we are very miserable. >> zhou and his first daughter, zhou qing, help prepare the birthday meal. he is separated from his wife, and alone provides for his 10-year-old. zhou also has a second daughter, one he has not seen since she was seized by local officials eight years ago, and likely sold into adoption abroad. in 2003, when zhou was away working, family planning officials barged into the house where his mother was tending to the 3-month-old child. >> "they asked my mother for money as a fine for the birth of our second child. but my mother had no money, and my wife and i were out working. they asked my mother where this child came from. my mother was very afraid, so she dared not to admit the baby was ours. she told them that the baby was someone else's and that she was just looking after her for the moment. but they took the child away." when zhou learned what had happened, he pressed the local government for the return of his daughter. "i immediately reported it to both the county and municipal governments, but the officials there protected each other, saying: now that your

pute does the whole episode zhou xiaochuan's reform agenda? he has been pushing for a market reform agenda. stephen: westerners like mark mobius have called this a desperate move. it seems like intervention this week puts the reform agenda on the back burner. zhou xiaochuan is the central bank chief but has been pushing for a lot of financial reforms, removing the cap on deposits, liberalizing interest rates, making the yuan more international. when china does things differently, on their own terms, maybe this will amplify the calls of those who oppose the rapid liberalization of the market. we will see. angie: thanks. forecast forut global growth, citing a weaker first-quarter for the u.s.. greek --lence in greece and china has caused turbulence, but they are confident it will not cause more damage. worrisome, but the concerns have not seen much contagion. it is the elephant in the room. but given how dramatic the situation is right now, hardly an elephant according to olivier blanchard. less than half a percent of world gdp. we have not seen

heidi zhou-castro has the story. >> i'm a 40-year-old inmate, i was given had sentence to distribute crack cocaine and other controlled substances. >> jason hernandez's last hope. he was 15 when he began selling drugs in mckikinney texas. he said it was easy money in the '90s. >> when i was 17 i was buying every week a kiloof cocaine, a pound of weed and 50 pounds of methamphetamine. >> he never used the drugs himself he said, but by age 21 he became the king pin of a drug distribution network. at the time did you think how you were destroying your community by feeding your community all around you? >> at the time no, it didn't cross my mind once, i'll be honest, it didn't and again that's how sick i was at that time. that's how corrupt my mind was. >> reporter: then in 1998 hernandez was indicted. he had no previous offenses, but when his sentence was over crack he received life without parole. the sentences for crack cocaine were 100 times more severe than for powder. congress would reduce the disparity in 2010. but the change had no impact on offenders already serving a sentence a

heidi zhou castro reports. >> reporter: junior benjamin rodriguez was raised in this neighborhood.haring a trailer with his mother stepfather, and ten brothers and sisters. this impoverished border community is a haven for organized crime, and where the promise of $500 turned rodriguez at age 18, into a human smuggler. he picked up 16 undocumented immigrants from a stash house. a human smuggling ring has acquired the 8th grader to drive the immigrants deeper into the country, and despite having no experience behind the wheel, junior said yes. so you thought you could just drive them and no one would realize what you were doing? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the swerving van made it less than two miles. an ij enth signaled for him to stop, and the teen panicked lost control on this road rolling the van, and killing nine passengers. he is now serving 20 years for manslaughter the gravity of the accident allowed the state to try to convict him as an adult. but even as police have doubled their efforts to combat gang activity in schools, cartels have stepped up their pressure on kids. police

hdgesheidi zhou-castro reports. >> after death row. >> two execution dates but i'm here. anthony graves. >> anthony graves is now a free man exon rated and trying to find that no one else is wrongly convicted. >> i stand for a system that be affects all of us. >> in 1994 he was convicted of murdering six members of one family. >> what linked you to the crime? >> same thick that could have linked you to it, nothing absolutely nothing. >> except a psychodefendant who said graves participated in the murders. the former d.a. who prosecuted graves was disparked. the ex prosecutor says his disbarment was without merit. >> i was wrongfully convicted because a prosecutor decided to cut corners. and so because he cut corners i wasn't able to receive a full measure of justice. >> it took nearly two decades for state to declare not one piece of credible evidence linked graves to the crime. and he was finally able to hug his family after 18 years. >> that feeling of being released in 2010 was that i had work to do. that's what the feeling was. i had work to do. i had to let people kn

heidi zhou castro is in dallas with more on what the lawsuit is seeking. good evening heidi?> good evening, del. the parents say that this young woman went to the lobby police station looking for help. they say she carried with her a backbackpack full of clothes ready to go to a mental facility, but she also had an eight-inch knife. the controversy was caught on videotape. >> captured on the after hours phone in the lobby. >> i need some help. >> she showed up at the station with the words i have a gun written on her palm. within five minutes she was shot by officers as a 17-year-old charged them with a knife. >> almost all so many pictures of her were like that right there. just peace. that's hour baby. >> eric and beth have now filed a federal lawsuit against the language view police department. seeking $10 million in damages and claiming officers violated their daughter's civil rights by using excessive force. the lawsuit also accuses police of breaching the american with disabilities act by not taking the young woman to a mental facility. the family says that she suffered

