nto the food chain... >> that's hitting home >> it ends up on the dinner plate of people... >> techknow only on al jazeera america >> part of al jazeera america's >> special month long evironmental focus fragile planet >> this is aljazeera america. live from new york city, i'm tony harris. al qaeda in yemen. group seizes several major facilities escalating the chaos there. dozens more drown while trying to flee to safety. and aviation in safety. how a manned gyrocopter went under detected over one of the most secure landmarks. homeland security said it came in under the radar.

>> we begin with the deepening war in yemen and new signs that al qaeda is taking advantage of the chaos there. military officials say that the group has seized a major airport, a seaport and an oil terminal in southern yemen as the new vice president called on houthi rebels to end their offensive. >> we must give them a chance, which will be united behind our project, to achieve the [ unintelligible ] stop destroying the country. >> but the fighting goes on. >> on the offensive pushing forward, fighters loyal to the president continued to make gains. they managed to capture a tank

used by the houthis and destroyed another. the gains made by what are known as popular resistent communities, with soldiers formally loyal and ally to the houthis. opponents to the houthis have also suffered losses. many of their fighters were killed at the airport. they have emerged from residential areas. and homes in the air of adan were destroyed. the saudi arabian coalition continues to pound the houthis and their allies from the air. among their targets used as a base they reduce today to rubble within seconds. though they have airstrikes, a ground offensive is being considered.

we find that we have to go to the -- i think that the offensive will be one of the options. >> he said the houthis forces are on the back foot. sending a proposal which would guarantee him a safe exist. but the allies say that they cannot be partly of the political solution. >> [ unintelligible ] they are not part of the plan to come intoiem and now we're facing the same, he they are in the same boat. >> even if a military victory appears imminent for the

president, the political conflict within yemen is a science, and finding a solution to that will be from all sides not by victory by one. >> the war in yemen and the fight against isil were among the topics discussed during the secretary of defense's first news conference. and jamie joins us from the pentagon. jamie, let's begin with yemen and what's the defense department's assessment of a deteriorating situation there? >> it was one of the questions that ash carter faced in the first news conference that he faced since they took over two months ago. and the question of course is with with the saudi air campaign failing to halt the rebel advance what is the consequence of enabling al qaeda in the arabian

peninsula to make gains and his response was a little bit vague. >> it's easier for us to operate against a group like that if we have the cooperation of a stable government, as was the case in the past. but if we don't have a stable government as in the case of the current circumstance, we have to use other means to protect ourselves and that's what we're doing. >> so that was the message the sort of unspecified other means that the united states was going to be using 20 battle aqap in yemen and the real answer of course is with the chaos on the ground, the u.s. doesn't really have any sort of strategy. >> for sure, and jamie, let's move now to iraq and the fight against isil was another major topic of discussion as you might expect, and where would.org the pentagon leaders stand at the moment with that particular fight. >> well, tony, it was a study

in contrast here. ash carter was a little bit vague and unclear of what his answers were for yemen but on the other hand, the joint chiefs said yes, it's true that the city of ramadi might be falling to isil, and that's not the end of the world. and it's not strategic importance and we'll have to get it back. and he said what they focus on is the war up 20 the north with baiji, where the oil infrastructure is. and he said that's much more important and that's where the focus should be. >> baiji is a little bit different. it's part of the iraqi oil infrastructure. once the iraqis have full control of baiji they will control all of their oil infrastructure north and south and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through oil. so baiji is more strategick and that's why the focus is now on

baiji. >> so the u.s. offensive of what's going on in iraq is a much more strategic manner. and they're trying to secure the route up to the north in mosul, and they want to exert influence over anbar province, but a lot of this has to do with the iraqi government to get a multicultural force together one that the pentagon insists has to take orders from baghdad and not any outside source, for instance iran. >> jamie mcintyre at the pentagon for us, and in iraq now, as jamie was mentioning, thousands of families have fled the city of ramadi. taking control of three villages from outside of ramadi and in the northern city of mosul, a battle against isil is being fought by a success group of volunteers as the military leaders try to recruit all of the strength that they can. reporting now from northern

iraq. >> in step with each other and now with the iraqi army too. these volunteer fighters have for the first time taken orders from baghdad to unify countless militias. this group is diverse with arab christians, and all of them are eager to go back. >> one of my sons is here. he was a soldier and the other one will come in the next intake. i have ten children, and i came to be a volunteer not for money, but to get my city back as soon as possible. >> they call themselves the national guard. a force which officially doesn't exist. it's the same that the prime minister al-abadi wants to give to the force for volunteers.

