tragedy be avoided greece, to the halls of power a country on the brink of economic disaster i'm ali velshi, thank you for being with us and have a great weekend. great weekend. >> bombshell in baltimore the city's chief prosecutor charges six police officers in the death of freddy gray, the announcements drew cheers from protesters and anger from the police union. bridge scandal. three of chris christie's christie's staffers are indicted. a growing crisis, a week

after the earthquake in nepal to find people who are still living. and elon musk's new battery what it will cost you to go off the grid. good evening i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. mixed reactions in baltimore after state's attorney marilyn mosby called gray's arrest illegal, six were taken into custody and later released on bond. >> mr. gray's death was a homicide. we have probable cause to

believe a murder occurred. >> all six charged with assault four with manslaughter, the most serious against caesar goodson second degree reckless heart murder which means reckless disregard of a person's life. the state's attorney's statements that freddy gray statement that he couldn't breathe and request for an inhaler. >> no medical assistance was provided for mr. gray by any police officer. >> the statement by the police union backed the officers. >> no officer injured mr. gray, caused harm to mr. gray and they are truly saddened by his death. these officers did nothing wrong. >> reporter: the union is also calling for a special progression curiosity to be appointed just like in ferguson, a floation rejected by mosby.

freddy gray's family spoke out about the charge. >> we thank the state's attorney and her team for their unprecedented courage and their measured and professional response to this crisis. however, we must be mindful that this is a first step, not the last. >> president obama reacted to news of the charges saying the issue is a top priority for his administration. >> what i think the people of baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. that's what people around the country expect. >> but baltimore's mayor had a message for her city's police officers. >> to those of you who wish to engage in brutality misconduct, racism and corruption, let me be clear: there is no place in the baltimore city police department for you. >> reporter: long time baltimore lawyer dwight pettit says this weekend's protest

marches will go ahead focused now on the multiple other problems that exist in baltimore and in other u.s. cities. >> jobs, education educational system all the things, mass arrest, all the things that are impacting the inner cities across the country. >> but pettit adds he hopes the protesters won't use the charges as an execution to retaliate against the police for freddy gray's arrest. john terret, al jazeera baltimore. >> earlier in the day the reaction from the african american community was widespread celebration. melissa chan joins us from baltimore. melissa it is the fourth night of the curfew and there have been some arrests where you are. >> reporter: yes antonio we are now one hour past curfew and at 10:00 p.m. an hour ago there was a sizable crowd left. now earlier in the evening there had been a lot of chanting, a

rally, black lives matter, no juftsdz, nojustice, no passions. i see about 80% of the crowd about an hour, hour and a half ago decided to leave and follow curfew. there's a remaining 20% you're seeing dramatic footage of police moving in to make some arrest. i would say the bigger picture is this is rather an efficient and calm operation. and that the crowd has dispersed at least in front of city hall. now we spent the day driving around the city asking baltimore residents who are out and about what they felt about the decision this morning. >> black lives matter. black lives matter. >> celebration excitement and relief from baltimore residents after the announcement from the local prosecutor on friday morning. >> we know from history of other previous cases happening in 2015 and 2014, officers don't even get indicted so this is a major

milestone for us. so we're out here celebrating that showing baltimore one community, and we keep going strong. >> holding the officers accountable, it's the state's attorney who says this is time to make systemic changes. >> this is just one step in the process, for freddy gray, one battle won in a long struggle. >> what this does is helps you to elevate the conversation around race relations in america and the profiling of individuals of color that end up being incarcerated. >> we understand there are two rallies this afternoon in baltimore. >> the day not just about freddy gray but about the economic divide.

in baltimore the economic divide income of black americans is half what it is of white americans. >> what people are accustomed to watching on the wire or something. the violence i'm talking about is underfunded school system, the violence i'm talking about is gentrification in black and brown neighborhoods high downtown investment when you forget about uptown. >> in the case of freddy gray's killing, for now for one brief moment there is a sense everyone's voices have finally been heard. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want i.t? >> now. >> it it? >> now. >> from what we understand police were able to clear the crowd, memo most of them decided to go home and follow the

curfew antonio. >> melissa chan, thank you. body cameras demand has been on the rise following the deaths of eric garner, michael brown and freddy gray, going to departments that already have body camera policies in place. the number of actual assaults in the military decreased over last year that is according to a pentagon report released today. it shows 18,900 service members experienced unwanted sexual conduct. more than half of the complaints were from men. defense secretary ash carter unveiled new initiatives for people who filed sexual assault claims. safers ofstaffers of chris christie

