>> a real look at the american dream. "hard earned". premiers sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america. sell briggss in nepal as 18 ager as 18 ager is pulled from the rubble five days after the devastating earthquake. you are watching al jazerra. also on the show. saudi arabia's new foreign minute officer is to ascend his first gulf summit with the war that yemen set to a dominate the agenda. parades and celebrations in ho chi minh city to mark the victory over america. >> translator: life is very rough there are more than 40 us

of sharing one toilet and a at the present time. we hear how south south africa's glaring inequalities are driving the nation apart. there has been a dramatic rescue in nepal. five days after the earthquake struck. a 15-year-old boy is being pulled from the rubble in kathmandu where he had been trapped between two collapsed floors it's a morale boost for the rescue workers still big digging their way through the rubble of ruined buildings the u.n. has launched a $415 million appeal for nepal. more now from mohamed. >> reporter: the pain in his eyes belies how lucky he feels. >> translator: i had to stay under the rubble for four days with no food. >> reporter: trapped for 80 hours in a collapsed kathmandu

hotel. he watched friends die? the surrounding wreckage and had to drink his own urine to stay alive. now after having his leg am amputated he has no idea how he will make a living. >> translator: i hope people will help me. i am too young for something like this to happen to me. >> reporter: like so many men the 28-year-old farmer was on his way out of the country so he could make enough to support himself and his family. >> translator: my flight to dubai was scheduled for april 27th but the accident happened on april 25th. >> reporter: cat man due in desperate need of survival stories. >> translator: people can survive for days without eating, many of those trapped must still ab life. if they could be rescued in time, they would live. >> reporter: many here believe there should be a lot more of them. with morale as decimated as these structures, residents and rescue workers here have grown

used to fearing and seeing the worst. the mood here on the outskirts the kathmandu is very grim we are at the site of another one of the buildings that caved in. there is two bodies that have just been pulled out of the rubble being removed right now behind us. husband and wife, one wedding ring clearly visible. it looked as though they were reaching out to each other even in death. some of these surrounding buildingses too collapse at any time. so neighbors traumatized by curious look on while standing as far bass back as they can imagine. as a devastated sibling negotiates the lease the release of his bodies body, he wants to take it back to india. >> translator: only those who have lost families understand my pain. >> reporter: that pain is growing while fear spreads. the sun is about to set and rain has begun to fall.

will rescue efforts being hampered further. crews pack up to the day even though everyone knows time is of the essence. saudi arabia newly appointed foreign minute tell will attend his first gulf corporation summit. yemen is expected to dominate the talks. there have been more fierce clashes around the airport. our correspondent joins us now live here in the studio. he has reported extensively from the gulf. good to have you with us as always. let's start with this -- we've got a meeting coming up with a foreign ministers of the gulf cooperation council. also a few days later we'll have the leaders of the g.c.c. gathering and then the camp david meetings going on. is this part of a gulf arab attempt to create a new reality or order in the area? >> it is, they are trying to

charter their own ways from the mounting threats that they have. basically a new leader snip saudi arabia which has been portrayed as hands on and very aggressive when it comes to foreign policy, particularly yemen. they said this is a destabilizing situation. sam the houthis are being manipulated by the iranians, zero tolerance policy we therefore have to enforce an outcome that guarantees the interests of the region, this is something that will be reinforced today in the meeting. we are are talking also about country's feeling somehow betrayed by the americans. particularly the saudis in particular. they see the americans trying to cozy up too much to the iranians. >> is that in. >> exactly. the americans in exchange for the iranians abandoning the nuclear program they'll give them more say in the region this is why you seesawed is for the first time since the start of

the 2011 up rising in steer i can't staunchingly providing support for the opposition. this explains the unpress dented gain that his we see in places there like in idlib. they are trying to tell americans your presence in a way or another has become irrelevant because you are not heeding our concerns if you are not going join us we'll do it our own way we have as you mentioned some new officials rising within the high arc i of saudi arabia. the interior minister has risen very much a security man also the foreign minute officer a new face or a new figure for the foreign minister of saudi arabia yeah how will this play out when it comes to policy towards what you -- as you termed the threat. how saudi arabia and the gulf find a new policy towards the quote, unfeed, threat in the region? >> basically the narrative now in the g.c.c. region in saudi arabia in particular, we have two young leaders mohamed who

