>> this is not the america i grew up in. i love america. i will fight, you know, to my last breath to save america and i think we can do. >> we spoke to the former kkk leader in washington, d.c.? >> well, i think it's not unfair to say that when the steve scalise story broke, a lot of people thought, well, david duke, there is a name i haven't heard in a while. let's talk a little bit about what happened. i think if it wasn't the big of a new congress with an enlargedvan majority, if representative scalise wasn't the third-rank can iran in the leadership, this might have sort of passed everyone's notice. did you think the congressman was telling the truth when he said he had no idea what the organization was or your connection with it? >> well, i have no idea. i was in moscow at the time. i heard he was there but i didn't find any confirmation. but i am surprised and shocked it would be a big deal if he was there. as you said, you started off the interview, what's been going on over these years? well, if you read the newspapers, you would t

that's america.'s what makes us unique.on of that's what cements our reputation as a beacon of opportunity.selma young people behind the iron g curtain would see selma and eventually tear down that wall. young people in soweto would hear bobby kennedy talk about eople ripples of hope and eventually banish the scourge of apartheid. burma w young people in burma went to prison rather than submit to military rule. they saw what john lewis had done. from theerat streets of tunis to ukraine, this generation of young people can draw strength from this place. where the powerless could change the world's greatest power and y push their leaders to expand the boundaries of freedom. they saw that idea made real a. right here in selma, alabama. ame they saw that idea manifest itself here in america.was because of campaigns like this d the voting rights act was passed. d political and economic and social barriers came down. and the change these men and women wrought is visible here today in the presence of africa

deadly force: arming america's police only on al jazeera america >> on an "america tonight" special report: drugging america. >> marv and linda lost their son jason last august. >> i never thought he was going to die. >> the tomah va told them his death was caused by an aneurysm. >> despite the va's most serious warning, they found the nursing home residents with dementia received antiscottics. >> daddy, come on wake up. >> is not waking up. i'm like what the heck happened to my father. what happened, why is he not waking up. >> thanks for joining us for a special report drugging america. tonight we focus on two kinds of patients. veterans and the elderly, who are especially vulnerable to the practice of bad medicine. those of us who have had to parent our parents, fear that they will live out their final days in a drug stupor. what's worse, evidence that many nursing homes use strong antiscottics on elderly dementia patients a full decade after they were first warned not to. in an exclusive investigation, "america tonight's" sheila macvicar found the results can be catastrophic. >> here's

america it , would cease to be a major power in europe. that belief was shared by many including members of the opposition who wanted to win the war much earlier. -- to end the war much earlier. -- they did not believe it would be critically changed if written lost america. we have one belief that tells more in britain than america and the american colonies just did not match her very much. -- just did not matter very much. they mattered a great deal. britain poured its resources into fighting this war and spent far more money than it would have ever received in taxes on tea and sugar from america sources have twice wrote his -- george the third twice wrote his abdication speech and threatened resignation, going back to the family lands in hanover, in germany. this is how obsessed he was. he was described in one historian writing just after the second world war, sounding almost like churchill. this is coming from someone who had actually heard churchill speak and commented phrases like if any 10 men would stand beside me, i intend to go on

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america tonight exclusive investigation: drugging dementia only on al jazeera america >>> now a noteut the keeper of america's grimmest tally. we hear about so many shootings, it can become routine, robberies gone bad, a burst of anger and a horrible mistake. we block out the stories, faces, real lives taken by gun violence. it can become a job to put the truth back in the new, and it took an unusual chronicler to make it happen. sheila macvicar met the woman that keeps the death toll. >> it was like climbing a mountain every day, it took four hours each day, on the weekend because of so many shootings, 10 hours. >> reporter: in the "new york times", jennifer documented every shooting in america, or every shooting reported. the inspiration, the shootings at sandy hook elementary school. >> this started when the columnist said google shooting, who gets shot every day in the country. this was a month after newtown. >> the massacre of victims, teachers and staff renewed calls for gun control, and sparked a heightened interest in other victims of gun violence. >> we know about the mass s

tonight's" special report drugging america. tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back. we'll have more of "america tonight," tomorrow. the red cross warns of what it calls unbelievable destruction after cyclone pam moves through the southsouth pacific. ♪ ♪ >>> hello, this is al jazerra. i am live from our headquarters in dough ma. also ahead on the program egypt launches a campaign to help boost its struggling economy and the pledges are pouring n a march of support in brazil for embattled president. >>> this is not just murder it's torture and murder. >> and conservationist in the u.s. try to solve

