with you slowly coming to light. daniel lak, al jazeera, rocky mountains. >> that's all of our time. john seigenthaler next. >> the investigation into the brussels attacks took a step back today. a bell jan judge ordered the release of the suspect discharged in connection with last tuesday's bombings. john terrett explains. >> reporter: uniquely a week after the attack, belgium authorities released this man after three days in custody. investigators thought he was one of the airport bombers. he was identified by the cab driver who took him but authorities say there is no evidence that he, who describes himself as a freelance journalist was connected to the blast. ...

meanwhile, the special mass was held tuesday in the cathedral at the belgium capital. >> to all of the victims who suffer around the world. dear god, offer them the patience to overcome. the 22-year-old mormon missionary. >> at this moment, i didn't feel, but then but then the other people, i found out i

couldn't walk anymore because of my leg, and i feel the burns so bad. >> brussels airport has been closed since the attacks last week, but the officials are planning dry runs to make sure that everything works properly again before reopening later this week. >> colin clark, a terrorism analyst at the rand corporation, he's in pittsburgh tonight, and colin, what does this mean for the investigation? >> i think that it means the man in white is still on the loose, that should be a concern for a number of reasons. one, we saw what happened just recently when salah abdelslam was on the run for four months. he was able to reconstitute the paris cell and strike again, this time in brussels. >> collin, what's wrong, what's going on in brussels that the authorities weren't onto this, didn't do more sooner and faster? >> yeah, clearly, there's a high-level of dysfunction

within brussels and belgium. part of it is a lack of manpower and resources and are there are too many suspects to survey. brussels has fighters going to syria, and some have returned home. and it's the highest rate of foreign fighters traveling to the middle east. >> so moving forward, how can that change? what can they do to change the situation in belgium? to change the situation in france, in germany, where they pay more attention to people who might be suspected terrorists? >> look, the situation in a district like mollenbeek didn't get to where it is over night it took years, and it's going to take a long time to undo that, and work toward counter

extremism. and clearly, there were going to be very hard questions asked. and then the belgium counter terrorism and law enforcement and security forces are probably going to undergo some radical restructuring. >> can you do all of this within surveillance, and all of it to prevent attacks arranged the world, or not? >> there has to be a kinetic element and we saw it in iraq and syria, and it's a second or third order effect, some of the success of the military action in iraq and syria, as strange as this sounds, this is isis lashing out because the organization is feeling desperate, and starting to feel the pain of loss of territory. >> but if this is an ideology, and people are just following what they believe, what they say they believe, how do you stop somebody with a gun from launching an attack anywhere? >> look, john, you can't. we can't stop it in the united

states. there are mass shootings on a regular basis in this country, so i think we're asking the same questions. it's just taking a different flavor in a place like brussels. >> how is europe different? how do you see europe different from the united states in the way it handles its intelligence? it handles its counter terrorism? >> well, i would say there are two big issues. one, the threat is more dire, so geographically, and from a demographic perspective, the athlete is more severe, and two, they put fewer resources toward countering that problem so, in the united states, we're insulated by two oceans, and we have got -- post-9-1-1, we dedicated a significant amount of resources at the local, at the federal and the state level to counter this issue. so we have been a little bit better. we have also been better at assimilating and integrating certain communities in this country, which clearly hasn't been the case in places like

france and belgium. >> we heard that some of the potential attackers had considered trying to figure out how to launch a dirty bomb attack. what else don't we know about what these terrorists are planning? >> . >> yeah, it's not what we don't know. it's what we're unable stop. so i think it's no great secret that isis and al qaeda before us would love to pull off an attack where a dirty bomb exploded in a major city. we know that, and we shouldn't be surprised to find things like a belgium security official being surveilled. its implementing policies to stop that. this should be no secret at this point. >> kcolin clarke, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> tensions running high after bombers attacked christians on easter, claiming over 70 lines, and nearly half of the victims

