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but it's better than a society segregated between city and suburb. >> that's richard florida, that's the show for today. i'm ali velshi thank you for joining us. no deal - with only one day left before a homeland security shutdown congress is scram lipping to find a way to -- scrambling to fund the critical agency. jihadi john identified. officials name the man seen in i.s.i.l.'s beheading video facebook rolls out a programme aimed at getting help to people on the brink.
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travelling on the heroin highway. how the drug is moving from the city to wealthy suburbs i'm antonio mora, and this is al jazeera america congress has one more day to agree on funding for the department of homeland security, if not, thousands of federal employs could be sent home on fur low, and hundreds of thousands forced to work without pay. mike viqueira has more on the congressional standoff. >> while no one is doubting they'll find a solution and there won't be a shutdown of the department of homeland security there is confusion on the republican side, raising eyebrows. you rule mitch mcconnell, the leader of the g.o.p. senate decided to move a bill to do nothing.
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actions have been mixed. house of representatives don't want to go along with that. they met into the evening behind closed doors. there's no evident resolution of how they want to approach this. an item on the table, passing a continuing resolution. keeping the department of homeland security open for another three weeks while they work again to hash it out. it doesn't address the underlying conflict between the tea party and leadership which does not want to shut down the government. they think it will hurt them politically. particularly heading into an election year where they want to demonstrate they have the ability to govern. a lot of question marks heading into friday. it appears that one way or the other the department of homeland security will avoid a shutdown of workers, border patrol agents and workers, it's something no one is interested in save a few
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conservatives, but right now several questions, a lot up in the air heading into friday. mike viqueira in joshz. -- corey washington. >> jihadi son is one of the most wanted men in the world. he's been in propaganda videos. intelligence officials believe they know who he is >> reporter: until now, the knife-wielding man, seen beheading james foley, american journalist was known as one of a group of british fighters that prisoners nicknamed the beetles. now intelligence sources put a maim to the face. mohammed enwasy growing up in london studying computer programme. >> you might be surprised that the man i knew was kind gentle
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soft spoken. >> this man worked is with group working with the intelligent services. they want be sure but they said mohammed enwaysy was radical ace the after he was prevented from flying to kuwait. he wrote: >> when are we going to learn this when we treat people like outsiders, they'll feel like outsiders and look to belong elsewhere. >> in the west london neighbourhood where his family is ploeffed to have lived. -- believed to have lived, a man, who identifies himself as an iraqi, he was surprised. >> he not jihad.
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sorry. >> reporter: in washington there was no official corroboration of the identification. >> whatever the person is the report is the person in question, i can't identify. >> it state department was asked how that scared with a statement, that joblessness among young men was fuelling extremism. >> our view is that is a factor but not the only factor. >> reporter: investigators in london are trying to find out if emwaysy was the scowl survivor of a group travelling to syria in 2012 and killed the following year. the u.s. government works where the british government and refuses to say what if any role it played in unmasking mohammed emwazi, but acts against any
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american citizen. president obama told a television station - if you hurt an american you'll be brought to justice in some fashion. >> jipt in washington much -- jamie mcintyre in washington thank you we are learning about three men in new york accused of spores i.s.i.l. two were about to travel to syria, the third is accused of bank rolling the operation. the men scud killing police officers and -- discussed killing police officers and federal bureau of investigation, and posted online about bombing copy island and assassinating the president i.s.i.l. showed villages to destroy ancient artefacts from a museum in moss um. it destroyed a number of shrines, including christian and muslim artefacts a fragile ceasefire in ukraine appears to be holding.
