on is to compete for lucky money by shaking smart phones. 11 billion are recorded. random money was distributed through digital red envelopes. i'm richelle carey in new york. i'll be back with another hour of news the 11:00 p.m. eastern. keep it here. on "america tonight", the weekend edding. this is the show. the up and comer of this fashion week is august getty, 20 years old. there are people that say you are trading your name. >> you can't buy your name in you really can't. no matter who you are or where you are from. >> reporter: it started with a

sexy request. months later, an english professor in baltimore was a victim of revenge pornography. >> every fear i could think of went through my head - what if my students see it what if my colleagues see it. how many know about this? the main fear was how do i stop this? thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. we begin with a view of love gone wrong. half of all americans admit they engage in sexting regularly. sending or receiving intimate photos videos or texts. between consenting adults it's okay. they can have horrible consequences when relationships go bad. "america tonight"s adam may brings us a look at the explosion of revenge porn. >> reporter: it started with a roamant ib request. >> he asked "i would love to take pictures of you."

>> reporter: months later this english professor was the victim of revenge porn intimate photos fosted on the web. >> after a nasty break-up a boyfriend threatened to post an image of 88 images of me creating an ebay auction. the title of the length was the name of my college, english professor, nude photos. every fear i could think of went through my head. what if my students or colleagues see that. who knows about this? the main fear how do i stop this? >> at the time revenge important says were exploding on the internet. one of the most notorious is anyone up. it was operated by hunter moore. he plead to fraud and identity theft. admitting he was part of a hacking scheme to steal nude

pictures and post them online. what do you think is the most shocking thing you learnt about the internet porn operations? >> adam is an investigative blogger. he hunts down people who solicit and public nonconsensual pornography. >> someone is hurting people. people lose their jobs out of their homes, losing their relatives. someone in a moment of revenge want to lash out. worse than that i think are the people who operate the websites. as a means of profit off of them. >> extortion. >> every website has an extortion element to it. >> reporter: cross-checking public weapons and ip addresses, he has exposed half-a-dozen revenge porn site operators. people like this a san diego man convicted a few weeks ago on

27 criminal charges related to revenge porn site called you got posted. and profiting from a site called change my reputation where victims of revenge porn had to pay their ex-rated pictures to be taken down. >> i send an email asking a series of questions that i know the answer to. they'll live to me i will send another email saying this is how i know you are lying. as soon as you are on the second email everything is deleted. the evidence and screen shots, what i need to - they are kind of screwed. >> it's cuff work figuring out who the revenge porn operators are. >> some are idiots and take months or years to track down. >> i think some women like it they love the tanks. >> in 2014, "america tonight" tracked down this woman, who

goes by the alias ms alexander. she ran a website called she's a home wrecker where spouses could submit pictures of a husband's mistress. >> where to the photos come from? >> the husband's cell phone. where do you draw the line at the pictures? >> you'll never see a nude photo. you can tell it was nude but it issed itted out. >> after the interview we discovered she's a home wrecker quit posting the censored x-rated picture. today each post has the accused mistresses full name the city where she lives and stories with intimate details. >> do you believe you have a constitutional right to run the website? >> yes, i'm following all the laws. i'm not doing anything illegal as far as expecting privacy. it's no longer a private photo.

>> we are at a moment in culture and in our society to decide whether we'll take forms of discrimination and harassment seriously. the fact that they occur online we come around in society to see it doesn't make them less real. mary january n franks is a law professor, and advised legislators how to right laws making revenge porn illegal. states have criminalized the distribution of nonessential pornography. as a result popular revenge sites have shut down. >> the hesitation that many of us who work with the victims have is another site waiting in the wings. you can take this down and share this tomorrow. until we have strong federal penalties in place, well not see the end of revenge porn sites. a handful are online operating

out of different countries. the feds can't do much about it there's no legislation. >> a criminal law makes it unable to go after porn site operators, and providing a deterrent for anyone thinking of engaging in this behaviour. it would be one clear indication that this is reprehensible conduct. >> the state laws have some grey areas. in california for example, the first person in the state, this was the first person arrested when the revenge porn law came in effect. prosecutors were convicted of using extortion laws avoiding constitutional consequence of free speech. >> i think it's wrong, what the people are doing is wrong. is it protected, i don't know. >> once the pictures are out there, they are out there. >> unless someone has money to

pay a lawyer hundreds of thousands, not many are willing to take the case. that is what happened. she couldn't afford a lawyer for a civil case and maryland police never pursued charges. she's part of a group offering support to other victims, helping them recover their dignity. >> the internet is a wonderful tool, and a wonderful weapon. unfortunately too many people have chosen to use it as a weapon. my ex his words were "i will destroy you" and he chose the internet as a weapon and he was far from successful. proving it's possible to be a target of digital destruction and survive. >> "america tonight"s adam may - has anyone gone to gaol for this. that's why so many are watching the hunter moore case. he entered a guilty plea and faces up to 7 years in prison.

