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we begin tonight with a surprising apology from the convicted boston marathon bomber, dzhokar tsarnaev spoke today moments after formally being sentenced. he told the victims he was sorry for the lives he took. erica was in the room, and tell us what it was like when tsarnaev broke his silence. >> you know, lease arc the moment that dzhokar tsarnaev stood up to speak the courtroom became so silent that you could hear a win drop. but it had to be that quiet because tsarnaev was so soft-spoken as he was apologizing at the beginning of his statement. and his voice only growing louder later on as he was reciting a couple of verses from the car qur'an.

but the families listened closely to what tsarnaev had to day. some shaking their heads ang rilly, and others crying. for the first time since the police named him as one of the bombers two years ago, dzhokar tsarnaev publicly saying so to the court, i'm sorry for the lives that i've taken, and to the victims' families, i pray for your release, your well being and your strength. before he finished his statement, he asked allah to bestow mercy on him and his family. not all of the survivors feel the same way. it tsarnaev's word came a couple of hours after gut-wrenching testimony from two dozen of the families of the victims. speaking of the suffering of the past two years and while

many talked about their physical loss, many touched on the emotional loss, with flashbacks and nightmares and flashbacks. the mother of krystle campbell who died on marathon monday said, obviously your memory is bright. what you did to my daughter is disgusting, i don't know what to say to you the jury did the right thing. the family of 8-year-old martin richard, who wanted to give him life instead of death so he would be forced to look at the crime he committed said this about the bomber. he chose hate, he chose destruction, and he chose death. through all of it, tsarnaev stared at the floor, and the last to speak gregory who refuses to call herself a victim. she was the only one to look at

tsarnaev, directly at hem. and said, terrorists like you create mass destruction and the second is quite interesting because you know what mass destruction really does? it brings people together. we are boston strong, and we are america strong, and how is that for your victim impact statement? those were the words said inside of the courtroom today. and the judge when he formally sentenced tsarnaev, he told the convicted boston bomber that he would only be known for something evil. adding that the people who seduced him to think that his actions would give him glory only added to condemnation, and he added any god who believes in the maiming and killing of innocent is a cruel god. and it cannot be a god of islam. >> we heard how some of the victims responded. and how did the federal

prosecutors react to tsarnaev's statements? >> this was interesting. you know, the u.s. attorney representing the district of massachusetts, carmen ortiz said that what she found interesting, what dzhokar tsarnaev left out of his statement. the fact that he did not denounce terrorism. >> thanks. it has been one week since nine people were shot and killed in a historic black church in south carolina. and today mourners are paying respect it one of the church's victims, the pastor, who was also a state senator. and he received a special honor at the state capital. diane joins us live from columbia. >> reporter: lisa, the state troopers at the statehouse today estimated that as many as 10,000 people turned out to pay their raft respects to pinkney and many of them didn't know him, they were from columbia, but they were compelled it come out because of the tragedy of the shooting.

a horse-drawn carriage carrying pinkney's body arrived at the statehouse in the afternoon and armed guardsmen carried him inside. his family, and two daughters walking behind. the lines to view pinkney stretched from the rotunda to the heat, where thousands of mourners waited for hours. >> for all of south carolina. >> i represented the state of south carolina for years and he was always interested in the well being of the people of south carolina. >> this tragedy has affected not only south carolina, but the whole nation. for he, being from columbia, i felt compelled to come over, i didn't know him >> the confederate flag has been a flashpoint since 21-year-old dylann roof gunned down pink knee and seven others inside of emanuel ame church

last week. roof has been photographed with the symbol of white supremest. the governor wants it taken down and the state legislature is expected to start debating the issue later this summer. the son of strom thermon said that the flag must go. >> i'm proud to take a stand and no longer be silent. i am proud to be on the rads of history regarding the removal of this symbol of racism and bigotry from the statehouse. but let it not satisfy us to stop there. justice by halves is not justice. >> republican, katrina sheile, the only woman in the senate said that she's struggling with the issue but agrees with thermon. >> i have a lot of constit constituents in my different who really respect the flag, but it means

