be reformed. >> every sunday, join us for exclusive... revealing... and surprising talks with the most interesting people of our time. "talk to al jazeera". tomorrow morning, 9:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, i'm tony harris. a unified front congestion russia over the crisis in ukraine. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to do is look at all option he. >> ending the conflict with pro-russian rebels that has already killed thousands. if diplomacy fails u.s. weapons could be next.

it is the debate over those weapons that is revealing a split between president obama and german chancellor angela merkel. both say the fighting in ukraine must end but there are differences, how that should end. merkel was at the warehouse jamie mcintire is at the white house. there is doubt whether diplomacy will work here. >> that's right tony. angela merkel says, that sending arms to ukraine would make things worse, president obama says that although it might not necessarily make things worse it could save lives as the peace process plays out. as pro-russian separatists continue to gain grown ground in eastern ukraine, president obama

agrees that no additional amount of weaponry can turn the tide of abattle, not matching military aid provided by russia. but could blunt the separatist ordinancive and advance the peace process by ratcheting up the cost to president putin. >> if in fact diplomacy fails what i've asked my team to did is look at all options. what other means can we put in place to change mr. putin's calculus. >> reporter: the so-called lethal defensive weapons the u.s.s. considering include antitank missiles, counterbattery radar that can track incoming radar and track it to the source and antiaircraft systems that can shoot down spy drones that have been providing intelligence to russian backed rebels. if the muniic security spolg

summitconference over the weekend. >> how long can putin sustain a war that he tells his people is not happening? that's why we must provide defensive arms to ukraine. >> at the same conference german chancellor angela merkel voiced her concern to sending arms to kiev but standing next to obama at the white house she made it clear that who leaders could agree to disagree. >> no matter what we decide, the alliance between the united states and europe will continue to stand. will continue to be solid. even though on certain issues we may not always agree. >> many ukrainians feel betrayed by the u.s., in return for assurances its sovereignty would be protected ukraine gave up

its entire nuclear arsenal. >> there is something wrong there in the picture. >> now merkel and french president francois hollande and ukrainian officials met with putin last week and they announced a new summit for this week in minsk. but tony given failure of the previous minsk agreement there is not much hope for break through this time however the german chancellor said she couldn't live with herself if she didn't make the attempt. tony. >> more violence in are you croorn. ateastern ukraine. at least 11 civilians and nine residents were killed. after it was hit by government shelling. european union foreign minister say they will delay imposing more sanctions against russia and will wait to see what comes of wednesday's peace talks in

minsk. william taylor former minister to ukraine, thank you for having you on the program. >> thank you tony. >> everyone is gathering in belarus on wednesday. do you believe a deal is going to be struck? >> we have to hope it will. we can't -- we have to keep trying at these things. >> right. >> and what we're hoping is that the pressure on mr. putin boat the economic pressure which is mounting every day, as well as the threat of additional weapons, for the ukrainian forces that are opposing mr. putin's forces in southeastern ukraine will change his calculus. he knows in the medium term his economic situation is in terrible shape. he also knows that as russian soldiers are killed in ukraine their returns the return of their remains back to russia is

causing him a political problem. which he's going to have to deal with over some period of time. so we're hoping that the combination of weapons for ukraine, and continued even increased economic sanctions will change mr. putin's mind about an agreement at minsk. so it is not impossible. >> boy i've got a couple of things i want to follow with based on that answer. you talk about the economic pressure on president putin. how much pressure is on president obama to do something more aggressive now in ukraine? >> well, certainly he has the congress. >> yes. >> having passed the ukraine support act freedom support act. and that passed overwhelmingly. the reports are that his administration both on the state department side and the defense department as well as other agencies are also in support of the idea of putting more pressure on mr. putin and certainly on the exec side but

also thereeconomic sidebut certainly more pressure to him at the table. >> does that sound like a good cop bad cop scenario is being set up here where angela merkel says maybe a little more patience is needed and pd president and members of congress are saying this is the time to act? maybe this is something necessary in diplomacy but it seems like a good cop bad cop scenario is being set up here. >> it is certainly interesting that the pace of diplomacy that mrs. ervelg merkel and mr. hollande have now generated accelerated once it was clear that the u.s. administration was actively considering, seriously considering providing weapons. so there is probably not a coincidence. but also also true that several -- but it is also true