observers doubt he'll get that much time. they want to know what happened. >> i can't imagine this maybe this is a sign of my age. i can't imagine people sending each other sexual texts. that's when they find half the people have done this now, when you look at the younger ages people under 24. that goes up to 70% according to surveys. this is part of our culture. this is like what some refer to as a digital sexual revolution. >> there's an attempt to control the revenge important sites. once the images are out there, they are on the loose, and can show up in a lot of places. >> that is a concern. as we have seen here in the last month, half of the major revenge porn web masters have been arrested. sites shut down. there are people out there that want to get pictures out there. one thing we mentioned, some moving the servers overseas.

that creates legal issues. they can show up on social media, twitter, facebook for a limited period of time. then it's a question of how do we control that. >> you mentioned going overseas. the internet is everywhere. is this a federal or state issue? >> the states are tackling it now with a patchwork of laws. they haven't been tested constitutionally. that is a reason that and the growing overseas action we are seeing, why many would like to see the federal government pass a law that limits revenge porn. what we see recently for the first time is the feds took action. they noticed a website collecting pictures off of craigslist. putting it up on a revenge porn website. they shut down the website and ordered the individual to destroy the images.

>> and what hasn't been tested is the free speech issue of this. >> that is what had some conflicted. the individual adam steinbar. the ante that finds the people. he's a free speech advocate. where do we join the line of free speech. >> adam may, thank you so much next bargain business, the biggest retailer under pressure from labour groups ups the price of the workforce. the next big thing is a new face with old money names. >> there are people who would say you are trading on your name. >> you can't buy your way into this. >> behind the scenes at fashion week later. >> hot on the website. why lawmakers are giving away land sacred and why the apache fear will disappear beneath

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chris bury met a wal-mart worker struggling to live on her salary. >> reporter: the sun is up when 60-year-old charmaine gibbons thomas rides the first of two buses to that store outside chicago. she has been working there for eight years. you have been working there for eight years, how much do you earn? >> i earn $11 an hour. >> that is more than the $825 minimum wage but supporting the daughter and grand-daughter, the annual salary is on the poverty line. >> i have to get up at five. >> $19,530 for the family of three. barely enough to cover rent. >> i'm a full-time associate. averaging 32-35 hours. i worked 29 hours this past week. with that it's far below the

living wage. we have to make a hard decision what to pay, how much to pay here and there, just to keep things going. >> have you had gas turned off? >> yes. my gas is turned off now. >> reporter: why? >> i couldn't afford to pay the bill. >> how do you cook without gas. >> electric hot plate. >> reporter: with the hot plate. >> yes, i'm a little embarrassed about that fast-forward to wal-mart's roll forward on the wage issue, full and part-time workers will get a wage. the hourly pay will bump up to $9 an hour jumping to 10 an hour. next - who has got the look? the getty girl and the behind the scenes glimpse of what it takes to be her. >> i don't like the paris look. >> fashion's next big thing, guest tuesday on "america

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it is called cold almost everywhere in the county. in the fashion forecast. it may want you to think about lighter frothier looks dash but in fashion, fall and winter are the seasons starting. next fall and winter.

the collection is premiered. with one of the most talked about challenges. to make a name for himself. >> reporter: just three hours before they hit the runway some of the world's drop-dead gorgeous girls are at best a wreck. >> i look like an alien. >> which is the best. >> it's not anything alarming of artists and stylists if artists and stylists can't perfect. at the stra of the backstage blur is a familiar name and at the same time a new one in fashion. the up and comer of this fashion week. 20-year-old august ghetty the fashion press is one to watch, and, yes, he is one of those ghetties. >> my name is jay paul ghetty.

