all right so more on all the stories that we have been covering on our website al jazeera.com is the address, all the news there of course, plenty of features and comment and analysis, you can fine that too, al jazeera.com. most vulnerable members in a dangerous cycle of debt. as this show has reported, these loans are pushed by companies for low to moderate americans with rates that would make a loan shark blush. they deal with tens of thousands of story fronts and online. regulator $are waking up to the threat posed by them that have slipped the knot of regulation new zealand some states. tonight you're going to hear why the payday loan industry says a federal effort to stamp out consumer fraud called open operation choke point. it is important to acknowledge that the idea of someone borrowing a relatively small amount of money, $300 until they get paid in two weeks sounds reasonable. most people can't pay the loans back on time and that is the reason that four out of five payday loans are renewed within two weeks. borrowers taking out a median of 10 loans a year. it means that pay

. >>> much more on the action on our website, al jazeera.com, there you will find the day's top stories as well all at al jazeera.com. >>> this week on "talk to al jazeera" - chef and restaurateur marcus samuelsson. >> being able to have windows into three, four different communities is something that i feel privileged to >>> the swedish-raised celebrity cook was born if ethiopia but group in scannedan ava. he and his sister were adopted after their mother died from tush tuberculosis. in life, the worst thing can be a saviour. >> his nordic grandmother helle ga was the first to teach him about food. at the age of 23, marcus samuelsson was the youngest chef ever to receive a 3-star rating . >> i looked for the hidden paycheck, the stuff beyond the envelope on friday. >> he settled in harlem, where in 2010 he opened his first restaurant. several would follow. >> coming here as an immigrant with $200, as a black man, and being able to have a restaurant like red rooster - that's the best of america, on all sides >>> now the executive chef is giving back. his efforts aimed at helping the les

. >>> if you can't get there go to al jazeera.com, al jazeera.com. "on target" tonight. are marijuana in america. legalization is paving the way for big business but it also exposes plenty of problems that need to be solved. americans' attitude towards illicit drug use has softened over the years. 23 states have legalized marijuana for use, california, oregon, washington and colorado, legalized portions of spall amounts of marijuana for personal use. now officially, state laws decriminalizing pot are at odds with federal law which bans it but since drug prosecutions are mostly done at the state level decriminalization is here to stay. next door in canada, local jurisdictions have experimented with decriminalizing marijuana but canada's new prime minister, justin trudeau promises to make pot the law of the land. drug use is considered a public health issue not a crime. since 2001, porsche gal porschet only decriminalized it, less than a ten day supply that person appears before a three judge panel activitying of a lawyer, a doctor and a social worker. recommending treatme

. >>> plenty more news on line on al jazeera.com, not just the headlines and the feature reports but down the left hand side are social media to keep up with the news from the on line team all on al jazeera.com. it's the new high you can buy at the corner store. america's heroin epidemic is not this country's only drug problem despite the impression you might get listening to presidential candidates. there is another newer drug plaguing america that goes by street names of k 2, spice, skooby snacks and green giant. they are synthetic can canabinoids. there are important differences k-2 is a fraction of the cost of marijuana, it's often sold illegal in stores as ininsense. in incense. while k-2 overdoses don't often kill users like heroin does, smoking the drug can definitely turn people into what law enforcement officials call people zombies, it makes some people very sick. since 2015 there have been more than 6,000 k 2 emergency room visits, in new york city. people using k 2 have been brought in for everything from seizures to psychosis. homeless people account for most of new york

as well, all at al jazeera.com. >>> this week on "talk to al jazeera" - chef and restaurateur marcusson. >> being able to have windows into three, four different communities is something that i feel privileged to >>> the swedish-raised celebrity cook was born if ethiopia but group in scannedan ava. he and his sister were adopted after thmo

all right so more on all the stories that we have been covering on our website al jazeera.com is theall the news there of course, plenty of features and comment and analysis, you can fine that too, al jazeera.com. most vulnerable members in a dangerous cycle of debt. as this show has reported, these loans are pushed by companies for low to moderate americans with rates that would make a

. >>> if you can't get there go to al jazeera.com, al jazeera.com. "on target" tonight.n america. legalization is paving the way for big business but it also exposes plenty of problems that need to be solved. americans' attitude towards illicit drug use has softened over the years. 23 states have legalized marijuana for use, california, oregon, washington and colorado,

