>> reporter: flanked by his

attorney and military police, he afaced a judge for the first time in an arraignment that lasted about ten minutes. >> he described his right to be trialled before a panel or a military judge. the judge also inquired if he wished to enter any motions or plea at this time. the sergeant deferred all of these decisions to a later hearing. >> reporter: he held by the taliban for five years after he left his post in afghanistan is charged with desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy, a rare charge that carries a severe punishment including life in prison. he explained his actions in interviews on the pod cast serial. >> what i was seeing from my unit into afghanistan, all i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next

to me were clearly, from what i could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed. >> reporter: he said he planned to alert his colleagues then show up at another base days later alive and well, a kind of super soldier, he said, likening himself to an fictional hero >> what i did was saying i am, a fantastic idea that i was going to prove to the world that i was the real thing >> reporter: he was released in late may 2014 as part of a prisoner swap in exchange for five detainees in guantanam o bay. that was met with criticism. also from service members >> he endangered the lives of thousands of men and women sent

to search for him. >> reporter: what his attorney said they have been using him as informeder to push their own agenda. the army peers think differently >> we want people to realise that he is not an american hero, he didn't serve with honourable you're, dignity and respect. he is a deserter in a time of war >> reporter: the next pretrial hearing is scheduled on january 12. >> reporter: so no plea was given out by him and his attorneys. they didn't make any statement to the media as to when, in fact, he would plead guilty or non-guilty. military did make a quick statement today after the hearing, but basically all they did was rehash what the judge said. we reached out to military earlier today and asked them when do you think this plea may

happen. they couldn't give us an answer, but we do know they will all be back her january 12, 2016 a preliminary hearing officer recommended less serious charges against him. do we know why the army chose to proceed with a general court marshall? >> reporter: well, it happens from time to time, we are told. essentially a high-ranking general made that observation, that he wanted the court marshall to happen so that there would be a more thorough investigation of the charges against the sergeant. there is a lot of pressure on the military, the army, to do exactly that because of the outcry for many of the soldiers that served with him and many of the thousands of soldiers that searched for him over the course of the month or so while he was captured by the taliban. we know he was in captivity for five years, but they didn't keep

that search up for that whole time thank you for that, robert. another tragic ending for refugees searching for a new home. a turkish news agency said 11 were killed when their boat was sank. they are still searching for survivors. officials don't know how many were on the board when it sat. the total migrants entering europe this year has been more than one million. >> reporter: the europe is seeing the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. people are fleeing persecution, poverty and conflict mainly in syria. they're landing on a continent where governments are struggle to figure out how to deal with them. >> reporter: most refugees and migrants zing europe are arriving by sea. risking their lives in hopes of starting new lives.

>> most of these people are fleeing war, they're fleeing for their lives, fleeing terrorism. it is a shocking reality. >> reporter: now they're fleeing in record numbers, more than one million so far this year. >> this is three to four times as many migrants coming north, as we had in the year 2014. the deaths have already far surpassed the deaths in last year >> reporter: the u.n. said half of the refugees and migrants crossing into europe by boats are syrians fleeing war. 20% are after gangs and 7% iraqis >> they're coming from across africa. not all are fleeing violence, but some are fleeing climate change, people-- fleeing climate change. >> reporter: most land in greece. many also aarrive in italy, bulgaria and spain.

migration to turkey is even higher. the u.n. says more than two million syrian refugees are there. more than one million have fled to lebanon. they make up a fourth of the country's total population. more than 600,000 are in jordan. many of these refugees have lived for years in legal limbo without the right to work. so some are now heading to europe where governments are agreeing to respond. there are a number of european countries have erected fences to deter them. the european union is pouring money into beefing up border security and next year the risks involved in trying to enter europe illegally are expected to grow. >> we may see lower numbers, but we may see higher deaths. we have seen nearly four thousand people drowning and dying in circumstances while trying to get to europe >> reporter: the real number of

people entering europe may be higher than the figure announced today. that's because authorities are having a tough time keeping track of all the arrivals thank you. joining me now from washington dc is al jazeera's syria contributor. good to see you. >> thank you the number one million, it is certainly huge, but isn't going to change the dynamics on the ground in syria or in europe, hungry or slovenia. they're taking plans to share these across u.s. states. there are a lot of suffering attached to that number, but beyond that what is it that number really mean? >>-- does that number really mean? >> it means that it's not going to get any easier. you have to remember that these are the cold months and this is

