>> hi every this is "the word network." i'm young seigenthaler. top commander killed. a drone strike claims the life of a al-qaeda leader in yemen. what his death could mean for the group . >> there isage ongoing

investigation into unauthorized entry into houston's system. >> hacking hits major league baseball with one team spying on another. plus giorgio morder. from donna summer to daft punk, we talk to the recording giant who changed the recording music industry. >> we begin with what the white house calls a major blow to al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. today that group acknowledged that it's leader was killed in a missile strike last week. his death comes as the dangerous al-qaeda off shoot tries to capitalize on the civil war in yemen. jamie mcintyre is at the pentagon jamie? >> the u.s. is crowing about the killings even as one death remains unconfirmed and the

other has not been officially acknowledged as the result of an u.s. drone attack. the pentagon is in a curious position of touting the killing of the leader of al-qaeda in yemen as a success while at the same time refusing to say if it was an american drone strike that took him out. >> even though we no longer have the presence in yemen and more boots on the ground. we don't have a presence in libya. we still have a global reach. we still retain the ability to find and kill terrorists wherever they're hiding in the world. >> the u.s. said that while he was behind several foil plots to bomb international airliners and claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in january on the french satirical newspaper charlie hebdo. he was the eighth leader killed this year and followed by an

airstrike targeting moqtar al moqtar. his death is still unconfirmed. the u.s. has a long list of accused terrorist that is as a result of american action. among them, abu sayef, a finance financier who was killed last month. osama bin laden was killed by navy seals in pakistan followed later that year by anbaral by by anbar al awlaki. and an ear strike killed the leader of iraq, abu musab al-zarqawi. "new york times" foreign correspondent whose covered many of these groups in africa said that the targeted killings can

have unintended consequences especially with al-qaeda in decline anadems and isil on the rise. >> al-qaeda is being hollowed out from within. i spoke to members of al-qaeda who have now gone to isis. losing someone with personal charisma and hold over the group could, in fact accelerate that process. it could make isis more powerful than it is today. >> she said within its success in iraq and it's propaganda isil is now seen as the winning team. jamie mcintyre, al jazeera, the pentagon. >> the pentagon said that any time a top leader is taken out it can degrade the ability of groups to plan and carry out attacks and disrupt their operations even if another leader steps up, that can sew confusion in the ranks and

officials say there is no discounting the psychological effect of anyone in the cross hairs of the united states death can come from the skies at an any time with no notice. christopher swift at georgetown university, he's in washington, d.c. christopher, welcome. the united states government said that it's a big loss to al-qaeda, how big? >> it's big for a number of reasons. first, he was the number two person without the al-qaeda network. he was the number one leader of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, the most effective of the al-qaeda franchises. and from a local operational perspective inside yemen, he was doing something that i call globalizing the global jihad. he was taking those ideals and building them from the bottom up

from yemen instead of coming from the top down. that created a shift inside al-qaeda and was going to be the future of al-qaeda if al-qaeda was to follow forward. >> yet, the united states has killed a number of al-qaeda leaders. in 2014 years al-qaeda is still around. why? >> yes, that's right john. look targeted killings do a good job of temporarily disrupting an organization, but disrupting an organization should not be confused with destroying an organization. the fact that an organization has to retool, finds new leaders leaders, findings new safe havens, those sorts of things are temporary setbacks. >> it doesn't come--christopher, doesn't another leader take the one who was killed's place. >> that's generally what happens with the exception of the drone campaign in of al-qaeda in

afghanistan and pakistan, this approach didn't work. let me explain the difference between that campaign and what we're doing now. when these operations do work, it's when they hollow out the middle management between the senior leaders and the foot soldiers. hitting the top allows someone to rise to the top. when you cut out the middle of the organization as we did in al-qaeda in the later parts of the bush administration and the beginning of the obama administration that's when you head towards organizational collapse. that's when you see a change in organizational behavior. this sort of stuff is good for sending a message. it's good at sending people back but it does not settle the problem. >> the united states touted the drone program today. so the drones work in your opinion? >> well, it depends on how good your intelligence is. it's like any other military tool. it's only as good as the purpose for which you tuesday ewes it use it and the quality of which