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it has begun to pull weapons. a warning - his report contains disturbing images the battlefields of east ukraine are bleak and chilling places. the destructive power of modern weapons leaves destruction. the whom area is shattered. the interior of the terminals distrooun with debris and rubble. and the personal affects of those that were born and died here. >> translation: when a concrete beam falls, and someone is under it. we have to lift it up. we had to use a controlled explosion, because it is in a confined area. >> a group of captured soldiers
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have been press ganged into excavating the bodies. clambering to lift the structure. the task of locating extracting and identifying the corpses of those killed in action in the conflict is difficult. as you can probably tell by looking at the conditions in which these conscript were having to work. the bodies of some 30 ukranian soldiers have been found here so far. the pros of transferring them to a morgue and returning them to their relatives receives low priority. the corpses were found 24 hours previously but have not been taken away. there were other battles, other casualties. in the chaos of the conflict. neither side have definitive figures for numbers missing in action. the international red cross in donetsk is trying to assist. >> at the moment we are
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cooperating with the movening and morgues, involving body bags for the bodies. we'll try to get more transfer of bodies and offer our services to both parties. >> according o to the morgue only nine soldier's bodies have been transferred. for the sake of relatives, a bigger effort is required. across the conflict zone many more are yet to receive the dignity of a burial. in washington state the family of a man killed by police is disputing what happened. a local farm worker was killed in a confront talks. his family order -- confrontation, his family ordered their own autopsy, it showed he was shot by seven
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bullets, and in the back. today police hit back saying he was not shot in the back. his mother filed an action against the police. >> they need to face gaol time. i don't want them killed. they have mothers too. they need to pay with gaol time. >> a funeral was held yesterday in pascoe. the body returned to mexico for burial. >> one. first tests for a 201 presidential candidate is upped way. it's the political action conference, or cpac in maryland outside washington. david shuster joins us with a look. important time for the republican candidates they all agreed on going after hillary clinton. they have to distinguish themselves. >> this is a libertarian crowd. for rand paul looking for
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infeltsin inroads, this is it important. he is trying to win again saying the libber tarians are behind him. for jed bush a candidate the crowd is not fond of it's important. there's an opportunity to make inroads and, by the way, they have to figure out how to do this without stumbling in a new format. >> jed bush has two problems. immigration and education. >> yes, immigration and education and for the first time he'll have to face questions about it as opposed to putting it in his own phraseology, it's the first time cpac is having q and a sessions as opposed to the candidate delivering speeches and framing the issues. >> who needs to make sa big slash. who can make a big splash? >> so much attention now is on scott walker. the poll numbers suggest that he is rising fast. there's a lot of people in
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washington activist organizers, they kick for tyres, saying is scott walker for real or someone that can deliver a great speech. that's what you have to find out. >> the lift is long talking rubio rubio, carson fiorena, chris christie, does anyone have a chance. >> it's hard to get past with walk are getting tanks, and this being rand paw audience and jed bush tanks. it will be hard for chris christie facing questions about investigations, if he can say it's part of a left-wing conspiracy, and the audience buys it it puts him in better position in terms of organizers activists and fundraisers. >> and the list goes on and on. >> and they all hate hillary. >> huge decision impacting every
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internet user. how new net neutrality levels the playing field for all web users, and facebook reaching out to users in a new way. extending help to those that may be contemplateing suicide.
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>> monday, a climate emergency. >> so a species could not be here in ten years. >> nasa steps in to help protect the future of the planet. >> the tropics regulate our climate. >> "techknow" heads to costa rica to see how one rainforest is fighting back. >> wow! some of these are amazing. >> "techknow's" team of experts show you how the miracles of science... >> this is my selfie, what can you tell me about my future? >> can affect and surprise us. >> don't try this at home. >> "techknow" where technology meets humanity. monday, 5:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. sweeping new internet regulations were approved by the federal communications commission. the decision prevents web providers using a pay to play
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system to control internet traffic, and the speed at which you get content on the web. science and technology correspondent jacob ward takes a look at what net neutrality really means. >> think about all the other things that the government provides to you and i as an open service. for instance freeways. we all have access to the same freeway, doesn't matter if you are a multi billion company trying to move freight or me in my car. we get to use the same freeway. no one is segregated depending on how much they pay for access. that is the threat that these rules are trying to clampdown. >> f.c.c. chairman tom wheeler originally bass going to do away with net neutrality. the question was whether to allow internet providers to charge a premium for a second internet, faster more reliable. the rest of us who do not pay extra would have a slower
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connection. think about to this way. speed makes or breaks the countries that delivers content like movies or music. when you see a site loading, you click away. faster sites have the advantage. the idea of net neutrality is we should travel the same roads. whether you are a netflix or an upstart, you use the same digital highway, that makes it a tool. everyone reaches everyone else at the same speed. internet service providers argue they should we able to charge more creating a separate lain for those that can afford it. meaning those that can't afford it would share a crowded digital highway, killing the free and open unit.
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in an op ed wheeler wrote: the proposed rules would prevent broadband providers blocking or limiting content. that's the proposal the f.c.c. is about to vote on. it seems the internet will reach us the way the highway is. no matter how we visit the internet through a browser on on the phone or other device. facebook rolled out a new service providing help for those thinking about ending their lives. john terrett is here with more on what the social network is doing to help. >> it's a good do. of the web in a good way. as you know facebook links people together and has been doing it since 2004.
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now, the social media website and the suicide prevention organization forefront is tackling what hither two has been a taboo subject. what to do if a friend of yours posts a suicide note on the site. >> reporter: more than a billion people use facebook to share details of their lives. sometimes what they share is personnel and painful, hinting about thoughts of sooffed. -- suicide. >> it was important to understand that people in these situations are in distress. >> like rita who saw a message from a friend. it stopped her in her trashings. >> at the top of a posting was a posting from a friend that i went to high school that said i want to thank everyone who tried to help me. and i knew right away it was a goodbye message. >> facebook's teamed up with the university of washington and other partners like forefront.
