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"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight." to >> sunday night. >> 140 world leaders will take the podium. >> get the full story. >> there is real disunity in the security council. >> about issues that impact your world. >> infectious diseases are a major threat to health. >> "the week ahead". sunday 8:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. my. >> 15 years ago, the measles was considered eliminated from this country. crisis for families pitting parents who choose to vaccinate against those twho don't. in the san francisco bay area "america tonight's" michael okwu met six months old livia. >> were you imagining the worst case scenarios? >> i was. >> what was that scenario? >> that she w
"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight." to...
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"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight." >> an america tonight investigation >> somebody could come in and take our home away from us >> it was a law that helped condo developments stay afloat >> we would have to sell and have to leave our unit >> now, this law is being used to take peoples homes >> there's nobody helping us... >> honest people, losing hope... >> i didn't fight vietnam so that someone could take my property away from me >> hard sell an america tonight investigation only on al jazeera america my. >> 15 years ago the measles was considered eliminated from this country. crisis for families pitting parents who choose to vaccinate against those twho don't. in the san fran
"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight."...
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"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight." toni >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested >> i know that i'm being surveilled >> people are not getting the care that they need >> this is a crime against humanity >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> what do we want? justice! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> they are running towards base... >>...explosions going off we're not quite sure... >> fault lines al jazeera america's award winning, investigative series... on al jazeera america my. >> 15 years ago, the measles was considered eliminated from this country. crisis for families pitting parents who choose to vaccinate against those twho don'
"america tonight's" michael okwu on the measles outbreak of pitting parents against parents. and thursday, an "america tonight" investigation stealing home. think you own your florida condo? think again. >> i didn't fight in vietnam so that somebody could take my property away from me. >> "america tonight's" sheila macvicar investigates, why everyone who did everything right, could still lose their homes on thursday's "america tonight." toni...
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the story from [ ♪music♪ ] michael okwu. >> david richie is remembering the horrifying moments afterwas hit by a train in cal cut calcutta. he slipped and fell under a moving train. his bones cruched. crushed. medical students held him down. >> untied it, surgical knives. i know what is about to happen. when he awoke much of his leg was gone. he was flown back to seattle for treatment. he was about to get bad news. >> they did routine tests. then my blood test came back and they said hey we need to isolate you and put you in a room by yourself. you have an infection we have never seen before. in fact there has been only a couple of cases reported in the u.s. ever. we don't know what to do. >> david was carrying a gene called mdm 1 which causes the body to be resistant to multiple antibiotics. in other words david brought the super-bug back to the united states and it was spreading all over his body. doctors carved off more of david's legs but that wasn't enough. colostin an antipottic so antibiotic, so harsh it's rarely used. 20 minutes away from david's home, 11 people died and anot
the story from [ ♪music♪ ] michael okwu. >> david richie is remembering the horrifying moments afterwas hit by a train in cal cut calcutta. he slipped and fell under a moving train. his bones cruched. crushed. medical students held him down. >> untied it, surgical knives. i know what is about to happen. when he awoke much of his leg was gone. he was flown back to seattle for treatment. he was about to get bad news. >> they did routine tests. then my blood test came back...
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. >> michael okwu, al jazeera. >> so how widespread is the risk?erica tonight's" michael okwu tells us according to the cdc at least two million are infected with the bacteria and 2,000 die of it. >>> fast forward to what's being done now. later hear a singular voice. for justice. >> how do you select the individuals if they're going to represent us? the only ones who are visible are all the personalities that emerge from the civil rights movement. >> activist harry belafonte and a new generation of dreams deferred. on "america tonight's" first part of our revolutionary series, two women two generations but one voice in the search for justice and civil rights at aljazeera.com/americatonight. >> in our fast forward segment the justice department estimates as many as 400,000 rape kits sat untested in jurisdictions around the country, allowing rapists to remain free and rape again. rape survivor megan said she thought reporting her assault would make a difference. >> i was just interrogated as if i was a suspect myself. they kept saying you know you c
. >> michael okwu, al jazeera. >> so how widespread is the risk?erica tonight's" michael okwu tells us according to the cdc at least two million are infected with the bacteria and 2,000 die of it. >>> fast forward to what's being done now. later hear a singular voice. for justice. >> how do you select the individuals if they're going to represent us? the only ones who are visible are all the personalities that emerge from the civil rights movement. >>...
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michael okwu has the story. >> when john and olivia took their child to the doctor for a cold they were shocked to find out she may be infected with something worse the measles. carrier was a boy whose parents had chosen not to vaccinate. >> i was angry but at the time, most concerned about what do we do next? >> reporter: what followed was a 28 day county imposed quarantine. no walks no fresh air no certainty about what the next day might bring. the simons live in oakland across the bay from marin county which has among the highest rates of nonvaccinated schoolchildren in the state. it's all part of greater san francisco and a hot spot in california's largest rash in measles cases in years. it's spreading across the u.s. 14 states from california to new york. 102 cases in all. just this year. the great majority afflicting individuals who were not vaccinated. there's one pediatrician who's not troubled by the plummeting vaccination rates. dr. bob sears. half his young patients aren't vaccinated. >> i tell the parents that that's an okay decision. i think it's a legitimate decision. >> t
michael okwu has the story. >> when john and olivia took their child to the doctor for a cold they were shocked to find out she may be infected with something worse the measles. carrier was a boy whose parents had chosen not to vaccinate. >> i was angry but at the time, most concerned about what do we do next? >> reporter: what followed was a 28 day county imposed quarantine. no walks no fresh air no certainty about what the next day might bring. the simons live in oakland...
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"america tonight's" michael okwu shows us. >> here is how the drug is made, developers inject mice withthe ebola virus. then the antibodies with athe genes of a natural tobacco virus. then injected with the molecules of the virus. >> replacing all the air space that was in there and wherever the liquid comes in contact with the cell, that cell becomes invaded by the virus and that cell is the manufacturing system making the proteins we want which is monoclonal antibodies. in 20 of these plants we will have about a gram of antibodies. >> fast-forward to the edge of the ebola cries, now scientists have enough zmapp to start small trials in west africa. even that is important though. zmapp was widely credited saving lives of two medical aid workers. >> next, the bureaucracy. >> i think it's all about the bottom line. >> correspondent adam may with the look at a devastating diagnosis and one couple's battle to overcome it. thursday on "america tonight," on hallowed ground. a native community threatened by a move that could literally pull the land out from under them. the value of their plac
"america tonight's" michael okwu shows us. >> here is how the drug is made, developers inject mice withthe ebola virus. then the antibodies with athe genes of a natural tobacco virus. then injected with the molecules of the virus. >> replacing all the air space that was in there and wherever the liquid comes in contact with the cell, that cell becomes invaded by the virus and that cell is the manufacturing system making the proteins we want which is monoclonal antibodies....