you use. it doesn't matter if we're hit hitting the wrong people. yemen is a bit of a mess right now with the saudi intervention and the houthi up rising. now with the houthi controlling large parts of the country al-qaeda is certainly trying to take advantage of that to the extent we can. --the extent that they can. the difficulty is that the popular opinion on the street in yemen is against anyone intervening in yemen from the outside regardless of who it is, and in part because ordinary yemenese fell like they've lost their own country and their own future. it's not about the united states and saudi arabia, per se, it's someone coming in from the outside to interfere. >> good to have you on the program again. thank you. russia says it is adding

more firepower to its nuclear arsenal. president vladimir putin said that the military will get 40 new inter continental missiles that are capable of penetrating any missile defense system. moscow's relation with the west has been trained over russia's role in ukraine. it comes as the pentagon waves the plans to store heavy military commitment in eastern europe and the baltic states. a house committee is trying to find out how personal information of millions of herald workers was compromised in a recent breach and how to stop it from happening again. >> an open houring back-to-back. this is one ever those hearings where i feel like i'm going to know less coming out of this hearing than i know walking in.

>> the over site committee tore into the public management. especially the boss. >> you're doing a great job stone walling us, but hackers not so much. time after time catherine archuleta was accused of avoiding the issue deflecting questions. >> we can provide additional information in the classified setting. >> or falling back on written notes. >> we didn't ask you to come and read statements. we want to know why you didn't encrypt the information. >> that was one question that the committee struggled to get a straight answer to. why on earth wasn't the data encrypted? j. >> were the social security numbers, were they encrypted? yes or no. >> no, they were not encrypted. >> there go. >> and other questions included how did this happen, and how millions of americans were affected. what mrs. archuleta did say is that the agency is working to fix the problem. >> we have not yet determined

its scope or it's impact. we have immediately implemented additional security measures to protect sensitive information. >> two points seem to stands out against all others. one that, opm management had been warned continuously since since 2007. two, staff weren't really up to the job. >> the program office staff responsible for i.t. security frequently had no i.t. background. >> the committee now stands adjourned, thank you. >> after the open and unclassified sections were over. the over sight committee pulled no punches. >> it will be time for its director and cio to step down. whether the president fires them or 1924 resign, we have to have a change. this is totally and wholly unacceptable. >> the committee heard that some of the personnel management systems are so old they can't be

be patched. now there is a sprint to rectify that situation. and how many americans had their information compromised. was it 4 million or 14 million as some in the press are suggesting. we don't know for certain. however, catherine archuleta stuck with the 4 million figure. and the chairman came out and was asked about it. he said i'm not going to comment, but i will say this, it is climbing. >> john terrett. thank you. there were reports that cyber theft has come to major league baseball. federal officials are investigating the st. louis cardinals. the hacking of houston astros would be the first known case of cooperate spying in professional sports. >> it they have reportedly uncovered evidence that the employees of st. louis cardinals hacked into the database of the houston astros, giving access to

closely guarded team secrets. what they got is unclear. corporate espionage is nothing new, but it would be the first known attack against a rival team. the st. louis cardinals are at the top of their game. they have the best record in baseball and were crowned world champions in 2011 winning their 11th title second only to the new york yankees. so why spy on the astros? according to "the new york times," bad blood over this man jeff luno. >> we're going to pursue it and try to find out who did it and prosecute. >> once the general manager of the cardinals he switched teams in 2011 and joined the astros. >> we're going to shake things up. >> drawn to the game by the money ball phenomenon luhnow is credited with helping to build the cardinals teams that won the world series. today he's helping to turn

around the astros, crunching staffs and oh using a computer program similar to the one that he used for the cardinals. the stats are readily available but the teams use propriety software to crunch the numbers in their own way guarding unique statistics. >> any allegation like this no matter how serious this turns out to be is of great concern to us. >> baseball analyst and broadcaster, seth, welcome. >> thank you for having yes. >> these teams with competitive on main levels, and they're iowa accused of doing many things. they're accused of spying on other teams but hacking takes it to a new level right? >> it's not deflating a baseball. that would be too hard. the issue that has to be addressed, and the thing that i thought most important about it

was you're dealing with a scenario where the cardinals are not going out and searching every team--they're not trying to hack the pirates the reds and they knew something about jeff luhnow. he left st. louis and went to the astros. there is a really good chance that he would never change his passwords and there was a chance that they knew something about his system. they found this, and it's something that they stumbled upon. the ethical question was something thatwhat they did with the information once they stumbled upon it. they knew t the question becomes where did they give the information. did the general manager know that they had the n. research assistant, they were the best sources. i knew trades the day they were going to be made because they would tell you hey research this guy's lefty-righty split. >> i get the feeling you're trying to minimize this?