is the coin prince, he is the minister of interior. he chairs the council for political and security affairs he is someone that has a bigger say in running and dealing with the threats that saudi arabia faces and you have the deputy crown prince. i think they are trying to portray the new image of saudi arabia as robust in the face of challenges particularly regional challenges the growing influence of ryan and forces the saudi say they are affiliated with iranians like the hoes in yemen. >> that cuts across i don't understand there iraq as you mentioned. >> definitely. >> all right thanks so much for your reports on that. that'slet's take you back to the major story we have been covering the aftermath of the devastating earth quake which has shaken nepal with survivors still complaining about the speed of rescue efforts and aid

effort. let's cross over now to mohamed. he is in the capital kathmandu mohamed, i understand a midst all of the sad news there has been in some good news today. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. it's a rescue being called a near miracle sammy a 15-year-old boy in another part of the city, aid workers organized overnight to rescue him from the rubble and they did. so this is something that really boosted morale for a lot of the folks there on the scene in fact, we were told that there was cheering by the onlookers when that boy who looked quite days was pulled out of the rubble. he was wisked away to the hospital and is now being treated we are getting more details that we can get for you in the hours ahead. let me set the scene on where we are. what we heard about earlier about the rescue operations similar to other rescue operations we are here at the site of the tower, this is one of the most iconic structures in all of nepal. all of kathmandu it's been reduced to rubble in the last earthquake. what you are seeing are

bulldozers, they are dig, what are they digging for? primarily bodies. also rescue workers here it's a grim scene. the onlookers they are, you can see them behind me just walk for a second and show you the faces really the sense that i have been getting from them is one of resignation because they are getting used to bodies being culled out of the rubble. they are getting too used to bodies being pulled out of the rubble to be honest. they told me the more bodies pulled out of the rubble the more anger there will be here in nepal because that have. we talked last hour about the bot the neckbottleneck in the aid reaching. more aid is coming in. but it's still not reaching those that have been affected the most. here in kathmandu but also in the outlying areas the mountains and surrounding country. so that's a real concern now. will this become a hugh crisis because the aid isn't being delivered. let me pan over here quickly the workers behind us just about half an hour ago they were digging the paramilitary forces

there to the right, they were digging through the rubble because they found a pair of shoes and they were convinced they would find a body. they have not yet found that body. but they are determined to do so. and all throughout the day, i am sad to report, that there is very clearly a stretch of death here. it is clear there are more bodies here, there they have been searching here for many days they will continue until they have recovered the last the bodies sammy. >> thanks so much. live for us from hat ban due. vietnam has celebrated its 40th anniversary of the victory over america. the fall of saigon in 1975 marked the final end of america's decades-long involvement in the country. it's estimated 3 million vietnamese and 58,000 americans died in the conflict.

75 million liters of toxic chemicals were dispensed by u.s. forces in vietnam and the dark legacy of that contamination continues, scott heidler reports, but let's warn you may find some of the images in his report to be distressing. >> reporter: he wasn't alive during the war that carries his country's name. a that are ended 40 years ago but it's effects it's contamination says his mother has robbed the seven-year-old of a normal life. but much more than that, it will kill him. just like it killed his sister, she was seven when she died from the same blood disease that he suffered from. his father works at the airport a site where u.s. military planed were load today agent orange during the war. it contains dioxan a chemical that causes derth we frequent, cancer and other diseases which can be passed on from parents. >> translator: i wish the us

would fully did he contaminate where agent orange was sprayed. we have suffered from this. i don't want this for future yep vagues the physical reminders of the war are few like this museum courtyard but the dark legacy left by the weapons is clear and distinction, those working with agent orange are focused on limiting the affect in a fourth generation. >> with the first generation who served in the army, they got cancer and died. their karen also became sick and died. the third remember jace, some know about agent orange, so they don't have children. >> reporter: but they want more people to know about the impact of dioxan. and expand early detention through technology like using ultrasound machines during pregnancies. some of the agent orange that rained down on south vietnam's jungles were stored and loaded at the former u.s. military base in denang. a so-called dioxan hotspot now the site of the never sal

airport. the first american funded cleanup began three years ago. a touchy subject for the americans, they still dispute the filth that three for 4 million vietnamese have been affected by the chemicals . >> what for vietnamese are the biggest experience which is environment the pollution the cooperation is hitting this historical legacy, there are other sources in vietnam. >> reporter: regardless of the source the currents generation suffering are solely focused on survival. >> translator: the thing i want the goodwill of all people to do everything medically like blood transfusion to his keep my boy alive as long as possible. >> reporter: and the until needs recently intensified he now you were goes two transfusions a week. while his mom hopes future generations see the dark legacy of agent orange come to a close her family lives day-to-day.

scott heidler, al jazerra, da nang. still ahead in this half hour survivors who escaped boko haram in northern nigeria say occupation by the armed group was brutal. and we report from baltimore on compelling research about the importance of black business ownership and way to his improve u.s. race relations.