that several different ways of putting pressure, it is not just the economic side, not just the military side, neither is sufficient in itself but the combination may be what it takes. >> tell me why it would be in america's interest to supply ukraine with what's being described here as lethal defensive weapons that that threshold question, can you answer that for me? >> united states has a stake in a peaceful europe, living by rules accepted by all countries since the end of world war ii and certainly since the end of the cold war there has not been an aggressive act like we've seen from the russians in ukraine. the russians have broken those rules, have violated those standards, have violated international law that they have signed up to by invading a neighbor. and that system is important to

us it's important to the europeans. we have an economic interest in a stable europe but we also have a broader interest in a rule based world system, international system that does not allow does not countenance one nation invading another nation. and that's what we're seeing today. >> okay, i'm always going to ask you that question when i get an opportunity to talk to you. william taylor, form esh former ambassador, great to talk to you. this was not president obama's only challenge. negotiators have set a late march deadline for working out the deals with iran. it is up to them to accept it. >> i don't see a further extension being useful if they have not agreed to the basic

formulation. if they're not pursuing a compromise. if the framework of the deal is done, if people have a clear sense of what is required and there's some drafting and ts to cross and i's to dot that's a different issue. >> obama was asked about israel priemghts benjamin netanyahu's invitation to speak to congress. he says he and the israel leader have very large differences and he defended his decision not to meet with netanyahu. >> we have a practice of not meeting with leaders right before their elections. i think it's important for us to maintain these protocols. because the u.s.-israeli relationship is not about a particular party.

>> netanyahu says he will go ahead with plans to speak before congress about iran. the prime minister could speak to a closed session of congress or hold meetings with members of congress. there was a fight over i.s.i.l abdul raof was killed in a drone strike in the southern helamon province. four others died. this was the first drone attack against i.s.i.l. in afghanistan. syria's prime minister says his government does not need help in battling i.s.i.l and criticized stepped autopsy tacks against i.s.i.l. in his territory. he wants more advanced weapons and says there should be more air strikes against siem targets. greece's new prime minister wants to toss out the $270 billion bailout deal saying the country's budget has been cut

enough. that tough stance has greece's future very much in doubt. john siropolous reports. >> the greek people gave a strong mandate to end austerity immediately. this catastrophic austerity and change policies. consequently the notorious bailout was first cancelled by its very own failure and its destructive results. >> this meanings the bailout for greece is effectively over. instead tsipras says he wants a truce of up to six months to renegotiate with the rest of europe. >> we will say it again and again. greece wants to service its

debts. if our partners want this too they can join us at the table to find a way to make it viable. >> reporter: the purpose of those talks would be to review how and when greece will pay back its debt of over $350 billion. austerity will never allow greece opay back its debt because it is restoring growth. he has a method of restoring growth. incomes have fallen over 35% in the last five years and a million people remain below the poverty line. but to be viable during negotiations the greek government needs permission to raise $11 billion from the parks. it will have a chance to provide its positions to all of its creditors at wednesday's euro zone meeting. >> what their proposal will be to move forward then we'll have

a first round of debate on that. i don't expect conclusions, it will take time, there are complex matters differing views, but whatever round of constructive debate next wednesday. >> the new greek government insists on maintaining a planed budget but insists on a higher minimum wage. which means the meeting with other euro group members will be difficult. john siropolous. al jazeera. >> judges are refusing to issue licenses and the state's top judge says they don't have to. as lisa stark reports the facing's highest court has already weighed in. >> the supreme court this morning refused to allow the ban on same sex marriages to continue for now. until the high court takes up this very issue later in the term. that is what the state of

alabama has asked for after a lower court ruled that the alabama ban was unconstitutional. two of the supreme court justices dissented,ant 9 antonin scalia and john roberts. while the court resolves the important constitutional question. alabama clerks have refused to issue marriage licenses. issuing an order not to proceed with same sex marriage licenses. some counties and corgts in

alabama were permitting the marriages and some couples were tying knot. >> i think that marriage equality is something that is here and that the probate judges, it is timeto for them to recognize that and they don't have the authority to not issue these licenses. >> big question, have a majority of justices made up their mind about same sex marriage? justice clarence thomas seems to think so. as more couples get married it will be harder for the supreme court to issue a ruling denying marriage equality. >> areva martin is a legal analyst and attorney. >> hi tony. >> let's be clear what the alabama state supreme court chief judge justice is saying here. >> there's more. >> yeah yeah yeah. was he really saying to the