>> no, not at all. the clear ethical question is when the cardinals found out that they had information-- >> why-- >> why didn't they turn it in? why didn't they use it in any way? how did it leak to dead spin last fall because the astros' data on players was leaking to the internet. not only were the cardinals potentially hackers, about but they're also potentially leakers. >> lots of ifs. if these allegations are proven to be true, then what could happen to them? >> well, there will be a penalty. rob manfred said that there a will be federal investigation. major league baseball will not spend money on their investigation of this. they'll wait for the fbi to come out with what they come out with. sanctions, arrests and then you'll get an scenario where baseball has to decide on a

penalty. it could get that series. that would hurt the cardinals franchise because they build with their farm system. >> all these try to use whatever advantage they can get and it's supposed to be ethical legal and played by the rules. but doesn't it take it to a new level or is it because we've hit the technical logical era and that's the way it is? >> it tends. if my theory is correct again i'm just supposition. ifif i theoryize that they found it by accident and it's a question of what a research assistant did with if, then this is specific i want. i don't equate it with spygate and i won't deflate it to deflate gate when this is knowingly breaking a rule. i think there are a lot of details that have to come out. >> we're still focused on patriots. >> why don't you suspend them for four games and fine them

$1 million. >> that's true. thank you very much. the state of texas is in the path of a very severe storm. tropical storm bill is expected to bring flash flooding. heidi zhou castro has the story. >> hurricane bill hitting the coastal still feeling the effects of record-level rains of last month. rains and winds are expected as bill cuts a path across the lone star state. response teams are cracking the progress and they're telling residents to stay safe and be prepared after two dozen people were killed last month. >> we do not want to see a repeat of the tragedy of three weeks ago. >> flash flood warnings are in effect from corpus christi to gainesville with a foot of rain expected to fall in some areas. already saturated ground and swollen rivers means that there is nowhere for that water to go.

>> oh, the water shed. can't handle much water. and it will go somewhere else. it will go on the streets. >> in houston streets are still underwater after severe weather in may. the damage there so far is expected to top $45 million. the city could see another eight inches of rain before tropical storm bill clears out by thursday morning. dallas saw roadway flooding memorial day weekend. and the city has closed some streets and highways now and is preparing for emergency evacuations. and a dallas emergency operation center is scheduled to open tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. john, most of this rainfall here in dallas accepted overnight upwards of six inches. >> heidi, thank you very much. our meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with more on the path of the storm. >> tonight we're going to be looking at a dangerous situation as we go into the nighttime hours things are beginning to get a little bit worse. first of all take a look at the radar. it was all the rain just north

of victoria and to the west of houston. in this particular area right here we're having major problems going on. first of all there are tornado watches as well as tornado warnings in effect. that means tornadoes are emanant and we have all the ingredients for tornadoes to develop. take a look at all the flooding situations all the way through dallas. tomorrow this is what we expect it to look like. we have heavy rain continue to go the south. as the system moves to the north it will be north texas and oklahoma that gets quite a bit of rain as we go towards thursday the system progresses towards the northeast. notice all the rain right here. the flooding continues across parts of texas. this system is going to cause 72 hours worth of problems. >> ten, thank you very much. coming up next on this broadcast broadcast. presidential long shot how losing campaigns can mean big money for some of the candidates.

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>> ending an impasse over problem's trade agenda. it will give lawmakers until july 30th. last week they blocked the president's authority to trade deals. now to donald trump. he says he's running for president. he made the announcement in new york. he said that the u.s. needs increased security along the mexican border. >> they're sending us not the right people. it's coming from just mexico. it's coming from more than south and latin america and coming probably from the middle east. but we don't know because we have no protection.

and we have no competence. we don't know what's happening. and it's got to stop. and it's got to stop fast. >> the 12th high profile republican candidate to make it officials who joints the field that may soon grow bigger. at least four sitting republican governs are expected to announce they're running as well. critics say trump's campaign is more about publicity than politics. running for president is big business. as many past candidates can attest it can be very lucrative. mary snow has more. >> there is no doubt he has name recognition, most people have certainly heard of billionaire donald trump because of his reality empire if not his reality show whether anyone takes him seriously as a presidential candidate is another question. trump announced his white house bid just one day after a candidate with much stronger odds made his run official.

