>> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> hello everybody, this is al jazeera america. live from new york city. i'm david shuster. the boston bombing trial in closing arguments. the prosecutor said that the suspect wanted to punish america. and now the jury will decide if dzhokhar tsarnaev is guilty of murder. rolling stone has now retracted a story about fraternity rape. what impact will the faulty

reporting have on victims of sexual assault? >> we begin tonight with the trifle accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. today in a packed caught room jurors heard closing arguments and then the judge put the decision into the hands of the jury. >> they said they wanted to go down in a blaze of glory. a guilty verdict at this point is a forgone conclusion, but both sides still use their times during closing arguments to paint their own pictures of the event. after this guilt phase come the penalty phase and jurors will ultimately decide whether the

21-year-old will live or die. >> he wanted to terrorize this country. he wanted to punish america for what it was doing to his people. those were the words of the federal prosecutor as he delivered his statement to the jury. this along with the statements of the victims. the prosecutor pressed on for a hour and a half. the defendant brought terror middle east backyards and main streets. he thought his values were more important than the people around him. that day thousands of spectators were at the finish line when two bombs exploded. three people died. 260 others were injured. over the next four days the city came to a grinding halt as investigators searched for their prime suspects. tamerlan and dzhokhar tsarnaev.

the two brothers reeked reeked half rock across the city and shot and killed an officer. tamerlan died in a shootout with police. dzhokhar escaped but was captured in nearby water town. from the outset of his trial tsarnaev's lawyers admitted that he carried out the attack but said that older brother tamerlan was the mastermind of the bombings. they said the only finger tips on the bomb were tamerlan's. they painted dzhokhar as someone who gave in to his brother's

beliefs. since the prosecution has the burden of proof, they had the last word and they said that they chose a day when there would be civilians on the sidewalks and they targeted the civilians, men, women and children. ment of course the prosecution is pushing for the death penalty calling the marathon bombings a cold calculated terrorist attack that was intentional. tsarnaev is charged with 31 counts of attempted murder, and the verdict could come down as soon as tomorrow. >> four days after announcing a framework deal with iran over its nuclear program, president obama is ratcheting up his administration's efforts to build support but some key members of congress remain skeptical, and one ally is hostile to the deal. mike viqueira of at the white

house, how is president obama trying to approach all this? >> reporter: david, he said that he wants congress to have a role but he doesn't want to give them real power to accept or reject the deal. he gave interviews over the weekend, and again today as all part of the pr blitz in the white house david appears to be very concerned now pushing congress to put a bill on the floor that would in fact give them power to accept or reject the deal. of course, the magic number is 67 and if opponents get past that number, 67 votes or more, they could override presidential veto. that's congress. abroad prime minister benjamin netanyahu a vocal opponent to this deal. he wants iran to admit or concede israel's right to exist. today president obama gave an interview and replied directly

to netanyahu. >> the notion that we would condition iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on iran recognizing israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the iranian regime completely transforms. that, i think is a fundamental misjudgment. >> the message from the white house today david congress hold off wait until june 30th. remember that's the new deadline by which the details of what was agreed last week has to be ironed out. if there is to be a vote, wait until after then when we can see all the details of the deal. >> one controversial part of this deal has not been settled. tell bus that. >> reporter: well, that's just it the white house talks about the deal. they talk about what a success it is, and how it's the best option of very bad options yet

it was revealed today one key aspect perhaps the most controversial, has not been settled upon. this is what josh earnest said today. that is the easing the sanctions. the white house said it was the crippleing sanctions that brought iran to the table to begin with. of course, iran wants those sanctions lifted as soon as possible. the president said that they should be phased in in accordance with the steps that iran takes to comply with the deal. but the bottom line there is no agreement on that aspect of it. that's one of the details that has to be ironed out over the course of the next three months. >> mike viqueira in washington. thank you very much. no. after kenya's military said it has fired airstrikes into somalia. their fighter jets bombed two bases suspected to be run by al-shabab. that armed group has claimed

responsibility for the kenyan attack last week that killed 148 people. the massacre took place at the university of garissa. al jazeera's catherine soi went to the scene and has this report. >> reporter: this is where the killings look place. bullets holes in the dormitory signs of a battle between security force and attackers. behind this door, around 100 people mostly students r shot dead in the court yard. this dorm tear is where it all happens, and there is still a very strong smell of blood. it's difficult to imagine how horrified the people were here. bloodstains are everywhere. some much those who planned and carried out the attack. we spoke to rebecca malunda a few days ago. during the attack she hid in one of the cubicles. >> those men were asking

