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>> and we begin with baltimore, and what the mayor says is, is the fractured relationship between the police and the community. maryland's governor has lifted the state of emergency and the national guard has been sent home and now the governor wants them to investigate the city's police department. paul is here with the details. >> reporter: well, tony, calm and order have been restored in baltimore, but there's anger and frustration simmering below the surface and one huge issue is the lack of twist between the community and the police s. she said that the federal investigation could help to brim the gap and she's going to do whatever it takes to fix her city's police department. after weeks of protest boiled over into a night of violence, the mayor of baltimore said it's time for the justice department to see if there are

patterns of abuse and discrimination by her city's police force. a review could examine false arrests, and stops and excessive force. >> such an investigation is essential if we're going to build on the foundation of reforms that we have instituted over the past few years. >> the request comes a day after attorney general loretta lynch, visited baltimore where she investigated both support and oversight. >> you really have become the face of law enforcement. some say that it's for good or ill. >> the agency is also carrying out a so-called collaborative review of baltimore's police department. focused on promoting community policing. mayor rawlins asked for them last fall. but that review is a far cry from a full-blown civil rights investigation, which would be similar to one in ferguson,

missouri, and it could lead to consent decrees and years of court monitoring. baltimore has had a long and troubled history with police brutality and excessive force long before the death of fred fred. a baltimore sun investigation found that since 2011, the city has paid $6 million in court judgments and settlements in more than 100 cases alleging police brutality and misconduct. a civil rights investigation could make as long as a year to complete and it would be separate into the inquiry into freddie gray's death. >> i will hold those accountable if change is not made. we can not be timid in addressing this problem and i'm a mayor that does not shy away from our city's big challenges. >> the big challenge right now show that the city is serious about finding answers fast, and about forging long-term solutions.

there are reports that several planes conducted surveillance over baltimore in the wake of the riots while people were protesting down below. and these were not the helicopters they were flying around constant during the riots. but these were planes that were flown for hours on end night after night. there were questions from civil liberty advocates. were these the fbi? and they're not talking and there's a quest for answers about what the planes were doing. >> paul, thank you. and herb is a civil rights attorney and let me start here. the baltimore sun as you know, found that since 2011, the city paid $5.7 million in court judgments, and 102 civil suits alleging police brutality or other misconduct. is this doj full-scale

investigation that the mayor is asking for, is it long overdue? >> absolutely. this is a problem that has been going on for years. there has been probe big the department of justice and problems in the baltimore police department for years. you have ten city councilmen in baltimore asking for this, and you now finally have all of the players who are onboard to get this done right >> so should the doj take on a full investigation here? there's another step that doesn't carry the weight of law with it, and the need to enter into consent agreement. and that's called a collaborative review. full investigation or collaborative review where the city works with the city police department and the justice department? >> baltimore is broken, and we're well beyond the point where a collaborative review is going to happen. we need a full investigation and i hope we're at the point where awful the stakeholders are ready for outside intervention to make some change. >> how do you do this?

i've seen it in new orleans and ferguson and cleveland and how do you conduct one of these investigations? >> the department of justice is an enormous investigation they go back and interview police officers and prosecutors over the years they find people who have been arrested and arrested and released. and they try to create a record of a pattern and practice of problems and see whether this is something that has been going on for a long time. and if you listen to people in baltimore. this didn't happen with just freddie gray. but this has been going on for 30 years or more. >> quality of life for police, broken windows, all of the strategies in policing these communities. my question is, are all of these strategies, are they targeting minority communities more aggressively than more waits, more middle class and more affluent communities.

>> the answer is yes. what i call the criminalization of everything. eric garner was brought down for selling a loose cigarette. a violation is a violation of tax law in the state of new york. do we really want our crime control officers out grabbing somebody who is out selling a loose cigarette or do we want them hunting down somebody wanted for rape or murder? >> broken windows has helped to make new york a much safer place, and citing statistics in the news conference earlier in the week about this. shootings are down, and murder, and he's saying it works. >> i think in cases it does work. there are certain minor offenses that do lead to people who commute major offenses. is that the case for somebody selling loose cigarettes or somebody behind on their child support payments? that doesn't mean shooting them in the back. >> so with the minor offenses

