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that includes the frontrunner specifically. >> and 20 years, we won't have jon stewart. looking at his lasting comedy and politics. we begin this hour with a compelling and unique perspective on the phrase, and rally cry, "black lives matter." this sunday marks a year since an a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teamer in ferguson, missouri, leading to resignations, and threats, and changed the conversation about police tactics and race relations. in an exclusive aljazeera interview, tony harris answered all of this with michael

brown's mother, lesley mcspadden. >> there were black men killed before your son by the police. police-involved shootings, and there of been black men who have been killed since. something about what happened to your son lit a fuse, it started a movement. you and that continues today. what is it about what happened to your son that has led to this movement? >> i wish i could answer that. what is it that hopped to my son that led to this moment? >> what about that moment? >> it definitely had to be the moment, the circumstance, the day, the broad daylight, and his actions.

how do you feel comfortable with what you did when you did what you did and you ran away? you know, i have to say that he was in control the whole time, and we need support for michael brown in this instance. this fight isn't just a fight, it's like a war. and in war, you have troops. >> and the war is the war to change this culture, and the way that police do their work in communities. >> exactly, and to make people

like him understand that saying, that it has become popular about black lives. they have to say that. and they have to know that we know that we matter. they need to know that we know we matter. >> reporting from ferguson, missouri a year ago, and a look at how the events played out and impacted the nation. [ gunshots ] keep rolling, keep rolling >> reporter: years of racial tension exploded onto the streets of ferguson last year, into the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. it was new, it was different, it was resolute. >> something about the fact that no matter the force, no matter the teargas and the pushback from the police

forces, people kept coming with new ideas. >> people were galvanized in ferguson, speaking out about alleged police abuse, particularly in poor urban communities. >> this is not something that sadly is new or unfamiliar, at least to communities of color and poor communities in the united states. university of chicago history professor, adam green, says that what's new is how people with cellphones can see for themselves what happened with encounters with the police, rather than just relying on the police themselves. >> the footage indicates that they don't respect those rights in any meaningful kind of way. >> as is in the case in south carolina, where a white police officer killed a black man, shot him in the back as he ran away in a routine traffic stop. and in the case of eric garner, who died on staten island after the police put him in a

chokehold as he sold illegal cigarettes. >> people are constantly shining the light on how the representation of law enforcement in this country is at odds with the actual practice. >> the stories have always been there, but now they're part of the national conversation. >> there's a new level of attention, and people actually know language around the issues that they didn't know before. they're talking about the issues, and talking about policing authority. and how it shows up. >> the american justice system has said over and over again -- >> in a new generation, young black rights activists say that it's not only time to start the conversation about race relations in the united states but to make sure that it companies. >> i think that this just ria wakened the civil rights movement. because we have been asleep, after the assassination of all of our freedom fighters,

historically speaking, a lot of our people became afraid. but then you have the young people say enough is enough. >> activists say that it's too early to tell whether history will mark this moment. >> now to cleveland, ohio, where the presidential candidates are finishing their preparations for tonight's debate. this is the first prime time debate in the 2016 election cycle. just over an hours ago, seven other candidates wrapped it up. they took the stage in cleveland to the so-called happy hour debate. these candidates are classified by the party and some of the media as second tier, and it seems to be reinforced, at

least visually by the image of their debate in a nearly empty arena. still, the highlights of immigration and national security and the economy. >> the border is still porus. until we have a president of the united states who gets up every day and goes to the oval office with the intent purpose of securing that border, and there's not anybody in either one of these stages that has the experience of dealing with this as i have. >> i was governor of new york on september 11th. and i know that we are at greater risk today than any other time since the attack. >> americans are dying to work, just give them a chance. to all of the americans who want a better life, don't vote for hilliary clinton. >> live from cleveland, the debates are taking place, and what did you make of it? how did it go. >> it didn't go well for the seven candidates, and you talk about the empty arena, and the

issues that they covered in a flat way. only winner from this debate, was ohio governor, john kasich, because he was able to make it to the big table tonight. and that was very important. he did not have to be relegated to these seven candidates. there were pointed remarks, and a lot of them talked about people what were not there, hilliary clinton and of course donald trump. >> well, i don't know, i didn't get a phonecall from bill clinton before i jumped in the race. any of you get a phonecall from bill clinton? i didn't. maybe it's because i didn't give money to his foundation or donate to his wife's senate campaign. here's what i would and donald trump in all seriousness. he's the party's frontrunner right now, and good for him. he has tapped into an anger that people feel, and they're sick of politics as usual.

