you know somebody who is really recognized i mean i think that could be very irritating maybe possibly. >> reporter: you can find out more about the day's top stories and get a lot of background and analysis as well on the al jazeera website as ever al jazeera.com. >> got we go, u.s. troops rave in ukraine prompting a stern warning from moscow. >> another iraqi major city may be falling to isil. why coalition say that's not a big deal. >> there is still cleanup that needs to happen. >> five years after the worst oil spill in u.s. history we take you to new orleans for a

lasting impact of the disaster. >> this is aljazeera america. good morning live from new york city i'm randall pinkston. u.s. paratroopers are now on the ground in ukraine. the kremlin warns it will only destabilize the fragile ceasefire. the u am balance door tweeted the arrival. the soldiers are in the country to train ukraine national guard the u.s. mission set to last for the next six months. rory challands joins us live from moscow. what can you tell us about what the paratroopers are expected to do. >> they've come from italy the 173rd airborne brigade of the u.s. army, and they are expected to be on a kind of rotating

mission in ukraine for the next six months or so. they're going to be training the ukrainian national guard. they are the only foreign troops in ukraine at the moment. there are already on the ground there some 75 british military advisors. they are on a rotate mission as well. 200 canadians are going to be arriving, as well. at the moment, they are all going to be located in the west of the country doing training and things like that, but of course this hasn't gone down well with moscow. they don't like what's happening at all. >> on that point will the u.s. mission be primarily to prepare the ukrainian forces for defense, or is it possible that

some of the people, their tranquil then go to the west to go on the offense against the allegedly russian backed forces there? >> well, what they're saying is that the training is solely going to focus on internal security and territorial defense. that'sthat's what a national guard does. here is what the russians are particularly worried about. first of all, they will see this as the encroachment against their border of nato forces. they have spoken out time and time again about this, it's what they're particularly worried about in this whole ukrainian crisis. the other thing they are going to be watching very, very closely is exactly who these u.s. troops end up training,

because incorporated into the ukrainian national guard are various irrag battalions, one of them we don't know specific whether this is going to be involved in the training program, but one of those irregular ba tall gorgeous is a a brigade that's been criticized by the russians as being full of nationalists and right wingers. essentially, this will allow if it is proven to be true the us russian government to say the u.s. government is training fascists and nazis. >> we have been in touch with u.s. military. they say they only know about training three brigades and not the azof unit, but we'll see what happens. >> u.s. troops are staying put in iraq as a fierce battle rages around a key city.

thousands of iraqis leaving are are ramadi. u.s. officials say there are no plans to withdraw them. >> we much rather that ramadi not fall, but should it fall, we've got to get it back. >> >> an ohio man who prosecutors say trained with an al-qaeda linked group in syria faces terrorism charges today. federal authorities say the man planned to target soldiers and police officers on u.s. soil. he was reportedly instructed by a cleric from the group al-nusra to carry out the attack. we'll have more on this alleged plot in our next hour.

>> now to yemen dali needed medical supplies are on a ship from doctors without borders. u.n. officials say the humanitarian needs in yemen are staggering and more than 150,000 people have been displaced in the fighting. we have more. >> pickup trucks full of fighters descend on the town east of the yemeni capitol. they are rear forcements for the tribes fighting shia houthi rebels and their allies. both sides have been battling for control of the area, which is around a two hour drive from sanna. >> we are the sons, we reject the houthis, we will not leave here except victorious and we will die fighting. we are willing to sacrifice our money and all of our belongings to defend our land.

>> the grave yard of every invaders, we will not let down our yemeni brothers. we will defeat the houthis. >> for the south the birth place of the uprising which ousted president ali abdullah saleh in 2011, houthi fighters are stationed on the main roads. together with soldiers loyal to the deposed president, they've been trying to consolidate control of the city which is seen as a gateway to southern yemen. further south it's the opposition who appeared to be gaining momentum. the popular sycessance committees loyal to penalty adou rabbo mansour hadi are making gains every day particularly in aden. street to street battles continue in the center of the city with tanks and heavy shelling as they try to force the houthis to retreat or surrender. the airstrikes, gunfire and heavy bombardment means aden's streets are practically empty

except for fighters on both sides. rubbish is filing up everywhere, because there are no government services. some young yemenese are risking their lives to clean the streets themselves to try to ensure that diseases are not added to the long list of alleges yemenese already have to endure. >> thank you for being with us. first question, sir has the saudi led action against the houthis created an opening for al-qaeda to take control of yep. >> yes it has and we have seen this mechanism in play in other

areas, of course in iraq when we had a destabilization because of invasion and external air power. we've seen this in syria and in other organizations in afghanistan and libya. whenever you have ungoverned space created because of conflict that is when al-qaeda or other extremist organizations such as isis or isil take control. >> we are told that that's the latest place where al-qaeda has moved in. what is the significance of taking that air field? why is that important? >> it's important because it shows that al-qaeda has the capacity to take ground, take military installations. in that air field, there will be lots of very useful equipment lodge the accidentical

equipment, communication equipment, almost certainly explosives and other things they can use for the terrorist activity but more importantly symbolically, they have taken ground they've taken land and for al-qaeda as a posed to isil, this is important because up until now, they have never really controlled territory. there have been terrorist organizations hidden away in urban sites or in the countryside, plotting terrorist attacks, usually abroad, but here they are doing what isil has done and that is taking over territory, taking over military basis, so symbolically, this is hugely important for them. >> that area is also near a major port facility, is it not? what kind of advantage does that give to al-qaeda? >> well, it can give advantage in terms of if they wanted to