federal court you have no jurisdiction over the decisions of the state courts? is that what he was saying here? >> unequivocally so, absolutely he said the people of alabama spoke, when they voted to outlaw same sex marriages and he basically said how dare you intervene in our state and deny our people what they've already voted for. so he told his probate judges across the state of alabama ignore what the supreme court of the united states said today. and continue to deny those marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> okay so i don't know his politics. i'm assuming he's probably conservative. what do you think of this state supreme court chief justice and his cavism in this case? >> i think it's pretty reprehensible tony. in the 1960s we saw george

wallace deny access to those students even though the federal supreme court had said that that school should be integrated. >> you're going there hmm? >> you can't help but be reminded of that. i think it's the same kind of narrow minded thinking on this issue. he doesn't get to decide what laws he likes or dislakes or believes in this court his own views don't party in this case. he was thrown out once before. when your judge refuses to follow the supreme court of the united states, throws him out. i hope the people of the state do some at the ballot box. >> maybe today there's confusion, but what should the probate judges do going forward? >> i don't think there's a lot

of confusion. i think there's a lot of personal feelings that shouldn't be in this court decision. they should be issuing those licenses to those people who show up at those courthouses around the state. and one thing we should note that in the more urban areas birmingham alabama and some of the bigger cities, those judges have been complying with the law and issuing licenses all day. hopefully those smaller counties will start following suit. >> so areva chem what are we talking about are we talking about old school bias, prejudice, what are we talking about here? >> for a lot of people it is their religious beliefs that marriage is between a man and woman and somehow same sex marriage is harmful to the community, harmful to our families and harmful to children. the supreme court has pretty

much spoken on this issue. 36 states have decided that it's against an individual's fourth amendment rights to deny same sex marriage. this train has left the station. >> does this decision by the supreme court to pass on this particular case tell us anything significant on how the court will decide other bans on gay marriage? >> i think justice thomas himself indicated this was a pretty strong indicator to allow these cases to go forward we should expect something similar in the summer where we'll see a decision nationwide that same sex marriage will be the law of the country and those states where it is illegal probably will be legal.

>> are reaivedareva martin, thank you. 18 cases of measles are tied to an outbreak from california's disneyland. in part to children not vaccinating their children. coming up next on the program today marks nine months since michael brown was shot and killed by a white officer. and coming up, a bank helping an individual stash millions of dollars in switzerland.

>> for the second week in a row boston has gotten snow. kids were okay with that rights? schools are closed and almost 2

thousand flights have been disclosed across the northeast. the largest bank has gotten a lot of publicity how i.t. helped rich clients avoid taxes. ali velshi, what's this all about here? >> what's new is based on atrophy of data that hsbc's swiss banking arm did a lot of things to help clients avoid taxes prior to 2007. those clients had more than 100 billion in total in access at the swiss arm of hsbc, a british bank. documents stolen by h. bc in 2007, employee gave it to french authorities who in 2010 shared them with the british, the spanish and the americans. so we knew some of this already but basically these new documents showed that hsbc

handled secret accounts whose holders included drug cartels tax agents and diamond merchants and here is some way you might be able to dodge taxes. >> what does hsbc have to say about this? >> they said that they had undergone a rad cam transformation one would hope, and do not meet hsbc standards the old hsbc used to encourage that kind of thing. recovered about $760 million in back taxes and penalties from individuals. i think what's important here tony is these people went and looked for that kind of innocence andassistance and hsbc provided

that. the big thing is, you shouldn't ask. >> what else? >> standing to profit from privateization of education. the debate is how much freedom to give charter schools virtue virtual schools and other schools. we've got a great great discussion on that tonight. >> ali good to see you. remember to watch "real money with ali velshi"." about 1400 workser worked off the job this weekend at plants in indiana and ohio. they join about 3800 colleagues in four other states. they say their biggest priority is safer working conditions. they also want higher wages. contract negotiations are set to

resume tomorrow. president obama and katie perry, at the grammy awards, plus forrest whittaker and south sudan. sudan.