t. do we give the police more discretion, do we treat it with a parking violation? >> we should think about the context of warning people. we ought to think about minor violations and maybe we should not go to a full arrest right away. this is illegal and don't do it again. the real problem there's a taxic problem. >> lack of trust -- >> between the police and the community. >> here's the other thing. arresting more minorities doesn't mean that more minorities are committing crimes does it? they were just targeting those? >> not necessarily. >> if you put the resources of the police who are given a mandate to make arrests for these minor of violations, where are the arrests going to be made? the argument that somehow crime is going on there and therefore that's why black and

brown people are being reached that doesn't hold water. >> kurt flehinger is with us, good to see you. the city of chicago is the first in the country to pay reparations to victims of police abuse. this morning creating a 5 and a half million dollars fund for the victims. dozens of suspects said that they were tortured by officers under the guidance of john berge, a former police commander. berge and others deny anything, and the white house said that there's much more to learn about the cartoon contest featuring images of mohamed. isil has taken credit for the two being shot outside. and a dallas security guard was wounded. intelligence analysts have a

lot to investigate. >> reporter: so it's less about confirming the authenticity about confirming the twitter feed, and more about what was said and both to the public and also to the two individuals that carried out the attack, if they in fact communicate with the individuals who carried out the attack. >> well, a federal law enforcement official said that the investigators will study the contacts that the gunmen had in the united states and abroad. and setting up a high pressure safe zone in syria. during a capitol hill hearing illinois senator dick durbin said that they want to create a zone in syria. and carter said that would be a challenging proposition. >> doing something like that would being something that would be contested, both by isil forces, and others, on the one sand. and by syrian forces on the

other, would not necessarily be supported by the neighbors or supported militarily in a strong way by the neighbors and therefore something that we would do ourselves. that's a combat mission and a major combat mission. >> well, the united nations says that millions of people in syria have been displaced by the fighting and need food. it's believed that 200,000 people have been killed since the fighting began in 2011. political drama late into the night in israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pulled together the support that he needed to form a new governor. and he had just hours to spare. >> reporter: it went to the wire. only at the last moment was an agreement reached with the jewish party. major concessions before agreeing to throw in his eight seats. but the israeli prime minister

gaining support in parliament, a split majority of one. the concessions made will only be apparent in the coming days as benjamin netanyahu has his cabinet. but this will be a government of extreme right wing sensibility. hope in the settlement movement. calling for more settlements and not less, and calling for the expulsion of palestinians in the occupied west bank. two orthodox religious parties which have been granted the pledge of renewed state we have benefits for the ultra religious, and ex solution from military service for religious students. the inevitable increase in state expenditure would in turn put pressure on the finance depth. he brought the party back into the fold. it could take the withdrawal of support by just a single member

of one of the coalition's parties to bring the government down. so at the end of weeks of negotiations, benjamin netanyahu is left with a slim, one seat majority in parliament that will be a weak government that's essentially at the mercy of the settler movements and two small religious parties. ♪ and coincidently on this evening, it's an annual religious festival. but with these dances as they celebrate the resurgence of ultra orthodox religious movements in israel. >> disturbing new details emerged today about what happened before a germanwings jet liner crashed into the french alps in march. now saying that the copilot rehearsed his actions. hours before the aircraft went down and lisa stark joins us from washington. what more does this report say?

>> reporter: tony, we have known for some time that the copilot deliberately crashed the jet killing everyone onboard, but now we have chilling new details that apparently he made a dry run on the previous flight that very day. this is based on information from the flight data roared. on that previous flight, from germany to spain lubitz was in the cockpit for 5 minutes when the pilot left. and the plane was flying at 38,000 feet. and during that time, the air traffic controllers can do him to descend twice and he sent the auto pilot on the plane to fly down to 100 feet. he did this a future times the speculation, that he was trying to see if the plane would respond to that command. and in fact it did. but lubitz changed the setting back to what the air traffic controllers asked for. they didn't notice anything on

this, and neither did the captain on the flight when he returned to the cockpit. >> to 21,000 feet to see that the plane is on the same track is going down to 21,000 feet. and its nothing strange neither for the control nor the captain. >> maybe we can compare the system to a cruise control in the car. if you quickly change the setting to let's say 10150 and back to 100 nobody else other than you would be able to recognize the setting. >> in fact, 70 setting the altitude to 100 back 100 is what he did and he never reset it. and it went into the mountain. as we know, all 150 people

onboard were killed toy. >> lisa, many airlines may change in the wake of this crash, and can we expect further changes in the aftermath of these revelations? >> i would think that we will expect further changes. as you know, airlines may change it. for example the european airlines now require two people in the cockpit at all times and it was already a requirement here in the u.s., but the french investigators say that they're looking at two other areas. one is the medical certification of pilots. we know that lubitz had a history of depression, and they want to know how he got a pilots shert and how that can not happen in the future. and the other is the pilot doors, how should they change them to make sure that the pilot can get back into the cockpit if he or she needs to. >> okay, lisa. lisa stark for us in washington. the polls open in the united kingdom in london.