smuggle equipment in and out of the country gives them another outlet. it also allows them to use naval or sea born forms of attack against other coastal installations, al-qaeda pioneered sea born attacks. if you remember the s.s. coal in yemen, in aden was attacked using explosives on boats so they can do that, they can exploit the port for both logistical reasons and also operational reasons. >> thank you very much, fellow with royal united services, thank you for joining us on aljazeera america. >> oral arguments set today in a federal appeal over president obama's executive actions on immigration. three judges in new orleans will consider whether to lift a temporary hold on the plan that would shield millions of immigrants from deportation. a texas judge in february blocked it at the request of 26

states. >> in this morning's digit albeit the power of on line activism to stop an auction. a sale of 450 notes and artifacts from world war ii internment camps was stopped. hundreds of people signed a petition at change.org. they wanted the items pulled because they say they should be educational and not sold for profit. the goal was to hit 10,000 signatures but less than a week after the petition was posted, the auction house pulled the items itself. a spokeswoman said there are no plans for them now but will go where they will do the most good for history. >> survival instinct is there but also is that need to help other people. >> al jazeera visits a memorial

to the victims of the oklahoma bombing attack and talk with the men and women who survived. >> the desperate search for water issue california. a billion dollar plan that could have some residents drinking from the pacific ocean.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 7:45 eastern time. taking a look now at today's top stories. a memorial service this morning for the victims of the germanwings plane crash. foreign dig theirs gathered in a cathedral. all 150 people on that board were killed when the plane went down in the alps. >> mexico is on high alert after thieves sold deadly radioactive material. long term exposure to the uranium can prove fatal the incident in a series of radioactive material thefts in mexico. >> cambodia today is marking the 40th anniversary of the kmer

rouge take over the country. >> it was the words ever attack on u.s. soil, sunday marks 20 years since the bombing of the oklahoma city federal building. heightwe have this report. >> each bear the names of the men, the women and the in this case and 18 other small chairs like it, the children killed here. a 7,000-pound bomb inside a parked moving truck detonated at 9:02 in the morning april 19, 1995. parents had just dropped their children at a day care on the second floor. the devastation was beyond words. it was the worst act of domestic terrorism in the united states and remains so today.

timothy mcveigh a right wing army veteran with a vendetta against the federal government was convicted and sentenced to death, executed in 2001. an accomplice is serving life in prison. they took many lives but there were many more survivors. >> there wasn't anybody who just took and ran out the closest door. everybody was checking around for people around them, so survival instinct is there but also is that need to help other people. >> by 9:03, one minute after the bomb went off recovery had begun. survivors inside helped each other and by the time the total recovery had ended, more than 10,000 people from across the country had pitched in. now, almost 20 years later oklahoma city will remember the lives lost, and the lives changed forever.

al jazeera oklahoma city. >> you can watch more of this report tonight at 8:00 eastern. california's governor revealing his plan for cutting residential water use by 25%. on thursday, governor jerry brown met with business leaders who will be affected by the cut backs. swimming pool builders, cemetery operators and landscaping companied could be the hardest-hit. san diego county is looking at a huge desalination plant. in today's environmental impact, some complications involved. >> we've used this technology in many parts of the world florida, australia but it's expensive, energy intensive and can impact the environment with animals near the in take. and the water it releases after the pros. california has been looking at

it much more seriously. in san diego the biggest plant in the western hemisphere is under construction, a $1 billion project. it's been going since 2012 and expected to open in november. it's in carlsbad, california but really for san diego county. once opened, it will deliver 50 million gallons of water a day, supplying about 10% of the county's needs but that makes a dent. they take about 100 million gallons of water leaving a power station divert it to the plant and filter it to remove sand, salt and other terse and in the last step do the osmosis under pressure with filters and physically separate the salt and water out through a

sieve. for now in california, this big plant and they're looking at possibly 15 other projection over the years because of the big drought situation. >> too bad they can't sell the salt. thank you, nicole mitchell. >> five years after the worst oil spill in u.s. history the debate over the state of the gulf is far from over. cleanup from the deep water horizon disaster is complete. this week saw two conflicts reports assessing the area. >> it was the worst oil spill in u.s. history 3 billion-barrels of oil poll looted the gulf. two reports are released, one from b.p., the company that owned the well and one from the national wildlife federation. each tell a different story. the n.w.f. points to islands where just last month a b.p. crew was seen digging. b.p. said because of what it

calls is massive response, gulf ecosystems are rebounding and gulf oil shorelines have recovered. >> it's going to be in the system for a long time. >> if there's still oil out here there's still cleanup that needs to happen. >> while birds covered in oil are a rare find five years later, the impact is a widening debate. b.p. found data it collected so far do not significant a long term impact to any gulf species yet the national wildlife federation found a significant threat with at least 20 species showing problems five years after the spill. >> the idea that you would not have effects is pretty hard to believe. >> bottle nosed dolphins were found dead at historic rates along the gulf coast last year, increasing evidence the deaths are connected to the spill. b.p. said there is no evidence of a link. with b.p. and the wildlife

