come. and a reminder that we have got all of the latest world news features and analysis on our website, aljazeera.com. our top story on the website right now is the reshuffle in saudi arabia the cabinet reshuffle, but we'll have more on that. a curfew restores calm to baltimore, the city hoping to put unrest behind it. a man in nepal is pulled from the rubble 82 hours after the earthquake. the desperate efforts to get aid to the worst-hit areas. and the nigerian military finds nearly 300 girls and women being held captive, but they are not the missing schoolgirls. ♪

this is al jazeera america i'm stephanie sy. baltimore is calm this morning. 2,000 national guard members joined about a thousand law enforcement officers on the streets but there were some scuffles. shortly after the curfew took effect, several people were arrested. john terrett is live in bald nor. john good morning. so what has gone back to normal at this point? and what has not? >> reporter: well let's start with the riot police and the national guard who have just left this area. i'm standing here at the junction of west north and pennsylvania avenue. it is here that the cvs that you first saw fire bombed on monday night is and yesterday, we were talking to you at this hour there was a line of riot police behind me blocking the street.

this morning when we arrived there were all details on the corner of what really is a public square. and now they have just gone. so we are alone here for the first time in a couple of days unprotected by police. i think that's a sign that this part of the city is getting back to normal. and the schools are open again today. and businesses are opening again. one thing that is not going to happen today, is the orioles have been trying to play major league baseball with the white sox, but they haven't been able to do it so they are going to have a game today at 2:05 eastern, for man fans who want to watch on telly, that's where you have to watch it because fans won't be allowed in. and i gather that is a major league baseball first. steph? this >> that certainly is unusual. is there any undate on the

investigation into the death that started this all, freddie grey's death? >> reporter: yeah and billy murphy who is the lawyer for the grey family says look don't expect many details on friday a lot of people feel we may be getting back to normal but 350e78 will be angry when they don't get many details from the interim police report. and he is telling everyone that will listen that you shouldn't expect too much and that's the way we want it to be at this point. it's expected to go straight to public prosecutors. the police may or may not give many details. larry hogan has asked the medical examiner to speed up the autopsy into freddy grey's death. steph? >> what about the cleanup? >> reporter: the cleanup has

been one of the great side bar stories of this event. the cleanup started while the rioting was going on. people were cleaning up right behind the rioters and looters. then first thing yesterday morning, there were teams of people out here from churches and faith groups and community organizations clearing up. right here where we were was a mess. they cleaned up before the mayor and governor came to visit, and overnight the cvs, you remember the scenes from monday where the cvs was burning. yesterday the faith people came and cleared it out, and than they boarded it up so that is ready to be rebuilt, knocked down on rebuilt, or whatever. >> yeah baltimore's residents retaking back their community. >> reporter: absolutely. earlier i spoke with reverend with the pico national network. he said the focus should not be on the rioting in baltimore.

>> there were folks in the streets who were overcome by rage understandably overcome by rage. but that's not the big story. the big story is as james baldwin said in his work that history is trapped inside of people and there's a history here in baltimore and across this country of the most pernicious and destructive oppression, economic social cultural even psychological oppression and folks can only take so much and i think that is the real story here in baltimore. that's the real story in ferguson. we're able to see in these communities, the underpinnings of racist and oppressing systems that make life so difficult for many -- for many people particularly poor and working people particularly people of color, and the instance of both ferguson and baltimore, black

people. >> what tangible changes? you have been in baltimore for a couple of days -- would you like to see some out of these specific protests. you talked about ferguson and we have seen tangible changes happen within government and politic. >> the big story here is not, you know looting and rioting. the big story here is freddy grey was for all intents and purposes grievously gravely and -- and unfortunately, destroyed. >> yeah. >> -- in that van ride. and -- the community is still two weeks now on and they have not been given the benefit of a -- a strong investigation. and this is every day in baltimore. >> yeah. >> and so this outrage is underable. now we have got to take changes. >> and the reverend says those changes begin with building stronger communities. baltimore has one of the highest

levels of income inequality in the united states and freddy grey's neighborhood is among the worst. 34% of his people in his neighborhood don't have a high school. and the level of lead detected in children is seven times higher than the rest of baltimore. del walters has more. >> reporter: in baltimore, these are the economic signs of the times. row upon row upon row of boarded up houses. it has been like that for decades. how long? this film was made by the u.s. government in the 1950s. it talks about the blight and how to solve the problem. it is called the baltimore plan. >> here is the shame of our american cities. here is the face of our cities we hide. >> reporter: this man once represented this area in congress. he says it has been like this

