>> this is aljazeera america, live from new york city, i'm tony harris. charged, the man suspected of buying the assault rifles used in the san bernardino attack. >> after the arab spring, a look at how it all started. and the ceo who raised the drug prices by 4,000% was arrested. and in the past, new orleans is getting rid of some of its history. and harasses versus policing, a difference of opinion on the streets of chicago.

a friend of the san bernardino killers is now under arrest. enrique marquez had previously been identified as the buyer of the guns used in the massacre, and today, charged with providing material support to terrorists. jennifer bisram has more on this. >> reporter: tony, enrique marquez is the first person charged in the mass shooting in san bernardino two weeks ago that killed 14 people. he was arrested and charged with three criminal counts today. one of the accounts, marquez and farook conspired to commit acts of terrorism in 2011 and 2012, and these acts were every carried out. but according to the after

david, they planned to attack a local freeway during rush hour, and they also planned to attack the library or the cafeteria at riverside community college where they both were students. and the other charge, the purchase of two long rifles used during the deadly attack on december 2nd. and the third criminal charge claims that marquez defrauded authorities by entering into the sham marriage with a member of syed farook's family. >> interesting, do we know if he has been cooperating with the investigation? >> reporter: according to the affidavit, four days after the attack, marquez began speaking with authorities. we understand that he has been cooperating fully. we also understand that he waived his miranda rights, he waived his right to remain

silent. and he was reportedly admitted that yes, he did in fact buy those two assault rifles, and that being said, the authorities are saying that at this time, he's not charged with participating in the december 2nd attack, and tony, at this time they don't believe that marquez had prior knowledge that this attack was going to take place. >> one more for you, jennifer, tomorrow, the president is planning to visit san bernardino, and what is planned finish his visit, do we know? >> that's right, tony, this will be the president's first visit to san bernardino since the mat shooting, and he has not released a lot of details, but he will be joined by the first lady. and they will arrive late in the afternoon, early evening tomorrow, and they will be on the ground only for about two hours. we understand that they will visit privately with family members of the victims, and then the first couple will get back on airforce 1, and the family will continue their planned holiday vacation in

hawaii. >> gotcha, jennifer london for us in los angeles. and schools across the country are receiving new threats of violence, and most are being dismissed as hoaxes, but in indiana, they are not taking any chances. tomorrow's classes are canceled. and indianapolis schools said that they were specific to facilities and were posted on social media sites. ,. a farm absolutely engineer who raised the price by 5,000% was arrested today. >> he's the ceo so despised that he has been labeled the most hated man in america. but martin screly's arrest has nothing to do with the controversy that thrust him into the spotlight.

the prosecutors said that the 32-year-old used it as a personal piggy bank to pay off debt from his hedge funds. >> he used his debt as a ponzi scheme, where he used each successful company to pay off investors from the prior company. >> the biotech company that he founded in 2011 issued skrelli in august. it replaced him more than a year ago because of what a company spokesperson described as serious concerns about his conduct. screly is more widely known as the poster boy for public agreed, after raising the price from $7.50 to $750 a pill this summer. it's used for cancer be patients with weakened immune systems to fight a paracytic

infection. after that, he backed down and said that he would lower the cost. this month, at a it healthcare summit, he talked about the cost. but not the way you think. >> i would have probably raised the price higher. this is probably what i would have done. >> why? >> i think that healthcare prices are elastickic, and i think that i could have raised it high, and made more profits, which is my primary duty. and no one is proud of it. but this is a capitalist society, and i want to maximize profit. >> advocates widely denounced

the move, saying that the drug price was far too high. skreli didn't seem face phased. he has been spending time in his activity, and he recently bragged about spending $2 million for a rare woo tang clan album. and one of them said that they should change it to woo tang pharmaceuticals. >> try to be a ceo yourself. and see how it goes. try to maximize profits, and not get kicked out of the company. and let me know how it goes for u. >> marrow snow, aljazeera. >> well, defense secretary ashe carter said today that he used his personal email to send messages. and he said that he didn't do it. but admitted his mistake. >> someone in my position with

