and russia. here in new york, the news continues now on aljazeera america with tomas drake. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton in new york. for the first time in 50 years the american president officially sits down with the president of cuba. but as relations with cubas thaw the rhetoric against venezuela heats up. hillary clinton potentially announces her run for the white house again. and the growing humanitarian crisis from the middle east to north africa and beyond. we begin tonight with what president obama calls an historic era.

a new oftenness with cuba. president obama sat down for a one on one meeting with cuban president raul castro. that's the first time any u.s. president has officially met with a cuban leader in 50 years. but at a press conference, president obama says he still has to make his case to congress. >> there is overwhelming support for our case in the united states and overwhelming in cuba. if you can't get success in 50 years you should try something new. the american people don't have to be mer swayed persuaded that this is the right thing to do. we have concerns and questions about specific activities that are taking place in cuba and human rights and reform. >> but the president met some confrontation from the venezuelan president nicholas

maduro says he does not trust the u.s. david air ariosto joins us. david. >> when we talk about meetings and historical proportions it doesn't really get any bigger than this. between bautista and dwight d. eisenhower. the details are short on coming. when president obama announced the normalizations back in december series of steps one that he alluded to was lifting cuba from the states two sponsor terrorism. that hasn't come off yet. obviously this is a politically

hot button issue with a potential presidential contender marco rubio coming out with his bid, but when you drill down on what actually has transpired here regardless of the circumstances, the scenery and the core choreography of a sitting president of the united states shaking the hand of a castro here in panama city. ironically this is where the last meeting took place between bautista and eisenhower. that in civility itself marks a sea change. let's listen to what obama had to say. >> we have very different views with how society should be organized and i was very direct with him that we are not going to stop talking about issues like democracy and human rights and freedom of assembly and freedom of the press. not because we think we are perfect and that every country has to mimic us exactly but

because there are a set of universal principles for which we stand. >> now, i want to bring in somebody who has probably a better sense of cuba than most people. this is peter cornblue, a recent book the back channels of cuba, the hidden history of washington and havana. what did you make of all this? obviously there are negotiations that have taken place aside from the three meetings aside from the december announcement. but the storied history that these two companies have had what is your sense of history today? >> i have a sense of history being made between two presidents who have been engaged with cold war in the caribbean for a long long time. the castros fidel raul, and the united states has maintained a policy of aggression, roll

back the revolution, here finally you have the president of the united states and the president of cuba, sitting in a conference room with other latin american leaders officially reincorporating cuba into the system and a meeting bilaterally, this is a substantive meeting they have a lot to discuss they did discuss a lot and they are working hard to implement a significant change. repudiating the past of u.s. aggression towards cuba and moving towards a future where we can have normal diplomatic relations, like the united states has with so many other countries in the world. >> one of the things that really stuck out at me is the sense that obama stayed at the press conference afterwards, when you are considering regime change, he says no. that's the first time that

happened. on the other side, raul castro said, everything is on the table, which i assume human rights the preoccupation of many in miami and new jersey. the idea that this government hasn't made big big moves with respect to human rights. what's your sense? >> we are talking having a dialogue and having negotiations and we're pursuing a policy of civility towards the cube an cuban government expecting that will advance, human rights, change, cuba's economy to a much more market-centric type of system. and all of those things actually can take place through a policy of interaction of engagement. and that's what barack obama i think real doctrine is, let us talk to countries which we've had bad relations with and see if we can have good relations with those countries.