actually the sort of the minimal number of refugees that can make the ariduos trip at this time of the year. the numbers are only going to get greater. there's no ignoring this. it will keep snow balling so does the director of save the children, christie mcneill, does she have it right when when she says this is the test of our european ideal when children are dying on our doorstep we need to make bolder action. there can be no bigger priority >> absolutely. it's even more than just the test of the european ideal and just sort of the humanitarian gesture. this is really a test for the e.u. and for world leaders to move forward on the crisis in syria, which is not going to go away despite ignoring it or by

wait itting out. there-- waiting it out. there was a time five years ago when this could have been resolved simply because there were a lot fewer players on the ground, but as time moves forward and as we've seen with the russian air strikes in the past few weeks, it just keeps escalating, it just keeps getting worse, you have more major players on the ground in syria that question was a set up to get here. as we sit here today, more needs to be done to improve reception facilities, accommodation and registration facilities and to identify those who do and who do not qualify for refugee protection. is that going to happen in 2016? >> i don't see that happening and certainly not to the extent that it needs to happen. i don't see it meeting the demand that's only going to rise as the weather gets warmer and

as the situation in syria keeps the way it is is that because not enough care enough to do what is truly necessary to tackle the problem? >> well, i mean, that's a tough question. i think there are enough people, maybe enough grass root efforts out there that care enough to want to tackle the problem, but i think when it comes to the leadership, there's still the thinking that, you know, just wait it out a little, it's not really our problem, it will physician el out on-- fizzle out on its own. it is leaders burrying their heads in the sand our syria contributor from washington, thank you. iowa is home to north america's longest standing mosque. it is located in cedar rapids, it has muslim generations span three generations with islam

becoming the focus of a presidential campaign and the campaign's rhetoric, how are they coping with the backlash. joie chenn travelled there to find out. >> reporter: this is all you might expect to hear along the lonely roads of eastern iowa. listen more closely and you might discover something unexpected. a call to prayer. that has drawn the faithful to this community along the cedar river northern a century. -- more than a century. >> reporter: what did you think when you first saw this area? >> i couldn't believe all the corn. it was all corn, corn, corn, and it just went forever >> reporter: born in a valley,

her migrants parents brought her to detroit when she was just nine. she found her true american home as an 18-year-old bride in a community that built the very first mosque in the americas. the nadee, as it is known, the mother mosque. >> it is not where most people in other parts of the country they're going to find the mother mosque. >> well, it was the first mosque in the western hemisphere and five families built that mosque because they had the drive and the determination to raise their children as muslims. >> reporter: this company, cedar graphics, started as a probity shop tucked in the back of his grandfather's grocery. it is hard to believe that from those kind of roots you end up with something like this. >> my grandfather was an entrepreneur. >> reporter: today his business employs 100 of suburban people

and just bought out any company. >> the land of freedom and opportunity, they came with nothing and the story can be duplicately indicated an in million times >> reporter: they just happen to come from-- >> yeah, syria. >> reporter: but he says in this political season there is just no way for iowa muslims to stay silent. >> we have to spend our resources and time and energy explaining about what islam is and people are not going to listen, they don't care. they have an image about what a muslim is, what they see and read in the media. >> it's very heart breaking for us >> reporter: what does it make you worry about? >> if we get one of those presidents what is going to happen toous? close our mosque, show our

security numbers and driver's licences? this makes me sad and upsets me you can see more of her report on america tonight. coming up on the program. >> they told them it's for meat. it's somebody's pet one man's attempt to stop the sale of horse meat on the black market.