a lot of things. to a lot of people it means racism and hate. >> the charleston posted courier said that one-third of the legislators, if polled, favor removing the flag, and senator, lee bright, remains against t sticking our head in the hole may feel good and play to our emotions but it accomplishes absolutely nothing. mourners remember pinkney as a compassionate man trying to do right. but the removal of this symbol could be his lasting legacy. >> and a black drapery was put over the window in the rotunda to block the view of the flag still hanging on the statehouse grounds. >> alabama has been the first state to permanently remove confederate bappers from its capitol. today robert bentley used

executive order to remove the flags from monuments of soldiers. they have been there for the past two decades. the governor did not want the presence of the confederate symbols to be a distraction. one area that remains associated with the confederate will likely remain. u.s. army posts. there are at least facilities named after confederate gems. fort hood, bragg and benning. the army says that they represent relative humidities, and not causes or ideology. president obama scored a big victory in washington today. the senate granted him fast track authority for his trade agenda. overcoming stiff resistance from lawmakers in his own party. and lisa, what does this vote mean? >> reporter: well, this was a vote in the senate today. and it was 68-30 for the

expanded trade authority for the president. and 13 democrats joining in. it means that the president has more power to negotiate a trade deal. and when he brings it back to congress congress can only vote up or down and can't make any changes to the deal. and this is important because the administration is in the midst of negotiating a massive trade deal. so when it's done, congress can say thumbs up or down, and no changes. >> the president has support from unlikely places. >> he did indeed. he joined forces with republicans, and it was mitch mcconnell who said that he was grateful for the president's efforts, and you don't hear that too often. republicans and business leaders like trade bills and they think that it's good for the economy. here's house speaker, john boehner. >> for the american people,

it's good for miles per hour farmers and manufacturers and small businesses. it was not an easy lift, but we have a lot left to do to make sure that we're helping the american people address their priorities. >> now democrats are worried that trade bills can hurt workers and cost jobs, and unions don't like them. they were opposed to the bill. house leader, nancy pelosi, was leading the charge. and the democrats say that this would hurt trade. and today pelosi threw in the towel and said i support the passage because it will open the door to a full debate on the transpacific pepperdine. so the president getting what he wanted. both the fast track authority and the bill to help workers

who are hurt by trade deals. >> what happens next? >> well, now the focus on what is really at stake which is the trade deal with the asian nags. it will cover about 40% of the trade that goes on worldwide. republicans say that this will level the playing field good for american businesses, and the democrats say that they're going to be watching to make sure that the deal is fair on the viper. and fair for american workers. lisa. >> all right lisa stark thanks. after months of review, the white house revised the american hospitals for americans taken hostage overseas. president obama ordered the review. mike viqueira is in washington, and mike, why did the president make these changes now? >> reporter: well, this has been going on, this review, and the president ordered it some time last year, and lisa, you're absolutely right. it came from a long series of complaints from many of the families of the hostages.

they felt ignored and disrespected and threatened when they tried to reach out to the captors to cut a deal of their own. many complained about a tappinged bureaucracy and conflicting information and out right ignored when they tried to work with the government. the president appeared in the roosevelt room and talked about why he started this review. >> many of the families told us that they at times felt like an afterthought or a distraction and that too often, the law enforcement or military intelligence officials they were interacting with were begunking in giving them information. and that ends today. new. and the president says, he points out that no family has ever prosecuted for trying to make contact with the captors of their loved ones, but an

official policy. families will not be punished or threatened if they try to make contact. and as a matter of fact, the government will help them make the communication to reach out to make sure that the families are not being detraded or misled in any way. >> mike, what are the specifics as related to the deal? well, the president ponded to the cushions of bureaucracy with agencies, something called the hostage recovery fusion cell, that will be the clearing house for many of these entities, and he's going to have a special hostage envoy to deal with foreign governments to recover hostages, and he'll have a family engagement team. and this is at the core of the complaints from many of the families that they could not get a coherent answer from the