>> i decided i'm a candidate for the president of america. >> jeb bush enters a field of republican contenders that's so crowded it's not certain that they'll all get a say in presidential debates that's not counseling the number of g.o.p. maybes waiting in the wings. democrats don't have as big of a field with hillary clinton gaining the most attention but they, too, have their share of long-shot contenders. while the odds of winning may be against the large number of candidates political science professor says just being in the race can pay off in other ways. sometimes in added credibility. sometimes in financial gains. >> if you look at some recent examples of what certain presidential candidates have been able to parlay that experience into in terms of revenue, it would be potentially in the millions of dollars. >> mike huckabee, for one has seen his fortunes rise after

his 2008 white house bid when he won the republican caucuses caucusescaucuses in iowa and ten other states. in 2007 his assets were listed under $700,000. while it's not clear how much he's worth now his beach house is reported to be worth $3 million. bill allison with sunlight foundation which follows money in politics. >> he was governor in arkansas. it's not as if he didn't have a prominent position but by running for president he was introduced to an awful lot of the country and that gave him a brand. >> that brand translated to a job as talk show host on fox news. his recent book debuted as number three on "the new york times" best seller list. al sharpton who ran for president in 2004 also found his own show. >> and newt gingrich landed a

show after his unsuccessful bid. howard dean's speaking fee topped $20,000. even though it's clear that a candidate doesn't stand a chance of becoming president on the inside candidates see a different picture and hang on to hope. >> there are the bus tours. there are people coming out to see you. you're the center of attention. you have ideas and you want to tell people how to make their lives better. that can be its own reward. >> long shot presidential contenders can keep their campaign going on someone else's dimes. >> these candidates have ideas and voters are supporting those positions and they want to fight for those causes. it's not necessarily only about winning. sometimes it's about keeping an issue in the national spotlight. >> and with the issues come the candidates who stand to gain

financially or politically. mary snow, al jazeera. >> coming up next on this broadcast. ruined smiles. the dentist accused of performing unnecessary painful procedures on children to ripoff medicaid. and the woman accused being black gives her side of the story.

>> hi everyone, this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler. do no harm. accusations of rampant medicaid over billing and the disturbing allegations against one children's dentist. right to die. >> it's not suicide. it's dying but dying because i'm going to die any way. >> debating the assisted suicide as a local showdown looms in california. black and white new controversial over race in america and embattled former

naacp official breaks her silence. plus hit maker. [♪ singing ♪] his sound defined the disco era. we talk to giorgio morder. >> the house of horrors, a florida dentist accused of performing unnecessary and painful procedures on children. attorneys alleged he was milking the system by overbilling medicaid. one example watchdog of abuse happening across the country. jonathan betz with that. >> hundreds of parents have come forward alleging this florida dentist tortured their kids while in his chair. >> say cheese. >> cheese. >> her smile brings a pained expression to her family's face. >> she had a beautiful smile and he ruined it. >> ruined after a visit to the

dental offense in jacksonville florida. her family insisted teeth cleaning turned into a filling and after several visits eight capped teeth which soon fell out. >> we go in for one filling, and we end up like this. >> you must be furious. >> very. very furious. [ screaming ] >> she's along the long list of parents suing the dentist alleging he ran a hours of horse uhorrors, abusing children by performing unnecessary procedures. >> show your upper lip. >> sarah said that snyder was supposed to pull two teeth but now he's missing four. >> i see metal in there. >> you don't know what that is? >> we don't know why it was put in because his bottom teeth from beautiful. nothing was wrong with them at all. >> dr. snyder put that in his mouth without asking you first. >> so traumatizing that her two-year-old clearly recognizes snyder's photos.

>> who is that? >> mean doctor. >> who is that? >> mean doctor. >> what did he do? >> mean doctor hurt me. >> what did he say? >> mean doctor hurt me. >> children will come out bloody bruised, teeth missing ing teeth sometimes pulled without anesthesia. >> why was this doctor do this? >> in general when you can make money and you don't care about the results of the child that's why you do it. i can't any otherren. >> many of snyder's patients were low income and relied on medicaid for dental care. but in jacksonville snyder was one of the few choices that parents had. >> right now he was the only dentist who handled a child on medicaid with special needs who needed sedation. he was the only choice in jacksonville. >> these parents had no other choice. >> there was no competition. so if he didn't like you, he told you to leave.