>> david, you know, the fact that trump wasn't on this stage, it gave two questions. onone to rick perry, who sparred with trump. and carly fiorina. and by the same token, nobody came out here and said, yes, that went really well. >> a number of conservatives have declared carly fiorina the winner of that because of the way that she went after hilliary clinton, even use being her closing statement against hilliary clinton. and lindsa lindsey graham, sayit we need to put more troops back in iraq, to shift the foreign policy debate. and what do you make of lindsey graham? >> he seemed to construct the same tones that he has been striking all along for the presidency. he is about foreign policy, and he wanted to distinguish

himself from former governors petaki. he wants to say i am someone who is in the arena on foreign policy, and i have an idea why this is a problem. you talk about the problem on women's rights, and the democrats say that there has been a war on women. and lindsey graham said that the war on women is really in afghanistan. >> what about the debates in cleveland? >> all throughout the night, pre-debate, they had lots of responses coming in from hilliary clinton. and earlier today, we spoke with high lie congressman, tim ryan, and he said that he can see all through republicans because it's all about money. >> thank you very much. in syria, the obama administration has suffered a major setback in the efforts to get recruits to fight isil and four u.s. interests. they have been forced to acknowledge that the new syrian forces trained by the united

states are refusing to go into battle or the battle altogether. jamie mcintyre has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: david, take a complex situation on the ground. and shifting loyalties, and it's a massive miscalculation. at this point, a dopily flawed such as, that the guarantee of u.s. trade and isil fighters would be a dramatic failure. this video released on social media reports to show u.s.-trained fighters captured last week, just north of aleppo. the pentagon confirmed that six were deigned and a sixth fighter was killed in the battle last friday, something that the pentagon commander admits that he never saw coming. and al nusra said had a it's a blow to the u.s.-backed new

syrian forces. this unidentified fighter, greg, on this day, a hand to the west and america. the pentagon's decision to embed the first 54 graduates of its training program with moderate syrian forces known as division po was based on a faulty u.s. intelligence assessment. and el nusra was likely to attack in the north. but the unexpected is also expected in war. >> we acknowledge that there are challenges. that the idea that we were caught flat footed, sending people into a very rapidly changing war zone and not accurate. >> the u.s.-trained fighters were sent into syria with night vision equipment and target designators, allowing them to direct missiles from american drones. the airstrikes innicted

substantial casualties. but the u.s. recruits soon began deserting their posts, saying that they signed up to fight isil, not al nusra. where many of the fighters are now, it's unknown. at the white house, pointed questions on what appears to be an unam big with us failure. >> reporter: [ unintelligible ] >> it would be forthright. the department of defense has been fort right about the significant challenges that the operation has facing the. but it's not significantly incomered. encombered. >> the forces moved within 40 miles, but what earnest didn't say, the progress has been supported u.s.-supported kurds, who are the most effective anti-isil forces on

the battlefield. he never harbored any illusions about putting u.s. troops into a war zone. the u.s. is committed to the program. and the success does not hinge on any one incident or any one group. >> jamie mcintyre reporting from the pentagon. a group affiliated with isil is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing this morning in southwestern saudi arabia. the attack killed at least 15 people, and is it o 12 of them e members of saudi arabia's special forces. the bomb was on police trainings. off the coast of libya, coast guard looking for migrants after a boat capsized. they pulled people from the water after the boat turned over.

