to al jazeera >> award winning documentary director ken burns, talks about his craft, and his latest project on the gettysburg address talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america al jazeera america. we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. >> we pursue that story beyond the headline, pass the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capital. >> we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. >> and follow it no matter where it leads - all the way to you. al jazeera america, take a new look at news. >> this takes guts... >> the sound of the fighter jets fades for the moment, but on the ground the fighting is intensifying. >> the taliban, as you can see in the picture right now, are very close to the base. they're trying to get over the wall, but the ana soldiers they are fighting fiercely, trying to resist a raid of the talib. >> they just hit some of the insurgents or they were close to hitting them. i don't know of the afghan casualties. >> suddenly, the forward attack group gets a call >> the suicide bombers faile

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al jazeera >> oscar winner sean penn shares his views on privacy rights, press freedom and his controversial relationship with hugo chavez >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america you're watching, al jazeera america presents: killing the messenger. >> there have been 20 journalists murdered in russia since 2000 when uh. president putin came first to office. and in none of those cases, have those who commissioned the crimes been uh. punished. journalists are targeted for their work, when in the process of reporting, they come to cross uh. powerful interests. >> [speaking russian]. >> the murders of journalists have become less frequent in russia. attackers have favored severely injuring and even maiming journalists on the job. one prominent example of this new and frightful tendency is the case of uh. journalist, uhm. mikhail beketov. >> [speaking russian]. >> he was a towering figure before the attack. and he had been long at odds with the local administration. he would not relent. and he paid the most severe price. >> the government will not follow-up and investigate these terrible crimes against journalists and so for years these crimes go uninvestigated and unpunished. >> [speaking russian]. >

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al jazeera >> oscar winner sean penn shares his views on privacy rights, press freedom and his controversial relationship with hugo chavez >> talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america >> this is al jazeera americaom new york city. i'm tony harris with a look at today's top stories. ukraine expressing fears that a russian invasion is emanant. the national rifle association gathering today with its republican supporters pushing the message that the rights to own guns is under attack. the vote to unionize that could have wide-spread affects on college sports. and 100% of california in a state of drought. 9 first time that has happened in 15 y

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. >> sir ken robinson talk to al jazeera only on al jazeera america on al jazeera america >> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. this week we did a program on the supreme court's mccutcheon decision. it reaffirmed that political donations are free speech. as ceo is it free speech to express a political opinion, and can it, should it cost you your job? for mozilla co-founder branden ike, the answer may be yes. joining us, ari, a law professor at new york law school. in our washington studio, jonathan, a senior fellow at brookings institution. and in ber inberg in berkeley, kerry . >> can hobby lobby protect out to its employees their political police, and papa john and mr. mackey from whole foods. phil robinson from duck dynasty, spunke suspended and off the air for expressing his views . should a thoughtful consumer be examining the beliefs the corporations. >> first directly to your question, absolutely. if you're going to be giving your money to someone, you better be sure that the organization or person you're giving your money to is worthy of your patronage. there is no

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>> faultlines: on the front lines with the taliban then an america tonight: special edition, only on al jazeera america >> on al jazeera americahen science intersects with hope. >> i'm hoping to give someone a prosthetic arm for under $1000 >> inovation finds oppurtunity >> a large earthquake would be an inconvenience rather than a disaster... >> and hardware meets humanity >> this is some of the best driving i've ever done >> eventhough i can't see... >> techknow our experts take you beyond the lab >> we're here in the vortex... >> and explore the technology changing our world. only on al jazeera america >>> it's one of the most lethal diseases on the planet. highly contagion and there is no life-saving vaccine. the ebola is sweeping through guinea like wild fire. america tonight's sheila mcviccer reports >> reporter: this is what it takes to battle one of the deadliest and most miysterious vooirsz in the world iruss in the world. a hemorrhagic fever with no known cure, no vaccine, one that spreads rapidly and this strain, the most aggressive, has a 90% kill rate. >> in this outbreak centered in guinea, africa, nearly 80 peop

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al jazeera america al jazeera america. >> hi, i'm sellas, and i'm producer and star of the human chain, and i'm in "the stream." >> welcome back. we're talking about the millions of americans who are full-time caregivers to a loved one, and how their sacrifices often affects their savings and wellbeing, how does lots of loving hands work. >> it provides an online service, coordination for online service, but allows what we call trend and colleagues, to come together more easily and provide assistance for challenges in time of crisis, and caring for ananing loved one. >> how do they do that? they sign up and join online and see a group calendar and plug in when they can do what they can do? >> pretty much like that. usually a close family member will go to lots of helping hands.com and create a private community. they will then invite all of these other people into the community that know the family and are interested in providing assistance, and when those people get that email invitation, they can sign in with their own private password. and the first thing they see is a calendar of activities needing assistance, it might be dinners, rides to chemotherapy, babysitting, housekeeping. all of the activities that become a challenge in times of medical crisis or long-term care giving. >> social media, how does it help the caregivers we have got? >> i'm chris with cancer support community. 5 million americans provide care for someone with cancer at home, the majority of whom are not prepared to take on the care giving role and experience serious stress as a consequence. this summer, the support community will launch the interactive online platform for caregivers to share their experiences, access resource services. and information will be used to give them next steps in research and policy. >> so as you mentioned in the ethnic community, you felt a bit of shame talking about helping your mother. and did the virtual community, if you will, give you that outlet of space and support? and if so, how? >> i would definitely say that the anonymity allows you to talk to other people about your private concerns in a way that perhaps you might not be as comfortable talking about in person, but i will say that the muslim community was very supportive. my mother had an elevator to take her to the mosque and hear the sermon for friday and prayer, and i was able to accompany her. she's lucky enough to have a private duty caregiver, who is muslim as well to help her remember to pray, and i would say that i was inspired by my faith tradition to serve my mother because there's an islamic saying, where heaven lies at your mother's feet. and i will say that i have gotten that kind of support when i tweet and facebook about my mother and my care giving experience. >> tori, what's the danger of putting on a brave face day in release valve? >> it does not serve you to stuff your feelings and fears, and like she was saying, if you go online, you can address it anonymously, but you have to talk. you have to share your story, something that i learned five years ago, i had to learn to speak my truth. and in the course of that, i got on social media and started sharing our story, and it developed into amazing friendships that have lasted to this day. i live in a very remote area, and wal-mart is 90 miles away, so just going grocery shopping is a major thing for me. but i can reach out to members of our community any time i need help. and in my husband's case, he has a home health aid that comes in through the week, and allows me to be able to take our younger children to the doctor's appointments that they need to go to. so the online community is an incredible resource, but you cannot stuff it or not share it. >> all right. thanks to all of our guests for a wonderful conference. until next time, we'll see you online. >> snoo a deadline for protesters to leave government buildings in eastern ukraine expires. what will the government do. hello. this is al jazeera, live from doha. also coming up in the program - talks to end the violence. venezuela's government meets the opposition. but can they figure things out. >> south korea

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