federation's reports far apart. we went to kyle graham for answers, a member of the federal group officially tasked with determining the long term damaged caused by the spill. he says the rival five year reports are driven by rival agendas, since most government research hasn't been released. >> you've got two entities that have different purposes, one is the responsible party who yeah, they're trying to take care of their shareholders, right. on the other side, you have the watch dogs of the environment and national wildlife federation that are pulling and piecing together the pieces that they want to discuss, as well. >> b.p. officials declined an interview with al jazeera but in a statement accused the national wildlife federation of ignoring years of progress in an effort to finance its policy agenda. two conflicting reports each supporting a different viewpoint, but ultimately, it will be up to a federal damage

assessment team to determine how much the government orders b.p. to pay for the spill. >> while it may be sometime before we know how much beep is ordered to pay for damage, the company's immediate concern is civil penalties. a judge is expected to make that decision sometime later this month. >> some of the world's best coffee comes from kenya. it's the leading export and source of income. why is production declining as the world's caffeine addiction hits record levels? we go inside the kenyan coffee exchange. >> an amazing cliffhanger caught on camera. the man who pulled the driver to safety took off seconds after of the rescue. this morning the hero speaks out.

>> kenya produces some of the world's best coffee but production is declining. farmers say they are not making enough money to continue harvesting the crop. it's becoming such a big problem, even the government is getting involved. >> he begins his weekly task of tasting dozens of cups of coffee. he grades them so his employers

can decide what to bid for in the upcoming auction. calf fee exports provides an income to 150,000 small scale farmers in kenya. most of it's tasted, then traded here at the nairobi coffee exchanges. down here, samples are collected for tasting. cough offensive production has been going down since the 1980's. this coffee is some of the best in the world and surrounded by hundreds of samples of kenyan coffee awaiting auction. a lot of the world's leading coffee brands include kenyan coffee and their blends to bring up the quality of the coffee from other countries. traders say because of this, kenyan coffee fetches about as high a price as it can on the international market. there are a number of factors between the exchange and the farmers that grow it that mean a lot of farmers don't want to

grow it anymore. >> nairobi's construction boom is part of it. a lot of coffee plants around the city have been pulled up and the land sold to developers. the new properties don't provide jobs in the long term. nearby, one of the farmers is still growing it. she's 81. she says she gets a fair price and it provided her a steady income throughout most of her life but many of her neighbors gave up. >> sometimes the cooperatives were not well organized. there were few people who could help and advise. people opted out. >> at the exchange, they know the business better than most. he's the c.e.o. >> price is not the problem production is the problem. when you look at the production capacity of a bush, it can go up to even about 40-kilos per bush. currently, we are producing about on average two-kilos and

that's our problem. >> here on the trading floor kenyan [ coughing] fee may make good money but for the farmers to earn enough, they need advice and investment. the government says it's trying to help. everyone in the business including robert hopes for a turnaround in the coming years. millions of kenyan jobs depend on it. malcolm webb, al jazeera nairobi. >> idaho police are thanking a good samaritan who saved a driver. he was caught on camera pulling the driver from his car as it was dangling off a cliff. he said it was just a case of being in the right place at the right time. >> the goal was to get him out of there before the possibility of the rig falling became a reality. this is probably god bringing me closer to him and putting me in the right spot at the right

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>> weeknights on al jazeera america. >> join me as we bring you an in-depth look at the most important issues of the day. breaking it down. getting you the facts. it's the only place you'll find... the inside story. >> ray suarez hosts "inside story". weeknights, 11:30 eastern. on al jazeera america. >> hundreds of u.s. paratrooper arrived in ukraine to train government forces. the fierce fight for ramadi send thousands fleeing as isil advances. >> an ohio man prosecutors say traveled oversea to say train with an al-qaeda affiliate.

>> this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i'm stephanie sy. the kremlin is warning the west about the arrival of u.s. troops in ukraine. u ambassador tweeted that the 173 brigade is on the ground. the soldiers are in the country to train ukrainian gal guard in the fight against pressure rebels but the kremlin says it could destabilize the region further. rory challands is live. what more can you tell us? >> the 173rd brigade of the u.s. army is usually based in italy. there was an agreement reached between the u.s. and kiev at the beginning of marsh to send these guys in. they are going to be there for a period of six months in total.

there will be a couple of rotations in that time frame. they are going to be training the ukrainian national guard they're not the only foreign troops in ukraine at the moment. the british army already has about 75 military advisors who are rotating, as well, training in intelligence and battlefield medicine and the logistics. by the summer, we expect some 200 canadians to be in country as well. none of this going down well with the kremlin. >> what reaction have we heard from moscow? >> their usual disappointed rhetoric really in these kind of circumstances. they've said this kind of thing before what they are talking about is how this is going to destabilize the situation in ukraine and how it is not in keeping with the minsk peace

plan agreement. this is about keeping nato out of crane. we should watch for language from moscow, any evidence that moscow can see the potential fascists what they call neonazis are being trained by these u.s. military advisors, because some of the irregular battalions who have been fighting in the east are incorporated into the ukrainian national guard particularly one called the asov battalion. we will watch for any involvement of that battalion in this training program. >> u.s. troops are staying put in iraq as a fierce battle rages around a key city. thousands of iraqis are leaving