. >>> plenty more news on line on al jazeera.com, not just the headlines and the feature reports butleft hand side are social media to keep up with the news from the on line team all on al jazeera.com. it's the new high you can buy at the corner store. america's heroin epidemic is not this country's only drug problem despite the impression you might get listening to presidential candidates. there is another newer drug plaguing america that goes by street names of k 2, spice, skooby snacks and green giant. they are synthetic can

. >> reporter: keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. >> i'm ali velshi. "on target" tonight. addicted in america, be critics claim these methods enable addicts but they could also save a lot of lives. ♪ ♪ >> president obama got another reminder of the urgency of dealing with america's heroin epidemic. it came during a a meeting with the nation's governors where the subjects were terrorism, and the zika virus. national approach for cracking down on doctors who overprescribe be opioid medications like oxycontin. , getting looked on pain pills and look for a cheaper more powerful high. the governor's question was right on the money. now president said it would be better if governors first reach agreement on prescription limits before the issue reaches congress. but his answer also touched on a shift that's taking place in america's approach to dealing with drugs and addiction. here is what the president said. >> if we go to the doctors right now and say don't overprescribe without providing mechanisms for people in these communities to deal with the pain th

jazeera, you can also read much more about that story the ban filed from india on our website al jazeera.como find the day's top story and covering attack in somalia by the u.s. so more on that on our website al jazeera.com and back in a moment with more news. ♪ >> pushing the boundaries of science. >> we are on the tipping point. >> we can save species. >> it's the biggest question out there. >> it's a revolutionary approach. >> we are pushing the boundaries. >> techknow is going to blow your mind. >> our experts go inside the innovations, impacting you. >> this is the first time anybody's done this. >> i really feel my life changing. >> techknow, where technology meets humanity. only on al jazeera america. >>> >>> >>> turkey and the e.u. come up with a new plan for refugees, but there's little hope for these people stuck at a closed border. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in doha. also coming up, tunisia's prime minister says an attack on a bordertown near libya is an act of terror aimed to established an i.s.i.l. emirates. the anniversary from

check out the website al jazeera.com. collapse, the real choices your elected officials will be forced to make when the next recession hits. who you vote for matters more than you think. america's economy is doing well even if turbulence in the rest of the world is causing anxious among economists. in february, 240 thouds net jobs were added -- 240,000 net jobs were added. unemployment was low. >> observing hourly pay for workers rose by 22.2% over the past 12 mont bs, it's not -- months, it's not fantastic but is a sign employers are confident enough about economic prospects for now to pay workers a little more and add more to the payroll. yet the stock market. the off-sighted barometer for confidence has been looking shaky, as you can see. stock prices have slipped by close to 3%. those sax markets, by the -- same markets, by the way, is still up. all is up 50% over the past five years, tell that to investors as the growth slows down, see europe and japan struggle and add the bad memories that some have of the financial

correspondents in the field and a chance to watch any of our programs again, all that and much more at al jazeera.com hello i'm barbara sarah and you are at the listening post and some stories we are looking at this week, pressure ramps up in the streets against dilma rousseff. south africa a complex relationship between zuma government and news out lets in the count interest i and he may be getting more coverage than any one else in the election race but donald trump definitely does not like the media. >> they are the worse. >> reporter: in the past week brasilia had wall to wall coverage of a playel scandal threatening to bring down the country government. last sunday more than a million people demanded the removal and impeachment of president dilma rousseff. it was the latest development in a two-year long story, an investigation which was operation car wash. the investigation centers on a billion dollar corruption scandal at brazil's oil corporation and has touched many of president dilma rousseff's close associates and from theyed the news in brazil and brought bias of mainstream media star e st

. >> reporter: keep up to date with all the latest news on our website, al jazeera.com. >> i'm ali velshirget" tonight. addicted in america, be critics claim these methods enable addicts but they could also save a lot of lives. ♪ ♪ >> president obama got another reminder of the urgency of dealing with america's heroin epidemic.