let us not continue 55 years of a failed policy. the president of the united states has used the f word again and again and again failure failure failure let's hope that moves us to the international interests of cuba. >> i'm abuilding you mentioned the market policy. when we talk about what's happening in cuba i think one of the most interesting things is there is sort of a change in microfinance that has taken place. when you travel there you see vende casas we sell houses. that's starting to change cuban communism. remains to be seen as we go forward in those continued negotiations. >> as we said last week, the start to a very long road, david ariosto thank you. this summit of the americas have been dominated by the cuban

american situation. but president obama's reluctance to hold constructive talks with venezuela, virginia lopez reports. >> with a punched fist, nicholas maduro of venezuela arrived at panama to demand president obama rescind an executive order that brands venezuela a threat, and individuals accused of human rights abuses. >> translator: i will say it at the summit wherever i sand to speak, wherever i go i will take the truth about venezuela and no one ever no force on earth will sign onto the voice of venezuela. >> reporter: this is no ordinary request. for close to a month the ruling socialist party set out 10,000 signatures requesting the u.s. backtrack. this thursday the goal was

reached and exceed, in surprising way with evo morales signing his ally's request. 3 million signatures from cuba and even in panama's el chorio neighborhood the site of the 1979 u.s. invasion. and yet it is still not clear who the long term winner will be. >> translator: there are two aspects to the summit the first is the media show and the other is the real events taking place. the first makes headline news, did obama hug raul? did maduro show signatures? continuing their cause while you have venezuela with maduro who faces the country's real problem. >> president obama has publicly declared that venezuela is not a threat to the u.s. yet president maduro insist he resign completely thing executive

order. what may seem a small victory for maduro may not be worth it for a country that so heavily reliance on theheavilyrelies on the u.s. for a trading partner. shots fired on the u.s. capitol building. the shooting was later confirmed to be a suicide. there was also reports of a suspicious package but nothing dangerous was found inside the package. the lock down as a routine lasted almost two hours. with hillary clinton expected to formally launch her campaign tomorrow, she faces the mantle of front rin runner. positions on crucial issues. david schuster reports. >> exactly eight years after she announced she would trounce barack obama for the presidential thom nomination, hillary

clinton is front runner again. last summer's high profile democratic steak fry in iowa. >> i'm back. >> and this month after hiring dozens of staff. she opened a an office in new york. public perceptions about her character. the clinton foundation accepted donations from foreign governments while clinton was secretary of state. conflict of interest? bill clinton addressed those last month. >> my theory is, disclose everything and then let people make their judgments. >> republican presidential candidate rand paul called the issues thinly veiled bribes. >> government to foundations to bill clinton to shareholders of big companies that have to be approved by hillary clinton when she was secretary of state there is a lot of stuff there

that i think is going to shake the confidence of americans in her ability to lead in an honest fashion. >> another character issue involves hillary clinton's exclusive use of personal e-mail while she served as secretary of state. which raises questions of security and the possible leak of some of the nation's top secrets. personal reliance of e-mail, are to quote avoid conducting personal business from business accounts. >> looking back it would have been you know probably smarter to have used two devices but i have absolute confidence that everything that could be in any way connected to work is now in the possession of the state department. >> clinton turned over the bulk of those e-mails to the state department for review but not

indicating 30% were deleted. of the ones that were kept, they indicated clinton used two devices not just one as she claimed. fiasco as painting clinton dishonest and the charge that she clearly has something to hide. >> i believe that marriage is not just a bond, but a sacred bond between a man and a woman. >> on policy issues, clinton in 2008 said she would not support same sex marriage. now she does. clinton believes climate change is caused by fossil fuels released in the atmosphere and she supports cap and trade to release more technology, she is inclined to support the keystone xl pipeline. wants a pathway to citizenship for immigrants, and some call

that amnesty. would not break up the big banks as democrat elizabeth warren is urging. on foreign policy clinton supports the normalization of relations with cuba and the growing drone issue called terrorists the obama administration issue with benjamin netanyahu clinton has been silent. democratic strategists say it's her detached campaign style and perceptions about her honesty that will determine hillary clinton's 2016 fate. david schuster, al jazeera. >> another potential democratic candidate martin o'malley got a head start over hillary clinton this week. the iowa caucus will lead up the state by state nominations.