have been charged with creating massive traffic jams on the george washington bridge. david schuster has the story. >> federal prosecutors friday in new jersey filed criminal charges against some of chris choift'schristie's closest aids and friends. wildstein who appeared in court on friday, conspired with bill barone and bridget ann kelly to shut down crucial access lanes on the george washington bridge. prosecutors said governor christie's associates chose the first day of school to maximize the traffic jams and chaos and to punish fort lee new jersey mayor mark sokolich. >> the indictment allegation

that kelly confirmed that mayor sokolich was not endorsing governor christie. >> conspiracy to commit fraud by knowingly using the powers of an agency receiving federal benefits. >> to suggest that i was the only one aware of the george washington british issue is ludicrous. >> as for wildstein he agreed to become a government witness. his lawyer reiterated the afact that governor christie flew about the closings as they occurred. >> unfortunately i'm not in a position to talk about matters in detail. >> reporter: from the beginning christie has denied any involvement. >> i had no knowledge of this. >> and today on twitter he said

it again. quote, i had no knowledge or involvement in the planning or execution of this act. the moment i first learned of this unacceptable behavior i took action firing staff believed to be accountable calling for an outside investigation and fully cooperating with all appropriate investigations which i have done. still the croive has controversy has taken a toll. two years ago christie's popularity was at an all time high now has reached an all time low. the efforts to reset his presidential nomination chances might have started friday near where the problems began. because while the mayor of fort lee expressed anger at the bridge scheme -- >> it was a calculated act and it was a despicable act. >> he also gave governor christie a pass. >> the governor is not part of this. governor's office apparently is not part of this at least based on the indictment.

i don't -- is there resentment no, i guess you could characterize my feelings more as disappointment. >> weapon found by a seven-year-old child the political website roll call says officers misplace guns on at least three occasions. it reports that officers assigned to senate major leader mitch mcconnell and john boehner were involved in at least two of the incidents. nearly a week after an earthquake in nepal some areas are are still cut off. and unique rules to make railroad oil tankers safer but critics say the changes don't go far enough. far enough.

>> within the last hour, nigerian military officials say they've rescued more girls. they say they freed another 234

from a forest in the northeastern part of the country considered a boko haram stronghold. earlier officials say they rescued a smaller group of women and children, there's no word if the 234 just rescued include any of the children's from chibok from a year ago. the search for nepalese survivors, now the nepalese authorities say they have rescued more than 6400 people. fez jamil do officials have hope they will find more alive? >> they do. while some international rescue teams have left they are still hoping to find some survivors. just a day before yesterday two people were pulled alive from

the rubble right here in kathmandu itself. while rescue teams go more into the remote areas places inaccessible since the quake they are seeing people in bad shape in are desperate need of desperate need of help. but they are alive at well. this is still a rescue operation. >> fez, we talked about how many bodies, the decision was made to quickly cremate them. are families involved in that process? >> reporter: well, antonio speaking to locals here at the cremateorium there was really no time to talk to the families. the crematoriums are running 24 hours a day. there is no room in the

hospital they have to be kept out in the open, that can attract disease as well as smell. there is to so much to be done. officially speaking they're just more concerned of right now getting these bodies cremated than doing any type of documentation. >> must be terrible for those families. has any semblance of normalcy returned to kathmandu? >> there are some you know, the entire city isn't devastated, taken a big hit but there are a few shops and cafes that opened in recent days. the day before i was actually at a hindu wedding the couple who lived outside of nepal two weeks ago, they had cancelled the wedding because many of their guests were sleeping outside in

tents but they decided to go ahead with the wedding because life has to go on and it would bring a sense of normalcy to people's lives here. >> fez jamil thank you. the sense of whether ebola can be transmitted between people who have had ebola there has never bean documented case of ebola transmission during sex. countries announced new rules today for rail cars that carry oil and other flammable liquids. as lisa stark reports four crashes this year alone. >> this is the kind of explosive accident the new rules are designed to help prevent. derailments involving trains some 100 cars long.

carrying volatile crude oil. >> the truth is that 99.9% of these shipments reach their destination safely. the accidents involving crude and ethanol that have occurred, though, have shown us that 99.9% isn't enough. >> there have been more than 2 dozen derailments since 2013 as crude oil production and oil shipments have skyrocketed. the most deadly crash a run away train in canada that killed 47. the new regulations will phase out older less sturdy rail cars, including those called d.o.t. 111. the d.o.t. 111 is at the bottom of the screen. can you see how easily the car is breached. these d.o.t. 111s must be phased out or retrofitted within three years. cpc 342 was involved in three