government as they're desperate for information, in the progress of the recovery of their loved ones. >> thanks. jeff cloonen is a form fbi agent, and he helps to free hoss stand. and thank you for being here. we just heard from mike viqueira and do you support this? >> i do, and i think it's long overdue. i think that the president finally cleared up some misconceptions that people have about hostages, and particularly those held by terror groups like isis and isil. it has always been the u.s. government's policy that we don't negotiate with ter rests. but they have never prevented private corporations from doing

that. >> and the president went out of his way today. they have to understand that when a u.s. citizen it taken prisoner overseas, it's the violation of the u.s. penal code. and as your introductory piece pointed out, there are a lot of constituents that get involved in this, and sometimes the information provided to the families is garbled and incomplete. and they feel disadvantaged. the fact that the president is looking in their faces the fellow he's and others, he's taking that back and he's looking at his own family, and he is saying this to the families i would do anything i could to get my child out of harm's way if they were taken. >> the white house making a commitment to more interaction and communication with the families, they're not going to be prosecuted for negotiating with terrorists, and is there an argument to be made to offer

more engagement and assistance from the white house and you have a better chance of making money off of hostage taking now. >> no, not necessarily. when you hear how much money groups like isis and al qaeda central, those are just guesstimates and these are not accurate information. and people do a real disservice when they go out and say this is how much money they made. so as far as i know, al qaeda has not turned the book over, and the notion that they would make $125 million, that's nonsense, it's far less than that. isis makes more a week on oil than they would have hostage situations. i want you to know that we as citizens whether it's aljazeera or some other place we have a responsibility to not put our employees in harm's way, and we have to act

responsibly. but the notion that we -- those who criticize the president, in my judgment, are doing it perhaps because he's president obama and he wants to change the policy, but if they look at this accurately, they would understand what is at stake. >> jack, walk me through what is mystifying to me and mystifying to most people. you help bring kidnap victims home and how do you do that? do you pick up and say al qaeda, let's talk? how do you get in touch with these people. >> we're talking about a couple of different things. the business of kidnapping and we're talking about the likes of what isis does, which has a political component. so in some instances there are

two, and they overlap each other. if the goal is inform, they're going to make contact with you. >> so they're reaching out directly to the families? >> of course they do. i just settled one on tuesday. and it was in nigeria but it's the same theory. if it's financially motivated they're going to reach out to you, whether they reach out to the family. and then you have to be able to it discuss the negotiations if you will. and there's a way of doing that. the only one that does it, i have a team that does it, and we're very successful at it. i think that you must understand. there are thousands of kidnapping for ransoms that go on globally every year. and a full 80% of them are settled successfully, and only 2% of roughly 30,000 kidnaps that take place a year is where the victim escapes or the

victim is killed. so ransom payments is a successful way to get a person out of harm's way. and i think that's what i would like to emphasize with you and your viewers. the number-one priority the president, the government has private citizens have is to get their citizen's out of harm's way as quickly as effectively and as safely as possible. if we're going to make a valium and say that a per is ex spendable, how do you make that argument? >> you don't jack, but i have a question. i mean we're talking about a distance between hostage takers that the money and hostage takers that are politically motivated. and it seems that the high-profile cases are postage takers like isis that are politically motivated and i bet that's where the 2% of people don't come out alive. >> this is true, but you still have to maintain. and i can tell you very

candidly that there were opportunities for james foley there are opportunities for kayla mull in, and opportunities for -- but the information that was communicated to those families, if you go ahead and try to raise money or even exchange money, the threat of prosecution hangs out there. there were offers on the table. underscore that. when you're dealing with people who are then ultimately asking for $130 million or $200 million, we know that's a non-starter. what we do to isis on the battlefield has a direct impact ongoings >> so it used to be lear clear. you are saying that previous government policies that were in place up until today may have caused the death of americas that might have been saved? >> no, i'm not saying that. i really want to be very clear on this. this is not a change in u.s.