were children. taliban faction claimed credit, and prompted the government to crack down on armed groups. >> reporter: the pakistan prime minister, sharif. in the wake of sunday's attack, he traveled to the city and visited the victims in hospital. from a determined leader came this warning. >> i have a very good idea of the message that these terrorists are sending to make innocent people soft targets. my brothers and sisters, i promise that every ounce of blood that was lost will be accounted for. >> pakistan is in mourning. funerals are being held for the dead. many of those killed were women and children. hundreds more were injured, some critically. witnesses have been recounting the moment of the explosion and the chaotic aftermath. >> i was standing there near the seesaw when the blast went off. it was very loud. full of blood and people lying

everywhere. there's a security arraignment here. >> reporter: the park was packed, celebrating easter sunday. the bomber used a crude explosive, four ball bearings for maximum impact. a splinter group from the taliban said that it carried out the attack and was targeting christians. >> the message is that no one in pakistan is safe from the taliban, they have chosen to target soft targets, and the softest, the minorities, because they have very little to protect them. >> reporter: the military has launched a series of raids, arresting dozens of suspects, and unfortunately, attacks like this are not new to pakistan. the government has been battling armed groups for a decade, but the province of pune ja has largely escaped the violence. this sends a sobering reminder that the fight is not over.

>> now to syria, extensive damage to the ancient city of palmyra. the isis forces have destroyed many of the relics there, and the chief said that it could take up to five years to repair some of the damage, the good news, 80% of the centuries-old city is still intact. backed by russian airstrikes, they recaptured palmyra yesterday. aid to the besieged areas in syria, while a partial cease-fire remains in place. several areas have been cut off and they desperately need food and other supplies. one town has gone 1,000 days without any aid. >> the most davie stated areas. the population have mostly moved away. just days before the truce

started last month, people who stayed behind have lived under this. [ explosions ] and this. they leave behind a town in ruins, and largely destroyed. >> civilians took a break, and the regime used everything, barrels, rockets, everything. >> nothing is spared. many mosques were hit or damaged. at this catholic church, there's no easter mass this year. the worshipers have gone. 8,500 people remain in this town. they have been stuck here since 2012. and now they are hungry and desperate. the world food program says people were forced to go days

without a meal. he may be forced to eat them. >> the bleeding has stopped. we didn't get any aid. each minute passes, we lose time in the besieged areas. my children are losing their childhood. >> in turkey, the conditions are disastrous. >> it's catastrophic, there's a shortage of everything. food, medicine, milk, the regime wants to end the revolution in areas around damascus by using these tactics. >> the syrian opposition also accuses the government of using aid as a weapon of submission. access to half a million syrians, in besieged areas. and so far the government has refused to give that permission. presencing any aid is a violence of international law.

life under siege is hard. but it goes on, even without food, medicine and milk. aljazeera. >> the justice department has ended it's legal battle to force apple to unlock an i-phone belonging to one of the san bernardino shooters. the agency said that the fbi unlocked the shooter's phone on its own, and it's now analyzing the information. apple refused to help the fbi, saying that it would set a precedent that would invade the privacy of its customers. a shooting on capitol hill this afternoon prompted a massive response and a brief lockdown of major government buildings and the white house. police say that they shot a weapon at the visitor's center, there were no officers injured, but a female bystander suffered injuries. the suspect was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. >> based on the initial investigation, we believe this is the act of a single person

who has frequented the capital grounds before, and there is no reason to believe that this is anything more than a criminal act. >> police would not confirm reports that the suspect is the same man who disrupted the house chamber last fall. that man had to be ordered to stay away from the capital. the visitor's center is expected to reopen tomorrow. former cuban president, fidel castro, has lashed out at president obama in an opinion piece carried by state-run media, the former leader accused obama of sweet talking the cuban people and ignoring the accomplishments of the communist government. the president's visit was aimed at repairing the relationship between the countries. now to politics in this country and more personal attacks on the republican side. the democrats say that the nomination say that the nomination could be a long,