this sensitivity should have known better, and there were plenty of people during the time that you're taking office and so fort that explain to you what the rules are about emails. it's not like i didn't have the opportunity. i didn't do the right thing, and this is entirely on me. >> wow, carter is in irbil, iraq, and he said that he it stopped using his personal account a few months ago. president obama is once again trying to reassure the public that the government is doing everything that it can to protect them. aljazeera's mike viqueira is in the white house, and this is not the first time that you heard this from the president. it was the oval office address, and i might forget one here, a pentagon briefing and then

today. >> i think that you got it right, tony, president obama plans to go with his family on vacation to hawaii. but not before he eases fears and be responds to critics. heading into the heart of the holiday season, president obama again sought to reassure aning anxious be public. >> at this point, our terrorism officials don't have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. >> reporter: at the same time, he warned of plots by lone attackers. >> because they're smaller, often self initiating and self misk, they're harder to detect. and that makes it harder to prevent. >> reporter: with security now topping the list of public concerns, the president has taken heat from republicans both on the campaign trail -- >> he leads from behind >> reporter: and from congress. >> with the lack of strategy and policy, there will be other

attacks on the united states. >> reporter: in 2009, the critics said that the white house was unprepared with the underwear bomber on christmas day while mr. obama was on vacation in hawaii, as he plans to leave friday on the same trip, and with the attacks in san bernardino, mr. obama has led a series of events designed to reassure the public. a rare oval office address, and a meeting with the pentagon for his national security team. and thursday's visit to the national terrorism center, where agencies across the government share intelligence and information in order to to thwart the attacks. the fbi director, james comey, who spent time with employees of family and friends over the holidays, told them that they should not be afraid. is spill other terrorist groups do not pose an existential threat to america. it was a message echoed by the

president. >> so anyone trying to harm americans need it know that we're strong and resilient. that we will not be terrorists. we prevailed over much greater threats than this. we will prevail again. >> reporter: and tony, before president obama and his family leave washington tomorrow. there's one other piece of business, the traditional press conference at the white house. and before he gets to hawaii, he'll stop at san bernardino, california for potentially private and low-key victims of the victims of the shootings there. mike viqueira, we'll be here tomorrow, and from the war on syria to the fight in rucuke tukraine to the fight against isil, using russia's reemergence on the global stage. more from moscow. >> this was a relaxed performance from a president

who looked like he was enjoying himself at this annual event. and he didn't dodge the big questions. the presidenta assad, he said, will stay on. >> i will say again that we will never agree that somebody from the outside should rule a country. it doesn't fit with any common sense or international law. when secretary kerry asked me about this, i said that our position did not change. the syrian people have to determine who should rule them. and he said that russia's expanded military presence will continue support, just as long as the syrian army continues it's operations. routeins company on the shooting of a rusish aircraft over turkey. >> what made us particularly

indignant, if it was an accident, and the turks didn't know it was our aircraft, they would have apologized. and that didn't happen. so nato started getting involved. and is that really necessary? a sophisticated surface to air missile system is now in place, and he warned turk to cross into syrian airspace. in a year, ending the war in syria, he said that this week's talks with moscow confirmed that it was very similar to america's. aljazeera, moscow. >> still ahead, president putin had comments for donald trump today. praise from the russian president. at the bottom of the hour, five years after the arab spring has the promised move. fizzled out, in new orleans, they will decide if they get rid of memorials throughout the

city.

>> five years ago today, a hewnetion street vendor lit himself on fire against police harassment. the self sacrifice of mohamed azizi has been the start of the arab spring. and a group was awarded the nobel peace prize in its efforts to move the nation to democracy. now, the man who sacrifice changed history.