for too long. >> our priorities are this that and the other, and when you don't have a majority of votes, you know stuff gets tabled. it gets moved to the side. you just keep coming back with it and keep coming back to it. which is one of the reasons i got the hell out of the united states congress on my own. >> reporter: this is what people see when they come into a baltimore. it is the west side. the side of the city that exploded. the side that has been begging for change since the baltimore plan. in baltimore that tough talk by politicians has only been replaced by more tough times. all of this in a city that somehow didn't manage to change as the world around it did. >> going out of business -- >> final sale >> at your neighborhood montgomery ward store. >> reporter: the massive distribution center died when

america discovered shopping malls. and gm died when japanese models became more popular. and the economy showed sinces in 2004. a month later another thousand jobs were lost. those jobs left and never returned. the trail runs deep in this city. in 1983, baltimore's beloved colts football team packed up and left town. the team left in the dark of the night, and never returned. baltimore by the numbers tells the whole story. the unemployment rate is 8.4%. it is 5.5% for the rest of the country. among blacks it is even worse, for every ten people you see walking these streets, six are looking for jobs. most of those people live here on baltimore's west side. so when you see these houses remember these are the houses that burned when the riots hit this town in 1968.

decades later they were taken over by the crack epidemic of the 1980s. 20 years later they just sat empty ahead of the riots. that was del walters reporting from bald more. the death toll from nepal's earthquake now tops 5,000. teams are finally reaching remote areas, and as they do they are performing incredible rescues. this man was trapped for 82 hours, rescue workers pulled him out alive on tuesday. but aid and support is still slow leading to protests. hundreds of people blocked the streets streets indicating their frustration with the lack of help. how is the government responding to these concerns faiz?

>> reporter: well the government themselves today admitted when the disaster first struck they themselves didn't act fast enough. they did turn some aid away. now they are asking for more. they are saying they need more relief. they need neurologists orthopedic surgeons to come to the country. one of the big stumbling blocks has been the kathmandu airport itself. it only has one runway. and that makes it very hard for aid to come in. and that's one of the big issues as so much outpouring is coming in. the united states air force sent a c-17 globe master but just getting that into the country is the biggest hurdle so far. >> we know many have also been trying to leave the region. given that there is just one runway, are airports even departing for people to get out?

>> reporter: they are. but it's a very slow process. if you go to the airport, there are thousands of people just camped out there, waiting, trying to get out. i've spoken to several foreigners here. one was an american couple and they said that they went to the airport -- this was on saturday to try to get out -- and they were told they would have to wait at least five days before they could leave. they managed to get an hotel extension, and stay there. others don't have that luxury and are camping out at the airport, there are hundreds of workers trying to come in and there are thousands more trying to get out. and not just tourists but also migrant workers trying to get out and even locals have been trying to leave the city. they are worried about the outbreak of disease, and they have been boarding buses by the thousands just to try to get out of the city. >> faiz jamil reporting to us from kathmandu. faiz, thank you. saudi arabia's ruler is

reshuffling his cabinet in a move that sets up a new generation to assume power, the king put two men under 60 line for the thrown. the ruler's nephew and the king's son are first and second on the succession list. caroline malone has more. >> reporter: this is the new heir apparent in saudi arabia. at 5 -- 55 the appointment makes him the most powerful man of the nation. >> translator: heiness was selected as head of the political and security affairs council. >> reporter: nayef studied in the united states and maintains good relations with the u.s.

u.s. embassy cables appear to show him as being hawkish on iran. he has overseen the recent military action in yemen. that has involved multiple saudi-lead coalition air strikes. al-qaeda fighters tried to assassinate him six years ago when he was the head of security services. since then he has remained tough on internal security. there have been many arrested of suspected al-qaeda and more recently isil members. he has encouraged more government aid to syria, and discouraged private donations to rebel groups. but during his time as interior minister saudi arabia has remained tough on recent at home. activists continue to be detained and imprisoned. he is the first ground son of the founding monarch to be appointed second in command. and as crown prince he becomes one of the most powerful men of his generation. caroline malone al jazeera.

the king also named the first non-royal as foreign minister. he was also a long time foreign policy advisor to the late king abdullah. he replaces the kingdom's longest serving foreign minister. there is a new round of talks coming up on iran's nuclear program. negotiations between tehran and six world powers will begin tomorrow morning. global press freedom is at its lowest point in decades. only one in seven people live in countries where political news coverage is strong safety is guaranteed for journalists, and state interference with media is mine nor. the biggest decline in press freedom has been in korea, other

offenders include these countries. the u.s. fell to 22 because of journalists being detained during the ferguson protests. a rescue of nearly 300 women and girls has happened in nigeria from boko haram. ivan is live in abuja. do we know where these women and girls are right now? and when we may here about who they are? >> reporter: well stephanie, no, we don't know. we can only speculate that they are still in the northeast of the country near the forest where they were found because the area is so far away so incredibly remote.

