the 21st century. >> helena is a journalist in miami. that's the show for today. i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. measles on the move. five unfantastic at a day care center near chicago contracted the dangerous disease. what some states are doing to make vaccines mandatory. >> a proposal for peace. world leaders for kiev trying to stop renewed deadly fighting in ukraine. >> the u.s. pledging millions in nonlethal aid, debating whether to send weapons. a hack attack - millions

compromised at the second-largest insurance company. inside the dark net where stolen information is worth big money from prison convict to college graduate. >> i knew i had to change. >> a unique programme giving inmates a second chance. good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. we begin in illinois where five infants who attend the same daycare center are treated for measles, now, health officials warn more children may have been infected with the violence. the cases are the latest in an outbreak that has been spreading across the country. john terrett has more. this outbreak began in california. the first cases connected to the disneyland theme park. there are now 99 confirmed infections in the state. then it started spreading to the north, to places like oregon and

washington state before heading from west to east. it's now in 15 states as you can see, you don't have to be a genius to work out what is going on. it's spreading around the country. before today illinois had one confirmed case. none of the infants vaccinated, because they are too young. >> we are currently investigating a cluster of measles in kinder care. >> reporter: five infants in this daycare facility are the latest to attract the disease. illinois health officials are warning the public to brace for more. >> we are talking about a highly contagious disease, one that is threatening for those not vaccinated. measles is so contagious. one person carrying the disease could uneffect more than four times as many carrying the flu.

germs can remain alive on surfaces for up to two hours and a contagious person may not show symptoms for up to four days and anyone affiliated with chicago day care not vaccinated has been told to stay at home for 21 address. people the outbreak fuels the anti-vaccine debate. >> people that don't vaccinate jeopardise their kids and others. >> some have adverse affects to them. if you go on line and read there's horrific stories. >> >> reporter: that's between those that choose not to vaccinate. >> every parent has the right to choose what is in the best interests of their children. >> and some doctors refusing to treat unvaccinated patients. >> one in 1,000 children with measles will develop brain damage. i saw a child developing brain

damage from measles, i never want to see it again. >> measles was declared eradicated back in 2000. this resurgence is fuelled by falling vaccination rates, which is why lawmakers in california oregon and washington state are considering new laws eliminating exemptions making vaccinations mandatory. >> worrying a lot of parents around the country. >> in a year when they've had more outbreaks in the first month of the year than normally in 12 months now to the latest development in ukraine. european leaders push a plan to end the conflict claiming thousands of lives in a year. the leaders were in kiev along with john kerry, meeting as the fighting rages in eastern ukraine. hundreds of thousands fled their home. charles stratford talked with

one family. >> this woman and her children are lucky to be alive. shells exploded around their home. volunteers braved the artillery and mortar fire driving them to safety. >> when we were evacuated the rocket has been coming down on us. i took the risk because i had to save my children. >> tatiana and three of four children are staying at a shelter set up by volunteers. her ex-husband and daughter are hiding in a basement. there are 50 other people here who have fled the violence. the makeshift tomorrow drys are cramped. air is steal. >> i'm scared. i feel lost. there's no way we can go back home. >> it's estimated that more than

900,000 people have been forced to flee their homes. as the fighting gets worse, the numbers of civilians killed or wounded increases by the day. there has been a sharp escalation in fighting over recent weeks while the ukranian government and the separatists blame each other for failures in the truce talks. >> ukranian military pour in more troops to the front line. it seems the increasingly well-equipped fighters do the same. >> russia continues to deny supplying the separatists with soldiers or weapons. >> and just as separatists controlled towns, hospitals on the ukranian military side of the frontline is full of wounded soldiers and civilians. none of these people could have predicted the violence subjected to. >> tatiana is praying the eldest will make it to safety and join

them soon. >> secretary of state john kerry says president obama will decide whether to send arms to ukraine. john kerry is heading to germany after meeting with the president and prime minister in kiev. john kerry made another call for a ceasefire and said there's no question. the separatists are not simply crass-roots rebels. >> there's no question about damages flowing. rocket systems transported. convoys of goods carrying people weapons, and other instruments of battle. >> german chancellor angela merkel and french president francis hollande met with leaders. they will travel to moscow to talk about a new peace plan. >> jordan is making good on promises. a wave of shets bombboarded the

hideouts days after a video showed the murder of a piment. his family received word of the campaign from king abdullah. we have more. >> reporter: this is wherored annian -- jordanian pilot moaz al-kasasbeh wanted to celebrate his return. instead it's a place where they are receiving condolences after the islamic state of iraq and levant burnt him alive. king abdullah paid his respects to the tribe in the southern province. he told the pilots father that jordan's royal air force shelled i.s.i.l. forces in the syrian province. the king had already promised what he called a relentless response to avenge the murder. and appears to have more public support for going to war. >> planes from a jordanian force