[ horns honking ] >> protesters marching outside of snyder's office weren't enough to scare off some mothers. >> he was the only one to see if they can take a look. >> a problem across the country. 37million american children rely on medicaid for dental care yet many dentists don't accept it. only a third reported accepting government assistance, and nowhere is it worse than florida where 76% of kids on medicaid haven't seen a dentist. >> a number of dentists have said that the medicaid rates are very low. >> in some cases there is just a very low participation rate among medicaid dentists. >> but for years snyder billed medicaid collecting reportedly $4 million in just the past five years. installed a stainless steel crown and medicaid would pay

$200 a tooth. and pull out a tooth $121. >> this is something in a he would get paid for. that's where more of the money might be. >> snider is now facing multiple investigations. 's lohe's lost his license his clinic is closed. he denied doing anything wrong. >> i'm not worried about the allegations. like i said, you can come up with a dozen people who love to make trouble. but they ain't going to find it in this office. >> the 78-year-old has not been charged with a crime and is now avoiding almost all media interviews, including with us after we found him at his home. >> we just want to get a moment. >> get off of my property. >> the smith family is now looking for another dentist. >> i was just trying to help her. i was just trying to take care of my child the way i'm supposed

to. he just took advantage of that. >> he did. >> snyder has not been charged with a crime. watch dogs are worried dentists are taking advantage of the medicaid system. a recent study found 500 pediatric dentists in four states had $470 million in billing in just one year. >> jonathan, thank you. now to the ongoing debate about race. identity in america. rachel dolazol a local naacp president who stepped down after pretending to be africa men said today she identifies as black. she was outed as quite by her estranged parents. the scandal has sparked the debate of what race means in america. on the "today" show she said its more than skin color. >> i identify as black. i don't see why they're in such a rush to whitewash some of the work that i done. the discussion is really what it

means to be human and i hope that can drive at the core of definitions of race, ethnicity culture, self determination personal agency, and ultimately empowerment. >> dolezol pushed back the suggestion she deceived people. she said she always has felt a deep connection with african-americans and they are identity is a complex issue. now to cal terminally ill patients who want to end their suffering early may soon get the backing to do so. the state senate approved a assisted suicide bill earlier this month. now the measure moves to the the assembly. patients say it's about the right to die with dignity. >> in the morning i take effexor. i also take atovan for anxiety. this is hydromorphon.

>> a day and a life in a terminally ill cancer patient. >> it's nonstop. it's just constant pain. constant headaches. just pounding headaches. nonstop nausea. i'm constantly nauseated. and when i'm not nauseated i have pain in my stomach. >> do you cry? >> yes. it gets so severe that i do cry. >> michael wakes up hoping that the state and then a doctor will help him to end his life. >> i don't want to die. that's not it. i love life. i want to live. this is the happiest i've been in my entire life. and now they tell me that i'm going to die. to that i say have a death sentence so why not just end it early? >> some legislators in california are asking the very same question in the form of

state senate bill 128. >> sb 128 is legislation that would allow patients to request a lethal dose of medication that a doctor would then prescribe. >> jason doctor says he sees both sides of the issue as compelling. >> for this legislation to go through and for doctors to practice physician-assisted suicide is aid in dying. they would rather go against the hip cratic oath, would be to go against their public commit to the community. >> what do they say as justification? >> the doctors in favor of this feel that they're helping to end suffering. they're shortening people's lives, but they're ending their suffering. >> i would like to see all americans have access to the same healthcare rights. >> last year californian britney maynard chronicled online her own desire to end her life. her public determination may have resurrected the dormant

debate around this issue. >> the worst thing that could happen to me is i wait too long because i'm trying to see each day, but some how i have my autonomy take wane by me because of the nature of my cancer. >> maynard terminally ill with brain cancer moved to oregon, one of four states along with montana, vermont and washington, where physicians can legally prescribe a fatal dose of medication. she took her own life in november. >> this issue really has to do with people being terrified of dying. if you listen to what britney maynard had to say and she's very sincere, we have to ask why is she terrified of dying and what have we done with modern dieing that has made it so terrifying, and can we make dying easier for people? >> there is a difference between alleveiating a person's suffering and eliminating the person who is suffering.