students, do you agree with the government? will you tell the president to withdraw his troops from somalia somalia? the students answered what they thought the attackers wanted to hear. some were killed any way. >> this man is waiting outside of the gate, waiting for any news of a missing student. he was a member of his church. >> they can't find him. they can't find him among the survivors. >> this is the commission in charge of security. last year he had to deal with a series of attacks that killed close to 100 people in an area along the kenyan coast. >> i'm sure this is going to continue. i'm very confident. i don't think. >> the only university in northeastern kenya has now been closed indefinitely, many of the students we talked to said that

they never want to come back. catherine soi al jazeera, garissa. >> the united nations said that the war in yemen is driving that impoverished country into a humanitarian disaster. this comes as they try to deliver supplies to the coastal city of aden. some areas of the city for several days has not had electricity or water. the u.s. state department has condemned the deaths of aid workers in yemen who were trying to remove the bodies of the dead. an american was apparently killed in the fighting. jamal al abany. he is from oakland he's he was trying to bring his pregnant wife and daughter back to the united states.

we have more on our website www.aljazeera.com. in syria hundreds of kurds were kidnapped by gunmen have now been freed. kurdish officials say as many as 300 men were abducted in asleep poe and released several hours later. it's not clear who abducted the man and why. kurdish officials blame the kidnapping of the group on the al-qaeda-linked al nusra front. the international committee of the red cross says that in yemen there were two separate incidents last week that took the lives of three aid workers in syria two volunteers were killed while working in the city of idleb. the attacks against humanitarian aid workers are unacceptable. a rescue operation is underway at a palestinian refugee camp in syria's capital. the u.n. describes the situation of the syrian camp as beyond

inhumane. isil now controls 60% of it, as stephanie dekker reports those who fled are telling stories of error. >> reporter: they aired these pictures showing how the army and some palestinian factions helped them get to safety. >> in a matter of 30 minutes they could have executed all people you see in this school because isil called from the mosques. if we catch one working with the palestinian group or with the government nell' cut their heads off. they have no mercy. >> for the first time video of isil has been posted online showing the inside of the palestinian refugee camp. they have been fighting palestinian groups and others here for the past six days. this camp has been besieged for more than two years by the syrian government because rebel groups are based here. it's people starving with no running water and no electricity.

now aisles' presence and bombardment in what used to be a densely populated camp it making the situation worse. even though some people have made it out more than the 18,000 people who tried to survive here are trapped. >> we cannot pay for anything. we're not on anyone's side. we want the whole camp to be safe. >> the palestine liberation organization is sending a delegation to syria to try to help solve the crisis. >> what do you make of the isil attack on this palestinian camp in syria?

>> it's definitely a very disturbing trend and it's sort of added to the misery that the camp is experiencing. the palestinian camp has been under siege by the regime for many years now. in some of the most horrific pictures that tell the story. >> and in addition to trying to deal with the siege aden is aid is not getting in, in part because aid workers have been fired upon. how machine is common has that been in the war in syria? >> unfortunately, it's been the norm. the regime systematically

targeted medical workers and hospitals. we have according to recent human rights report 97% of doctors and medical works who have been killed have been killed by the assad regime. and hotels are targeted by the assad regime. it's not happening just in areas around damascus, but also in the north, idleb and aleppo and other areas. it's a horrible norm in this conflict. >> you say that so much has been carried out by the assad regime. >> the fact is that the regime in terms of its bombardment of besieged areas has been used not necessarily to find military targets but more so in order to sort of take retribution in

areas that have not been loyal to the regime itself. the reason why the yarr camp has been under seen for so long as been, rand they're dropping barrel bombs some laced with chlorine gas only weeks after the u.n. called for the resolution against that. the fact that there are no consequences for these actions is a blank check that this is allowed across the board. >> and it's reflected on the assad regime and the crackdown on isil, is there anything short of an military intervention do to help specifically the aid workers and to get in and help those people who are stuck in the yarmouk camp.