>> reporter: he said that his cousin, mohamed, was trying to sell his fruits and vegetables, but the police kept moving him o. and his family ride on his income, and he decided to take a risk. >> the police decided to confiscate his scales, and when he went to meet with the governor, he was turned away. >> reporter: mohamed wanted to earn enough money to get married and help his family. but the constant police harassment and corruption and poverty prevented him from achieving his ambitions. perhaps he felt humiliated after a policewoman slapped him. or hopeless about his future. but for whatever the reasons, mohamed wanted to die. right outside of the office of the officials who treated him so badly. his friend was close by.

>> azizi set himself on fire because he felt discriminated against. i saw him in front of the building, and saw him on fire, and i saw people around him trying to put the flames out. it was such a painful thing. >> mohamed felt loam, and he was suffering and had problems, and no one was there to listen to his concerns and worries. >> reporter: his friends and family took to the street. azizi's family up loaded videos on facebook. >> we were able to raise slogan, employment is our right, and you gang of thieves. we spoke out about injustice and mohamed's fate of the that was the beginning. >> within weeks, there were protests across tunisia. mohamed's plight resonated with so many people because they were suffering from the same frustration.

mohamed died on the 4th of january, 2011. and four days later, the president fled the country. >> i remember how things were straight after the revolution. people stood together. and unfortunately, politicians make promisees and fail to keep them. we're asking perfect more national unity, and away hope our region gets its share of development and the state reaches out to the people here. >> reporter: people here are tired of the slow pace of change since the revolution. many here say that life is more difficult now, but the death of mohamed azizi did give the freedom and the dignity that eluded this young man all of his life. >> social media had a huge influence on how the arab spring spread across the region. >> reporter: tony, many say that the arab spring was a

disaster, but others are more optimistic. we talked about the impact of one man who grew up in syria and libya, considered one of the most influential twitter users during the uprising. when mohamed set himself on fire four years ago, they took to twitter, 4,000 miles away in the u.s. he talked about the fire that wet on to ignite political protests across the world, in other democratic regimes in only 14 months. >> how it the president literally became the people's news agency. because of the various degrees of censoring across the arab world. >> since then, what became known as the arab spring has stunned the world. mohamed morrissey was elected

and deposed. and today, al sisi faces problems and dishe want. home ma gadhafi was killed. and in syria, peaceful protests that began in 2011 led to a brutal response from the government. and now the worst humanitarian crisis since world war ii. >> looking at it five years later, there are 22 arab countries, and most of them went through some level of calling for a change. six of them went through major protests, and four were able to remove their regime, and only one is now semi-democratic. >> reporter: that's tunisia with its fledgling knock, but in the town where it started, some residents say that their demands have not been answered. >> it would, five years have passed. and nothing has been achieved

about the most important demands of the protests. jobs, freedom and national dignity. >> reporter: here, as elsewhere across the arab world, the threat of violent islamic extremism is growing. >> unit under one flag. >> reporter: groups like isil are using the same online tools as wad adi to spread their messages. >> are the people overly optimistic? >> they felt this was a moment in history where they could make their voices heard. and they went for it, because they had no choice, and it was either that or more of the same. >> what good is it when people can voice their opinions and you still have all of this violence? >> when populations move and make their voices heard, there's a reaction, a violate one from the rulers. >> so wadati keeps waiting.

>> are you hopeful? >> i'm very hopeful. you may call me a cynical optimist. >> wadati said that more needs to be done, and jobs need to be created. and if the rulers didn't oppress the people's voices, then the extremism would diminish. charles is with us now, the cofounder of global post. and he's joining us from brighten, massachusetts. it's good to have you on the program, charles so, i get the nuts and bolts of what mr. wad eas waseasy did. >> he represented what so many millions of people in the arab world lived with every day in