it's an uneasy union, and they say they will answer to al-abadi himself. mosul is on the other side of this hill. about 12 kilometers away. and the line is being protected by kurdish peshmerga forces. leading the soldiers through this camp, they will have three months, and even if the commanders here admit they're under prepared and under resourced. >> if we are doing the fighting with these kinds of weapons the balance will not be in our favor, and we will not succeed. >> they have 11,000 soldiers here and you have what, maybe a dozen? >> i'm asking, where is that support in where is that equipment? we're the first army base to mosul and we don't have it. >> they say that the iraqi army

needs them. this man greel. he has an informant on an anti-isil sleeper cell trying to get information. >> . >> from the very start what isil is doing i mean killing and beheading the shias are doing the same. isil is beating girls and making slaves, and destroying mosques and homes, and the same thing being done by the shia militia, and there's no difference. >> with all of the talk of unity, sectarian tensions still remain high here. the mosul operation will have to be carefully managed. aljazeera, northern iraq. >> an ohio man is accused of training with an al qaeda linked group in syria and plotting with the united states. shake mohammad was plotting in

syria last year, training in hand-to-hand combat to use weapons and explosives, and hundreds more arrived on the shores today. but at least 41 died in the attempt. italian police arrested 15 migrants on suspicion of murder. the authorities said that they pushed a dozen of their fellow passengers overboard for being christian. reporting on this year's unprecedented toll. >> the city and port of augusta, the coast guard ship delivers its humor cargo. at least 600 migrants rescued from a variety of stricken boats over the last few days. in protective clothing, he's men, women and children have risked death in hope of a better life. such are the numbers involved.

teams of volunteer doctors work alongside of the ship's medical staff. what they have seen fall from pulled from the water in recent weeks is harrowing. >> some things we see people diseased. they swallow water, and the gasoline and it's awful. >> ? arrived with a little money but others arrived without even shoes to wear. they come from syria and somalia, and there's no sign of a slowdown. unprecedented numbers in recent days. >> these migrants are safe, but not everybody makes it this far. reports of another sinking in the mediterranean this time with a loss of 40 lives. the european union said that null solutions are needed but they don't have any at the

moment. >> they cannot alone do it all. yes, we're putting all of our energy into developing a new comprehensive approach on managing migration, and we will be coming forth. but no, we don't have a silver bullet or a panacea that's going to make this situation go away like that, and no amount of finger pointing is going to deter it. >> in the next few days, this coast guard shim will be put to sea again and many more migrants lives will be saved as a result. but the question of how to stop them from risking their lives in the first place goes unanswered. aljazeera, augusta, sicily. >> talks on iran next week. negotiators will meet in vienna. two potential roadblocks, iran's assertions that military sites will be off-limits, and

all sanctions must be lifted immediately when the deal is reached. vladimir putin said that russians could ask him any questions they wanted for four hours, and he took questions on ukraine, and it may have been more only assurances than answers. >> vladimir putin is an old hand at this. he has been doing these phoneins since 2001. and 24 year, putin started with what is clearly on many russians mind, the economy. be patient he said, the recession will end. >> with the strength thing of the ruble in the growth in the market and some other indicators i will happen faster, in the region of two years. >> millions of questions came from all over russia's vastness by text and phone and

email. technically anybody in the country can ask anything of the president, but this is a carefully managed event. the questions were all easy, and it looked like he was being pannedred to. but the organizers run the risk of making him look bad. a politician demanded an answer to what many westerners consider fact. >> the question of whether there are or are not russian troops in ukraine i'll tell you straight, there are no russian troops in ukraine. >> the murders solved in february is much of what they blame on putin but who ordered the killing, it's a mystery. to him such people don't exist. >> he was in opposition to me and the government in general. we had kind enough relations and this kind of killing is tragic and shameful.

