t 70% of the people do not live like this. >> reporter: traditional approach researchers say will always have its place but the chance to give a helping hand in a pill shouldn't be ruled out. kim with al jazeera, doha. much more on our website al jazeera.com. ♪ here is the new religious freedom laws target lbgt community and now arkansas faces backlash from the state's largest employer. mixed messages diplomates working on agreement for limiting iran nuclear program are split if there is progress and a police officer allegedly harassing a uber driver is all caught on tape how things got to heated. ♪

this is al jazeera america live from new york city i'm stephanie sy opposition is growing today in arkansas now that the state has become the latest to pass a so called religious freedom bill and wall mart which is headquarters in arkansas is urging the governor to veto it and other leaders and gay and lesbian advocates and they tell us the bill is similar to one that drew anger and protest in indiana. >> reporter: the furor that the governor started in indiana. >> i could have handled that better this weekend. >> reporter: is spreading across the country. >> it's overwhelming. >> we dealt with in the 50s. >> house bill 1228 is a moral and ethical shame. >> reporter: house in arkansas voted tuesday to make that the 21st state to enact a religious freedom measure and second in a

week. >> the law that is already in place in more than half the states. >> reporter: governor will put it in law and protesters outside and inside the state capitol and governor's mansion urge him to reconsider. >> we are heart broken about it. this is my home and it's a moment i don't feel like i can live here any more. >> in the name of religion it's just it's incomprehensible. anyone who really has a relationship with god would believe that that was even necessary. >> i don't think that is what my religious beliefs are and i don't think if jesus were alive today that that's what he would be telling us to do. >> reporter: arkansas's largest employer walmart has also urged hutchinson to veto. >> it's not all that remarkable and taken on a life of its own but, you know that is just the way things go. >> reporter: the way things are going to the southeast in georgia, that state could join arkansas in adopting a religious

freedom law as early as midnight thursday when lawmakers debating the legislation go home threats of boycotts from protesters and business community have already led to a change in the bill to add anti-lbgt discrimination language. >> i don't want to see georgia become the next indiana. [cheers and applause] meanwhile back in indiana governor pence continues to try and clarify the intents of the religious freedom bill he signed. >> we want to make it clear that indiana is open for business. we want to make it clear that hospitality is not a slogan but a way of life. >> reporter: john henry smith, al jazeera. the law in indiana already impacting the final four basketball tournament and the head basketball coach at the university of connecticut decided not to attend ncaa events connected with championship and the university president says kevin will abide by a travel ban with state

workers imposed by the governor of connecticut. the athletic director at the university of southern california is also refusing to attend a playoff meeting in indiana in protest of this new law. we have a sports journalist at wcbs radio in new york and joins us today via skype and great to see you. how big a deal is it the coach has decided not to travel to indianapolis this weekend? >> i would actually say and am saying in the magnitude that we see, stephanie, as far as progress goes when a player comes out of the closet is matched or maybe even surpassed possibly by the statement of the university of connecticut. remember the yukon huskys were the champions of ncaa tournament and coaches do attend this weekend for the national association of basketball coaches convention so it's a glaring absence and a large statement and maybe connecticut is taking an opportunity here to make a statement at the right

time. >> would you expect other coaches to follow suit and not go to that coach's conference? >> i guess it's on everybody, it's not for any man to tell another how he should act. i think it's critical what yukon is doing, what the state did starting with the governor maloy and the university president and passing this on to the coaches. at some point somebody in a powerful position like this needs to step up and say folks, come on, can we please move on with times? because at least from my perspective the mentality against this what is going on in indiana is archaic. >> you personally came out as gay while you were working at espn and when we are talking about sports and the gay community you and i have talked about it a lot when players have been coming out in recent years. how much of a transformation have you seen in the acceptance of gays and lesbians in the sports world and what does this moment in indianapolis