government policy. it's the president clarifying what that policy is. the fbi has always allowed for discussions by private citizens to go forward, because they're trying to learn from the discussions that are underway. we bring all kind of assets to the table. and that's what this is about. remember the critics, you have -- >> we have to wrap it up, jack. >> i'm sorry, but we're trying to save a life. >> i appreciate the information that you've shared with us and the time you've taken tonight. thank you. french leaders are upset over wikileak's reports of the u.s. spying on them between 2006 and 2012. today, the french president hollande, spoke with president obama on the phone and president obama said that the white house is no longer tapping his phone. >> arriving at the french foreign ministry, the u.s.

ambassador to perhaps claims that washington spied on three consecutive presidents. >> one, this is unacceptable, and two, we want to know if these practices have ceased. and three, to ask whether these practices were only used in relation to the president or more generally. because though we understand that there might be surveillance for terrorists, it has nothing to do with listening in on allied states and friends. >> earlier in the day president francoise hollande had a meeting to talk about reeses and they would not tolerate action that's threaten their national security. in the french daily on the wikileaks website they said that the eaves dropping happened between 2006 and 2012.

he said they will now send a special tense team to the u.s. to investigate it further. in the french parliament, news of the league prompted uproar from political leaders across the divide. and the president promised that he would do everything to limit the diplomatic fallout. >> the united states must not only admit the danger that such acts have on our freedom but they must do everything quickly to repair the damage between the relationship between allied countries and the united states and france. >> many people feel the new spying revelations are deliberately designed to coincide with the new surveillance laws, to protect frech citizens from the homegrown violence here in the united states five months ago and now there's a blind spot in this law raising questions of whether france needs more security to protect itself from its friend, as well as it's

enemies. u.s. president, barack obama and the president spoke to each other by telephone. washington promising to work as allies with france. but with wikileaks promising more revelations to come, france may decide on a more cautious approach. >> coming up, officers charged. grandma indicts in the death of a georgia student in police cud. and in greece, time is running out to reach a debt deal. negotiators and the country's creditors -- blast.

>> a grand jury in georgia has enindicted three people for the death of a young man in police custody. he was arrested in january after a bipolar incident. and the family is still looking for answers. robert ray is live with us in atlanta. robert in. >> lisa, good england and this is a case that has been going

on since january 1st when matthew was taken into the police station where he was expected actually to go to the hospital, according to his fiance. we just spoke earlier to attorney, mark o'mayor a. and another attorney for the family as they walked out of court today. and we have them on the phone. and they told us that they were very disappointed that she even presented the case to the grand jury, because they believe that the connection between her and the county sheriff is way too close, and they have been actually whitewashing this entire case. just last week, the same sheriff said in a press conference that ain't nobody covering up anything here, and that's a quote from him. and the situation for the family s. they want answers and they haven't heard from anybody at the da's or the sheriffs.

blunt force trauma to the head. that's what killed matthew according to the coroner. >> the pape, the kind of pain that he died under juster hurts me so bad every time i think about t you're better offing burned alive. >> but neither the family nor the lawyer have been able to see the autopsy report >> so you're telling me that they won't release the autopsy report. >> not at all. we have demanded it and requested and pleaded for it. in my opinion, it's not only illegal to give a medical record of my client's death to me on behalf of the family, but it's criminal. and it's a sin. and i don't say that lightly. >> the young man an artist and a student was arrested new year's day on a domestic violence charge. but his fiance say that he had

suffering a manic episode from bipolar disorder. and his fiance wanted the police to take him to the hospital. >> if matthew was a white guy with his nerd glasses and his fiance said hey, i want my boyfriend to go to the hospital, he's not acting like himself, he would be in the hospital. he had dreads and he was really dark. this guy has been erratic. >> the family attorney wants the sheriffs' office investigated. >> he was tased? >> we believe he was tased. >> he was beaten in. >> we know he was beaten. >> and he was tied up? >> he was restrained. >> and then he was left alone. >> the coroner ruled his death a homicide, and nine sheriffs deputies were fired in may over the case, and county officials denied our request for an

