't feed the trolls that means don't response don't talk to them it will only encouraging them but lindy west, she confronted her troll and he apologized. now we will have to wait john for the supreme court to rule in this to find out if she could have prosecuted him. as well. paul, thank you very much. he is in our studio tonight

jeff it strikes me i want to say heidi this take so long? and it also strikes me when twitter does this, they will just go someplace else. >> i think it too long because it is ought about the money. when they didn't lose that many people, well, then, the ceo he had to say look, we stink at this. we should have done something about it. and we are going to do something about it now. but it should have happened a long time ago. >> bullying can cause all sorts of -- it can cause suicide. >> that's right. what impact is -- what impact do they have on people? >> well, you are right. there have been people who have been suicidal or who have committed suicide because

trolls are bullies. they go after those who are most vulnerable, whether they are women minorities, uses and the lgbt community so people who are already treated as lessen that, are now victimized even more. and they tend to have a smell where they -- a sense of smell where they go after those people who they know perhapses are having a difficult time in their lives. >> i don't want to believe this but is this saying something about human nature? >> it does, a bully is person who has their own issue whose have self-esteem issue whose have some sort of pathology who probably don't like themselves but they do feel better when they pick on someone who they teem to be less than themselves. it's that old saying of kicking someone while they are down. >> so how is the internet or

how has social media changed bullying. >> well, i think it is emboldened it. we can see that when someone doesn't know who you really are, the anonymity of it, and than when we look at the group, in other words, you are going to join us with as the kids like to say with a bunch of haters, it makes you feel better you are part of a wolf pack, and therefore you can revel in other people as pain. you know what else they will just go someplace else, and they are probably on different social networks sites anyway, it is speaks really to the psychology of these individuals that this is what they do with their time. very rageful people don't operate in a vacuum. these are the same people who road rages. who perhaps drug abuse.

a very powerful one. let's say thank you for being on the show. >> my pleasure. >> coming up next, the buzz in the business world about marijuana start up companies how preservation efforts are giving us a whole new look at the spirit of st. louis. only on al jazeera america

coming home was a moment he thought about every day when he was behind bars.

it was just incredible, and last night to step through that door, and see such a massive group of people, with the cameras and the crowd and lights and so on, it was just truly overwhelming. >> greste says he hopes his colleagues will be released soon. joe simon is the executive director of the committee. joe, welcome. >> i want to talk about the book here, and your suggestion that when we had -- in fact, when we had all this social media suddenly everybody said oh lit change the world but instead it appears that censorship of journalists has increased, why. >> i think the power dynamic between journalists and the people they cover has been transformed by technology.

it used to be if you wanted to speak to the world you had to speak to the press and it was that value that made journalists safe, now already so many over ways of communicating, journalists are often dispensable we are seeing violence on the rise as a result. >> we have had dictators for a long time, but you talk about democraty tors what's the difference. >> well, they are elected autocrats. once they cam into power they use that support to kit mantle any institution that constrains their power. but especially the media. but turkey, for the last several years has been one of the world's leading against journalists. >> . >> so there's been a crack down whether it's dictators or democrator on the internet,

or freedom of the press on censorship crack down, what about groups like isil? that are using social media and technology to their benefit. >> well, exactly those folks for them, journalists are props, they are a source of money or props in these horrific propaganda videos. sojourn lists are a source of money, or they are used in these videos. >> . >> so in the past, they needed journalists. >> no matter what you were up to now matter how bad you were if you wanted to speak to the world the only way to do it was to talk to journalists. >> not any more. >> not any more, they use to go into conflicts zones. they used to identify themselves, now identifying yourself as a journalist is like putting a target on your back. >> i talked to someone who just traveled to china, for instance, and he was talking to me about his inability to

gong online and get the information he normally gets in the united states. how serious of a problem are we talking about. >> it is growing. and china is the leading example. remember when people used to say the internet, is impossible to sensor, nobody says that any more. china is shows kit be done, and you can use the same technology to surveil the population to monitor it. to control what they say, it is not done on a massive scale it is much more selective but it still works. >> i know a few years ago the state departments were suggesting this technology really would change the world that you couldn't control it. and you're -- your information just completely blowed that out of the water. >> it is a give and take, it has changed the world but it is not a steady climb. you see expansion of the

ability to communicate and then you see governments crack down. >> what is the biggest problem today. >> violence. just the fact -- these last three years record number of journalists killed. that ease are the three most deadly years we have ever seen and the largest number of prison around the world over 200 in prison. so violence, repression, it's on the rise. >> the book is called the new censorship inside the battle for media freedom. and the committee to protect journalists continues to work for the release of people like our colleagues in egypt and so many others. >> thank you so much. >> silicon valley is always about the next big thing and the next big thing now is marijuana starts ups. so you can control through you can look at the high