the democratic regime. and the despair for change. and i think that he came to represent the yearning for things to change. and he never presume that his actions would set off the arab spring, and really give life to a new movement that has largely failed in terms of bringing about democracy. but it has had significant accesses in places. and you have to look at every one of the countries individually. and there are not a lot of sweeping statements that we can make about sweeping successes and failures. >> why do you think that the general movement. and we're talking about libya, and syria is another discussion, but we're talking about egypt. and why do you think that the movement has largely failed? >> i would say that it's sad to

watch this train wreck in slow motion over the last five years. there are so many of us veteran journalists who really have covered the region for a long time, who allowed ourselves -- i know for a fact that there were many of us, tom freedman and journalists at the bbc, who really felt like what was happening on the streets of egypt in 2011 was really in the history in the making, that time, this was something that we thought that we would never see. the arab people rising up and toppling mubarak. it was stunning and hopeful. and you couldn't help but let your heart go out to the young people making that ham. as your piece by roxanne just pointed out, through social media, or the more serious political activists, the labor movement and the muslim brotherhood coming in from the underground and really exerting

itself in ways as well. you could not help but get the idea that this is a dramatic moment. and we're going to see dramatic change in egypt. but to look at where egypt is now. the first democratically elected president was arrested and put in detention with the muslim brotherhood, and people didn't like that government and the constitution that the muslim brotherhood they felt was trampling on. but it was an elected government. and somehow, the united states allowed a coup a coup to happend allowed it to go back. >> that's where i want to go next. i was in the region at the time it was happening myself. and did we underestimate the tenacity of power, and the reluctance of power to let go of it? for example, you just mentioned egypt, and young people, can

they over throw a government to ultimately get another one, really? >> it's so complicated and it's really the question of our time. and you have to good and spend loot of time with people on the streets of egypt and talk about that. i stay in very close touch with the correspondents that we work with in egypt. i run something called the ground troop project at wbgh. and i've spent time talking about this with our journalist, lauren bond, who has been all over the region in the last few months asking this question and look, no one wanted the tyranny of the muslim brotherhood, and no one wanted a military dictator. and sadly, if those are the two option, the egyptian people deserve a better option than those two. to live under the muslim brotherhood or a military humanitjunta. and the failure, the u.s. government has some

responsibility of this. they backed him for years, and they allowed the coup to take place on the 4th of july weekend. and when we saw the coup unfolding with great violence. the u.s. had the opportunity to support democracy, and get behind the society. and they had the opportunity to live up to the proclamations that president obama made in june in cairo to support democracy, and i think that it's fair to point out that many egyptians appointe pointedt they didn't live up to the promise. but at the end of the day, it's up to the egyptian people to fight for their own democracy, and it's a long road ahead. the story isn't over, and there could be more chapters down the road. >> enjoy that. charles' front line work is amazing, and the front line contributor to be global post. next up on the program.

restoring faith in the police. what chicago needs to do to regain the community's trust. fallout from the freddie gray mistrial. what people in the neighborhoods are saying about it.

>> now to our week-long series, five days in chicago, and today mayor rahm emanuel met with the justice

department. and sparked by a release of the video of laquan mcdonald being shot 16 times, police officer, van be dike, was inbe indicted on tuesday with 6 counts of murder and one on misconduct. mayor emanuel called for a civil rights investigation into the police department, saying that it was misguided. and today, he said that it will go a long way toward rebuilding trust. more on what the police are doing to regain that trust in spartan of our weeklong series. five days in chicago. >> reporter: a city at war against violent crime finds itself at odds with those sworn to protect t. >> no officer should be allowed to behave as if they're above the law, just because they're responsible for upholding the law. >> reporter: chicago's more than 12,000 police officers are feeling the heat on the streets, and at city hall.