interview. the police said that he fought with the deputies whiling booked and had to be restrained. attorney, mark o'merah wants to know why the video has not been released. >> it has to be restrained because they know it will damn them and they have to hold onto it as long as they can. but they know as all of us do that that video is going to be a representation of everything that they did wrong and how they killed matthew. >> the family wants to know why the death certificate was only released five months after his death. >> we lost a great member of our family, and the fact that we had to wait so long even to say how he died, even to just say the beginning of how he died was the worst part. as a family who has lost someone, we have to hear stuff from grape ripe and people who are not really connected to the family? i mean it's ridiculous. >> family members say that they

have heard nothing from officials and the both the prosecutor and the sheriff to step down. >> now attorneys for the family today wanted the da to prosecute more than just three people in this. as we know, nine officers were let go, and also, the attorneys wanted a volunteer manslaughter brought down, and there was an involuntary brought down, given to the d.a. by the judge, and also that taser policy that's now in effect inside of the jail in chatham county, that didn't exist before the death of matthew that was put in place by the sheriff right after the nine deputies were let go. one more interesting thing to note. one of the three people today that the involuntary manslaughter was given to was a nurse inside of the jail. and that nurse works for a

company that is contracted overseas to help a lot of the people inside of the jail. and they, according to mark o'merah, are known for not treating these inmates well and covering things up for the jail. attorneys are filing a civil suit in the coming months. >> south carolina is paying respect to nine people hot and killed a week ago at an historic black church in charleston. morgan, you've been retracing morgan's footsteps. >> dylann roof posted 50 photos to his website the last rodeetion, and i retraced his

steps today. and the first i went to is the mccleod foundation. >> look what happened a week ago. somebody, filled with hate, felt like they needed to end the lives of people. >> but the man who did the killing came here, and he photographed this plantation. >> he came here more than once. >> -- >> i didn't -- >> so lisa, the second place i went to was the magnolia plantation and dylann roof also visited it. he worked there for five years and here's what he told me. >> this is the spot on the bridge where the photo is, and what went through your mind when you saw the photo?

>> we were stunned that he was here, and we know that based on the narrative that we tell here we tell positive hest. we talk about the contributions that african-americans play >> so you think that dylann roof has it all wrong? >> if he is looking for hate, i don't think that he's going to find it here >> so lisa, what's interesting both men at both plantations set that it's pretty odd that dylann roof came here, because what they do is talk about american history from an african-american perspective. >> where those photos now? >> that website entitled the last rodeetion has been taken down, and now they have been given to the fbi and the police department as part of an ongoing investigation. when it comes to violation in america a new report says that more americans are killed

by homegrown extremists than self proclaimed jihaddists. morera killed by plots carried out by homegrown extremists, and that includes the nine killed in south carolina last wednesday. 26 people have been killed by self-proclaimed jihaddists. randy is a hate crime and terrorist researcher, and he joins me from oregon. i know that you grew up in a town that had a klu klux klan, and white supremacy is a long part of history. but its something that they understand, and when you talk about isis and al-shabaab, these are things that are hard to grasp. do we have a hard time understanding things that we don't understand? >> there's a concept called selective perception, and we look for things that reinforce

our stereotypes, and we look for individual speculation they must be mentally ill, it's a classic one but when it's a group, they did it because they were muslim or did it because they were black and there's a lot of soul searching going on among white people, i think on how to explain this act without it being a larger pattern. it must be the individual, and it can't be anything about their whiteness. >> what's the difference in homegrown terror and jihad? >> they're similar but when we look at the numbers the domestic terrorists, and the people who fit under that umbrella, it's a much more aggressive campaign profile including a racial holy water and each of the cases in south carolina was an effort to start

a race war. timothy mcvie in oklahoma, in 1995, it was an attempt to start a race war so these are larger terroristic goals that are much more menacing than an actor who is mentally ill perhaps. it's a larger agenda to create discord in this country. the reality is it's the opposite but there's an impetus among these people to push the level of violence higher and higher, to create a pip tipping point where others will follow them. >> you use the word terrorist so subjective. right now there's a petition in the department of justice with 50,000 signatures calling for dylann roof to be prosecuted as a terrorist. how do you define a terrorist in and in your opinion should roof be prosecuted as one.