represent? >> this moment again, i think represents something stephanie almost on par with other players coming out. this is a sledgehammer to the wall which still has not come down. we've seen strives made and level of acceptance is there by and large but by the people who employ those who want to live their lives openly and authentic authentically i think that is where the problem is and the fact we see from a large from say the management side here being the state of connecticut and then the head of the university imposing this we are almost seeing a joining of forces. boy, i think it's a great victory for civil rights for progress and for all of us. i mean i feel badly for those who are stuck on the other side fighting it. i just don't see the humanity in that. >> we have been talking about sort of symbolic moves, would you expect the bottom line of the final four tournament to be impacted at all? do we see companies sponsoring for example the tournament do anything in reaction to this law? >> stephanie, you bring up a

great point and where we respond the most when we are hit in our wallets, right. and i don't know if that is going to translate here into anything for the ncaa but we do have several issues in professional sports where there are opportunities for corporations to threaten to pull out from their sponsorships with sports leagues. unfortunately in today's world it seems the only way sometimes to make something happen that should happen is to publically embarrass somebody and i think that is what connecticut is trying to do to the state of indiana. if we see anything like that going forward from other sponsors and maybe telling a league nike has a campaign saying hash tag be true and with the community and nike is supportive of our sports leagues. it's going on both sides, something is not there. there is a reason we don't have one out professional male sports player aside from robby rogers

in major league soccer. >> sports journalist is joining us, thank you. switzerland and talking about framework agreement on iran's nuclear program and deadline to reach a deal passed overnight but talks extended and mixed signals over if progress mass been made and we have more. >> reporter: meetings going on in some form or other and i think at all hours here. foreign ministers sitting around the table trying to bash something out and close to agreement and there are sticking points but as well as sticking points i think there is also the presentation aspect of this and actually what will be written down what sort of document will we get? remember it's the u.s. that really pushed this deadline. they want a framework document to go and show it to congress before congress comes back from recess to say look at all the things we have achieved now if you were to get more sanctions, put more sanctions on iran you

could destroy this whole process. on the other side i think it's pretty clear that iran doesn't really need to have a lot written down in this document, it wants to have some sort of broad understanding they are making progress and iran would like all details to be in play until the final deadline which is the end of june which would increase iran's leverage in negotiations in the coming months. >> james reporting there and i spoke this morning with richard butler the foreign u.n. weapons inspector in iraq and negotiations may be too far apart. >> track record is not good and why negotiations are taking place. one of the key issues that will need to be clarified if there is to be agreement later today hopefully is they must answer the questions that the iaea the watchdog has been asking them for quite sometime now. you know there is an enormous

incentive on both sides of the negotiation to get it done. on the other hand both sides have got somewhat extreme points of view at home and iran and in the congress of the united states saying that this deal shouldn't be done at all. and you know with the tail might wagon the dog as it were that is part of the problem that needs to be addressed. >> reporter: and in jerusalem today prime minister benjamin netanyahu repeated his view that the talks with iran will only yield a bad outcome. >> the concessions offered to iran and lazan would ensure a bad deal to endanger israel middle east and peace of the world. now is the time for the international community to insist on a better deal a better deal would significantly roll back iran's nuclear infrastructure and a better deal would link the eventual lifting of the restrictions on iran's nuclear program to a change in

iran's behavior. >> reporter: iraqi officials declaring victory against i.s.i.l. this morning in tikrit and says the government has retaken the city center there. major military push has been underway in tikrit for sometime and u.s. led air strikes joined the fight in the city last week. nigeria president elect calls it a new day for a new nigeria. muhammadu buhari is making plans to take over power after he defeated president goodluck jonathan and spoke a short time ago. >> your vote has changed our nation offenders -- of destiny for the good of everyone and i muhammadu buhari shall be your next president. >> reporter: it is the first time the opposition has ever unseated the incumbent president in democratic elections there. we are in legos with what lies ahead for the leader.