marco rubio is expected to enter the race. others say it could be an opportunity for rubio to showcase himself in stark contrast to clinton. the funeral for an african american man fatally shot by a white police officer was held today in summervil south carolina. family to walter scott arrived to warm welcomes. a video was present for audience outside. scott was shot a week ago police officer fired and charged with murder. coming up next on al jazeera america. indictments on the george washington bridge scandal are expected soon. how that could affect embattled new jersey governor chris christie. libyans trying to flee for a

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>> the italian coast guard rescued migrants, who sent out a distress call on friday. they found one person had already died. at least 480 migrants have died trying to cross the mediterranean in the first three months of this year. most have been fleeing conflicts in the middle east and north africa. i want to take a deeper look now at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the region. since the invasion he of afghanistan and iraq following the arab spring. here is courtney kealy here with the story. >> the situation is getting

worse by the hour. >> much needed equipment and supplies have arrived in sanaa in the past few days but because of the situation it's nearly impossible to deliver. to be able to move supplies throughout the impoverished country. >> extremely extremely difficult if not catastrophic. aden has turned into urban warfare between all sorts of militias. >> vast majority of the country's 28 million people rely on water and food supplies shipped into the country. now there is increasingly limited access to water basic sanitation and critical medical care. according to the whro world health organization 100,000 people across the country have left their homes in search of safer places to stay and hospitals are under intense strain to take care of the more than 2,000 wounded since march with

dwindling supplies. saudi arabia and its coalition of sunni airbus, launch air strikes against houthi fighters. >> a couple of moments ago they shoot as women or whoever passes. >> reporter: supplying weapons and logistic support does not stop the houthi advance. the iran supreme leader, yoat ayatollah khamenei. and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has been quickly gaining ground in yemen. in syria 9 million people have been displaced from their homes the largest mass migration since world war ii.

syrians have fled by the millions to jordan, lebanon 3 million iraqis have been internally displaced in the last decade. and an estimated 1 million iraqis have been killed. it is feared the humanitarian crisis in yemen could prove to be the worst of them all. the only option is to flee by boat. somalia is where the brutal al shabaab group is based, as a result somalis have long sought refuge in kenya. now the kenyan president has told the u.s., it must relocate the somali refugees back to somalia within months. with ever deepening crisis in

africa it seems there are fewer places to go. courtney kealy, al jazeera. >> on scieb skype in erbil iraq. >> nice to be with you. >> six months ago there were 1.8 million now there are 2.6 million roughly. how are you keeping up with the demand? >> it is very difficult. we are trying to reach as many people as we possibly can. but we are facing increase increasing numbers of people who are displaced and need our assistance and shrinking resources. what we are doing we're doing whatever we can. we are spreading the assistance as far as we can. we have to be clear that the 2.6 million people are those that are displaced. they are not all of the people that we can actually reach. we are only reaching just over 2 million at this point. >> i know it's extremely

difficult in keeping track. i understand only 8% of those displaceare in camps. where are the majority of people being housed? >> the majority are being accommodated in what we call the host communities people who are rented apartments, there are enormous number of people living in terrible circumstances in partially completed villages and buildings. for example, here in erbil, in the suburb of ankawa, there are an entire group of people living in a shopping mall, three floors of basically open construction with people who have put together makeshift homes there. and this is what's happened across the country. >> and then you have the children. what is being done about the children? getting them not only the education they need but the psychological support? >> hmm it's a struggle. i think you know whereas we try

and do what we can for the people in camps and some camps are very very good and very, very organized a lot of times it's around -- it seems to me when i see them the women in particular have spent a lot of time cooking food, collecting water, washing clothes. you go out and you see a lot of ovens, communal ovens. and women gather around them and bake bread which to me is a great thing. because it gives them a semblance of normality as they go along their day-to-day lives. there's not much education happening, not much for people to do. a classic situation where a lot of people who are displaced what do they do, how do they spend their time and how do we get them back into a normal situation as soon as we possibly can. >> what are the immediate needs in the region right now? >> i spoke to the government