>> a terrorist part of a group, so this fits. i would like to point out that the first anti-terrorism law that the country had was the anti-clan act of 1971 that declared the klu klux klan as a terror organization, and certainly, this is an example of how a large wave of fear is sweeping the country especially people in promptly black churches. i think that the words muslim terrorists fall so easily off of the lips of americans but we see right wing terrorists and christian terrorists and other groups that are not in the stereotype that has been held up since 9-1-1 but more to the defense of what a terrorist actually is. >> let me ask you this. you spent your life studying, dylann roof had this manifesto.

and they're not all mutual. is there any way to predict these sorts of people with these proclamations when they become homicidal? >> this is the million-dollar question. what we do know, looking at the data people have online lives now, and they tweet and have discussion groups, the real people they know in in the three-dimensional roles, posting and posting and there's this ramping up and then it goes silent, so there's a way and there's a mathematical way of measuring the likelihood of someone engaging in some violence. >> all right randy. hate crime terrorism

researchers. the latest republican to jump into the race for the white house.

>> with the potential default just days away, creditors failed to reach today the mood in brussels [ audio difficulties ] growing more cautious, and patricia is here. it's down to the wire right now. >> it is absolutely down to the wire, so welcome to the world of global financial -- flew to brussels this morning to try to salvage a cash reform deal and time to pay that massive $1.8 billion imf bill by the end of the month. a proposal to its european creditors, who then shot it full of holes. look at the red ink on this draft, posted bit financial times. one key point, who picks up the

tab for getting greece's budget in order? businesses or relying on the social safety net? the international creditors the athens to cut social welfare and that doesn't go over well where they have been urging them to hold the line on credit cuts. they either have no interest in reaching an agreement or backing special interest. no wonder that the hours of negotiation that's followed failed to clench a deal. european leaders meet tomorrow. >> and what about the deal? >> that was not discussed today. but this is another sticking point between athens and it's creditors. extreme, greece needs to have forgiveness of its debt if it doesn't have enough to pay it off. but that's a major carrot.

and both sides want the other to blink first. the bill is due on tuesday and it's not just about striking the deal, but getting all of the parliaments to ratify it. >> simpler says that the economy can't require without the write down. really, it's going to spiral into complete financial collapse. >> basically it comes down to this. you have all efforts bearing down on greece right now and they are not generating enough cash, if you will, to pay off the didn't. but again, it's who blinks first. european creditors have a specific cap to get greece back in financial shape. and guess what, tax hikes alone are not going to cut it, and that's why they want to see forms such as cutting social spending. but guess what, the in-january, the promise of no more

austerity. >> thank you. syrian officials say that isil fires have destroyed two historic tombs in the ancient city of palmyra and one of the tombs is said to belong to the cousin of the prophet. isil fighters have already destroyed several other giloll sites in iraq. the somali group al-shabaab, has claimed credit for a suicide bombing in the nation's capital. at least nine people died in the blast in mogadishu. they were carrying diplomats to the united arab emeritus. >> witnesses say that there was a large explosion completely destroying a pickup truck carrying diplomats from the united arab emeritus. a suicide car rammed into the

con view. >> they also paid some of the government staff in mogadishu. so al-shabaab called them a parking lot. >> the somali government is getting support from the 22,000 african union force which is fighting al-shabaab. it wants to overthrow the government and it's behind similar attacks. on sunday, feeters were killed as they tried to use a car bomb to get into the training center. al-shabaab has lost forces since the government tried to push them out last year. >> up next, emissions tests. a dutch court said that the netherlands is not doing enough to keep drivers from polluting the air. and a new record low water level for the nation's largest

reservoir.

>> now there are 13. louisiana governor, bobby jindal announced that he's running for the republican nomination. >> reporter: lisa, he was once considered a rising republican star, and now he enters thisreas as something of an after that. >> outside of new orleans with his people and longtime supporters on hand, bobby jindal. >> i'm running for president of the greatest country in the world, the united states of america. >> at 44 years old the nation's first indian american governor, his life story and underscored themes about education and hard work. >> america is indeed the land of the free and the home of the brave.

