defense department official said we are not going to comment on that. i'm lisa stark in washington. >> and i'm ali velshi. that's our program for tonight. thank you for joining us. us. show of force. u.s. navy warships taking up positions off the coast of yemen. the mission to block any iranianships loaded with weapons for the houthi rebels. dangerous crossing - hundreds of migrants lost at sea in an effort to escape their homelands. >> it can't continue like this we can't accept hundreds die

when trying to cross the sea to europe. >> tonight - new arrests in the latest tragedy as europe steps up his efforts to halt the crisis police under fire. >> i'm angry that we are here again. that we have had to tell another mother that their child is dead outrage over the death of a young black man who suffered a fatal injury in police custody outbreak - bird flow sweeps through chicken and turkey farms in the midwest. who is the risk to humians, and how it can -- humans, and how it can be stopped. >> good evening, i'm antonio mora this is al jazeera america. tonight the united states is beefing up its military presence off the coast of yemen. an aircraft carrier and missile cruiser is headed to the region to join other u.s. ships there.

officially it is to keep the vital shipping lanes in the region safe and open. jamie mcintyre reports that there is concern about iran's influence and intentions in yemen. >> reporter: the u.s. had a half dozen warships off the coast of yemen and added two more, including "theodore roosevelt" u.s. aircraft carrier, and "normandy" from the coast of aden. the navy said it is to ensure vital shipping lanes are open and safe. pentagon says it's to send a not so subtle message to iran who it is concerned they are arming the yemenis. >> one concern we have over their behaviour and the impact in the broader region is that they supplied weapons and

support to the houthis in yemen. >> iran denied sending military support to the rebels. the u.s. is keeping tabs on a group of seven iranianships carrying unknown cargo that the u.s. suspects may have arms bound for the houthis. they are in international waters for now. if they attempt to dock in yemen, they'll we boarded, but not necessarily by the u.s. in more than three weeks of bombing, this was one of the largest attacks. saudi arabia targetting a scud missile base in sanaa. the massive explosion killed dozens, destroyed buildings and blowing out windows in homes and offices. picking through the devastation residents voiced their anger. >> the munition hit our homes. this is what the cowards used to bombard civilians. >> saudi arabia led an alliance against the fighters and forces loyal to former president ali

abdullah saleh. it has targetted an armed base and military facilities and airports in sanaa and throughout the country. >> the coalition forces succeeded relatively to destroy the military infrastructure of the deposed president ali abdullah saleh and those of the houthis, including weaponry depot, which is totally destroyed. >> while the pentagon says the mission of the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt" is to maintain maritime security officials privately concede there's a message to iran - loosely translated as "back off." jamie mcintyre at the permanent. thank you the u.s. military began to train ukranian troops fighting pro-russian separatists. 300 american paratroopers are working out of a military base. over the next six months they are expected to train 900

ukranian soldiers. a ceasefire has been in place, but is violated almost daily italian authorities arrested the captain and crew members of a boat cap sizing off the libyan coast. 800 migrants on the boat were killed when it sank this weekend. european official began to craft a plan to address the growing humanitarian crisis. paul brennan has more from catania and italy. >> reporter: battered by waves, clipping to what is left of the boat. a woman is seen trying to protect a child. recent attention is focused on migrants leaving north africa for italian waters. the phenomenon spans the mediterranean. the the stricken vessel came from turkey. this child was saved. three people are confirmed dead including another youngster.