400 people were rescued and brought to polermo, italy, and 45 bodies have been recovered. and 200 more people are thought to be missing. >> hundreds of migrants who had been rescued on wednesday, out in the caribbean sea, by a navy ship behind me, were taken to palermo. 167 across africa and the middle east arrived safely here, given first aid and anything that they needed and they are taken to a number of reception centers across the country, while six were rescued on wednesday, and they were taken to thener by hospital because of their serious conditions. 25 people who drown were

recovered from the sea, on the same ship teach away, but the death toll is still unclear, because according to survivors, the boat was carrying 600 survivors, and there's no way to confirm that. it sunk, and many of the bodies may be lost as sea, and the death toll may be as high as 200. this is once again a tragedy, but it's understood, once again, when they soi the ship in the distance, all or most of the migrants went to one side of the boat, capsizing it, and causing many of them to lose their lives. >> today is the 50th anniversary that president linden johnson signed a historic voting rights law, for blacks who want to cast a ballot. and up next, one of the leaders of the ballot, martin luther

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>> 50 years ago today, on august 6th, 1965, president linden johnson signed into law the voting rights act. it put an end to literacy and other obstructions put in to keep afternoon african-americans from voting. it has been diluted by voter i.d. laws, and the supreme court decision making it easier for states to change their voting laws, and the president is calling for new federal legislation. >> one order of business is for congress to pass an updated version of the voting rights act. that would correct some of the problems that have arisen. >> a legal battle over those problems in voting rights is taking place right now in north carolina. the election laws adopted by the state two years ago were

designed to keep black voters from casting ballots. robert ray has the story. >> reporter: in north carolina, the fight for voter rights is growing strong. hundreds of people have taken to the streets in recent months as a federal judge weighs a challenge to the state's voter reform law. >> voting impacts everything that you do. everything from education, everything from your medical issues, everything from your groceries. >> the department of chris and civil rights groups say the state deliberately sought to stress suppress african-american and elderly voting with a law passed in 2013 that trimmed back voter registration, and required valid i.d.. >> let me be correct. many of those from the extreme left criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they're more interested in divisive politics. >> it's just sand.

it's not political conservatism, it's sand. >> the reverend william barber, head of the north carolina chapter of the naacp, has compared the trial to the selma, alabama march, that led to the voting rights act of 1965, and calls the law mouth immoral and illegal. >> this case will determine how cases are dealt with all over this country. this case, we win, we will stop legislators from rolling back voting rights all over the country, and they will understand they didn't do this. >> the judge hearing the case, to block the law, but to reinstate federal oversight of election law practices in north carolina. >> this is disproportionally burdening voters of color, particularly african-americans, and there by hurting other

people, like women and young people. >> others are taking to the streets with their message. including the head of ebb needer baptist in north carolina where martin luther king was a member. >> there are times that we think that we have won the battles, and we find ourselves fighting them all over again, and it's our job to stand up. >> the judge is weighing whether the naacp met the burden of proof in franchise claims, based on how many voters were oppressed in last year's elections. it could take weeks or months ago. >> joining us now, martin luther king iii, and mr. king, what do you make of this case in north carolina and the arts that we're hearing fromming both sides? >> well, i think that certainly reverend barber has done an outstanding job being one of

the catalysts and leaders of the movement in north carolina, and i think that it's very clear that many of the voter i.d. laws that have been enacted are laws that are discriminatory and unfair. in fact, in texas just yesterday, the circuit court threw out very aggressive voter i.d. laws. as we look around the people, as people mobilize and stand up, we'll hopefully see our courts change and deal with the facts of situations. the goal should be for everyone to have no encumbrances to vote. there's nothing wrong with no i.d., but there's something wrong with new i.d. and it puts pressure on seniors and working mothers and students. >> you mentioned the courts trying to get some of the laws thrown out. but there's the president calling for congress to restore the voting rights act.