>> al jazeera america is take a closer look at the issue of race in america. it was six months ago today that 18-year-old michael brown was shot and killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri. brown's death sparked riots and protests there and across the country. it also led to a new discussion on the relationship between police officers and the communities they serve. ash-har quraishi joins us live from chicago and ash-har we know you've covered this and we remember you being tear gassed out there. how has the situation changed in six months? >> the tear gas is gone and the protests, but this is a community in the midst of

introspection, we've been there the past few weeks and we've seen a number of town hall meetings and the initiatives of police trying get into the issues that played out in ferguson over the course of the last few months. the police department as you know continues to be under the shadow of an ongoing department of justice investigation they have taken recommendations from the dxoj, doj they have instituted body cameras now they have reformed their ticketing and court procedures. we sat down with police chief tom jackson who talks about other changes he has instituted in the department. >> we sent several of our commanders to biospace training, which allows to look into their subconscious biases, it also

brings citizens into the training so they take the training together. >> reporter: and tony, we spoke to residents on the ground. you look at west florison avenue damage after what happened in november, no indictment that came down against police officer darren wilson and there was still a lot of healing to go on in that community tony. >> ash-har you just mentioned reforms to the ticketing procedures there. a group of civil rights lawyers have filed suit against ferguson of the way people are jailed if they don't pay traffic fines and other offenses. how has the city responded? >> that's right. 15 residents filed a collaboration lawsuit in federal court today alleging the city has engaged in unfair targeting of residents. they say they've generated more

revenue than they should based on missouri state law. the city came out with a statement responding, saying acknowledge the city disputes, that any individuals this were targeted that jail detain east were ever detained longer than three consecutive days or the physical conditions in the jail were unsanitary or unconstitutionally improper. so still a lot has to be sorted out and a lot has to be gotten through with these residents and the police to address those with the residents too. >> ash-har quraishi for us in chicago. patricia bines is live with us from st. louis. committee woman go to see you it's bean while. what's changed in your opinion in the last six months? >> you know, when i think about it some things feel like they're still the same but other things have changed. we've seen an incredible amount

of community building and charity and outreach done to help build bridges and get people talking again. we've had town halls focused specifically on policing in the community. and a series of town halls asking people how would they like to see policing done differently? however, if you walk up and down west florison, things are exactly the same, nothing has changed there. >> looks the same. >> yes looks the same. gist last week the county executive and the ports authority authorized half a million to be able to clear the rubble. there are some buildings that are still board he up. boarded up. tensions are high. nothing has been changed about ferguson so far. i can't tell you there's progress or visible progress.

>> i understand there's open seats in the city council. will there be diverse candidates running for those seats? >> the next municipal election is april 7th, there are contested races for every single ward. there are diverse candidates. i would like to get to a point where we don't look at the color of the 66 of candidates but the way they are campaigning and the quality of the candidates. >> amen, yes. >> i think we're getting there. i think there are stark differences between african americans on the ballot in ferguson and i think this will be the time for the citizens of fergs to choose which direction -- of fegz to choose which direction they want to go in. >> you would agree that there needs to be diversity in ferguson, would you agree with that? >> diversity in skin dlor and color and thought. >> in thought? >> in fergses it's ferguson it's been

business as usual. there's been a small clique of people that hold the power there. >> do you believe the doj will actually bring a civil rights case against officer wilson and how disappointed would you be if it doesn't? >> i think that they already started leaving bread crumbs saying they were not going to -- >> right. >> -- do that. what i'm looking forward to and what the community's looking to is the doj patterns and practices report on the ferguson police department. >> right. you mentioned town hall meetings and body cameras has policing of the minority community in ferguson has that changed over the last six months? >> many people will tell you no. so talk is cheap. we have to say what actually

gets done and how the community and the overall st. louis region perceives what's going on. >> patricia bines she is a committee woman from missouri, thank you for seeing you. >> good to see you tony. >> walking while black one man's claim after being arrested and accused of threatening an officer with a golf club. and today's power politics. one of the top republican presidential candidates accused of coddling. david schuster is here. david. >> mike huckabee lashed out at president obama's recent speech at the national prayer breakfast. huckabee's reference of president obama's putting i.s.i.l. in context were stunning. christian misdeeds during the

crusades nothing short than shocking. >> everything he does is what against what christians stand for and against the jews in israel. one group that can say he has his undying unfailing support is the muslim community. >> undying unfailing support. huckabee will announce soon whether he will launch a 2016 presidential campaign. another person neurosurgeon ben carson. >> there are pell grants available for poor people to go to community college already. they are very effective. for those who are not poor there is a four letter word that works industrial strel well, extremely well,

w-o-r-k. work. the government is not there to give away everything and to take care of people. >> on the democratic side advisors to hillary clinton say the former first lady and secretary of state has nearly finished the senior staff who would run her presidential campaign. the waps wapt washington post reports the podesta is currently serving as an advisor to president obama and expected to leave the white house this month. with no well organized democratic competition in this race clinton has reportedly told her staff in waiting that she does not want to make a formal announcement until later this spring. congressional politics. illinoiss senator aaron shock is facing damage chrome.