he has full card email access, bank of america log-ins, america express log-ins. to get his attention i asked how much he'd charge for 100 bank of america log-ins, he responded within minutes saying she didn't have that many -- saying he didn't have that many but would be happy to load up his fishing pages. 100 is a lot, not cheap. >> it's alarming if they go from selling drugs to credit card information on top of the drugs, what is the next evolution. do they include child pornography, are they getting into trafficking. >> reporter: it's maintained that the law enforcement crackdown is necessary and having an impact. >> they are doing a good job. while the sides come back, you see them take a hit. it hurts of the marketplace. >> is is this going away or here to stay. >> law enforce. has successes and you see the guises who are resilient, whelm see them probably move overseas to eastern europe, russia, where it's harder for law enforcement to get after them if they figure out their identities. >> the number of listings on dark net markets rebounded to precrackdown

the idea of a just america and fair america and inclusive america and generous america that idea ultimatelyriumphed. as is true across the landscape of american history we can not examine this moment in isolation. the march on selma was part of a broad are campaign that spanned generations generations. the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes. we gather here to celebrate them. we gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chasening rods, tear gas and the trampling hoof and despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay truth to their north star and keep marching toward justice. they did a scripture instructed for joy and hope, be patient in tribulation. be constant in prayer. in the days to come they went back again and again. when the trumpet call sounded for more to join the people came. black and white. young and old. christian and jew. waving the american flag singing the same anthems full of faith and hope. a white newsman, bill plant, who covered the marches then and is with us today quipped that the growing number

past, and our new series ,ree reel america. at c-span3, created by the cable tv industry and punted by your local cable tv or satellite provider. like us on facebook. follow us on twitter. >> each week, american history tv's reel america brings archival films that tell the story of the 20th century. 4500 marines were deployed to vietnam, marking the beginning of the groundwork. by the end of 1965 almost 200,000 were in the country. by the time the war ended nearly 3 million americans served in the conflict and more than 58,000 lost their lives. of next, the screaming eagles, a big picture episode, documenting the activities of the 101st airborne division from its arrival in 1965 through january 1967. narrator: each time the enemy withdraws -- despite weeklong strikes, the viet cong have shown no sign of withdrawing. but the artillery fire -- is having a telling effect. [explosions] the screaming eagles are under fire. the enemy has come to silence the gun. now this sounds come from everywhere. out there the enemy is creeping in

wherever you are aljazeera.com has everything you need to know. >>> on america america, a local woman barely known outside of her alabama hometown became the image of bloody sunday seen around the world, but she clearly recalls the terror that day. >> beating them with sticks, had. >> crack baby's were supposed to be ticking time bombs. their prospects stunted at birth, but it turns out the script that was written for them was wrong. >> so when you hear the world reaction. >> it's another still ma, another box to put me in. it bothers me. because it feels like i already had my life written off before i was able to live it. ♪ >>> thanks for joining us. i'm joie chen. tonight we examine real risks to young lives. back in the late 1980s, crack cocaine use in this country exploded. soon after came the headlines and the fears about the children labeled crack baby's. infants born damaged by their mother's addictions. the experts said these babies had small heads suffered from from -- tremors, but now signs tells a new story. here is "america tonight" sarah hoye. >> any time you think you wa

time to wake up america.if you just stepped foot on earth and saw what was going on in in america there's a good chance you would think we were enemies with israel and allies with iran. this week president o o finally expected picked up the phone to couldn't grat late the prime minister on his election. then he dropped a bomb, adding a warning to netanyahu. play ball with me or else. in fact the obama administration is considering taking actions against israel, meanwhile as for iran, our greatest threat we're actively seeking their approval in a nuclear deal. let me get this straight iran good, israel, bad. cue the liberal main streel media who is at the ready, tails wagging to support the president no matter how stupid of an idea he may be pushing. >> we begin with a high stakes showdown that tonight has left years of american peace efforts in the middle east teetering on the brink. >> and this has pro found implications that could mean the end of peace with the pal tin yans. >> liberals and the liberal medi