>> it would seem that the international community has abandoned what is going on there. when it comes to the areas to the north i think it's very important for a protective zone to be established and to call on them to stop the dropping of barrel bombs which has been the cause of the death of so many civilians as well as the destruction of hospitals. >> senior political adviser thank you. appreciate it. authorities in turkey crackdown today on major social media sites that shows a prosecutor being held hostage.

one turkish official said that publishing the pictures was like spreading terrorist propaganda. back to the united states, rolling stone has retracted it's reporting on campus gang rape, but that is not nearly enough for the fraternity accused in the story. plus jeb bush said it was all a mistake. he said he once registered as a hispanicic because he checked the wrong box in the registration form. the media is having a field day. details in power politics.

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article. >> it said that rolling stone failed to double check even the most fundamental details of jackie's story. the report said that they did not give the accused a fair opportunity to respond and that the magazine put all its trust into a single source, which goes against the baseball rules of investigative journal i am. >> the problems we outlined were problems of methodology newsroom standards and procedures. >> it was the collective fault of the editor, and the fact checking department. >> now the story has been falling apart for months, but this was the final review a lot of people were waiting for and after carrying it phi kappa psi it would sue rolling stone.

>> how did they find it a threat. >> well, the magazine are draw the article and they said that some of the blame does lie with the woman who the magazine said manipulated rolling stone. the reporter hyped this has spoken out. she called columbia's review a brutal and humbling experience and apologized to rolling stone and any victims of sexual assault that may feel fear as a result of they are article. she and her editors are going to keep their jobs at "rolling stone." >> thank you very much. a writer and activist and survivor and founder of truth and reality an advocacy group. she joins news studio. first of all what do you make of the developments to sue rolling stone and the retraction and the review. >> i mean, what a mess. just to sea how this thing has snowballed so quickly it's not

unexpected. they didn't wait that long to announce that they were going to sue, and it appears that they have grounds to do so. >> would you support their lawsuit, anybody who face this is kind of false reporting or wrong reporting, would you support that? >> i don't know enough about what happened to say that i could support a lawsuit by the fraternity because as we all know when it comes to sexual assault victims and cases they are extremely implicated and hard to prove to begin with. the fact that rollling zone "rolling stone" did not fall any of their journalistic standards that's something that they have to be held accountable for. but just because you want you can't prove that something happened based upon jackie and her story of what she said

happened happened cuss not mean that something didn't happen. you know? >> how much of the application in this mess as you describe it belongs to rolling stone and how much by longs to the woman at the center of this who "rolling stone" said manipulated their reporters. >> in regards specifically the fact that rolling stone is facing a lawsuit they've been humiliated and they're blaming an alleged victim, that the magazine did not do their job. >> let's agree that they did not do their job. was there still some manipulation? >> i did not talk about her. the report focuses on what the magazine did and did not do to report a fair story. when it comes down to jackie,

i'm always very resistant to the idea of again of making a blanket statement. as a survivor i can say that in the case of my prior sexual assault i don't know have enough on the record to prove in a court of law or even to rolling stone if they were to interview me. for me to go and make a statement against the victim again, not prepared to do so. >> let's separate out the case at the university of virginia, but in general talk about the difficulty with memory that a lot of victims have as they try to recall what happened. a lot of americans don't understand that. >> well, well, when you have experienced that kind of trauma the first thing you have is confusion. next you're blocking it. i can only speak of sexual assault, i blocked it, and for many years i didn't even acknowledge that it happened. then let's think about it from

an alternate approach. if a victim were to make a detailed account. they go home and write down the details immediately. they call the police and follow the script of like law andered "law & order" order," the perfect way to be a victim of sexual assault, if they were to do that, the alleged perpetrator would say you see, it's a set up. >> it's too perfect. >> yes and in unfortunately in the society that we live in, there is no such thing as the perfect victim. we live in a society that, in fact,ville villainized victims first and foremost. the damage that "rolling stone" has done and is not truly acknowledge together movement, to all the women and men out through who have a story--think about it--how is it going to impact another news outlet

reporting. >> or it might have a chilling impact of victims being able to trust the media to do a fair job with their story. >> there is a chilling impact irrespective already. that's why rape is one of the most under reported crimes that exist in our country. >> sil lai i abrams, founder of "truth and reality." thank you for visiting. >> thank you for having me. >> in ferguson, missouri, change could be coming if that's what voters decide. plus the fallout of the verdict against chrysler. we'll talk with an attorney who represented the family of a four-year-old killed in a crash.