>> we got to get rid of them. >> reporter: the anger stems from the dash cam video last month of jason van dyke shooting laquan mcdonald last year. prompting an investigation into police department practices. quenten mabel said that those practices include stopping men like him for no reason. it repeatedly happens when he walks to his job on chicago's south side. he calls the encounters humiliating and scary. >> you would think the police car was to protect and serve. but it's totally the opposite. >> reporter: but what neighbors be describe as harassment, some neighbors call it proactive policing. it's a way of preventing crime from happening in high-risk areas. violent crime is on the rise in

this area. murders are up 15%. the increase in crime follows headline grabbing police incidents, including laquan mcdonald in chicago, michael brown in missouri, and freddie gray in baltimore. >> any time that happens, it makes us more sceptical about doing our job. >> reporter: richard wooten retired from the chicago police department after 23 years. he spent most of it in gang infested neighbors. he said that it points to problems in his old department. >> the community is not really important anymore. and we have to bring that connection back, so we can actually focus on bringing a better and safer community. >> reporter: there has already been some change at the chicago police department. mayor rahm emanuel recently fired superintendent of police, mccartheer, and is looking

for his replacement. the interim leader has made incident run changes, and vows to rebuild the public trust. >> we have some work to do, and we're focused on handling the jobs in the streets and the question on everybody's minds. we'll get there. >> reporter: chicago is also in the process of recruiting more police officers, at a time when police in chicago and other cities are under intense scrutiny, that could be a very you have to sell. diane eastabrook, chicago. >> i've been looking forward to this conversation, let's bring in brandon smith, a chicago journalist who was instrumental in getting the laquan mcdonald shooting video released. and a couple of questions, if chicago wants to we ca reconcilh the be public, it makes sense,

doesn't it? to get all of the videos out. how many hoops did you have to go to to get the mcdonald video released? >> well, i had to file a lawsuit, and a lot of people think that's a little excessive. but that's what it took. and as we now know, the video showed something entirely different from what officers reported in their reports right after the scene. the officer's reports are the big reason this wasn't prosecuted for 13 months. they defend from what happened that day. and we know that from the video. >> but it's complicated by the fact that the statements from the police, there's a video that even then would have shown the contradiction. i don't know sometimes, and what is the problem, brandon, with the independent police review authority, and why are there so many complaints about it? >> well, it has taken about 400

police shootings, and said that only two of them were not justified. something like 398 they said were justified. and we know from a whistle blower, lorenzo davis, from inside of that agency, that it does not function as an investigative agency, as you and i would know an investigation. they don't really look and see what happened when police shoot someone. they basically just rubber stamp and say they were okay. >> you know what, brandon? in the world we live in, if you're attempting to reconcile a situation, and in the case of chicago, the police in the community, would it make sense to bring forward some reforms, but in the process of doing that, acknowledge past injustices and discrimination, and even profiling at the hands of police? wouldn't that make sense moving

forward? >> it would, and rahm emanuel has done that to a certain extent. of course he did that only after being prompted by lots of press after laquan mcdonald. >> after being hammered and shoved, didn't he? >> yeah. right. what really makes the most sense, he wants to regain the trust of the city, in my view, not to just replace the leaders of these departments, but to replace the policy that's underlie them. attorneys know police violence inside and out here, and they say that there has to be a no tolerance policy. everything has to be properly investigated by civilians, and not just officers, or people from inside of the prosecutor's office. by the way, that's who often makes up this task force that the mayor appointed recently. so the policies have not

changed by and large in 20 years since the last version of ipra. it was a replacement for the one before it that was deemed to not work. >> so no tolerance, i get that, but chicago police also need to establish the culture of greater transparency wouldn't you say? with the public, and the union, bring the union reps to the news conference and allow them to be called out. there needs to be a hand-in-hand here with the police and the police union, correct? >> right, and the police union contract is up for negotiation in the next year or so, and i think that it's going to take a lot of heat from protesters, because the contract has thus far prevented civilian oversight. >> all right, brandon, good to see you, brandon smith, chicago journalist.