you need to use an aircraft to get there. we understand that the military are screening and profiling the girls and women to try to find out their densities, and where they come from. in the last few minutes with ve managed to speak to a spokesperson and ask them who are these individuals if they are not the schoolgirls. and he has explained it is difficult to ascertain their identities because they have been kept some as slaves for an incredibly long period of time. but we have been told that photographs will be released in a bid to try to identify them and i get repatriate them with their families. send them back to where they belong. >> do we know what lead to them being found? >> reporter: well stephanie, there's been an ongoing battle against boko haram taking place

in the forest which is considered to be one of the last strong holds of the group. it's a vast expansion of forest that's extremely sense, and it has been believed for a very long time that boko haram operate from them and have many camps there. over the last few weeks, various towns and villages in the area have been taken back under the control of the nigerian military. and this was a last front for boko haram. this is what is believed to have lead to the discovery of these girls and women. when we spoke to a spokesperson earlier, again, on the identities of who these individuals could be the military are not ruling out the possibility, number 1 that some of them could be from the school disappearance last year but also that some of them could be the wives, even children of boko haram fighters who have been living in the forests. >> ivan thank you so much. a disappointing report on the u.s. economy, coming up a

look at what may be to blame for slow economic growth. and taxing times for the nfl, why the nation's most profitable sports league is giving up its tax exempt status.

welcome back to al jazeera america. it is 10:51 eastern, taking a look at today's top stories. a texas judge granted a last stay of execution of robert pruitt who was convicted of killing a corrections officer more than 15 years ago. his attorneys want new dna tests on the metal used to kill the officer. and defendants say the execution drug isn't strong enough to cause deep unconsciousness before other lethal drugs are injected. and california's governor wants to slap water waisters

with a $10,000 fine. jerry brown is recommending the penalty as part of a proposal to expand enforcement of water restrictions. the commerce department reports that the gross domestic product growth is down from the fourth quarter last year. consumer spending slowed sharply, thanks in part to the sever winter weather keeping heem at home. the big business of the nfl draft is one day away. and the national football league is dropping its tax-exempt stratus. >> as much money as the nfl rakes in every year you might be interested to note they haven't paid federal taxes since the 1940s. and they are voluntarily agreeing to start paying their

taxes. nfl commissioner announced a big change to the $10 billion business of football. quote, the effects of the tax-exempt status of the league office have been mischaracterized repeatedly in recent years, as a result the committee has decided to eliminate this destruction. he is referring to the finance committee. he said paying taxes will make no material difference to the business. individual teams have long paid taxes on their profits, but the nfl has been classified as a non-profit. >> they are making a lot of dough off of us which is my way of charitably saying the nfl is screwing us. >> shouldn't the public have some sort of ownership of the nfl? >> reporter: politicians have tlented to remove the statute to protest the league's domestic violence scandal and the red skin's name controversy. now the nfl has nullified that

threat and it's dubious that taxing the league would generate much federal tax revenue. the nfl as an entity separate from its 32 teams has registered multi-million dollars net losses in two of the last three tax years. the status saved the nfl only $10 million per year but tending the status does save the league from having to publicly disclose its tax returns. such disclosure lead to criticism for paying roger goodell a salary of nearly $30 million. they will begin paying taxes in the 2015 fiscal year which began last month. as for other leagues, major league baseball give up its tax exempt status in 2007.

>> thank you. a new candidate is expected to join the presidential race today. vermont center bernie sanders is expected to announce he is running as a democrat. he describes him as a democratic socialist by seeking the nomination he would pose a challenge to hillary clinton. paddling to protest, environmental activists take to the waters to prevent arctic drilling rigs thousands of miles away.

♪ defense attorneys arguing to save any boston marathon bomber from the death penalty are focusing on his sister-in-law. jurors are back in the courtroom in the penalty phase of his trial. his lawyers have rereel vealed tamerlan sar nayef's wife did computer searches of dying as a martyr. the first arctic ocean drilling rig arrives in seattle next week and it's bringing controversy. environmentalists say they will

meet the rig with a flotilla of kayaks. >> reporter: thissel -- elliott bay, and it is about to become a battlefield. this is where a flotilla of small boats will meet shell oil's arctic drilling rig. this is the polar explorer which will be here for refitting and rigging. this is where the flotilla will meet that rig. they are calling themselves kayak kayakavists. here is one of them. how many boats are you hoping

for? >> we're hoping for a few thousand but with the expectation of a few hundred. >> reporter: it will be a three-day festival of demonstrations. that will be in may. meanwhile a company spokesmen with shell tells me they have no intention of changing plans at this point. seattle has been a good business partner in the past and they expect to that continue. and you can watch, alan schauffler's full respondent tonight. thanks for watching i'm stephanie sy in new york. you can always get the latest reporting on our website, aljazeera.com. have a great day. ♪

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