>> fall of saigon, forty years later. >> we have no idea how many were killed. >> unanswered questions, a botched withdrawal lives lost. examining the impact that still resonates today. a special report continues tomorrow, 10:00 eastern. on al jazeera america. welcome back. let's recap our headlines now a 15-year-old boy has been rescued

from rubble in nepal think five days after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. more than 5,400 people are now confirmed dead. the u.n. has launched a $415 million appeal for aid. saudi arabia's newly appointed foreign minister is to attends his first gulf cooperation summit the area in yemen will be other on top of the agenda. vietnam has marked the 40th anniversary of its victory over america with a parade in ho chi men city. it's estimated 3 million vietnamese and 58,000 americans died in the conflict. let's get more now on our top story. and the aftermath of the earthquake in that mall. al jazerra's andrew simmonds is in a rural area outside of kathmandu. so tell us what the situation is like there andrew. >> reporter: well, this is a vast area and i am actually in a

village at the start of a huge swath of damage. no one realized how extensive the damage was here. we drove for something like 30-kilometers through village after village devastated villages and one small sediment -- in one small settlement there wasn't one home left standing. the original estimates of dead were put officially at around 1600 here, but in actual fact, many unofficial estimates put it at around 5,000 even 6,000. i have to say, i have not seen anything quite like it in a rural area, buildings that were really constructed from boulders and mud are just absolutely devastated. and if i just show you over here now, in this village, there is a search operation going on by the chinese, they are convinced that they have around five to six

bodybodies beneath this rubble. they feel pretty pessimistic they will find anybody alive. the main issue here is the late nature of aid getting through. only a couple of aid vehicles have got through and a few tents, right now people are absolutely crying out for assistance. this is a remote area, takes a long time to get here. there are landslides on the way the weather has been very, very wet. unsewsbly so. it is a mixture ape concoction of utter disaster following the original disaster. >> you mentioned there you have been through quite a range of remote areas. what you mentioned about little aid reaching people. is that just in the area that you are in right now or is that been pretty much the case in other areas you have been to? >> reporter: it's profound here, you don't see any assistance, they are approaching us thinking

we are an aid other vehicle and massing around us, we drove in late at night and there were several demonstrations going on, bon fires in the villages, these people are very peaceful by nature think it's highly unusual. there wasn't a recognition that this was a real hotspot in terms of damage that's why the aid hasn't come here. and i have to say all the way here four, five hours driving and there wasn't a lot of damage anywhere we looked. here it seems for whatever geological reason, it seems that the strip goes through. and it's just devastated the area. now, in terms of the aid getting through, we are hearing from one international aid worker here who arrived only 24 hours ago he's been sleeping in his car because there is nowhere else to go it's a really, really critical situation in at that regard as we have found out but essaying that it would appear the situation here is worse than where the epicenter took place.

not in terms of damage but in terms of international humanitarian help being needed. he said it's absolutely critical. he was here on like other aid agencies are arriving. to report back he immediately said we have to get on the ground. so he is calling in assistance. the government now seems to be getting in to gear. they are saying that the communications crisis was the problem. power being down, roads blocked. you know, we got here reasonably okay. but there were landslides on the way. so basically what they are saying is, that there was a late response they admit that. apparently whoever was in control of the operation is no longer in control of the operation we hear unofficially. and now we are seeing a situation whereby people need to arrive very quickly. >> let's hope they will get help very quickly thanks so much andrew simmonds there. now, the nigerian army says it's rescued more women and chirp from the forest. the exact number of people hasn't been specified but it comes after 293 women and

children were rescued from boca huh lamb earlier this week. coalition troops in northern nigeria are fighting boko haram and as they advance through the group's territory a disturbing picture is emerging of civilian casualties. there are reports of hundreds of bodies being recovered in the town which was recaptured from boko haram a month ago of. mohamed idris reports. >> reporter: this is a town in northern eastern nigeria. boko haram fighters occupied in to for months and are alleged to have killed many civilians. soldiers and residents say 200 decomposing bodies were removed from here. the many more bodies that were found on the streets and in what remained of homes have been buried. >> translator: this is where the executions took place. where civilians were executessed. the bodies i were taken two days ago and barried over there bare buried

over there. >> reporter: survivors say it was terrible. >> when boko haram were here we could not even go to the market. we are more like prisoners now people that fled are returning because the city is safe. >> reporter: this is the reality authorities are waking up to. after broke uh-huh ram fighters are pushed out by nigh year vinnie troops and their partners from niner and chad. the coalition troops about been in charge here for more than a month but this remains a largely deserted town. the battle to recapture the town was fierce and came at a huge cost. >> we were faced with a lot of resistence, we lost some men but managed clean the whole zone. today civilians are starting to feel safer and started coming back to their homes our mission