accidents this year must be replaced within five years. taking their place cars with thicker steel skins thermal blankets for heat protection and shields on either end. safety advocates support those regulations but say they don't come soon enough. >> the department of transportation is acknowledging we are accountant to allow unsafe rail cars that continue to deliver oil within the united states and we think that's unacceptable. >> but the american petroleum institute says the time for fixing tank cars is too short and will lead to concerns for consumers. the regulation calls for enhanced brake being systems that allow each rail -- breaking systems that allow each rail car to brake independently reducing the number of cars that derail in a crash. ed hamburger says the brakes are

costly don't work well and will not prevent one accident. >> if there is an accident, will it prevent some cars -- >> one. >> -- from derailing? >> our study indicates it would prevent one car from derailing. >> so one fewer car would come off the rail? >> that's correct. >> if a train had these brakes? >> that's correct. to say it would eliminate the accordion effect is not correct. >> the industry has not ruled out challenging the braking requirement. overall though even critics agree the new rules are a safety step forward. lisa stark, al jazeera washington. >> a battery strong enough to power an entire home. we'll find out why a car company's newest creation could one day revolutionize the way people get electricity. e ty.

>> the count down is on for what promoters are calling the fight of the century. manny pacquiao and floyd mayweather went nose to nose at tonight's weigh-in. the richest purse in history with the boxers expected to take home over $100 million each. >> in a way to expand electric cars, the owner of tesla is

getting into the battery business. elon musk has unveiled what he called a power wall. >> for years solar panels have answered this call but when night falls those same customers are reliant on utility companies for power. imagine storing the power of the sun and using it whenever you want. enter elon musk. the entrepreneur who revolutionized the industry with electric cars. >> we have this revolutionary energy source in the sky called the sun. you don't have to do anything, it just works. shows up every day and produces ridiculous amounts of power.

>> musk says power can be installed inside a box that hangs on a wall inside your garage or basement. the power wall is a choice, when the sun goes down, backup in case of outages or backups or owners can use that power during peak times or live off the grid entirely provided you buy more than one. never one to mince words. >> the issue with existing batteries is that they suck, okay? they're really horrible. [ laughter ] >> they look like that. >> musk says customers can sign up now and expect delivery of batteries of up to three or four months, at a cost of $3500 each.

just how many remains to be seen but musk doesn't seem to be worried. >> oh wow the grid is actually zero. this entire night has been powered by batteries. >> roberto baldwin is a senior editor at end gadget and he credit unions us from san francisco. robert observes good to have you with us. how big a technological advance is this? >> it's not a technological advance hugely, he is taking the technology we have in our phones and putting it on our walls. but heetion he's making it better. if you have seen this battery it's ugly and it is a disappointing experience. >> how much should consumers be able to save on a monthly bill? >> you really need to look at your monthly bill usage.

how many kilowatts an hour are you using? you got to look at that bill. people like the hawaiian islands are a good example where this would work well. a lot of residents have solar cells on their houses and while they're at work the sun is pounding away giving them energy and then they come home and have to draw off the grid. with the power wall they would be able to soak up that sun during the day and then use it in the evening. >> could they be substitutes for generators when the power goes out? >> they could be stuth students for generators. it could run your house for an hour or a couple of days, if you want to be a person to keep hair power on. >> could they be charged with regular electricity from a power company at off-peak times and use the battery at peak times and that would save you even more money?

>> well, the money savings is still up in the air. depends how much you use it, it's a pretty high price tag 3,000, $3500 yes you could use it with the traditional grid, if you're in an area where during the summer you have peak usage charges, you could go off the grid or if there's a lot of storms where you're regularly knocked off the grid you could have the one house on the block that still has electricity. >> as we're saying you'll need more than one if you use a lot of electricity that could also add up the costs. but mount up the costs. and anyone who has a car knows that batteries wear out. there was one of the things that was listed on musk's problem with today's batteries. will these last forever? how long will they last? >> initially there's a ten year warranty and can you pay for an additional warranty. they will -- there is only so many cycle thiems a battery will

live. i'm guessing after ten years at that point either battery be technology will get better or they'll probably just swap out the batteries for people. >> roberto baldwin from end gadget, thank you. many associate the memorial day with mda telethon, they announced that they are ending the telethon. in its nearly 60 year history the telethon brought in nearly $2 billion for people with muscular dystrophy. legendary singer songwriter ben e. king has died. ♪ stand by me ♪ >> this march magic moment and save the last dance for me but king achieved musical

immortality with his song, "stand by me." i'm antonio mora. night. hello, i'm ray suarez, you would a guessed that a lot of american schoolkids live in poverty, we have known for a long time that poverty has a lot to say about where you go to school and who is at the desk next to yours. this of the last few days a striking number emerged from the nation's classrooms, a survey from the southern education foundation reports that a majority of american public schoolchildren life in poverty. 51% of students attending public