the city today with isil fighters capturing three villages overnight. american forces are conducting training nearby and u.s. officials say there are no plans to withdraw them. iraq's prime minister has been in washington this week meeting with u.s. leaders. he says u.s. airstrikes are helping but his country needs additional reinforcements. we have this report from the pentagon. >> this video shot on a mobile phone shows and air strike on isil positions near ramadi. the u.s. and its coalition defeat the isil advance. isil captured three villages on the eastern outskirts wednesday. fighters are regrouping after losing tikrit earlier this month. at the pentagon, joint chiefs chairman down played the setback as just part of the ebb and flow of a war that is far from over. >> i would much rather that

ramadi not fall, but should it fall we'll get it back. >> he says the most important battle is around the city of baiji to the north an oil rich region that includes a major refinery. he said that is a far more strategic prize and where the focus is now. >> once the iraqis have full control of baiji, they will control over the oil infra infrastructure and deny isil the ability to generate revenue through ail. meeting with prime ministerial abad di, he stressed that forces must be multi-cultural and report only to baghdad. >> we support forces under the command and control of the iraqi government irrespective of their sectarian makeup, which is the whole point. the way things got the way they did in iraq is the collapse of a multi-as hesectarian approach.

>> in a speech,al abadi called it a model to fight with soldiers getting together. >> federal and local forces can work together. >> al jazeera, the pentagon. >> al-qaeda is taking advantage of the war between houthis and government forces in yemen taking control of an airport oil terminal and military base in the south. the fighting is happening as the united nations lines up a new special envoy to yemen. he has worked with the u.n. in africa and middle east for decades. he would replace the envoy who resigned.

forces loyal to president hadi said they are making gains. >> we must give a chance united behind our project and to achieve that militias loyal to the houthis and saleh should stop destroying the country. >> the u.n. says more than 150,000 people have been displaced in the fighting. >> an ohio man faces federal charges this morning the government said he traveled to syria to train as a terrorist with the intention of putting that training to use in the u.s. we have more. >> officials say that's a first for the american jurisprudence saying the suspect is a somalia immigrant who had just become an american citizen when he set his plan in motion. >> the government that this man the 23-year-old traveled to syria for terrorist training.

he allegedly made this trip just two months after gaining american citizenship. >> the benefit of being american is he has good paper. that means he's able to travel. he has a u.s. passport. that is the goal. law enforcement has been concerned about this travel pattern for quite a while. >> the fib said he left columbus ohio in april of 2014 with a one way ticket to greece but during a layover in turkey, he slipped into syria. the federal indicted alleges that while there he attended a military training camp run by al-nusra an al-qaeda affiliate. while there he allegedly trained in shooting weapons breaking into houses, explosives and hand to hand combat. during that time, prosecutors say he learned that his brother aden had been killed fighting isil. he said he was happy about the death and that he would join aden soon.

with training complete, prosecutors say he was preparing to begin fighting in syria when a cleric instructed him to return to the united states. he later talked about doing something big. his alleged plan was to attack a military facility and his backup plan was to attack a prison. prosecutors say he wanted to target armed forces, police officers or any other union formed individuals. the f.b.i. said he had started making plans to storm a texas military base and kill american soldiers execution style. >> he has to be concerned about americans training and coming back. >> he was transferred to federal custody thursday. he'll be arraigned today and is expected to plead not guilty. >> federal officials say about 180 americans have joined isil or al-qaeda in syria and iraq or have been arrested for trying to

do so. >> a u.s. citizen is in the hospital in pakistan this morning after being wounded in a drive biff shooting. it happened in karachi on thursday afternoon. we have more. >> blood stained seats a bullet hole shattered glass remnants of a an ambush that left an american woman in critical condition. >> according to police in pakistan a vice principal at a dental and medical college was shot as she drove home from work the apparent victim of planned attack. authorities said the gunman left a leaflet in her car saying they specifically targeted her because she was an american and promised more ambush attacks against other americans. what remains unclear however is exactly who is responsible. pakistani investigators say the

government implied they were connected to isil but also indicated it was revenge for a police operation in karachi that killed five suspected al-qaeda members. >> our consulate general there is in close contact with pakistani authorities and working to obtain more information. the local police authorities in pakistan are handling the investigation. >> she is the second american in pakistan to be targeted. a medical doctor was shot to death last may in lahore. thursday's ambush comes days after the release of one of the suspected master minds behind the 2008 mumbai attacks which killed six americans. that move has been highly criticized by the u.s. state department. >> pakistan has pledged cooperation in bringing the perpetrators financiers and planners of the attacks to justice and ensure justice for

the 166 in cent people, including six americans who lost their lives. >> worries in south africa today over growing anti immigrant sentiment. foreign owned stores were looted in johannesburg. >> thousands are people are taking shelter in refugee camps. it is called a sad turn of events for a country that rose above apartheid. >> the violence is an expression of the rage and disappointment that people feel 20 something years now since apartheid ended about the levels of poverty about the frustration over that, but again the solution is not attacking poor black foreigners. it's a sad turn in the history of the country that people from mozambique and elsewhere should be attacked by south africans

for who they are. >> many accused foreigners of taking their jobs. unemployment rate is 25%. >> on the money beat this morning, congressional leaders have reached a deal to fast track one of the biggest trade agreements since nafta. the transpacific partnership involves the u.s. and 11 pacific rim countries. the obama administration said it would open more markets to american goods and services, but opponents say the deal could lead to american jobs being shimmed overseas. we've heard this before, so what are the main arguments for first of all. >> the main arguments for t.p.p. is that the countries involved, the 12 countries involved represent 40% of global economic output so the theory goes, you tear down these trade barriers and it will boost u.s. e ports and create more solid middle class jobs, boost the economy. there's also strategic influence at stake here by boosting u.s.