after a staffer resigned over racist remarks extravagantly designed to look like it belongs in downton abbey shock spent $102,000 on official travel, more than dick durbin, racked up just $90,000 and more than mark kirk who spent $82,000. only 11 house members spent more than shock. and those were in alaska, guam, hawaii and montana. shock told al jazeera my job is to get around, sometimes necess a small aircraft. finally president obama made an appearance of sorts last night at the 57th annual grammy awards. the president spoke in a short

video highlighting sexual assault. >> it's on us, to create a culture where violence isn't tolerated, where all our young people men and women can go as far as their talents and their dreams will take them. >> this is part of a white house campaign to end sexual assault on college campuses. after the president's video katie perry put an exclamation on the president's video by performing, "by the grace of god." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it was a stirring moment last night for this particular cause and tony might even make some people forget about airch aaron

shock's extravagant office. nfl has dropped charges against aaron hardy. how did the district attorney in this case explain why they were dropping the charges? >> tony it was pretty simple once you heard from the d.a his name was andrew murray by the way. very accurate information that holderthey can't even find her to issue an subpoena in hopes of putting pressure on her to come to court and to cooperate. her attorney on the civil side of the matter has also been unwilling to work with the d.a.'s office to find her let them know where she is so they can proceed accordingly.

without that he says we can't go on with the case. he said, quote to prosecute domestic violence cases we encourage victims to not only report it but to participate in every level of the prosecution. we need that participation to gain justice for not only the victims of domestic violence but also for this community. >> michael here's a question: would the charges against hardy dropped in the eyes of the cord hardy is no longer seen as someone who's been convicted ever domestic violence. how does this decision impact his playing status? >> even though he sat out all but one game last season he still received his special salary of nearly $13 million because he was added to ang to an exempt list.

wasn't considered time served because he was paid for those games. despite hardy not being convicted of domestic violence, the lesion could still consider him, for off field behavior. especially since the union says it was not consulted by the league before it adopted its new personal conduct policy. >> got you. wait a minute miecialg as michael is he expected to become a free agent? >> he is expected to become a free agent the carolina panthers have said, they don't plan to bring him back regardless of the outcome of his court case. teams need a pro-bowl defensive lineman, greg hardy is very good. >> michael eaves, thank you.

egypt is investigating a stampede outside a cairo stadium that left 40 dead, families expressed anger and grief. officials fired tear gas to disperse fans without tickets but some including the muslim brotherhood are accusing the government of using excessive force. nigeria says they will shut down all boko haram camps before the elections take place. aid workers say in south sudan they are having trouble delivering food to those in need. actor forrest whittaker recently visited south sudan. he spoke with al jazeera about

what he saw. >> i've been to a number of poc camps and there have been some issues there. a while back i was there and witnessed some of the children were malnourished and yesterday i was in wy which is another civilian camp i.dp camp and there was a clear problem of malnutrition with the children but it looks like we're trying to avert that. working with my ngo for about two and a half years and it's a peace building program from the training they get which is ict training computer training and others they develop projects inside of their community of which they are able to try obring peace to the area and then they create a network amongst themselves to try to keep connectivity and communication going between different villages to try the

avert any kind of conflicts in the future. i know the wfp is buying food from local farmers and i think to support that and support them in their development is very crucial in this area. i think that there's a number of different projects that are underway and for road improvement which are dealt with by the world bank which will also be able to help certain things within the country and i think most importantly we have to look to the most vulnerable which are the children, the women and i think that is an area that they can provide protection and also areas for these people to be able to express to get educated or be allowed to flourish in their own environments. >> several aid groups said today they need $60000million to help in south sudan. a warning you can even be hacked when driving your vehicle.