a very close election, and the drones, the federal government's latest move on using unmanned aircraft for commercial purposes.

>> weeks of campaigning have come to an end in the uk's national election. now, the latest polls have the two conservative parties and live in london, voting begins in just about seven hours time. dana. >> hi, tony. it looks like it's going to be a cliffhanger and no one here is hazarding a guess of how this is going to play out. from the voting tomorrow, we'll probably hear something on friday. but essentially what you're about to witness a great change in the political landscaping in britain whereas you know, tony, there are just the two political parties and maybe a third fighting fighting it out over who gets the most votes

and the ruling for five years. but there's a lot of dissatisfaction with government. and suddenly the smaller parties are taking votes away from the main political parties. so it looks like, from the polls, that none of the major political parties will have a clear majority after the election on thursday night when the polls close at 10:00 here. so there are major questions of what happens after that. prime minister cameron the tory leader crisscrossed the party today trying to get votes. and he was very tough on ed miliban, saying that if he comes to power he's going to have to rely on the scottish national party in order to take office. here's what cameron said today. >> i do find it rather incredible that you could have a labor propped up by the slp who don't want our country to exist or be a success.

and people can avoid that by tossing their votes for the conservative candidates on thursday. >> here's the rub because miliban is saying, no, no, i will not have a coalition with the scottish national party that in the end probably wants to separate from the national kingdom. but there's no way that he can try to without the support of the scottish national party. so you have cameron accusing him of conning voters, and in the end critics saying that marriage of convenience between miliban and the smp would be toxic to the united kingdom. >> the big thing is the rise of the scottish national party and what that means for the united kingdom as a whole. it has been months since we have had that, and the scottish lost. and a lot of people worry that that means the breakup of the country. >> here's another scenario for

you, tony. it may be that miliban is trying to govern as a minority party, if the labors come up with the largest numbers. and even if the torres try to do the same thing. and that means that they will be very unstable. that they will stumble from one vote to another as they introduce pieces of legislation, and maybe they survive, and maybe they don't. maybe there has to be another election in the next year or a matter of months. so it's vital to many here that the political shape of this country after the votes are counted tomorrow, brings about some kind of stability. but there are great doubts that it will. >> well, it's probably too early to answer this question, but i'll ask it anyway. what are the implications for the united states connected to this election? >> i think that either way stability is a major question. the fact that britain is a member of the eu. and this will likely lead to

the possibility of britain exiting the european union two years from now when the tories say that they will hold a referendum. and you have to look at the commitment that both parties have to their armed forces. britain is a member of nato, the security council. and even the renewals of four tritan submarines coming up that carry luke lar weapons and deterrents to countries like russia to some extent. so there are long-range implications to the financial stability and the security of europe. >> thank you. the situation in yemen is deteriorating, and now secretary of state john kerry is talking to saudi arabia about a possible pause in the conflict. and appealing to the security council for ground forces to stop the houthi rebels, yet the conflict shows no sign of

easing. >> talking about the death of 40 civilians when they are trying to escape the fighting in the districts where there's fierce fighting at the moment between the houthi and the militia there. so they are trying to reach into other areas east of the city. but there were attacks in the city and 40 were killed. and 40 were able to escape. 30 airstrikes in the last hours, and they are concentrated in the north. the cities of fad a. and that came after the houthis were for the first time able to strike, particularly in the civilian areas. 3,000 civilians were killed when the houthis shelled the city and also earlier today reports talking about the renewing of houthi shelling.