>> reporter: her grand father was a wild cater, 21 when he started his business and went on to become the world's richest man. three generations later they are well-known for their collections, some of the finest artwork anywhere and one of the world's largest piles of stock images. but this is a very different kind of collection and a very different ghetty and says he wasn't sure he wanted to use the name. >> i went through so many different names before figuring out i wanted to do august ghetty as the brand and i asked why should i be ashamed, do you know what i mean? >> there are people who think you are trading on your name. the only success you are having is because you are a getty. >> there are people that say that. they are wrong. you can't buy your way into this. you really can't.

no matter who you are, where you are fro. you need talent to be on the runway. you do. >> you also need financial backing. a single show can cost upwards of a quarter of a million just to stage. not to put too fine a point on it but august ghetty is not into fashion for the money. he said design is in his blood, something he was driven to do since he was a toddler. >> since i was three, designing. >> designing since you were three. what does that mean? >> i'd find anything i'd take forks, paper napkins, tie them around, take out barbie doll and put shoe bags tying them around. if i wasn't doing this right now, i would be in my bedroom at

home designing and sketching, finding a way to make clothes. i'd still be doing this. the only difference today, he insists, is that the fabrics are just a bit more illustrious. >> they are beautiful. we have velvets that are painted over. and laminated laces. fantastic. cool. and to tie it in we have heavy leather. and fur. >> reporter: we met august ghetty days before the show. as she chose run way models. from the 250 who pushed though the front of the line who travelled from all across the country and all over the world, for a shot at walking the runway in fashion week only 32 will

make the cut. ghetty says he's not looking for the most beautiful girl in the crowd, but the one that can walk without pony prancing or stumbling. as just enough sharp edges and curves. >> i don't like the straight paris look. >> i like the beautiful. showing off his design who is not afraid to look him in the eye and who can embody his vision. >> who is the ghetty girl. >> she's strong confident, mysterious. very outwardly reserve, if that makes any sense. letting the clothes do the talking. >> reporter: the ordinarily person has never seen this. what it is like back that. describe it. >> it's chaos, so frightening.

i run back and forth pretending that i am looking for people to get away from it. >> on show night the original getty girl is at his side. he yet its his sister being his mousse. >> i live my life for my family dad, mum, brother. when august does an mu talking about me saying i'm his muse i burst into tears. i couldn't be prouder to have him as my mother. >> reporter: their mother is giving them the strength to make their own ways. >> i saw him design the dresses at five, six, seven. i was "i would wear that." it was amazing. everything that he designed we have paper, drawings. >> the risk is everywhere.

even pulling down the limits of decency. not much is left to the imagination. >> when your great grandfather started the business. he was 21 years old. he said he vowed to make a million in his first two years in business. people didn't believe him. do you have goals like that? >> he had a dream. and he sacrificed everything but i have dreams and i think that's why we are alike in that same which. >> reporter: it is ghetty insists, his own vision from the near death experience make-up all the way to the tips of the model's finger. >> you notice that call over the place back there is your name. >> i do. that's why i try to get away from it. it's surreal and strange.

see what was your dream when you were a little kid. to see it all in front of you. you almost feel not worthy of it. >> with a parade of celebrities and his most important supporters in the front row, this is when it's all on the line. >> what goes through your head? >> i try to look around the room and take in the moment for what it is. i feel like my body takes over after a while. i don't try hard to design, it happens naturally. i try hard to make people feel something. and i always wonder if it's wasteful what i'm doing, and if it's not. that was the reaction. and that made it happier. and i watch the show.

do it again he's got the look. that's "america tonight". tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter and facebook, and come back for more of "america tonight" this weekend. >> in the middle of san francisco sits a bee farm with a dozen hives and up to a million bees, run by volunteers who

plant flowers and fruit trees to attract and build the bee colony that produces honey for the neighborhood. now, this lot's owner and other interested land owners have an extra incentive for setting up community gardens, a new city tax break. someone paying $10,000 in taxes before would now just pay about $100, their property accessed as farmland instead of prime real estate. another part of the sweet deal... urban farms must sell or donate produce to the community or act as a teaching site. but there are few empty lots in san francisco and advocates have no illusions about how many plots can sprout up. >> we're not necessarily naive to think that we're gonna be able to feed ourselves in a city like san francisco, but how much can we do? >> this urban farm serves those living below the poverty line. >> during the year it'll provide over 1000 pounds of food that gets given away to people who have the need for fresh organic produce who have otherwise no

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