wasn't to stay and take control of the city. the army is supposed to be here but they are so we are here. troops continue operationses in the northeast the nigerian army has also launch aid coordinated raid on a boko haram outside in the forest they said they rescued 293 girls and women in the operation. despite the military victories the fighters have protected areas liberated by the army only a few months ago. an indication that the boko haram threat is ever prison, mohamed i had us, al jazerra ba al jazerra pwaoupblg a nigeria. south africa's press jacob zuma says he will tackle what he describes as the root causes of the recent wave of attacks on migrant worker, he says they include unemployment. immigration and poverty. charles stratford reports. >> reporter: he has five brothers his parents and three children to support. he's the only one in his

financially with a job. he work 12 hours a day, seven days a week as a security guard in a rich johannesburg neighborhood. he lives in a township of alexandra, one of the poorest areas of the city. >> life is really rough. there are more than 40 of us sharing one toilet and a tent. the money i make is not enough to support me and my family. >> reporter: that works out to be more than 125-dollars a day which puts him above the extreme poffly lane. with all of his depend dance he cannot afford to feed himself properly. he cannot afford publicists transport either. deaf every day he has to walk three hours two to to and from work. armed half of this country a's urban population live in townships are informal settlements like this one the report says that it's places

like this that are home to 60% of the country's unemployment. some of the worst violence against migrants who many locals accuse of taking their jobs happens in neighborhoods like this. the government says it will tackle the root cause of the problem, poverty unemployment and immigration. but analysts say the government has failed so far. >> the number of people living in poverty is now about 53% of the total population. the number of people who are unemployed is higher than it was in 1994 at the end of apartheid. the level of protest is increasing the trend is up wards being whether we are talking about strikes or whether we are talking about community frosts. the basic problems are not being addressed by the government. which is becoming increasingly unpopular and out of touch with oater people. >> reporter: he describes how he feels when he walks through the neighborhood in which he works. >> translator: i know the people i work for are very rich.

it's painful to return every day to my place in alexandra. but i have no choice. it's a better life than the life of crime. >> reporter: for him and millions of people like him a meaningful change in post apartheid south africa is yet to come. charles stratford, al jazerra johannesburg. hundreds of people have been rallying in new york and boston against the death of a man that suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. freddie gray died earlier this month when the city of baltimore, police say at least 60 people were arrested at the march in new york. the cry of protesters from baltimore to los angeles has been black lives matter. new research shows mending america's racial divide means giving everyone a stake in society. so black business ownership matters too. as gabriel alizando explains.

>> reporter: rasheed is teaching young people how to print designs on t-shirts. >> you want to put at much ink on there as you can. in a rough neighborhood of baltimore he runs a program that is not only about making clothing but also about keeping kids off the streets. he hopes that some day they will become business owners themselves as many as 30 young people are part of the program at any one time. aziz himself tried to set an example he owns a sorbet store in the community where many of the kids are from. >> so our goal is to help empower the young people with the resource that his they can so that they can provide for themselves first and then their communities. >> reporter: six out of every 10 people month live if baltimore are black but only three out of every 10 businesses are owned by black people. i a new research study looked at data from urban centers around the u.s. and found in areas where african americans were increasing their business ownership there were positive results i don't understand the business bottom line. the growth of african american owned businesses was strongly

linked to a reduction in black youth lie cy lens and there is a whole host of reasons for it, primarily because black business owners are seen as role models in the community. >> it creates jobs, it creates opportunities. >> reporter: omar directs the entrepreneurial development center at morgan state university. so what are the key challenges that african americans face when trying to open a business? >> having access to resources. so that the access to capital is big. whether it's a loan, money from family friends something people say fools or some the venture capitalist but access to that capital. >> reporter: people here don't want to be seen as simply living in a hopeless blighted part of town that needs outside help to improve. >> so we need investment in the community to his do thaties to do those things on our own behalf instead of got of the government agencies trying to manage disaster, and all of the data that's been produce odd the outcomes have not been transformative.

>> reporter: and that's why they continue to learn in hopes of some day owning the very stores that they might want to shop in. gabriel elizondo, al jazerra baltimore. and of course you can keep up-to-date with that story as well as all the others if you head over to aljazerra.com. this week on "talk to al jazeera", musician, songwriter, producer akon, the senna galees american artist that sold for than 30 million records. >> first i'm a businessman. >> akon is an activist and philanthropist and spend a lot of time