allies and inserting the u.s. more in this region, it acts as a counter balance to growing chinese influence. >> what are the main arguments against? >> the main arguments against are far from creating jobs, it will ship u.s. jobs oversea that is lower cost labor markets. people fear it will depress wages at a time they are stagnant and that could drag on the economy because theme need to spend to grow the economy. there's a fear that it will impede on u.s. sovereignty by enabling foreign investors to sue the united states and private trade courts that stood above our government. >> people like environmentalists have concerns, right? >> absolutely, because there is a provision in this trade deal and in thousands of trade agreements but invoked with frequency in recent years that enables foreign investors to sue sovereign governments for adopting policies or regulations

that could harm potential profits, basically impede on their business plans. these suits don't play out in domestic courts, they play out behind closed doors in tribunals of corporate lawyers and that decision is final. a great example is uruguay saying health warnings had to be in cigarettes. phillip morris slapped with a state dispute claiming trademark infringement. >> there is the issue of lack of transparency. for the most part, this deal also being negotiated behind closed doors the american people don't have a heck of a lot of knowledge of what's in it. >> exactly. there's a huge concern about transparency. negotiations have been going on for years and while corporations are weighing in, people aren't getting much of a say and that is a massive concern. >> thanks so much. >> the obama administration has until tailed to respond to a

lawsuit challenging a secret government program. the program called standard operating procedure 303 lets the government turn off a mobile phone service during so-called critical emergencies. it was created after attacks in london that relied on mobile phone to say detonate bombs. an earlier ruling sided with the government. >> senate democrats may try to force a vote on attorney general nominee loretta lynch. the federal prosecutor has been awaiting confirmation for five months. republicans linked a vote on lynch to passage of an unrelated bill. minority leader harry reid threaded to call a vote himself. jeb bush supported lynch's nomination despite objections from many fellow republicans. >> a billion dollar loan payment looms for greece. the country has to pay the next installment to the international monetary fund by early may and the i.m.f. ruled out greece to give an extension.

>> now greece has a situation in which if they don't have agreement with the finance ministers on may 11 to get more money, they probably can't make the may 12 payment to you which is over700 million euros. what happens then? >> i think it's what happens now which really matters. i very much hope that the greek authorities put all the energy and working power and brain power. they're not short of that, on which reforms by when will be implement in greece in order to reach the objectives that have been set out collectively between the country and with the european partners, which is to restore the stability of the greek economy and restore its financial situation. that's the priority. >> you have heard the comments

from the german finance minister to say he is not optimistic that they'll get there in a matter of weeks. you studied greece will. you talk about restructuring they've got major major structural problems, 26% unemployment huge youth unemployment. this may take years to fix. >> it will be a long process but it's one that has to get started, and we are all very respectful of the political will that has been expressed by the people but with that political ticket the authorities need to identify the reforms that will actually deliver on the objective which everybody must share restore the economic aspect of the country. >> the way the last discussion played out in athens was that you had taken a very hard line

that we can discuss all sorts of things and you are prepared to support greece that payment had to be made on the day it had to be made and the i.m.f. put in a call to the bank of greece to make sure that payment was made. is that the same position you will take with the next payment on may 12? >> no advanced economy has ever asked for delays of payment and i very much hope that we do not innovate in that situation. there are liquidity issues that need to be addressed. the best way to address them is to start the good work now and to commit to the reforms that will be helpful to greece. >> you can see more of ally's reports on real money tonight and every night at 10:30 p.m. eastern. >> president obama meets with italy's prime minister today at the white house to discuss europe's economy and trade and also talk about conflicts in ukraine and libya. >> swede issue prosecutors will

interview julian assange in london and question him about allegations of rape and molestation. >> supreme court justice soto mor will receive an award today. >> an auction house canceled the sales and artifacts from 10 world war ii internment camps. a petition was signed to pull the 450 items. they say they should be educational, not sold for profit. the goal was 10,000 signatures. less than a week after posted, the auction house itself pulled the items. a spokeswoman says there are no plans for the items now but will go where it does the most good

for history. >> taking attribute to the victims, gearing in germany today to honor lives lost when the flight went down. >> too many women are not spacing births far enough party.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. it is 8:22 eastern. a chinese journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison. a beijing court found the 71-year-old guilty of leaking state secrets abroad. her lawyer said she will appeal the decision. >> police in california today are looking for whoever was behind a pair of shooting in los angeles. one person was killed, and four others wounded. police say it happened in the palms area around 3:00 p.m. yesterday, two schools were briefly placed on lockdown. medical marijuana is legal in georgia, a low t.h.c. oil form will be available to patients who pass medical screenings.