and do you have any optimism that congress can act legislatively to deal with it? >> do i have any optimism that congress will act? or do i have any optimism -- certainly congress can act. and i think that the challenge is how do we get congress to act. and i have not seen the willingness yet. though a number of pieces of legislation have been dropped. for example, senator schumer dropped a piece of legislation yesterday that would deal with online registration, which reduces fraud and a number of other things, but he also dropped a bill that said that our election day would not just be on tuesday, but maybe a 7-day period. so i do believe that there are things that are beginning to happen in congress, but it still is an uphill battle. >> i have to ask you, because this is the on 50th anniversary of linden johnson signing the voting rights act. and as we look at the video that we're going to put up on the screen now, there's

somebody behind him. and martin luther king, your father standing behind him, and as you see these minimals, what goes through your mind, particularly on a day like today? >> what goes through my mind on a day like today, my dad and a host of others, all of those many people who worked so hard to get and garner the right to vote. and yet 50 years later, actually in 2013, so 48 years later, the right was decimated. so it's a daunting task, and it doesn't mean that it will not happen, but it means that there's a bump in the road. and i think my father is looking down on us, raising the question, how long will it be before we enact true justice around voting in this great nation of america? >> and given how long the struggle has gone on, what has that done to younger african-americans, in terms of

them being discouraged in your estimation? >> well, i don't know -- i think that people feel like the system is not working to its benefit. if you look at the fact of conditions, particularly around poverty in america, you look at police brutality and misconduct. they have a number of areas where the system does not seem to be work. i don't think that people have totally lost hope. i certainly don't agree with that. >> i think that we saw dem strayings all over this country, after michael brown and eric garner and the list goes on and o so people are willing to mobilize and are mobilizing, but we have to give young people something to vote for, and they have to feel that their voices are represented. and i think that we're going to see a new movement very shortly now. >> martin luther king iii, global rights activist. thank you so much for joining us and being on ourrogram.

>> thank you. >> coming up, the underdog debate is over, and the main event that will include donald trump. >> nobody will be tougher on isis than donald trump. nobody. >> we will preview the prime time debate next. and plus, the politics of human trafficking. several countries are angry about the white house list of the world's worst violators.

>> 17 republican presidential candidates are gathered in cleveland right now for the first debate of the presidential campaign. the top ten begin their debate in about 90 minutes, and the second group with the lower numbers rounded up their debate. they tackled women's health. and often democratic frontrunner, hilliary clinton. >> i put forth an immigration

policy that is as strong in favor of the folks struggling in america more than anybody else. it's the strongest pro worker immigration man. >> in my state, we launched an investigation and asked the fbi to cooperate. and we kept them out of medicaid. >> to all of the americans who want a better life, don't vote for hilliary clinton, you're not going to get it. >> and tonight's prime time debate, the man with a biggest target on his back will be current frontrunner, donald trump. after a controversial start to this campaign, trump's rivals have reason to take the wind out of his sails, but attacks on the mogul could come with risks and rewards. despite his powerful stage presence and confidence, rivals say that on some issues, donald trump might be vulnerable. the frontrunner opposes

obamacare. >> we have to repeal obamacare, and it can be replaced with something much better for everybody. >> trump has not said what the replacement should be, though in his book, the america we deserve, he wrote "the u.s. must have universal healthcare. in his book, trump described abortion, pro-choice instincts, and now he describes himself as proo life. and the developer and reality star has been speaking about entitlement programs and sounding like a progressive. >> save medicare and medicaid and social security without cuts, have to do it. >> mike huckabee takes a similar position on entitlement programs, so on that, he will not be alone. but consistent. >> we witnessed the slaughter

of over 55 million babies in the name of choice. >> he could have attacks on his greatest strength, financial success. achieving success in the public sector requires different skills, and trump already onstage with five current or former governors, each with economic experience. >> creating jobs is our highest moral purpose, and we'll move to get that done. >> for donald trump's rivals, there's always the danger that any attack could backfire. the reality television star loves to counter punch. >> he's weak on immigration, and in favor of common core, and how the hell can you vote for this guy? >> and unmatched bravado. >> we have losers, people that don't have it. >> but gop strategists note that there's one republican who will be on the stage, with style almost as brash.