only on al jazeera america. >> a legendary artist known the world over. but to mean harry belafonte's greatest role is as a civil rights leader. >> it is to be expected all of us would participate in the struggle for civil rights, civil liberties to be smeared and to be called names, but it requires much more than that to deter me. >> he stood up at selma and at the side of dr. king. now he shares the stage with the next generation. >> that's what's happening. >> an america tonight special, young revolutionaries. >> it began that day on the bridge, our nation is still traveling. bloody sunday, when hundreds tried to march from selma, alabama, to montgomery. seeking voting rights and greater justice for all. this marked a turning point as great leaders of the movement see a new generation rising. a fitting moment to bring together two key voices of their time, entertainer harry belafonte, and a new young revolutionary, philip agnu. >> good to see. >> you you, too. >> i'm delighted for a long time people have been asking what has happened to our youth, wher

time to wake up america. last week i noted a rise in hip hop star who had done an interview this playboy. azealia banks declared she hates america and fat white people. azealia banks is a multi-millionaire off the system she trashs. therefore i named azealia banks my fool of the week. well that didn't sit well with the rapper she tweeted that i'm the problem and just because i'm white to get i don't get and it i'm biased and can't see that capitalism and white privilege is holding blacks back from success. this attack on she is ridiculous and riddled with holes, we, azalea i do understand black unemployment and poverty levels are far higher than for whites and i hope believe that we should never forget slavery legal segregation and ongoing stereotyping that leads to racial bias and, yes, it's true i'm a free market advocate but the free market is color-blind it doesn't see black or white the only color it recognizes is green. by the way, yourself professed hatred for america is far for damaging to black oppor

he comes to america. imagine for a second the hope that was in his heart as he rode that ferryboat across to key west and got on a gray hound bus to head to austin, texas to begin working washing dishes making 50 cents an hour. coming to the one land on earth that has welcomed so many millions. when my dad came to america in 1957, he could not have imagined what lay in store for him. imagine a young married couple living together in the 1970's, neither one of them has a personal relationship with jesus. they have a little boy and they are both drinking far too much. they are living a fast life. when i was 3 my father decided to leave my mother and me. we were living in calgary at the time. he got on a plane and flew back to texas. and he decided he didn't want to be married anymore, and he didn't want to be a father to his 3-year-old son. and yet when he was in houston a friend, a colleague from the oil and gas business, invited him to a bible study. invited him to clay road baptist church. and there my f

he israel america.he best one of the best presidents that ever came to this country. >> host: thanks for your calls and thanks all the calls. sorry if we didn't get to call them hundred will be opening our phone lines begin to part one as we do every morning on "washington journal." also want to let you know if you want to weigh in on the question we have up on facebook just go to facebook.com/cspan and let us know what your reaction is for the first person to join the presidential race in 2016 and also send us a tweet at #cspanchat. right now we will take a look at the remarks of the first and only official candidate for the 2016 presidential race, texas senator ted cruz. again this is from liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much, president falwell. god bless liberty university. [cheers and applause] i am thrilled to join you today at the largest christian university in the world. [cheers and applause] today, i want to talk to you about the promi

>> "america tonight""america tonight"'s adam may is back. thursday on "america tonight." >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. at 7:00, a thorough wrapup of the day's events. then at 8:00, john seigenthaler digs deeper into the stories of the day. and at 9:00, get a global perspective on the news. weeknights, on al jazeera america . >> here's a reminder that things don't always go the way you expect. but does that remember we can afford to put it as risk. much has beened about the endangered florida manatee. the beloved although ungainly sea cow has been staging a come back but what threatened him in the first place. sheila macvicar reports, environmentalists fear that the manatee is already being loved to ded . death. >> very small area, two acres. some manatee activity behind the boats on the surface. very likely a mating herd. >> a mating herd. just past done on king's bay, on the west coast of florida. ivan vicente knows every inch of this body of water. >> nine miles away where they can easi

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, "america tonight" is up next for you. for everyone else a round up of the latest headlines. for everyone else, there's more on aljazeera.com. >> day. >> man shot, woman shot, child shot - accidentally shot >>> 16 months in the new york blog, jennifer documented every shooting in america - or at reported. >> people shoot each other over the donest things >>> a -- dumbest things >>> a secret from her past kept her going. >> it was here my father took his first life >>> 17 at the time, she was 7 months pregnant when she left her home in guatemala, to travel to the united states. here he was sent here, to a country where they are entitled by law to a public education, that is creating controversy. >> as an american taxpayer, ask yourself - why do you want to pay for this >>> thank you for joining us. i'm joie chen. those that oppose the president's immigration reforms, lost the round but are not letting up on the fight. they didn't force a shutdown on the homeland security department, but capitol hill is building to a new sta