>> and touching on the recent actions to the west selling missile systems to iran, putin had this to say. >> we do not see any reason, and i want to stress it on our side to continue to keep it. >> the overall message of the four-hour marathon is clear enough. this is putin saying to russians that the times may be tough, and the enemies might be circling but the right man is in charge. >> alexander is a former kremlin adviser and i asked him about putin's q-and-a session and if he said anything of significance. >> pred putin had a great opportunity to actually spell out his program of how he's going to diversify the russian economy, and how he's going to call for the problems of low

oil prices and sanctions and basically he told nothing to the audience. >> why did he do that? because he doesn't have a program? it's hard to talk about something if you haven't formulated something. >> the people who work for mr. putin, they're soft in their intelligence, so they want these sort of packages, these two or three hour question-and-answer sessions to be smooth. no problems, no stumbling blocks, just smooth. and that's what they try to do every time. and it went well in the first ten times but now the novelty has gone stale. people are expecting something important to come out of it. and unfortunately, there were no serious answers given to serious questions. he failed to address some very important issues, which i would have suggested to him if i were

advising him. for example how is he going to cope with the problem of corruption? now, corruption is something that drags russia backwards. no word about corruption. he mentioned nothing about diversifying the economy so there's not too much relying on oil and gas. he mentioned nothing of defending small businesses. if you look at this presentation from a serious point of view, there was nothing much in it. and mainly, russians were dismiss appointed, with his sort of trying to be friendly and chatting. >> how long can he stand with such high popularity numbers when, as you suggest he didn't offer anything programmatically today to move the country forward, and to help farmers in the country? >> well, i think personally

that he still has a window of opportunity, pom later raising and i think that this window of opportunity will last for another year or two. he has a chance to change things. he has to deal with corruption, and he has to deal with the politburo. and they need to be dealt with ruthlessly. they're causing a lot of problems, and the crisis in ukraine is that. >> wrap us up. where do we go? >> i think at the moment, we have certain reemergence of the cold war. i think that we shouldn't pay too much attention to the rhetoric coming forward from russia and the west, because most of it is symbolic to be honest.

nobody is going to use any weapons, and there will not be any wars between russia and the west. and nobody is going to use nuclear weapons as well. but we'll continue in the next year or two to hear those bold statements coming from all over the place. i think that the only way out of this crisis is for the west to promise russia that ukraine will never be a member of nato. done. the deal will be done then at once. >> alexander a former kremlin adviser. protection from lawsuits. general motors may be able to avoid ties to faulty ignition switches. and we talked to one of the most powerful women in the world. she leads the imf.

>> an evolving story in los angeles to tell you about this evening. the lapd has issued a city-wide

tactical alert after multiple shootings were reported. police say there were two shootings in the palms area of the city. and there were four victims. one is dead. an elementary school was briefly placed on lockdown, and that has since been lifted. we will bring you new developments on the story as we get them. let's take you to greece now protesters are clashing with the police in athens this evening. the demonstrators threw molotov cocktails at the police in the clash. the demonstrators want the government to scrap plans to build more high security prisons and free members of the gorilla group. the parliament is debating on the particular issues, and this weekend, finance ministers and bankers from around the world gathered in washington finish the imf spring meeting.

on the agenda, debt in the u.s. economy. and we sat down with the ims director christine le guard with some of those topics, and we spoke a week ago. you were in act athens, and greece did manage to make that $500 million payment back to the imf. and there was another payment due in less than a month. >> may 12th was the next installment. that was $550 million. and greece scraped it together. in fact, days before last thursday the finance minister came here to meet with christine le guard for the payment. and they said absolutely not and greece had to make the payment. they said it would be with great difficulty. and finally last wednesday, the imf said that it better get here and it was wired out in

the morning. they need 700 million euros more from the european central bank and the imf to continual paying it's bills. this group is not coming to an agreement, and there has to be an agreement by may 12 in order for greece to make it's next payment, which is due that day may 12th. that's for 437,000 euros. and i asked christine le guard are you willing to give greece terms? what happens if it lips? if they don't get that $700 million more, they can't pay the imf on may 12th. >> you know, no advanced economy makes advances on payments.