it's not known how many are missing. >> the captain left us with the boat. and ran away and left us alone. >> he run away with another boat to turkey. >> i don't know maybe. i think so. he has this small rubber boat for rescuing. he got in in just like run. >> he left you alone. >> yes yes. >> reporter: the bodies from saturday night have been brought assure on malta. 24 corpses have been recovered. as many as 900 drowned when it capsized off the coast of libya. hundreds on board, just 28 were saved. those survivors are on the way to the sicilian port of catania where aid workers are on standby. >> this is a deadly period. some 11,000 have been rescued in the past 10 days. an estimated 1500 drowned in the

intent. >> the compassion is vividly illustrated at the cemetery. this memorial is a monument for those that don't make it. the names of children in these graves will never be known. the words on them are the words from nigeria, and the hope is that the rest of europe now can show a similar degree of empathy as is shown here. humanitarian groups say increasing the search and rescue efforts is imperative. >> over the past week 1,000 died in the mediterranean. this is as many as has died in the company titanic. this is a tragedy that didn't have to cappen if the e.u. reinstated the search and rescue mission. >> at a meting of foreign ministers in luxembourg, a 10 point plan has been proposed. that increase would not be

enough to restore operations to the previous levels. there'll be a u.n. meeting on thursday - how many more migrants would have died by then? nearly a million lined the streets of boston for the annual marathon. more than 30,000 took part. lisa de sisa won the mens and caroline tutege of kenya was the women's champion. de sisa won on the day bomb blasts killed three the penalty phase for one of the two men responsible for the boston marathon bombers commences tomorrow. the same jury must decide if he gets life in prison or the death penalty identify. a husband and wife that lost limbs arrived the federal government not to put dzhokhar tsarnaev to death. the parents of the youngest victim of the bombing made the

same request new questions about the death of a young african-american in baltimore, freddy gray. police cannot explain why an injury he suffered in there custody turned out to be fatal. another case drawing angry protests. >> it appears to have happened again. there are many questions, and few answers. perhaps the biggest question - how can a suspect arrested on a weapons charge enter a police van visibly upset, but come out of it unable to breathe and according to his lawyers with a broken spine, 80% severed at the neck. >> reporter: eight days ago 25 cooerld freddy gray african-american was arrested in the city by a group of white police officers. video showed gray dragged by the officers screaming, before he's put into the back of a police

van. no excessive use of force by police is seen on the tape deepening the mystery of what happened. >> i know when mr gray was in the van, he was able to talk, he was upset, and when mr gray was taken out of the van, he could not talk and he could not breathe. >> reporter: a week after his arrest gray was dead suffering what his family lawyers describe as a severed spine and broken neck. six police officers are suspended pending the outcome of a probe focussing on what happened in the police wagon. >> this is a tense time for baltimore's city. >> reporter: baltimore's mayor wants to no why gray was stopped this time. >> i want to know why the officers pursued mr gray if the proper procedures were followed and steps need to be tape for ctibility. >> reporter: he is known to have

asked for an inhalea he was asthmatic. 30 minutes goes by before he's taken to hospital. the police commissioner is making changes. >> any time anyone requests medical help immediately we are to respond to that. >> reporter: the commissioner is hoping to wrap the investigation by may 1st. it will go to state prosecutors, and charges may follow. meanwhile angry street protests are taking place in baltimore. police are calling for calm. >> this is not ferguson this is a city where we worked hard under the current administration to develop dialogue with the community, and we are here to say we hear you, we understand the frustration, but our custom here in baltimore is to work together towards a solution. well police say freddy gray was arrested without incident. as the mayor of baltimore said

whatever happened, happened inside the police van, and that will be the center of this. i have no doubt other investigations as well. >> thank you the tulsa country sheriff apologised to the family of eric harris. caught and killed this month by a volunteer deputy who said he mistakenly pulled out his handgun instead of a stun gun. the sheriff is standing behind his department. >> first i want to speak directly to the harris family. we are sorry eric was taken from you, and my sympathy goes out to the family. >> reporter: speaking to the public at length for the first time since 44-year-old eric harris was shot and killed. tulsa county sheriff defended his department. >> there has been a lot of things said about the sheriff office that was untrue. >> reporter: the shooting captured on a deputy's body camera. it shows harris running away

from deputies trying to arrest him. once he's taken down 73-year-old robert baits fires a shot. baits said he meant to reach for his stun gun, accidently grabbing his pistol. now charged with second degree manslaughter he'll have his day in court. two deputies were there when the gun went off and harris yelled. >> oh my god, he shut me. >> reporter: one of the deputies was kneeling on his head. >> harris shouted "i'm losing my breath", one shot back "f your breath." the sheriff is considering administrative action. the deputies have been reassigned - but that's for their safety. >> there has been threats against them and their family. they have families and kids, and i'm concerned about their safety. >> reporter: as for his department on the whole.