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the idea of a just america and fair america and inclusive america and generous america that idea ultimately. as is true across the landscape of american history we can not examine this moment in isolation. the march on selma was part of a broad are campaign that spanned generations generations. the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes. we gather here to celebrate them. we gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chasening rods, tear gas and the trampling hoof and despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay truth to their north star and keep marching toward justice. they did a scripture instructed for joy and hope, be patient in tribulation. be constant in prayer. in the days to come they went back again and again. when the trumpet call sounded for more to join the people came. black and white. young and old. christian and jew. waving the american flag singing the same anthems full of faith and hope. a white newsman, bill plant, who covered the marches then and is with us today quipped that the growing number of white

"america tonight" starts now. thanks for watching. >>> on the weekend edition of "america tonight"... >> it's been 21 days since nurse practitioner returned to lewis california from an ebola treatment center in sierra leone. >> i'll take your temperatures. >> 97.5. >> the biggest challenge of quarantine is contact with other people. >> see you later alligator. >> the quarantine was a minor ipp convenience compared to the six weeks in sierra leone, volunteering to fight ebola with the international corp. >> there's more dark net markets, more engaging in free trade. >> reporter: we wanted to see how easy it was to purchase bang information. we created a log in searching through vendors selling hacked banks acts. i arrived how much would be charged for 100 bank of america log-ins. he responded within minutes >>> thank you for joining us. thing about all ways we are caught in the web. i'm joie chen. the internet changes all of our lives and we consider the dark side of our lives, how we are led to expose personal sec

only on al jazeera america. al jazeera america gives you the total news experience anytime, anywhere. more on every screen. digital, mobile, social. visit aljazeera.com. follow @ajam on twitter. and like aljazeera america on facebook for more stories, more access, more conversations. so you don't just stay on top of the news, go deeper and get more perspectives on every issue. al jazeera america. >>> this year we are marking some historic anniversaries in the civil rights movement. it's been 50 years since sell los angeles matt and the voting rights act. but 10 years before those alabama activists took the landmark steps across the bridge a montgomery seamstress' decision to stay in sure bus seat defined her as the mother of the modern civil right movement. now "america tonight's" joie chen find new evidence behind that small figure was a very big voice. >> what did colored people now hope to gain by pressing the segregation fight at this time? what immediate results do you hope to achieve? >> we hope to achieve

tonight i'll take you inside the cost of injustice in america. from the hands on lethal force training that is unaffordable to many departments to the taxpayer funded reforms forced on broken police departments that can't fix themselves. plus americans wrongly convicted of crimes they didn't commit paying with years of their lines. >> years spent in solitary prison cell knowing you're innocent. they think you're crazy. >> i'm ali velshi, our special report the cost of justice begins now. >> ferguson police, drop the gun now. >> the bigger challenge how to make better decisions under stressful circumstances. >> the cost of injustice is felt by everyone. when an innocent american is convicted of a crime he or she didn't commit and gets exonerated. >> and when a law enforcement agency is found to face the justice. a price that can't be measured not when they're wronged by the system that's sworn to protect them. there's a social cost for the victims that pay for wrongful incarceration, the public pays a financial price for all the money spent to con

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weeknights, on al jazeera america .. >>> the largest single energy consumer in the nation, it turns out, is the government. think about the buildings, vehicles, it adds up. president obama is ordering federal agencies to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions. 40% over the next decade. there is another way to look at cleaning up our environment and air. while it's far-fetched, jake ward explores the possibilities. >> reporter: the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere spiked by 40%. trapping heat and changing the planet. the retreat of arctic sea ice doubled in the past five years. rising sea levels are creating disastrous storm surges like hurricane sandy. massive wildfires raging through the west, and the latest report lays the blame at the feet of human being. >> so what can we do. experts agree that the priority should be reduce our emissions. what happens if we can't. >> a small number of scientists are working on a backup plan. it's called geoengineering. in which engineers manipulate the atmosphere. one approa