they hit a school, and the escalation comes amid calls on the international level particularly by the u.s., and by humanitarian elite agencies to stop the airstrikes so that humanitarian relief can be brought yemen and distributed to the people in need, who are victims of the war. john kerry the u.s. secretary of state is coming yemen this evening, and he's going to discuss this with the saudis, but it's unlikely that they will accept an immediate stop of the airstrikes. immediately, with the es speculation by the houthis they need to be able to continue those airstrikes so they can defend the saudi territory. but they are also flexible about the idea of creating safe zones inside of yemen where the relief supplies can be distributed and stored. but it is not clear how they're

going to be able to do that. because putting troops on the ground to affect those areas. >> nigerians say that they have rescued 25 more women and children from boko haram but it's unclear if any of them are the schoolgirls from a year ago. many fighters were killed in the operation. about 700 women and children have been rescued from boko haram in the last week. dozens more migrants rescued off of the coast of italy as leaders try to find ways to deal with the process. and plus, why the u.s. government may end up paying big bucks to settle lawsuits tied to hurricane katrina.

>> over the past three days, libyan authorities say that the country's coast guard has rescued 620 migrants trying to head across the mediterranean to a better life in europe.

hundreds arrived today, in the sicilian port of catania. >> 90 people are just being brought into the sicilian port of catania. we have seen their arrival. and their story is they have been at sea for over a week. 12 days, the last few days adrift. the engine of the boat wasn't working, so they're apt the mercy of the sea. we're hearing the stories all the time. today the coast guard is heading up the operation. their boat was taking on water. 80 men and ten women. that relatively speaking, is a small number, but if we look at the bigger picture just over 9,000 people rescued in the last week. and it shows you the amount of people taking the risks to cross the mediterranean to come here. and there's the big question when they get here. of coursing rescued is good news but it's a very uncertain future when they arrive.

we have talked to young men who have been here for ten months ago. they have never had an education. one said i'm going to be a father one day and i want a better life for my children. but paperwork which means they could work or move. and one told us, there's no paperwork, and you're an animal. it gives you a sense and yes you get rescued and that's good but it's incredibly difficult for them once they arrive. >> tens of thousands of them crossing and single women face the biggest challenges. some made it to libya but the danger that's they face. >> they didn't know each other before. and now they're living together. this is the only space available for women at the detention center. outside, hundreds of men are roaming the corridor. the days are long, and there's nothing much for them to do, other than think about their lives.

she sets out for mogadishu with her younger sister. >> i need an education they killed my father. and they don't know where my mother is. and i have to lead a better life. >> to get this far the women have crossed several borders often without travel documents or money. the last leg was in the is a haran desert in libya. most of them in the back of a truck like this one. often hidden under bails of hay. some were robbed, others raped. exhaustion is etched on some faced. this woman traveled with her two children from niger she won't talk to us. and she explains. >> we don't eat anything. only one time. no food.

[ unintelligible ] they think that we are animals and not people. >> the women here have different reasons for their ordeal. for ayam, it's about getting an education and feeling safe. >> i want to study to be a doctor but it won't come true. i'm 15 and i do not know the alphabet. where shall i stay? there's no place for me in this world. wherever i go, there is war. i only think time is going by, and i haven't gone to school, and now i'm in prison. >> these women don't know where they are in libya but perhaps the most difficult part is they don't know how long they will be head in this room. many chain that very haven't been able to speak to their families for days or weeks and they worry no one knows where they are. >> [ unintelligible ].

>> the challenges that the migrant women face is enormous, but they are resilient. they continue to wonder, looking for safety wherever it may be. >> so the midwest and parts of the south are facing dangerous flooding conditions with severe thunderstorms hitting parts of texas and the plains region. tornadoes, have been reported from nebraska to oklahoma today. and tornado watches are in effect for most of the region. kevin is here with more on this. >> we have video to show. and we were up to 24 tornadoes already, just in the last two or three hours across the area. and went to show you what's happening. we have had a lot of severe weather. but today is the worst we have seen. all due to the low pressure spinning in this area. it's affecting the same areas day after day and this is what

we're seeing, from nebraska to parts of texas. you notice the thunderstorms really popping up in the last two or three hours. we're dealing with one major problem right now down here towards oklahoma city. look at the video that has just come in over norman, oklahoma. a massive tornado and super celcom plex, over norman, oklahoma as well as the university of oklahoma. this is still in effect right now, moving slowly up to the northeast. and we could be seeing this getting closer to oklahoma city as we go to the top of the hour and we'll keep you posted on that. tornado warnings all the way down here, and this area, this is where we see the tornado warnings and tornado watches in effect. this is going to continue through the rest of the evening, as well as over the next couple of days. it's going to be the flooding. as i said, the storm system is not moving too fast. day after day the rains will affect this area, 6-8 inches of