the best way to address them is to start the work now for reforms that will be helpful to greece. >> now tony, we're talking about the reforms, and you just showed the video of what's happening in the streets of athens tonight. greece has a problem with anarchists and there are a bunch of people who want to free the guerillas and all of that. but 50% youth unemployment. and a bad situation. so you see the lenders and the bankers saying, you need to clean up your act. and greece saying, we don't have enough to pay and you we're not out of the woods fast enough. >> you have been covering the push to raise the minute wage to $15 an hour, right? and what did christine lagarde tell you about the implications of that?

>> what i'm cover on the show don't as well, three things to consider. back in the 50s, it was $15 an hour and the president calling for the current minimum wage, $7 a quarter. so $15 an hour is double the minimum wage. christine la guard said that a lot of people said that it would put the economy and here's what she told me. >> from an overall economy point of view, those minimum wages would clearly be a boost to consumption so in our bilateral with the u.s. authorities, we're supportive in that direction. >> certainly supportive of a move in that direction. and here's the argument. you raise minimum wages and it increases consumption. you buy more and the economy

gets better. they can pay their people. and why not let the market handle that? if there's a shortage of workers, you'll see it increase on their own. that's what you see with the gap and delta and other organizations, and it's popular and they can see the trend. but in others, it's hard to get workers when you're paying them 7, 78, $9 an hour. >> that's a clear statement from christine. can't wait to hear more of it. and you can catch ali velshi's interview with cristine la guard tonight at 7:30. under the radar momes security officials on an offensive as a manned gyrocopter flies through le stricted airspace and lands on the capital grounds. and how can we hem 10s of thousands of children out of poverty.

>> the brakes have been put on dozens of lawsuits that could have cost general motors billions of dollars. the federal judge has ruled that the automaker should be shielded from lawsuits due to the defective ignition switch. >> reporter: this ruling is just the latest in the crisis over safety issues at gm. a crisis that led to internal and federal investigations. as well as the recall of 30 million vehicles world wild. it essentially left general motors off the hook, though the company's own investigation revealed that many employees knew about the faulty admission switches but failed to notify vehicle owners. ceo, mary barra spoke about it last year. >> everyone who was engaged in the ignition switch issue had the responsibility to fix it, and no one took responsibility. through the entire 11-year history, there was no demonstrated sense of urgency right to the very end. >> the judge based the decision

on a bankruptcy shield that was included in the company's 2009 reorganization agreement which said that the new gm could not be held responsible for the actions of the old gm. most of the 2 million vehicles with defective admission switches were made before 2009. general motors celebrated the decision saying that judge gerger properly made the decision and the order of injunction will be enforced for such purposes. with respect to any claims that were not expressionly barred, judge gerger does not establish any liability against gm and they must still prove their claims. general motors will still pay almost $400 million out of a volunteer compensation fund, set up for victims and there were families, and those payouts are controlled by lawyer kenneth fienberg.

aljazeera, detroit. >> jamie floyd is aljazeera's legal contributor and she joins us, and explain how this bankruptcy field works. >> it's bankruptcy, so -- >> in our own personal lives. >> let's say i declare bankruptcy, i'm a bankruptcy layer, and i declare personal bankruptcy and let's say along the way i had a car accident, and i kitted or injured someone, god forbid, and that was before my bankruptcy. well that debt would be discharged. i would not have to pay out that litigation. and this is the thing on a massive, potentially billion dollars case. >> so who were the people most impacted by this judge's decision? there was a compensation pool set up and you could have entered that if you wanted to. >> you didn't want to. >> you decided you wanted to go forward, and you wanted to get