drawn-out battle. and we have more. >> with texas senator, ted cruz, accusing republican frontrunner, donald trump, of planting a national inquirer story, alleging multiple sexual affairs, he called him delusional. >> he's doing very badly and choking and making things up. i had nothing to do with the national inquirer story, and frankly, i hope that it's not true, because it's pretty bad. >> reporter: cruz has repeatedly denounced the story as false and a smear, and over the weekend, he doubled down on the accusation that it came from trump. >> these are complete made-up lies, and they're garbage, but it's indicative of how low donald trump will go. he makes up lies and attacks. >> this started about attacks on each other's wives. john kasich, who is running third in the nomination, lashed out. >> families have to be off limit. you cannot get these attacks on

families. and if this becomes the order of the day, what kind of people are we going to have in the future that run for public office? >> never mind the impact on future candidates or party officials, current voters say that they have had enough. a recent poll suggested that 60% of republican primary voters has made them mostly embarrassed. 27% said mostly proud. and that was before this particularly brawl. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward, and leave heidi alone. >> it could have benefited the united democratic party. but democratic unity is not happening any time soon. >> ready for a news alert. [ cheers ] we just won the state of washington! >> and the victory saturday in

washington state was not close. bernie sanders' 73%, and hillary clinton, 27. sanders also romped to a 70-30 caulk us win in hawaii, and a landslide victory in alaska, 82% to 18. clinton still leads the overall delegate count, but most campaigns now expect the nomination battle to last until june. >> one of our campaigns has created an enormous amount of enthusiasm and energy, which will lead to a large voter turnout in november. that campaign is our campaign. >> meanwhile, hillary clinton, cannot seem to get away from news stories about her reliance on a private, non-secure email system while she was secretary of state. a los angeles times report with investigators from the fbi and the department of justice,

expect to interview clinton about the system in the weeks ahead. on monday, clinton ignored those reports and largely avoided talking about bernie sanders. but she talked about the future of the u.s. supreme court. >> if we're serious about fighting for progressive causes, we need to focus on the court. who sits on it, how we choose them, and how much we let politics, partisan politics, dominate that process. >> sanders though, found the fight between trump and cruz irresistible. >> what they're spending their time on are attacking each other's wives? how crazy is that? >> david schuster, aljazeera. >> coming up next, different locations and different directions. the changes in the state law that's impacting the lgbt communities in georgia.

lesbian, gay, bisexual, >> alaska's mount pavlov sent ash into the sky. scientists say that the size of the ash loud is not unusual. it is the highest recorded plume, nine miles high. georgia's governor says that he will repeal a controversial bill that critics call andy gay. a lawsuit over the allow, they

say that it discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people. >> new york's governor is banning state funded non-essential travel there. and this is while georgia's governor said that he won't sign a bill that critics say would have limited lbgt rights. >> georgia is a welcoming state. it's full of loving, kind and generous people. and that is what we should want. >> and that is why georgia governor, nathan deal says that he would veto a bill that would allow pastors to perform same-sex marriages, and faith groups to employ people in the lbgt community. >> i don't think that we have to discriminate against anyone to protect people in georgia. >> it's about religious

freedom, and senator mccoom defended it, saying it's a fantasy that this bill would have harmed anyone. but critics say that it would create a legal cover for discrimination. time-warner threatened to pull business from georgia, so did many film studios, it's a multimillion-dollar business, but the governor said that the pressure that he faced from critics and supporters had nothing to do with his decision. >> they should know that i do not respond very well to insults or to threats. >> also on monday, a new lawsuit, filed against the state of north carolina, over a law that critics say treats be lbgt like second class citizens. >> this has been a difficult week for transgender north carolinians. >> it bars transgender people from using bathrooms based on

their gender identity. one of the believes is the transgender employees. >> yes, i'm a transgender man, but i'm a man. my family and friends and coworkers and many more in the state affirm my male identity. that's not something that can be stripped away by a bill such as this. a right to feel protected and safe. >> north carolina's republican governor, pat mccrory signed the bill into law last week. and that's the same day that it was introduced and pass bid both chambers of the legislature. >> now to chicago. mayor rohm emanuel, he employed 27-year-old eddie. the department has been under scrutiny since the police video showing the shooting of teenager, laquan mcdonald, they said that it will not be