rain for parts of oklahoma, as well as the severe weather that i was telling you about. tomorrow, more severe weather in the same area and tony, this is going to continue through the end of the week. may is the most severe month that we have. more tornadoes in this month than any other. >> and you're watching tornado alley. >> we get this in the springtime. but bad day. >> okay. >> thank you. a decade after hurricane katrina, residents in the new orleans area may be compensated for damage done to their property after the storm. a judge ruled last week that the federal government is liable for some of the catastrophic flooding in the area. jonathan joins us with more on this and this feels big. how many people stand to benefit from this decision? tony, it is big. a lot of people have been waiting for this decision for

ten years ten years after hurricane katrina and in terms of plaintiffs, there are 17 individuals, and most of them residents and business owners, and you have st. bernard parish a county not far from a new orleans. and the federal judge said, these residents are right in what they alleged in the law lawsuit that the u.s. government should pay for damages in some of this hurricane katrina flooding, and it was all a result of a shipping canal built by the army corp of engineers the mississippi gulf outlet, built back in the 60s as a shortcut for ships ships that would lead here, the port of new orleans and go to the gulf of mexico and visa versa. it's a shortcut built for that purpose, but as a result of that being built the judge found that the construction and the maintenance from the army corp of engineers was not good

at all. that it was shoddy and caused erosion and widened the area, and it left the residents in the nearby communities and st. bernard parish at great risk of flooding, and she found that the flooding was intensified because of the canal's erosion. in her ruling, she called the canal a ticking time bomb, and for that reason, the u.s. is liable for damage and properties lost. and for many residents they feel it's a decision that they have waited a long time to hear. >> justice is really being told that you were right and something else was wrong. the things that happened to you shouldn't have happened. they didn't do enough homework. they didn't say what's going to be the consequences? is it going to widen? >> tony, i should mention that this mississippi gulf canal was flooded in 2009 and many feel the damage was already done. but again several key

questions remain. will the government file class action? they are certainly standing to gain, but will others in those affected communities file and sue the government? and also, how much will the government have to pay? those are questions yet to be answered. but they're meeting today to see if the government can come to a settlement agreement on mediation. >> i have to admit that tanker moving through the shot, beautiful today in new orleans. and one question, jonathan, this situation is unusual. but the government is usually immune to paying for flood damage and why is this case different? >> you know, tony, we have seen so many lawsuits after hurricane katrina and most of thome don't get this far they're tossed out. but the judge found that this particular lawsuit did not deal with the failure of the federal flood protection system. this dealt with a canal that

was man made for shipping, and she found that the government was liable for damage, because it was a shipping canal and not done for flood protection. >> all right jonathan mart inin new orleans, thank you. california regulators have approved a new emergency plan to cut water usage in the historic drought in the state. for the first time, homeowners will be fired to sharply reduce their water intake by up to 30%, or face thousands of dollars in fines. the new rules come as the rules last year were unaffected. in florida not water but sand is in short supply. and now it's neighbor versus neighbor to try to keep beaches replenished. >> rain or shine robert kraft runs eight miles up and down miami beach every day. >> . >> go up there and get it

going. >> something that he has done for the past 40 years. >> how do the beaches compare now? >> they're bigger but the sand is not as nice. >> it has been decades since he has seen this prized beach in so much trouble. >> i hear that miami beach is running out of sand. >> miami beach is out of sand. >> just like the bodies, miami beach itself needs constant work. for years the solution was to pump in sand from the bottom of the ocean but two years ago the county simply ran out. >> there are no viable sources offshore, so we ran out of sand down here in south florida. >> beaches aren't static, the sand comes and goes with currents rising oceans and storms. miami-dade county alone needs 18 million cubic yards of it for the next 15 years. enough to fill the miami dolphin stadium seven times.