>> dr. ira bayyach pioneer and author on books about dieing is the director of the institute for human caring. >> there were certain limits imposed on the medical profession. the first of those is not to kill patients. >> he says modern medicine has the ability to make patients and their families comfortable until the end of the natural life. >> while we have the capacity to do that and the melanohow to do that, we don't have a social commitment yet to do that. and that's where i'm trying to hold up a mirror and say look, we know in a much better care is feasible and affordable, why don't we make a commitment to do that. >> byaoch who is against sb 128 said that it should not be about ending death but better quality of life. >> passing sb 128 we'll done nothing to better care for

people throughout life. we just offer to end their lives. people should be born into the welcoming arms of society and die from the reluctant arms of society. even how end of suffer something talked about stirs controversy. the term suicide is load: jason daughter said that the stigma around it could make or break this issue. >> we see about 20 percentage point difference in the opinion polls when the word suicide is used as opposeed to when a different terminology is used that omits the word suicide. >> when it's omitted people are in favor of allowing it. >> when the word suicide is omitted people are much more in favor of physician-assisted suicide. >> i don't like the word suicide. it's not suicide. it's dying but it's dying because i'm going to die any

way. it's not assisted suicide at all. >> in west covina, california, michael wants to be able to end his own life. >> some how i got lucky enough to be in that position. >> you say it's lucky? >> yes, i feel lucky to be able to do this. >> funny, a lot of people would say, you're the unluckiest person i've ever talked to. >> yeah, i guess i'm unlucky that i have the cancer, but i'm lucky that i get to fight for this for other people. >> michael shure al jazeera, torrence california. >> the california campaign director for compassion and choices. she is in san francisco tonight. art kaplan is a bio ethicist. he's with us in new york. tony, let me start with you. give me your best argument for this bill.

>> well, i think the best argument is simply from the people who are dying and who are really using their last days alive to advocate for this legislation because they think it is so important. i think it's not just about the medical aid in dyeing itself, but for more people just the knowledge that you have this option that the option is available that can prevent you from extreme suffering completely losing you're ton my, all sorts of things that different diseases bring to people at the end of life. i know that this is something britney talked about and we hear it all the time. once i have the medication, i don't have to worry about that. i can actually spend my remaining days and weeks living my life to the fullest. so not only does it present-- >> let me interrupt for a second. dr. kaplan so why 12 as it that

we shouldn't alleviate suffering for the dying? >> we should alleviate suffering, absolutely. we do a poor job of it sometimes. hospice is not available to everyone. pain medicine can be under priored to the dying. you know, we've been having a fight in many states about the use of medical marijuana for the dying. there are attitudes that you should not be addicted when you die. some how you should not use addictive drugs on the dieing. i think that's nonsense. i think they should get everything they need. but for some people they don't want to die that way. they don't want to die fogged out or drugged up. they want to die conscious and aware. so some of them will turn to this kind of legislation and say, you know, thank you for the good death. i don't want that. i want to die on my own terms. >> you know, i--this is a difficult issue for many people in this country and doctor, let

me pursue it with you. we put animals to sleep to' to alleviate suffering. we say we're not going to let our dog suffer any more, but we won't do it for our relatives. why not? >> i think part of the argument goes the animal does not have the self awareness doesn't have the respect we get rid of them quickly. we don't worry about it. human beings, you want to try to keep them around as long as possible. some would argue that, you know a sign of respect for humanity opposed to an animal is you try very hard to give them every moment second, opportunity at life. we don't just dispatch them willy-nilly. again, what's interesting, you asked what is the best argument. the best argument is that washington and oregon have had this law on the books for many, many years. they haven't seen abuses, and the interesting fact relatively few people ask for the pills who are terminally ill relatively.