gm -- >> that's right this puts a bar on the doors of justice right? and some people might prefer to pursue justice in court, rather than to go to the compensation fund. now, the compensation fund has recognized 84 victims who have died. and those people have received payments of about $1 million each. and 11 victims of catastrophic injury and then people who have lesser injuries, but there were 1,000 people at least who are lined up to receive some measure of justice against general motors and this is not because of negligence. we didn't know about this. we knew, and we didn't tell you. >> let me pick up on that point. this is in bisis piece a moment ago, and the problem it lets general motors off the hook, right? even though the company's investigation, many employees knew about the faulty ignition

switches but failed to notify owners and that's why it feels bad. >> that's why it feels bad a get out of jail free card, but the judge who reluctantly -- this is a bankruptcy, and he reluctantly let the shield stand, because this is bankruptcy law. this is not criminal law, it's not civil law, this is the law of bankruptcy, and he has to apply the law now, there are appeals. >> this is a federal bankruptcy judge, and you can appeal it. >> and there will be appeals so though i think this is a big win for gm today. and this is the new gm by the way, and the judge really drew is that distinction, but i think that there will be something that the plaintiffs can look forward to. >> good to see you thanks. >> in oklahoma, the tulsa county sheriffs office is

planning to review its deputy reserve program. it comes after a 72-year-old officer, robert bates, was charged with manslaughter for killing harris, unarmed. and some say that he had falsified trading records but bates said that he accidentally shot harris when he pulled out a gun instead of his tares. bates said i suddenly felt a strong recoil, which was totally unexpected, which startled me and caused my right hand to lose it's grip, and he immediately uttered i shot him, i am sorry. >> millions of families are anticipating a legal decision that could decide their fate in the united states. and oral arguments start tomorrow in new orleans. and president obama's executive order on immigration. that could determine if parents of u.s. citizens can get work permits.

jennifer linden met one family that is eagerly awaiting it the decision. >> reporter: tony, they are eagerly awaiting the outcome so much so that the family you are about to meet that the source and lawmakers and even president obama hears the story, and everyone understands what's truly at stake. tens of thousands of children could, according to researchers, be lifted out of poverty. take a look around this small four room at amount. ten people live here, and all. furniture was bought at garage sails. outside, valerie and her five-year-old sister play a game. they are u.s. citizens, and their parents are not. tersina lopez and his wife are undocumented migrants from mexico. without papers, they are forced to live in the shadows. she workings at a laundromat

and he works in a supermarket. >> one check goes for the rent. and we take some of the second check for the represent and with whatever is left, we pay bills. thanks to food stamps, we can eat. and there were difficult moments, we couldn't buy a gallon of milk and for an entire week, we only ate beans. >> the struggle to feed their family is ever present. today, there was food on the table, but tomorrow they may go hungry. >> my children know when there's no money. i say, this is what we're eating today cactus, beans and they're used to it. >> the council on immigration seeks to help families like the lopezes. one in four programs called dopa, it would allow those parents to obtain work permits. >> almost all predictions are that if somebody is able to

gain legal status or a work permit their rent will go up. >> he is a supervisor at the university of southern california. and he looked at dopa and 1.6 million children of parents in california. >> what does that mean for the wage earners? would they be making significantly more money? >> they would be making significantly more money and about 4,000 children will be coming out of poverty. and those are really low estimates. right now people can't switch jobs because of the undocumented status. if you have a work permit, you can better match your skills to the market. >> supporters of the executive action for the immigration rights for los angeles say that it's pretty simple. help the parents and you help the children. and help the children, and

everyone benefits. >> a lot of children would be able to rise above that poverty because their parents came out of the shadows. >> tonight i would like to talk with you about immigration. >> but opponents of the president's executive action don't see it that way. they argue that it vitals the substitution because the country is not enforcing the immigration law that calls for deporting undocumented migrants. >> what do you say to that? >> the argument that we can deport 11 million people, it's not only shameful and disgusting to be able to do that, but we have seen the impact of mass deportations before. we know that a citizen child is here and they were going to remain here. who they stay w. whether it's a foster care system or say family member, you break that family apart, it's not going to be a good result for the society at large. >> i would say those people who are against the work permit, or immigration reform, i don't