last week and i think we agree with them. the biggest needs right now are food and medicine. but the united nations very recently just put out an appeal for $150 million to stop the activities of the bulk of us are stopping. so we are facing a situation where 60% of all of these activities in iraq were going to stop. fortunately some donors have come to the party but there are enormous needs still. and i think that automatic -- without needs right now we need over $100 million to get us through the summer. >> over $100 million. how would you gauge the international response so far? >> all of the donors that usually contribute to the international community's efforts have come to the party. but the problem is that the world is completely overwhelmed by so many crises at the moment. we have syria.

we have iraq. we have south sudan. we have the central africa republic. now we have yemen. the resources that the international community has are not enough for the people who need them. >> spread extremely thin. jane pierce with the world food program, thank you for your time. >> thank you very much. >> dozens injured early saturday after rebels shelled the government held neighborhood in the northern city of aleppo. hours after the shelling a helicopter gun ship targeted a market in a rebel held area. u.n. is planning to undertake an urgent mission to damascus. yarmouk refugee carpal on camp on the outskirts of the capital. thousands of refugees are trapped and only a few have escaped. stefanie dekker has more.

>> the syrian national news agency aired these pictures. >> in a matter of 30 minutes they could have executed all people you see in this school because i.s.i.l. called from the mosques, if we catch one of you working with the palestinian group fighting or with the government they will cut our heads off. they have no mercy. >> reporter: for the first time video of i.s.i.l. has been posted online showing the inside of the palestinian refugee camp. this camp has been besieged by the syrian government, no water or electricity. what used to be a densely populated camp is making a terrible situation even worse and even though some people have made it out most of the 18,000

people who tried to survive here are trapped. >> translator: we cannot pay for anything. we are not on anyone's side. we want the whole camp to be safe. >> reporter: the palestine liberation organization is sending a delegation to syria to try to help. the lack of medical supplies is making it impossible to treat the wounded. i.s.i.l.'s storming the camp has come as a shock here, their mere presence terrifying the people. it's becoming a cat drove if the fighting doesn't stop. stefanie dekker, beirut. >> also on skype in beirut. thank you for joining us. private funding for the syrian crisis has always been low. why aren't we seeing a greater

international response? >> well, i think we're seeing a limited response on both fronts, both in terms of funding for the humanitarian issue going on, there was a big donor conference that took place in kuwait last month and less than half the money needed was supplied by governments. it still represented some really generous pledges fully a half a million from the u.s. government, there are millions of people in need of humanitarian assistance, we're about to arrive at 4 million refugees in neighboring countries and that's having a profound effect on the infrastructure in places like lebanon where i am and jordan and iraq and other areas engulfed in the crisis, but the lack of political response we really need to see greater

pressure put on parties to stop the fighting. humanitarian aid the scale of more and more people who need food water basics to keep surviving is only going to grow, unless that pressure is increased. civilians are targeted day by day and parties to the conflict are blocking humanitarian assistance getting through. we can see that visibly in yarmouk camp at the moment. we really need to have government step up and put that pressure on now. >> is the united nations security council failing right now? >> yes three humanitarian resolutions were passed so for the council to be effectively blocked, on united action for some time. the governments who make up the

security council have ignored and failed to implement those resolutions. and the parties to the conflict continue to hammer civilians and block aid getting through. in fact, more people are now without humanitarian assistance there are 5 million people inside syria in areas that are hard to reach or completely besieged by troops. so that really sends a signal the situation got worse in spite of the resolution. we need to see government stopping from sending arms in to fuel the conflict and really try to drive the parties to the negotiating table. focusing on getting them to the business and putting an end to that fighting. >> how difficult has it been dealing with the syrian government? >> well, we work with the syrian government because we need to gain access to the country. so with the ministry of water

resources to try to get clean water to people across the country on both sides of the conflict lines. so much of the infrastructure has been damaged by the fighting millions of people have been displaced in their homes and collective shelters or settlements where the sanitation is really poor. and oxfam has been working to get water trucks in those areas to dig wells and to try and rebuild some of the damaged infrastructure. but we're really hampered in our ability to move around the country. everything has to be approved by the government and that really conflicts with our ability to see what's needed. we need some of those bureaucratic impediments from the government lifted, it is most of the conflict parties many from the other side as well that continue to prevent that humanitarian access for oxfam and other actors.