tolerated. uber, the ride sharing success has drawn the ire of taxi cab drivers. they argue that uber isn't playing fair. >> in toronto, this cab driver was so incensed by competition from uber, he clung to an uber driver's car. uber drivers in paris and mexico city. even here in chicago, uber driver perez, arn immigrant from mexico city, said she has felt the heat too from cabbies. >> they threw a cup of coffee on my car and yelled at me and one of the guys told me, go back to the kitchen! >>ing effective drivers, i think that there are great drivers within the city of chicago. but we have a stigma. >> reporter: cab driver, surgeryia ferrera said that within the two years since ride

sharing arrived in chicago, the tab system is losing the battle. >> if you go to the city of chicago, especially the north side, there's no more business. i would say 65% of the of business is gone. >> now a lifeline from the city council could be a devastating blow to ride sharing. it would require them to have the same chauffeur's requirement at $600 per license, and the same regulations on their vehicles that cab drivers face. >> if you come in with a business model where you say i don't have to follow any regulations or rules, then you have a better business model when it comes to profit. but when it comes to public safe, the limo taxi drivers have a much better model, and that's what we're trying to get it up to. >> if you want to help taxi, reduce some of the burdensome regulations that they have.

don't hurt the people of chicago, who for the first time have access to a safe affordable transportation option. >> they agree that ride services don't need more regulations, but the taxi industry needs less, but the back and forth between the two sides has been bitter. taxi drivers are livid over the revelation that the ride sharing drivers owe the city of chicago $15 million in unpaid traffic fines. they are getting on the drivers to pay them quickly and expects to have it real estate solved within weeks, but taxi drivers point to reports of several uber drivers assaulting passengers. uber said if it's background checks were more stringent, more immigrant drivers would lose out. they are bringing work to drivers in the economically depressed sides of the city, places where you can't find a taxi. the taxi industry said that

it's better determination to help those neighborhoods through incentives to drivers is in part why the city council is leaning in favor of those proposals. neither industry will say that it puts them at a loss of business, but both sides are worried. >> with the regulations, it's a cut of the money. >> business is gone, and they did take the whole entire city. >> aljazeera, chicago. >> and still ahead on this broadcast, $15 an hour, the bold financial move by california to raise the minimum wage and debate between labor groups and business owners going on right now. and plus, more jobs in business. but is the cost of making that happen a danger to south florida's sea life?

>> the governor of california is calling the agreement to raise the state's minimum wage a landmark deal. today gradually raised to $15 an hour. >> from los angeles to san francisco, major cities in california have already raised the minimum wage. but a statewide hike will improve wages for workers everywhere, including in the impoverished central valley area. >> overall, this is a significant wage increase for low-waged workers. we're in a place where wages have been stagnating or declining since the 1970s. >> in oakland, minimum wage

workers currently make $12.95, and they too would make more if the law passes. >> i'm all for it. i have had to make minimum wage jobs that were like $6, $7. >> we'll have to juggle things around, but i see my employees struggle at $12, so i'm all for it. >> state lawmakers were under pressure to make a deal. some of california's most powerful unions have managed to put the initiative up as a ballot initiative in november, straight to the voters. the fdiu healthcare workers west issued this statement about the compromise, if the california minimum wage bill passes and is signed into law by the governor, we'll take a careful look at it and our executive board will decide what to do. a vote from the california legislature could come early in

the week, and it would make california the lead for the international campaign to increase pay for low wage workers. new york is also considering increasing the minimum page to $15 an hour. >> this is an extremely popular issue. minimum wage issues are popular among democrats, independents, republicans, where minimum wage has gone on the ballot in the reddest of red states, and they have passed >> reporter: the change in california would mean a raise for one out of every three workers in the state. and that's a huge impact. and in an election year, a major topic on the presidential contest, this will only add to the momentum for a federal level change. aljazeera, san francisco. >> pedestrian deaths are up in the u.s., and in some of those crashes, unlicensed drivers are behind the wheel. in many cases, they do not end up facing serious charges.