>> reporter: some call muhammadu buhari the incorruptible politician and saying that because of his squeaky clean character and they will wait and see how he does that but more personal issues for the person it's about economy and raising the standard of living and this is a scene in the commercial hub in nigeria and we have paved roads and that is nice but most places don't have paved roads and that is how majority live in nigeria in densely populated idea with high unemployment and crime and want him to improve the lives. people say we want electricity and power. we see the power station over there but most people in the country don't have access to electricity, only a privileged few and even then it'ser erratic and rely on generators and when muhammadu buhari is sworn the end of may and starts his term he does a lot to improve conditions of poor on the ground and not just for privileged here. >> reporting from legos. top executives from german wings

and parent company visited the site of the jet crash and expressed condolence avoiding questions about the copilot accused of intentionally crashing the jet. >> it will take a long long time for everybody, all of us to understand how this could happen and it was very important for us to come here today to mourn the victims. >> reporter: the executives placed flowers at a stone memorial in the french alps but ceos walked away when pressed for specifics about what they knew about the pilot's mental health and told him of the serious depression in 2009 and 150 people killed in the crash. president obama has lifted an armed freeze against egypt. he first imposed the block nearly two years ago after the military over threw the

countries government and move clears the way for egyptian leaders to receive weapons from the west and jamie mcintyre has details. >> reporter: united states releasing additional military aid to egypt as egypt is playing a larger role now in battling islamic state fighters both in the region and also helping out in the coalition that saudi arabia put together to battle iran backed houthi trooped in yemen. president obama made a phone call to egyptian president al-sisi informing him of the decision, the united states will be releasing to egypt a dozen f-16 fighter planes, 20 missiles and spare parts for u.s. m 1 a 1 tanks and u.s. holding back on this aid because of the overthrow of the democratically elected government of mohamed morsi 21 months ago but united states believes it's in the u.s. national security interest to

provide this assistance to egypt so it can continue the fight. one thing the united states did not do is certify that egypt had made significant progress in democracy, human rights and the rule of law that was another condition for releasing some of that aid and the white house says president obama expressed those concerns in that phone call to egyptian president al-sisi. >> reporter: closing arguments monday on the boston marathon trial after the defense rested the case and defense called four people to testify tuesday compared to the 92 witnesses prosecutors called. dzhokhar tsarnaev attorneys said he admitted what he is accused of doing and the goal is to convince the jury his brother master minded attack and hoping to avoid the death penalty. the highest minimum wage in the country and starting today workers get a bump in increase in paychecks but not everyone supports the plan.

a story of a woman caught in a scam to lose her hopes for legal immigration status. ♪

♪ welcome back to al jazeera america, it is 10:47 eastern taking a look at the latest headlines palestinians are officially members of the international criminal court and want the icc to investigate israeli settlement building in the west bank and east jerusalem and also want to probe into israel actions in last summer's war in gaza. drought stricken california performs the final snow survey today and the outlook not good snow supplies a third of the water and higher snow pack means more water in reservoirs but steady declining and ski resorts cut the season short. amazon let's you order pushing a button and calling it a dash button and connected to the app over wi-fi and works for specific products for laundry and diapers and it's only for people who get an invitation to use it. a video showing a police officer allegedly harassing a uber

driver has gown viral it was shot and loaded to youtube and writes the officer was in an unmarked car that uber driver gestured the officer should have signalled while parking and the officer turned on his lights and pulled the uber driver over. >> do you understand me? pull over people are allowed to park their cars on the side of the street without your interference and your opinion about what is going on okay? especially when the person you do it to are the police. how long have you been in this country? >> almost two years. >> almost how long? >> two years. >> i got news for you and use this lesson remember this in the future, don't ever do that again. >> okay. >> the only reason you are not in handcuffs going to jail and getting in the precinct is because i have things to do. >> reporter: the nypd is not identifying the officer. they say he is a detective and they are investigating what

happened. in a statement uber said the behavior in the video is wrong and unacceptable. most workers in seattle are getting a raise this morning. they will be guaranteed $11 an hour thanks to the first phase of the new minimum wage law and ultimately be raised to $15 an hour, that is the highest in the nation but increases for larger businesses will come much faster than smaller businesses and smoke spoke with the sponsor of the law the city council member. >> big picture and this is a historic victory for workers not just seattle but everywhere in the nation and the law when it fully takes effect it is going to mean a transfer of nearly $3 billion from the wealthy people to the lowest paid workers. this is a historic reversal of the massive trend of income and wealth and inequality we see around the nation and around the world. we are living in a system of capitalism and the massive

