modern. fez jamil, al jazerra. just a reminder that you can always keep up-to-date with all the news on our website that you can see on your screen there, al jazerra being.com. 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 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? 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. 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 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 mistress. 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 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 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 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. 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

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 name. 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 their feet. find out.

more to come on "america tonight".

in fast-forward, the fight for a living wam. wal-mart has been in the cross-hairs. the company took in billions in profits, workers are not necessarily. 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 earn? >> i earn $11 an hour. >> that is more than the $825

minimum wage, but supporting the daughter and grand-daughter, the 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? 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 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 guest tuesday on "america tonight". return to gaza. six months after fierce strikes at the heart of a community - al jazeera's nick schifrin finds what is left. >> you can see house after house after house, totally destroyed, and that is the edge of the hospital a follow up report - return to gaza - tuesday on "america tonight". >> tomorrow. >> this is the place where 43 students were handed over to

criminal organizations. >> a crime that shocked the world. >> the military is about a mile away. they say that they didn't hear anything. >> where are mexico's missing students? >> kidnappings keep going up human security is collapsing. >> "faultlines". al jazeera america's hard-hitting... >> today they will be arrested. >> ground-breaking... >> they're firing canisters of gas at us. >> award-winning investigative documentary series. "mexico's disappeared". tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america.

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 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 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 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 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. 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. 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 aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter and facebook, and come back for more of "america tonight" this weekend.

>> friday. >> i am a mother of a missing child. >> every parent's worst nightmare. >> this could have been anybody. >> but in a twisted tale of neglect, abuse, murder and suicide. >> are kids today safer? >> who's to blame? >> i've answered your question. >> a dysfunctional family... >> the mother certainly played a role. >> a flawed investigation... >> do you feel that the police has been as fair? >> and a missing child. >> i hope that the person that has her just bring her home. >> now, "america tonight" investigates the search for relisha. next friday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >> i took the chance to get out of that prison camp and with a few others went out to work in another camp. >> mary ann yakabi reads her father's words about his time here at the kooskia internment camp in north idaho. it housed just 265 inmates, all

male, mostly volunteers from other camps. >> it was the only camp of its kind in the united states, it was really kind of an experiment... is this gonna work? >> the men were of japanese descent but were not american citizens, some kidnapped by the u.s. government out of latin america and brought to this country after the attack on pearl harbor. arturo yakabi was from lima peru. because kooskia was under justice department jurisdiction, these men were considered prisoners of war. they had geneva convention rights, they knew it and they exercised those rights. >> their food was better, their accommodations were better, the attorneys at the kooskia camp could even get beer. >> summertime digs have produced thousands of objects from the two years kooskia operated during the war. artifacts include art carved from local river rock and so much more. >> he would have loved that there's more studying going on now... he was free to have all that experience.

isn't that ironic - "he was free"... i said "he was 'free' to have all that experience". my father liked it. >> ours is an urban planet. the number of people living in towns now exceeds those outside. when this milestone was reached in 2009, few people noticed. across the globe, cities are growing upwards and outwards at unprecedented speed, fundamentally changing the way we live and work.