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@ajconsiderthis. see you next time. is. >> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york. john siegenthaler has the night off. >>> takes on president obama with harsh words for the commander in chief and the west. >>> it's happened again another near miss between two passenger planes. person of interest, a big break. tinsel town for new orleans. >>> russia'russia's defiant rula stern message to the leader of the free world. vladimir putin's words to president obama were not only pointed, they were an unmistakable sign. mike viqueria has more from the white house. >> there are two critical events coming up and vladimir putin's comments to the international conference in st. petersburg has to be confrontational words for president obama who had accused peupt of not telling -- putin ever not telling the truth. when he was not fomenting rebellion in eastern ukraine. that got the attention of a lot of people but perhaps more significant in putin's comments today, very conciliatory comments, towards may 25th elections, that's the first critical mom

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the show may be over but the conversation continues @ajconsiderthis account on twitter. >> welcome tozeera america. i'm del walters. hundreds of firefighters are on the front lines in texas and new mexico. >> trying to deescalate the violence in ukraine. >> planes are being used to help find the missing school girls in nigeria.

the show may be over but the conversation continues you can also find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. >> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. scorched earth. no relief in the war against california's wildfires, doubling in size taking a deadly toll in tonight's arson charges. the punishment. first the safety questions then the recall. washington's $35 million fine against general motors. is justice being served? albuquerque's police facing a justice department why charge for fatal shootings, a commander facing charges of undue force. >>> our special report how the nsa surveillance program has changed over the year and how much your privacy remains at risk. there is a measure of good news tonight out of california. five of the wildfires are now contained. but for thousands of firefighters, the battle is far from over. there are still several fires raging like in camp penl tonl where staff -- pendleton. request 20,000 acres have been steroid there. many communities are in harm's way tonight. a plan was charged with arson in

you can find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. >> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we know where they are. the words of nigeria's top military man on the searched for the kidnapped school girls. our reporter is in the exal capl of abuja with the very latest. >>> up to 200 feet wide. plus man on the wire, philippe petit, how the walk between the twin towers changed his life forever. >> it has been 42 days since more than 300 girls were an deducted from their school in nigeria. u.s. troops and drones have joined in the search. so far no signs of them. tonight that may have changed. nigeria's defense chief today said he knows where the girls are but that the military won't use force to rescue them. yvonne ndege has more. >> this information comes from nigeria's chief of defense staff. and he gave an interview to the state news agency in which he basically said, let me quote, the good news for the parents of the missing girls, we know where they are but he also added we cannot tell you, we can't go into the

you can find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. >> welcome the al jazeera america and i'm del walters and here are the stories we are following you, when are the school girls going come home. >> there is a week of solid darety on the campuses in california. >> caught in the cross fire, embattle eastern region of ukraine.

you can find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. >> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. we know where they are. the words of nigeria's top military man on the searched for the kidnapped school girls. our reporter is in the exal capl of abuja with the very latest. >>> upo0 feet wide, u

you can see us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. is. >> good evening everyone this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler in new york. near miss over the skies of florida the very close call between a jet liner and a drone. >>> advance warning. could the kidnapping of the 276 school girls in nigeria have been stopped? >>> plus our special report, what you don't know about boko haram. made money, the real cost of fake cash and you'll be surprised just how easy it is to print. >>> plus in person. facebook friends that's one thing. meeting them is another. and one man is going on a cross-country trip to remember. >> we begin saturday night with this close call between a commercial flight and a drone tch it appears the first time a passenger jet here in america almost collided with a small unmanned aircraft. we have a lot to get to right now but first we will talk live to a foreigner -- former american airlines pilot jay roland. but richelle carey with what we know. >> this is pretty jarring. march 22nd he came extremely close to

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you can tweet us, @ajconsiderthis. you antonio we'll see if they go through with the plan. >> thank you, hermella. >>> up next, borderland. >>> and later no one would think >> al jazeera america presents borderland's dramatic conclusion >> no one's prepared for this journey. >> our teams experience the heart breaking desperation >> we're all following stories of people that have died in the desert. >> and the importance... >> experiencing it, has changed me completely... >> of the lives that were lost in the desert >> this is the most dangerous part of your trip... >> an emotional finale you can't miss... >> we got be here to tell the story. >> the final journey borderland continues... only on al jazeera america >> al jazeera has a credibility in international news that's unparalleled. other journalists at every other network in america are looking at al jazeera america are going, i wish we could tell those kind of stories... i wish we could have that kind of time.... the next time you want some news, and the other net

find united states on twitter at ajconsiderthis. we will see you next time. ♪ >> >>. >> u.s.oins forces to help the kidnapped girls in nigeria, as more girls are taken. >> america's extreme weather - the impact, the solutions in our special "climate change and you." . >>> shaky ground oklahoma's earthquakes up 50%. is it man made. >>> going green - 50,000 square feet and expanding by the day. the largest pot growing company in america >>> it's been nearly a month since armed men seized nearly 300 gurls from their nigerian school. the abduction in the remote area of that country is having a profound and emotional knack. it's a photo taken from washington. a few blocks away at the white house, president obama promised to offer assistance in finding them. the group behind the kidnapping defied the warnings and is expected from taking more children. ynonne ndedge reports from nigeria. >> reporter: concerned nigeans come out on to the capital, marching to the chief of defense office, trying to put pressure to find the hundreds of missing girls from the north-east. the anger has be

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let us know what you think @ajconsiderthis. >> straight ahead, would you risk an aaward winning career for a life of others? a man who is doing that now to help millions of undocumented immigrants. >> schooling are failing in closing the racial achievement gap. why many feel the first openly >> with immigration reform stalled in congress the white house announced more modest policy changes this week including allowing spouses of highly skilled temporary immigrants to work in the u.s. the issue is deeply personal for our next guest. jose antonio vargas outed himself as an undocumented immigrant. for a new documentary. >> immigration is a story and here is my story. my grandparents illegally immigrated from the philippines in the 1980s. my grandfather decided he was going to get his grandson to come to america. one morning my suitcase was packed. i was 12. it's been 18 years since i've seen my mother. so i'm launching a whole campaign about what it means to be an american and the fact that i am an american. there are 11 million undocumented people in this country. in 2010 undocumented pe

you can find us on twitter @ajconsiderthis. we'll see you next time. illustrusillustrus >>> hi everyone. this is al jazeera america. i'm john seigenthaler in new york. >>> massacre in nigeria - a new wave of violence from boko haram. the same group that kidnapped hundreds of school girls. tonight, what you don't know about boko haram. >>> google spy - the story that al jazeera america broke about the search engine, the n.s.a. and emails that revealed a close relationship. >>> beverly hills standoff, a famous luxury hotel and a big-star baltle over strict -- battle over strict islamic law. actress frances fisher who is leading the protest joins us live >>> virtual revolution. the cosmos, for the first time, mapped by a computer. science and technology correspondent jacob ward shows us the inter-galactic tour. >>> an act of terrorism, that's is what hillary clinton called the abduct of the 276 school girls in nigeria. they were taken from their rooms nearly a month ago, seized by boko haram, a group that has waged a brutal war against the government, kil

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