>> germany is remembering the victims of last month's germanwings plane crash. families and dignitaries gathered today. flags are flying at half staff across germany. we are outside the memorial. the guest list includes spanish leaders, as well as the german chancellor. >> that's right. the ceremony has come to an end here. the hundreds of relatives of the victims have left as have the dignitaries you mentioned. german chancellor and ministers from the french and spanish government heard readings from the christian bible from the book of revelations and st. paul's epistle. there was a moment when the president of germany and president of germanwings were given symbolic angels

representing the suffering and pain of the german people and from the airline germanwings who died and touched by this disaster march 24. there was definitely a sense of sorrow and that they were seeking solace in prayer. inside and outside there was not enough space inside to accommodate all who wanted to be at the service. we spoke to people who had come and watching the service on big screens. they felt a sense of compassion compelled them to come for one last mark of atonement for those who died, caused of course by the co pilot who decided on the day of the 24 of march that he would crash that plane into the french alps. as you mentioned the candles that were lit for the victims there was some question about why 150 were placed and lit because the 150th candle being

that of the co pilot. the church saying there was an expression of grief for all aboard including the co pilot. >> what is the status of the investigation right now? >> the cockpit voice recorders and flight recorders have both been found and showed that mr. lubitz locked his colleague out of the cockpit and forced the plane into a descent into the branch pals. the french prosecutors are pursuing the angle of why did the co pilot decided to this. they found evidence in the hard drive of the computers from the house of his parents and from his apartment that he had been

looked into cockpit security and how to circumvent it and had been considering suicide. in 2009, he'd received treatment for severe depression which we now know he had suicidal thoughts then, so that is the state of the inquiry so far. >> dominic, thank you. >> officials are asking for more help dealing with thousands of migrants being rescued in the mediterranean, many being taken to italy. the coast guard rescued 10,000 people in the last week alone. hundreds more are feared drowned. italian police say 12 christians had been thrown overboard by muslims while may go greating from libya. 15 suspects have been detained in that assault. >> undocumented immigrants in legal limbo. millions of families await a court ruling as judges take up an immigration policy that could bring them out of the shadows. >> families making the move to one of baltimore's toughest neighborhood and it's not because of gentrification.

>> training the national guard in the fight against pro-russian separatists are a sits in ukraine. russia says it will endanger a ceasefire. >> training iraqi forces, no plans to pull them out despite fierce battles against isil there. >> an ohio man faces charges that he was planning an attack in the u.s. the man traveled to syria where he trained with al-nusra. he was reportedly instructed by a cleric to attack soldiers and police on u.s. soil.

>> the five another circuit court of appeals hears arguments over whether president obama's executive action on immigration can go into effect while opposed by 26 states. it she'd 5 million immigrants from deportation. we met one family that would be directly affected by the decision. >> look around this small amount, 10 people live here. all the furniture was bought at garage sales. outside, this 9-year-old and her 5-year-old sister play a game. they are u.s. citizens. their parents are not. >> this couple is an undocumented migrant couple from mexico forced to work in the had dose. she cleans a laundromat, he works as a supermarket. >> one paycheck goes for the rent. we also take money from the second check for the rent and whatever is left, we pay bills.

>> thanks to the fact that we have food stamps, we are able to eat. about six months ago we faced very difficult moments. we couldn't afford to buy milk. for an entire week, we would only eat beans. >> the struggle to feed their family is ever present. the day we visited there was understood on the table but tomorrow they may go hungry. >> my children know when there's no money. i tell them this is what we're eating today cactus, beans they're used to it. >> president obama's executive action seeks to help these families and one of the reform programs called deferred action for parents of americans would allow them to obtain work we are mitts. >> am all predictions are if someone is able to gain legal status and a work permit, their income will go up. >> a sociology professor co

wrote a recent study looking at the impact of the act on the children. >> what does that mean in terms of would they be making significantly more money and what would that mean for their children? >> well, they would make more money and about 40,000 californian children would come out of poverty as a result of this. those are really low estimates. right now a lot of people essentially can't switch jobs, because they have undocumented status. if you have a work permit, you can switch jobs and better match your skills with the demand in the market. >> supporters of the president's executive action say it's pretty simple help the parents and you help the children. help the children and everyone benefits. >> a lot of children that are poor would be able to rise above that poverty because simply their parents came out of the

shadows. >> i'd like to talk with you about immigration. >> opponents of the executive action don't see it that way arguing it violates the constitution because the government is not enforcing immigration law that calls for deporting undocumented migrants. >> what do you say to that argument? >> the argument that we can deport 11 million people is not only shameful and disgusting to be able to do that, but we've seen the impact. we know what happens when a citizen child who's here is going to remain here. who they stay with, whether the foster care system or a family member and you break that family apart, it's not going to be a very good result for the society at large. >> i would say that those people who are against a work permit or an immigration reform, i don't think 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. >> jennifer london reporting. let's bring in the national treasurer of the immigration lawyers association. great to see you. thanks for your final. >> a district judge in texas put a hold on this executive action. how long do you expect the court will take a make a decision now? >> we expect as you know today we're going to have a hearing on whether the injunction will put a stay on the injunction, so hope to have a decision on that by next month and then perhaps the hearing on the merits in june. >> while this plays out in court, what should families like the one we just heard from in jennifer's piece be doing? should they be consulting immigration attorneys should they start filling out

paperwork? >> absolutely. i mean, that's the message to get good advice specific to their case, and to make sure it's from a lawyer, from someone who's actually qualified to do this and skilled in immigration law. >> the fifth circuit threw out a case in mississippi this week challenging the policy that grants deferred transportation to certain minors. does that give an indication of how it will go in this case? >> we hope. the interesting thing about this and actually, well the tragic thing is this really shows it's playing politics. it's playing politics however with people's lives. it's playing politics with the economy. if we waited two years for this hearing, and see that the case was not successful, and it would be tragic to have to wait another two years for the expansion. >> you bring up the time line of