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>> well, as you know, cyber-hacking has hit almost every big country. now, warns that your car can be a cyber-target. taking advantage of wireless technology in many vehicles. jake ward jakeour science and technology editor jacob ward is here. tell us about this. >> reached out to 20 or more major auto manufacturers and got some interesting responses back. key findings, he found in the

area of security for instance, most new cars on the market use wireless technologies that could be vulnerable to hacking almost 100% of them. most car makers either didn't know or couldn't say whether they had been hacked and only two manufacturers said they had any way of knowing about the hack or defending against it and then when it came to privacy senator mark markey's office said, a very interesting revealing look at a whole sort of blind spot in the used car parlance in the auto industry. >> let's project this out a few years. what are the threats we're looking at and the sort of

highly connecting cars we're likely to see in the future. >> that's really the question here. we're not talking about inconvenience or, more and more cars are beginning to speak to one another. that is the question of saving your life. i had the experience of sitting in a system where one is supposed to warn each other of a collision. >> right now we are a scenario where we would be going normally through a green light but now suddenly there is someone running the red and the cars communicate and warn each other basically that that is about to happen. that kind of system tony is something we're going to become more and more dependent on. the cars are telling us how to park not to change lanes because there's a car there. as we get into the system of cars warning each other and hackers, that's a very, very dangerous thing. >> is there anything to do to

limit the risk? >> it's not auto are manufacturers metier, but they have issued a bunch of consumer privacy guidelines where you could conceivably opt-out. but it's not clear exactly how you are going to back out of that data collection. they are going to have to get their acts together. >> jake ward, thank you. it turns out helpful tv technology may be eavesdropping on people inside their homes. sam sunday's voice feature has the ability to record and transmit personal conversations. wow. the company says it does not retain data or sell it to other companies. the voice feature could be disabled. i need help from my kids for that. john siegenthaler is here.

john. >> coming up on the broadcast at 8:00 tonight the u.s. supreme court decision today we'll hear from alabama's only openly gay state representative. plus putting their mark on the new york sky lines. multibillionaires buying apartments worth tens of millions of dollars. helping the rich avoid playing taxes. rory kennedy the daughter of robert kennedy. >> when we talk about vietnam we talk about promises made, promises broken. we abandoned our allies, it's not a bright, shining moment in our nation's history. but despite the history going in the wrong direction these men stood up and did the right thing. even though it was against u.s. policy at the time they stood up and said we are going to try to

save as many people as possible. >> inside this story the sale of the most expensive painting, by paul gaugin, has been sold for over 200 million. >> thank you john. racing in subzero temperatures across kind of the snowy far north. daniel lack joined the runners for the first day of the marathon in the yukon. >> reporter: call i.t. organized chaos. the start of the most difficult athletic contests of all. fat-tire racers, alongside jogging marathoners.

leaving the comforts of a large city for a race. >> i'm looking to be out there meeting with god out there. >> i lost 115 pounds in eight months and i worked very hard to get here and hopefully i can finish the marathon. >> among 30 racers hoping to conquer 690 kilometers of frozen landscape, 71 britain james binks a little interested in how the media are paying attention. >> nobody took notice of me when i was 30, and i know, they're thinking, if he can do it i should be out there soon. >> organizer robert paul hammer makes sure everyone has a working satellite phone device.

a labor of love you might say. >> you have so many different people right? all ages, women men people with hardly no athletic background just the mixture really, to see those people perform that's a really fun thing. >> day 1 is alongside two flat frozen river with more wild terrain to cross in the days ahead. you know for most of us, minus 30° snow and north wind there behind me on the yukon river it's not a great winter's day it's rather cold. but if you are a competitor, in this race, it is a pretty good day to run in the yukon ultra. >> where athletes can warm up in front of a fire is also the finish line for the marathon. up a snowy trail the win are of that event which he got in less than four hours with a help of a

furry friend. >> the trail was really nice. everything went well, it's good. >> reporter: and it goes on for most competitors. those tough enough to make their distances will have slept wild in minus 40th° temperatures and survived an ordeal that many would consider a might mayor but to them, an adventure. danielle lack. takini yukon territory. >> and again spacex has delayed a launch. the satellite will track solar storms. and try to land a booster rocket on a platform. the first try ended in flames. that is all the time for our newshour. john will be here in just a few minutes and then, the international hour stephanie sy

and antonio mora. at 9:00, 6:00 pacific. have a good evening.

>> hi. , thiseveryone, this is aljazeera america i'm john siegenthaler. >> we talk to a gay lawmaker on the front lines. >> hands up don't shoot. >> ferguson six months later has anything changed? tax shelter over new york's most expensive apartments, handouts for the richest of the rich. and the color of money.