think that they have suffered like we have as undocumented. i ask them to touch their hearts, if they have children, to think of us, that we also have children, and we have to provide for them. >> the lopez family, living on the margins now forced to live on the edge as they wait for washington. house majority leader, kevin mccarthy a republican from california has been a very vocal critic of president obama's action and we were able to speak to him about the ucc settled, and if the plan moves forward, 40,000 children in his state could be lifted out of poverty but tony, despite the emails and calls to his office, we never received a response. the florida man who caused a major security scare yesterday when he landed a small helicopter on the lawn of

the capitol yesterday raised a lot of questions and mike t. i'm wondering have there been calls for security changes in the wake of this incident? >> oh, absolutely, tony, and it's similar to the calls that we have heard in the very repeat history. whether it was a protest that the gyrocopter has thrown a scare into a lot of people. and they have been shaking their heads in worry that could expose serious security weakness. doug hughes arrived in federal court on thursday, wearing his postal service uniform. >> any comments? thank you. >> he facing the two charges including violating national air defense space. if convicted, he could face four years in prison. hughes flew through the most restricted airspace in the country. many of the space around dc is

impregnable. and that was not the case. as hughes made his way down the national ma'am the military didn't detect him in his aircraft. the capital police and military both unaware. they had no idea. and neither did the secretary of homeland security. >> my first reaction was what's a gyrocopter. >> his flight went undecked by all of the tour resists on the mall. >> this is not good, people. >> he flew in literally under the radar. >> he insists that he had nothing but the best intentions. >> terrorists don't announce this were flights before they take off. terrorists don't broadcast ---. >> this video on the website. >> i'm going to violate the no-fly zone. >> that much is certain. he violated the identification zone around washington, with

only preapproved flights and known as p56 around the airspace around the vice president's house and the white house and the capital. he flew past countless sensitive sites, and landed just below the house speaker's suite of offices. >> it's a very clear example that he gave was that someone who is mounting an attack that has not been exclusively planned, can penetrate some of the most sensitive airspace in the united states. >> there have been other scares. in 2014, a plane violated the air face around the helicopter. and a full-scale review. but even after those events, the officials are trying to come up with solutions in a

changing security environment. >> not only is there all kinds of new technology that they have to be prepared for but there are threats from a lot of different places. >> it's a recurring question. in annual open society where is the balance between freedom and will security? >> i don't have -- you remember the movie, independence day? remember the heat shields around the large spacecraft? we don't have heat shields, and we are a democracy. we don't have fences around our airspace. >> . >> and tony, as for mr. hughes, he appeared in court today. and the federal judge told him as he moves through the legal system, he's banned from the white house and want capital. and the capitol and he has to wear an ankle bracelet and is on home detention. >> head of security, and an advisory firm, and fred, what

is the domestic events network? >> reporter: well, it's an umbrella protection at work that is put into place to identify this kind of a threat. and i think there lies the problem. as a former counter terrorism agent, you would expect that this many years after 9-1-1, we would not have this kind of vulnerability. now, it has also been my experience phoney, that it takes these kinds of incidents to fix these kinds of tactical problems. so there will be studies done in this to see that this kind of vulnerability can't be exploited in the future. >> okay, and fred, i'm going to ask you a question, and you may not know the answer, but sometimes the question is just as important to get out there.

how big the investigative defense network which is designed to pick up a threat, miss this guy? >> there lies the issue and what occurred to result in this kind of reaction. meaning what steps need to be fixed in a short term band aid so groups like al-shabaab or al qaeda orance ar al sharria or other domestic terrorists, when they view this, take the opportunity to believe exploit. >> but furb back, you know, there are vulnerability everywhere. there are soft targets everywhere, and with respect to this incident, can you

completely button up the air space around the most important buildings, even in washington d.c.? think of nine nine, the meant gone, and the white house from an aviation protection, how can this be exploited? if you put a couple of hundred pounds of explosives on that ultra light that landed near the capitol, what could have occurred? >> but if you're willing to die attempting something like this. what do you do about a guy who announces his intentions and presumably gets a knock o door from the feds and does it