>> reporter: 30-year-old victoria nicodemus was an art curator, living her dream in new york. >> she was at the highest point, she was breaking through in her career. i felt she was in love. i felt that she was truly happy. >> but everything changed on december 6th. victoria was out christmas shopping with her boyfriend on this brooklyn street when an suv drove into the crosswalk, jumped the curb and struck her. >> take me back to that night. i was settling down into my normal, boring sunday evening, taking my shoes off when my son came running in, frankie, to tell me, we have to go to barack lynn immediately, it's very important, something happened to victoria. and i walked into the hospital and i said to peter, what are they doing for victoria, and

peter needed in front of me and said, mommy, victoria is dead. i started pounding my chest. i don't know why, i just needed to hit myself, i don't know why. it was just so painful. >> victoria's family returned to the scene of the crash. the man who killed victoria was uninsured and driving on a suspended license for not paying child support. >> the guy was on a suspended license, and the guy told me he had a carbon monoxide leak in the car. >> what would be the minimum penalty. >> i thought that he would be charged with manslaughter and go to jail for at least ten years. >> instead, sue el was charged with a low level misdemeanor. soon after the crash, the dmv

reinstated his license. a brooklyn prosecutor argued for them to suspend it again, arguing that at the scene, he may have felt light headed and it was unclear if he was safe to drive, but the judge stated why have yu not charged the defendant with reckless driving? the case was not exceptional. in the cases of driving, it's not unusual for the judge to get them off with little more than a slap on the wrist. >> were you shocked to learn that? >> dumbfounded. shocking to know that so many people died in new york n. a crosswalk, or on the sidewalk, and hardly anybody is charged with anything more than a misdemeanor. >> the brooklyn attorney's office would not comment on the case, which is still being investigated a spoke man told aljazeera, we are within the

law to prosecute drivers who engage in criminal acts, which is difficult, for such standards for prosecution. >> the statute is worded like many other states, but our court interpretations of that statute are dramatically more restrictive. they require a moral blame that doesn't appear in the statute. >> but victoria's family is advocating for a game changing bill. introduced last year in the new york legislature, it would bring felony charges against unlicensed drivers, or those driving on a suspended license who seriously injure or kill someone. >> this is the year that we're going to pass it into law. >> walter mosley cosponsors the bill. >> that's why it's imperative

that we take on this bill and push it through so it can go for a vote in the assembly and get on the governor's office this year. >> i work with families across the five boroughs who have been in situations like victoria's family and they want their day in court. >> transportation al alternatives. >> we watch mothers against drunk driving set a fire, and we're starting to see that happen with reckless driving. >> a program aimed at eliminating traffic fatalities and severe injuries. in new york, launched two years ago, and it has since been adopted by 14 other u.s. cities. lea shay is director of the vision zero network. >> we have to send the message, culturally, through the law, through the media, that these actions that can kill and

change lives and ruin lives do have impacts. >> this is the power of this sort of cultural change that's happening. we watch it unfold as we speak, and it's families like victoria's family that are brave and speak out against the status quo that will may change happen. >> running someone over is not an accident, it's not a misdemeanor, it's a homicide. >> aljazeera, new york. >> wildfires continue to rage in kansas and oklahoma. but fierce winds might make it tougher to fight. officials have contained about 90% of the fire, but large areas continue to burn. the flames have consumed 620 square miles across two states. work is moving forward on the plans to expand shipping channels at port everglade, florida. it sits at a coral reef and

some worry that it could cause damage. >> ships like these and coral, when the port of miami was expanded, environmentalists say that it was the coral that lost. and now after work on another port, they worry that the same mistakes are about to be repeated. beneath south florida's waters, this scene horrifies waters. rare coral, so covered in dirt, it could be brushed away. for these reefs, burial means death. activists worry that the government will soon repeat it. >> at the port of miami, i was shocked and disgusted, and we can't let the same thing happen. >> philippe cousteau, family of jack cousteau, is criticizing the army corp of engineers, but activists say

that safeguards failed. endangered coral reefs were lost, dredged up. and now they plan to repeat the work at port everglades near fort lauderdale. >> clearly the plan in miami was broken. you can't assume that it makes sense to repeat it up here. its falling, to say the least. >> the $400 million project is needed so mega container ships can dock at one of the busiest ports, they say that it's to protect jabs, but the two ports sit in the middle of the massive tract of 150 miles of rare coral hugging the coast. one of the largest ecosystems, and the only one of its kind in the continental u.s. a treasure, it's painstakingly trying to protect. >> we have learned a lot with the treasure that we have south of us in miami and miami