steve zhou says when he first spotted the leak on saturday, it was barely visible. by sunday evening it was sprouting. >> : as im looking at the water bubbling profusely out of this spout, it's kinda disturbing that we're in a drought and no one is out here to take care of it >> alecia :people, visibly upset, took photos and video of the wasted water. >> : even if it's a little water it's still priority >> : right now we just see the water running. it keeps running >> : we can use this water for something else >> alecia :east bay mud's reccentt budget that was passed on july 1st approved funds that will increase repairs from 10 miles of piping a year, to 40 miles. that means fixing more pipes before leaks happen, and getting to water main breaks like this, at a faster pace. reporting in el cerrito. >> vicki : more than 2-thousand people participated in this weekend's avon 39 walk to end breast cancer. participants started at fort mason on saturday. and walked 26 miles across the golden gate bridge to corte madera. today. participants walked the final 13 miles back t

. >> heidi zhou-castro, al jazeera, stillwater, oklahoma. >> much more on many of our stories can be founden our website and the addresses to come to is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. era.com.

heidi zhou castro brings us his story. >> after 18 years in prison, 12 of them on texas death row. >> 6,640 days, two execution dates, but i'm here. >> anthony graves is now a free man, exonerated and trying to see that no one else is wrongly convicted. >> i just stand for justice. i stand for fairness, you know. i stand for a system that's fair to all of us. >> it was a system that failed him in 1994 when he was convicted of murdering six members of one family. >> what linked you to the crime if anything? >> same thing that could have linked you to it, nothing. absolutely nothing. >> nothing but the accusation of a co-defendant who said graves aided in the murders. that man would recant on the eve of his own execution, saying graves was innocent. just last month the former d.a. was disbarred for using false testimony and hiding evidence that could have helped graves. the exprosecutor said it was without merit. >> i was wrongly convicted because a prosecutor decided to cut corners, and so because he cut corners i wasn't able to receive the full measure which justice. >> it took nearly

heidi zhou-castro has more >>> before oklahoma's fracking boom. the explosion is unprecedented and manmade. clearly now when we are 600 times what we consider the normal background rate we have moved beyond what can be explained through a natural process. >> disposal wells are likely to blame. in this part of the country, each barrel of oil pulled from the earth cams up with as many as 20 barrels of naturally occurring salt water. oil companies dispose of the water by in jecting it into the ground under high pressure, if it hits a fault line, it can trigger an earthquake. as head of geological survey holland is sounding the alarm now. that was not always the case. for years his office maintained the quakes could be blamed on natural causes. we did what we could when we could. how the path plays out we can't change. >> a path dictated by political and industry pressures. . >> in 2013, as holland studied the link between oil production and seismic activity, he was summoned to a closed door meeting with his boss. juste of oklahoma president there, an

prosecute who are lied to get graves convicted, and the lessons that the justice system has learn: heidi zhou castro al jazeera houston. >> you can watch her live report tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> from role model to racist. we'll tell you how the new see you'll to the classic ""to kill a mocking bird"" brings light. >> it's crazy money th >> you nobel peace price prize winner malala yousafzai is celebrating a birthday. you saw her opens a school for girls 14 to 18. >>> anticipation is soaring for the release of harper lee's sequel to classic "to till a mocking board mocking bird." >> this brings a different aspect to attic u.s. finch. >> the novel takes place at a time when america was looking at is he greg gas station and finch is portrayed as a leaders for justice. >> a lawyer who fights against racism defending a black man accused of rape in the classic " ""to kill a mocking bird"." but harper lee's new novel shows finch in a different light. set in the 50s it describes how finch's daughter comes home and grapples with her father's racial views. do you want negroes in the car load i

as heidi zhou castro has been founding out. >> why isn't any law out there to protect us?porter: angela had hoped for a peaceful retirement in rural oklahoma. >> so this one just gets wider. >> reporter: but with oklahoma's earthquakes growing in number and intensity, she fears the next one could bring her home down. >> it takes your breath away in a sense, because there's -- you can literally describe usually how the house will roll north to south, east to west. >> reporter: before oklahoma frac-ing boom picked up in 2009 the state averaged less than two magnitude 3 earthquakes a year now the state sees two of them a day. >> we're having more magnitude 3 earthquakes here in oklahoma than say california. >> reporter: the explosion is both unprecedented and man made he says. >> clearly now when we're almost 600 times when we consider the normal background rate we have moved beyond what can be explained through a natural process. >> reporter: he says disposal wells are most likely to blame. in this part of the country, each barrel comes up with as many as 30 barrels of natur