>> after months of demanding change in ferguson, missouri voters there are about to get a chance to it happen. tomorrow residents will elect

new city council members. kristen saloomey reports. >> the crowd at the st. mark family church may have been small. >> an informed vote consider make a difference. >> but ferguson missouri, has never been so large. four african-americans are run forgive three open seats in the april 7th election. >> you have an opportunity to effectuate sustainable real change right here in ferguson. >> change is what many residence have been demanding ever since a white police officer shot mike brown, an unarmed black taken. the officer was cleared of wrongdoing. but in an investigation they found a pattern of racist policing in the city and it's courts. it will fall to the next city

council to make the reforms demanded by the u.s. has department. a single mother of two. >> i said someone has to run and somebody has to help us so i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> about two-thirds of ferguson's residents are back but the vast majority of elected officials are quite. throughout st. louis county there are many communities that were once predominantly white that have shifted to pre-come dantley black. brian fletcher, the former mayor of measure son a part-time job that paced $25 a month. >> unfortunately our african-american members don't participate as much as our in

our community. >> i'm very hopeful. people are getting the message if they want change they have to get involved. they have to take the rains and lead it. >> but it will take more than new candidates, and residents will have to make their voices heard in the voting above as well as on the streets. kristen saloomey. al jazeera. >> voters in chicago will go to the polls jesus garcia forced rahm emmanuel into a run off election. garcia ran his campaign on a tight budget but captured the hearts of residents. particularly on the issue of education. america tonight's.reports.

>> closing 50 schools and not having a real plan for children. >> jeanette taylor has lived her entire life on chicago's south side. a place where mayor rahm emmanuel's school reforms do not sit well. in 2013 the administration closed dozens of schools the. >> they're in chaos. >> the mayor facing an enormous doesn't under absolutely and hour. >> the mayor has defended his record. citing achievements like full-day kindergarten. >> more kids are going to

college for like never before. >> the school closures have become a rallying point against the mayor. many residents have rallied around this man jesus garcia. forforced rahm emmanuel's vote into a run off. garcia, who spent the last 24,003 years in local and state politics ran as the every man candidate. he didn't have much money but he got strong support from the powerful teacher's union. >> what they're looking for is something basic they're lag for a mayor who will come around. who will sit at a sable and at least live to people. >> american tonight reached out to the mayor for an interview

and got no response. we did >> we have not always been acting in a way that is statistic. but if you look at the broader statistics our kids are doing better. >> but jeanette said that the statistics don't always tell the whole story for a community who feels broken. >> how do you kill a community. you close schools and affordable housing. >> education is only one of many issues where the two candidates in chicago's historic run off election has agreed. ash har quaraishi is live in chicago. what are some of the other issues at the end are so important to voters?

>> well, davis obviously as you mentioned, education is big there are issues of violence. just to guff you a sense of the public schools is under fooded. they have a shortfall of $1.1 billion as well as unfunded pensions, for example police and firemen so the fair really working in the constraints of a very tight budget. and then with these school closings, it was a rallying point for many residents in chicago who were against the mayor's policies when it came to schools. it was something that was really tapped by the teachers union and that's where we are today. where you have the encome went

mayor for the first time ever in a run off against a newcomer to the mayoral race. >> and the teacher's union, a crucial democratic supporter. is this helpful or hurtful to them to have this run off? >> we haven't had a republican mayor in for over 80 years. yes, it is a very right of center. his opponent jesus garcia women out and out of little village in chicago. he said he was more in touch of what people were going through on an every day basis. in the last few weeks we've seen them seize on that issue of

violence and what's happening in the every day lives of the people in chicago. still, you know, mayor rahm emmanuel said that he has gotten a lot of support and support from inside his city council and support in these districts he has done really well with. >> do you get a sense from either campaign how close this race will be? >> well, obviously it's a close race. but the poles in the last few weeks they're showing a sizable lead by mayor rahm emmanuel in the double digits. but again they're saying they raised last money in the last few weeks and there are a lot of workers who were trying to get the voters out tomorrow. >> rand paul is set to declare his campaign for the

presidential race. he'll embark on a five-day tour that will take him to new hampshire, iowa, and nevada. he has released hi campaign logo and slogan. defeat the washington machine unleash the american dream. the slogan is intended to invoke his anti-establishment themes, and he's trying to establish that message with free have a. free. >> congress should read every bill. >> rand paul is 52 years old. he's a physician a first-term senator, and a darling of tea party activists and libertarians. he will be the most well organized g.o.p. candidate in

the field. lindsey graham appeared on sunday's "face the nation" and took a shot at paul while hammering the obama administration's name work with iran. >> the best deal comes with the new president. hillary clinton would do better. everyone knows that except rand paul know she would do better. >> he went on to say that paul is isolationist on policies. the front rubber will likely to be jeb bush. in the meant is if now facing an avalanche of criticism as "the new york times" overlooked his registration photographer in the lastary. s.