turning to the neighbors in the north, where in the waters off of st. lucie and martin counties engineers say that there's plenty of sand. >> how much sand is out there. >> there's an abundance of it. >> but these golden beaches might as well be lined with it gold because when it comes to sharing, some politicians aren't so willing. >> so the idea, generally speaking, it's the idea of taking the sand here and shipping it to miami. >> yeah. i've been known to say -- >> a lot of people are going to say, that sounds kind of selfish. >> it isn't when you look at what i have to protect and what i'm fighting. >> a major storm could wipe away their beaches. >> you guys have your own erosion issues. >> absolutely. >> and they aren't convinced that st. lucie county has enough sand to go around. >> we will help where we k. but

we have to protect our own. >> crews can't just use amy's sand. it must be the right color size and text you're, a precious commodity especially in miami where the beaches attract 14 million people every year generating it $2 billion. >> is getting the sand from the northern counties make the most sense to you? >> when you need sand, you have to get it from somewhere and we're looking at all areas. >> it new be frustrating for you. you need sand, and you run into resistance from your neighbors. >> we understand their issues, and we're trying to work with them to allay those fears. >> miami-dade county is looking at other ideas including shipping in sand from other countries like the bahamas. >> one county was so desperate for sand that it considered using recycled glass on its beaches but that was too

expensive. also the federal government is studying options that could please every. as officials look to the future. >> in the summer, it glows in the light. >> some like robert pact remember the past. they started pumping in sand from the sea bed and in the 1970s, miami beach looked nothing like today. >> you couldn't get by, no beach at all. >> so you remember a time when there was no beach on miami beach. >> pretty much. or very little beach. >> do you expect that to ham again? either way craftet will keep running. his routine hasn't changed even if his beach has. >> wanted faa says that it's expanding it's study of commercial drones. agency has launched a new agency called pathfinder to test the drones. our science and technology correspondent, jake ward explains it to us.

is this a changed policy? >> absolutely, it's massive change in policy, and basically, the faa's response to the commercial drone exclusion, a huge industry coming out of nowhere has shut them down. a commercial operation of drones by journalists and by academics in many cases and by anyone trying to use it for any sort of money making t. it has been almost entirely banned. and now the faa is going to try to integrate it into the air space. that's what michael talked about earlier. >> we have very high standards in the aviation system. and it's very important that we get in right. we're looking at the private sector companies to push what is allowed today. and get us to the point where we can see a much broader use of unmanned aircraft. >> the idea here, toney the faa is going to partner with

private sector companies cnn studying drones over urban areas, and two applications trying to go beyond the line of sight. use drones drones in a way where you would not be able to see them anyone. one is called precision hawk, for agricultural purposes, and bff, top check out railroad lines and inspect them remotely. these are very new applications for drones. >> the faa is talking about this as a research project. and what changes can we expect if the research project actually bears some fruit here? >> well, this could open up a massive new industry in many different ways. both google and amazon are pursuing delivery programs to use drones, and national geographic has used it to explore the caldrons of volcanoes and map them out. and amazing things could be done here, but the problem is

just to keep the drones from bumping into airplanes and helicopters, and other forms of manned aviation. the whole test, how do you integrate these basically metal insects with the large of world of planes and helicopters. >> that's jake ward for us in san francisco, we appreciate it. thank you. recent protests in baltimore have put a spotlight on poverty and opportunity in america. johns hopkins university has been following school children for a century. and research shows that if you're born into poverty, it's nearly impossible. >> professor carl alexander and a team from johns hopkins university tracked almost 800 children tracking them in school years and tracking them through adulthood to age 28. more than half were considered

urban disadvantaged living at or near the poverty line. >> what were your goals and aspirations when you were young? >> when i was younger, law enforcement. >> despite the goals of children concluded that only 4 =p-rs of urban disadvantaged students went to college and earned a four year degree. the vast majority returned to their poverty stricken neighborhoods after school. >> kids who grow up in low income distressed neighborhoods on average had lower jobs and lower earnings as adults. >> another stunning discovery there's a big difference between races. >> well, before, we said good for you. that's a theme and it's descriptive. and it's not an evaluative statement for us. it is what we see. >> among working class males 45% of whites found trade jobs

like plumbing or construction, compared to just 15% of blacks, and the white males made twice as much money. >> this is the most lucrative sector of blue collar work. the high trade crafts, and there are certain advantages to what men accessing this kind of employment were convinced. >> finch who coaches little league football, never finished college, and never got that police officer job. even though he has a clean record, you might say he ended up in jail. >> i do corrections now. for 15 years. >> finch's salary is well below the state average. he and his wife live here, in a baltimore inner-city row house that shares a wall with a vacant bowled up home. his children walk to the park in a low income dangerous neighborhood.