new jersey governor, chris christie. >> sit down and shut up. >> christie supporters believe that a high-profile argument with trump could be memorable, and could help christie break through, and he thinks well on his feet and lectures with confidence. >> if you do that in the courtroom, your rear end is gout get thrown in jail, idiot. >> when christie or anyone else tries to confront donald trump, the clash could be one for the ages. >> genie, would you agree that there's campaign gold for whoever can knock out or at least deliver a clean shot tonight at donald trump? >> the question is which donald trump shows up at the debate? is it going to be the donald trump who comes out brash and attacking the opponents or more sober and thoughtful. i think that's the big question, and as you mentioned, how do the other candidates

respond? jeb bush and scott walker. >> the california businessman raising the story, that bill clinton and donald trump had a conversation on the phone before donald trump it decided to run, and first of all, what do you make of that story? >> it's an interesting story. i don't make as much of it as carly fiorina seemed to be suggesting in the debate. clinton's campaign came out and said, yes, they did speak. they have been friends for a long time. but it was not that bill clinton was giving him advice about running, and bill clinton didn't know whether he would or not, and i think that's the extent of it. and it's overblown, but it has made a lot of news. >> immigration, came up tonight. and we have been hearing a lot about that. and is there any wiggle room between donald trump and his rivals? >> this is a key issue, and i hope that we hear more about the polls. he came out and said that he's

going to make mexico pay to build the wall. and i want us to hear how it's going to happen in the perspective, and we do not know how many stand on the issue, and how they will confront trump's "we'll make them build the wall" idea. and i'm interested in how they handle foreign policy. with ten people up there, only a couple, john kasich the most, has a background in foreign policy. chris christie has been trying to say he did in fighting terrorism, and i don't know if we can believe that. but at a moment when foreign policy is so key to our country, where do many of these candidates stand? >> one of the issues that came up, when rick santorum was asked about the supreme court ruling legalizing gay marriage and if he accepts it, watch his response. >> it's not any more than dred scott was said a law to abraham

lincoln, who in his inaugural address said that it won't stand. and they passed laws in couldn'tvention to a rogue supreme court. >> dreg scott was the worst moment in supreme court history. and it walked us into the civil war. they said blacks will never be citizens, they're not even people. and to chair that to the decision on gay marriage i think the height of insanity. and i don't know how someone like rick santorum ticks that forward and yeah, it may appeal to a very small part, but there's widespreader support for gay marriage, and for the supreme court's decision. and toe compare that to dreg scott, it's the insanity. >> genie, thank you for coming. the obama administration is

taking heat for a u.s. government report on human trafficking. accusing the state department of cooking the numbers. and as rosilan jordan explains, a republican-led committee is open fire. >> the state department association that overseas the tip report. for 15 years, the report has been called the u.s.' signature effort at highlighting countries who aren't doing enough to prevent forced labor, sex trafficking and other human rights abuses. but now the legislators say that the court's finds were manipulated for the white house's agenda. >> several months ago, we began to hear reports from sources close to the process that this was under exceptional pressure to shape the rankings to meet political demands, and not the facts on the ground. >> as with any state department

deliberations, there are multiplicity of use, and the state department takes it into account. >> but it didn't work, the state department never denied the charges in so many words, and they think that there's too much evidence suggesting otherwise. main argument, the ranking of malaysia, the worst offenders, called tier in the 2013 report. the legislators said that the state moved it up in the ranking in the ongoing trade agreement talks. if malaysia had stated tier 3, the u.s. could not negotiate with it. in koala lampoire, he said that he was pressured to keep malaysia's ranking to keep it on track. >> i am confident that it was the right decision, and i can guarantee you that it was made without reward to any other

issue. >> but they are talking about how the report was put together. >> i'm putting you on notice that any destruction of emails, phone records or letters could have significant consequences. >> if there was any conslution for su suefor her in the heariny are going to say that she's above reproach. >> selling children for sex is a big problem around the world, including in the united states, and the number of american kids being sexually exploited is greg. growing. for years, the website has been accused of trafficking miners

on the website. and they have successfully fennelled off charges, thanks to antiquated laws governing internet commerce. ali velshi joins us. >> reporter: those antiquated laws were put into place in 1996. and they're not 20 years old, but the internet has changed so much. and this is not an area that we often get into, but tonight, mary snow will tell us the story of natalie. it's not her real name, blue when she was 15, she ran away from seattle and found herself in control of a pimp, who said he would save her, and within days, he was trafficking her. and child trafficking is going on in the back pages by its own admission, and it happened hundreds of times a month. >> gone for 108 days, raped and beaten and trafficked by a 32-year-old man she thought she loved. >> it was maddening, i didn't