>> camilla, thank you for your time. >> thank you. as the air strikes continued a boat carrying medical aid finally arrived at aden. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> after their trip was approved by the saudi-led coalition. >> it is a mandate on the icac, more specifically for us as a surgical team we have the expertise to treat this special type of trauma caused by high speed bullets and bombs. >> reporter: united nations chief is concerned about yemen's deteriorating security and humanitarian situation. >> ordinary yemeni families are struggling for the very basics,

water, food, fuel and medicines. hundreds of civilians have been killed. hospitals and schools are shutting down, some of which and are direct targets of the fighting. >> reporter: the conflict in yemen has made life difficult for millions of people. no clean water. electricity's cut most of the time and people have to queue for days to fill their cars. >> translator: we have been waiting for four days in this queue for some gas and today is the fifth day. we are still hopeful but due to the air strikes the gas tanks were not able to arrive to fill the gas station. we are still waiting. we borrowed money for gas and that's because of people who are targeting yemen and the yemeni people. >> reporter: there are discontent across the country. dozens of angry soldiers besieged the central bank of ta'izz. they say they haven't received

their salary since december when the houthis took over the capital sanaa. in aden, fighting continues between houthis backed by forces loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh and forces loyal to president abd rabbu mansour hadi. in the port city of moha, hundreds flee, they have been stranded for days, waiting for the first boat to sail away. those who are lucky board these small boats headed for eastern africa leaving behind a country on the verge of civil war. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. joining us on skype from jordan, great to have you with us. this is a country where 60% of the population was living under the poverty line. what type of humanitarian crisis are we facing here? >> well, we're looking at the direct impact of conflicts

that's hitting the country at a speed i've never seen and 77 children killed in the first days schools attacked, hospitals attacked, but at the same time, we are looking at a bigger impact on the country and it's going to reflect nutrition and the country is moving towards a humanitarian disaster. >> how much food and water do we have left in the region and are we on a brink of a medical crisis? >> cities like aden that has been going through the fighting recently, a city of 1 million people the city hasn't received water for six days. and more broadly across the country, food prices have already risen as much as 50% and going up and with the inability to bring in ships we're looking at the onset of malnutrition in

six weeks' time. >> you were able to get one shipment unloaded at sanaa's international airport how difficult will it be to get these supplies distributed? >> it's incredibly difficult. it took us a week to get one plane in with 16 tons of supplies. but with all parties to the conflict getting planes flying into the area and other problems that make it really tough but beyond that, the assistance we're able to fly in is nowhere near the assistance the country needs. the ports are closed, food is not getting in so the needs for 26 million people are just ramping up. >> you said it yourself, the assistance isn't enough. how is the juggling with iraq, syria and now yemen? >> we're all stretched.

it's very, very difficult. we're looking for support for countries around the world to insistassist us on this. frankly i don't know how we're going to do. the impact is so important on the people of yemen we're going to see the effects in the short term but years to come. >> you know children are extremely vulnerable in this conflict. are you seeing a growing number of minors joining these groups? >> yes we have seen that, i myself driving around the country in the past have been stopped at checkpoints by children at 13, 14 years of age and that's wrong and recruitment of children is wrong. it's a crime. it has to stop. >> there's a number somewhere between 30% of these minors are joining these armed groups, is that correct? >> well indeed, up to a third of

armed groups could be children. >> traveling road ahead. representative to yemen thanks for being with us on a deeper look. >> thanks very much. >> campaign for president plus a looming bridge scandal. for chris christie. and bird flu we'll take you to the area of concern. and victims of a devastating tornado have been allowed to return home. return home.