and again, he was instrumental in getting the laquan mcdonald shooting video released. coming up tomorrow in our series, five days in chicago, a look at the new generation of leaders in the black community. the streets of baltimore remain calm after the jury failed to reach a verdict in the case of porter, in connection with the death of freddie gray. john terrett is in baltimore now, and john, is it fair to say that for many justice won't be served in that city until someone is held responsible for freddie gray's death? >> uh-huh. i think that that's a good way of putting it, tony. you remember in the aftermath, there werer skirmishes. by and large, baltimore has remained calm and peaceful. very different from what we saw last april, but for freddie gray's neighborhood, west

baltimore, no verdict means no justice as you were saying. and so for them, the fight goes on. take a look. >> there's no way that these people should have been able to walk. and a mistrial. it's just unfair. and that's what i believe. it's just really really unfair, how we're being treated. >> and you're crying now and upset, just talking about it this morning. >> yes, it hurts my heart, it really does. >> reporter: disappointment and frustration in the hung jury, over officer porter in the death of fred fred. his case was to be wanted beginning of a six-part legal drama, the prosecute's response to the city. >> i don't believe that black lives matter. and they're paying the family off, which is an easy way, but the officers get off. and i just really think that it's unfair. and i think that it needs to be way more protests going on right now about it. because it's just unfair.

>> reporter: west baltimore, junction north, ground zero in last april's riots. it's pouring and miserable here, a reflection of the mood on the streets after the miss trial. >> it's a bunch of bs. i didn't watch a lot of the case, because i don't want it to upset me. it's not so much about freddie gray, but the idea in general that cops get off with a lot of stuff. >> the neighborhood that freddie gray called home is still reelin reeling from the rg that left so many businesses burned out. cvs is committed to rebuilding its pharmacy. [ chanting ] >> reporter: while many fear that the mistrial would set offer further unrest, that was not the case wednesday night. this unity march was sizeable and calm. >> i'm glad that people are not running around acting crazy. that's not the way to get results. they may expect that, but i'm

glad they're not, because it's going to lead to more people getting hurt and more people going to jail. >> reporter: as the city gets ready to press the reset button on the trials, there's a sense of despair on the streets. >> i don't got faith that it's going to go any different. >> reporter: a double standard when it comes to the law and policing. >> i would not say that we just won a guilty verdict. we just the justice, and we want to feel like somebody on our side won. >> reporter: for now, west walt disney looks to its past and the future. discussing a possible retrial and a possible date. tony, as of now, there's no word whether that might be. >> gotch with a, john terrett in baltimore. and history is being made in new orleans today. look at this. as the city takes action to break with its confederate past

s. something different about to happen in new orleans? >> reporter: you see behind me, the general, one of the four monuments that will soon be coming down. as the mayor said removing the monuments won't be erasing history, but the messy past. >past. the decision to take down four confederate moniments in the city, came from a protest that erupted in chaos on thursday. city leaders called for a meeting to remove the statues, which includes a towering figure of confederate general, robert e. lee and jefferson davis, all erected 100 years ago. >> we will not protect

monuments built to honor the biggest criminals in u.s. history. >> judging from 100 years ago, none of us would stand that. >> reporter: the general called for removing them this summer. for many they represent white supremacy and oppression. >> i believe that we can do better. we deserve better, and we must do it now. >> reporter: 30,000 people it signed a petition opposing the mayor's plan. thursday, one councilmember suggested keeping two of the statues up with plaques attached to explain. >> i can't believe that we can rewrite history. >> but there are other people in the room who look at the same monuments only see their ancestors, hanging from trees and shackled in chains and being whipped to death. >> reporter: after debate, only one councilmember voted in

favor of removing the statues. >> one thing, fighting side-by-side with white americans, defending a symbol. that flag behind us. symbols count. >> reporter: the vote is considered one of the most sweeping moves by a u.s. city to cut ties with confederate history. >> so we did so effectively, to help them art late further where the white history comes from. >> reporter: so tony, it's not clear when the monuments will come down, but someone has reportedly offered $140,000 an anonymous donor to pay for this, and it's not a taxpayer paying for this. we don't know where they will eventually go, but some have suggested that they go into a museum louisiana. but that has not been decided. tony? >> that's a big deal. jonathan martin for us in new

orleans. and up next, praise from putin. what the russian president had to say about republican be presidential candidate, donald trump, and turning the nuclear football into a political football. how the republican candidates are addressing america's nuclear capability.