harbor, so we have been studying it for 18 years, and we're trying to work hard for a plan that balances economic development also with the protection of the environment. >> in miami, only a few hundreds of pieces of coral were moved and now they will move by hand 11,000. five acres of artificial reefs will be moved and they will be more careful dredging. >> we're turning over every stone we can to find any innovations and the best scientists out there to make the best zigs for the environment. >> environmentalists want more assurances and more studies before beginning the work next year, to make sure that the northbound treasure will be protected and the lessons of the past will be learned. this will be a six-year project. but the corp will be caring for and moving coral long after the

original construction is finished. >> two people are under arrest in england tonight following the tragic death of a little girl in a bounce castle. summer grant was in a bounce cabsel this weekend when a windswept it away. summer died of multiple injuries, and the two people running the bounce castle face gross negligence. thousands of americans die every year because of super bugs, with nothing to treat them. researchers are turning to unique places to find possible cures. >> reporter: a deep cave beneath canada's rocky mountains. it's dark and wet. and even a sub trainian stream can't stop these intrepid cave explorers from reaching remote caverns where people haven't been before. there's life here, in the

bacteria in the soil that hasn't been exposed to today's drugs. he's part of a scientific effort to defeat antibiotic-resistent super bugs. >> the anti-mike crebbial is huge, and people are looking at them, and i'm interested to see what we're collecting them for. >> the dirt from deep down ends up here at thompson university, and the maybe robes they have isolated are put into petri dishes with common drug resistent bacteria, and they're having a startling effect. >> about 100 or so bacteria that my students isolated, they showed promising activity so. in a nut shell, we have very good groups that produced metabolites that kill resistent bacteria. >> it has been decades since

new antibiotics have been developed. and the new bacteria from the cave may not be used on patients for many years to come, but the growing prevalence of super bugs could speed things up. >> i believe that we need to widen our toolbox. if you think of it as a toolbox, to have antibiotics as a toolbox, we're running out of tools in this box right now. we need to fill this box. >> for nick, science is part of the reason he ventures into many of the world's deep and elaborate and fascinating caves. >> we're continually finding new ones, and exploring and discover ring things, and we can go back to the original caves and discover species that nobody has noticed before.

cavers have known for years, the mysteries of the deep, and what lies beneath the earth. and now scientists are sharing in their fascination. what's down there could be helpful to the rest of us. new life, new possibilities buried under ground, aljazeera, in canada's rocky mountains. >> coming up next, saudi arabia is a new u.s. ally, but there's a dark side to the kingdom. we hear from the director of a documentary, saudi arabia uncovered. plus, from backup singer to center stage. darlene love on the career and the movie that changed her life.

>> saudi arabia has already executed more than 75 people this year. a record pace for that country. the kingdom is critical american interest in the middle east. but many people are critical of its human rights record. saudi arabia uncovered is a new front line documentary premiering tomorrow, that takes us inside of the country. and tonight's first person report, a look at the activists behind the film. >> my name is james jones, and i'm the producer of the film, saudi arabia uncovered. >> undercover, and inside of saudi arabia. >> since the beginning, i've been saying that if i continue, i'll be murdered. >> saudi arabia uncovered tells the reality on the ground in saudi arabia, particularly focusing on the network of

activists, filming secretly and sharing clips of their life in saudi arabia, which includes public punishments. >> the execution is a install. >> police patrolling. >> the religious beliefs break up groups of young people playing music in public. >> harassing women. any kind of dissent is punished quite severely. posting clips online of property and jail sentences, and even sending tweets critical of the government can lead to five, ten years in prison, so finding people who are brave enough to risk their safety by filming for us is a challenge. >> saudi arabia is facing the biggest challenge it has ever faced. >> saudi arabia is a strategic partner, and saving americans lives as an ally in the fight