understand the amount of times that she was sold. i think that was awful to hear. 15, 20 times a day? i just couldn't imagine that. i can't even -- >> it was during one of those encounters that natalie was found. her trafficker had posted an ad of her on back page.com. the second largest classified website. police had answered the ad during one of their frequent stings involving the site. >> i discovered that you could order a child online like you could order a pizza from domino's. and she was sold there. >> on tonight's show, i'm going to talk to liz become dougal. a lawyer and council for back page.com, and she argues that back page should not be held up

for third parties. essentially, the law is on their side. that the site is not liable for third party content. and the issue is whether back page has any control over the content. by her own admission, they have groups every month, and back page.com is fighting child sex trafficking. here's what she told me. >> those are the issues that we should be focused on, and we can help in those issues. >> but you get why that's tricky, right? it looks in the meantime, while societal ills are being dealt with. >> i don't care what it looks like. i care what the reality is, and the reality is we are doing more than anyone else. if we shut down, it's going somewhere else, and i don't believe that anybody could or would do the job that we're

doing. >> so we're concentrating on one case in washington state that does shine a light on this whole problem, to the degree that kids, girls in general, are trafficked on the internet for sex. >> you can watch on target, 10:30 eastern, and 7:30 pacific here on aljazeera america. >> new information using enhanced interrogation techniques will soon hit a snag. calling on members to stop participate in the interrogation of enemy combatants. >> on the stanford campus, the scene of one of the most famous experiments in psychology, the prison that had you see over my shoulder, that experiment casts students in the role by prisoners or guards, arrested on armed robbery, and checked into the basement of the

building as a mock prison, and then subjected to psychological duress. the experiment went too well. they adapted and after six days, they had to call the whole thing off because everyone went overboard. to understand this experiment, it's a military funded project, out of the office of naval research, and it was borne out of a long and complicated relationship between the military and the psychological association, which is having a meeting in toronto this weekend. >> the ata and the department of defense have had a close relationship that has been a core source offer support for it over the years, and the cia has had a little, but not as much influence, but the national security and the apa have had a close relationship for a long time. >> that relationship began in world war i, when psychologists were employed to find

recruitment techniques, and be a pilot and that sort of thing, and then it was defensive capability. trying to decipher the nazi mentality and prisoners of war in a group setting, and then they were trying to figure out insurgency psychology. there was a study at cornell about sensory deprivation and mind control. and by the post-9-1-1 era, accredited psychologists from the apa were being actively deplayed by the military top find techniques. the vote scheduled for tomorrow, that will determine whether or not that relationship continues, could set up either the continuance of a long relationship, or a very dramatic divorce between what is ostensible design to help people. >> up next, a celebration in

egypt for the opening of the new suez canal. the waterway could boost the egyptian economy. and plus: >> i think it will probably go down as a 21st century mark twain, with political satire. >> after two pea bodies and 16 years, jon stewart says good-bye to the daily show.

>> egyptians are celebrating the just-completed expanse of the suez canal. the $8 billion project will turn a channel into a two-lane highway. >> reporter: egyptian government leaders call it the great egyptian dream. kings, princes and presidents gathered on the banks of the improved suez canal for pomp

and patriotism. leaders from across the arab world. and the french president, francoise hollande. it's meant to double the number of ships sailing between europe and asia. and it has great political significance for the egyptian problem, sisi. >> the new sues canal is not just an engineering achievement. it's what has been done. in one year, we have given egyptians more confidence, peace of mind. no one can harm egypt when we're united. >> earlier in the day, he traveled along the canal. flanked by the egyptian navy. they created a bypass along the original route and deep =-d and

widened the waterways. the original canal took ten years to build. and the new channels have taken only 10 months to dig, and employed soldiers and labors around-the-clock. ahead of the inauguration, the egyptian government heavily promoted the new canal, describing it as a channel to prosperity. on the streets of cairo, some have celebrated it's opening, only egyptians have been allowed to invest in the project, expecting a share of its profits, but it could be years before ordinary egyptians feel any benefits. the government hopes that it will double the toll revenues in eight years, and help egypt's flailing economy. while deep social divisions remain in the country. the so-called egyptian dream may be wishful thinking. >> for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, john