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in florida it is illegal to buy or sell horse meat for human consumption, but that hasn't stopped the slaughter. one man has made it his mission to stop the killing of horses. as jonathan bets reports, it is a fight he is losing. >> reporter: at jeff bob's florida farm each animal is a cherished pet. so when thunder went missing last month, nothing could prepare him for what he found >> they had killed him and butchered him for meat. it is a pet. it is like somebody stealing your dog >> reporter: a grewsome scene horse owners are facing, their be loved animals slaughtered for their meat

>> it is like wild west suddenly erupted. >> reporter: a month before thunder was killed, a valuable horse was butchered. >> all four legs were taken off, from the shoulder, just left his rib cage and his neck and head. >> reporter: a fight to shut down the under ground industry is run by this man. >> the illegal horse slaughter capital is here. >> reporter: the last legal horse slaughter house in the u.s. closed in 2007. florida is amongst several states that ban horse meat, but it is a popular dish in many culture. >> people are eating horses, mainly for medical purposes, but they are eating horses. every horse that lives in these stalls was rescued to an illegal horse company.

this was a horse killed in south miami. >> reporter: what was left behind >> this is one of the legs of the newly slaughtered horse. you can see the horse shoe is still on. >> reporter: you're saying this could have been someone's pet? >> absolutely. with the horse shoe it probably was >> reporter: horse meat can sell up to $40 a pound. >> this was actually horse meat that was purchased in a butcher shop in the state of florida. it is actually labelled as beef, but it is not beef. it was - beef. it was purchased locally. >> reporter: at a market? >> yes. >> reporter: i could go and buy this? >> you could. >> reporter: with his help authorities have raid suspected illegal slaughter houses. including three farms in october near west palm beach. 750 animals were saved. at least six people were

arrested for animal cruelty, one for possessing horse meat >> this is roughly 30 pounds of horse meat >> reporter: the prosecution say horses were not seen slaughtered at that farm. the accusations of animal cruelty are unfounded >> where do you think that cow or chicken come from? do you think they die of old age? no. they're slaughtered. that's what we do in america and throughout the world in order to eat >> reporter: this man has been working hard to save these horses, but he has faced criticism for his aggressive often undercover tactics, especially his use of hidden cameras while sneaking onto suspected slaughter houses. >> reporter: what drives you to do it? >> because no-one else is doing it, not one person or organization. >> reporter: he helps to spare other families the trauma. >> there's fear this could happen again.

it happened before and it eats you, the fear. >> reporter: a gnawing fear of a practice that's hard for many to stomach next a decision in texas, a grand jury refuses to indict police over the jail house death of sandra bland. when we come back, bland's sister, sharon cooper, joins us live with her reaction to the news.

the family of sandra bland is still searching for answers one day after a grand jury declined to bring charges of her jail house death. she was found hanging in a cell three days after she was arrested for making an incorrect lane change. as al jazeera's heidi castro says the family has already been excluded from the proceed set >> get out of the car. i will lock you out. get out. >> reporter: what began as a traffic stop near houston ended in the death of a 28-year-old black woman ruled as suicide. she was found dead in her jail cell on july 13 three days after her arrest. the medical examiner finding that she had hanged herself. now >> the grand jury did not return an indictment >> reporter: no criminal charges against the shirr off's office or jailers relating to her death. while the count ape released

this video from inside the jail earlier this year showing the amount guard's discovered her body. the texas rangers investigated the death. the results, however, have not been made public or shown to her family prompting them to question the grand jury's findings >> right now the biggest problem for me is the entire process. it is the secrecy of it all. i can't even begin to tell you what's going on because i myself don't even know what's going on, to not have my counselling privy to any of this evidence that's being presented. i simply can't have faith in a system that is not inclusive of my family that we're supposed to be having the investigation. >> reporter: one of the questions that remained, whether the state trooper who pulled over her for failing to signal will face charges. the texas department of public

safety says trooper brian insenior violated the courtesy policy in the traffic stop. he remains on administrative duty. possible charges will be considered in january. meanwhile bland's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the federal court in houston against the trooper and against the county jail joining us now is sandra bland's sister, sharon cooper and canyon lambert, attorney for bland's family joining us from chicago. welcome to the program. let me start with you. no criminal charges against the sheriff's office and jailers involved related to your sister's death. i haven't heard your reaction yet. what are your thoughts? >> good evening. thank you for having us on the show we really appreciate it. i just want to be transparent that the feelings that we have