against isis, it's a complicated relationship. >> he was charged with organizing protests by text message and participating in a terror cell. he was sentenced to death. >> certainly, the human rights abuses come into question. whether we should be such close allies, and in some ways, it undermines our country's moral standard. >> reporter: moments after this was filmed, she was arrested. her case was referred to a terrorism court and she was in prison for 73 days without trial before being released. >> so the saudis respond to foreign media by saying, look, this is a matter for saudi arabia. that's fine, as long as the

saudis are able to be criticizedally, and they're not. >> in recent years, saudi arabia has made efforts to rein in the religious beliefs. but they're not. >> they realize that their population is young, and they're more aware of the outside world and the internet. and i think that you're going to see a rapid change, you won't see democracy any time soon. >> saudi officials don't condone such violence, and take it seriously. >> she's happy with the film, and she's lying low, and the most important thing, her safety. but they have been involved for sure. >> i'm continuing, i'm not stopping, i'm shaking, yes, but i'm not giving up. >> front line debuted saudi

arabia uncovered tomorrow night on pbs. and it will be available on front line's website in the coming days. we'll be right back.

>> in tonight's art segment, darlene love, you can hear her voice on some of the biggest hits of all time. but it took decades to get her the respect and the credit she

deserves. love's story was told in the oscar-winning documentary, which charts her rise from backup singer to star. >> i haven't felt like i was 20 feet from stardom for a long time. it was just doing this movie that brought everything back. about my life in this business. >> what did it feel like back then. >> well, i was a backup singer. the great thing about being a backup singer when i started, nobody treated me like a backup singer. they were always so excited about me and my group, the blossoms, being on their records. and it was great, you go into the studio and you felt like you were one of the stars. the great thing about the blossoms, we were black, and we were the first background singers to do recording sessions. in the world, the singers were white and they were the readers. they could read muc, we could not read, but we had great

ears. >> what about financially working in this business. did you make good money being a background singer some. >> sometimes, i don't know i became an artist during the 60 scales n. the union, was $22.50 an hour, so in a year, i could makeover $100,000 a year. >> and residuals? >> we actually started getting residuals about a couple of years ago as background singers. >> why didn't you get residuals? >> because there was no law in the union that said as a background singer, you got residuals. they just passed that law a couple of years ago. >> so you've begun in recent times to get some of that money back? >> big time. i got a check from, it's called sound international. i got a check from them for $56,000. for back money that we had not

got. >> what was it like working on that's life and do run run? >> amazing. do run run wasn't as much fun as it was working with frank sinatra. because he was such a great guy, he was very funny and he played with us, and all right, guys, make me sound good. >> and monster mash? >> monster mark, i think that the biggest thing we did at that time was working with elvis presley, doing his backup on his 1968 album. >> you didn't read music? >> not at all. >> you went as you went along. >> no, we could sight read. and we followed the notes that went up as we went up. but we could hear where to go on the parts. and sight music, we read. >> phil be specter had a huge impact on your life and talk about working with him? >> during the time i worked with him, he had not become

such a great star yet. and we didn't know until later that he was trying to make himself a name, and not us a name. so that held me back for years, but he was a great producer. >> in this picture, you're in the foreground, and the star, bruce springsteen is in the back. >> that's when i got inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. they said we found this guitar and the minute we started singing, bruce picked up the guitar and started playing the guitar. and that makes all that i had done over the last other years, these people saying years ago, i should be a star, and i finally got my dues. ♪ >> and you're getting ready to release your first full-length album, is that correct? >> yes. >> in your life, all of these years, back in the day when we

recorded, people didn't make albums, they made 45s, or singles, you go to buy that one record. my very very good friend, steve van zandt. years ago, he said we're going to get together and we're going to do an album with you, and here we are, just doing it. >> i think what strikes me, having a conversation with you, and i watched you on the documentary a couple of times, and i honestly, you seem to have absolutely no regrets, you seem to be joyful about everything that you've done and continue to do. despite some of those setbacks, how do you remain so positive? >> it's something that i do and i want to do. there's nothing more precious to me than stand on the stage in front of your friends and lifting their spirits. >> you've given us a lot of joy, and thank you for it. it's nice to meet you. >> thank you. >> that solo album, introducing darlene love is now available.

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