amount of government law making is in favor of multi national cooperations. one of the lessons from seattle workers vigilant and make sure laws are enforced and why i'm continuing building the movement on the ground to ensure there is no wage left and fight back against wage theft and the second lesson is this if we want stronger laws in favor of the most vulnerable population people who make our cities run then we need the balance of power to be shifted in our interest which means we have to build even bigger movements and need mass movements, this is really taking off and people who stand for social justice and economic justice and racial justice should join us in turning the tide. >> reporter: as an appeals court weighs whether president obama can go ahead with his plan to delay deportation for some undocumented immigrants many immigrants have become targets for fraud and "real money" mary snow has the story. >> reporter: marta desperation

for a legal life in the u.s. has put her in the cross hairs of crooks. she doesn't want her real name to be used so we will call her marta. she is 4 four-years-old, a mother of two from ecuador and earns $450 a week working at the restaurant. she lost more than $10,000 on three empty promises to stay legally in the u.s. set up marta and her son came to see immigration attorney anna-maria and is now trying to track down paperwork from the past to see if any one relied on documents filed for marta. if they did that could crush her chances of staying in the u.s. legally. >> these immigrants make very little money most of them. and they are spending their entire salaries or half or more than half of their salaries and giving it to attorneys trusting them. i mean they are trusting them to get them a green card or work

permit. >> reporter: but it doesn't come. or if it does she says it's done fraudulently. in latino communities one of the biggest problems is fraud. in certain countries natarios are legal professions, in the u.s. they are notary publics and some capitalize on that confusion. attorneys say frauds spike when there is a big immigration announcement like the kind that president obama made in november. >> you can come out of the shadows and get right with the law. >> reporter: this is stuck in legal limbo pending a texas court challenge, in the meantime attorneys and advocates say unscrupulous lawyers and scammers taking advantage of people like marta. how do you complain against a lawyer, they are afraid and not coming forward they are undocumented. >> reporter: it's not reported because people are afraid and attorneys say the other problem is there is no federal criminal statute penalizing immigration fraud. despite being an arm of the

department of homeland security uscic is direct people to state authorities and prosecutors like c ashgs rshgs this one. >> when it gets too much and they are found out about they shut down shop and move to another area. >> reporter: taken her warnings to churches like this in the south bronx and disheartened and up set people don't get together. birds in major cities in canada are dying because they can't see where they are going. we will explain next. ♪

♪ environmentalists say small birds are dying off at an alarming rate and glass windows are one of the leading causes. daniel lack goes to canada and

finding ways to keep the birds alive alive. >> reporter: very public not pleasant at all but a powerful way to show how so many song birds are dying. volunteers for flap the fatal light awareness program layout a grizzly display of bodies collected at the foot of skyscrapers, just a tiny fraction of those that collide with windows every year. >> the birds where they turn are faced with some kind of threat and sadly in the urban environment everywhere they turn can encounter a window so our goal is educate and impress on the public there is a problem and things you can do to resolve the problem. >> reporter: a documentary says popular species declined by 60 70 and 80% in the past decades. buildings in glass are a major cause and scientists warn that the cost of so much loss will be far more than simply silent

skies with no bird song. >> people describe birds as the most vivid expression of life but it's important for the environment and birds do tremendous work for us and eat insects that you cannot imagine the numbers. to lose them we lose a little bit of ourselves. >> reporter: birds hit glass because they see trees and nature reflected at them and putting markers on dots on windows distorts what they see and the building code encourages this and founder of flap said he was inspired by something that happened when he first started picking up dead animals 19 years ago. >> i had a horrific morning, picked up so many birds that morning, one escaped in my car and started to fly in my vehicle and it went on the rearview mirror and started to sing and put the feathers out and dropped dead in my lap. that was the real turning point for me that i could not walk away from the issue. >> reporter: the skyline is soaring and not all of the new

glass wall also be bird friendly. still there is one unregulated cause of song bird fatalities that is ten times worst than windows. cats house pets kill 270 million birds each year in canada. it's in their nature as predators and campaigners and scientists say unless something is done to curb that toll the steep decline in some of nature's best loved creatures will only continue daniel lack, al jazeera in toronto. a new host of the daily show responding to tweets and criticism from old tweets that some said were anti-semantic and sexist and said to reduce my views to a handful of jokes that did not land is not a true reflection of my character and evolution of me and they are detendde detend fending him and spares no one, himself included and

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