>> jindal's political story has been complicated. the staunch conservative cut taxes and he has been described as the next ronald reagan, man following president obama's first state of the union, he walked up in a spot some compared to mr. rogers. >> good evening and happy mardi gras. as a child i remember growing to the grocery store with my dad. we walked through the aisles, looking at the endless writing on the shelves, he would tell me bobby americans can do anything. >> comedians had a field day. >> can we have candy for dinner? >> on the heels of the national ridicule jindal returned to

louisiana where the state's budget fortunes began to crash. to close the gap jindal refused to raise taxes even on cigarettes, and it was a difficult time for louisiana's poor, and he received federal funds in obama's expansion of medicaid. >> it's time for folks in washington to admit the truth. you can't grow the economy and the government at the same time. >> by all accounts, jinden strictly adheres to conservative principles. >> if we have to hide who we are again we will lose again. >> but his rigid ideology has hurt him. the state continues to face difficult budget issues, and jindal's approval rating in louisiana hit an all-time low

of 32% with a disapproval rating of 64%. with some of the anger dozens of people showed up to protest outside of jindal's presidential announce many, but the governor seemed unconcerned. >> i'm asking you to believe again. believe in what we can do, and believe in what america can do. thank you and may god bless you, and may god bless the united states of america. >> for all of strikes against jindal including in the national polls that place him in the bottom tier of candidates, he still has some believers. his work ethic is off the charts but the field acknowledges that jippedle will need some luck. >> thank you. for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, john seigenthaler is here. >> coming up tonight at 8:00, the latest events unfolding in south carolina and across the south, following the massacre

in charleston, and hostage negotiations. president obama said the u.s. government had let down the families of americas held by terrorists. and he's making some changes and we'll talk about that. also tonight foster care. in new york, african-american children are 2 and a half times more likely than white children to end up in foster care. we'll hear from those working in the system. and what some city officials are doing to address that problem. plus more on our fragile planet commercial pesticide spraying in hawaii. >> in several cases children and teachers and staff got sick and they got sick after smelling odors and no one really knows what caused that illness, but they were spraying pesticides. >> why residents in one town say peril and state laws haven't done enough to protect

their health. and finally saving the elephants. the program that puts drones in the air to keep poachers from killing off herd. all of that in 6 minutes. >> thanks, john. an important ruling on climate change today. the government needs to cut its carbon emissions even more than originally planned. >> the court declares that the dutch government's target -- it told the government to cut its carbon emissions by 20% up from the current target of 17%. it was great news for the supporters of the case. >> the judges in the netherlands feel that liability has a role to play in addressing the climate problem. >> the landmark ruling says that the dutch government must protect it's people from the effects of climate change, and

it's current plans simply don't go far enough. it said that the state must do more to subvert the changes caused by climate change, to protect the living environment. the state is responsible for effectively controlling the dutch emission levels, and moreover, the costs of the emissions leveled by the court are not unacceptably high. the case is brought by the agenda foundation, which insists that there's a temperature rise of two degrees. wind power and solar farms have taken off here, but dutch economies have logged behind other eu states. using law is a break through. >> we are being looked at everywhere, all of the countries, and people here, the european union are watching, so this will really be helpful for everything. >> the case could set an

important legal precedent. similar cases in other countries, and eu cuts by 40% by 2030. the dutch government said that it needs more time to study it, and it has the right to, but it has lost a crucial case in in which it's own policies for climate change are judged to be breached. >> finally tonight, lake mead, the largest reservoir, the water levels have never been this low before. lake mead stores water for parts of arizona southern california and nevada, all of which are in a severe drought. the water managers say that the low levels could trigger a supply shortage if it doesn't recover soon. back in a few moments and then it's the international hour with antonio mora.

see you back here tomorrow.

>> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. american captives. dozens held around the world and now the white house is changing the rules about talking to hostage takers. breaking his silence. >> what he said showed no remorse, no regret and no empathy for what he had done with our lives. >> the boston bomber speaks to victims and their families in court. >> when a call comes in for a