this. is it likely that these legal challenges, 26 states oppose this executive action, is it likely the challenges are resolved before president obama leaves office and what does it mean to these immigrants if they're not. >> well, that's a very good question and really time is of the essence. you see the 26 states have joined the lawsuit while 12 states and d.c. filed amicus briefs in support. even more significantly municipalities within 26 states have filed in support. you really do see that the states, the cities that will benefit and they understand the benefits of this, so again we get back to this is political playing and hopefully if there's a favorable decision from the stay today the case will be dropped. >> it bears reminding that the reason why the president did this executive action is because comprehensive immigration reform has not really gone through

congress. no bill has stuck. what does it mean for the future of real immigration reform? >> well, we are optimistic. exactly, the president had asked for immigration reform. the president asked congress to deal with this. they didn't, so within his power, he word on the executive actions, and it's the historical record of presidents, every party with using executive actions to get things done. what happens next, that's what we have to wait and see. >> thank you. >> california's governor today is set to reveal his plan for cutting residential water use by 25%. thursday jerry brown met with business leaders who will be affected by the cutbacks, swimming pool builders and landscapers and cemeteries could

be the hardest-hit. san diego is looking at a desalination plant. it sounds like a possible solution but comes with high costs. >> literally very expensive uses a lot of energy, sometimes the water has a funny taste to it and can harm the environment. looking for and more attractive in california and around the world under severe droughts, so actually california has 15 different possible plants. the one in san diego county is the biggest a $1 billion project expected to open in november. it would bring 10% more water to the county. they'll take all the water in, it goes through a plant up through the desalination area and then it's filtered three times, including through an

osmosis process and eventually, you get the water. there's even competitions right now trying to get engineers to come up with different systems possibly to make this more efficient in the future. definitely something that people need to be looking at, and that competition sponsored by u.s. aid is also to help developing countries around the world with water resources, but california is looking at this more closely despite the risk, begin their need. >> thank you. >> on the healthbeat this morning, a new warning from the c.d.c. over pregnancy spacing. a new study finds some mothers are having children too closely together. the report reveals american moms on average spaced pregnancies two and a half years apart but almost a third of the mothers studied became pregnant again within 18 months, that could jeopardize the health of the mother and child said the

c.d.c. let's get into more of this with an assistant professor of obstetrics from the school of medicine at mount sinai. thank you for being here. how does spacing the babies too close together affect the mother and baby? >> it's a really big concern. i'm excited to the c.d.c. has brought this to the attention of the public. women getting pregnant less than 18 months apart have a significant risk of preterm birth, leading to low birth weight babies and small for gestational age infants affecting the life of the baby and adversely affecting the mother. it has a lot of medical costs. >> is it because the woman's body needs time to heal? >> there's lots of different etiologies to it. some is confounding factors. some of the things we think is maternal depletion of resources theme i can't and vitamins, they

just haven't built back up because the pregnancies are so close together. the other concept is that the uterus hasn't had time to recover. >> is it differently with a c. section versus a vaginal birth? >> absolutely. the uterus once cut into does take longer to heal. if a woman gives birth within 18 months apart. that scar has a risk of rupturing. when it occurs during labor there's a significant risk of mortality for the mom and the baby. >> the take home on that is women that have had c-sections need to be more cognizant of how they space their babies? >> absolutely. >> several people said i was born within 18 months of my brother or sister and had no ill health effects. how frequent are we seeing problems with babies that are born too close. >> some of the studies show as high as 45%.

that's large but if you talk to enough people, you'll find people who didn't have issues. also with our advanced medical care doctors are able to take care of premature babies better, but it's healthier if you wait more than 18 months. >> the study said there are several reasons women space their babies closer together, one that older women may have to balance the risks of waiting in which case there are more risks. the older you get the more risk there are to the baby, as well. what he said the trade-off there? >> in our society, women are waiting later and later to initiate that first child. if you wait to have your first baby and would like two or three children, you don't have that reproductive window. those women have to balance the risks of preterm deliver because they're too close to the fact if they wait too long, risk of abnormalities and risks of being older or advanced maternal age getting pregnant.

it's a balancing act. >> the study said older women actually do space them further apart. >> right. >> doctor, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> the measles outbreak that rocked california in december may be over. health officials say unless a new case pops up today the state bill declare the outbreak done. the wave was traced to disneyland and ignited a debate over the anti vaccination movement. california is considering a law to mandate vaccinations except for medical necessity. >> in baltimore dozens of middle and upper class families are moving into one be notorious neighborhood not because of gentrification. they are moving because of their religion. it calls its downwardly mobile for jesus. >> taking a stroll through the

neighborhood with his 2-year-old daughter the family physician moved here after growing up in a middle class town 20 miles from the city. it's why the town is one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. he is part of a growing group known as relocates. >> they're christian evangelicals who believe the way to help poor communities is to move into them and become neighbors. >> it helps you to live on a mar equal plane with people and see people less of like oh, i'm here, i'm coming in to help you and more like we're neighbors we're figuring this out together. >> he's a member of a church founded on the idea that everyone should have a personal strength in giving strength to the suffering. >> we actually take up residence that we're here. i've decided to take up

residence here. >> that's the pastor. >> i've been through so much stuff in my life. >> every says about 25 mostly white middle and upper class families at his church have relocated to inner city baltimore. >> you think of christ in heaven. he didn't holler down from heaven god save them. he comes down and takes on human form and invests himself in the struggles of human kind. that's what we're trying to do, trying to invest ourselves into the struggles of people here. >> you really did move into the heart of the city, but baltimore is one of the top 10 most dangerous cities in america. were you scared? >> a little bit. you know, like there's scary stuff that happens anywhere in baltimore, really. there's definitely a lot of ways that i stick out. >> after all, it is 96% black.