>> the fbi has completed their investigation and found no wrongdoing at the sheriff's office. of course they look at civil rights violations. >> the sheriff was talking about the federal bureau of investigation office in oklahoma federal bureau of investigation headquarters in washington had no comment. >> the sheriff is - jumping the gun al jazeera legal contributor jamie floyd says it's too soon to dismiss civil rights charges against the defense office. >> they have a suspect on the ground who shot at close range. called 911. no one administers first aid. they treat him disrespectfully, and now refuse to accept responsibility to the way the two officers behaved a major bird flu in the midwest. millions of chickens and turkeys to be destroyed. we talk about the threat. >> what the federal bureau of

investigation is saying about six americans accused of trying to join i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l.

federal prosecutors charged six mn from minnesota for planning to travel to syria to join i.s.i.l. all of them coming from a somali community in the twin cities closely monitored by authorities. >> in a go anti-recruiting efforts that have been underway six somalian men have been accused of trying to join i.s.i.l. >> they were not confused young men, or easily influenced. these are focused men, intent on joining a terrorist organization by any means possible. >> the minnesota men were recruited by a friend. a man that slipped past u.s. law enforcement to join i.s.i.l. in syria. according to the criminal complaint he recruits

individuals and provides assistance for those wanting to leave. the federal bureau of investigation says that source had been a part of the group seeking to join i.s.i.l. before he began to cooperate with the investigation. the somali community leader said effort to stop recruitment in the minnesota area is a challenge. . >> it's our community, we are don't want anyone to steal our young people or them to be mislead. our kids were brainwashed, radicalized and sent to the same fire lines we run away from. >> reporter: authorities say things 2006 more than 20 somali men have been recruited by the twin cities by al-shabab, to fight overseas. and a few dozen americans attempted to travel to syria to join i.s.i.l. or i.s. >> 23 went to somali during the

first period. we had zero since then. but a dozen have gone to join i.s.i.l. >> reporter: bob studied fighters in the somali community. >> there'll be a slow merging of this of all these groups. it would be great if al qaeda and i.s.i.s. stays at odds. it's not going to happen. the kids that are willing to go during al-shabab are the same kids willing to joinies. their membership is of similar thought a u.s. journalist gaoled in iran since july has been charged with spying for the u.s. jason, who works for "the washington post" spent the last nine months in a tehran prison. he is accused of espionage correcting classified -- collecting classified information and collaborating

a 94-year-old bookkeeper from auschwitz goes on trial in germany. survivors held a news conference today. about 60 joined the prosecution as co-plaintists. oscar is charged with 300 counts of accessory to murder. he maintains the sentence the governor of wisconsin declared a state of emergency. the state's national guard activated to deal with the crisis. officials say they found the h 5 n 2 virus at three farms. in iowa, 5 million exposed chickens and turkeys need to be killed to stop the flu spleding. a dozen states have been hit by the same strain spread by a water foul. we have an expert disease guest join us.

we had a scare about bird flu worldwide. is this something that can make the jump and transmitting from animals to human? >> this strain is not thought to make the jump between animals and people. in general, these flues are close to being able to join disease in humans. that's a reason we need to control the outbreak. every time it multiplies you have more mutations. the other is they kill a lot of chickens. >> unlikely that it could be transmitted to humans. somewhere in the realm of possibility. >> this is something - humans have to worry in terms of the long term. over the next 10 years we'll see more bird flu affecting humans because of the possibility of livestock. this outbreak as far as we can see doesn't pose threat to human

health. >> no issue eating poultry that may be affected. >> i would not worry about eating chick own or eggs. when you eat poultry or legs, make sure they are cooked. but the virus, the main concern, is that if it spreads from one barn to another or one farm to another. which it can do. you can wipe out large large portions of the state's poultry production. >> on the other hand many of the birds are contained in the farms. is it necessary to kill millions to protect against the virus. >> it's an extraordinary number. we are talking about over 5 million chickens. something like 20,000 tonnes of dead birds. >> in the grand scheme of things it's a fraction. we kill more than 20 million a day for food. >> the u.s. annual poultry production is something like 9 billion chickens a year. this is a small percentage of total production.