as a family are pretty raw. i will definitely say that it's a disheartening and disappointing outcome, but it is not one that comes with shock and surprise on our end simply due to the mere fact that we strongly feel that the grand jury process as a whole is a problem. i mean, because it is largely viewed as a tool for the prosecutors to really quell the public enragement that may come from certain high profile cases like this, but more than anything it's a tool for prosecutors to cherry pick not just the jurors but also cherry pick the evidence, if any, that is presented. it is a process that we have significant issue with merely based off of the suspicious and mysterious circumstances regarding sandy's in-custody death do you believe that officials in texas-- officials

in texas or the five special prosecutors who were assigned to this case are currently engaged in a cover up of your sister's death? >> what i do believe is that they haven't been transparent with this family over the past five months, nowhere near as transparent as they could have been. it should be still to this point. what gives us pause for concern is the way that this situation has been handled since the inception. the fact that we don't have the very basic information that we need, that there are hurdles that have been presented before us leaves us with a litany of still unanswered questions, ones that we reserve the right to have answers to the prosecutor that spoke most recently denied accusations of cover up and he wants to meet with you and your entire family to discuss the investigation. when are you going to meet with

the special prosecutors? >> it is staggering that they would be asking for a meeting after they've already come to a conclusion that they're not going to be indicting anybody. it belies reality that you would come to a conclusion and then do your investigation after you've come to your conclusion. that makes no sense. the reality of it is that is nothing more than being - it's an action akin to the efforts that they've already engaged in and that is to play games with this family and this system. the bottom line is that if the grand - the grand jury system was designed for the purposes of attempting to try and suggest to the public that there was an effort to try and disclose information, review information and the like so that we could make a determination as to whether or not there should be an indictment, but in reality it's just a tool of the prosecutor and the prosecutor ultimately gets to choose, as has already been said, what evidence they're going to present and what evidence they're not going to present what would greater

inclusion, and be specific with me, i want to understand this better, what would greater inclusion in that process look like? >> i have specifically asked mr jordan to let us know and to specifically state on record that the efforts that they are making in this grand jury proceeding would not be impeded by the release of the texas report. remind yourself that the texas ranger report is the full composite of all the issues. we have not got that report because the defendants in our case have been suggesting that the grand jury proceedings would be invaded and impeded in the event that we were to get that report. let mr jordan speak to that issue. it seems to me that it would be very easy for him to announce that his investigation or whatever it is that they're doing, and the grand jury proceedings, would not be impeded by the release of the

grand texas ranger report was there an expectation or a promise, is there a common practice for that kind of a report to be released to the public? >> well, the bottom line is that it is common practice that where you have a traffic stop, the police report, the initial police report would be disclosed. we've not even received the initial police report that insenior authored from the day of this incident. what we're being asked to do is accept information and accept results without a real pure investigation having been done. let's remind ourselves again. mr paul looney who is supposedly the leader of this five-panel evidence prosecutorial body, he a couple of months in an huffington post article announced that they were not looking to determine whether or not there was any sort of wrongdoing or criminal activity done by the jailers at the county. instead, they were just looking to make announcements and suggestions going forward.

if he made that presentment two months ago before they came to the results that they released yesterday, how can we have any faith at all that they truthfully made an effort to try and determine whether or not there was any wrongdoing i've got a series of other questions that i won't have time to get to, but sharon and cannon, however you want to handle this, i will pose it to sharon, do you have a theory of what happened to your sister inside that jail cell? >> i don't and i wish i had more of a theory even five months after the incident transpired. i think one of the things that we should all be reminded of is that in-custody death situations, when your capability is usurped by the law officials who are expected to serve and protect, it is in turn their responsibility and their accountability to be responsible for you while you are in their care custody and your concern -

their concern for your well-being is critical and primary in those situations right. thank you both so much for your time. sharon cooper is sand dray bland's sister and the attorney a judge says the maul of america can prevent three leaders of black lives matter from protesting at the mall tomorrow. a temporary restraining order was granted over the black lives matter group. demonstrators are trying to call attention to the police killing of jamal clark. >> reporter: these protesters are being told by the country's large mall not to demonstrate on the property on wednesday. a judge was asked to grant a temporary restraining order to prevent a huge demonstration like the one last year where some stores had to shut down.