seigenthaler. >> legionnaires disease in new york, ten dead. and the scientific cause of this outbreak. >> . >> and the criminal justice system in detroit. and an 11-year-old charged with manslaughter in the death of a three-year-old boy. three years after the voting rights act, why some say that the vote is still at risk. >> in alabama, we had absolutely no early voting. all of the studies show that particularly poor people and people of color vote early, because they can take time off work, they can vote when it's convenient for them. >> but the conversation with reverend frederick weiss, who helped to make the act a reality a century ago. and we go to the east sports, video game players battling out on the big screens for prizes while families cheer

them on. >> for everybody who loves comedy or politics or both, it may be hard to imagine the 2016 presidential campaign without jon stewart. but tonight is his last night of comedy central's show, the daily show, and he leaves behind a legacy. >> i'm a new member of this family, your family, and i'll be here for you every night. >> jon stewart, a national treasure. he revolutionized the media with his comedy news. >> with 100% of the precincts reporting, it will go to george w. bush. and the crowd loves it. >> zingers like that unexpectedly turned the comedian into a walter cronkite of our day, especially among the millennial generation, which accounts for one-third of

hit viewers. >> george w. bush got 100% of the african-american vote. shocking. >> so what will be jon stewart's legacy? as newsmaker/comedian? >> i think that i'll go down as a 21st century mark twain. >> stewart's going from funny guy to social conscience began after fi 9-1-1. >> any fool can belo blow sometg up. and any fool can destroy. people with literally buckets rebuilding, that is, that is extraordinary. >> but it didn't stop there. stewart championed the 9/11 first responders, designed to help with 9/11 related illnesses, but at the time was

suck in congress. >> are you be on be jecting to this bill? how? why? wicker, wa? >> he appeared as a guest on crossfire, with what send like an intention to end its run. >> here's what i want to tell you, stop. stop, stop, stop hurting america. >> crossfire was taken off the air shortly afterwards, and stewart also built his reputation ongoing after not just cnn, but fox, msnbc, and this channel, aljazeera america, with the way that we present the headline. >> you can't look directly at fox. it will indelibly burn your soul. what's it like in cnn's department? hey. kids might be watching. and rerack that shooting footage. kids might be watching.

it's happening, people. >> in 2010, stewart and steven coal bare organized the rally to restore sanity on the national mall in washington d.c. 200,000 people turned out for the event. >> timing is everything, and stewart's timing has been everything. bashing president obama and in 2009, flipping to make president obama the butt of his jokes. but the white house and the west wing were watching, noting stewart's influence with the millennial generation, and he was invited into the oval office to meet mono e mono with president obama. >> we start arguing, can't be fixed any quicker? and healthcare.gov can't crash? >> they wanted the response, and that's as far as we could go. >> pretending to be just a

comedian and not having the ear of the president is foolish. >> if you serve a politician's ideological agenda you're a propagandist. and that's what he's doing. >> the daily show set is being donated to the museum. a museum in washington d.c., devoted to the news business, not the comedy business, please note. >> mr. vice president. >> aljazeera, washington. >> and finally, at this hour, the remains of the remains of hitchbot have been returned home to canada. they have received the parts and plan a robot autopsy. after thousands of miles in the u.s. and canada, it was decapitated and left in a pile of trash. it was an experiment on how

people might treat a robot hitchhiker. hitchbot, dead at the age of two, and not coming back. i'm david schuster, thanks for watching. we'll be back in a few minutes with antonio morrow.

>> hi, everyone, this is al jazeera america. prime time, ten republicans, one debate, tonight how the candidates plan to stand out, and upstage a very vocal front runner. an 11-year-old charged with manslaughter, prosecutors say thability falujjahs demand it, others call it cruel and unusual. the landmark voting rights act of 1965, turns 50. >> this act, flows from a clear and s