ed klein ended up on a completely different path in life. he and his wife are raising four children in the suburbs. they have four wheelers, an rv. and season tickets to the new york jets. ed says he made it big. even though he never went to college. and he served time in prison for drug dealing. the coastlines run a computer repair shop in baltimore's canton neighborhood. no question, they have worked hard for their success but even ed is surprised at how well he's doing. >> i shouldn't be here. i mean, i've been in so many situations. i've been standing, and every day is lucky for me. >> the research group at coastline is a rare exception. only one out of ten children, raised in poverty, see this

here in the united states, most of the other industrialized countries throughout the world. >> adam may aljazeera. >> and you can watch adam's full report tonight at 7:00 pacific. an oil tanker train derailment and fire has forced residents in a small town in north dakota to evacuate. it can be seen for miles around the crash site. the authorities say that technical tanker cars caught fire after the department of transportation announced new rules to make tanker cars safer. and so far no injuries reported. a musical legend calls for action. what prompted singer, elton john so speak out for congress. and reaching a conclusion of sorts over the new england patriots and deflatesgate.

>> elton john issued a challenge to congress today. do more to stop the aids epidemic. the pop star and activist said that to eradicate the disease keep programs to fight aids in developing countries. >> reporter: a subcommittee hearing on capitol hill can be rather dry affairs rarely attracting much attention except when celebrities show up. >> back in your cages give these people a break. >> that was the case when sir elton john appeared before members of congress. to make the case for funding in the fight against aids and hiv. >> this is the most powerful legislative body in the world and this congress indeed has

the power to end aids. i'm here today to ask you to use that power. >> in the congressional funding, aids relief program put in place under president george w. bush in 2013, has already led to life-saving treatment for hundreds of thousands, and even reduced mother to child transmissions by half. but that funding is at risk. conservative lawmakers look to make cuts to the u.s. budget. so elton john did what few on capitol hill would ever do. he used profanity to make a point to u.s. generosity and why it needs to continue, and why a young aids victim convinced him to be an activist to the cause. >> i come over here, and this is everything to me as a professional musician and everything to me as a human being. and the strength, and the willingness to help people in the rest of the world has

touched me so much. it was ryan white who pointed out to me that my life was disorder. i was a drug addict. and i was a self obsessed [ bleep ] -- excuse me. and ryan white and his wonderful family turned my life around. >> to convince others that through funding they too can turn lives around in the global battle against aids. >> how about this, a stunning announcement from the nfl today, in what is commonly known as the deflatesgate. the super bowl champion patriots intentionally deflated the footballs in the super bowl. afterthe patriots equipment staff most likely deflated the balls on purpose and that

quarterback tom brady probably knew about it. in a statement the patriots said there's no hard evidence of intentional deflating and they were disappointed about the conclusions. for a look at what's coming up. >> most likely and probably. coming up at 8:00 tonight more on the city of baltimore asking the justice department to review its police department. a former fbi agent tells us what the agency will be looking for, and plus, maternal and childcare in the united states, it's last in the world according to a new report. and why there is a prescription to fix the problem. and tall, sleek and expensive. a new super thin building is rising in manhattan for the very rich. a look at how the buildings are made and the problems that could be created for the people down below. my conversation with dionne warwick. she proudly admits that she's

now 74, and looks back at how it all started. >> i had the radio on, and all of a sudden, i heard this gravelly voice singing make it easy on yourself, saying it's jeri butler, and that's my song. >> authorities hear more from her and the stories coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >> it's first driving commercial truck is hitting the road. a fright liner inspiration truck is on an open public highway. and they still have a driver who must be in control on local roads, but the driver can turn on the truck's auto pilot on the highway. the goal is to reduce accidents and cut fuel consumption and fuel on the highway. spacex, this morning in cape carn averil, this one is for the capsule to bring

astronauts into or bit. it safely parachuted into the atlantic. space x wants to send astronauts to the international space station by 2017. i'm tony harris.

>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler much the missing newborns, allegedly stolen in st. louis. the anguish and anger as the mothers come forward. the troubling new report on america's health care. light and shadow. residential buildings rising higher in new york, stunning brightness for some, darkness for others. plus. legendary from church choir to chart topper. one