the mall says that protest caused irreparable harm, saying it prohibits all forms of protests, demonstrations and debate >> our country was built off of protests. they're meant to make people incomfortable. it is not meant to be easy, but it is a struggle that we are meant to go through to get justice. >> reporter: they want them to delete any materials on line solise taiting those to attend-- solicit toricsing. it is attention to jamal clarke who was killed by police. they have been protesting for weeks. they say they can't because it can interfere with the investigations. they don't take issue with the message about but they don't

want a protest two days before christmas. some protesters seem to be doubling down on their promise to foe to the maul. they have been tweeting with the hashtag, sue me too the u.n. is expressing concern over political uncertainty in haiti. the presidential election run offset for the 27th was postponed indefinitely. protesters continued to fill the streets making allegations and fraud in the first round of voting. >> reporter: in the capital city of the western hemisphere poorest country, this is just another day. tear gas often mixes with protest ahere as the forces struggle to maintain order. you've got security police forces crouching behind this wall here, rocks are coming in,

you've got a tank with water blowing but protesters, this trying to show some civil semblance in this country. this began in october amid corruption and voter fraud during the first round of presidential and legislative elections. since them demonstrations have become a weekly sometimes daily occurrence. we headed to one such march. today is all about street power. they have brought their groups here to express their dissatisfaction over the run off results. you can see that they are holding signs and saying the president has hand picked candidate who is somebody that doesn't represent this country: the elections were scheduled for december 27 but were postponed from mounting pressure.

the creation of a special commission has been grouped to look into the matter. the move has not proved enough to placate those on the streets. >> there's a lot of pent-up issues evidenced by the fact that over 70% of voters didn't vote. so you have a lot of this anger and this perception that this process is not fair and that the people are not able to choose their leader. >> reporter: international observers led by the organization of american states across latin america largely certified the first round results, but a growing core us of voices, including former secretary of state, says the process is far from fair, adding that the international community is at least partly to blame. >> the haitian economic elite is not only subservient to foreign

interests, but it is also blind. they think that because they're leaving the penthouse, having neglected the foundation of the building, that it won't crumble. >> reporter: haiti's political unrest coincides with an earthquake that left at least 200,000 people dead, 1.5 million displaced. despite more than 13 billion dollars pledged in international aid, more than 60,000 people remained displaced and living in tents. that's something that has added to growing frustrations and a sense of even more disenfranchisement amongst those here in the poorest nation it is a lofty claim.

architects in seattle tout what they claim is the greenest building in the world. that's next. >> 3, 2, 1, 0 a successful lift off but it was last night's landing that made history.

>> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. would beams-- wood beams,

composting toilets are those of annie co friendly home-- eco friendly home. a greatest commercial structure in the world, our story. >> reporter: think of this place as a 32 nil ronne dollar-- million dollar wager on the future. the people hope that they will have others follow this. it might have seen crazy years ago this will be much more common. the greening of this 52,000 square foot office building begins with basic materials, concrete is relatively cheap and known for its load-bearing properties, but here it is used only for the first two police force because it is considered a carbon emitter due to all the energy used in making it. the top four floors of the 32 and a half million dollar building are wood, laminated

timber beams reinforced by a steel core. >> this is probably a factor of not quite to the most energy efficient building in the world and it's not that hard >> reporter: dennis hayes, the man who organized the first earth day, runs the bullet foundation >> we wanted to play a very big bet to show what was going on in green building wasn't going to achieve what was possible. we wanted to set a high bar that the theory being once it exists, it's possible. >> reporter: the concept here is bio- mimicry. build a building that operates like a plant. >> we tried to design this building as if it was an item using air and sun. >> reporter: a building that takes its queues from nature. >> there is the weather station over there and that's feeding information into our system. it is telling us the wind speed

and the direction, it is raining and sunni. these are the solar panels. >> reporter: how much panels? >> 575 panels and they produce 232,000 kilowatt hours. >> reporter: the roof top array gives power to the city's utility grid in the summer and takes it back in the dreary north-west whippeder. it produces 60% more electricity every year than it uses. tenants who meet conservation goals don't pay for power >> it's totally aligned with who we are as a company. it makes absolute sense >> reporter: the building is heated and cooled by a mix of water and glycol often used in anti freeze. it is pumped underground drilled 400 feet deep where the temperature is a constant 53 degrees. the liquid circulates through the floor and it is heated by a