news past and present on our website, there it is on your screen, go and take a look it's at al jazeera.com. both sides from going too far? one day before another round of presidential primaries, all eyes are focused on republican front runner donald trump. actually all eyes are focused on the rhetoric on the campaign trail. while his appearances have gone by without a hitch so far this week, a melee forced him to cancel a rally in chicago he was about to hold. and one protester rushed trump on stage. in the my event, donald trump has come under a braj of barrage of criticism. trump said he would pay the legal fees of one overzealous supporter in north carolina. >>> escorted out of a trump rally. and crash his rallies is being construed as being construed by some as in incitement to violence. >> it is a bernie person, it is a bernie person. there is a guy charging the stage. probably i.s.i.s. or i.s.i.s.-related. >> isn't this better than listening to a long boring speech? looks like go home to mommie bye-bye. >> protesters make no apologies for crashing trump rallies. they are willing to d

president barack obama to cuba, all of that on al jazeera.com. >> i didn't come to journalism objectivity believe in having an extreme bias toward reality. >> in her youth, she traveled europe and the near east and worked as a nude model and danced ber lesk. >> so much of women is maintaining this sort of pearly innocent purity. i hated that idea. i hated it. >> crapapple has drawn migrant labor camps, illustrated the conflicts in palestine and ri

. >> read more about the concert on our website al jazeera.com and to find the other top stories. on target tonight maximum mum focus on minimum wage, the fight for $15 an hour and why some call it a job killer >>> here is one thing most americans support raising the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 where it has been since 209. no wonder both democrats and republicans see the wisdom of boosting pay for the lowest paid workers. the current minimum wage is actually a third lower than what the minimum wage was in 1968. in today's dollars the wage back then is $10.90 an hour. families of three where only one works to try and survive on this minimum wage fall way below the poverty level. this in a country with some of the worst income inequality in the developed world. it is not hard to understand why a majority of americans want the federal government to take action on this. that majority does not include billionaire donald trump, ted cruz or john kasich. these gentleman, of course, are vying for the republican nomination for president. they want to leave the feder

found four kilometers below the surface and i guess why it's so pale and more on the website al jazeera.commcnamara in canada here to discover how the great bear rainforest is being protected. >> i'm amanda burrell. i'm in london to find out how to make old houses green.

correspondents in the field and a chance to watch any of our programs again, all that and much more at al jazeera.com'm barbara sarah and you are at the listening post and some stories we are looking at this week, pressure ramps up

on hawaii by submarine and living four kilometers under the surface and more on our website, al jazeera.comal museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington, d.c. >> i think that what the world will see is that the african american story is not a footnote, but probably the lens to really understand america, to this day. >> from a cancer treatment center in rwanda to an affordable housing project in

news past and present on our website, there it is on your screen, go and take a look, it's at al jazeera.comes from going too far? one day before another round of presidential primaries, all eyes are focused on republican front runner donald trump. actually all eyes are focused on the rhetoric on the campaign trail. while his appearances have gone

. >>> plenty more on our website, al jazeera.com. ♪ the former bosnia leader -- fifth suspect in theels bombing. secretary of state john kerry presses his russian counterpart on political transition in syria. >> attacks were relentless and systematic and widespread. >> reporter: department of justice announces one of the highest profile indictments ever against iran. ♪

. >> read more about the concert on our website al jazeera.com and to find the other top stories.onight maximum mum focus on minimum wage, the fight for $15 an hour and why some call it a job killer >>> here is one thing most americans support raising the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 where it has been since 209. no wonder both democrats and republicans see the wisdom of boosting pay for the lowest paid workers. the en

. >>> plenty more on our website, al jazeera.com. ♪ the former bosnia leader -- fifth suspect in therussels bombing. secretary of state john kerry presses his russian counterpart on political transition in syria. >> attacks were relentless and systematic and widespread. >> reporter: department of justice announces one of the highest profile indictments ever against iran. ♪ this is al jazeera america live from new york city, police in belgium are trying to hunt down a possible fifth suspect in attacks in brussels and look for the man who left the bomb at the airport and media report that surveillance camera in brussels metro caught another person walking with the man identified as the suicide bomber there. it is unclear if this possible fifth suspect was killed in tuesday's bombings and all comes as i.s.i.l. releases a new video celebrating attacks so let's take a look at what we know so far about the other four people believed to have been involved. police say najim laachraoul appears to have died when he blew up a bomb at the airport ap he was born in morocco and grew up in brussels

check out the website al jazeera.com.he real choices your elected officials will be forced to make when the next recession hits. who you vote for matters more than you think. america's economy is doing well even if turbulence in the rest of the world is causing anxious among economists. in february, 240 thouds net jobs

more on the website al jazeera.com.years japan's economy has been going nowhere fast. prime minister abe says the answer could be so simple, give working women the chance to shine. but will the men - and women of japan take up the challenge to change. i'm steve chao, on this episode of 101 east we investigate if japan's can be bridge its gender gap.