>> a rally was held in new york city today in anticipation of hillary clinton running for president a second time. celebrating clinton's expected announcement at noon. >> she was a formidable candidate in 2008. she was a great supporter of

mine in the general election. she was an outstanding secretary of state. she is my friend. i think she would be an excellent president. i'm confident that she will be very clear about her vision for the country moving forward if she announces. the one thing i can say is she's going to be able to handle herself very well. >> once again the formal announcement expected tomorrow online at noon. meanwhile a shadow is looming over new jersey governor chris christie, one considered a presidential front runner. indictments are expected to be announced in the bridge scandal. >> new jersey governor chris christie will decide whether he will seek the presidency but the indictments are expected early

next week in the 2013 bridgegate incident. it is alleged that governor christie's deputies caused a massive traffic jam. >> who would cause that to send me a message? >> bridget kelly who wrote time for some traffic problems in fort lee. immediately thereafter christie held a marathon press conference. vehemently denying any knowledge. >> i had no knowledge or involvement in this issue in its planning or its execution and i am stunned by the abject stupidity. >> but the bridge closure opened up questions into other

questionable activities. the mayor of jersey city sunlt found hissuddenfound his access to commissioners cut off. giving debris from 9/11, and governor used up to $25 million from hurricane sandy relief funds for a campaign to promote tourism in the state. >> because we're stronger than the story. >> adding to that is the story of david samson whom christie appointed to run the port authority. landing slots at newark airport to add a weekly flight from newark to south carolina where samson kept a home. the flight was cancelled sooner after samson resigned his position. the allegations have not gone so far as implicating christie

himself but in a rutgers poll, 54% of the residents disapprove of christie, and this is not an ideal place for any candidate to start. mayor mark sokolich of fort lee said 15 months ago: >> we need people to be accountable. >> michael shure, al jazeera. new cases of bird flu bring the total number of midwest farms to 22. the outbreak has impacted nearly 1.2 million birds in the midwest. federal officials say the risk to public health is low. residents of fairdale illinois are allowed back into their communities after their community was hit by a tornado. >> i don't know how they

survived. from the looks of the house they were hidden in the bathroom. there's no basement. it's just a slab. the bathroom is on the other side of the house where three found them. >> a total of 12 tornadoes tore through northern and central illinois during thursday's storms. the strongest hit fairdaledale hurting 22 people. this is a fast moving system. kenji joins us. >> we saw storms moving between 40 and 50 miles an hour. especially with the winds coming out of that, the wind damage coming out of these fast-developing storms, this is the radar image. the storm damage just talking about the tornadoes here, you can see up towards northern illinois iowa, missouri but it was northern illinois that did see the majorities of the damage from the storm.

we did see tornadoes tuesday wednesday and thursday, but it ramped up on thursday where we saw 19 in total. hail damage some of those hail reports were the size of soft balls in some of those locations. tonight we're looking at a tornado warning that is in effect now for the northern part of texas up until 8:00 p.m. central time and you can see right here how this one particular cell is developing. probably move over towards oklahoma a little bit later on in the evening. as we go through sunday we do expect to see a severe weather threat here across parts of western and southern texas maybe panhandle and parts ever kansas as well. but -- parts of kansas as well. as we go through monday, it is mainly going to be arraign threat for many people in the south. in this area we could see two to three inches of rain over the next 24 to 32 hours.