can. >> presidential candidate, donald trump, has been saying he could work well with russian president, vladimir putin. and today, putin returned the

favor with kind words for trump. >> he is a very bright person. talented. and he's saying that he wants to shift to a deeper and more solid level of relationship with russia, and from our point of view, we would welcome that. >> putin also called trump the absolute front run enter the u.s. presidential race. one thing that trump didn't seem to have a handle on in the debate, america's so-called nuclear try add. jamie mcintyre is live with more on the nuclear arsenal. jamie. >> reporter: well, tony, america's nuclear triad of bombers, misses and submarines have been the bedrock of u.s. policy since the dawn of the nuclear age, and it has successfully persuaded any adversary from attacking the united states.

but is this doctrine still viable and affordable? it was a memorable moment in this week's gop presidential debate. donald trump questioned about a fundamental tenant of u.s. policy. >> of the three legs of the try add, do you have a priority? >> nuclear, the power of the devastation is very important to me. >> reporter: if trump had an understanding of the try add, he gave no hint and left it to marco rubio to fill in the blanks. >> the try add is nuclear attacks and silos from the ground and subs. >> all three ranges are critical to deterrents, which has been the pentagon's unwavering stance for 3/4 of a century. >> it's the bedrock of our security. and in the final analysis, it is the ultimate undergirder of

american security. >> reporter: but even diehard warriors, such as ashe carter's old boss and mentor, perry, have concluded that in today's world, the u.s. could phase out the missiles and accomplish the same mission. >> the try add is an accident of history. it's not some brilliantly conceived tragedy to protect the nation. we have about 7,000 nuclear weapons, about 5,000 of which are available to the military, some in 30 minutes notice, and that's far more than you need to defend the country. >> reporter: the idea behind the redundancy of the triad makes sure that the u.s. can retaliate, even if hit by a devastating first strike. and they have to determine how many nuclear weapons are really needed to it deter potential attackers. >> the united kingdom has about 200 nuclear weapons, and nobody has ever attacked the

united kingdom since the nuclear age has began, and china has about 200, and so even with a few nuclear weapons on their soil is enough to deter a foe. you don't need thousands to do that. >> reporter: and tony, advocates on both sides of the try add debate seem to agree on one thing, that the issue is serious enough to deserve a more thoughtful and consideration in what was given at the gop debate this week, especially if you consider that the u.s. right now is on track to spend $1 trillion over the next 30 years to update all three legs of the triad. >> for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour, john seigenthaler. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 8:00, friends and enemies. more now on vladimir putin

today, lashed out at turkey and as we said, praised donald trump. and my conversation with journalist and historian, marvin cowl. taxic caps, a state of emergency in flint, michigan, lots of lead in the drinking water and in children's blood. we're going to talk to the city council about when the officials first knew what was being done to prevent poison. and the major leader of a union and progressive group, why it could be a turning point in his campaign. and cold hard facts. digging deep into the arctic ice. the future of our planet. all of those stories in six minutes. >> up next from the program, the u.s. and cuba, one year after an historic thaw, practicing has been made to normalize relations.

we begin with an arrest in san bernardino. enrique marquez charged with conspireing to commit terrorist attacks. they say he purchased the weapons a husband and wife used to murder 14 people. jennifer london is in l.a. with the latest. jennifer. >> reporter: he's the first person arrested and charged in connection with the mass shooting in san bernardino that occurred two weeks ago killing 14 people. he's a former neighbor and friend of syed farook. one of the counts is that