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martin luther king jr., so many others, the idea of a just america and a fair america, an inclusive americaamerica that idea ultimately triumphed. now, as is true across the landscape of american history we cannot examine this moment in isolation. the march on selma was part of a broader campaign that spanned generations. the leaders that day part of a long line of heroes. we gather here to celebrate them. we gather here to honor the courage of ordinary americans willing to endure billy clubs and the chastening rods, tear gas and the trampling hoof, men and women who despite the gush of blood and splintered bone would stay true to their north star and keep marching towards justice. they did as scripture instructed rejoice and hope, be patient in tribulation be constant in prayer. and in the days to come, they went back again and again. when the trumpet call sounded for more to join, the people came. black and white. young and old. christian and jew. waving the american flag. singing the same anthems full of faith and hope. a white newsman bill plant who covered the marches then and is with

only on al jazeera america. >> sunday. >> you're taking "if" i have kids and you're changing it to "when" i have kids. >> a life-changing choice. >> it is wonderful to have children, but i think you can have a happy life without children. >> follow a very personal journey. >> after the age of 45 to get pregnant... is one percent. >> i'm a bit nervous. >> from the best filmmakers of our time. >> it's not traditionally what broadcast journalism does. >> the new home for original documentaries. al jazeera america presents "motherhood on ice". sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america >> we came to yemen to see what sort of life awaits the men after guantanamo. however no detainee has returned here since 2010. the one exception is adnan latif. he came back in 2012 in a body bag. >> it took more than three months from the day mohamed latif heard the news his brother adnan had been found dead in a cell, until he was able to bury his body here. a military autopsy at guantanamo determined he'd committed suicide.

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america tonight is up next. i'll see you again in an hour. >>> think about all the ways we're caught in the web. shady operators on the web lead many to elicit temptations. america tonight correspondent >>> an law enforcement is in a daily struggle to stop it. >> the first time you logged on to the dark net to buy drugs, how nervous were you? >> i was pretty nervous. >>reporter: she was just 15 when she started buying drugs off the dark net. she asked us not to use her name. >> what was the surprising thing about the dark net for you? >> that you could order drugs in anywhere from the world and they could just be delivered to your door step. >>reporter: by using a blouser called tore she was able to anonymously access sites invisible to most search engines where the illegal drug trade is thriving. here she ordered everything from acid to mdma to cocaine. like almost a million other users, she made most of her purchases on a site called silk road, a marketplace known as the eh bay of online drug sales. >> as soon

>> "america tonight""america tonight"'s adam may is back. thursday on "america tonight." >> sunday. >> you're taking "if" i have kids and you're changing it to "when" i have kids. >> a life-changing choice. >> it is wonderful to have children, but i think you can have a happy life without children. >> follow a very personal journey. >> after the age of 45 to get pregnant... is one percent. >> i'm a bit nervous. >> from the best filmmakers of our time. >> it's not traditionally what broadcast journalism does. >> the new home for original documentaries. al jazeera america presents "motherhood on ice". sunday, 10:00 eastern. only on al jazeera america >> here's a reminder that things don't always go the way you expect. but does that remember we can afford to put it as risk. much has beened about the endangered florida manatee. the beloved although ungainly sea cow has been staging a come back but what threatened him in the first place. sheila macvicar reports, environmentalists fear that the manatee is already being loved to ded . death. >> ver

what's the promise of america?tionary idea that this country was founded upon which is that our rights don't come from man. they come from god almighty. and purpose of the constitution as thomas jefferson put it is to serve as chains to bind the mischief of government. [ applause ] the incredible opportunity of the american dream. what has enabled millions of people from all over the world to come to america with nothing and to achieve anything. and then the american exceptionalism that made this nation a voice for freedom in the world. a shiny city on the hill. that's the promise of america. that is what makes this nation in indispensable and unique nation in the history of the world and yet so many fear that that promise is today unattainable. so many fear it is slipping away from our hands. i want to talk to you this morning about reigniting the promise of america. 240 years ago on this very day, a 38-year-old lawyer named patrick henry stood up just a hundred miles from here in richmond virginia and said "give

. >> now for viewers joining us in the united states of america. and a round up of the world news headlines. for everyone else, a wind up of the head lines on aljazeera.com. >>> on "america tonight" - ♪ heading down the highway ♪ >>> kate pearson exploded on to the music scene with the b-52s. now, after 39 years and the bs, kate is going solo >>> also tonight... >> the f35 is the most expensive weapons programme in american history. so far the pentagon has bought almost 150 f-35s, with more on the assembly line. even though the plane is not cleared for combat. >> it can blow up. >> absolutely. there goes the airplane and the pilot >>> good evening, thank you for joining us, i'm adam mays, sitting in for joie chen. despite the talk about the need for belt tightening there's a programme that has been spared. congress is expected to spend more than 1 trillion on the f-35 fighter plane. even though that programme experienced setback after setback. now there's another concern. safety. "america tonight"s sheila macvicar investigates speaking with former