in wisconsin, for instance it's making a significant percentage deserves. the reason to kill the chick edges, because it can spread between farms easily the buildings are not totally isolated. >> could it really spread to the point that this would really threaten the u.s. food supply? >> i think that the risks of - the precautionary principle has to be invoked. the reason to kill the 5 million birds is it's a small number of birds. it is moved around by other water foul other birds easily it spreads in saliva it spreads in bird droppings and dust. you can move it quickly. if you think of the quantities of animal waste generated in a facility like that it can plough with the wind. containing it early is sensible. it is, for these farmers, it's a tragedy. if you think of the number of bird lives pointlessly lost it's the cost of - it's the cost

of the way we do agriculture now. the systems are vulnerable to disease. >> good to have you with us. >> a listeria outbreak prompted blue bell cream ris to recall all products from stores. the potentially deadly bacteria was found in chocolate chip ice-cream in two states. the recall follows a smaller one after contaminated ice-cream was linked to deaths in kansas. four decades after being brought to the u.s. to be adopted. he could face deportation because of something that happened when he was a toddler.

in washington state a man who was adopted and brought to the u.s. as a toddler is fighting to ber deported. his checkered pass and a citizenship error could hurt his chances. >> reporter: adam born in korea, raised in the u.s., could have his life turned upside down again. >> someone took me as a child to this country and failed neglected to finalise the adoption through the naturalization process. >> he was three when his mother left him and his sister at the korean orphanage. adopted months later he bounced from home to home before being

taken in by tom and dowly. they were convicted on a dozen counts of criminal mistreatment and assault on members of his adopted family. adam had his own troubles with the law, including a conviction for burglarizing the crafter's home after they kicked him out. >> i went to prison. >> how long. >> 25 months the first time. >> reporter: his adoptive father served 90 days. adam served three prison terms, the most recent in 2013 for assaulting a room-mate. >> i will not sit and say i'm a guy that should be ab solved of everything i've done no. >> i'm responsible. >> he learnt that his criminal record could cost him and his family. his recent efforts to become a permanent u.s. resident tripped a background check. immigration tells the stay at

home dad he could be deported sent back to korea and he is not a u.s. citizen. he has no contact with korean relatives and doesn't speak the language. >> reporter: no one made your citizenship official. >> no. >> reporter: the right family didn't adoption organizations didn't. nowhere along the line were you made a u.s. citizen. >> no. >> reporter: an immigration and customs sportsman says the agency doesn't track how many adoptees like adam have been deported, or could be. we asked for an on-camera interview and were turned down. the agency offered to answer questions by email. a spokesman responded in part:

the child citizenship act of 2000 guaranteed citizenship to adoptees, then 18 and younger. there is no such provision for older adults. so at 40 years of age, he could be uprooted sent to his native and very foreign country. >> even though i have made a lot of mistakes along the way and learnt a lot of hard lessons i'm an american. >> reporter: for a few months at least, this is home and finally tonight an incredible sight along the west coast coast. millions of jelly like creatures have washed ashort. the scientific name is belelabelela.

they swim by the shore, when the wind is strong they could be blown on to the beach. locals say it's an annual vement. >> i'm antonio mora thank you for watching al jazeera america "inside story" is next. have a great night. five years ago today a cascading series of cut corners, mistakes and accidents brought death and disaster to the deep water horizon water rig in the gulf of mexico. before they capped the well it was the biggest spill history. what did the water do to mexico bp and deep water drilling. did the company keep its promise to restore the