resolution images you can start adding things and it gives uhl a remains in control time u.t.a. of 12 minutes. >> right. >> and indeed quickly a guy walks through the door. >> oh, perfect. >> nod bat appreciate it. >> thank you. >> we got a chocolate bar we have an 8th of blue dream here where medical marijuana is legal anyone with doctors approval can use the app. >> it is just like any other start up. in, the cannabis delivery service shares it's work space with a bunch of other tech start ups. this operation out of a garage. >> there are even venture funds specifically dedicated to investing in the industry. marijuana still mostly illegal, but at this special event, where pot start ups pitch to potential investors you wouldn't know. >> alison wants to raise half

a million for her start up. >> we use organically grown flour, you want. >> and she is a cannabis bakery based in burkely. >> all of our products are vegan, or a combination of those features. we are hoping to raise all together $1.2 million. >> the numbers are promising in 2013, the legal industry was already bringing in $1.5 billion. this past year it balloons 74%. by one estimate if all states leakized the total market size would top $36 billion. that is larger than the organic foods market, it is about the same size as the wine market, so there's a real reason why investors are

excited about this risk adverse investors may still want to steer clear. >> i think it is very dangerous to give the sense that because you have a safe haven or bartley save haven in the california that somehow or another if you are out of state families you can take advantage of that, and invest in that kind of an enterprise. because the federal law is still there. >> is laurens have come up with complex arrangements to make them above board and the federal government has taken a hans off policy. but a new administration could change that. >> this is a little bit like creating an entire airplane industry two years before kitty hawk, it may stay up in the air and it may not take off at all. >> and indeed law enforcement continues the fight. going after marijuana grow sites often just a few hours away from silicon valley. but counter cull sure

activists still expect full legalization of marijuana in california next year, and that is enough for them. people are operating like it is totally legitimate. i just believe the genie is out of the bottle and there is to way put it back. >> silicon valley has put in millions serious investors everywhere starting to see what the buzz is all about. >> al jazeera, san francisco. >> we turn now to the shifts in frigid war and intense fighting today seth people were reported kills in battles between rebels and government forces. stephanie cy is here with a look at that story. >> good evening john, with all the focus lately on isil we would be remiss if we didn't focus on the on going civil war we will show you some remarkable new images.

the capitol was long considers one of the safer cities but a rebel group has been bombarding it in the last couple of weeks. the president force are now going on the offensive there shelling fighter whose are on the your skirts. our reporter say the forces are using barrel bombs. those kill indiscriminantly and an unknown number have not been able to escape. in our next hour, bringtous the front lines this is serious capitol, it is a culture and religious center, and it is devastated. >> yeah, it is an important story that we continue to cover here, and obviously continues to get worse. next in about five minutes. thank you charles lind burg flew across the atlantic, and into history books his plane has been a center piece at the

smithsonian for decades. recently, it was moved from the ceiling to the floor where visitors can get a closer look, an iconic piece of history we talks about it with bob vander linden in tonight's first person report. >> the spirit of st. louis was the first airplane to fly solo across the atlantic, and this demonstrated the potential of long range aviation he has the spirit of st. louis built for this flight. but the most impressive feat is the fact that the man was awake for 33 1/2 hours and for 24 hours beforehand he stayed awake, in part, because he had that airplane built to be unstable. he felt it would be safer if he were to fall asleep, that the moment his hand would fall off the control stick, the airplane would start falling out of control, slam around and wake him up, and in fact that happened many times.

he was concerned that he didn't have a visa and would get in trouble with the french authorities. the last thing he expected to find was 150,000 people waiting for the him. the spirit of st. louis is normally displaced in the gallery, about 40 to 50 feet up off the ground. and we have had on occasion a couple of chances to look at it but we are doing right now with our visitors will have the opportunity to see it up close, oen the floor so you can get a los closer than before. our examination has just begun. it is going to be on the ground for about eight months. so we will be taking a very close look at it. right now we have discovered that the fabric is dried out and cracking in certain places. and split please come and take a look at it, it is a remarkable airplane. up close and it's much more personal when you see it on

the floor. >> is he made that flight in nine between 27, and only 40 yo years later the u.s. put a man on the moon now our picture of the day, personal computer all the way back to 1980, it was built for radio shack radio shack filed for bankruptcy that's our program thank you for watching.

strong words from russian officials athay consider arming ukraine. a move moscow see as a direct threat. and jordan goes on the offensive. launching air strikes against isil in retaliation for the murder of it's captive pilot. traumatic video out of syria. the president intensified attacks on rebels to keep from falling.