that will be a big problem. up north things are looking nice. if you haven't seen the pictures of the cherry blossom festivals just peeked peaked two days ago. absolutely beautiful. >> almost the end of the festival right? >> but the cherry blossoms are still there. springtime and worry of flooding. thick ice river forms a border between china and russia. e-books are becoming popular in many countries however in india, their sale is still being outpaced by regular books. e-books comprise only about 10%. fez jamil tells us why. >> for college student e-books are the future. >> basically i feel this is very

convenient. you don't have to carry a heat weight withheavy -- heavy weight with you. >> but kumar's opinion appears to be in the minority. that's because people of all ages still prefer traditional books. a preference that is shared by millions across india. books are popular and they sell everywhere in many languages. while e-books are nod preferred sellers are embracing new technology. be books are shipped to more places than they were just a few years ago. at the time people had to order their books through the mail, taking weeks and sometimes months to arrive. >> today we can take right now the end user gets it on the third day we get our payment immediately. it's like it's done, it's like a magic. >> a magic that's increased book

sales while e-books continue to fall behind. e-books rise in india but not a match for regular books. there is a prestige in india of owning a pook book that only happens when they hold it in their hand. economic growth means more people can afford books which is why sales are up. books are part of the culture. >> in india the book as an object is considered sacred. >> he and his fellow writers prefer traditional books but the debate over e-books the the issues have not changed. >> all that, the way the book is third from author to reader and that's going to continue changing. >> reporter: no one is sure if the younger generation will

eventually shift their loyalty to e-books or not but for india nothing beats a book. fez jamil, al jazeera new york. >> that's it for al jazeera america. loose change has led for a small fortunatefortune for tsa. we'll tell you how the small change in your pockets have piled up. piled up.

>> an egyptian court has conferred the death sentence for mohamed badi, the spiritual leader of the muslim brotherhood. followed the removal of mohamed morsi in 2013. 13 other members of the group were spared execution but given

life in prison for insighting riots and violence. u.s. state department released a statement condemning his sentence. this morning al jazeera america presents a soledad o'brien special, kids behind bars. she sat down with john siegenthaler. >> in america near 90% of young men, predominantly black and hispanic. several states are now trying to make sure the time they serve is time well spent. the goal is to keep them from coming back. one of those is the subject of a new documentary that airs sunday at 10:00 p.m on al jazeera. let's take a look. >> reporter: inside these walls, teenage arson is, gang

bangers, even kids who kill. but this once notorious juvenile lockup is trying something new. what does playing the piano do for you? >> therapy a hobby an interest. >> education, offering a second chance. >> put gas on his car and set it on fire and it blew up. >> he used to be an incredibly aggressively young man. >> but to succeed at the j. paul taylor center they'll have to control their rage. >> honestly i think this place has just made me a better criminal. >> insides new mexico's juvenile system where the fight for redemption begins. >> and it was produced by soledad o'brien. an award winning journalist and ceo of starfish media group. soledad, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> you were able to gain access

to the j. paul taylor system. does it seem like a prison? >> yes doors lock and there's barbed wire around. that's like a prison but they have made it less prison like, as the guards act as mentors and they have counseling one on one. if they had a fight in the past, what they would have done is separate the two young people put it in solitary, that would be it, write them up. now what they do they never allow them to be in solitary confinement ever, they have to have somebody in the room with them all the time and they bring the entire group together and sort of do a group like a million years ago when i was young they call it like a rap session, they talk about their feelings and fears and walk through what happened, the idea is that a lot of these kids come into the system traumatized and they need to deal with not just the behaviors but really the

thing that brought them into the system in the first place. >> this is a great idea. but as we know great ideas don't always work. >> and they can be expensive. this one is not cheap. >> what is the success rate? >> the missouri success rate is pretty high and people point to missouri as something effective but what they're doing here is not exactly like missouri, there are differences. when you talk to some of the young people they will start off and complain about how they feel it's not working they're calling them clients but they're prisoners. i think there's more happening. >> it airs sunday at 10:00 7 eastern. soledad thank you. >> it seems like money is falling from the skies. $76 million in loose change was left at the nation's three major airports last year. the tsa sefs authority from

congress in 2005 to spend un-- received authority from congress in 2005 to spend unclaimed money on infrastructure. have a great night. night.

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