anyway? >> that's a good question. in 2013, the u.s. secret service interviewed this individual under what would have been a protective intelligence case. i talked to a lot of people just like this. you have to look at this in concept. and there's no doubt that the secret service probably wrote up the report, to include the u.s. park police and the u.s. secret service but think in concept of how many people just like him are being interviewed all around the country on any given day and how do you keep track of all of these people? it becomes a protective intelligence nightmare to try to stay on top of people that are hellbent on carrying out these kinds of actions. >> fred burton is a security expert. transport foreadvisory firm in austin texas. thank you for your time, and the most protected building in america could be getting a

security um grade. the national park service wants to add steel spikes to the white house fences to discourage fence jumpers, they have considered a chain-link fence, and an lect filed fence and even a moat. but those were rejected. just ahead what sent these school children running for safety. and plus, honoring wounded warriors, president obama promises soldiers and vet raps, we have got your back.

>> 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck china's inner mongolia region has damaged about 70 houses, and people in nearby cities also felt the quake. it was followed by two aftershocks, and no casualties were reported. the local authorities are still surveying the damage. one year ago a south korean ferry overturned and

killed over 300 most of the them teenagers and now the families are furious about the investigation into the tragedy and today's ten account memorial service. >> if this was mental to be a day of somber recollection remembering lost lives it didn't end that way. families robbed of children, planned to march on the presidential blue house and it was stopped by a massive and impregnable police presence. they visited the port which became the base of the recovery effort. and she was there to offer condolences from the parents and it seemed, one of their key demands. >> i now feel that it's time. and we will take the measures to salvage the ship as soon as possible. >> the parents believe raising the ship at any cost is necessary to recover nine

missing loved ones, refusing to meet her. the prime minister was denied access to the main memorial, and when the time came for the ceremony, the families called it off. underlying the anger and deep grief that a year has done little to heal. >> i had a dream and i wish that somebody could make a time machine so i could go back to 10 a.m. and i could them out quickly. and they could all be out in 5 minutes. a year has passed and nothing has changed. >> a passenger ship full ferry full of children sinking off of the coast. and it hurts still more. those children are shown obeying repeated instructions to stay put as the sewol overturned trapping them under the water. the families are accusing the

government of corruption, and attempting to undermine its independence. an evening vigil gave an opportunity for thousands, many of them students, to reflect on the loss of other young people who were failed by their elders. once again that emotion turned to anger. a day of grief and commemoration is being entirely overshadowed by acrimony. and it shows how much of an impact that the tragedy seems to have in this country and the divisions that it has left behind. aljazeera, seoul. >> and a somber day in israel as the country remembers the millions killed in the hall cost. the sound of sirens brought the nation to a stand still on this memorial day. john seigenthaler is here. >> we'll continue that thought tony, at 8:00, we rob the

holocaust. >> this is auschwitz and this is where you arrived to be killed. >> telling the memories, at that time, so clear, he could paint them. and a new warning e cigarettes popular with teens and a new study says that they led to half a million young people using tobacco last year, and plus, helping a country in need by moving into the neighborhood. >> i'm not saying that i'm jesus to these people, obviously, but i think when you suffer with people, and you share in their suffers and there's a -- that transforms the ways that you work together. >> they call themselves relocaters and religion is helping baltimore from being one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. and in washington, the annual cherry blossom festival underway. why they were planted in the

nation's capital to begin with, and all of those stories coming up in 4 minutes. >> thank you. and president obama paying tribute to wounded service members at the white house today. before giving them a send off as they begin a 60-mile bike ride. they began the soldier ride for veterans with physical and mental injuries while trying to rebuild their lives. >> it's a chance to say to our returning heroes that you're not alone, we have your back, and we'll be with you every step of the way and we'll be with you all that long journey that it often takes to recover. every single mile. >> many of the riders have also been dealing with physical and emotional traumas. a 95-year-old aviator peter webber jr. the oldest

active licensed pilot the world record keeper at guinness qualified him. he has been a fight for 72 years and flies about twice a month. that's all of our time. i'm tony harris, and thank you for watching.

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