have just occurred. >> the queen visited the female members of the family. the wife is inconsolable. she is 25 and they were only married for five months. his mother is shaken and heartbroken. none of his immediate female family members are spoking to the media. >> we are very sad. i'm so proud of my cousin. he's a martyr, and although my heart is pleading i would offer my four sons as marters for the country. many want vengeance because of the way moaz al-kasasbeh was murdered. >> we should be united with one body i call on jordanians to be one mind heart and soul. our hearts will not mess in the

the response is harsh. >> high ranking former and government officials as well as army and royal air force officers came to support the morning tribe. people say i.s.i.l. made a cop certed effort to -- concerted effort to join jordanians against each other. this has appeared to have the opposite effect. many say the resolve was strengthened by the murder. those that didn't believe i.s.i.l. was a threat say the war against the armed group is theirs al qaeda in the arabian peninsula says a top cleric was killed in a u.s. drone strike happening january 31st. he was the group's spiritual leader appearing in a video praising the attack op "charlie hebdo". he was seen in online religious

lectures. three other fighters were killed. >> senate republicans say they'll introduce a bill to stop president obama from closing the prison at guantanamo bay. the senate armed services committee held a hearing on the prison camp. the bill would ban most transfers out of the prison for two years. republican tom cotton wants more detained there, not fewer. >> the only problem with guantanamo bay, is there are too many empty beds. they should send more terrorists there. as far as i'm concerned every last one can rot in hell. >> the obama administration opposes the bill and says closing the prison is a national security imper difficult. >> chris christie is the target of another investigation. the prosecutor said he indicted

many but the state attorney-general withdrew charges. when he complained he was fired. there was a denial of young duty inmates sent to college. >> i knew i had to change. >> we talk to a graduate going through the programme and turned his life around. >> how a controversial drug campaign the faces of meth, affected the lives of some of its subjects.

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a programme in new york is trying to prevent that by giving inmates a college education. as kristen saloomey sells us it helps to pave the way to a more productive life. >> reporter: it the first glance it looks like a college english class. >> what is the quote. >> reporter: the man standing guard and the barbed wire outside the windows are a reminder. the lesson is taking place inside the oat usville correctional facility. post of the students are inmates. matthew wilson is near the end of a 13 year sentence for armed robbery and joined the class for a reason. >> change. i knew i had to change. education is a part of it. it opens the doors. >> students from the outside also participate in the class, saying they are learning from the inmates and their instructor. >> understanding how much they care about the education, the time they put into it. put the college kids everything

off. >> the prison to college pipeline is sponsored by john st. john''s in work and is it guarantees a spot at a university after they release. the idea that it continues not only beyond prison but beyond the classroom. robert tait is pursuing a degree in english. >> when i came home find a job, find steady housing, find steady income and then you know get back to family and start to build my life over again. i was starting that 30 years old, as a 17-year-old. >> the programme provides assistance with call of those things, and more. >> specifically for a population coming back to the community, it's vital to re-establish

community and a new community, not the one that you left behind. becoming the place to find a new self community, and build a new life after prison. >> the new programme is yet to see a graduate. but participants appreciate the chance to expand their child. >> a graduate of the prison to college pipeline programme helps other inmates reintegrate into society. good to have you with us. the hope is to reverse what we have seen and heard of so often - the school to prison pipeline where kids are, effect minority kids fun edged from public schools where they have problems into prisons. the hope is to do the opposite. people going from prison to college. how well is it working for you? >> it worked very well. in regards to confidence level of getting a formal education,

and sending me on a path that an academic career is possible and being able to pursue that has been greatly influenced. >> so far you are one of a few. a dozen or so that have been able to do this. you are in college at john jay. i imagine coming out of prison it must be tough, and you have to find work. how is that working for people that are part of the programme? >> well it is hard to figure out a schedule. a lot of time we have to go to school at night. once you get into the grove, the make i made was trying to rush in, get everything done. if you prioritise and get back it becomes a small divide once you adjust. >> this is all done privately funded. there is no public money in the state of new york going to prison or education. do you think it would be a good

idea to expand this programme. to have more inmates have a chance to do this? >> yes, it would be very good thing to be able to expand to more facilities and see the result of that and expand it nationwide. it helps a lot of guys gape the confidence and see the opportunities. >> so far the graduates - no one has reoffended. >> yes. >> and the numbers are stark about other inmates. 75%, the numbers are. shows that 75% end up reoffending within five years, do you think this is something that will pay off for everyone. >> because it gives - just getting an academic degree - it allows a person to follow a career path and contribute positively back to society. i think without that education, it's very hard to get it done.