president barack obama to cuba, all of that on al jazeera.com. >> i didn't come to journalism objectivity. i deeply believe in having an extreme bias toward reality. >> in her youth, she traveled europe and the near east and worked as a nude model and danced ber lesk. >> so much of women is maintaining this sort of pearly innocent purity. i hated that idea. i hated it. >> crapapple has drawn migrant labor camps, illustrated the conflicts in palestine and syria. and she's taken her sketch pad cuba. >> a place where when i went, they were force feeding, torturing really dozens of men and there was a gift shop saying this. >> she used art work to draw attention to problems in the criminal justice system. >> they takesed, hit men with electrified clothing. >> following the release of her memoir, drawing blood, crapapple has been called a new model for this century's young woman an irreverent guide. i spoke to her at hertude yes in new york. >> you write in the memoir, cope, to draw was trouble and safety, adventure and freedom. it was an outlet for you not just a form of expression? >> art sa

. >>> there is plenty more video along with the latest news at our website al jazeera.com. >> the us is now the world's largest oil and gas producer, in part because of what's happening here in north dakota, where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, has given north dakota the lowest unemployment rate in the us. but it's also raised questions over the dangers of working in the oil fields. >> the more jobs you complete, the more money you make. the faster you complete them, the faster you can get to the next job. let's say i mean you take your time. if you be safe, you are not i bet you could cut your pay in half. >> fault lines spent six months investigating

. >>> there is plenty more video along with the latest news at our website al jazeera.com. >> the usthe world's largest oil and gas producer, in part because of what's happening here in north dakota, where advances in fracking have unlocked crude oil in the bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. north dakota is now producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. ten years ago there were fewer than 200 oil-producing wells in the bakken. now there are more than 8,000. >> they call it boomtown usa this is where all the money is. it's crazy the amount of money you can make here. >> this rapid pace of development and the flood of workers coming here, ha

on hawaii by submarine and living four kilometers under the surface and more on our website, al jazeera.com. smithsonian's national museum of african american history and culture on the mall in washington, d.c. >> i think that what the world will see is that the african american story is not a footnote, but probably the lens to really understand america, to this day. >> from a cancer treatment center in rwanda to an affordable housing project in new york, plus dozens of projects in development around the world, adjaye says he is trying to make architecture relevant. >> i hold the work up the highest standards. that's a given. but, for me, even the highest standards are irrelevant if it doesn't connect to this central issue of people, geography, and histories. >> born in tanzania to ghanaian parents, his multinational upbringing inspires his work as an architect. but he's has little in the way of formal training. >> when i did my research into how architecture was being taught at that time, and what the big voices were, i found that i just disagreed. because i felt that the discussion had be

. >> you can get more on the website al jazeera.com is where you need to go, our top story anti-houthint gains around the crucial city of thai more on that after the break. see you then. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. >> that harmony, that politeness and that equilibrium that japanese people call "wa". at the other side of history, fukushima's heroes were not enough. people have lost their trust, especially in the authorities. the myth of nuclear energy, of it being economic, safe and clean has been swept away. >> "fukushima: a nuclear story," narrated by willem dafoe. >> a damning u.n. report de

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stories we are following there plus plenty of on demand comment and analysis, that is all on al jazeera.comt a second with much more of the day's news. >> we're here to fully get into the nuances of everything that's going on, not just in this country, but around the world. getting the news from the people who are affected. >> people need to demand reform... >> ali velshi on target. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york. >> at 7:00 - "news roundup". tony harris gives you a fast-paced recap of the day's events. >> this is the first line of defense. >> we have an exclusive story tonight. >> then at 8:00 - john seigenthaler brings you the top stories from across america. >> the question is, will these dams hold? >> and at 9:00 - >> i'm ali velshi, on target tonight... >> ali velshi on target. digging deeper into the issues that matter. >> i'm trying to get a sense for what iranians are feeling. >> pushing the boundaries of science. >> we are on the tipping point. >> we can save species. >> it's the biggest question out there. >> it's a revolutionary approach. >> we are pushing the b