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now matters, the national suicide prevention hot line and others. people thinking about ending it all have been consulted. >> i can't tell you how much of a difference it made to put the messaging in front of survivors, having them tell us what they thought of it. >> among the suggestions, an appropriate message to send to a friend rallying others to help them, and the number of the national suicide prevention live line. in some cases considered more serious, facebook will look at the post and call in the local authorities. it's amazing. i was able to see and interact with the project. the best thing that a person could say in this situation, in my experience is that they care. >> facebook says it has teams working 24/7 to review any suicide posting or self-harm
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posting that may come to light. >> thank you. steven paul miller is the operations manager for forefront, a company working facebook and joins us from seattle. good to have you with us. a personal experience inspire you to work on this project? >> that's correct. thanks for having me here. five years ago a friend of mine died by suicide. i was a college student. he post the several messes that were off. they were like i'm sad, i'm not sure, i knew he had been going though hard times. the last pipe he said "i can't take it it's too. much." i got the message 9:00pm on facebook. i didn't know what to do with it. i had not had suicide prevention training and i didn't reach out
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to him. he died by suicide that night. >> terribly sad. how will this work? is it a programme that looks for key words that might flag people who are considering suicide? >> you know i - it's a tool that facebook is building into reporting mechanisms allowing users to be a part of suicide prevention efforts. it impacts us all. in washington state 1,000 tide. 40,000 by suicide. and about a million died worldwide. it's a huge issue, that not only one entity or person can tackment. it's a community problem, requiring a community response. this allows that response to be more accessible. facebook has 2.4 billion use evers, and allows us to have connection with people.
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>> it will require friends to communicate request facebook that they are concerned about an issue? it will not require anything. it's a tool for people concerned about their friends. and it gives up resources to people who folks are about. this is an important tool. it ops up access to life-saving intervention. why has facebook decided to do this. are there concerns about unintended consequences. we saw how some got upset about the facebook i can't remember in review app when pictures of loved ones who had died appeared. >> that's a good question and i'm not going to get into that. facebook was very proactive in saying hey, our skill set is connecting people and we know people are using facebook to
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post messages before they die by suicide, like my friend. what they are doing is saying we are going to get access to researchers and make a service and provide a tool to people so that they can interact with those folks who they are concerned about. in my case i think if i was able to reach out with my friend there may have been a different outcome. i think that's what facebook is doing with the tool. >> how many people do you think you'll be able to save. >> that's a great question. the loss that i suffered. that many suffer will be impacted. this is a social justice, a lot of tiles people that don't have action to support or resources rely on the community in teems of crisis. it's a great tool for veterans
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for trance folks, u.n. sheltered homeless youth who don't necessary have access to medical care, but have access to community, it's a tool for us to use to support each other in times of crisis. >> we wish you the best and hope it saves lives. thank you ahead - a road in chicago giving new meaning to drug traffic. >> heroin has such a grip on you that it doesn't matter. >> how police are trying to put the brakes on the heroin highway. and 50 years in the making, civil rights pioneers who marched on
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a development in the storey of a deadly disaster. the fs eastland capsized in the chicago river, 840 passengers were dead within minutes. more footage. incident surfaced. this latest was discovered by an illinois graduate and was inspired to dig through british news reel archives after the first footage was found by another student. looking at a map of chicago, you'll see an east-west highway, interstate 290. locals know it by a sinister
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name the heroin highway. diane eastabrook drove down the road with a former addict. >> reporter: as student kris cross the halls of this high school there's a reminder of danger. >> these are two doses of nar cam. >>. >> reporter: this was the first school to put nar cam, in all of its schools after three former students died. with a million dollar homs in wheaton, it's a hub for his honour addiction. the town is one of the exits off of chicago's infamous heroin highway. we were taken on the 30 mile stretch of interstate 290 connecting the country to what drug enforcement agents call the largest hoyne distribution center -- heroin distribution center. he took us downside streets where he'd cruise for heroin. >> this is where i stop by the
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fingerprints. someone would run through. roll down the passenger window do a hand to hand and see you later. >> every trip he said he tried to dodge police and deng -- danger. >> were you afraid you'd get shot or mugged or robbed. >> absolutely. heroin has such a grip on you, it doesn't matter. >> young white addict helps to fuel the trade. it saturated the west side with police, and we saw them stop and frisk a handful of people. why can't you shut those down. >> people are working on that today as a speak. i worked in other cities like st. louis and other cities every state in america has an open-air drug market. >> if you are a suburban hoish addict you don't have to drive into the si to score drugs,
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sometimes they'll come to you, a lot of addicts by heroin and take is back and sell it in their own communities. >> mark heads the drug enforcement group saying the dealers deal daily in public places. his team made nearly 300 arrests last year he says heroin demand is stronger than ever. >> there's a scenes of concern, but there is also complacency where a lot of people feel not in my backyard or my kid johnny or sally, that's what we are seeing victims, the good kid, johnny and sally finally, paying tribute to still rights pion years -- pioneers marching on selma, they have the congressional gold
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medal, the highest honour. in 1965 police attacked the peaceful protesters. the violence a catalyst that pushed the movement forward. i'm antonio mora thank you for joining us. for the latest news any time head to aljazeera.com. "inside story" is up next. hello, i'm ray suarez. the clock is ticking down to the hour when the department of homeland security runs out of money. tens of thousands of federal employees working in a wide range of security agencies will either by forced to work without pay or told not to work at all. an all-republican showdown is pushing the agency to the brink, with the help of a shove from the democrats, who don't seem particularly interested in