he said he made a mistake. the governor's family certainly got a good laugh out of it. answer bush's son trolled his dad on twitter with the hashtag #honorary latino. a lot of politicians make mistake. consider president obama and his ncaa brackets. >> i'm cutting kentucky in here. kentucky as good of a chance. >> kentucky lost to wisconsin on saturday. and out of the nearly 12 million brackets on espn the president's bracket ranked at nearly 7 million. mitt romney is in in the 99th% someone tile having picked wisconsin and duke. today supporters say that he

made up for his brackets by overseeing the easter egg role. roll. he stepped up for a three pointer, swish. >> he made it. we don't have the video. but trust us, he made it. kentucky could have used him. that is today's power politics. former national security agency contractor edward snowdon is standing by his decision to release thousands of classified development documents. in moscow snowdon spoke in an sit-down interview. it aired last night and at times it was both profane and controversial. >> how many of those documents have you actually read. >> i evaluated all the documents in the archive. >> you read every single one.

>> well, i do understand what i turn ordinary. >> well, there is a difference between understanding the documents and reading the documents. >> well, in my defense i'm not reading anything any more. i've passed it to my journalists, and they're making sure to report this in the most responsible way. >> but those are journalists with the lower skill set than you. >> that's true but they understand how important it is to get this right. >> so "the new york times" took a slide didn't redact it properly, and in the end it was possible for people to see that something was being used mow mosul. in journalism we have to understand that mistakes will be made. >> right, but you have to own that then. >> you're giving documents with information you know could be harmful, which could get out of

there. >> yes. >> snowdon fled the united states in 2013 after he began releasing the documents. he has been living in russia for nearly two years. this video shows a group of activists putting up a monday new testament of snowdon in a washing. it was put up around dawn this morning. park officials have already taken it down. there could soon be an appeal. the jury in georgia ordered chrysler to pay $150 million draws to the$150 million to the parents. a family of four-year-old

remington wall done to died in a cherokee engine fire. what do you think of this verdict. >> we're pleased. we think that the jury saw through chrysler's continued denial. the jury reached the common sense conclusion that putting the gas tank 11 inches from the end of the vehicle and hanging six inches down is not a safe place to put it. >> and then they've put a trailer hitch in the rear of those vehicles to solve the problem. does that do it? >> no, and there are a couple of reasons why. first, the trailer hitch something that came about as part of a deal that the ceo and chairman met in secret.

second, it's something that engineers have admitted will not work. they admitted that, quote, the tow package does not protect the tank. and the third they don't even work as trailler hitches. they could come according, and that would create another safety risk. >> crisis letter said it will appeal that. judges have been downward pressure on jury awards. what do you think will happen in this particular case. >> well, i will say this, chrysler got a fair trial in this case, and the jury reached the right result. the judge gave everyone a fair

shake, and the jury heard two weeks of evidence before they reached their conclusion about who is responsible and for what, i think they got it right. i anticipate the courts of appeal are going to agree with that. >> do you also participate that a lot of more people will sue now as a result. there is a case coming up from california is that a proper way for companies and individuals to try to settle these cases? >> well, i can't say what everybody else will do. i don't foresee any increase in the number of lawsuits. as you may know, david this was the first case arriving out of the fuel fed fire following the impact of one of these jeeps that has ever gone all the way to trial. and what i do hope is that after this more people will have the courage and bravely that brian and lindsay wall tan have had to

go all the way. what that will do is allow people to learn about the danger. there are a lot of people driving these jeeps who don't even know that their gas tanks are hanging down in the rear of the vehicle where it is. skies letter has admitted that it's vulnerable to impact. >> there was a time when you and your dad von vinceed all of you. what con newspapered you you convincedconvince them? >> they just didn't want to give up. there is at the moment pressure to give up ahead of time. sitting through two weeks of a trial like that is not easy on any parent. but they were tough and they perceived. and i admire them for it. they were just terrific clients and it was an honor to represent

them. and it continues to be an honor to represent them. >> yesterday butler representing the family who lost a child in in a jeep fire. >> the lyrics of the hit song are going on the auction block. and going through big bucks when passengers go through airport security. we'll explain.