. >>> and heidi zhou castro's full report will be tonight at 8:00 pm eastern. >>> california is set toeal how much water they have saved in the last month. officials in the largest cities say they met or exceeded the requirements in june. california is in its fourth year of a brutal drought. the drought and climate change are having an impact on the area known for some of the finest wine. with raising temperatures grape growers may have to shift closer to the border. >> reporter: it's a crazy idea. that's what people said when harry decided to move to oregon to make wine at that time, a wet and cool climate. >> this was not a place that made you sit back in your lawn chair and drink a beer while you watched everything grow around you in the hot sun. >> reporter: 30 years later he is producing more than a quarter of a million bottles a year. it turnings out that rising temperatures are actually helping oregon wine makers in the short-term. >> we're actual lei benefitting from the change in climate, because we have very reliable vintages now. >> reporter: wine makers and enthusiasts are

as heidi zhou castro tells us they are often recruited by cartels, including one 15-year-old who woundlling the nine people he was transporting. >> reporter: junior benjamin rodriguez was raised in this neighborhood sharing a trailer with his mother stepfather and ten brothers and sisters. this impoverished border community is like many that dot the texas side of the rio ground. it's a haven for organized crime, and where the promise of 500 bucks turned rodriguez age 15 into a human smuggler. >> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: like some on the ground -- >> yeah, some on the ground. most were on the floor. >> reporter: on a dark night in 2012, two months before middle school graduation junior picked up 16 undocumented im undocumented -- immigrants. just over the border. a human smuggling ring recruited the 8th grader. he said yes to the $500. >> i just wanted to help them out, and so i could get to their destiny. >> reporter: so you thought you could just drive them no one would realize what you were doing. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the swerving van made it less than two miles before it was s

. >> heidi zhou castro al jazeera, still water, oklahoma. >>> beijing has become the only city to winsummer olympics and now the winter olympics. here is elise holman. >> beijing. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: this is how it feels to win the rights to host an olympics. it's something beijing has some experience in just seven years after hosting the summer olympics it will become the first city to host a winter games as well in 2022. >> translator: this is happy, and grand news for all of our chinese people. i would like to thank the ioc, and friendses in various fields who have given the trust and support to china. >> reporter: there had been a lot of last-minute lobbying of the voting members. the cost of hosting the game had been a huge factor when four cities dropped out of the race that had hardly run its course. it left almaty from kazakhstan to fight it out with beijing. >> almaty is not a risky choice. in fact we are quite the opposite. >> reporter: it was a vote that took place twice. faulty electronic tablets replaced by a paper ballot. in the end the chinese won by ju

steve zhou says when he first spotted the leak on saturday, it was barely visible. by sunday evening it was sprouting. >>: as im looking at the water bubbling profusely out of this spout, it's kinda disturbing that we're in a drought and no one is out here to take care of >> reporter: people, visibly upset, took photos and video of the wasted >>: even if it's a little water it's still priority >>: right now we just see the water running. it keeps running >>: we can use this water for >> reporter: east bay mud's reccentt budget that was passed on july 1st approved funds that will increase repairs from 10 miles of piping a year, to 40 miles. before leaks happen, and getting to water main breaks like this, core at a faster pace. reporting in el cerrito. . >> reporter: police in lafayette are looking assaulting a peace officer. 28-year-old alexander anderson is also wanted in connection a anderson is described as staning 5 feet 10 inches tall and around 160-pounds. police say he has lived in multiple cities in the east bay.and that he is also known to go by the alias 'e

stephen: we know about that greenspan put now they are calling this the joe put -- zhou put. investors which are predominant in the china market are more prone to blame the market for these things going wrong or allowing this to happen. ease the painuld for those investors on the margin calls. frome give you this quote black friars asset management and while the reduction is symbolically subordinate, easing margin requirements is more significant potentially because it may reduce margin calls and forced selling. the other issue we heard rumors that they might freeze the issuance of ipos. we had six more be approved just last night. yvonne: we will see how things go. down yesterday and up today. as you can get more on the top stories at the digital destination. bloomberg business ready together the best of bloomberg news, television and content in one address. breaking down the uber business model. a look at the numbers behind the car sharing app company. find out why this note was auctioned for more than $32 million. update on the crisis in greece. three days before the refer

heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, houston. >>> now to reddit it's one of the most popular and controversialtes filled with message boards on all kinds of topics. it has some 160 million useders. it has a feature called ama, that stands for ask me anything. reddit is now under fire. its chief executive resigned after only eight months on the job, unclear why she stepped down, but she vuz vilified in recent weeks by reddit members online. powell made headlines not too long ago when she lost a gender discrimination suit against her previous silicon valley employer. this story has people talking about the dark side of social media and the way she was treated. we are joined by the cofounder of change the ratio which aims to increase opportunities for women in tech. welcome back. >> thank you for having me. >> what is the problem with reddit in your opinion? >> reddit is an expansive site. there's a lot of good about it. but it is largely unregulated. it is meant to sort of foster free speech -- >> anonymous? >> of course. there's a lot of anonymity there, and there's a lot of sort of hateful, co

heidi zhou-castro is there. >> oklahoma experienced no less than 79 significant earthquakes in just the last week. a quarter of them have a magnitude three and above. the rise in earthquakes here has been truly astronomical, and it's taken a while for science and the politics to catch up. >> why isn't any law out there to protect us. >> reporter: angela hoped for a peaceful retirement in rural oklahoma. now she says staying here feels like death by 1,000 cuts. >> so this one just gets wider. >> reporter: no buildings collapsed, no lives lost. >> but with oklahoma's earthquakes growing in number and in intensity, spots fears the next could bring her home down. >> it takes your breath away in a since, because you can literally describe how the house will roll - north to south, east to west. >> reporter: before the oklahoma fracking boom picked up in 2001, the state averaged less than two earthquakes a year, now there's two a day. >> we have more magnitude 3 earthquakes r here. >> reporter: the explosion is man made and unprecedented. >> we are 600 times the normal background rate. we have

heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, crescent, oklahoma. >> you can watch the full report tonight at 8:00 eastern time. >> on the healthbeat this morning, new york city is investigating an outbreak of legionaires disease. it has been linked to two deaths. 31 cases have been reported. symptoms include coughing, fatigue and a loss of appetite. it is caused by a bacteria often traced to bluing and ventilation systems. >> we've heard the phrase once in a blue moon, but tomorrow, we're going to get to see the real thing. nicole mitchell is here with today's environmental impact report. >> what is a blue moon? >> it dependency on your definition. by our modern definition is when you have a month with two full moons in the same month, where we sneak in two full cycles, not necessarily the color blue. let's look at the july calendar. we have the blue moon we can we had the full moon on july 2, went through all the phases and will have another one tomorrow morning at 6:45 eastern time. this is a rare event. it only happens once every 2.7 years. the last time was in 2012. the next time won't be until 2018,

. >> heidi zhou castro, al jazeera, dallas. >> to discuss this a little more reynolds winter smith joinss from chicago this morning. he once faced life in prison for selling crack. when the president commuted his sentence last year, he was given a new beginning and now works as a restorative justice counselor at a high school in chicago. thank you for joining us. president obama has talked about rehabilitation, and you know about that firsthand having only got out a year ago. how challenging has that j been for you? >> well, the challenges have been those that anybody is trying to move forward in a direction have been blessed to have a great support system out here some of the things, some of the things that i have encountered, i had knowledge and the assistance to get through and i'm thankful for that. >> was it hard for you to find a job, hard to reintegrate into society? >> well, yes, it was difficult but not for the reasons for me being out of prison, access, i didn't have opportunities and i was limited on what i could do because of some of the restrictions of having supervised rele

heidi zhou castro, al jazeera houston. >> you can see heidi's full report tonight at 8:00 eastern. a federal appeals court is considering whether to lift an injunction that stopped president obama's plan to halt some deportations. in one small town in georgia the migrant community is worried they could be sent home. robert ray has their story. >> jaime came to the u.s. with his parents from mexico when he was six months old. >> i learned both cultures. >> with a latino activist is georgia is not a u.s. system, though he holds a work permit and social security card, qualifying for president obama's executive action. >> people say the illegals are bad for america but the city of dalton benefited from immigrants from all over, especially from mexico. >> immigration has changed the face of dalton, georgia. it's a small town in the north georgia mountains. in the 1990s thousands of people from mexico and central mexico flocked here to work in the carpet mills. there are nearly 15% latinos holding the population. >> i think there's a chance the carpet industry could have moved out of the

heidi zhou castro, al jazeera mission, texas. >> health officials say the death of a woman from measlesas preventable several months ago but predictable because of falling vaccination rates. the woman had an undetected case likely picked up because of a compromised immune system. officials say this reinforces why vaccinations are so important. >> decisions by a relative few can have a grave disservice and harmful effect on others, because with vaccines, we have to rely on a majority of the people accepting the vaccine and undertaking its use not only for their own protection, but for the protection of others. >> doctors say people who are unable to get vaccines for medical reasons are helped by those who do get them. the measles outbreak affected 150 people and was linked to disney land. >> on today's healthbeat, there is hope this morning for stopping the transfer of h.i.v. and it comes from cuba. the world health organization it is cuba is the first country in the world to eliminate h.i.v. transmission from a mother to her baby. we are joined with details now. this is a major win isn'