pump in the winter. >> you get this convention action >> reporter: self-opening windows help tweak ventilation as needed. the blinds are justified automatically to the angle and intensity of the sun. a program which is watched helps the building run itself >> it tries to keep itself regulated >> reporter: weibullly all this building's water needs will be-- evenly, this building's water needs will be bet by the rain >> >> the water comes out of there and pulled through ceramic filters and then put under ultra violet light and we add chlorine. >> reporter: so-called grey water from sinks, showers and diswashers drains into a huge tank in the basement. it is pumped several times to run artificial wetland on a

third floor roof top where plants, soil and beneficial bacteria filter impurities and absorb nutrients. what isn't eau evaporated goes into the watertable be beneath the building. toilets need minimal water and wavelet is come protested-- waste is composed on site. the paragraph garage accommodates only bikes, no cars. a grand windowed stairway also encurrentlys exercise. small steps towards a bigger goal of greener, healthier construction practices. >> it is a slow beast to turn but weave got to turn it. >> reporter: the challenge of life in a living building the water system that i just described is functional, but not yet being used. here is the problem. the solar panels which will function as part of the water collection system haven't actually been certified as a

water collection system. it has never been tried before. that's one of the regulatory challenges that they're dealing with here. it's not just technological issues. they're trying to train a whole city into this green technology as well there's so much obvious good thinking at work here. here is the thing. 32 million bucks is a lot of money. can we agree a smallish six-storey building? >> absolutely. the people will admit this thing won't work if it doesn't work financially and it costs a lot in terms of construction, but it is designed to last for 250 years. it's not a building that is designed to be put up, polished off and sold off to someone else which is the way with most commercial buildings. this will be around for 250 years from now, they hope thank you for that.

at the top of the hour john seigenthaler. >> reporter: coming up tonight at 8, the latest on the offensive by iraqi forces to take back the city of ramadi. if successful, what impact could it have on i.s.i.l. and where does the next battle move. also tonight >> it is a catastrophe in syria. your heart would bleed. >> reporter: the syrian american devoting his life to help refugees who escaped from his homeland. the story of one family who settled here in the united states. reaction from the hillary clinton campaign after donald trump criticised her by using words such as examinist. star wars is just one of the iconic works, a look at the soaring career of john williams. all that coming up in about six minutes thank you. when we come back, a landmark moment in space travel. first, the launch, then moments later a critical landing.

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we're talking about a landmark day for the future of space travel as spacex's reusable rocket has successfully taken off and landed. ali velshi has the latest on what this mean on the future of man reaching out to the stars.

>> reporter: the space race was seen as i competition between countries. now it is a race between private companies. yesterday spacex landed on laneding pad and that's the first time that a rocket launched a pay load into orbit and then safely returned to earth. usually rocket boosters are used once to burn up in the atmosphere or crash into the ocean. that's an expensive way to do things. reusable rocket could cost the cost of space travel by one hundred followed. it is so significant with this spacex. blue origin successfully landed a rocket from a suborbital launch in november, but spacex's landing is said to be more difficult for technical reasons that i won't get into right now. the rocket travelled higher and thus fell back to earth much

faster. the ultimate goal is to allow humans to live on marchs. he says he wants to be mer eat on mars-- buried on mars. he said it is a critical step. it may be the legislation that congress passed last month. the space act is going to allow private companies to mine as terre i hads-- asteroids. one company is developing technology to mine in space, but despite the technological difficulty of doing that, critics say it might violate international law. the outer space treaty of 1967 says no country can claim sovereignty in space. either way people are starting to think seriously about travel and commerce in space and so should we. maybe we could do the first tv show from space let's do it. ali velshi "on target," 9 p.m.

eastern 6 pacific. meanwhile, n.a.s.a. has called of its next mission to mars because of an instrument malfunction. the geology mission was scrapped due to air leaks. that's all our time. thank you. john seigenthaler is back with more of today's news the iraqi is attack i.s.i.l. tonight. iraqi troops supported by u.s. are reported to be closing in on the center of ramadi. jamie macintyre has the latest from the pentagon >> reporter: after months of planning, training and shaping operations, the iraqi defensive to retake ramadi is in the final phase. it would appear, based on the overwhelming numerical i.periority of the forces that