>> the true meaning of the song "american pie" has ban mystery for many years. the writer has refused to explain the lyrics and now they'll go up on auction. >> i held them in my hand. it was exciting. i wrote to my friend in london,

and i wrote i held the lyrics in my hand. if you remember the '60s, if you weren't there it's a good thing that we have the lyrics to explain the death of buddy holly. for now here is a story of the song with a handful of things you didn't not. >> a piece of american music history is up for sale. the manuscript for the iconic "american pie" and here is mcclane singing it. ♪ a long, long time ago ♪ ♪ i can still remember how that music used to make me smile ♪ >> it's rare to see behind the curtain. this is seen behind the curtain. >> tom head of books and

manuscripted in christie's in new york said its remarkable how he went through the lyrics pagely page for months. >> i remember how that music used to make me smile. >> it was a smash when it was released in 19. 1971 ♪ so bye bye miss american pie ♪ >> whoever buys these documents will have access to stuff that has never been seen in public before. for example, donachie mcclane wrote this verse for american pie, which in the end is simply crossed out. reading the manuscript it's clear that he started by happened and then typing as the song panned out and two famous lines were flipped. >> february made me shiver. >> that's right. in the lyrics you see it in the order we're used to, and then you see those two lines reversed

with the schiffering coming before the delivery. >> mcmcclane has never committed to what the song was about other than it was inspired by the death of buddy holly in 1969. people have interpreted it in different ways. for years it was thought to be a reference to the beetles. not so, he was thinking about the parade in pladelphia and the marchers surrounding the vietnam. >> it's called a morality song. he said the world is going in the wrong direction at the time of the song and things were becoming less ideal. >> and writer for "rolling stone" magazine. he said the irony is that "american pie" is an upbeat classic with an down beat message ♪ the day the music died ♪ >> the song is about singing the

death of buddy holly and richie valleyens, big bopper in 1959 in a plane crash. the one little break that suggest that has wonderful as everything seems it might not turn out that way. >> as for the true meaning of the song, it's in donachie mcclane's interest not to reveal the secrets. >> i think people will still argue about the lyrics. i don't think he wants to end the discussion. >> it was inducted into the grammy hall of fame in 2002 and then two years later donachie mcclane was inducted in the songwriter's hall of fame insuring that his song will liver forever. >> and the 17 pages showing the progression of american pie comes of christies tomorrow. the anticipated sale place

surpriseprice $1 million. >> there are famous voices in the song. >> according to ed free man the choir was james taylor and carly simon, and pete seger and livingston taylor who might be related to james taylor and and ed free man said it was a star-studded cast and one he should have photographed. donachie mcclane denies that that's true. we'll have to see--who knows, it could bring terrific stuff. >> at the top of the hour john seigenthaler is here. >> two major humanitarian concerns in the middle east. yemen and syria both under the siege of war. both leaving hundreds of thousands of homeless, will these people get help from the international community and how are they surviving from day-to-day. from san diego to san francisco thousands of sea lyons have been

stranded on beaches. the number is ten times higher than 2013. all are malnourished. most are just pups. we'll find out why it is happening and if there is a fix. and remember music legend billie holiday. ♪ ♪ oh, what menu light can do to you ♪ >> she would have turned 102 tomorrow. and the 16th president, dozens of photos of abraham lincoln seen by few in the past 100 years are now in the hands of yale university. what they reveal and where they have been all this time. all those stories coming up in three minutes. >> thank you. the transportation security administration is cashing in big on all of that loose change. travelers left $675,000 at u.s.

airports going through security. the tsa said that the extra cash will go towards it's free check program.

>> this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. >> region in crisis. dire new warnings out of yemen and syria. the impact of war putting thousands of lives at risk. ferguson's future. >> i decided to be the change that i wanted to see. >> new hope for a city scared by violence. the election that could make history. rolling stone retraction a failure of journalism at