>> a lot of these relocates coming in are white. >> yes. >> a life long resident says the streets are as hard as they seem. >> this is the inner section that changed my life. shot a man almost took his life on this very intersection. >> he spent three and a half years in prison for that shooting. when he got out, he said it was that same church community that helped him turn his life around. new song was the only place he could get a job. bennett has been working there for 20 years now alongside people who have helped the community warm to the idea of relocates. >> it was after they stayed for a very long time and stayed here that folks started to become more at ease. >> while the new song community admits there's still a lot left to fix on these streets.

>> the director who understands the film festival has made his dreams a reality.

>> welcome to al jazeera america. taking a look at today's top stories, pope france is considering a stop in cuba when he visits the u.s. in september. the pope was instrumental arranging talks between washington and havana leading to the current effort to restore diplomatic that ties. >> mexico is on high alert after thieves stole deadly radioactive material. long term exposure to the chemical can prove fatal. the incident is the latest in a series of radioactive material thefts in mexico. >> the suspension is over for nfl player adrian peterson. the running back is being reinstated today. the league suspended him after he was charged last year with hitting his son with a switch. >> today's tech beat focus

designing a better drone. they need to be quick light and nimble just like birds. birds are the model. >> it's 8:00 a.m. and we're on the hunt for humming birds in the garden. >> there's one right here. they're very tough. >> they flit around quickly but with a high speed camera, you can capture their mike co movements. >> it's amazing how you can view these kind of aerial maneuvers and slow speeds, because to the neighborhood eye you can't tell what's happening. it's interesting that they can hover. we want to include this as well. >> the race is on to doing surveillance to delivering packages one day. it's a long way off from navigating through complex and

windy environments. inspiration is taken from nature. >> we have to understand how birds actually fly so we can use the principles that they use to build better robots. >> the team not only studies birds in nature, they're bringing research into the lab. >> one of the methods we use to visualize the flow field around a bird is having very tiny particles in the air that you can't see with your eye but once illuminated become visible and they trace the air flow around the birds and we can measure it. >> the flapper is just a stand in for the real test subject. this has been trained to fly from perch to perch. in order to protect the birds he had to design tiny goggles for them. >> the goggles i make from

scratch. >> this brings a whole new meaning to aviate other glasses. >> the multiple goal is to build better drones studying the mike co movements of bird flight. >> if we want to do drone delivery you have to navigate in a city the right way. we don't want drones to rain out of the sky. people have been inspired by how birds fly for a while now. to translate understanding from biology to engineering is by itself a real challenge. engineers have different questions. if you combine all of that, you can get much more innovation. >> a feast for the eyes in washington d.c. today the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. nearly 4,000 trees adorn the nation's capitol most of them are the famed cherry blossom.

now is the time to enjoy them. >> the tribeca film festival is bringing filmmakers to new york city. one director got his big break last year. he's returned with an even bigger budget movie this year. >> i am the director of a movie called applesauce. i was here last year with a movie called summer of blood. >> we went in the festival with a very low budget, almost no budget film no one new about. we didn't have a press person. there were no movie stars in the film. i enjoyed the festival, enjoyed presenting the film. it's important imperative to get an audience. >> you're used to this, do you

like this? >> we had a red carpet event which was exciting and fun but i get self conscious about things like that. you see cameras flashing, there's a moment of panic. >> the reporters are thinking who are all these no names we don't want to shoot these people. >> the movie got a lot of attention and we ended up selling the movie. >> ron you flatter me. what's the worst thing you've ever done. >> apple so you say is kind of about the past coming back to haunt you. what's really wonderful about having a little bit more money to make a film is that you can be more ambitious. we can cast people recognizable making it more viable in the market. >> looks like ron is in the middle of some kind of domestic dispute. >> that's great. get a copy shot scene with the cops right there this scene. >> this is the first time i've had a distributor write me a

check and say make the film. contractually, they own the movie and they could take it away from me at any time. once you establish relationships with film festivals it lubricates the way of getting your next film in. doesn't guarantee it, but people know your work. enough and then i'll get stopped on the subway and they'll say i liked the movie summer of blood. it cheers you up. i got to admit it's exciting. but at the same time, i don't know if i'd want it and i don't think i'm ever going to have a problem with it, but i don't know if i want more the idea of being, you know, someone who's really recognized. i think that can be very irritating, may be possibly. >> another film being screened is one from al jazeera in-transit follows passengers as they travel on amtrak empire

builder. >> an emotional night for a san francisco giants fan who was beaten outside a dodgers game four years ago. brian stowe was violently attacked his left brain damaged, but last night made his comeback threw out the first pitch. he had been a paramedic for the main giants team before the attack. doctors say he is making a miraculous recovery. >> coming up, more on the anti immigrant attacks across south africa reaching a new and dangerous phase. that's it for us here in new york. thanks for watching. ching.

>> welcome to the news hour from doha. living in fear, migrant workers arm themselves against more attacks as violence spreads to the streets of johannesburg. >> the u.s. calls for a ceasefire in yemen and launches an appeal to help those suffering. >> hundreds attend a memorial service for the