>> a small investment of getting people from prison to colleges could pay off big time. what does it mean to you, deep down, what difference has it made. ? >> the difference it made in my life is wanting to achieve better knowing that it's attainable. before the prison to college pipeline my have had thoughts but not the confidence for the experience to recognise that this is something that is possible to do. >> we wish you and the others the best of luck. it will be interesting to see how the program progresses and whether it's replicated in other places. >> more than half of all federal prison inmates were convicted of drug crimes. one sheriff's office is trying to convince young people to stay clean, it's used a campaign called the faces of meth. allen schauffler caught up with

a subject. >> you may recognise strangers, the faces before and after proof of the damage drugs can do. the pictures were printed in oregon and used in tv documentaries. this is one of the faces of meth. >> methamphetamine is ipp siddious. i watched it completely destroy lives. i mean entire families. >> i watched with legg rue under the bridge an area he haunted for decades. years lost to drugs and crime. >> i'll always be an addict you know but i don't have to be an active addict. >> he is clean now, not in gaol not on parole and not on meth more the first time in his adult life. recovery taught me to be a different person how to live a different life. >> what did you think the first time you saw your face in the

paper? >> i was ashamed. i was ashamed. i was mad. >> reporter: he says he was turned down for jobs thrown out of bars because the pictures and believes of the faces of meth used in local high school drug awareness classes helped to deepen his addiction. >> i gave up. >> most life people that grew up too soon. >> a look back at the newspapers. she found and caution with five of the original eight faces. >> we are upset bhep it launched but in the 10 years since many have changed their minds. believing that the work was worth it. >> the deputy created faces of meth. we asked him, he had no apologies to the subject of

county mail mug scholtz. >> i asked glen to tell his story. he didn't want a part of it. i said i still was going to use the images. >> reporter: the image was a public record it was not about the drug users, it was an opportunity to deliver a message about methamphetamine. >> this is unlike anything they have seen. drug-related death is a real thing. >> reporter: he visits high school classes regularly. and faces of meth morphed into a documentary - drugs to mugs. there's the before and after shock tactic. does it work. >> that's no research but king hopes so and says he received letters. personal thanks from parents and kids for the faces campaign. >> go to a meeting. go to one every day. >> reporter: out on the streets where glen is committed to helping former peers, meth is a problem, and legrew is bitter

about the 10-year-old photo spread. >> do you think it did any good? >> i don't think it did anything. it didn't stop kids experimenting. >> reporter: one young person spared from this would be a victory next we take you inside the dark web where everything from drugs to social security is up for sale. wild video, two sucked into a storm drain. wait till you see what happens after they wept under.

china may be linked to a huge cyber attack on the insurance company anthem. several reports suggest chinese state-sponsored hackers are to blame. the second-largest insurance company say hackers may have received birth dates and social security numbers but credit card records were not stolen. 80 million customers and employees may be affected. why do hackers want your data? as erica pitzi explains it's about the money. >> hacks like this one at anthem can be big money makers for these people. they get their hands on names,

addresses, birth days and social security numbers. the first place they go is deep into the dark web, where they can sell it and turn a profit. >> the dark net, a place where underground online marketplaces sell anything you can imagine. transactionsar anonymous, nothing is regulated. a likelihood that personnel information winds up in this sinister place. >> it's high. >> we were taken into the dark net in a matter of minutes, leading through black marketplaces working like amazon. >> this is one of a number of dark net places where you buy guns to personal identity details. we are looking at listings now for bank accounts routing numbers, social security driver's licence, all for sale. >> most are made with the online currency. you may think a social security

number will go for a lot of money. we found one on sale for $8. >> this is an offer for social security number driver's licence. >> people's entire lies and it's purported to be 1,000. >> 1,000. >> for under $300. >> who are the people purchasing other people's information. >> people were all walks of life. >> people looking for forged passports or counterfeit cash. sellers are from around the world. the majority of the buyers are based in the u.s. and they have a myriad of marketplaces at their fingertips. >> off the top of your head the name of dark marketplaces you know how many. >> 14 15. they are metastasizing. that's to do with the pressure put on them by authorities like the u.s. government and the f.b.i. who are attempting to touch this

done. >> the exercise is like waca mole. you shut one down, and it's a matter of time before another marketplace reemerges and appears. >> the explosive growth has the obama administration pushing for a brand new 14 billion proposal that would beef up cyber security efforts to protect federal and private networks. >> we end with a scene in brazil a boy and his uncle sucked into a storm drain. the 9-year-old and four older men were clearing a drain when the two were sucked under the the boy came out smiling on the other end. numbering the ride. his uncle was slightly less ecstatic. luckily they suffered minor injuries. thank you for joining us. "inside story" is next. we leave you with heavenly video

released by n.a.s.a. where the northern lights meet the sunrise high above the earth. courtesy of the international space station. not a bat view. -- not a bad view. hello, i'm ray suarez. for all of human history, number just a few years ago, every human being in biological terms had two parents - period. the ability to use genetic material from three people has opened up a new era in human reproduction. are you ready. >> just as we had the arguments around i.v. f, people calling them test tube babies no one refers to t