and those who do, fewer take the pills. part of this is an issue of control. it's not just saying i want to die when i want to die. it's having that parachute in you that says when it gets too bad i'll pull the rip cord. >> what do you attribute this shift in california to? >> we've been talking about this issue in california for many, many years, but the thing that really helped us see the momentum increase here was britney monardas story. she was a beautiful vibrant young woman who unfortunately was stricken with brain cancer, who was not able to die at home because she was so intent on having a good death and a peaceful death that she felt she had to move her entire family had to move to oregon. this really upset people in california and it began a conversation. legislatures started calling it

when britney's story was publicized, and interest skyrocketed. >> we don't do a good job treating pain and if we just treated their pain and helped them go out that way as opposed to actually killing them, actually allowing them to commit suits, that that might be the better way. what do you say? >> well, i think that the argument itself doesn't stand up. the respect lear that we need is the respect for people who are dying. and no matter what doctors say pain cannot always be treated. and we know, in fact, that some people do die and are in a significant amount of pain or fully sedated and they don't have a peaceful death and their family--their families watch them suffer. so i think that we need better policies around death and dying.

we need better care all around death and dying. this is one thing that is very beneficial to a number of people. >> doctor, quickly you believe this is a change and a shift in dramatic shift in the way the country is viewing this issue or not? >> i do. i think we're going to see it pass in california, and i never would have predicted that. i think this myself and i change my mind. i think we're going to see other states try it. it has not been abused in the states that have it, so i think it's going to be tough for critics that it will be abused in california. >> thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> my pleasure. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula has chosen a new leader, and he may be tied to yemen's form government. antonio moreau is here with that. >> he has been named susser successor after the drone strike

strike. they allege that he was an inform informant for former president ali abdullah saleh that is leaving some to wonder how connected aqap is to the past and former government. >> antonio, thank you. we'll be right back after this.

>> ...can effect and surprise us... >> wow, these are amazing... >> techknow, where technology meets humanity! only on al jazeera america >> you may not know his name but you definitely know his music. [♪ singing ♪] sing. >> giogio most moroder created monster disco records with donna summer and popular films like "top gun." this month he's releasing his first album in decades working with today's music stars. i asked him why he's returning now. >> when you get an offer to do an album in the state of the

music right now, it's not doing too well, you cannot say no. i had a big hit with deft pung, and the record numbers were just interested in working with me and finally i said its time. if i won't do it now i won't do it any way. >> you're probably the most accomplished producers songwriters ever. i look at the list as some of the songs of the string of hits with donna summer "love to love you baby." [♪ singing ♪] "bad girl." [ music ] the theme song from "midnight express." irene cara from "flash dance,"

"what a feeling." when you look back at that body of work what is your thinking? >> with donna summer i found my sound which was called disco with the heavy drama base beautiful violins, guitars. [♪ singing ♪] and then slowly it develops into more electronic. >> everybody has a favorite. what's your favorite? >> my favorite song is "i feel love." because it came in at a time when disco was kind of on the way out. and it started a whole new electronic dance music. and it's still now still people

get inspired by that song. >> you created such anthems in the '70s, and then these movie theme songs what--what drove you to produce songs like this? >> well, i always wanted to produce and compose danceable songs. then later on it developed from--it became more disco and from disco it became the most his skated and that's what it ended up with my album now. which is electronic music. >> you've worked with some of the biggest names and some of the biggest performers in music. how do you make that magic work? >> you know, i think i'm quite good with singles. i go into the studio. i tell them how to sing it except now with the new trend which goes away from being in the studio with singles, it's a little more like

composing-producing through the internet. some of the singles like "deja vu." ♪ [♪ singing ♪] >> i never met her actually, so i gave her the tracks. it had certain melody on it, and she took it, got into the studio and gave me almost the finished product. lately the whole music industry, the way to record is slightly different than what it was like 30 years ago. >> speaking of the latest album there is a track on it called "74 is the new 24". tell me where that comes from? >> well, i started to deejay, and i do a lot of deejay now. and sometimes i'm in front of 20,000-30,000 people. they're all young. they're all in their 20s early 30s. so i kind of feel like i'm 24

although now i'm 25. that makes me--in fact, i'll really 25. i just look older. >> what is it like to be producing this kind of music in the fall of your career? >> i love it. you know, i never really stopped listening to music. i was almost--i was always aware of what's going on. when the new dance music came up and especially in american radio, i thought well, let's listen a little bit more, and maybe one day i can go back in. then i had a big chance with deft punk. >> we hope that you keep doing this for another 75 years. giorgio, it's a pleasure to meet you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you john. >> giorgio's new album "deja vu"

is now out. i'm john seigenthaler. the news continuation next with antonio mora. don't go away.

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